Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Liechtenstein

The term "doubly landlocked" relates to a country where you have to travel across at least two borders to reach a coastline. Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only "doubly landlocked" countries in the world.
Between the years 1871 and 1918 there were no "doubly landlocked" countries in the world.

Answer: Continental

Continental climates tend to have hot summers, cold winters and a little rainfall. Equatorial climates tend to have a constant temperature, heavy rainfall and a short dry season. Desert climates tend to have little if no rainfall annually and are therefore unable to support appreciable plant life.
Tropical climates tend to have continual high temperatures and high rainfall.

Answer: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan

Uzbekistan is the only Central Asian state to border all other Central Asian States, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan also shares a short border with another "Stan", Afghanistan.
Kazakhstan, although it is the largest Central Asian State only shares a border with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Answer: The Aral Sea

Although it's called a sea, the Aral Sea is actually an endorheic basin, which is an area that gains water from outside sources such as rivers/streams etc. but has no outflow to other bodies of water such as rivers or oceans. So it becomes an "inland sea".

In 1960 the Aral Sea was listed as the fourth largest inland sea in the world.
Due to irrigation projects put in place by the former Soviet Union during the 1960's the sea has shrunk considerably.

Answer: 1991

Uzbekistan was drawn into the Russian Empire during the 19th Century. In 1924 it became known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR) after becoming a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan won her independence in 1991.

Answer: A desert

The Kyzyl Kum is currently rates within the 20 largest deserts of the world. The name Kyzyl Kum means 'red sand' in both Kazakh and Uzbek. Large areas of the Kyzyl Kum are used as pasture for both Bactrian and Dromedary camels.

Answer: Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov was born on January 30th 1938. His ancestry is half Uzbek and half Tajik and his place of birth is the city of Samarkand.

Answer: 447,400 sq km

Uzbekistan is of similar size to Morocco.

Answer: Amu Darya

The Amu Darya is the longest river in Central Asia. The diversion of both the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for irrigation during Soviet times have been instrumental in the depletion of the Aral Sea.

Answer: Tashkent

Tashkent has many historic mosques and religious establishments and was named the "Cultural Capital of the Islamic World" in 2007. Amongst others, Tashkent is twinned with the cities of Berlin, Germany and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Tashkent replaced Samarkand as the capital of what was then the Uzbek SSR in 1930.