Countries Quiz – Printable Version
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- What is the most populous country in the world today?
- A. Indonesia
- B. China
- C. United States
- D. India
- Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
- A. Australia
- B. Canada
- C. Indonesia
- D. Russia
- Which European country has an official national anthem with no lyrics?
- A. Italy
- B. Portugal
- C. Spain
- D. Greece
- Which country has a land border directly linking Africa and Asia?
- A. Israel
- B. Jordan
- C. Egypt
- D. Turkey
- What is the longest country in the world, from north to south?
- A. Brazil
- B. Norway
- C. Argentina
- D. Chile
- Which country shares its name with the imaginary line that crosses it?
- A. Kenya
- B. Colombia
- C. Ecuador
- D. Uganda
- What is the current name of the country formerly known as Burma?
- A. Cambodia
- B. Laos
- C. Myanmar
- D. Thailand
- Which country is both an island and an entire continent in its own right?
- A. Madagascar
- B. Greenland
- C. Australia
- D. New Zealand
- Which country trails France with eleven official time zones?
- A. Russia
- B. United States
- C. Canada
- D. China
- Which is the most recently independent country among the current UN member states?
- A. East Timor
- B. South Sudan
- C. Kosovo
- D. Montenegro
- Which Asian country is made up of more than 7,000 islands and has Manila as its capital?
- A. Vietnam
- B. Indonesia
- C. The Philippines
- D. Malaysia
- Which country has the largest number of federated states among its administrative divisions (50 states)?
- A. Mexico
- B. The United States
- C. India
- D. Brazil
- Which European country has Ljubljana as its capital and was one of the first republics to break away from Yugoslavia in 1991?
- A. Slovenia
- B. North Macedonia
- C. Croatia
- D. Serbia
- Which North African country is bordered by the Mediterranean to the north and covered by the Sahara Desert over most of its territory?
- A. Tunisia
- B. Morocco
- C. Libya
- D. Algeria
- Which South American country, stretching about 4,300 km from north to south, is only about 350 km wide at its widest point?
- A. Argentina
- B. Peru
- C. Chile
- D. Ecuador
- In which South American country is an Indigenous language, Guarani, spoken by the vast majority of the population?
- A. Uruguay
- B. Chile
- C. Paraguay
- D. Venezuela
- Which Middle Eastern country's only access to the sea is a coastline of about 26 km on the Gulf of Aqaba?
- A. Lebanon
- B. Jordan
- C. Syria
- D. Iraq
- Which is the world's smallest republic, a 21 km² Pacific island with no official capital?
- A. Tuvalu
- B. Nauru
- C. Palau
- D. Malta
- Which country officially has no capital, Bern being merely its ‘federal city’?
- A. Austria
- B. Switzerland
- C. Belgium
- D. Liechtenstein
- Which New Zealand territory in the Pacific was one of the first in the world to produce all its electricity from the sun, in 2012?
- A. Niue
- B. Tokelau
- C. Cook Islands
- D. Samoa
Answer key — Countries Quiz
- D. IndiaIndia overtook China as the world's most populous country in 2023.
- B. CanadaWith its countless islands and bays, Canada has over 200,000 km of coastline.
- C. SpainSpain's 'Marcha Real' has no official lyrics: texts existed, notably under Franco, but none has been adopted since the return of democracy.
- C. EgyptThe Sinai Peninsula, in Egypt, is the only land bridge between Africa and Asia.
- D. ChileChile stretches over 4,300 km, spanning climates from arid desert to icy tundra.
- C. EcuadorEcuador takes its name from the imaginary line that passes a few kilometres north of its capital, Quito.
- C. MyanmarThe military junta officially renamed the country Myanmar in 1989.
- C. AustraliaAustralia is the only country in the world that occupies an entire continent.
- A. RussiaChina, despite its huge size, officially uses only one time zone, unlike Russia.
- B. South SudanSouth Sudan declared independence in July 2011, becoming the youngest UN-recognized state.
- C. The PhilippinesThe Philippines form an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital.
- B. The United StatesThe United States of America is made up of 50 federated states, plus the District of Columbia.
- A. SloveniaSlovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, one of the first republics to leave the federation.
- D. AlgeriaAlgeria is the largest country in Africa by area, most of its territory occupied by the Sahara Desert.
- C. ChileIt goes from the driest desert in the world, the Atacama, to the glaciers of Patagonia.
- C. ParaguayAn official language alongside Spanish, Guarani is spoken by the vast majority of Paraguayans, a unique case on the continent.
- B. JordanAqaba, the country's only port, opens Jordan onto the Red Sea.
- B. NauruIn the 1970s, phosphate mining made Nauruans one of the richest peoples in the world per head.
- B. SwitzerlandThe Swiss Constitution names no capital: Bern has hosted the government and parliament since 1848, with the simple title of ‘federal city’.
- B. TokelauMade up of three atolls with about 1,500 inhabitants, Tokelau has no airport: it is reached by boat from Samoa after a long crossing.