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COUNTRIES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THE ONLY 2 LANDLOCKED SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES | BOLIVIA & PARAGUAY |
| JAFFNA, KANDY, & MORATUWA ARE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY | SRI LANKA |
| MAZAR-E SHARIF, JALABAD, & HERAT ARE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY | AFGHANISTAN |
| MALAYSIA CONSISTS OF TWO REGIONS--WEST MALAYSIA, ON THE MALAY PENINSULA--AND EAST MALAYSIA, WHICH OCCUPIES THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS LARGE ISLAND | BORNEO |
| MORE THAN HALF OF THIS COUNTRY IS COVERED BY THE ALPS & THE JURA MOUNTAINS | SWITZERLAND |
| "LA DESSALINIENNE" IS THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM (HONORING THE COUNTRY'S LIBERATOR) | HAITI |
| 1397'S UNION OF KALMAR UNITED SWEDEN WITH THESE 2 OTHER COUNTRIES... | DENMARK AND NORWAY |
| FORMERLY NORTHERN RHODESIA | ZIMBABWE |
| FORMERLY SOUTHERN RHODESIA | ZAMBIA |
| THE BIGGEST WAR IN HISTORY WAS THIS ONE INVOLVING 61 COUNTRIES AND MORE THAN 110 MILLION SOLDIERS | WWII |
| SITUATED AT THE FAR SOUTH OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA, ITS TERRITORY INCLUDES MORE THAN 1,400 ISLANDS | GREECE |
| IT GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1966, AND TODAY HAS A LONG-RUNNING TERRITORIAL DISPUTE WITH ITS NEIGHBOR SURINAME | GUYANA |
| SIGHTED BY COLUMBUS IN 1498, THIS ISLAND IS THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST PRODUCER OF NUTMEG | GRENADA |
| TBILISI IT ITS CAPITAL | GEORGIA |
| ABBREVIATED "MFN", IT'S THE CLAUSE IN AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEEMENT THAT GRANTS SIGNATORY COUNTRIES THE SAME TARIFF RATE | MOST FAVORED NATION |
| IN 1901 THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZES WERE AWARDED BY ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | NORWAY & SWEDEN |
| THE 2 COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE TACNA-ARICA BOUNDARY LINE DISPUTE | PERU & CHILE |
| SECOND-SMALLEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN SIZE | MONACO |
| IN 2005, PRINCE BANDAR ENDED 22 YEARS AS THIS COUNTRY'S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. | SAUDI ARABIA |
| YEREVAN, THE CAPITAL OF THIS REPUBLIC, LIES ABOUT 35 MILES FROM MOUNT ARARAT | ARMENIA |
| HOME TO THE SAMI AND COVERING PARTS OF 4 COUNTRIES, IT'S IN THE FAR NORTH OF EUROPE | LAPPLAND |
| THIS FORMER YUGOSLAVIAN REPUBLIC BROKE AWAY FROM SERBIA IN 2006 | MONTENEGRO |
| THE LARGEST COUNTRY THAT ENDS IN "O" | CONGO |
| THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS TRAVERSE THE LENGTH OF THIS COUNTRY | MOROCCO |
| IT'S ALPHABETICALLY LAST AMONG THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS | ZIMBABWE |
| IN 1999, THABO MBEKI BECAME THIS COUNTRY'S DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT | SOUTH AFRICA |
| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST AMONG THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA | ALGERIA |
| THE CAPITAL CITY OF THIS HORN OF AFRICA NATION HAS THE SAME NAME AS THE COUNTRY | DJIBOUTI |
| AFRICAN REPUBLIC ONCE KNOWN AS BECHUANALAND | BOTSWANA |
| THE 2 PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC ASIAN COUNTRIES | PHILIPPINES AND EAST TIMOR |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS MOUNT KOSCIUSKO IN NEW SOUTH WALES | AUSTRALIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS | SPAIN |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS MT. KILIMANJARO | TANZANIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS DOYLE'S DELIGHT (NOT VICTORIA PEAK, AS WAS THOUGHT) | BELIZE |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHTEST POINT IN PHNOM AURAL | CAMBODIA |
| DURING WWII MOSHE DAYAN FOUGHT WITH THE BRITS TO LIBERATE SYRIA AND THIS COUNTRY FROM THE VICHY FRENCH | LEBANON |
| 2 COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE "COD WAR" IN THE 1970S | GREAT BRITAIN & ICELAND |
| THE DONG IS THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY | VIETNAM |
| THE ALPS STRADDLE THE BORDER BETWEEN FRANCE AND THESE 2 COUNTRIES | ITALY AND SWITZERLAND |
| THE 2 SMALLEST COUNTRIES THAT BORDER FRANCE | MONACO & ANDORRA |
| THE DMZ BETWEEN THESE 2 ASIAN COUNTRIES EXTENDS 1.2 MILES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE 38TH PARALLEL | NORTH & SOUTH KOREA |
| THE WORLD'S LARGEST BLUE CORAL REEF IS ONE OF THE NATURAL TREASURES OF THIS COUNTRY'S ISHIGAKI ISLAND | JAPAN |
| IN 1976, THE U.S. VETOED THIS REUNITED COUNTRY'S ADMISSION TO THE U.N. | VIETNAM |
| ITS NATIVES CALL IT ZHONGGUO, "CENTRAL COUNTRY" | CHINA |
| SINCE 1947, THE HISTORIC REGION OF PUNJAB HAS BEEN DIVIDED BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | INDIA & PAKISTAN |
| DIVIDED BETWEEN 2 COUNTRIES, IT'S THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC | NEW GUINEA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S LARGEST ISLAND IS MAJORCA | SPAIN |
| THIS COUNTRY'S LARGEST ISLAND IS SAKHALIN | RUSSIA |
| ANNEXED BY THE USSR IN 1940, THESE 3 COUNTRIES WERE THE FIRST TO BREAK AWAY | LATVIA, LITHUANIA, & ESTONIA |
| ANZAAS IS THESE 2 COUNTRIES' ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND |
| IN THE BOARD GAME RISK, THEY ARE THE 4 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES REPRESENTED | PERU, BRAZIL, VENEZUELA, AND ARGENTINA |
| IN 2004, SEVEN COUNTRIES THAT WERE ONCE SOVIET ALLIES WERE ADMITTED TO THIS MILITARY ALLIANCE | NATO |
| THIS ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA IS WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND ALEX, MARTY, AND MELMAN | MADAGASCAR |
| THIS COUNTRY IS NAMED FOR A CIRCLE AROUND THE EARTH | ECUADOR |
| THE NAME OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY MEANS "LAND OF THE FREE", SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN COLONIZED | THAILAND |
| 8 OF THE 10 LOWEST BIRTHRATES ARE FOUND ON THIS CONTINENT | EUROPE |
| THE DAILY PUNJAB AND THE BALOCHISTAN POST ARE NEWSPAPERS OF THIS COUNTRY | PAKISTAN |
| THIS COUNTRY HAS A 2-HEADED EAGLE ON ITS FLAG | ALBANIA |
| ON AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WORLD COUNTRIES, IT COMES DIRECTLY BEFORE UZBEKISTAN | URUGUAY |
| THE JURUA, THE JAPURA, AND THE TAPAJOS RIVERS ALL FLOW INTO ANOTHER MUCH LARGER RIVER IN THIS COUNTRY | BRAZIL |
| THIS COUNTRY'S 4,OOO- MILE COASTLINE IS THE LONGEST OF ANY IN SOUTH AMERICA ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN | CHILE |
| IT'S THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL CITY LIES THE CLOSEST TO 0 DEGREES LATITUDE | ECUADOR |
| THE 2 COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP MOST OF THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA | NORWAY & SWEDEN |
| HUTUS & TUTSIS PREDOMINATE IN THESE 2 NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ONCE PART OF GERMAN EAST AFRICA | RWANDA & BURUNDI |
| THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT BORDERS NO OTHER COUNTRIES | AUSTRALIA |
| THIS COUNTRY SPANS 11 TIME ZONES | RUSSIA |
| THIS IS THE WORLD'S 3RD LARGEST COUNTRY | USA |
| THE 2 LARGEST COUNTRIES THAT ARE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | CANADA AND INDIA |
| THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA | SUDAN |
| IT'S THE LARGER OF THE 2 COUNTRIES THAT OCCUPY THE IBERIAN PENINSULA | SPAIN |
| HUNDREDS OF WATERFALLS MAKE UP THE SPECTACULAR IGUACU FALLS ON THE BORDER OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | BRAZIL & ARGENTINA |
| GHANA BORDERS THESE 3 COUNTRIES | IVORY COAST, BURKINA FASO, & TOGO |
| THIS SMALL LANDLOCKED NATION OF THE PYRANEES IS ONLY 180 SQUARE MILES IN AREA | ANDORRA |
| THE 2 LANDLOCKED NATIONS OF THE HIMALAYAS | BHUTAN & NEPAL |
| VADUZ IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS SMALL PRINCIPALITY THAT BORDERS SWITZERLAND | LIECHTENSTEIN |
| OF THE 3 COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS LANDLOCKED | LAOS |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS PICO BOLIVAR | VENEZUELA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS MOLDOVEANU | ROMANIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST POINT IS RAS DASHEN, THE 4TH-HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA | ETHIOPIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S MOST DISTINGUISHED MEDAL IS THE ORDER OF THE HASHEMITE STAR | JORDAN |
| THIS CARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION'S DOLLAR HAS THE CURRENCY CODE BBD | BARBADOS |
| THIS COUNTRY USED TO BE CALLED SOUTH WEST AFRICA | NAMIBIA |
| IN 2006 A COUP ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT GLORIA ARROYO OF THIS COUNTRY | PHILIPPINES |
| ITS FIRST KING IS KNOWN IN ENGLISH AS ST. STEPHEN & LOCALLY AS SZENT ISTVAN | HUNGARY |
| THE INTERNET CODE FOR THIS COUNTRY NEAR FLORIDA IS .bs | BAHAMAS |
| BEFORE THE EURO, THESE 3 COUNTRIES USED THE FRANC | FRANCE, BELGIUM, & LUXEMBOURG |
| BELAVIA AIRLINES IS THE AIRLINE OF THIS COUNTRY (IT'S FIRST TERMINAL WAS IN MINSK) | BELARUS |
| THE CITY OF BIALYSTOK IS IN THIS COUNTRY | POLAND |
| HOORN, HAARLEM, & ARNHEM ARE CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY | NETHERLANDS |
| THESE 2 COUNTRIES HAVE KINGS NAMED ABDULLAH | SAUDI ARABIA & JORDAN |
| IT THRUSTS OUT TOWARDS SICILY AS THE NORTHERNMOST BULGE OF AFRICA | TUNISIA |
| IT SHARES DOMINION OVER LAKE VICTORIA WITH KENYA AND UGANDA | TANZANIA |
| THIS SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND NATION IS RULED BY A KING & A 30-MEMBER LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBY | TONGA |
| ALPHABETICALLY LAST OF THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA | ZIMBABWE |
| THIS COUNTRY BORDERS SWITZERLAND & HUNGARY | AUSTRIA |
| THE RISORGIMENTO WAS THE 19TH-C. MOVEMENT TO UNIFY THIS COUNTRY | ITALY |
| PRINCE PHILLIPE IS HEIR APPARENT TO THIS LOW COUNTRY'S THRONE | BELGIUM |
| THE DNIEPER REACHES THE SEA IN THIS COUNTRY | UKRAINE |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK IS ZUGSPITZE IN THE BAVARIAN ALPS | GERMANY |
| THIS COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK IS MOUNT APO ON MINDANAO | PHILIPPINES |
| WHEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES REUNITED, THE OSTMARK WAS ELIMINATED | EAST & WEST GERMANY |
| THIS PENINSULA WAS ONCE KNOWN AS CHOSON | KOREA |
| OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES WITH BOTH AN ATLANTIC AND A PACIFIC COAST, IT'S THE SMALLEST IN AREA | COSTA RICA |
| THE 2 COUNTRIES THAT BORDER ONLY ITALY, DUE TO BEING SURROUNDED BY IT | VATICAN CITY & SAN MARINO |
| THE 2 COUNTRIES IN THE CARIBBEAN THAT BORDER ONLY EACH OTHER | HAITI & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| IN 1951, NEW ZEALAND SIGNED A DEFENSE PACT WITH THESE 2 COUNTRIES | AUSTRALIA & USA |
| IN 1707, THE ACT OF UNION JOINED THESE 2 COUNTRIES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN | ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND |
| IN 2003, THIS REPUBLIC BECAME THE 1ST ASIAN COUNTRY TO SIGN A FREE TRADE PACT WITH THE U.S. | SINGAPORE |
| MOST OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS 3RD-MOST-DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE | VATICAN CITY |
| THIS INDEPENDENT KINGDOM WAS THE 1ST GULF STATE TO ALLOW WOMEN TO VOTE & RUN FOR OFFICE | BAHRAIN |
| IN 2003, THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CAUSED CONTROVERSY BY PUTTING ITS NAME ON ITS PASSPORT | TAIWAN |
| ABU DHABI IS THE LARGEST OF THE 7 STATES THAT MAKE UP THIS PERSIAN GULF NATION | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| THE NILE RIVER BEGINS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT BORDER RWANDA | BURUNDI |
| THE MAY 1943 BATTLE OF THIS COUNTRY ENDED THE AXIS HOLD ON NORTH AFRICA | TUNISIA |
| BOTH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA WITH THIS RIVER IN THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE EQUATOR | CONGO |
| FRANCISCO FRANCO & CHIANG KAI-SHEK USED THIS TITLE AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF THEIR COUNTRIES' ARMIES | GENRALISSIMO |
| THIS COUNTRY AT THE TIP OF THE MALAY PENINSULA HAS THE BUSIEST PORT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA | SINGAPORE |
| "MOST SERENE REPUBLIC", LOCATED ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT TITANO | SAN MARINO |
| THE TUPOU DYNASTY HAS RULED THIS SOUTH PACIFIC KINGDOM SINCE 1845 | TONGA |
| THIS COUNTRY JUST NORTH OF MADAGASCAR CONSISTS OF ABOUT 90 ISLANDS, BUT ITS AREA IS ONLY 176 SQUARE MILES | SEYCHELLES |
| THE RHINE RIVER PROVIDES THE WESTERN BORDER OF THIS PRINCIPALITY | LIECHTENSTEIN |
| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST OF THE MAINLAND COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA | ARGENTINA |
| CROWNED IN 1523, SWEDISH KING GUSTAV I ENDED THE KALMAR UNION OF SWEDEN AND THESE 2 COUNTRIES | NORWAY & DENMARK |
| IN 1900 BROOKS ADAMS PREDICTED THAT IN 50 YEARS THESE COUNTRIES WOULD BE THE WORLD'S 2 MAIN POWERS | U.S. & RUSSIA |
| CREATED BY THE ASWAN HIGH DAM, LAKE NASSER IS SHARED BY THESE 2 COUNTRIES | EGYPT & SUDAN |
| OF THE 4 COUNTRIES THAT TURKMENISTAN BORDERS, THE ONE THAT ISN'T A "-STAN" | IRAN |
| ITS JUDICIAL CAPITAL IS AT SUCRE | BOLIVIA |
| COUNTRIES THAT USE THE RUPEE AS CURRENCY | INDIA, PAKISTAN, BHUTAN, & NEPAL |
| LIBREVILLE IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY | GABON |
| ROSEAU IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS CARIBBEAN COUNTRY | DOMINICA |
| THIS COUNTRY IS NAMED FOR THE MAN WHO LIBERATED IT FROM SPAIN AND WAS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT | BOLIVIA |
| THIS COUNTRY TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE MYTHOLOGICAL KAMBU | CAMBODIA |
| THE TSWANA ARE ITS LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP | BOTSWANA |
| THE NAME OF THIS MIDEAST COUNTRY COMES FROM THE NAME OF THE ROYAL FAMILY THAT RULES IT | SAUDI ARABIA |
| 2 CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT TOUCH BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC | BELIZE & EL SALVADOR |
| 4 COUNTRIES THAT BORDER THAILAND | MYANMAR, CAMBODIA, LAOS, & MALAYSIA |
| OF COUNTRIES ENTIRELY WITHIN ASIA, IT WAS THE FIRST WITH A RAIL SYSTEM | INDIA |
| ALPHABETICALLY LAST OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES | VENEZUELA |
| THEY ARE THE 3 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES | ECUADOR, COLUMBIA, & BRAZIL |
| AS IN MANY ARAB COUNTRIES, A STANDARD GREETING IS "SALAM ALEKUM", WHICH LITERALLY WISHES THIS TO THE OTHER PERSON | PEACE |
| THIS AGREEMENT ON WORLD TARIFFS & TRADE WAS SIGNED BY 23 COUNTRIES IN GENEVA IN 1947 | GATT |
| THE DECCAN HERALD & THE BIHAR TIMES ARE NEWSPAPERS OF THIS COUNTRY | INDIA |
| THE EL PATAGONIA IS A NEWSPAPER OF THIS COUNTRY | ARGENTINA |
| THE LARGEST OF THE 4 MODERN COUNTRIES JOSE DE SAN MARTIN HELPED LIBERATE FROM EUROPEAN RULE | ARGENTINA |
| THE "CHRIST OF THE ANDES" STATUES SYMBOLIZES PEACE BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | CHILE & ARGENTINA |
| WORD TO DESIGNATE THE 3 LOW COUNTRIES, OR THEIR ECONOMIC PACT | BENELUX |
| THE SYR DARYA, ONE OF CENTRAL ASIA'S MAJOR RIVERS, FLOWS THROUGH 3 COUNTRIES WHOSE NAMES END IN THIS SYLLABLE | -STAN |
| DONALD RUMSFELD CALLED THESE 2 COUNTRIES "OLD EUROPE" AFTER THEY OPPOSED MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ | FRANCE & GERMANY |
| ASIA'S 2 SMALLEST COUNTRIES IN AREA | SINGAPORE AND THE MALDIVES |
| ALEXANDER II SIGNED THE PEACE OF YORK IN 1237, ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | ENGLAND & SCOTLAND |
| THE 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES TRYING TO CLAIM GRAHAM LAND, PART OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | CHILE & ARGENTINA |
| THE MATTERHORN IS FOUND BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | ITLAY & SWITZERLAND |
| THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA IS SPLIT BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | HAITI & DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| MOUNT EVEREST IS ON THE BORDER OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | NEPAL & CHINA |
| 2 COUNTRIES FOUND ON THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA | PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND INDONESIA |
| LAKE TITICACA IS ON THE BORDER OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | PERU & BOLIVIA |
| 1 OF THE 2 AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN NAMES OF STARBUCKS COFFEE | KENYA OR ETHIOPIA |
| THIS CENTRAL ASIAN NATION IS THE WORLD'S MOST SPARSELY POPULATED COUNTRY | MONGOLIA |
| THIS BALTIC REPUBLIC IS BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY THE GULF OF BOTHNIA | ESTONIA |
| AT THE END OF WWWII, THIS COUNTRY RECIEVED THE PROVINCES OF BUKOVINA, BANAT, & TRANSYLVANIA FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | ROMANIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S TALLEST PEAK, MOUNT TAHAT RISES 9,850 FEET IN THE AHAGGAR MOUNTAINS IN THE SAHARA DESERT | ALGERIA |
| AMONG THE COUNTRIES THAT SURROUND THIS BODY OF WATER ARE IRAN, IRAQ, QATAR, & KUWAIT | PERSIAN GULF |
| YOU'LL FIND THE SEA OF AZOV BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | RUSSIA & UKRAINE |
| IN 2002, PRESIDENT BUSH IDENTIFIED THESE3 COUNTRIES AS FORMING AN "AXIS OF EVIL" | IRAQ, NORTH KOREA, AND IRAN |
| HOLIDAYS ON THIS ISLAND COUNTRY INCLUDE THE BIRTHDAYS OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND SUN YAT-SEN | TAIWAN |
| THE REMAINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF TROY WERE FOUND NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE HELLESPONT IN THIS COUNTRY | TURKEY |
| IN 1789 THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY OCCURRED IN THE WATERS OF THIS SOUTH PACIFIC KINGDOM | TONGA |
| HABIB BOURGUIBA LED THIS NATION'S FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE AND SERVED AS ITS PRESIDENT FROM 1957 TO 1987 | TUNISIA |
| FEB, 1980: FOR THE FIRST TIME THESE 2 MIDEAST COUNTRIES EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS | EGYPT & ISRAEL |
| TITLE HELD IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY BALBINUS, BAO DAI, AND BIDATSU | EMPEROR |
| THIS COUNTRY REUNIFIED IN 1990 | GERMANY |
| A LINE DRAWN IN 1493 SETTLED CLAIMS IN THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | SPAIN & PORTUGAL |
| IN 1958 THE NETHERLANDS & 2 OTHER LOW COUNTRIES SIGNED A TREATY CREATING THIS ECONOMIC UNION | BENELUX |
| IT'S THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA | GUATEMALA |
| IT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS SOUTHERN RHODESIA, THEN JUST AS RHODESIA | ZIMBABWE |
| IT WAS FORMERLY NORTHERN RHODESIA | ZAMBIA |
| THE GEORGE CROSS, AWARDED FOR BRAVERY IN WWII, APPEARS ON THIS ISLAND COUNTRY'S FLAG | MALTA |
| SARAJEVO IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY | BOSNIA |
| MANAMA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY | BAHRAIN |
| NUKU'ALOFA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS SOUTH PACIFIC KINGDOM | TONGA |
| IT'S THE SMALLEST IN AREA OF THE BENELUX COUNTRIES | LUXEMBOURG |
| THIS MUSLIM NATION IS ALPHABETICALLY FIRST AMONG AFRICA'S COUNTRIES | ALGERIA |
| IN 1823, 5 PRESENT CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES BROKE AWAY FROM THIS NEARBY ONE | MEXICO |
| THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF IRAN | PERSIAN |
| THIS COUNTRY IS HOME TO MANY VOLCANOES INCLUDING KRAKATOA | INDONESIA |
| THIS SMALL DUCHY IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY GERMANY, BELGIUM, AND FRANCE | LUXEMBOURG |
| THE BAATH PARTY RULES THESE 2 MIDEAST COUNTRIES | IRAQ & SYRIA |
| IN 1954 FRENCH INDOCHINA WAS DIVIDED INTO THESE 4 COUNTRIES | CAMBODIA, LAOS, NORTH VIETNAM, & SOUTH VIETNAM |
| PROUD MASAI WARRIORS LIVE IN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | KENYA & TANZANIA |
| JEREMY BENTHAM COINED THE TERMS MAXIMIZE & MINIMIZE AS WELL AS THIS 13-LETTER WORD MEANING "OF MANY COUNTRIES" | INTERNATIONAL |
| IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, SANTA CLAUS ARRIEVES TO DELIVER PRESENTS ON A BOAT FROM THIS COUNTRY | SPAIN |
| THE TREATY OF GHENT WAS SIGNED BY THESE 2 COUNTRIES IN 1814 | U.S. & GREAT BRITAIN |
| HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS MAKE UP ABOUT 20% OF THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY | GREECE |
| THE NEIGHBORS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAQ | KUWAIT |
| THIS NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY HAS BEEN PART OF THE OTTOMAN & CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRES | TUNISIA |
| THIS NATION WAS CREATED IN 1971 OUT OF THE FORMER PAKISTANI PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN | BANGLADESH |
| THIS AFRICAN NATION IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN | MADAGASCAR |
| IN 1992, THIS RECONFIGURED REPUBLIC WAS DECLARED BY SERBIA & MONTENEGRO | YUGOSLAVIA |
| FROM THE EARLY 1500S TO 1975, THIS COUNTRY ON AFRICA'S SOUTHEAST COAST WAS AT LEAST PARTLY OCCUPIED BY PORTUGAL | MOZAMBIQUE |
| THIS GRAND DUCHY IS ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN THE SAME-NAMED BELGIUM PROVINCE IT BORDERS | LUXEMBOURG |
| SINCE 1819, MONACO'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN BASED ON THIS NEIGHBOR'S CODE | FRANCE |
| THE SPANISH PORTS OF CEUTA & MELILLA ACTUALLY LIE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF THIS NORTH AFRICAN NATION | MOROCCO |
| THE SANSKRIT WORDS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL EMBLEM MEAN "TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPS" | INDIA |
| ABOUT 90% OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ARE HUTU, ABOUT 9% TUTSI | RWANDA |
| THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE NETHERLANDS IS A COMBINATION OF THOSE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC & THIS ROYAL HOUSE | ORANGE |
| THE LONGEST TRIP BY RAIL YOU CAN TAKE UNDERWATER IS BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | ENGLAND & FRANCE |
| THIS COUNTRY'S FLAG IS KNOWN AS THE DANNEBROG | DENMARK |
| THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT BORDER MEXICO | BELIZE, GUATEMALA, AND USA |
| JAVA IS ONE OF THE ISLANDS THAT MAKE UP THIS COUNTRY | INDONESIA |
| HUGE ASIAN COUNTRY WHOSE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS "JANA-GANA-MANA" | INDIA |
| THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY'S CAPITAL IS KAMPALA | UGANDA |
| IN 1957, 6 COUNTRIES SIGNED THE TREATY OF ROME TO CREATE THIS, THE EEC | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNTITY |
| IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF PRIME MINISTER IN SOME COUNTRIES, OR THE TITLE OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOME UNIVERSITIES | CHANCELLOR |
| 2 COUNTRIES JOINED TOGETHER IN 1990 TO FORM THIS NEIGHBOR OF OMAN | YEMEN (NORTH & SOUTH) |
| IT BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN ON AUG.15, 1947, THE DAY AFTER PAKISTAN DID | INDIA |
| THIS COUNTRY IS ON AN ISTHMUS BETWEEN COLUMBIA & COSTA RICA | PANAMA |
| THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS ABYSSINIA | ETHIOPIA |
| BOHEMIA IS THE MOST POPULOUS REGION OF THIS REPUBLIC | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| ALPHABETICALLY, IT IS FIRST AMONG THE BALKAN COUNTRIES | ALBANIA |
| IT WAS FORMED IN 1960 BY IRAN, IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, & VENEZUELA | OPEC |
| MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CELEBRATE THE EQUIVALENT OF THIS AMERICAN HOLIDAY ON MAY DAY | LABOR DAY |
| IN 1942 THIS NATION CONTROLLED ALL OR PART OF A DOZEN PRESENT-DAY EASTERN ASIAN COUNTRIES | JAPAN |
| THIS COUNTRY HAS 7.7 JUMBUCKS PER PERSON | AUSTRALIA (SHEEP) |
| THIS COUNTRY'S 266,000 PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP ITS 500,000 SHEEP AWAY FROM MOUNT HEKLA, AN ACTIVE VOLCANO | ICELAND |
| THIS SECOND-LARGEST MEMBER OF THE C.I.S. HAS ALMOST TWICE AS MANY SHEEP & GOATS AS PEOPLE | KAZAKHSTAN |
| IN 1997, AFTER A 32-YEAR RULE, STRONGMAN MOBUTU SESE SEKO WAS OUSTED FROM THE COUNTRY HE HAD NAMED THIS | ZAIRE |
| IN 1911 ITALY TOOK CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY; TODAY IT IS UNDER QADDAFI'S CONTROL | LIBYA |
| HASSAN II HAS BEEN THE KING OF THIS COUNTRY SINCE 1961 | MOROCCO |
| ASMARA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY THAT WAS FORMERLY PART OF ETHIOPIA | ERITREA |
| THIS COUNTRY ON THE ATLANTIC COAST IS AFRICA'S MOST POPULOUS | NIGERIA |
| GOZO IS ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF THIS MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY, ONCE HOME TO A FAMOUS GROUP OF KNIGHTS | MALTA |
| CROSS BRUNEI'S SOUTHERN BORDER & YOU'RE STILL ON THE ISLAND OF BORNEO BUT YOU'VE ENTERED THIS COUNTRY | MALAYSIA |
| IN AREA IT'S THE SECOND-LARGEST PROVINCE OF THE SECOND-LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | ONTARIO |
| ITS CITY OF PUSAN HAS AN AVERAGE OF 54 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION A YEAR | SOUTH KOREA |
| ALPHABETICALLY, COUNTRIES ON THIS CONTINENT RUN FROM A-V | SOUTH AMERICA |
| IF YOU'RE ON THE ROAD TO THIS NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY, TAKE SOME DIRHAMS, ITS CURRENCY | MOROCCO |
| AFTER IT BROKE FROM YUGOSLAVIA IN 1991, GREECE OBJECTED TO ITS USE OF HELLENIC SYMBOLS | MACEDONIA |
| FORMERLY THE CAROLINE ISLANDS, ITS NAME SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | MICRONESIA |
| IT'S BEEN RULED BY THE PHOENICIANS, ROMANS, ARABS, NORMANS, KNIGHTS, FRANCE, BRITAIN, &, SINCE 1964, ITSELF | MALTA |
| THE REGION ONCE KNOWN AS ALSACE-LORRAINE IS PART OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | FRANCE & GERMANY |
| BRUNEI & PARTS OF 2 OTHER COUNTRIES OCCUPY THIS, THE WORLD'S THIRD-LARGEST ISLAND | BORNEO |
| PRINCE ALBERT I FOUNDED THIS TINY PRINCIPALITY'S MUSEE OCEANOGRAPHIQUE IN 1910 | MONACO |
| THIS SMALL COUNTRY IN THE PYRANEES USES THE MONEY OF ITS NEIGHBORS, FRANCE & SPAIN | ANDORRA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S SUPREME COURT IS IN SUCRE, NOT IN LA PAZ | BOLIVIA |
| FOUNDED AS AN EGYPTIAN ARMY CAMP IN THE 1820S, KHARTOUM IS NOW THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY | SUDAN |
| THE 2 SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION OF LAPPS | NORWAY & SWEDEN |
| IN THE 4TH-C. B.C., LYCIA WAS CONQUERED BY THIS MACEDONIAN & ABSORBED INTO HIS EMPIRE | ALEXANDER THE GREAT |
| COLCHIS ON THE BLACK SEA WAS THE HOME OF THIS OBJECT SOUGHT BY JASON & THE ARGONAUTS | THE GOLDEN FLEECE |
| THIS BIBLICAL COUNTRY OF HAMMURABI WAS ONCE THE COUNTRY OF SUMER | BABYLONIA |
| THE CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA; ASHURBANIPAL FOUNDED A LIBRARY THERE | NINEVAH |
| BITHYNIA ON THE BOSPORUS STRAIT IS NOW PART OF THIS COUNTRY | TURKEY |
| THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, IT HAS 21 REPUBLICS, 49 OBLASTS, AND 6 KRAYS | RUSSIA |
| IT USES THE MONEGASQUE FRANCE | MONACO |
| THERE ARE NO PERMANENT LAKES IN THIS COUNTRY | SAUDI ARABIA |
| IN THIS COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT, THE DAIL HAS 166 SEATS AND THE SEANAD, 60 | IRELAND |
| ITS BORDER WITH BOLIVIA & PERU ARE MUCH SHORTER THAN ITS BORDER WITH ARGENTINA | CHILE |
| NUMEROUS DIKES COVER THE COAST OF LJSSELMEER IN THIS COUNTRY | THE NETHERLANDS |
| A CEDAR TREE IS FEATURED ON THIS COUNTRY'S COAT OF ARMS | LEBANON |
| BRATISLAVA, CAPITAL OF THIS EASTERN NEIGHBOR OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WAS KNOWN AS PRESSBURG UNTIL 1919 | SLOVAKIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S TERRITORY ON BORNEO IS OVER 50% LARGER THAN ITS TERRITORY ON THE ASIAN MAINLAND | MALAYSIA |
| THIS NAME OF ONE OF THE LOW COUNTRIES MEANS "LOW COUNTRY" | NETHERLANDS |
| IN 1995 DUTCH PEACEKEEPING TROOPS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE AT SREBRENICA IN THIS COUNTRY | BOSNIA |
| THE CONCERTGEBOUW, OR CONCERT HALL, IN THIS CAPITAL CITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS SUPERB ACOUSTICS | AMSTERDAM |
| "WE WISH TO REMAIN WHAT WE ARE" IS A NATIONAL MOTTO OF THIS SMALLEST LOW COUNTRY | LUXEMBOURG |
| 4 COUNTRIES BORDERING AFGHANISTAN WHOSE NAMES ALSO END IN -STAN | PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, AND UZBEKISTAN |
| COUNTRIES THAT CELEBRATE THESE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE MEXICO ON FEB.5, AND THE U.S. ON SEPT.17 | CONSTITUTIONS |
| ICELAND IS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT LACK THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION | TRAINS/RAILROADS |
| IN 1978 THESE 2 COUNTRIES ALMOST WENT TO WAR OVER 3 ISLANDS IN THE BEAGLE CHANNEL | ARGENTINA & CHILE |
| TO ACCOMPLISH A GRAND SLAM, YOU HAVE TO WIN CERTAIN TOURNAMENTS IN THESE 4 COUNTRIES | U.S., FRANCE, ENGLAND, & AUSTRALIA |
| THIS COUNTRY FORMS THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM | SCOTLAND |
| THE SUEZ CANAL DIVIDES THE ASIAN & AFRICAN PORTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY | EGYPT |
| THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY MEANS "BENGAL NATION" | BANGLADESH |
| BREMEN IS THIS COUNTRY'S SMALLEST STATE | GERMANY |
| SKANDERBEG SQUARE IN TIRANE IS NAMED FOR THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HERO | ALBANIA |
| MEMBERSHIP IN THIS ORGANIZATION REACHED ITS HEIGHT IN 1934 WITH 58 COUNTRIES | LEAGUE OF NATIONS |
| THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS LIVING IN THIS ISLAND COUNTRY ARE THE SINHALESE & THE TAMLS | SRI LANKA |
| TIMOR IS THE LARGEST OF THIS COUNTRY'S LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; BALI IS ONE OF THE SMALLER ONES | INDONESIA |
| THE JUDEO-GALILEAN HIGHLANDS ARE ONE OF FOUR MAJOR LAND DIVISIONS OF THIS COUNTRY | ISRAEL |
| THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY COMES FROM THE KORYO DYNASTY, WHICH RULED UNTIL THE 1300S | KOREA |
| HUNGARIANS LARGELY IN TRANSYLVANIA MAKE UP THIS COUNTRY'S LARGEST MINORITY GROUP | ROMANIA |
| IN 1991 MACEDONIA DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM THIS COUNTRY | YUGOSLAVIA |
| IN 1994 ACTOR RUBEN BLADES RAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY; HE CAME IN 3RD | PANAMA |
| THIS PERSIAN GULF NATION GETS ITS NAME FROM KUT, AN ARABIC WORD FOR "FORT" | KUWAIT |
| THE MAJOR ETHNIC GROUP IN THIS PYRANEES PRINCIPALITY IS SPANISH AT 61% | ANDORRA |
| IN 1962 TOBAGO & THIS LARGER NEIGHBOR WON THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN | TRINIDAD |
| THIS SULTANATE IS SURROUNDED ON ITS LANDWARD SIDE BY THE MALAYSIAN STATE OF SARAWAK | BRUNEI |
| IT'S THE ONLY CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION THAT DOES NOT BORDER THE CARIBBEAN | EL SALVADOR |
| YOU'LL FIND SAN MARINO IN THESE MOUNTAINS | APPENINES |
| GUINEA IS BORDERED BY THIS COUNTRY THAT ALSO HAS GUINEA IN ITS NAME | GUINEA-BISSAU |
| OUAGADOUGOU IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY | BURKINA FASO |
| THIS CAPITAL OF SIERRA LEONE WAS FOUNDED AS A HAVEN FOR FREED SLAVES | FREETOWN |
| IN 1956 THE INTERNATIONAL CITY OF TANGIER BECAME PART OF THIS COUNTRY | MOROCCO |
| THE BAY OF ANCON DE SARDINAS IS SHARED BY COLUMBIA & THIS NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH | ECUADOR |
| ABOUT 94% OF THIS COUNTRY'S POPULATION BELONGS TO THE HAN NATIONALITY | CHINA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S 4 GEOGRAPHICAL PROVINCES ARE CONNAUGHT, LEINSTER, MUNSTER & PART OF ULSTER | IRELAND |
| THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA IS PART OF THIS COUNTRY | TURKEY |
| THE BRYAN-CHAMORRO TREATY OF 1914 GAVE THE U.S. THE RIGHT TO BUILD A CANAL THROUGH THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY | NICARAGUA |
| 4 COUNTRIES OF AFRICA WHOSE NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "B" | BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, BENIN, & BURKINA FASO |
| THESE 2 COUNTRIES SHARE THE GOBI DESERT | CHINA & MONGOLIA |
| THE 3 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR | ECUADOR, BRAZIL, & COLUMBIA |
| THE SHIP ON GRENADA'S COAT-OF-ARMS REPRESENTS THIS EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED THE ISLAND IN 1498 | COLUMBUS |
| THIS MOUNTAIN IS PROMINENT ON TANZANIA'S COAT-OF-ARMS | MOUNT KILIMANJARO |
| THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY'S COAT-OF-ARMS READS, "THE LOVE OF FREEDOM BROUGHT US HERE" | LIBERIA |
| AMONG THE SYMBOLS USED ON ITS COAT-OF-ARMS ARE TWO GURKHAS & THE HIMALAYAS | NEPAL |
| BRAZIL SHARES ITS BORDERS WITH ALL SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES EXCEPT THESE 2 | CHILE & ECUADOR |
| MOUNT EVEREST IS LOCATED ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | NEPAL & TIBET |
| IN 1947 ARCHITECTS FROM 5 COUNTRIES WERE ENGAGED TO DESIGN THIS COMPLEX | UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS |
| 1 OF 2 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT HONOR THE MARTYRED ST. LUCIA ON DEC. 13 | ITALY & SWEDEN |
| OF THE 3 COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA, THE ONE THAT IS LANDLOCKED | LAOS |
| THE 3 INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA WHERE SPANISH IS NOT AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE | BRAZIL, SURINAME, & GUYANA |
| THE 2 COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE WHOSE POPULATIONS ARE GREATER THAN MEXICO'S | U.S. & BRAZIL |
| THE 2 AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT SHARE LAND BORDERS WITH EGYPT | LIBYA & SUDAN |
| THESE 2 COUNTRIES VIE FOR THE WESTCHESTER CUP (POLO) | U.S. & GREAT BRITAIN |
| OF THE 3 SCANDANAVIAN COUNTRIES, THE ONE THAT IS NOT A NATO MEMBER | SWEDEN |
| 4 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN THE CONTADORA GROUP | COLUMBIA, MEXICO, PANAMA, & VENEZUELA |
| THE 4 AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT BELONG TO OPEC | NIGERIA, LIBYA, ALGERIA, & GABON |
| 3 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD WHOSE NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "J" | JAPAN, JAMAICA, & JORDAN |
| IN 1707, THE ACT OF UNION UNITED THESE 3 COUNTRIES TO FORM GREAT BRITAIN | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & WALES |
| THESE 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES GAINED THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY; ONE IN THE 1960S AND ONE IN THE '70S | SURINAME & GUYANA |
| THE ORIENT EXPRESS' PARIS-ISTANBUL RUN CROSSES 5 COUNTRIES BETWEEN FRANCE & TURKEY | SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, ROMANIA, AND BULGARIA |
| IN 1839 THOMAS BUCHANAN BECAME THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF THIS FUTURE COUNTRY | LIBERIA |
| THE LUSATIAN MOUNTAINS, IN THE WESTERN SUDETEN RANGE, FORM PART OF THE BORDER BETWEEN THESE 2 COUNTRIES | GERMANY & CZECH REPUBLIC |
| THE ONLY PLACE WHERE 4 COUNTRIES MEET AT ONE POINT IS FOUND ON THIS CONTINENT | AFRICA |
| FOR OVER A DECADE STARTING FROM 1807, THIS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL WAS MOVED TO A CITY IN SOUTH AMERICA | PORTUGAL |
| MOVING WEST FROM CANADA, THE NEXT 3 COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE ARCTIC CIRCLE PASSES | USA, RUSSIA, & FINLAND |
| NOBEL LAUREATE RABINDRANATH TAGORE WROTE THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES | INDIA & BANGLADESH |
| THE THREE 4-LETTER COUNTRIES OF AFRICA | CHAD, TOGO, & MALI |
| THE 3 COUNTRIES CLASSIFIED AS EXTENDING ACROSS 2 CONTINENTS | RUSSIA, TURKEY, & EGYPT |
| THE WORLD'S HIGHEST AIRPORT IS FOUND IN THIS ASIAN POLITICAL REGION | TIBET |
| BORDERING ITALY, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, & CROATIA, IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S NEWEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES | SLOVENIA |
| IN 1958 THIS COUNTRY'S ARMY OVERTHREW ITS GOVERNMENT AND SET UP A COUNCIL WITH A KURD, A SHIITE, AND A SUNNI ARAB | IRAQ |
| 4 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HAD PRIME MINISTERS WHO WERE FATHER AND DAUGHTER | INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, & SRI LANKA |
| THE 3 MOST POPULATED COUNTRIES | CHINA, INDIA, USA |
| BESIDES GREAT BRITAIN, THE 2 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN PASSES | FRANCE & SPAIN |
| THIS ISLAND NATION IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD NAMED FOR A BIBLICAL KING | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| ON JULY 1, 1997, ITS POPULATION SUDDENLY INCREASED BY OVER 6 MILLION | CHINA |
| IN 1994, THE PRESIDENTS OF THESE 2 AFRICAN COUNTRIES DIED IN A PLANE CRASH | RWANDA & BURUNDI |
| BEFORE ITS INDEPENDENCE, THIS COUNTRY WAS KNOWN AS THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES | INDONESIA |
| THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTRY IN AFRICA | TUNISIA |
| THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS DEMOCRACY | INDIA |
| THE 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES NAMED FOR FAMOUS PEOPLE | COLUMBIA & BOLIVIA |
| OF THE WORLD'S 4 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN AREA, IT HAS THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE OF FARMLAND | CANADA |
| THIS CONTINENT HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES | AFRICA |
| SOME 40% OF THIS COUNTRY'S LAND HAS BEEN RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA | THE NETHERLANDS |
| BOTH IN SIZE & POPULATION, IT'S THE LARGEST SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY | SWEDEN |
| 19TH-C. SARDINIA TOOK THE LEAD IN UNIFYING THIS COUNTRY | ITALY |
| ONLY PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRY ENTIRELY IN EUROPE | ALBANIA |
| U.S. AMBASSADORS TO THIS COUNTRY HAVE INCLUDED ANNE ARMSTRONG & JOSEPH KENNEDY | GREAT BRITAIN |
| THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR LED TO THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE | CUBA |
| AFRICA'S NORTHERNMOST COUNTRY, IT WAS ONCE THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE | TUNISIA |
| COUNTRY THAT'S SMALLER THAN CANADA, BUT LARGER THAN THE U.S | CHINA |
| TO EVADE FRENCH DEFENDERS, THE GERMANS ATTACKED FRANCE THROUGH THIS COUNTRY IN BOTH WORLD WARS | BELGIUM |
| IN 19TH-C., BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, & URUGUAY WIPED OUT OVER 80% OF THIS COUNTRY'S POPULATION | PARAGUAY |
| JOHN DENVER'S COUNTRY ROADS LEAD TO THESE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS | BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS |
| IF YOU "TAKE THE HIGH ROAD", I'LL GET THERE AFORE YE | SCOTLAND |
| TANGANYIKA & ZANZIBAR JOINED TO FORM THIS COUNTRY | TANZANIA |
| THE LAST OCCASION CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON ANY COUNTRY | WW II |
| THIS "BENGAL NATION" WAS ONCE EAST PAKISTAN | BANGLADESH |
| COUNTRY THAT IS HOME TO TO PARSIS & SIKHS | INDIA |
| COUNTRY WHERE QUEENS BEATRIX, WILHELMINA, & JULIANA WERE INAUGURATED, NOT CROWNED | THE NETHERLANDS |
| THE AIR FORCE'S C-130 "HURRICANE HUNTERS" ARE THE ONLY U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT ALLOWED TO ENTER THIS COUNTRY'S AIRSPACE | CUBA |
| THIS COUNTRY BORDERS THE MOST "STANS" | UZBEKISTAN |
| THIS COUNTRY'S LARGEST LAKE SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE COUNTRY; ITS SECOND-LARGEST LAKE HAS THE SAME NAME AS ITS CAPITAL | NICARAGUA |
| SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY NAMED FOR A EUROPEAN KING NOW WANT TO CALL IT BY AN INDIGENOUS NAME,MAHARLIKA | PHILIPPINES |
| IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITHOUT ANY PERMANENT NATURAL RIVERS OF LAKES | SAUDI ARABIA |
| BORN IN KIEV & LATER A U.S CITIZEN, THIS LEADER BECAME PRIME MINISTER IN 1969 OF A COUNTRY FOUNDED IN THE 20TH CENTURY | GOLDA MEIR |
| THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE BEGAN IN 1813 AGAINST THIS COUNTRY; IN 1818 IT LET THIS COUNTRY IN AND BECAME THE QUINTUPLE ALLIANCE | FRANCE |
| A NORTHERNER WHOSE SYMPATHIES EXILED HIM TO THE CONFEDERACY, BERMUDA, & CANADA INSPIRED THIS 1863 TALE | THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY |
| THIS STATE CAPITAL IS THE ONLY U.S. STATE CAPITAL WITH NO LETTERS OF ITS STATE IN ITS NAME | PIERRE, SD |
| BEGINNING IN 1932, ALL THIS COUNTRY'S KINGS HAVE BEEN THE COUNTRY'S FOUNDER OR HIS SONS | SAUDI ARABIA |
| IT'S THE COUNTRY FROM WHICH THE U.S. IMPORTS THE MOST OIL | CANADA |
| FLYING DUE WEST FROM LOS ANGELES, IT'S THE FIRST FOREIGN COUNTRY YOU WOULD REACH | JAPAN |
| AS OF 2006, YOU CAN TAKE A 48-HOUR RIDE BETWEEN THESE 2 CITIES, WITH A STRETCH ON THE WORLD'S HIGHEST RAILROAD | BEIJING & LHASA |
| IN 2006, "THE NATIVITY STORY" BECAME THE FIRST FILM TO HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN PAUL VI HALL | VATICAN CITY |
| ON JUNE 3, 2006, THIS NATION DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE, MAKING IT THE WORLD'S NEWEST COUNTRY | MONTENEGRO |
| SO PRUSSIA COULD DOMINATE GERMANY, BISMARCK EXCLUDED THIS COUNTRY THAT LOST THE 1866 BATTLE OF KONIGGRATZ | AUSTRIA |
| IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS SINGLE ISLAND WITH ABOUT 120 MILLION PEOPLE | JAVA |
| "AMERICAN VERTIGO" BY PHILOSOPHER BERNARD-HENRI LEVY RETRACED A TRIP 175 YEARS BEFORE BY THIS MAN, HIS COUNTRYMAN | ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE |
| THE NAME OF THIS AIRLINE ESTABLISHED IN 1948 MEANS "SKYWARD" | EL AL |
| TO GET THE NAME OF ITS COUNTRY, ADD 2 LETTERS TO THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL CITY | TUNIS |
| OF THE WORLD'S 10 LARGEST ISLANDS, 3 BELONG ALL OR IN PART TO INDONESIA AND 3 BELONG TO THIS COUNTRY | CANADA |
| IN 1964 AT LOP NOR, THIS COUNTRY DETONATED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR DEVICE | CHINA |
| IN 2006, THIS COUNTRY SWORE IN AFRICA'S FIRST ELECTED FEMALE PRESIDENT, ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF | LIBERIA |
| IN 2005, LEADERS OF SPAIN & FRANCE JOINED IN CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE | MOROCCO |
| IN 1984 HIS GRANDSON SUCCEEDED HIS DAUGHTER TO BECOME HIS COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER | JAWARHARLAL NEHRU |
| THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF HIS COUNTRY TO BE BORN IN THAT LAND | YITZAK RABIN |
| IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY WITH A FEMALE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, KHALEDA ZIA (2006) | BANGLADESH |
| ESTABLISHED IN 1903, THE OLDEST U.S. MILITARY BASE IN CONTINUOUS USE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. IS IN THIS COUNTRY | CUBA |
| THIS COUNTRY IS ALMOST BISECTED BY THE SECOND-LONGEST RIVER OF EUROPE | HUNGARY |
| IN 1994, AFTER A 20-YEAR ABSENCE, THIS COUNTRY'S DELEGATION WAS ALLOWED TO BE SEATED IN THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY | SOUTH AFRICA |
| ELECTED IN 1916, SHE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A 1995 BIOGRAPHY CALLED "BRIGHT STAR IN THE BIG SKY" | JEANNETTE RANKIN |
| THOUGH HE WAS ALREADY EMPEROR OF ONE COUNTRY, FRANZ JOSEPH WAS CROWNED IN THIS CITY IN 1867 | BUDAPEST |
| HE COMMANDED THE FORCES THAT RESCUED THE SURVIVORS OF THE IMFAMOUS BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA IN 1756 | ROBERT CLIVE |
| IN 1942, AUNG SAN, COMMANDER OF THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE ARMY, MARRIED NURSE KHIN KYI | BURMA |
| ON THE THRONE SINCE 1946, THE KING OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST-SERVING LIVING MONARCH | THAILAND |
| ACCORDING TO THE CIA, THIS FOREIGN COUNTRY HAS THE HIGHEST MILITARY EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA | ISRAEL |
| IT'S SOUTH AMERICA'S LEAST POPULOUS INDEPENDENT MAINLAND COUNTRY | SURINAME |
| THE 2ND-SMALLEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE; IN THE 1980S IT WAS INVADED BY THE 2ND-LARGEST | GRENADA |
| A SPANISH DICTIONARY DEFINES IT AS "CIRCULO MAXIMO QUE EQUIDISTA DE LOS POLOS DE LA TIERRA" | ECUADOR |
| THE LARGEST AFRICAN COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN PASSES | ALGERIA |
| OF THE 8 MEMBERS OF THE G-8 INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, IT'S THE ONE WITH THE SMALLEST POPULATION | CANADA |
| ON JUNE 18, 1940, THE DAY OF CHURCHILL'S "FINEST HOUR" SPEECH, THIS LEADER MADE HIS FIRST BROADCAST FROM LONDON | DE GAULLE |
| THE ONLY TIME THE HOST COUNTRY FAILED TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL WAS AT THE OLYMPICS HELD IN THIS WESTERN HEMISPHERE CITY | MONTREAL (1976) |
| OF THE MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES, THIS COUNTRY STRETCHES THE FARTHEST SOUTH | BRAZIL |
| THIS MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY IS THE WORLD'S ONLY NATION WHOSE FLAG BEARS A GEOGRAPHIC OUTLINE OF ITSELF | CYPRUS |
| "LAND OF TWO RIVERS" IS THE ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY WHOSE HISTORY GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS | IRAQ |
| RUTH PERRY, MODERN AFRICA'S FIRST FEMALE HEAD OF STATE, HEADED A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1996 | LIBERIA |
| WRITTEN IN 1904, "HIMNO ISTMENO" IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY THAT WON ITS INDEPENDENCE A YEAR EARLIER | PANAMA |
| A STATUE OF CHANG & ENG BUNKER STANDS IN SAMUT SONGKRAM IN THIS COUNTRY | THAILAND |
| IN 1965, THIS COUNTRY RAISED ITS NEW NATIONAL FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME ON PARLIAMENT HILL | CANADA |
| THE CITY OF TROMSO IN THIS COUNTRY, IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S NORTHERNMOST UNIVERSITY & BREWERY | NORWAY |
| TOWNS IN THIS COUNTRY INCLUDE MARSHALL & TUBMANBURG | LIBERIA |
| IN 1999 ONLY A FEW HUNDRED AMERICANS KNOWN AS ZONIANS WERE LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY | PANAMA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HEROES INCLUDE JUAN PABLO DUARTE AND SAMMY SOSA | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| THIS COUNTRY'S LEADERS HAVE INCLUDED YUSOF BIN ISHAK, BENJAMIN SHEARES, AND LEE KUAN YEW | SINGAPORE |
| IN 1998 THIS COUNTRY GOT ITS 56TH GOVERNMENT SINCE WWII, WITH ITS FIRST COMMUNIST CABINET MINISTERS IN 50 YEARS | ITALY |
| AFRICA'S NEWEST INDEPENDENT STATE, IT WAS AN ITALIAN COLONY UNTIL WWII, & LATER INCORPORATED INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY | ERITREA |
| THE NAME OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CONTAINS THE NAME OF A MEDITERRANEAN VOLCANO | VIETNAM (ETNA) |
| IN 1989 PRESIDENT BUSH SENT ABOUT 10,000 TROOPS INTO THIS COUNTRY AS PART OF OPERATION JUST CAUSE | PANAMA |
| VALDAS ADAMKUS, A RESIDENT OF CHICAGO SINCE 1949, BECAME PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY IN 1998 | LITHUANIA |
| ACCORDING TO MCDONALD'S, IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE THEIR OUTLETS DO NOT SELL BEEF HAMBURGERS | INDIA |
| 19TH-C. NOVELIST JOSE RIZAL WAS A HERO OF THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT | PHILIPPINES |
| IN POPULATION, IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY THAT'S NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS | TAIWAN |
| HENCK ARRON WAS PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1975 | SURINAME (DUTCH GUYANA) |
| BEFORE ITS INDEPENDENCE, THIS COUNTRY WAS KNOWN AS THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES | INDONESIA |
| IN THE 1980S, THE U.S.-BACKED FNLA & UNITA BATTLED THE CUBAN-BACKED MPLA FOR CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY | ANGOLA |
| THE FINAL WORD IN GENESIS IS THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY | EGYPT |
| THE FORMER KINGDOM OF SAXONY IS NOW LOCATED IN THIS COUNTRY | GERMANY |
| THIS COUNTRY WON INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN 1821, AND FROM FRANCE IN 1867 | MEXICO |
| IT'S THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | MONGOLIA |
| IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA ENTIRELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | VENEZUELA |
| IN AREA, IT'S NOW THE LARGEST COUNTRY WHOSE BOUNDARIES ARE WHOLLY WITHIN EUROPE | UKRAINE |
| SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, THIS IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AREA IN THE WORLD | RUSSIA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS "WILLIAM OF NASSAU" | THE NETHERLANDS |
| THIS COUNTRY CONTAINS SOUTH AMERICA'S HIGHEST & LOWEST POINTS | ARGENTINA |
| IN AREA, IT'S THE SECOND-LARGEST COUNTRY ON THE SECOND-LARGEST CONTINENT; BOTH BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "A" | ALGERIA |
| IT'S THE SOUTHERNMOST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD | CHILE |
| WHEN EINSTEIN WON THE 1921 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS, HE WAS A NATURALIZED CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY | SWITZERLAND |
| IT'S THE ONLY COUNTRY WHOSE NAME BEGINS WITH AN "A", BUT DOESN'T END WITH "A" | AFGHANISTAN |
| THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEN WAS WRITTEN ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 24, 1792 | FRANCE |
| COUNTRY WHOSE BASIC MONETARY UNIT IS THE BALBOA | PANAMA |
| IT'S WHERE PHILIP NOLAN ASKED TO BE BURIED | AT SEA |
| THIS COUNTRY'S AUTHORS HAVE WON MORE NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZES THAN ANY OTHER | FRANCE |
| THIS FORMER BRITISH COLONY, WHICH GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 1960, IS THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN AFRICA | NIGERIA |
| IN WHAT SE AFRICAN COUNTRY WITH ITS CAPITAL AT MAPUTO DOES THE ZAMBEZI RIVER MEET THE SEA? | MOZAMBIQUE |
| WHAT 2 KINGDOMS IN CENTRAL ASIA ARE BORDERED BY CHINA TO THE NORTH AND BY INDIA TO THE EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST? | NEPAL AND BHUTAN |
| AS THE NAME IMPLIES, WHAT PROVINCE BECAME CANADA'S 10TH AND NEWEST PROVINCE IN 1949? | NEWFOUNDLAND |
| WHAT REPUBLIC IN CENTRAL AMERICA IS BORDERED BY HONDURAS TO THE NORTH AND COSTA RICA TO THE SOUTH? | NICARAGUA |
| WHAT WEST AFRICAN NATION SUFFERED THROUGH THE ILL-FATED BIAFRA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN 1967? | NIGERIA |
| WHAT DID FRENCH SETTLERS, EXPELLED FROM THE AREA IN THE 1750S, CALL NOVA SCOTIA? | ACADIA |
| WHICH CANADIAN PROVINCE HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION? | ONTARIO |
| IN 1903, BACKED BY THE U.S., PANAMA REVOLTED AGAINST WHAT SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR, OF WHICH IT WAS A PART OF THEN? | COLUMBIA |
| WHAT IS CANADA'S SMALLEST PROVINCE? | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
| IN THE 19TH-C. WHICH GERMAN STATE LED THE UNIFICATION MOVEMENT IN THAT COUNTRY? | PRUSSIA |
| THE FAMOUS PARIS-TO-DAKAR OFF-ROAD VEHICLE RACE ENDS IN WHAT COUNTRY? | SENEGAL |
| WHAT VAST FARMING PROVINCE LIES NORTH OF NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA AND HAS ITS CAPITAL AT REGINA? | SASKATCHEWAN |
| WHAT WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY, WHOSE NAME MEANS "MOUNTAINS OF THE LION", WAS A DESTINATION FOR SOME FREED SLAVES AND HAS ITS CAPITAL AT FREETOWN? | SIERRA LEONE |
| WHAT PENINSULA IS FORMED BY THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE GULF OF SUEZ, AND THE GULF OF AQABA? | SINAI PENINSULA |
| LOCATED AT THE TIP OF THE MALAY PENINSULA, WHAT CITY IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS? | SINGAPORE |
| FORMERLY NORTHERN RHODESIA, WHAT AFRICAN COUNTRY HAS LUSAKA AS ITS CAPITAL? | ZAMBIA |
| ON WHAT TEARDROP-SHAPED ISLAND AR TAMIL AND SINHALESE REBELS CURRENTLY FIGHTING FOR POWER? | SRI LANKA |
| AFRICAN COUNTRY BORDERED BY EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, THE RED SEA, KENYA, AND UGANDA? | SUDAN |
| WHAT LARGE, CIGAR-SHAPED ISLAND PROVIDES HALF OF INDONESIA'S INCOME, PRODUCING OIL, GOLD, SILVER, AND RUBBER? | SUMATRA |
| WHAT SMALL KINGDOM IS BORDERED BY MOZAMBIQUE ON ONE SIDE AND SOUTH AFRICA ON THE OTHER? | SWAZILAND |
| WHAT IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN FRENCH POLYNESIA? | TAHITI |
| REGION IN SW CHINA ONCE RULED BY THE DALAI LAMA | TIBET |
| WHAT INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC IN THE CARIBBEAN CONSISTS OF 2 ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA AND HAS ITS CAPITAL AT PORT-OF-SPAIN? | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
| THE CITY OF CARTHAGE WAS LOCATED IN WHAT IS NOW THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY | TUNISIA |
| THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE EMERGED IN ANATOLIA, WHICH IS THE LARGER PORTION OF WHAT MODERN COUNTRY? | TURKEY |
| WHICH OF THE NEW COUNTRIES FORMED BY THE DISINTERGRATION OF THE USSR IS OFTEN CALLED THE BREADBASKET OF RUSSIA? | UKRAINE |
| CAMBRIA WAS THE ROMAN NAME FOR WHAT PART OF GREAT BRITAIN? | WALES |
| SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCE DISCOVERED ON CHRISTMAS DAY, HENCE ITS NAME REFERRING TO "BIRTH" | NATAL |
| "DRY" CARIBBEAN ISLANDS WHOSE NAME MEANS "TURTLES" IN SPANISH | TORTUGAS |
| PACIFIC ISLAND GROUP WHOSE NAME REFLECTS THE BELIEF THAT A WISE KING USED GOLD FROM THEM IN BUILDING THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| WHAT PRESENT NATION WAS ONCE ZAIRE? | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO |
| BANFF NATIONAL PARK IS FOUND IN WHAT CANADIAN PROVINCE? | ALBERTA |
| SINCE ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE FROM PORTUGAL, WHAT SW AFRICAN NATION HAS ENDURED YEARS OF CIVIL WAR, EXACERBATED BY CUBAN INTERFERENCE? | ANGOLA |
| AFTER BRAZIL, WHAT NATION IS SECOND LARGEST IN AREA IN SOUTH AMERICA? | ARGENTINA |
| WHAT PENINSULA CONTAINS THE COUNTRIES OF ROMANIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, ALBANIA AND PART OF TURKEY? | BALKAN PENINSULA |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY OF AFRICA BY LAND AREA | SEYCHELLES |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY OF ASIA BY LAND AREA | MALDIVES |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY NORTH AMERICA BY LAND AREA | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY OF OCEANIA BY LAND AREA | NAURU |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY BEGINNING WITH A VOWEL | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY ENDING IN "-STAN" | TAJIKISTAN |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY ENDING IN "S" | MARSHALL ISLANDS |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY OF SOUTH AMERICA BY LAND AREA | SURINAME |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY WITH AN "X" IN ITS NAME | LUXEMBOURG |
| SMALLEST 4-LETTER COUNTRY BY LAND AREA | FIJI |
| SMALLEST FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC BY LAND AREA | ARMENIA |
| SMALLEST MEMBER OF OPEC BY LAND AREA | QATAR |
| SMALLEST PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL | UNITED KINGDOM |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE EU | MALTA |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY THAT LIES ON THE PRIME MERIDIAN | TOGO |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY TO HAVE WON THE FIFA WORLD CUP | URUGUAY |
| SMALLEST COUNTRY BY AREA BORDERING CHINA | BHUTAN |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO END WITH THE LETTER "H" | BANGLADESH |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Y" | YEMEN |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH "J" THAT ISN'T IN ASIA | JAMAICA |
| THE LONGEST, ONE WORD COUNTRY (13 LETTERS) | LIECHTENSTEIN |
| THE LONGEST COUNTRY WITHOUT REPEATING A LETTER (11 LETTERS) | SWITZERLAND |
| THE FIVE COUNTRIES STARTING WITH THE SAME FIRST 3 LETTERS | MALAWI, MALTA, MALI, MALDIVES, MALAYSIA |
| A COUNTRY STARTING WITH 3 LETTERS MEANING "A HUMAN LIMB" | ARMENIA |
| THE LAST COUNTRY ALPHABETICALLY BEGINNING WITH "S" | SYRIA |
| THE COUNTRY LANDLOCKED BETWEEN UKRAINE & ROMANIA | MOLDOVA |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "H", NOT IN NORTH AMERICA | HUNGARY |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "F", NOT IN EUROPE | FIJI |
| THE LAST COUNTRY BEGINNING WITH "P" ALPHABETICALLY | PORTUGAL |
| A COUNTRY WITH BORDERS OF KENYA, SUDAN, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA, AND TANZANIA | UGANDA |
| A COUNTRY WHOSE ENTIRE NAME IS THE FIRST FIVE LETTERS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY | NIGER |
| EITHER OF THE 4-LETTER COUNTRIES STARTING WITH THE SAME FIRST THREE LETTERS | IRAN & IRAQ |
| A COUNTRY WHICH IS "THE FEDERATED STATES OF ..." | MICRONESIA |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH AN "O" | OMAN |
| THE ONLY 2 COUNTRIES WITH AN "X" IN THEIR NAMES | MEXICO & LUXEMBOURG |
| THE 4-LETTER COUNTRY ENDING WITH THE LETTER "U" | PERU |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE THE CONSECUTIVE LETTERS "ZU" IN IT | VENEZUELA |
| A 6-LETTER AFRICAN COUNTRY WHOSE NAME FEATURES IN 3 OTHER COUNTRIES' NAMES | GUINEA |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE CONSECUTIVE LETTERS "PP" IN IT | PHILIPPINES |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE THE LETTER "J" AS ITS SECOND LETTER | DJIBOUTI |
| THE ONLY COUNTRY TO END WITH THE 2 LETTERS "HO" | LESOTHO |
| A ONE-WORD 4-LETTER COUNTRY CONSISTING OF 2 2-LETTER ENGLISH WORDS | TOGO |
| THE 4-LETTER COUNTRY BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER 'M' | MALI |