1. Which of these is the largest landlocked country in the world?

2. What country has the largest Muslim population?

3. What European country is divided into departments?

4. Which of these countries is said to be shaped like an elephant’s head?

5. In what country might one hear the song "Waltzing Matilda" frequently played?

6. What is the name of the long, narrow country on South America’s Pacific coast?

7. Which of these countries is considered the world’s oldest republic?

8. Which is the world’s smallest fully independent nation?

9. Which country participated at the Olympic Games in 1924 for the first time and won the gold medal in football (soccer)?

10. Which country was called “the pearl of Africa” by Sir Winston Churchill?

11. Which country in eastern Europe was formerly known as White Russia?

12. Which country did the communist movement, Khmer Rouge, rule?

13. In which country are the aflāj, an ancient system of water channels that have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, found?

14. Which country was formerly known as French Somaliland and the French Territory of the Afars and Issas?

15. Which African country is known as the "land of a thousand hills"?

16. Which is the first black African country south of the Sahara to achieve independence from colonial rule?

17. In which country is the Festival of Saint Fermín celebrated?

18. Which of these countries is not a Baltic state?

19. Name the African country which derives its name from the Tamashek phrase, gher n-gheren, meaning “river among rivers”?

20. In which year did Nauru become a member of both the Commonwealth and the United Nations?

21. In which year did Tuvalu gain independence?

22. Which country occupies the peninsula of Jutland?

23. Which country was formerly known as Dutch Guiana?

24. In which year did Lebanon achieve independence?

25. Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East, is found in which country?

26. The Johor Strait separates which country from Peninsular Malaysia?

27. Which historical federation did the states of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua form from 1823 to 1840?

28. Which island country made its first appearance at the Olympics at the 1988 Seoul Games?

29. The island of Bioko is part of which country?

30. What is the smallest country in Central America?

31. In which year did Kuwait officially grant women the right to vote?

32. "Kalevala" is the national epic of which country?

33. The famous singer and Grammy Award winner Cesaria Evora is a citizen of which country?

34. Oina is the traditional sport of which country?

35. The traditional dress called 'shiromani' is worn by the women of which country?

36. Which is the largest country in Africa?

37. Which country was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia?

38. Which country was called Santiago by Christopher Columbus, who first sighted it in 1494?

39. Which is the largest single island of the West Indies?

40. Wangari Maathai, the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize in 2004, is from which country?

41. Which country was called South West Africa until 1968?

42. The people of which country are known as Ticos?

43. By which name is Swaziland now known?

44. Bundestag is the lower chamber of the federal parliament of which country?

45. The people of which country call their homeland as Land of Magyars?

46. In which country does the Grimaldi royal family reign?

47. The name of which country is derived from the Huron-Iroquois word meaning village or settlement?

48. Ruth Dreifuss was the first woman and first Jewish president of which country?

49. Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, is from which country?

50. Who was the first European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands?

51. The "séga" and the "moutya" are the famous dances of which country?

52. Which of these countries is the world’s leading producer of silver?

53. The Shinto religion is indigenous to which country?

54. Bandura, also called kobza, is the national musical instrument of which country?

55. In which country is the Khalkh (Khalkha) dialect spoken?

56. The majority of the Gurkha contingents in the British army are from which country?

57. Which country was referred to as Serendib, also spelled Serendip, by the Arabs?