Books shelved as 196-countries-196-books: The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai, The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, The President's Hat by Antoine Lau. CanadaGreenland (Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, not an independent country. I have three questions about football plus one that mentions it. Officers located a young man with gunshot wounds. The people of this nation, which occupies one of the largest islands on Earth, descend from emigrants from an even larger island some 5,000 miles away, A federation of the states of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap, King Sobhuza II ruled it for 82 years, 254 days - the longest verified reign of any monarch, Its president held a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009, to highlight the threat the nation faces from rising sea levels, Australia and New Zealand commemmorate their war dead on the anniversary of a landing in this country, A failed attempt by Scotland to colonise this country caused financial ruin and hastened its union with England, This island nation lies 350 miles west of the geographical feature that it is named after, Administered as two largely separate entities, neither of which corresponds to the two regions in the country's name, Has been a republic for more than 1700 years, Erta Ale volcano in its Afar Region has had an active lava lake for more than 100 years, Slavery was officially abolished here in 1981, though not actually made illegal until 2007, By convention, its President is a Christian, its Prime Minister is a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of the parliament, a Shi'a Muslim, In 1889, Russia established a colony which they called New Moscow in what is now this country, but the would-be settlers were routed by French forces a month later, Shares its etymology with a district of West London which has several canals, Its largest region is the origin of a noun meaning artistic, unconventional and free-spirited, The village of Ytterby, namesake of four chemical elements, is in this country, Reporters Without Borders rates it as the worst in the world for press freedom, The most recent amendment to its constitution was ratified in 1992, 202 years after it was proposed, Has the only flag in the world that has no red, white or blue on it, Has one skyscraper, which gives it the second-highest number of skyscrapers per capita of any nation, Suffered a major eruption of La Soufriere volcano in April 2021, A cult on one of the islands of this archipelagic nation worships Prince Philip, Ruled since 1967 by a family whose surname is almost an anagram of the country's name, Home to more elephants than any other nation, Inexplicably gives its name to a species of rodent native to the Andes, 80% of this island nation is uninhabitable due to ecologically devastating phosphate mining, Formerly ruled by an extremely paranoid dictatorship, nearly 180,000 military bunkers dot its landscape, In 1978 when this country won the Eurovision Song Contest, Jordanian television cut the broadcast and later announced that Belgium had won, All public transport in this country is free, Named after a type of tree which strangely does not produce any nuts, Lies 1200km further south than any other member state of the Arab League, Its language was written in Arabic script until 1928, then Latin script until 1939, and then Cyrillic script since then, The film Zoolander depicted a plot to assassinate a fictional Prime Minister of this country, and was banned here as a result, Winners of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 but have never yet qualified for the FIFA World Cup, Leased a large area of forest to the Peoples Temple cult, which massacred 900 of its members in 1978, The king of this country has been known to go about in disguise, revealing his identity when he encounters poor customer service, Founded by freed former slaves from the United States, Four successive presidents resigned over just two weeks during a financial crisis in 2001, Its English name comes from the Venetian language. With 196 countries dotting the globe each possessing their own unique cultures, customs and constitutions some regions are bound to foster a few quirky local traditions. *I realize that the clue does not actually use the word neighbor, but that is what I took it to mean, and not restricting it to neighbors actually only creates more plausible answers. The fastest 100 meters backwards was run by Ferdi Ato Aboboe from this country. In 2007, a court in this country had to rule over the ownership of a donkey that had eaten the money used to buy it. The country which has the most amount of Obese people. I will rethink that clue! The police in this island country detained a coconut for allegedly rigging an election. The tale is apocryphal, but confusion certainly exists. The highest point in this country is named 'Mount Obama'. Yeah, when I was reading the questions again the other day I thought that was a possibility. Of the 196 countries in the world, 59 of them gained independence from the United Kingdom. In 2008, a beach was stolen from this island country. Istanbul, Turkey, is the only country which falls in 2 continents. More quiz info >> Start Quiz Show Missing Countries 18 comments New and Popular Despite being one of the globe's poorest countries, this country is among the top 10 diamond producing countries and even had a civil war that started over them. The fact lists are intended for research in school, for college students or just to feed your brain with new realities. So, that one stays! Some of these seemed obvious, some I knew instantly and felt good about knowing, some I could work out or use elimination, some I had absolutely 0 idea what they were talking about. Many people in this country believe that albino body parts bring immense wealth and as a result many albinos are killed each year. Christopher Columbus didn't land in America immediately, the first place he landed was in this country. As a result, demographics there skew young, while in many more developed regions, such as in Asia, Europe, and North America, population bubbles skew older. Mount Aconcagua, located in the Andes Mountains in Argentina near Chile is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere. Endangered species in the region range from those in the ocean to those in the sky. Partitioned by more powerful neighbours in 1772, 1793, 1795 and 1939, In the Ewe language, its name means "behind the river", Seven-time winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, Has the tallest building in the world by a margin of some 196 metres, Using a number to identify a bank account instead of a name was a concept invented by bankers from this country, In 1870, it voted overwhelmingly to become part of the United States, but the US congress rejected the proposal, The only member state of the European Union which is in Asia, Its language is largely mutually intelligible with those of its two northern neighbours, although they probably still can't understand why the number 75 should literally mean "Five and half-fourth", Its name consists of two words, one from each of the two major languages spoken, and roughly means "Land of the upright people", The only country in the world with a reptile on its flag, The only Central American nation with no Caribbean coastline, The town of Shibam Hadramawt, with its mud-brick buildings up to 30m tall, is known as the Manhattan of the Desert, In Greek, Arabic and Turkish, the word for "orange" (the fruit) is the same as this country, At least half of its population died during a war with three of its neighbours between 1864 and 1870, Volcanic eruptions here have produced one third of the lava erupted in human history, The village of Matmata starred as Tatooine in Star Wars, Cohiba and Montecristo are two brands of one of its most famous products, Was connected by land to its neighbouring country until the 15th century when a storm broke up the natural causeway, Ruled for thousands of years by a monarchy which enthusiastially built pyramids and obelisks, Cyrillic and Latin script are used fully interchangably in this country, Was expelled from the United Nations in 1971, The crown prince murdered nine members of the royal family in 2001, Home to Cox's Bazar Beach, the longest beach in the world, There are not enough Ps in a set of English Scrabble letters to spell its name, Scores an average of 3.5 points per letter in Scrabble scoring, the highest of any country, The first non-English language film to win Best Picture Oscar was from here, If you tunnelled through the Earth starting from Wellington, New Zealand, you would come out in this country, In 1966, under the increasingly erratic rule of its 13th Sultan, this country banned smoking in public, playing football, wearing sunglasses and speaking to anyone for more than 15 minutes, Its full official name is the longest in the world with 56 characters, Known in ancient times by a Greek name meaning "Between the Rivers", Sranan Tongo, a creole language combining English grammar with Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and West African vocabulary, is widely spoken in this country, Elephants go deep underground in search of salt-rich rocks in mountainous regions of this country, The only country outside Africa where cheetahs live in the wild, Ruled by a junta known as the SLORC from 1988 to 1997, Both the women's and the men's world record for the marathon are held by athletes from this country, Declared independence in 2008 but is still only recognised by just over half the world's countries, In 1884, a genius from this country discovered that if you force water at 88C through 7g of ground coffee at a pressure of 130 pounds per square inch, you get a tiny cup of magic, Its parliament has 61% female members, the highest of any country, Formed in 1968 from the union of two countries, a large mainland territory and an offshore island, Until 1997, its name included a cardinal direction. Nauru is the one that concerns me, as its annual tourism is stated to be around 200, but it is also often left off of those lists as well. The European continent and its local region contain 48 countries and stretches from North America and back to North America as it encompasses Iceland and all of Russia. Oh and the least visited country is according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization 2018 report. The main thing I dislike about the clues, though, is that if you explicitly knew that that particular pair of countries were frequently confused for each other, you still would not have a great shot at answering it. For example, the Middle East and North Africa are separated from sub-Saharan Africa along cultural lines. Despite the fact that there are only 196 countries in the world, there are 6500 different languages spoken throughout the world. This island country was the site of the first ever hydrogen bomb test which destroyed the entire island of Elugelab. I never expected Kyrgyzstan to be the most controversial question. This country is so strict about being neutral that it only agreed to join the United Nations in 2002 despite being independent since its inception half a century ago. Every day, on average, 7% of this entire country eats at McDonald's. The worst female serial killer in history, Elizabeth Bathory, killed hundreds of girls in her castle in this country, and then bathed in their blood. Until 2011, it was illegal in this country to buy, sell, or own a car unless it was made before 1959. To avoid confusion, this Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville. Next comment decides! The alcoholic drink Pisco might have been invented in this country, although its neighbour to the south very strongly disputes that, This landlocked nation operates a navy on the world's 12th-longest river. AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIceland (Iceland straddles the Eurasian plate and the North American plate, so geographically it is halfway between Europe and North America. About a quarter of the population of this country live in traditional tents. Keep them. Since it stretches from the Arctic to the tropics, North Americ includes almost all the major climate biomes. In fact, there is no location in Central America that is more than 125 miles (200 kilometers)from the sea. The region boasts five of the 10 most populous countries in the world, with India and China taking the top two spots. Published April 1, 2015. 2 or 3 seems like enough. As worded, it sounds a bit subjective, but it's essentially giving you a definition of the word "Bohemian". I would also consider whether South Africa is less generically named than the answer there. There are a bunch of natural sand dunes in a small space, each with a different sand color. I know english considers y a consonant, but in this case, it isn't. Official Listing of Countries by World Region. Please note that this site uses cookies to personalise content and adverts, to provide social media features, and to analyse web traffic. A wonderful and entertaining quiz with lots of fun facts Ive never heard of before (e.g. What French Prepositions Go With Countries and Continents? In this country, you can see the sun rise over the Pacific Ocean and set in the Atlantic. I'm sure you could find a better clue. The inventor of algebra, Al-Khwarizmi, was born in this country. It is considered immature to smile in this country, and as a result, people don't smile much. Volcanoes and earthquakes go hand in hand in this region, as many of the islands in the Caribbean are volcanic in origin and not dormant. 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