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What is the largest country (by area) in the world that has a land border with only one other country?: Australia Canada India United States
What is the name of a large island in the Mediterranean, near the coast of Italy, that gives its name to a small fish often found in tins?: Pilchardessos Salmonela Sardinia Troute
Which two countries are separated by the famous Khyber Pass?: India and Nepal Italy and Switzerland Pakistan and Afghanistan Spain and France
There are three countries in the world where Mandarin Chinese is the primary official language. Two are China and Taiwan, what is the third?: Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Singapore
What modern country is home to the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon?: Iran Iraq Jordan Saudi Arabia
Place names play a prominent role in traditional limericks. One example of this is the limerick about 'A Young Man from Timbuctoo'. In which modern African country is Timbuktu (the modern spelling) located?: Congo Mali Morocco Niger
The largest landlocked country in the world is Kazakhstan in Asia, with Mongolia (also in Asia) being the second largest landlocked country. What African country is the largest landlocked country, by area, outside of Asia?: Algeria Chad Congo (formerly Zaire) Sudan
The Isthmus of Kra separates which peninsula from the mainland of Asia?: Kamchatka Korean Malay Shandong
When the Soviet Union dissolved in the early 1990s, 15 new countries were created. Which is the smallest of these former Soviet republics?: Armenia Estonia Latvia Lithuania
The Russian space-launch facility, the Baikonur Cosmodrome, is situated by the Aral Sea. What country is it in?: Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Uzbekistan

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