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By size, what is the smallest country in the world?
What is Vatican City?
The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, with only 0.44 square kilometers.
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What country was known as Ceylon until 1972?
What is Sri Lanka?
The Republic of Sri Lanka. In a new constitution proclaimed in 1972, Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka, while maintaining its link with the British Commonwealth
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Which country is home to the world’s tallest building?
What is U.A.E?
The Burj Khalifa is a mixed-use skyscraper located in Dubai, U.A.E.
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What country is the newest in the world to be recognised by the United Nations?
What is South Sudan?
The Newest Country in the World, 2022. The African country of South Sudan, which declared independence on July 9, 2011, is the world's latest internationally recognised country. It became a United Nations member in the days that followed.
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By size, what is the 2nd smallest country in the world?
What is Monaco?
Monaco is the second smallest country, with 2.03 square kilometers.
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Where is Nollywood, the second biggest movie industry in the world in terms of number of films made?
What is Nigeria?
The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, is the second-largest in the world in terms of output, turning out over 2,500 movies each year.
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Where would you find the Bay of Pigs?
What is Cuba?
Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs Invasion) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government.
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What is the name of the second tallest mountain in the world?
What is K2?
K2 is also known as Qogir Feng or Mount Godwin Austen, named after the mountain's first surveyor and English geographer Colonel H.H. Godwin Austen. K2 is the second tallest mountain in the world measured above sea level reaching 28,252 Ft or 8,611 meters.
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What is the name of the driest continent on Earth?
What is Antarctica?
Antarctica is the driest continent; it is almost entirely desert. Very little snow or rain falls on the continent, but because it is so cold, the small amount of precipitation that does fall does not melt.
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What is the name of the longest river in the US?
What is the Missouri River?
The Mississippi River is the second longest river in North America, flowing 2,350 miles from its source at Lake Itasca through the center of the continental United States to the Gulf of Mexico. The Missouri River is about 100 miles longer.
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Which state was purchased from Russia in 1867?
What is Alaska?
On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million.
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What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?
What is Angel Falls, Venezuela?
Angel Falls, Venezuela. Angel Falls in Venezuela is considered the highest waterfall in the world, featuring a plunge of more than 800 meters (2624 feet)
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What’s the name of the island where Emperor Napoleon was first exiled?
What is Elba?
After Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous campaign in Russia ended in defeat, he was forced into exile on Elba. He retained the title of emperor — but of the Mediterranean island's 12,000 inhabitants, not the 70 million Europeans over whom he'd once had dominion.
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Which country owns Antarctica?
What is Antarctica doesn't belong to anyone.
There is no single country that owns Antarctica. Instead, Antarctica is governed by a group of nations in a unique international partnership. The Antarctic Treaty, first signed on December 1, 1959, designates Antarctica as a continent devoted to peace and science.
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What city is known as the Glass Capital of the World?
What is Toledo, Ohio?
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Which Japanese city lends its name to a famous type of beef?
What is Kobe?
An English trader obtained a Tajima cow from local farmers and ate it. Delighted by its flavor, the Englishman began spreading the word among the expat community. From then on, foreign ships entering the Kobe port began to ask for the cattle and beef, which quickly gained the name “Kobe Beef.”
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Which country links the continents of North and South America?
What is Panama?
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In which capital city will you find the iconic 72-storey Shard skyscraper?
What is London, England?
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Which British-owned Atlantic island has no natural source of fresh water and relies solely on rainwater collection?
What is Bermuda?
Bermuda's roofs are engineered in such a way that they harvest rainwater. By law, every Bermudan house and building must employ the same style. Rain water was, and still is, the only source of truly fresh drinking water
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The city of Aachen, the coronation site for 30 different kings and emperors, lies in which European country?
What is Germany?
Aachen, French Aix-la-Chapelle, City (pop., 2007 est.: 258,770), western Germany, southwest of Cologne. It was inhabited by Romans in the 1st century ad. A center of Carolingian culture, and the second city of Charlemagne's empire, it was the site of his great palace
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Which Asian country happens to be the world’s largest producer and exporter of milk?
What is India?
India is the world's largest milk producer, with 22 percent of global production, followed by the United States of America, China, Pakistan and Brazil.
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What’s the only country that has three capital cities?
What is South Africa?
South Africa is the only country that has three capital cities, namely, Pretoria as the administrative and the executive capital, Cape Town as the legislative capital and Bloemfontein as its judicial capital.
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Which country would you visit to walk along the shores of Lake Como?
What is Italy?
Lake Como, also known as Lario, is the third largest Italian lake (after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore). Located at the foot of the Alps, Lake Como offers some of the most romantic and picturesque sceneries in the world. Lake Como:
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What’s the earth’s only sea with no land boundaries or coastline?
What is The Sargasso Sea?
Located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary. Illustration of sargassum and associated marine life, including fish, sea turtles, birds, and marine mammals.
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What’s the name of the world’s shortest river
What is Roe River?
The Roe River measures an average 201 feet in length. It flows parallel to the mighty Missouri River.
