Geography · Countries and famous places from clues
Guess the Country Quiz
Guess the Country Squid Game, swimming pigs, wild hippos: name the country from the clue. Some come as pictures.
198 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Guess the Country Quiz has 198 questions: 55 easy, 113 medium and 30 hard, including 11 picture questions. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 198 Countries and famous places from clues questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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At Euro 2016, which tiny country knocked out England, cheered by its 'Viking clap' and co-coached by a part-time dentist?
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Iceland
Heimir Hallgrímsson kept fixing teeth; he said other coaches play golf, he does dentistry.
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Fans of which country won praise at the 2022 World Cup for staying behind to clean the stadium?
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Japan
They even tidied after games their team wasn't in; coach Moriyasu called it 'just the normal thing to do'.
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Max Verstappen was born in Hasselt, Belgium, but races under which country's flag?
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Netherlands
His father Jos raced in F1 for the Netherlands; his mother Sophie Kumpen was a Belgian kart racer.
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Luka Modrić broke Messi and Ronaldo's 10-year Ballon d'Or run in 2018 after leading which country to the World Cup final?
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Croatia
Croatia lost that final 4-2 to France, but Modrić was named player of the tournament.
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Erling Haaland was born in Leeds, England, but plays international football for which country?
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Norway
He was born there in 2000 because his dad, Alf-Inge, was playing for Leeds United.
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The 2020 'Coffin Dance' meme, set to the song 'Astronomia', shows dancing pallbearers from which country?
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Ghana
Benjamin Aidoo started his pallbearing company in Accra in 2003, and later added dance moves for families who wanted them.
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Salt Bae, the chef who went viral for sprinkling salt down his forearm, is from which country?
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Türkiye
Nusret Gökçe's 2017 'Ottoman steak' clip passed 10 million views and made his Nusr-Et steakhouses famous.
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In 2022, which country asked the UN to use its own spelling of its name, partly so it wouldn't be linked to a bird?
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Türkiye
The UN agreed; the government said 'Türkiye' best expresses the nation's culture and values.
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In 1932, which country's army sent soldiers with machine guns to fight a 'war' against emus, and lost?
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Australia
The birds scattered too fast to hit; one MP asked if medals would go to the emus.
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Disney's Encanto, home of the magical Madrigal family and 'We Don't Talk About Bruno', is set in which country?
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Colombia
Disney's team travelled to Colombia and worked with Colombian advisers to get its music, food and clothes right.
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Which country's name comes from the Latin word for silver?
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Argentina
Early explorers hoped for silver mountains inland; the name appears on a Venetian map from 1536.
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Which country hosted Formula One's first ever night race, in 2008?
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Singapore
The Marina Bay street race started under floodlights at 8 pm local time.
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Which country's name was made up in 1933 from the letters of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan?
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Pakistan
Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined it; the word also reads as 'land of the pure' in Urdu and Persian.
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Which country's name is usually said to mean 'Little Venice', after the houses on stilts explorers saw there?
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Venezuela
Vespucci's 1499 crew saw stilt villages on Lake Maracaibo that reminded them of Venice.
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International Mother Language Day, 21 February, honours students killed in 1952 defending their language. In which country?
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Bangladesh
Students in Dhaka died protesting for Bengali; UNESCO made the day worldwide in 1999.
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Which country is named after a tree whose red dye looked like glowing embers?
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Brazil
Brazilwood was so valuable that sailors called the whole land 'Terra do Brasil'.
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Red Bull is based on Krating Daeng, an energy drink first sold to truck drivers and labourers in which country?
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Thailand
Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz adapted the Thai drink for Western tastes, keeping its two charging bulls.
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Grand Theft Auto, the game set in fake American cities, was born at a studio in which country of the UK?
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Scotland
DMA Design of Dundee made it, after Lemmings; the studio became Rockstar North in Edinburgh.
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'Hide the Pain Harold', the stock-photo grandpa with the painful smile, is a retired engineer from which country?
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Hungary
András Arató went viral in 2011 and now travels as a happy meme celebrity, pained smile and all.
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The Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077 both come from the studio CD Projekt, based in which country?
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Poland
CD Projekt started in Warsaw in the 1990s, selling and translating foreign games before making its own.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Guess the Country Quiz?
198. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Guess the Country Quiz with friends online?
Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.
Is the Guess the Country Quiz free?
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Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.
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