193 Countries Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Quito is the capital of which UN member state?
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
2. A traveler crosses directly from Zambia toward Lilongwe, without passing through a third country after the border. Which country is the destination?
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Malawi
Tanzania
3. Which country has territory in both Europe and Asia and has Ankara as its capital?
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Türkiye
Greece
4. A traveler arrives in Malé, the capital of an island country southwest of India. Which UN member state are they visiting?
Mauritius
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Seychelles
5. A flight ticket lists Reykjavík as its destination. Which UN member state is the traveler visiting?
Iceland
Finland
Ireland
Norway
6. Which group consists entirely of UN member states?
Switzerland, the State of Palestine, and Canada
Ghana, Japan, and Peru
The Holy See, Italy, and Kenya
Kosovo, Albania, and Brazil
7. A rail journey from Munich to Rome is planned to pass through Innsbruck. Which country will the train cross there?
Switzerland
Slovenia
Czechia
Austria
8. In the name “193 Countries Quiz,” what does the number 193 represent?
The number of member states in the United Nations
The number of UN members plus the two observer states
The number of countries belonging to every major UN agency
The number of countries located outside dependent territories
9. Which African UN member state has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
Libya
Egypt
Sudan
Tunisia
10. A ship follows the African coast from the Atlantic Ocean, rounds the continent’s southern end, and continues into the Indian Ocean. Which UN member state borders both oceans?
Kenya
Namibia
Mozambique
South Africa
11. A traveler drives from Portugal into the only UN member state with which Portugal shares a land border. Which country do they enter?
France
Andorra
Morocco
Spain
12. Which South American UN member state takes its name from the Spanish word for the equator?
Ecuador
Chile
Colombia
Peru
13. A traveler crosses the international border north from the contiguous United States into a country where English and French are official at the federal level. Which UN member state have they entered?
Ireland
Belgium
France
Canada
14. Which country would you pair with Budapest when matching UN member states to their capitals?
Romania
Slovakia
Hungary
Croatia
15. Which landlocked UN member state is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Eswatini
Lesotho
Botswana
Zimbabwe
16. Which two UN member states share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Cuba and Jamaica
Saint Lucia and Dominica
Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada