Guess the Country From Its History: 50 Questions

Guess the Country From Its History: 50 Questions: questions and answers

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1. Which country is the oldest? Italy · USA · Japan

   Japan – Italy only united in 1861 and the USA formed in 1776, but Japan's empire goes back over 1,300 years!

2. Hieroglyphs were the writing of which ancient land? Mexico · India · Egypt

   Egypt

3. Which country first landed astronauts on the Moon? Soviet Union · China · USA

   USA

4. Samurai warriors served lords in which country? Japan · China · Korea

   Japan

5. The ancient Olympic Games began in which country? Italy · Greece · Egypt

   Greece – They started in 776 BC at Olympia!

6. Napoleon was emperor of which country? Spain · Austria · France

   France

7. The Berlin Wall divided which country? Poland · Germany · Austria

   Germany

8. The Renaissance began in which country? France · Spain · Italy

   Italy – It started in Florence in the 1300s and 1400s!

9. Gandhi led which country to independence? Pakistan · Sri Lanka · India

   India

10. Which country? Paper, the compass and gunpowder came from… China · India · Egypt

    China

11. Which country? The Aztec capital is now the capital of… Peru · Guatemala · Mexico

    Mexico – Mexico City was built on top of it, on a lake!

12. Which country? The USA declared independence in 1776 from… France · Great Britain · Spain

    Great Britain

13. Which country? Columbus's 1492 voyage was paid for by… Portugal · Spain · Italy

    Spain

14. Which country sold Alaska to the USA in 1867? Russia · Canada · Great Britain

    Russia – The price was 7.2 million dollars, about 2 cents an acre!

15. Which country? The Inca Empire was centered in today's… Peru · Chile · Brazil

    Peru

16. Which country? Genghis Khan built his empire from today's… China · Kazakhstan · Mongolia

    Mongolia – It became the largest land empire in history!

17. Which country? The Ottoman Empire's heartland is today's… Iran · Greece · Turkey

    Turkey

18. Vasco da Gama sailed to India for which country? Portugal · Spain · Italy

    Portugal

19. Which country? The Rubik's Cube was invented in… Hungary · Japan · Germany

    Hungary – Ernő Rubik made it in 1974 to teach 3D thinking!

20. Which country? The first high-speed bullet train opened in 1964 in… France · Germany · Japan

    Japan

21. Which country used to be called Burma? Thailand · Myanmar · Laos

    Myanmar

22. Which country? New York was first New Amsterdam, settled by… Netherlands · Germany · Denmark

    Netherlands

23. Which country? Mozart was born in today's… Austria · Germany · Italy

    Austria

24. Which country? Penicillin was discovered in 1928 in… France · Germany · United Kingdom

    United Kingdom

25. Which country? Gutenberg built Europe's printing press in… France · Netherlands · Germany

    Germany

26. Which country? ARPANET, the internet's ancestor, was built in… USA · United Kingdom · Switzerland

    USA

27. Which country? Marie Curie was born in today's… France · Poland · Russia

    Poland – She is still the only person with Nobels in two sciences!

28. Which country? Roald Amundsen, first to the South Pole, was from… Sweden · Denmark · Norway

    Norway

29. Which country? The Red Cross was founded in 1863 in… Belgium · Switzerland · France

    Switzerland

30. Which country? Insulin was discovered in 1921 in… USA · Canada · Germany

    Canada

31. Which country? Writing began in Mesopotamia, which is today's… Iraq · Iran · Egypt

    Iraq

32. First country where women won the vote, in 1893? USA · France · New Zealand

    New Zealand

33. First nation founded by formerly enslaved people? Jamaica · Haiti · Cuba

    Haiti – It won independence from France in 1804!

34. Which country? Linux, which runs most web servers, came from… Sweden · USA · Finland

    Finland

35. Which country? The saxophone's inventor came from… France · Belgium · Germany

    Belgium

36. Which country? A key Wi-Fi patent came from scientists in… USA · Australia · Japan

    Australia

37. Which country had the world's first female PM? Sri Lanka · India · Israel

    Sri Lanka – Sirimavo Bandaranaike took office in 1960!

38. Which country? The Phoenicians, inventors of an early alphabet, lived in… Greece · Lebanon · Tunisia

    Lebanon

39. Which country left Malaysia to become independent in 1965? Singapore · Brunei · Indonesia

    Singapore

40. Which country? The first human heart transplant, in 1967, was in… USA · South Africa · United Kingdom

    South Africa

41. Which country? The USA bought Louisiana in 1803 from… France · Spain · Great Britain

    France

42. Only Southeast Asian country never colonized by Europe? Vietnam · Thailand · Philippines

    Thailand

43. Which country? Mansa Musa, maybe the richest person ever, ruled from… Mali · Egypt · Nigeria

    Mali

44. Which country? The Althing, a parliament since 930 AD, is in… Iceland · Norway · England

    Iceland

45. Africa's oldest republic, independent since 1847? Ghana · Kenya · Liberia

    Liberia

46. Which country? The word 'robot' was first used in a play from… Russia · Czech Republic · Germany

    Czech Republic – Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R. coined it!

47. Which country sold the US Virgin Islands in 1917? Spain · Netherlands · Denmark

    Denmark

48. Which country? The oldest surviving book printed with metal type is from… China · Korea · Germany

    Korea – Jikji, printed in 1377, 78 years before Gutenberg's Bible!

49. Which country was once called East Pakistan? Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Nepal

    Bangladesh

50. Which country? Police first solved a crime with fingerprints in… Argentina · United Kingdom · France

    Argentina – It happened in 1892, thanks to Juan Vucetich!

51. Which country once hosted the capital of a European empire? Brazil · India · Angola

    Brazil – Portugal ruled its empire from Rio de Janeiro, 1808-1821!

52. Which country is home to the oldest known cave paintings? France · Indonesia · Spain

    Indonesia