AROUND THE WORLD

0

The number of airports in Monaco (the nearest is Nice in France).

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0

The number of continents that are wider in the south than they are in the north.

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1

The number of countries crossed by both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn (Brazil).

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1

The number of countries that officially measure their nation's total Happiness (Bhutan).

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1

The number of countries in the Middle East that don't have deserts (Lebanon).

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1

The number of countries that don't have a rectangular flag (Nepal).

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1

Only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still survives: the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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1

The number of countries that have every type of climate (New Zealand).

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1

The number of countries that have a national flag with a Bible in it (The Dominican Republic).

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1

The number of towns in the world whose names begin with ABC (the Dutch town of Abcoude).

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1

The number of countries that are entirely higher than 1,000 metres above mean sea level (Lesotho).

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1

The number of countries that start with a Q (Qatar).

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1

The number of countries that end with a Q (Iraq).

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1

The number of English-speaking countries in South America (Guyana).

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1

The number of countries where you can see the sun rise in the Pacific and set in the Atlantic (Panama).

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1

The number of countries with a jaguar preserve (Belize).

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1

The number of underwater restaurants in the world (in the Maldives).

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1

The number of countries that don't carry their name on their stamps. It is the United Kingdom because the British invented the modern postage stamp (in 1840) and so are allowed this special dispensation – but only on the understanding that the monarch's head appears on each stamp.

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1.75

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn, which is just 1.75 square miles.

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2

The number of doubly landlocked countries in the world (i.e. both entirely surrounded by landlocked countries) (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan).

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2

The number of continents that Istanbul is in (Europe and Asia).

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2

The number of countries that have borders on three oceans (the US & Canada).

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2

The number of minor earthquakes that occur every minute somewhere in the world.

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2

The number of countries with flags that have