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Name a member of the European Union.27 accepted answers
Membership as of September 2026. Country names and common aliases count.
Source: European Union · Member countries · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a founding member of the European Economic Community.6 accepted answers
One of the six countries that signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
Source: European Union · Member countries · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country that joined the EU in 2004.10 accepted answers
The ten-country enlargement of 1 May 2004.
Source: European Union · Member countries · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of the 50 U.S. states.50 accepted answers
State names or two-letter postal abbreviations. No territories.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · State codes · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a U.S. state whose name begins with N.8 accepted answers
Use the full state name or its postal abbreviation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · State codes · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country that joined the EU in 1995.3 accepted answers
The three-country enlargement of 1 January 1995.
Source: European Union · Member countries · Reference version: 2026-09-13. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country in south america.12 accepted answers
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country in central america.8 accepted answers
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country in central asia.5 accepted answers
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country in southeast asia.11 accepted answers
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country in southern africa.5 accepted answers
UN M49 grouping, September 2026. Sovereign UN member states only; territories are excluded. Mexico counts as Central America in this grouping.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a Nordic country.5 accepted answers
The five sovereign Nordic countries. Autonomous territories do not count.
Source: Nordic Council · The Nordic countries · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a G7 country.7 accepted answers
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a Nordic country.5 accepted answers
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a country in central asia.5 accepted answers
September 2026 names. Enter a capital city, not a country. Territories are excluded.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a country in south america.12 accepted answers
September 2026 names. Use constitutional capitals: Sucre counts for Bolivia; La Paz is its seat of government.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a country in central america.8 accepted answers
September 2026 names. UN M49 grouping includes Mexico. Enter the capital city.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a country in east asia.5 accepted answers
September 2026 names. UN member states in Eastern Asia only. Territories are excluded.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of Earth’s five named oceans.5 accepted answers
Use NOAA’s five-basin convention. Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ocean are accepted names for the fifth.
Source: NOAA · Five ocean basins · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of North America’s five Great Lakes.5 accepted answers
Enter a lake name. Lake St. Clair is outside the five-lake set.
Source: US EPA · Great Lakes facts · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a Great Lake shared by Canada and the United States.4 accepted answers
The five North American Great Lakes; exclude a lake wholly within one country.
Source: US EPA · Great Lakes facts · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country touched by the Danube’s main channel.10 accepted answers
Countries the river flows through or along as a border. Other drainage-basin countries do not count.
Source: ICPDR · Danube River · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country with a shore on Lake Victoria.3 accepted answers
The lake’s shoreline, not the wider drainage basin.
Source: Lake Victoria Basin Commission · Lake Victoria · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a national capital on the Danube.4 accepted answers
Current capital cities directly on the main river, in the September 2026 reference set.
Source: ICPDR · Danube River · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a winner of the New7Wonders of the World vote in 2007.7 accepted answers
The seven modern winners. Ancient wonders and honorary candidates are excluded.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country containing a 2007 New7Wonders winner.7 accepted answers
Countries containing one of the seven modern winners; honorary candidates are excluded.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in Asia.3 accepted answers
Enter the monument or site, not the country. Only the seven modern winners count.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in South America.2 accepted answers
Enter the monument or site. Mexico is outside South America.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of Japan’s four largest islands.4 accepted answers
The four large islands in the Japanese foreign ministry’s description. Smaller islands, including Okinawa, are outside this set.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan · Four large islands · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a mountain in the Seven Summits challenge.7 accepted answers
Use the Carstensz (Messner) version: Puncak Jaya represents Oceania. Kosciuszko belongs to the alternate Bass list and does not count here.
Source: 7summits · The Carstensz version of the Seven Summits · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a founding member of ASEAN in 1967.5 accepted answers
The five countries that signed the Bangkok Declaration on 8 August 1967. Later members do not count.
Source: ASEAN · The founding of ASEAN · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a founding state of MERCOSUR.4 accepted answers
The four signatories of the 1991 Treaty of Asunción. Use the country, not a later accession or an associate member.
Source: MERCOSUR · Countries · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country that founded OPEC in 1960.5 accepted answers
The five founder members at the Baghdad Conference, 10–14 September 1960. Current membership is not the rule.
Source: OPEC · Founding anniversary · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country sharing a land border with Switzerland.5 accepted answers
Five neighbouring sovereign states. A nearby country without a shared border does not count.
Source: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs · Geography · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country with a site on the first World Heritage List in 1978.7 accepted answers
The 12 initial inscriptions span seven countries. Germany includes the Federal Republic of Germany.
Source: UNESCO · Decision 2 COM VIII.38 · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of South Africa’s three capital cities.3 accepted answers
Use the government’s administrative, legislative or judicial capital. Johannesburg is not one of these three.
Source: South African Government · South Africa at a glance · Reference version: 2026-10-21. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of the two seas connected by the Suez Canal.2 accepted answers
Name a sea at either end of the canal, not a lake within it or an ocean reached through another waterway.
Source: Suez Canal Authority · About Suez Canal · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of Canada’s three territories.3 accepted answers
Territories, not provinces. Full names and the postal abbreviations YT, NT and NU count.
Source: Government of Canada · Provinces and territories · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country on the island of Hispaniola.2 accepted answers
The two sovereign countries sharing Hispaniola, also called La Española. Dominica is a different island and country.
Source: Dominican Republic Ministry of Energy and Mines · About the country · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name one of Australia’s six states.6 accepted answers
States, not territories. Full names or the abbreviations NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA and TAS count; ACT and NT do not.
Source: Australian Parliament · Why Australia has six states · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a city hosting one of the UN’s four main headquarters duty stations.4 accepted answers
Use the headquarters in New York or the main offices in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi. Other UN agency locations are outside this four-city set.
Source: United Nations Office at Nairobi · Who we are · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a country sharing a land border with Mexico.3 accepted answers
Three sovereign neighbours, including borders following rivers. Maritime neighbours and countries farther south do not count.
Source: Mexican Embassy in Ireland · Mexico’s general information · Reference version: 2026-10-22. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of a European G7 country.4 accepted answers
The four European G7 member countries in September 2026. Enter a city.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a landlocked country in South America.2 accepted answers
Sovereign countries with no sea coast. Enter a country, not a capital.
Source: United Nations Statistics Division · M49 regions · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner in the Americas.3 accepted answers
North and South America. Enter the site, not its country.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a 2007 New7Wonders winner outside Asia.4 accepted answers
Only the seven modern winners. Enter the site, not a country.
Source: New7Wonders · The seven winners of 2007 · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a Great Lake whose English name starts with H, O or M.3 accepted answers
Use the lake’s name without the word Lake. The five North American Great Lakes only.
Source: US EPA · Great Lakes facts · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name an ocean whose English name ends in “ic”.3 accepted answers
Use NOAA’s five ocean names without the word Ocean.
Source: NOAA · Five ocean basins · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name the capital of Denmark or Iceland.2 accepted answers
Enter one of the two capital cities in the September 2026 reference set.
Source: United Nations · Country profiles · Reference version: 2026-09-19. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a member country of the Benelux Union.3 accepted answers
The three member countries in the October 2026 reference set. Enter a country, not a capital.
Source: Benelux Union · About us · Reference version: 2026-10-02. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a Gulf Cooperation Council member country.6 accepted answers
The six GCC members in the October 2026 reference set. Enter a sovereign country, not a city or emirate.
Source: GCC Secretariat · Member countries (Arabic) · Reference version: 2026-10-02. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
Question details →Name a permanent member of the UN Security Council.5 accepted answers
The five permanent members in the October 2026 reference set. Elected two-year members do not qualify.
Source: United Nations · Security Council members · Reference version: 2026-10-02. Scores are fixed knowledge ratings.
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