Scrambled Countries Quiz #1: answers and sources
Spoilers ahead! Play the video first. Here is every answer, the fun fact and the source we checked it against.
Scores: 0-39: Scramble rookie · 40-64: Map reader · 65-84: Globetrotter · 85+: Geography legend. Don't forget your Couch Wager. Spotted a mistake? Email hello@ahaville.com with the question number.
Level 1: Easy
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Country 20: CADNAA
Canada It has the longest coastline in the world.
Source: cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/coastline/ · wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline
Level 2: Medium
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Country 40: IULASRAAT
Australia It's wider than the Moon.
Source: ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information... · science.nasa.gov/moon/facts/
Level 3: Tricky
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Country 60: HPLEPNISIIP
Philippines It's made up of more than 7,000 islands.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
Level 4: Expert
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Country 80: TSARNEEDHLN
Netherlands About a quarter of it lies below sea level.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
Level 5: Impossible
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Country 100: AAUPP WNE EUAGNI
Papua New Guinea More than 800 languages are spoken there.
The Big Aha stories
- Austria or Australia?: Austria and Australia sound almost the same, but they lie on different continents. Austria's name in German means: the eastern realm. And Australia comes from Latin for: the southern land. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Austria · wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
- Named after rivers: India takes its name from a river: the Indus. Nigeria is named after the Niger River. And Zambia is named after the Zambezi. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_India · wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria · wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia
Bonus question
Which country hides in the letters of LIMA, Peru's capital? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.