Quiz #5 answers - and a great discovery

Question 1: Which country has the most islands?

Sweden. 221,800 islands.

Question 2: What is the deepest lake in the world?

Lake Baikal. 1,642m.

Question 3: Which is the smallest country by population in Europe?

Gibraltar. 33,691. The Holy See is smaller but I'm not sure that's technically a country. Or Vatican City itself. But give yourself a point if you got either of those. One interesting point I discovered whilst researching this: using worldometers.info, if I click on a country name it takes me to a screen which claims to be a live running total of population. Is that true? If I click on the most populous country in the world, check the live count then refresh five minutes later, will it reflect births and deaths in those five minutes? Let's try it:

14:17 China: 1,440,.....wait! It changed while I was typing it! That's amazing. Keep going - 1,440,849,101 at 14:19. Waiting......1,440,849,152 at 14.24. Interesting. I've just seen 50 babies born!

Wow, that's fantastic; how do they do it? Check it out at https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/

Question 4: How many countries are currently members of the United Nations? (you can have 5 either way)

193.

Question 5: Name a capital city whose name is two words long, both beginning with the same letter of the alphabet.

Phnom Penh. San Salvador. Addis Ababa.

Question 6: How many states does Brazil have?

26 plus one federal district (so you can have half a point for 27).

Question 7: Which EU country has a population nearest to that of Wales?

Lithuania 2,722,289 (live at 14:37 on 8 October 2020). Wales 3,230,490 (1 July 2020; nearest I could get).

Question 8: What is the most recent country to join the UN?

Montenegro. 2006.

Question 9: What is the longest capital city name?

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratcha-thani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. The capital of Thailand.

Bet you thought that was Bangkok. It is.

14:48 China now has 1,440,849,409 citizens.