Guess the country
Play this quiz in pairs. Teacher or game leader reads the facts below and each group of two has
to guess. The clues become easier as you go down the list. If a pair think they have a guess
they say the name of the country or, better still, they write it down and show it to the leader.
This way the game continues with giving more facts until either everybody has guessed
correctly or the last sentence has been read out.
Each correct guess gets points, starting from 10 and after the last sentence a good guess is
still worth 1 point. A winner may be announced after each round or adding up all the points the
highest number of total score wins a prize.
The countries
A 1 It has four official languages. B 1 The second largest country in
2 Most of the land is covered with the world.
mountains, forests and ice. 2 The currency is dollars.
3 It has been a Confederation for 3 The population is 28,5 million.
over 700 years. 4 It makes a lot of paper.
4 It’s a neutral country and 5 89% of the country hasn’t got
maintained it in both World Wars. any people.
5 The most famous peak for climbers 6 It has many very large lakes, e.g.
and tourists is the Matterhorn. Lake Superior, Lake Winnipeg.
6 The population is 6,5 million. 7 People speak French and
7 It has no access to the sea. English there.
8 It’s famous for its watchmaking 8 Eskimos also live there.
industry. 9 The capital is Ottawa.
9 Half of the population is Catholic 10 It shares a border with the USA.
and the other half is Protestant.
10 The capital is Bern. D
1 The world’s largest Islamic state.
2 It’s made up of 1400 islands, more
than half of them are uninhabited.
C 1 The sixth largest country in the 3 It used to be a Dutch colony for
world. 350 years.
2 The population is 18,5 million. 4 The population is 200 million and
3 The currency is dollars. includes 300 ethnic groups.
4 There are five states in the country. 5 Rain forests cover large parts of it.
5 It’s surrounded by the Indian 6 The home of the world’s largest
Pacific Ocean. lizard the Komodo dragon.
6 It sells a lot of wool. 7 One of its most popular tourist
7 Aborigines live there. destinations is the island of Bali.
8 The capital is Canberra. 8 East Timor won independence
9 It has a very famous opera house from this state not long ago.
in Sidney. 9 The capital is Jakarta.
10 Its most famous animals are 10 Its neighbours are: Malaysia
kangaroos, coala bears and the Australia, Papua New Guinea,
taipan. The Philippines.
E 1 95 % of the people follow Sunni F 1 The religion is Islam. 97 % of
Islam the rest is Coptic Christian. the people are Muslim.
2 The population is 50 million. 2 It has the second highest
3 It used to be a British protectorate. mountain in the world called K2.
4 In 1922 it became a kingdom then 3 It has lots of rain in the summer
a republic in 1953. brought by the monsoon wind.
5 In 1956 it nationalized the Suez 4 The population is 122 million.
Canal. 5 The currency is Rupee.
6 It has a very old culture 6 The language is Urdu.
established in the Nile Valley. 7 It grows a lot of rice and cotton.
7 Napoleon once invaded it and 8 Before 1947 it was part of India.
occupied it for three years. 9 The capital is Islamabad.
8 The pyramids there attract a lot of 10 The largest city is Karachi with
tourists. over 5 million people.
9 In 1967 it was at war with Israel.
10 It’s one of the biggest Arab states.
H 1 The third biggest country in the
world.
G 1 The country consists of two large 2 The currency is Yuan.
islands. 3 It’s next to the Yellow Sea .
2 The population is 3,4 million. 4 They invented printing, fireworks,
3 Three-quarters of the people live in and gunpowder.
the North Island. 5 It’s one of the few Communist
4 It’s famous for wool. countries.
5 The currency is dollars. 6 It grows lots of rice.
6 It has a lot of earthquakes and 7 It’s the home of the giant panda.
volcanoes. 8 The capital is Beijing with 9,5
7 It’s surrounded by the Tasman Sea million people.
and the South Pacific Ocean. 9 Two of its most famous people
8 Maoris live there. are Mao Tse-Tung and Confucius.
9 The capital city is Wellington. 10 It has the biggest population in
10 The closest neighbouring country the world. More than 1 billion
is Australia. people live there.
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