Mundane Pointless Quiz (Know your nationalities!)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I did this quiz for school some time ago. It pretty much stumps the unwashed hordes…but the Teeming Millions must know all these right?
Actually most sound odd to me too. And even few of the “right” answers are marked by spell check. But they are all “official”.

#16 is the one you’d expect to be obvious, to a lot of people it isn’t.

  1. A person from Burkina Faso is a/an
    A. Burkinian B. Burkinadan C. Burkinabe

  2. “ Central African Republic “
    A. Central African B. African Republican C. Medioafrican

  3. “ Congo (Either Republic of Congo or DRC) “
    A. Congan B. Congolese C. Conguese

  4. “ Cote D’Ivoire “
    A. Cote D’Ivoirian B.Ivoirean C. Ivorian

  5. “ Cyprus “
    A. Cypriot B. Cyprian C. Cyprusian

  6. “ Dominica (Not the Dominican Republic) “
    A. Domingan B. Dominican C. Dominician

  7. “ Madagascar “
    A. Madagascarian B. Madagasque C. Malagasy

  8. “ Monaco “ (2 of the 3 are correct)
    A. Monocan B. Monegasque C.Monequene

  9. “ Niger “
    A. Nigerian B. Nigeran C. Nigerien

  10. “ Oman “
    A. Omani B. Omane C. Omanian

  11. “ Qatar “
    A. Qatarian B. Qatari C. Qataran

  12. “ San Marino “
    A. Sanmarine B. Sanmarinian C. Sammarinese

  13. “ Seychelles “
    A. Seychellois B. Seychellese C. Seychellene

  14. “ Somalia “
    A. Somalian B. Somali C. Somalese

  15. “ Suriname
    A. Surinamese B. Surinamer C. Surinamian

  16. “ United Kingdom “
    A. Briton/British B. Englishman/Englishwoman

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OK, I’ll give it a shot…

  1. C
  2. C
  3. B
  4. B
  5. A
  6. C
  7. C
  8. B
  9. C
  10. A
  11. B
  12. C
  13. A
  14. B
  15. B
  16. A
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  1. Burkinabe
    2.Central African
    3.Ivorian
    4.Cypriot
    5.Dominican
    6.Malagasy
    7.Monegasque/Monacan
    8.Nigerein
    9.Omani
    10.Qatari
    11.Sammarinese
    12.Seychellios
    13.Somali
    14.Surinamese
    14.Briton/British

Well? How’d I do?

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Oops, forgot Congolese and put 14 twice…it’s been a long day.

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According to the CIA factbook, All except 1
15 .“Surinamer”
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ns.html
I never heard that one either…oh well.