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Maps, borders and enclaves

Twelve questions on maps, borders and enclaves. Look closely: the most familiar answer is not always the right one.

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Question sheet

  1. 1. Which independent country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
    • A. Botswana
    • B. Lesotho
    • C. Malawi
    • D. Eswatini
  2. 2. Which pair consists of two doubly landlocked countries, whose immediate neighbours are all also landlocked?
    • A. Mongolia and Paraguay
    • B. Luxembourg and Bhutan
    • C. Austria and Nepal
    • D. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
  3. 3. The Spanish enclave of Llívia is surrounded by which country's territory?
    • A. Italy
    • B. France
    • C. Portugal
    • D. Andorra
  4. 4. Büsingen is a German enclave surrounded by which country?
    • A. Czechia
    • B. Switzerland
    • C. Belgium
    • D. Austria
  5. 5. Campione d'Italia is an Italian enclave within which country?
    • A. San Marino
    • B. Slovenia
    • C. Switzerland
    • D. Austria
  6. 6. Which country separates Angola's province of Cabinda from the main part of Angola?
    • A. Republic of the Congo
    • B. Gabon
    • C. Zambia
    • D. Democratic Republic of the Congo
  7. 7. Apart from its Atlantic coast, The Gambia is surrounded by which country?
    • A. Guinea-Bissau
    • B. Senegal
    • C. Mauritania
    • D. Guinea
  8. 8. Which pair gives the only two countries with land borders with Andorra?
    • A. Spain and Switzerland
    • B. Spain and Portugal
    • C. France and Italy
    • D. France and Spain
  9. 9. Azerbaijan's detached territory of Nakhchivan has a short border with which country?
    • A. Georgia
    • B. Syria
    • C. Türkiye
    • D. Russia
  10. 10. Which country borders both Brazil and Chile?
    • A. Ecuador
    • B. Uruguay
    • C. Colombia
    • D. Bolivia
  11. 11. Which island was divided under the 2022 boundary agreement between Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark?
    • A. Tartupaluk, also called Hans Island
    • B. Ellesmere Island
    • C. Devon Island
    • D. Baffin Island
  12. 12. Which pair gives Switzerland's two neighbours that have no coastline?
    • A. France and Liechtenstein
    • B. Austria and Liechtenstein
    • C. Germany and Austria
    • D. Italy and Germany

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

  1. 1. B - Lesotho
    Lesotho is an enclave within South Africa. Eswatini also borders Mozambique.
  2. 2. D - Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
    Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are both doubly landlocked.
  3. 3. B - France
    Llívia remained Spanish while the surrounding territory became French.
  4. 4. B - Switzerland
    Büsingen belongs to Germany but lies within Switzerland.
  5. 5. C - Switzerland
    Campione d'Italia is Italian territory surrounded by Switzerland.
  6. 6. D - Democratic Republic of the Congo
    A strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo separates Cabinda from Angola's main territory.
  7. 7. B - Senegal
    The Gambia follows the Gambia River inland and has Senegal as its sole land neighbour.
  8. 8. D - France and Spain
    Andorra occupies part of the Pyrenees between France and Spain.
  9. 9. C - Türkiye
    Nakhchivan borders Türkiye, Armenia and Iran, although it is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan.
  10. 10. D - Bolivia
    Bolivia borders both countries. Ecuador and Chile do not border Brazil.
  11. 11. A - Tartupaluk, also called Hans Island
    The agreement established a land boundary across Tartupaluk between Canada and Greenland, within the Kingdom of Denmark.
  12. 12. B - Austria and Liechtenstein
    Austria and Liechtenstein are landlocked. Switzerland's other neighbours reach the sea.