Q 01/05

Which mountain kingdom in southern Africa is an enclave completely surrounded by South Africa?

A) Lesotho

B) Eswatini

C) Zimbabwe

D) Namibia

Answer · why

A) Lesotho

Lesotho is the largest of the world's three sovereign enclaves. It is also the only independent state lying entirely above 1,000 metres in elevation.

Q 02/05

Which country, the smallest in the world by area, is an enclave lying entirely within Rome?

A) Liechtenstein

B) Vatican City

C) Luxembourg

D) Andorra

Answer · why

B) Vatican City

Vatican City became an independent state through the 1929 Lateran Treaty, which Mussolini signed for Italy. Italy surrounds it on every side.

Q 03/05

Which tiny republic on Monte Titano, an enclave inside Italy, claims to have been founded in AD 301?

A) Andorra

B) Montenegro

C) San Marino

D) Slovenia

Answer · why

C) San Marino

San Marino takes its name from Saint Marinus, a stonemason said to have built a chapel on the mountain. It claims to be the oldest surviving republic.

Q 04/05

Which US state, cut off from the other mainland states by Canada, is the world's largest semi-exclave?

A) Hawaii

B) Maine

C) Michigan

D) Alaska

Answer · why

D) Alaska

Alaska is called a semi-exclave rather than a full exclave because its long coastline gives it open access to the sea. It is bigger than Texas, Califo...

Q 05/05

Which Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea is wedged between Poland and Lithuania?

A) Kaliningrad

B) Murmansk

C) Sevastopol

D) Vladivostok

Answer · why

A) Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad was founded by the Teutonic Order in 1255 as the city of Königsberg. Its sea coast makes the region a semi-exclave in strict terms.