Q 01/05

Mongolia is landlocked between which two countries?

A) Russia and China

B) China and Kazakhstan

C) Russia and Kazakhstan

D) China and India

Answer · why

A) Russia and China

It is the largest landlocked country that does not touch an inland sea.

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Mongolia?

A) Karakorum

B) Erdenet

C) Darkhan

D) Ulaanbaatar

Answer · why

D) Ulaanbaatar

Roughly half the country's population lives there.

Q 03/05

Mongolia holds which demographic distinction among sovereign states?

A) Youngest median age

B) Highest share of nomads in Asia

C) Most sparsely populated

D) Fewest cities

Answer · why

C) Most sparsely populated

About 3.5 million people share 1.56 million square kilometres.

Q 04/05

With an average annual temperature of -1.3 °C, Mongolia's seat of government holds which record?

A) World's driest capital

B) World's coldest capital

C) World's highest capital

D) World's windiest capital

Answer · why

B) World's coldest capital

Cold air pools in the river valley in winter under a temperature inversion.

Q 05/05

What does the name of Mongolia's capital mean?

A) Great Camp

B) Red Hero

C) Blue Sky

D) Khan's City

Answer · why

B) Red Hero

The city was renamed on becoming capital of the People's Republic in 1924; before that it was known in the West as Urga.