Q 01/05

Uzbekistan is one of two doubly landlocked countries, with every neighbour landlocked too. Which is the other?

A) Liechtenstein

B) Luxembourg

C) Mongolia

D) Paraguay

Answer · why

A) Liechtenstein

None of Uzbekistan's rivers reaches an ocean either; they drain into closed basins like the Aral Sea.

Q 02/05

Which of these countries does NOT share a border with Uzbekistan?

A) Afghanistan

B) Iran

C) Tajikistan

D) Turkmenistan

Answer · why

B) Iran

Uzbekistan touches all four other Central Asian republics plus a short stretch of Afghanistan, but never reaches Iran.

Q 03/05

Uzbekistan is the most populous country in Central Asia. Roughly how many people live there?

A) 48 million

B) 57 million

C) 39 million

D) 66 million

Answer · why

C) 39 million

That is more than the other four Central Asian republics combined, and Tashkent is the region's largest city.

Q 04/05

What is Uzbekistan's signature rice, meat, carrot and onion dish?

A) Laghman

B) Shurpa

C) Dimlama

D) Plov

Answer · why

D) Plov

Cooking it was traditionally men's work, and the fat from a sheep's tail often goes in; it was not everyday food for ordinary people until the 1930s.

Q 05/05

What is Uzbekistan's national hot drink, offered to every guest without milk or sugar?

A) Coffee

B) Green tea

C) Hot ayran

D) Mulled wine

Answer · why

B) Green tea

Teahouses called chaikhanas are social hubs; the capital is the exception, where black tea is preferred.