Q 01/05

Besides Uzbekistan, which is the only other doubly landlocked country, with every neighbour landlocked too?

A) Liechtenstein

B) Luxembourg

C) Mongolia

D) Paraguay

Answer · why

A) Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, wedged between Switzerland and Austria, is the only other doubly landlocked country: both of its neighbours are themselves landlocked, ...

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

Which Uzbek city's walled inner town, Itchan Kala, was Uzbekistan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site?

A) Khiva

B) Kokand

C) Termez

D) Urgench

Answer · why

A) Khiva

Khiva's Itchan Kala, the mud-walled inner town packed with madrasas, minarets and the khans' palace, entered the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1990, t...

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

Plov, called osh or palov in Uzbek, is rice cooked in a kazan with mutton, carrots and onions; traditionally it was cooked by men, and Uzbek palov cul...

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

Green tea (kok choy) is poured for every guest, usually without milk or sugar; chaikhana teahouses are social hubs, and Tashkent is the exception wher...