Can you name the Countries named after rivers? by AdamC

Country	River
	Niger River
	Niger River
	Paraguay River
	Senegal River
	Uruguay River
	Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Zambezi River

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Countries named after rivers Quiz

by AdamC

Created Mar 29, 2010 in Geography
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	AdamC:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 22:49 GMT	2 points
	I've omitted some countries where the origin is debated. I tried to add them as bonus answers, but it didn't want to work. I also included two nations named after old Portuguese names for rivers (they're both pretty guessable). Say if you think any countries should be added/removed!

	nadivereb:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 23:42 GMT	1 point
	Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo?

	AdamC:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 23:43 GMT	2 points
	According to the source, they're named after the Kongo kingdom. Perhaps the river was also named after that, but they don't seem to be named after the river itself.

	nadivereb:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 23:46 GMT	1 point
	I accept it, although it sounds strange to me that two countries have the same name as a major river and there's no connection between them.

	Apollo846:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 00:31 GMT	1 point
	If I understand him correctly, he's not saying that there's no connection, he's saying both of the countries and the river were named after the same thing (Kongo Kingdom), but the countries weren't named after the river.

	jonnyr12:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 01:08 GMT	2 points
	I'd be inclined to add the Congos as bonus answers. I tried them, and when they didn't work I was pretty frustrated and almost gave up on the quiz.

	Pit_trout:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 01:28 GMT	1 point
	Agree with jonnyr12 re adding the Congos as bonuses, with explanations. Also possibly Transnistria for a bonus? - only recognised as a nation by a few other countries, but definitely named after a river!

	AdamC:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 01:36 GMT	1 point
	Okay, I've added the Congos as bonuses (I meant to before, but the bonuses weren't working for some reason). There's 5 bonuses in total though, see if you can find the others!

	AdamC:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 01:41 GMT	1 point
	Make that 6 bonuses. Good shout, trout.

	zifyoip:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 09:18 GMT	2 points
	Huh, I've never made the connection between Zambia and the Zambezi. Interesting.

	nadivereb:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT	1 point
	Apollo: I get it. Still, I find it hard to believe that in Africa (or anywhere else in the world), a major river was named after a country (Kongo Kingdom) and not the other way round. Sounds strange to me.

	cdragon1983:	Apr 18th, 2010 at 21:51 GMT	3 points
	Argentina and Rio de la Plata? It's a bit strange, but "plata" is silver in Spanish and "argentum" is Latin for silver, so they clearly have a shared root at least.

	tbwilson:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 03:23 GMT	1 point
	Cool quiz! If you expanded this to include all bodies of water instead of just likes, you could add Malawi, Chad, and Nicaragua.