| Clue | Country |
| ...was formerly known as Nyasaland? | |
| ...has, since 1974, had part of its territory under control of a separate state that is only formally recognized by Turkey? | |
| ...served as the test site for 67 U.S. nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958? | |
| ...has the only absolute monarchy in Europe? | |
| ...has a flag with five stars representing the Federal Republic of Central America? | |
| ...is the only English-speaking nation in South America? | |
| ...is the home country of Nobel laureates Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott, making it the country with the most laureates per capita? | |
| ...has the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas? | |
| ...has won the most Olympic gold medals in men's ice hockey? | |
| ...Kosovo has declared independence from? | |
| ...has its capital located on the island of Guadalcanal? | |
| ...contains most of the Tatra Mountains? | |
| ...has 70% of its population residing on the island of Viti Levu? | |
| ...is the only former Yugoslav state to border only one other former Yugoslav state? | |
| ...has the greatest population of Albanians outside of Albania? | |
| ...was the only one to have gained its independence from New Zealand? | |
| ...has the northernmost capital? | |
| ...has the Vysshaya Liga as its top division of professional soccer? | |
| ...is the smallest in the Americas in both size and population? | |
| ...is the most recent and southernmost member of the Arab League? | |
| ...has the lowest high point above sea level, at 7 ft. 7 inches? | |
| ...has Bambara as its most widely understood language? | |
| ...lost its status as a UN Security Council permanent member in 1971? | |
| ...that was formerly known as Dahomey? | |
| ...has both Arabic and English as official languages? | |
| ...was the first to be invaded by Nazi Germany? | |
| ...is located closest to the USA without actually bordering it? | |
| ...has the most total area of any country on the Mediterranean Sea? | |
| ...provides the soldiers who serve as Vatican guards? | |
| ...that contains the location of the ancient city of Troy? | |
| ...has the highest mountain outside of Asia? | |
| ...has Avianca as its flag carrier airline? | |
| ...is located closest to the intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian? | |
| ...was the first Eastern Bloc nation to begin to dismantle its border fence with western Europe? | |
| ...that contains the location of the ancient city of Carthage? | |
| ...has the most total area of any landlocked country in Africa? | |
| ...hosted the first Winter Olympic Games? | |
| ...is home to Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall? | |
| ...has the most saline body of water outside of Antarctica? | |
| ...is home to the driest location on Earth? | |
| ...renamed its largest city in 1976 to honor its first president and leader of its independence movement? | |
| ...has a tricolor flag whose colors represent forests, the Equator, and the sea? | |
| ...is the oldest independent state in Africa? | |
| ...that is believed to contain the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? | |
| ...has had a runner win either the men's or women's Boston Marathon every year since 1991? | |
| ...was the first to have its voters reject European Union membership? | |
| ...is home to the only volcano on mainland Europe to have erupted within the last 100 years? | |
| ...is the only nation in North America not to border the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea? | |
| ...was the setting for the book and movie 'Black Hawk Down?' | |
| ...is closest to Antarctica without any Antarctic territorial claims? | |
| ...was formerly known as Kampuchea? | |
| ...has the world's tallest building? | |
| ...had a constitutional monarchy after gaining independence from France in 1954 until being overthrown by communists in 1975? | |
| ...contains the first New World land visited by Christopher Columbus? | |
| ...has a name derived from a word in its official language meaning 'fortresses built near water?' | |
| ...produces Aldaris beer? | |
| ...was founded and colonized by freed American slaves? | |
| ...is the only one in South America to have only two colors in its flag? | |
| ...is the least populated in South America? | |
| ...has won the most Summer Olympics medals without ever having won gold? | |
| ...is the westernmost in the Arab League? | |
| ...produces Pilsner Urquell beer? | |
| ...had the story of its bobsled team dramatized in the movie 'Cool Runnings?' | |
| ...is the only communist nation in the western hemisphere? | |
| ...is the only one besides Italy to have Italian as its sole official language? | |
| ...contains the Aïr Mountains? | |