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“Austria Or Australia?”: Each Question Challenges You To Pick The Right Country From These Similar Names
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“Austria Or Australia?”: Each Question Challenges You To Pick The Right Country From These Similar Names

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Have you ever intended to go to one country and ended up in another?! 🌎⚑

We know it sounds odd – but it’s a real thing. Once passengers were called to board a plane heading to Parma, Italy, only to realize that half of them were actually intending to go to Palma, Spain.

This is just an example of confusion when talking about cities and countries, but the list is quite big. To challenge your knowledge, we’ve put together 27 questions that will confuse even the best travelers. Your mission? To untangle your doubts and to pick the right option – try not to be tricked by misconceptions.

Let’s start!

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    1. Choose the flag from the Netherlands:

    2. Which of these countries is in South America?

    Guinea

    Guyana

    3. Can you identify the flag of Bulgaria?

    4. Which one is Ivory Coast's flag?

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    5. Which of these is an island nation?

    Austria

    Australia

    6. Pick the right map:

    7. Is this country Slovakia or Slovenia?

    Slovakia

    Slovenia

    8. Which country is part of the UK?

    New England

    England

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    9. Choose the flag of Indonesia:

    10. Can you identify the flag of Oman?

    11. Pick the right map:

    12. Pick the national flag of Iceland:

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    13. Which one is the flag of New Zealand?

    14. Is this flag from Algeria or Turkey?

    Turkey

    Algeria

    15. Choose the flag from Qatar:

    16. Is this flag from Panama or Dominican Republic?

    Panama

    Dominican Republic

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    17. Pick the national flag of El Salvador:

    18. Spot Finland's flag among these:

    19. Which one is the Armenian flag?

    20. Choose the flag from Moldova:

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    21.

    Which one is the right map?

    22. Choose the flag from Uruguay:

    23. Is this flag from Austria or Latvia?

    Austria

    Latvia

    24. Are Dominica and Dominican Republic names for the same place?

    Yes, they are

    No, they're not

    I'm not sure

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    25. Which one is Romania's flag?

    26. Which one is the flag of Serbia?

    27. Which pair is incorrect?

    North Carolina & South Carolina

    North Dakota & South Dakota

    East Virginia & West Virginia

    All of them are correct

    28. If you want to go to Italy, where would you go?

    Palma

    Parma

    Porto

    That's it for me

    29. If you wanted to go to the country with the name "Salvador" you would have to purchase a ticket to which of the following options?

    El Salvador

    Salvador

    They're the same thing

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    Julie S
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    3 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same I thought the blue on the Romanian flag was a like a navy blue so I assumed the flag with the darker blue was the Romanian flag. Disappointed. 🇷🇴

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    Julie S
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    3 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same I thought the blue on the Romanian flag was a like a navy blue so I assumed the flag with the darker blue was the Romanian flag. Disappointed. 🇷🇴

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