Geography quiz
Biggest country that starts with J
3 countries start with J, ranked by area with the names hidden. Name one: it unlocks itself and every smaller one. Thirty seconds to find the top.
- Format
- Biggest answer
- Items
- 3 to unlock
- Limit
- 0:30
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Entries
- 3
- Time limit
- 0:30
- Scoring
- Your best guess and everything below it
- Name the biggest country and the whole table unlocks at once.
- A smaller answer unlocks itself and everything ranked below it. Guess again to climb.
- Press Enter to lock in a guess. A name that is not on the list costs nothing but time.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the biggest country that starts with J. The ranking appears when you start, with its figures showing and its names hidden.
About this quiz
Ribbia counts 197 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. The 3 that start with J are ranked by area, biggest first, with the figures showing from the start.
- The figures run from 377,930 km² at the top to 10,991 km² at the bottom.
- You can guess as often as the clock allows. Only your best guess counts.
- A name that is not on the list costs nothing but time.
Sources
- [1]United Nations Statistics Division. Demographic Yearbook 2023, Table 3: population, rate of change, surface area and density.
Note on the data. Figures are surface area for 2023 from Table 3 of the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2023, read on 3 October 2026, for the countries on Ribbia's list of 197. A country with no figure in that table (Kosovo, Taiwan and Vatican City) is left out rather than estimated.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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