4-LETTER COUNTRIES

Identify the country whose common name consists of just four letters. (e.g., This Polynesian island country is referred to as “The Rock.” Answer: Niue.)

Freshman level

1. Also known as “Persia.”

2. The citadel of Machu Picchu is here.

3. An island country south of Florida.

Graduate level

4. Saddam Hussein once ruled here.

5. A landlocked country bordered by Libya to the north.

6. The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

Ph.D. level

7. An archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia.

8. LomŽ is the capital of this West African country.

9. The name of this landlocked country in West Africa is an anagram for “mail.”

Answers: 1. Iran. 2. Peru. 3. Cuba. 4. Iraq. 5. Chad. 6. Laos. 7. Fiji. 8. Togo. 9. Mali.

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