Only 1 in 50 People Can Name All 11 Countries That Start With A – Are You One of Them?
Quick question: how many countries can you name that start with the letter A? Take ten seconds and try. Most people get to Afghanistan, Australia, Argentina… and then their brain just stops. It is funny how a simple letter can make geography feel so hard.
Well, there are exactly 11 of them, and this quiz covers every single one. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the beaches of Antigua and Barbuda, from the tango halls of Argentina to the opera houses of Austria. Each question gives you a clue about the country, and you type its name.
I got 9 out of 11 on my first go, which i was pretty happy with until i realized which two i missed. One of them is a country i have actually heard of a hundred times. Let’s see if you can beat me. No peeking at the table below until you have tried.
What Is This Quiz About?
This is a geography quiz with a fun twist: every answer is a country that starts with the letter A. There are 11 questions, one for each country. The clues mention capitals, famous landmarks, or cool facts, and you type in the country’s name.
The 11 countries are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria and Azerbaijan. They are spread across Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, Oceania and the Caribbean, so this little quiz is secretly a world tour.
How To Play This Quiz
Read the clue, type the country’s name, and submit. Capital letters do not matter, so “albania”, “ALBANIA” and “Albania” all work. For the island nation, just typing “antigua” is enough, the quiz is friendly like that.
Each question has a hint button, usually the capital city, which makes a great lifeline. My advice: say the clue out loud. Hearing “capital Vienna, famous for Mozart” somehow makes “Austria” pop into your head faster than just reading it. Brains are weird like that.
All 11 Answers: Countries That Start With A And Their Capitals
Finished the quiz? Here is the complete answer list with each country’s capital city. A handy little reference for your next geography test or pub quiz night.
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Kabul |
| Albania | Tirana |
| Algeria | Algiers |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Angola | Luanda |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John’s |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Australia | Canberra |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku |
Fun Facts And Stats
These 11 countries are full of superlatives. Algeria is the largest country in all of Africa, covering more than 2.3 million square kilometres, which is bigger than Alaska and Texas put together. Australia is both a country and a continent, the only place on Earth that can say that, and it is home to kangaroos, koalas and the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest coral reef system.
On the tiny end, Andorra is a little mountain country tucked between France and Spain with a population of under 80,000 people. Antigua and Barbuda is famous for having 365 beaches, one for every day of the year, which sounds like the best tourism slogan ever written. Armenia was the first country in history to make Christianity its official religion, way back in 301 AD.
Argentina gave the world the tango, Lionel Messi and some of the best football fans on the planet. Austria’s Vienna was home to Mozart, Beethoven and Freud, which is an absurd amount of genius for one city. And Azerbaijan calls itself the Land of Fire because of its natural burning gas vents, which have been flaming for thousands of years.
Why The Letter A Gets So Many Countries
Have you ever wondered why so many country names start with A? Part of it is just language. In many languages, place names beginning with A go back thousands of years to ancient roots. “Albania” comes from an old word for mountains, “Algeria” from the Arabic for “the islands”, and “Austria” from an old German word meaning “eastern land”.
There is also a fun alphabetical bias: when explorers and mapmakers named new lands, A-names stuck easily because they sounded grand and came first in lists. Whatever the reason, the letter A wins the country-count contest, and now you know all 11 of its champions.
A Whirlwind Tour Of All Eleven
Let us take a super-fast trip. Start in Afghanistan’s mountain-ringed Kabul, hop to Albania’s Adriatic coast, cross the Sahara through Algeria, ski the Pyrenees in tiny Andorra, then fly down to Angola’s Luanda on Africa’s Atlantic shore. Sail the Caribbean to Antigua and Barbuda’s 365 beaches, tango through Buenos Aires in Argentina, explore ancient churches in Armenia’s Yerevan, road-trip across Australia from Sydney to the Outback, waltz through Mozart’s Vienna in Austria, and end in Baku, Azerbaijan, watching flames dance from the earth itself.
Eleven countries, six continents, one letter. Not bad for a quiz, right?
Top Tips For Teachers, Kids And Geography Quiz Fans
Teachers, this quiz is a perfect warm-up for a geography unit. After students play, hand out a blank world map and have them mark all 11 countries. The capital-city hints double as a memory exercise, and the tiny countries like Andorra spark great discussions about how size does not equal importance.
Kids, learn the capitals and you will cruise through this quiz, because most hints name them directly. Try grouping the countries by continent to remember them: three in Europe’s south and east, two in Africa, one island pair in the Caribbean, and so on. Geography fans, time yourself and try to beat my 9 out of 11. And if you get all 11, you officially know more A-countries than most adults on the planet.
Conclusion
So, how many countries that start with A could you name? Whether you got all 11 or discovered that Algeria is Africa’s biggest country, i hope you had fun on this little world tour. Geography is full of surprises once you start looking.
Share your score with a friend and see who the real geography buff is. Then come back for our other quizzes. The next adventure is waiting.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries start with the letter A?
There are 11: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria and Azerbaijan. This quiz covers all of them.
Do i need to spell the country names perfectly?
No. The quiz accepts different capitalizations, and for Antigua and Barbuda just typing “antigua” is enough. Get close to the real name and you will score.
Which is the biggest A-country and which is the smallest?
Algeria is the biggest, and the largest country in all of Africa at over 2.3 million square kilometres. The smallest is Andorra, a tiny mountain nation between France and Spain, though Antigua and Barbuda is also very small.
Can i play this countries quiz on my phone?
Yes. It works on phones, tablets and computers. Open the page, scroll to the quiz, and start typing country names.
Is this quiz good for school geography lessons?
Absolutely. It teaches country names, capitals and locations across six continents. Teachers can pair it with map activities for a full lesson.
What is the hardest country to guess in the quiz?
Most players miss Andorra or Azerbaijan, since they are small and the clues are trickier. Australia, Argentina and Austria are usually the easy points.
