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Which countries are landlocked by other landlocked countries, so you must cross two borders to reach the sea?

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan

Liechtenstein is ringed by Switzerland and Austria, both landlocked. Uzbekistan's neighbours are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. None has ocean access, since the Caspian is a lake.

Which is the highest capital city in the world?

La Paz, Bolivia

La Paz sits at roughly 3,640 m, and its administrative districts climb past 4,000 m. Quito is about 2,850 m and Bogotá about 2,640 m.

Which country has two capital cities, one for government and one for the courts?

Bolivia

La Paz holds the executive and legislature; Sucre remains the constitutional capital and seat of the Supreme Court. The split dates from a civil war in 1899.

Which country is named after a person?

The Philippines

Named in 1543 for the then Prince Philip of Spain. Bolivia and Colombia are the other well-known examples, after Simon Bolivar and Christopher Columbus.

Which landlocked country has among the highest GDP per person in the world?

Luxembourg

Luxembourg regularly tops GDP-per-person tables at well over 100,000 dollars, driven by finance and by cross-border workers counted in output but not population.

Which country has the most official languages?

Zimbabwe, with 16

Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution recognises 16, including Shona, Ndebele, Tonga and sign language. South Africa recognises 12 and Bolivia 37 at the national level by some readings.

Which is the largest salt flat in the world?

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

About 10,600 km2 and so flat that it varies by under a metre across its whole extent. Satellites use it to calibrate altimeters, and it holds a large share of the world's lithium.

Where did the potato originate?

The Andes

Potatoes were domesticated in the Peru-Bolivia highlands thousands of years ago and reached Europe only in the 1500s. Peru still grows several thousand varieties.