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How many countries in the world are entirely surrounded by just one other country?

Three

Lesotho sits inside South Africa, and San Marino and the Vatican both sit inside Italy. Every other landlocked country touches at least two neighbours.

How many capital cities does South Africa have?

Three

Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town the legislative, and Bloemfontein the judicial. It was a compromise struck when the four colonies united in 1910 and none would concede to another.

Outside North America, which country gets the most tornadoes for its size?

Britain

The UK records roughly 30 to 50 a year over a small area, giving it more tornadoes per square kilometre than anywhere else. They are almost all weak compared with American ones.

Tristan da Cunha is best known as what?

The remotest inhabited island

About 2,400 km from Saint Helena and 2,800 km from South Africa, with roughly 240 residents. There is no airstrip; the only way in is a several-day boat trip.

Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic is notable for being what?

The most remote island

It is about 1,700 km from Antarctica and 2,600 km from South Africa, almost entirely covered by glacier. Norway claims it; nobody lives there.

Which country is home to the most species of venomous snake?

Australia

Australia has around 100 venomous species, more than any other country and including most of the world's most toxic. Deaths are rare because antivenom is widely available.

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 national flag contains the most colours?

South Africa, with six

South Africa's 1994 flag uses black, gold, green, white, red and blue: six, more than any other national flag without a detailed emblem.