World's Smallest Countries (Mini #20)

More geography trivia for this mini, episode of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. This time we're putting the 10 smallest countries on the planet in the spotlight. So grab your map and a magnifying glass and let's get going. Number one, measuring only point two, seven square miles. What is the smallest country on the planet? Vatican City. Number two, sharing, only a border with France and the Mediterranean Sea. What's the second smallest country? Monaco. Number three. What island nation was formerly called Pleasant Island before it broke away from Australia in 1968. now Roo, Number four made up of nine Islands, totaling 10, square miles in Oceania. What nation has no drinkable groundwater Tuvalu. Number 5, what nation is completely surrounded by Italy and claims to be the oldest state in Europe. San Marino. Number six located between Switzerland and Austria? What nations abolished its military in 1868 Liechtenstein. Number 7, located halfway between Hawaii and Australia. What island nation separated from the US in 1978. The Marshall Islands. Number eight, becoming independent from the UK in 1983. What is the smallest nation in the Americas? Saint Kitts and Nevis. Number nine. What nation made up of over 100 islands is located Northeast of Madagascar. Seychelles. Number 10, though. It has 1190 Islands. Only 200 of what nation are actually occupied. Maldives. How do you do? These countries are small, but they are by no means not interesting. Have you been to any of these nations? Let me know on Spotify or social media. You can also share your score with your fellow trivia nerds. This has been the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. You could find out more about the show at dorky geeky nerdy.com. The music is by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. The show was written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins. Come find me at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening. Long before the summer of Love Pride, parades down Market Street and the fight for marriage equality. San Francisco in 1953 was all about the Red Scare, FBI investigations, yellow journalism, run amok and the ladies who play mahjong over T in the unexpected heiress. Private detective. Nick Williams is called in to see his lawyer and friend. Jeffrey Klein, who's mystery client under contract. Metro was just arrested at the Kit Kat Club on Polk Street, but somehow got off with a bench. Warrant Jeffrey wants to know who in the police department. Worked things behind the scenes for the star of the upcoming Blockbuster, it was raining. Then meanwhile, a late night phone call from his estranged father, since Nick into a tailspin and a family secret along with a lot of other things, better, kept hush-hush or all splashed on the front, pages of the deal, They news it ain't pretty in the end for Nick and his lover, a strapping firefighter named Carter Jones. It's actually the beginning of a whole new way of doing business, the unexpected heiress by Frank W Butterfield is book, one in the Nick and Carter series and is available now on Audible and iTunes. They news it ain't pretty in the end for Nick and his lover, a strapping firefighter named Carter Jones. It's actually the beginning of a whole new way of doing business, the unexpected heiress by Frank W Butterfield is book, one in the Nick and Carter series and is available now on Audible and iTunes.