FACTUAL RIDDLES IX

1. What country's official religion is included in the name of its capital city?

2. What was the largest and fastest-selling single record of all time, selling 32 million copies in 37 days in 1997?

3. In what three sports does the winner cross the finish line backwards? Two are recognized competitive events, while the third is an informal, game-type activity.

4. Where on Earth does it never get above or below 0 degrees?

5. What country can correctly claim to be the largest of one thing and the smallest of another?

Answers:

1. Pakistan - Islamabad
2. "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John 
3. Backstroke, rowing, and tug-of-war 
4. The equator (degrees latitude) 
5. Australia - the largest island and the smallest continent