Source for this is the 2008 edition of The Economist 'Pocket World in Figures'

Some of the 14 answers are surprising:

True or False?:

Of all the countries in the world, the USA

1) Spends most on defence

2)Has the highest prison population,both in total and per 100,000 population

3)Has the highest cinema attendance, measured in visits per year

4) Has the most computers per 100 people

5)Has the most cellphone subscribers per 100 people

6)Has the most telephone lines per 100 people

7) Has the most CD players per 100 households

8)Has the highest health spending, as a percentage of GDP

9)Has the highest number of tourist arrivals

10)Has the biggest merchant shipping fleet under its flag, measured by numbers of ships and by their tonnage

11) Has the longest railroad network

12) Has the most cars per 100,000 population

13)Has the highest foreign direct investment in companies in its own country

14)Makes the highest direct investment in companies in other countries

My guesses -

1.T
2.T
3.F(India, I think)
4.F
5.F
6.F
7.T
8.T
9.F
1O.F
11.F
12.T
13.T
14.T

Fred, please don't give the correct answers yet; let others guess.

No. 8 may be the Vatican.

'Fuse's wild guesses:

1.T
2.F
3.F
4.F
5.F
6.T
7.T
8.T
9.T
1O.F
11.T (sadly not used to its best advantage)
12.T
13.T
14.T

I want to say that they are all false but they aren't.

1. True when considered as a total figure.
2. True... not even close.
3. False*
4. False*
5. False
6. False
7. True but not for long... soon it will be which country has the most CD players in landfills.
8. False when considered as % of GDP
9. False
10. False
11. True
12. False
13. False
14. False

I know nothing about shipping or foreign investment but those seem like good places for a country like Japan to be in the lead.

*I think it presents a pretty distorted picture to look at European nations independently against statistics of the US. Some of these categories that seem surprising are simply a small sample compared to a large sample. For instance, I know that Icelanders have the most average trips to the movies of any country, but let's be fair... they are indoors for many months of the year and they deal with little daylight during the winter. Can we compare Iceland to Alaska or Minnesota?

It is pretty interesting to combine the European Nations and look at the economic statistics - interesting to me anyway.

I agree with all DG's answers except for #12