1. Find the countries that start with Y

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'Y%"

 

2. Find the countries that end with y

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%y'

 

3. Find the countries that contain the letter x

SELECT name FROM world 
WHERE name LIKE '%x%'

 

4. Find the countries that end with land

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%land'

 

5. Find the countries that start with C and end with ia

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE 'C%ia'

 

6. Find the countries that have oo in the name

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%oo%'

 

7. Find the countries that have three or more a in the name

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%a%a%a%'

 

8. Find the countries that have 't' as the second character

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '_t%'
ORDER BY name

 

9. Find the countries that have two 'o' characters separated by two others

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '%o__o%'


10. Find the countries that have exactly four characters

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE '____'

 

 

Harder Questions

11. Find the country where the name is the capital city

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE name LIKE capital

 

12. Find the country where the capital is the country plus 'City'

SELECT name FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE '%City'

 

13. Find the capital and the name where the capital includes the name of the country

SELECT capital, name FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE concat('%', name, '%')

 

14. Find the capital and the name where the capital is an extension of the name of the country

SELECT capital, name FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE concat('%', name, '%') AND capital > name

 

15. Show the name and the extension where the capital is an extension of the name of the country

SELECT name, REPLACE(capital, name, '') as ext FROM world
WHERE capital LIKE concat(name, '%') AND capital > name