Is Mongolia a country?

This question was asked, non-sarcastically, by one of the members of the team Lauren and I went up against in the Trivial Pursuit semi-finals tonight. AND THEY BEAT US!!! This is also the team that believed Louis XIV was involved in the discovery of pitchblend. AND THEY BEAT US??!!! This puts Lauren and I somewhere between Coco the Gorilla and Anna Nicole Smith on the intellectual scale. Bah! *And* it means no delicious free meal at the nec plus ultra of Kingston's restaurants, Le Chien Noir. I must go grieve that meal right now...