todays quiz - how many countries can you name

[keithd]

you need 10 minutes....

http://andys.org.uk/countryquiz/

[Filipe M.]

192 - 131 = 61

(do I pass my maths' exam?)

[sarah]

I missed 129 countries.

I found it surprisingly difficult.

[Pedro68]

93 named ... 99 remaining (can't believe I missed Egypt!)

EDIT: Think I should explain that last year me and a mate were looking at something called The Travellers Century Club (http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/) and in doing a little research we read through some of the 317 "official" countries listed, so I just tried to type some of those from memory - but admittedly, the spelling of some of them caught me out ;-) and some of them aren't actually member states of the UN, so I typed them over and over before I realised :oops: (oh and I'm a fairly fast typist/typer ;-) so that helps!!)

[Welsh_Wizard]

thats really cool..

only managed to name a few :( .. had 150 left on my first attempt. Will re-try later..

[gettin2dizzy]

130 remaining - rubbish!
I couldn't spell quite a few :(

[sarah]

Did anyone miss any countries that they've been to?

[Filipe M.]

Did anyone miss any countries that they've been to?

Nope, but I hit 60 countries I've never been to! :lol:

[gettin2dizzy]

erm...I *maybe* missed the 'united states'...

[sarah]

erm...I *maybe* missed the 'united states'...

Nice one =D>

[plowsie]

99 remaining - not bad

[gettin2dizzy]

99 red balloons - not bad
Love it :smt091

[Luckypants]

108 left. This is hard since you have to spell the country's name correctly.

[plowsie]

You forgot:Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Finland,
Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia,
Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Micronesia, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru,
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,
San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands,
Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Bahamas,
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates,
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,

Portugal!!! I've been to Portugal :-o

[gettin2dizzy]

I got turkmenistan :)
I've been to Vanuatu but couldn't spell it :(

[Filipe M.]

Portugal!!! I've been to Portugal :-o

Bring some pizza with you next time.

[Warthog]

I can't beleive nobody got "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" hahahaha

[Viney]

I got andorra

[Mousetrapper]

134 left, a considerable number due to poor spelling. How did I miss Denmark!!

[Ping]

I thought of 18 (mostly based on countries in the rugby world cup :lol:) before I got bored and stopped.

... Ooh look! Pretty butterfly!...

[Pedro68]

134 left, a considerable number due to poor spelling. How did I miss Denmark!!

Strangely, I almost missed Denmark ... I started with all the ones in Europe I could think of. Then did a few from Eastern Europe, Russia, Czech Republic, Australia (thought of due to having just typed Austria), New Zealand, then back through Thailand and the far east, China, Japan, (think Pearl Harbour) -> United States/Canada/Mexico -> South American countries -> few from Africa, back up to Middle East (UAE, Jordan, Oman, Iran, Israel, Iraq) -> India, Nepal, Bangladesh ... then I started to try some of the more obscure ones I remembered from "The Travellers Century Club" thing I mentioned ... AND THEN (for some obscure, unknown reason), I suddenly remembered Scandinavia! But in remembering them, I still forgot about Denmark for a while:rolleyes: Strange how the mind works ... kinda pictured a world atlas laid out in front of my mind and just reeled off as many as I could (thankfully, my spelling and typing assisted me greatly :D)

[plowsie]

I put guinea but not papa new guinea lol

The best part was my first one.......Mozambique

[gettin2dizzy]

Why is the United Kingdom a country? Are Wales and Scotland finally just counties?

[stevehaskew]

You forgot:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan,
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,
Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica,
Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho,
Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Oman,
Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar,
Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, The Bahamas,
Togo, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, United States,
Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia,


I'm chuffed that I managed to get, and spell, some of them. Kazahkstan, Trinidad and Tobago, Uzbekistan, Liechtenstein. But... I forgot Italy. I've been there and everything!