I like doing this online quiz every once in a while (although the website has gotten much shittier over the past few decades.)

Got 123/197 today, those tiny west African countries and pacific island nations tend to get me.

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[–] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

United States Canada Mexico Panama Haiti Jamaica Peru Republic Dominican Cuba Caribbean Greenland El Salvador too

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    Damn I didn't realise it was timed. Trying to do all that typing on mobile was a bit slow, I only got to 80 before running out of time, and still hadn't done Europe and only started on Africa.

    A bit rough they make you spell them all!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oof, I used to be better. I didn't realise it was timed, and and number of them I knew but couldn't spell.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    The last couple of times have had me wondering if I hallucinated the existence of the Philippines because I apparently don’t know how to spell.

    ETA: like I immediately think for a minute it’s still like Guam and not its own thing?

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    My spouse is great at these. Her only blind spots are small islands in the Pacific and some down the Caribbean chain, and half of those she knows. I would bet the farm she could hit 150 named correctly on a map without breaking a sweat. Then place their flags and name capitals.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Got 123/197 today, those tiny west African countries and pacific island nations tend to get me.

    It'll get easier with time.

    Unforunately.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    124 before running out of time. Spent way too long trying to spell Phillipines and Liechtenstein, and ended up giving up. I think I would've ended up on 135ish maybe.

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    All of them and identify them all on a globe (besides island countries cause we all know that's impossible)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    167/197

    I've got the continents down pretty well, but the islands always get me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)
    1. Malta was driving me nuts; couldn't think of the name.
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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, Gambia, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mongolia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Surinam, Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam, West Xylophone, Yemen, Zimbabwe

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    106

    What countries did y'all embarassingly forget? For me: Austria, Albania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Lebanon

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    All from memory:

    Latvia, Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Congo, Egypt, South Africa, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Czechia, Australia, The United States, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Argentina, Peru, Cuba, UAE, Haiti, Tonga, East Timor, Liberia, Paraguay, Hondurus, Panama, Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, Iran, Greece, Italy, Germany, Austria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Cambodia, Moldova, Romania, Ireland, Palestine, UK, Poland, and Cyprus

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I got 72 on that quiz just now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    It's a bit of a hobby of mine, I also do lots of quizzes on jetpunk.com, so naming all countries of the world is actually very easy for me, with or without a map.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Probably like 12 and half would be continents.

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  • None. They’ve already got names, and in any case, I don’t think anyone would let me name any of them (which is a shame, because I’d name Mexico as New Tenochtitlan, spelling accurate of course)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    over 150 in under 9 minutes.

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