European geography

Victor

Stemming from this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057108759 EDIT: North America added here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057108769

I wonder how many After Hours users can name all the (generally recognised*) countries in Europe. So, take this quiz and tell us how fast you answered / how many you got.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/europe



* Here's not looking at you Transnistria.

Ahhhhh its grand

Got them all eventually. Couldn't think of the last one for ages, fecking Andorra! Took me about a minute to spell Liechtenstein and Bosnia :pac:

Daqster

Ah Geography, nice one - I can get me Maths homework done.

metaoblivia

All 47 in under 2 minutes. But I'm a sporcle addict, so... :P

DEFTLEFTHAND

I enjoyed that. Did the full 8 minutes and missed Cyprus, Monaco and Hungary.

Sheldons Brain

It is a rather limited definition of Europe, Eurovision is more inclusive.
And it is partly a typing test.
I got 45/47 with one spelling problem and one latecomer nation missed.

But Sheldon Cooper is a notorious know all.

A better test would be naming them in their local languages*

* not including Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ

Victor

metaoblivia wrote: »

All 47 in under 2 minutes. But I'm a sporcle addict, so... :P

That's good going.

Now, I'm not sure if the person who was quicker than you is lying or not.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Sheldons Brain wrote: »

It is a rather limited definition of Europe, Eurovision is more inclusive.
And it is partly a typing test.
I got 45/47 with one spelling problem and one latecomer nation missed.

But Sheldon Cooper is a notorious know all.

Was it Bosnia and Herzegovina you had the problem with spelling? Took me a few attempts to get that right, Liechtenstein was a pain as well. :pac:

Manach

40 only.

KildareBlue

I got 45 out of 47. I missed out on Cyprus and Malta because I ran out of time.

WilyCoyote

CORRECT ANSWERS
28/47

Wheels rolling too fast for me. Or too much Burgundy

Agonist

I got 28 too! I was typing on my phone which didn't help. More relevantly, I failed geography in the Inter cert. There were probably only 28 countries in Europe back then anyway.

Kylo Ren

Agonist wrote: »

I got 28 too! I was typing on my phone which didn't help. More relevantly, I failed geography in the Inter cert. There were probably only 28 countries in Europe back then anyway.

Inter Cert? I'd say a quiz on Pangaea would of been more apt for you!

Bipolar Joe

metaoblivia wrote: »

All 47 in under 2 minutes. But I'm a sporcle addict, so... :P

You must be the fastest typer in the world. Nearly 400 characters in under 120 seconds, you capped about 190 characters a minute.

The Backwards Man

I used to be able to name all the countries in the world in two minutes. There was 188 then, there must be thousands now, what with your Kryghyzstans and Turkeyminestans and and whatnot.

Ahhhhh its grand

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I used to be able to name all the countries in the world in two minutes. There was 188 then, there must be thousands now, what with your Kryghyzstans and Turkeyminestans and and whatnot.

196 apparently. Just found this one http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name.php

I managed to get 150, then I ran out of time. You need to type pretty fast :pac:

diograis

got 40, couldnt spell four of the last seven so does that help my case in any way? I mean I could have lived not knowing how to spell Liechtenstein :P

Spook_ie

30/47 would have been a couple more but spelling was off on some of my answers

Charlie19

Spook_ie wrote: »

30/47 would have been a couple more but spelling was off on some of my answers

I also got 30.






On my second attempt

stoneill

Got fed up at 27 trying to spell those mad ones over there in the east.

Pherekydes

46. Forgot Monaco.

Pherekydes

Why aren't Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in it?

I prefer purpose games

No typing! Just point and click.

metaoblivia

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

You must be the fastest typer in the world. Nearly 400 characters in under 120 seconds, you capped about 190 characters a minute.

I'm an office admin when I'm not on sporcle. I regularly clock over 80 words per minute on typing tests.

Pherekydes

Keno wrote: »

Inter Cert? I'd say a quiz on Pangaea would of been more apt for you!

I didn't even do geography in secondary!

Loved maps, though.

JohnMearsheimer

Got 47 in 5:59. Figuring out how to spell Bosnia and Herzegovina and Liechtenstein cost me some time.

Duckworth_Luas

Got 46, apparently

Kosavo

doesn't exist but

Kosovo

does

osarusan

45, forgot Luxembourg and Malta. That little exclave of the Russian Federation got me - I kept wondering which Baltic country I'd forgotten.

Mr. CooL ICE

44. Missed San Marino, Liechtenstein and... Cyprus! The small ones, grand, but I didn't even see that other place.

I had 40 after 3 mins and it took me another 5 to get the last 4. I swear I typed Corsica and Sardinia over and over in different ways, convinced that those white patches were somehow countries now.

hoodwinked

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I used to be able to name all the countries in the world in two minutes. There was 188 then, there must be thousands now, what with your Kryghyzstans and Turkeyminestans and and whatnot.

like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASgoMiDji-w

BurnsCarpenter

Got them all in 3 and a half minutes. Makes up a bit for my poor showing in the North America quiz.

chughes

Got 33. I got stuck on those former Yugoslavian countries. Damn that Tito for not keeping them together....

Seaneh

46, forgot Monaco and Cyprus, it didn't accept lichtenstein because i bloody spelled it right, not the backwards assed way the game does.

Pherekydes

Seaneh wrote: »

it didn't accept lichtenstein because i bloody spelled it right, not the backwards assed way the game does.

They spell it the same way the principality does.

Amirani

Got 47 with 5:20 left on the clock (2:40 it took so).

My name is URL

Fcuking Liechtenstein!

mikeym

Vatican City didnt think it was a country.


Couldnt spell Liechenstein.

PizzamanIRL

I got 46/47 and ran out of time.

Missed out on Kosovo! I learned something today so.

Filibuster

Is the Faroe Islands not a country??

Wacker The Attacker

I nailed these motherf*ckers

Amirani

Filibuster wrote: »

Is the Faroe Islands not a country??

Nah, part of Denmark.

Pang

Bloody Balkan countries let me down in addition to Moldova.

dark crystal

Got them all in under three minutes, because like another poster mentioned, I'm a Sporcle addict and have done this quiz before!

For some reason, I blitz through the all the countries and then get stuck on Kosovo and Moldova at the end. It always takes me half a minute or so to remember those two.

Wacker The Attacker

Seaneh wrote: »

46, forgot Monaco and Cyprus, it didn't accept lichtenstein because i bloody spelled it right, not the backwards assed way the game does.

Awesome punchline

Fox_In_Socks

I missed 2, Malta and Cyprus.

The freak islands.

Red Kev

metaoblivia wrote: »

All 47 in under 2 minutes. But I'm a sporcle addict, so... :P

I knew them all, had 44 after 4 minutes (slow typer), spent ages working on the spelling for Bosnia, Lichtenstein and Moldova. Had them all with 1:26 to spare.

I've no idea how someone can physically type those names out correctly in less than 60 seconds, seems there's 4 of ye on here. :cool:

Fox_In_Socks

Red Kev wrote: »

I knew them all, had 44 after 7 minutes (slow typer), spent ages working on the spelling for Bosnia, Lichtenstein and Moldova. Had them all with 1:26 to spare.

I've no idea how someone can physically type those names out correctly in less than 60 seconds, seems there's 4 of ye on here. :cool:

Never mind that...for our closest neighbour, I had Great Britain, England, UK, until finally I managed to type United Kingdom.

Pang

I will honestly admit to googling the spelling of Liechtenstein. I got frustrated after my third failed attempt.

Likewise, I had a huge issue with United Kingdom. Took me a few goes.

refusetolose

its flawed

i was typing ukraine and the uk lit up on the map

refusetolose

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Never mind that...for our closest neighbour, I had Great Britain, England, UK, until finally I managed to type United Kingdom.

uk worked for me?

diomed

41/47
Belarus; Vatican City; Monaco; Kosovo; Bosnia; Macedonia.

Wompa1

41 for me...I didn't know how to spell Herzegovina...or whatever...completely blanked Vatican and Monaco though...interesting!

My trick was Eurovision countries and teams Ireland has played over the years