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European geography

  • 21-12-2013 04:09AM
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,930 ✭✭✭✭


    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.

    How many ansers did you get right and how quickly? 202 votes

    1-5
    0% 0 votes
    6-10
    0% 0 votes
    11-15
    0% 0 votes
    16-20
    0% 1 vote
    21-25
    1% 4 votes
    26-30
    3% 7 votes
    31-35
    9% 19 votes
    36-40
    19% 39 votes
    41-43
    20% 42 votes
    44-46
    13% 27 votes
    47, under 8 minutes
    17% 35 votes
    47, under 7 minutes
    1% 4 votes
    47, under 6 minutes
    1% 4 votes
    47, under 5 minutes
    3% 8 votes
    47, under 4 minutes
    1% 3 votes
    47, under 3 minutes
    1% 4 votes
    47, under 2 minutes
    1% 3 votes
    47, under 1 minutes
    0% 2 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Ahhhhh its grand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭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:


  • #3
    Daqster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Daqster


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


  • #4
    metaoblivia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


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


  • #5
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


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


  • #6
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭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


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  • #7
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,930 ✭✭✭✭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. :)


  • #8
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #9
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 9,904 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    40 only.


  • #10
    KildareBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭KildareBlue


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


  • #11
    WilyCoyote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    CORRECT ANSWERS
    28/47

    Wheels rolling too fast for me. Or too much Burgundy :)


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  • #12
    Agonist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭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.


  • #13
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #14
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭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.


  • #15
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #16
    Ahhhhh its grand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭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:


  • #17
    diograis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭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


  • #18
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


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


  • #19
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,123 ✭✭✭✭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 :o


  • #20
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,607 ✭✭✭stoneill


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


  • #21
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,342 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    46. Forgot Monaco.


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  • #22
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,342 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


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

    I prefer purpose games

    No typing! Just point and click.


  • #23
    metaoblivia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭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. :)


  • #24
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,342 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #25
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


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


  • #26
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Got 46, apparently
    Kosavo
    doesn't exist but
    Kosovo
    does :(


  • #27
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,059 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


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


  • #28
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    hoodwinked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭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? :D


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


  • #30
    BurnsCarpenter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 560 ✭✭✭BurnsCarpenter


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


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  • #31
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


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


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