How many countries in the world can you name (online skill test)

[Bucky]

I got 132, but I cheated by being smart. Ha!

Take the test ==> http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php

[XemaSab]

1. I got 135

Obvious countries that I missed were Haiti, Dominican Republic (I KNEW I was missing something BIG down there), Nicaragua, Bolivia, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kuwait, Jordan, Hungary, Kosovo, Albania, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Nepal, NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA XOMG, and Cambodia.

[Bucky]

2. I missed those leetle ones in Africa and Europe

The Americas I aced. I even recalled a couple of island joints I'd never have guessed I'd remember. But I actually missed Liberia... after teaching a unit on it last month!

[XemaSab]

3. Africa, it's easy to start making countries up

Zambia and Zaire and Zambezi and Zamboni and Mozambique and Martinique and Maurutius and Maurutania and Marijuana and Tanzania and Tanganyika and Tangiers and Tanqueray and Tunisia and Senegal and Sulawesi and Swaziland and Switzerland and all those places, yaknow?

[Nikia]

4. I did embarassingly bad but I wasted too much time on poor spelling

I only got 83.
I just couldn't seem to spell Portugaul, Belieze, Guatamala, Uruaguay, and some others despite trying to spell them each probably half a dozen times.
I guess that I have to work on that.

[applegrove]

5. I studied African history so I can usually get quite a few countries.

[blue_onyx]

6. I got 55

I knew a lot more but I'm not great at spelling

[Odin2005]

7. 141

I had the countries drilled into my head in 8th grade. Autistic memory near-savantism helps! :evilgrin:

[JTG of the PRB]

8. I got 103. Not bad, but should have been better.

Maybe I need more beer to help me remember. :beer:

[struggle4progress]

9. Lessee. New Mexico. Argenzile. That's three.

Gimme a moment here

[Curmudgeoness]

10. OMG, do I suck at spelling, which really matters here.

Also, I kept coming up with countries that don't exist anymore, and forgetting new countries. I am humiliated that I only got 61, but if I could have figured out how to spell them, I had several others. Not 132 though, I am impressed, Bucky.

[HERVEPA]

11. 92

[krispos42]

12. 88, but there were several I knew but could not spell

Nicaragua, Ecuador, Colombia, Jamaica, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (I thought Bosnia was separate), Guinea, New Guinea (I couldn't figure out how to spell 'Guinea'), and Bangladesh.

So I would have gotten 98.


I can't believe I forgot Germany!!! :banghead:




I'm a quarter German!!!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[VioletLake]

13. Alphabet of Nations

They Might Be Giants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6h7LEru69U

[LawnKorn]

14. What do you mean Freedonia is not a country

Something is wrong with this game. I know Freedonia is a country, I saw it in a movie once.

[Doc_Technical]

17. Don't forget its neighboring country, Sylvania!

I only got 75 correct because i can't
spel wurth a shet.

[old mark]

15. 3, if New Jersey is one....nt

[TheMightyFavog]

16. 119/195

OK, Could have done better

[Lyric]

18. 115

Some of the ones I missed are just me being dense, like Austria, Portugal, the Philippines, and Mongolia. I tried to enter "Bosnia" but it didn't accept it--I forgot the "Herzegovina" part, I guess. The rest of the ones I missed were mostly Pacific Island nations, tiny Caribbean Island nations, a few in East Europe, some in Africa, and two (Bahrain and Omar) in the Middle East.

I got everyone in North America, though, except for "The Dominican Republic" because I was in the middle of typing it when time ran out, lol. I wish it wasn't timed. I probably could have gotten more if I'd have had more time, or if I'd have been taking the test orally (because my typing stinks).