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Countries of the World Quiz

How many countries can you name? Use the common, English name. Has to be a sovereign nation, so Scotland and England don't count, etc...
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Quizmaster
Updated for South Sudan independence!!!
2011-07-14 | reply
acer9199
Very nice!
2011-07-14 | reply
acer9199
apparently there's still about 21 percent of people who weren't aware of south sudan. I say that because if you get sudan, then you should also get south sudan. it's just like north and south korea now.
2011-07-14 | reply
Evans Carlsons
Don't hold your fellow man to such high standards. I wouldn't of been surprised if over 50% didn't even know about South Sudan
2012-04-22 | reply
YoungSinema
WOW! I missed Italy
2011-07-14 | reply
Rittings
Got them all first time of asking... but I have an issue that I NEVER had before the update... If you scroll up or down whilst doing it (sometimes I like to check the alpha order if I'm struggling) then when you go back up to the map (which I rely heavily on to tell me what I do and don't have) then the java (or whatever it is you use) messes up considerably, and doesn't fix itself... it leaves like a ghost over the top... here's a link to an image to show you what happens... its not so bad with all 196 countries greened out... but you can imagine how messy it looks when you see all the borders as you fill out!! http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/mapoftheworldc.png/
2011-07-14 | reply
Quizmaster
Your browser seems to be caching the old images... That problem should go away if you refresh hopefully. Congrats on getting 196 on your first try!
2011-07-14 | reply
Bob Saget
Well done. Now it's time for independence for the Conch Republic.
2011-07-14 | reply
Rittings
Okay I cleared my cache, hit refresh etc... and now it's worse lol... sometimes the images don't appear at all and I get broken links! haha... this certainly never happened before the update either :( http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/afterclearing.png/
2011-07-15 | reply
tschutzer
Nice. After taking many attempts to finally learn them all several months ago, my own averages on countries like Comoros and Kiribati were a little lower than I would have liked. But now, after the reset, I can proudly claim 100% on all of them. :D
2011-07-15 | reply
cheddarcaveman
PROBLEM! The map has a "ghost, pale" image behind the "green" completed image and I can't see what I've done and what I haven't. Most annoying!
2011-07-15 | reply
Leela77
Okay so I cheated a little but this makes me more aware of countries across the world, without cheating i'd have gotten about 150 countries. It's all the little islands that get me everytime.
2011-07-16 | reply
smutst
@Rittings, mine is doing that too!
2011-07-16 | reply
Wordsmith
Just to be picky, but shouldn't the Congos have to be entered separately? They *are* different countries after all.
2011-07-17 | reply
GeckoIX
Cool! southern Sudan. Time to re take the quiz.
2011-07-19 | reply
GeckoIX
Whoa, I'm having that weird top layer ghost problem as well. If possible can you please fix it soon.
2011-07-19 | reply
Quizmaster
Okay. I added a fix which will hopefully convince your browser to start using the new images.
2011-07-19 | reply
Lindsayc
186/196 sooo clooooseeeeee
2011-07-19 | reply
acer9199
Anyone let me know if you can beat 100% with 5:50 remaining. I'm going for 6 minutes next time.
2011-07-19 | reply
LolEpic
5:48 remaining lol
2012-05-09 | reply
Midnight Threnody
I may or may not have spent 2 hours memorizing all the countries so that I may have gotten 100% on the quiz...
2011-07-21 | reply
Inbetween1
For some reason no matter how I spell Equador it doesn't work??
2011-07-21 | reply
it is spelled ecuador with a "c"
2012-04-23 | reply
keggerius
YES! 5:07 remaining! Took over 25 tries, including the old version, but I finally got it in less than 7 minutes! Woo!
2011-07-21 | reply
GeckoIX
Thanks Quizmaster.
2011-07-22 | reply
elm044
Inbetween1 it is spelled Ecuador :)
2011-07-23 | reply
sharastarr1
acer, I got it down to 8:12 left, but that's only because I'm a super fast typer. Also don't know if you know but the quiz accepts uae for United Arab Emirates, usa, and uk so you don't have to type those all out :)
2011-07-23 | reply
Slovenija
171/196 = 87%.
2011-07-24 | reply
geowhizz
I did it without the map, and got all but two!!!!!!!! but, i did miss Ukraine and Brunei; Ukraine is obvious oh well
2011-07-27 | reply
acer9199
Sharastarr1, thanks, got it down to 6:25. I can't go any faster I don't think. I type about 60 wpm, so you must be doing 90 or 100.
2011-07-28 | reply
placebo
122/196. Not terrible for a 17 year old American on the first try.
2011-07-29 | reply
Kiden
I knew most of them thanks to the Animaniacs, but I had trouble on spelling many of them. "United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru..."
2011-07-30 | reply
KellyGeoGirl
This quiz is so much fun! I am going to keep trying until I get them all. I'm up to 85% now. When I remember obscure ones I forget easier ones. For the longest time I kept skipping Bosnia Herzegovina for no good reason! :D
2011-08-02 | reply
KellyGeoGirl
@Kiden, that's a great song :D
2011-08-02 | reply
grasshopper123
196!!! woohoo :)
2011-08-04 | reply
Lindsayc
190 ALMOST THERE!
2011-08-09 | reply
brpetrelli
What happened to French Guyana? iits just a yellow space!
2011-08-17 | reply
shayor
French Guyana isn't a country.
2012-05-09 | reply
glennish731
Just wondering how many of us have cracked the 8:00 barrier and the top 10 fasted times
2011-08-18 | reply
jadekelly
@brpetrelli French Guiana isn't a sovereign state, it's an overseas territory of France, which is why I would imagine it's blocked out, so people don't try guessing it.
2011-08-21 | reply
KellyGeoGirl
man 184! I'm getting so close :D
2011-08-22 | reply
grewalge
finally got em all
2011-08-23 | reply
KellyGeoGirl
I'm so frustrated. I keep missing just one! It's not even the same one! LOL
2011-08-24 | reply
Tramp
This quiz helped me a lot. The first time I took it, I think I got around 120 or maybe even less. Now I'm on 192/196 and I can also place exactly where ~80% of the countries are on a map too.
2011-08-24 | reply
Jaq
100% with 2:20 left : ) Now I just have to wittle down the time
2011-08-24 | reply
hana
@brpetrelli - French Guyana is part of France. Just like Greenland is part of Denmark, etc.
2011-08-26 | reply
KellyGeoGirl
I did it !
2011-08-26 | reply
geographygal
Grrrr! Africa, the -stans and Oceania always mess me up. 129/196
2011-08-27 | reply
Jaq
8:01! So close
2011-08-28 | reply
Jaq
Ok 7:41 I'm going to stop aiming for a record now :P
2011-08-29 | reply
sharastarr1
@glennish I'd love to know the top ten too!
2011-08-30 | reply
gregonaut
5:42... wish I could type faster!
2011-08-31 | reply
verycherry831
ooh i was so close i missed lebanon (somehow), comoros, and samoa
2011-08-31 | reply
TheTboss77
Dang the average is 107!! holy cow I though 76 was alot...
2011-09-01 | reply
GeckoIX
196/196 with 5:08 remaining. Is there a documented record?
2011-09-03 | reply
gregonaut
5:54 aaaaarrrghh!
2011-09-06 | reply
glennish731
Quizmaster...you could give us a top 10 recorded times for completing this quiz right?
2011-09-07 | reply
Quizmaster
The top scores are all beyond the range of human typing ability, so they cheated. My friend Sam was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. He also did the capitals in less than 5 minutes.
2011-09-07 | reply
iowacub
finally got them all! with 7 seconds left!!! stupid burkina faso....i kept forgetting the faso lol
2011-09-07 | reply
glennish731
My best time finishing with 8 minutes on the dot left...so anything close to 4 min is doable...anything faster than 3 minutes 30 seconds would be impossible...could you tell us how many people have times in the 4 min to 3:30 range? Just interested to see how many people can do this faster than 4 min but not cheating
2011-09-08 | reply
glennish731
just updating...finally broke 4 min...3:59...Quizmaster: what times were you considering too fast?
2011-09-09 | reply
Quizmaster
There's really no way to tell if cheating occurred. The fastest time that looks legit is 3:04. I say it looks legit, because the user took the quiz a few dozen times, showing improvement over time.

That would be the equivalent of typing about 70 words a minute.

2011-09-09 | reply
glennish731
not to say I'm the fastest typer in the world, and if someone can get this done in close to 3 minutes I'm in awe....I'm constantly typing as fast as I can with only a few misspelling pauses and 3:59 is the fastest I can do this...I think my peak would maybe be 3:45-3:35 if I typed perfectly. What is the fastest time overall...I'm just wondering how fast a cheater can do this...I'm assuming it must still take them about a minute.
2011-09-09 | reply
glennish731
I'm overly competitive. Sorry about bugging you
2011-09-09 | reply
Mithol
177, my best yet!
2011-09-14 | reply
lottie
Been doing this about 2 weeks and have finally got all of them.The one I kept missing was Sierra Leone for some reason! Now at just under 9 1/2 minutes.I have no idea how anyone human could type them all in 3 minutes.......
2011-09-14 | reply
Iain
100% :) You should really have to type in Congo and DR Congo separately.
2011-09-14 | reply
glennish731
I used to miss Sierra leone as well...I dont think 3 minutes is possible either, but then again I used to think 7 minutes was impossible and I can do it under 4 now on occasion. Still 3 min would have to be one of the fastest typers in the world
2011-09-15 | reply
Capital Ace
I am slowly getting faster, but getting them all in 8 minutes is my best time. Notice how so many of us are trying to improve our speed that the average correct is going up - it was 107 not that long ago, and is now up to 109. I'd like to know the average for the first try.
2011-09-15 | reply
lottie
So I thought I'd done it again and hadn't realised that since last night there are now 2 Congos...more long winded names to type...will never beat the time I've set now!
2011-09-16 | reply
lottie
Ignore my last comment! I must have missed Congo for the first time and hadn't realised that it fills 2 gaps in when you add it. Sorry,my mistake.
2011-09-16 | reply
chasingwhispers
This quiz made me want to learn all the countries in the world. Now I get 100% every time, go me!
2011-09-17 | reply
sharastarr1
I think my best time is around 3 minutes and 45 seconds, so under 4 minutes is definitely doable. (This took me a number of times trying, however) Kudos to whoever can do it win 3 minutes and 4 seconds!
2011-09-17 | reply
Bhenn10
100%!!!
2011-09-19 | reply
Jaq
I wish the quizzes recorded your best time as well as your highest score
2011-09-22 | reply
darkseraphim21
I'm up to 163. If I remember a few that I usually don't, I leave off a few that I usually don't. Ai carumba!
2011-09-22 | reply
acer9199
Umm, when you say 3 minutes, do you mean you do it in 3 minutes meaning you have 9 minutes left, or you have 3 minutes left? 6 minutes is as fast as I can do it. that's easy to explain since it's exactly half the time.
2011-09-23 | reply
geographygal
Up to 174! I will get them all eventually.
2011-09-25 | reply
FootieAddict
Completed with 6:09 remaining :)
2011-09-27 | reply
milk
i wonder what the stats would look like if it didnt include people who retake the quiz over and over again
2011-09-29 | reply
milk
for example theres no way 1 in 3 ppl know the country Mauritius
2011-09-29 | reply
sharastarr1
@acer I meant is as I completed the quiz in 3 minutes and 45 seconds (so 8 minutes left), so I'm assuming that's what quizmaster meant too :)
2011-09-30 | reply
Jaq
milk - mauritius is actually a popular tourist destination. I'm surprised more people don't know it
2011-10-03 | reply
ech0theeditor
Every single one of the 196 I've memorized. I would think that the least guessed would be some of the lesser antilles or some of the oceania countries such as tonga, vanatu, etc. but it is actually sao tome and principe. Didn't think that would be least guessed.
2011-10-05 | reply
Lindsayc
100% 4:22 remaining.... FINALLY.
2011-10-08 | reply
boydmk
Best time ever ~ 6:22 left!!!! =)
2011-10-10 | reply
giraffapus
omg I couldn't figure out how to spell kazakhstan!!! and while taking this quiz I suddenly forgot all the countries I knew... funny how that happens
2011-10-12 | reply
Suebie
Yah, me too. My mind went blank. I said Vatican but not Vatican City.
2011-10-13 | reply
andreitomy
finished with 7:44 left!
2011-10-14 | reply
geographygal
Up to 183. I've started trying to put the ones I have trouble remembering first. Singapore, East Timor, and most of Oceania always give me trouble.
2011-10-15 | reply
Erin S
Up to 187, slowly getting closer but there's still 9 that I can never remember! Ahh!
2011-10-17 | reply
Erin S
100% finally! :)
2011-10-22 | reply
nellyrose
I'm at 191. Cannot for the life of me get 100%! Arghh. I am wasting way too much time with this.
2011-10-25 | reply
danleik
Great quiz. I've learned a lot. I'm a quadriplegic and my typing is limited to one thumb. So I use voice activated software to fill out the countries. Unfortunately the software makes lots of mistakes--ginny for Guinea, dionna for Guyana, etc.--which I have to correct w/ the thumb. Still I'm up to 180 in 12 minutes.
2011-10-26 | reply
Quizmaster
Nice work. I'm thinking that if JetPunk ever goes mobile, it will have to be voice-activated. Glad that it (sorta) works for you.
2011-10-26 | reply
ineedahobby
All done in 2.34 with 9.26 remaining including redoing a few typos, so I could probably shave .10 off my time if I kept at it. So yes, Quizmaster, it can be done fast without voice activation software or other cheating methods :) I don't even type properly - a glorified hunt and peck refined from years of practice - so I imagine an excellent typist could finish quite faster than me. I take the quiz frequently just to keep my memory skills sharp without signing in - but when I saw the new competition for fast times I just had to give it an official try myself. Everyone keep having fun with this and all the other great quizzes - JetPunk rocks!
2011-11-05 | reply
skmorgan
YESSSS! I have been doing this quiz every morning, and today was my first time getting it done. I have 2:50 left to spare, so I'm not nearly in the running for fastest time, I'm just glad I've learned so much in the past few weeks. I make myself do it once a day, and I would have finished yesterday if not for dadgummed Nauru. I'll never forget it now, though :) Guess I get to work on world capitals next.
2011-11-07 | reply
Quizmaster
Nice work. Congrats!
2011-11-07 | reply
yocoy
195! I typed Ivory Coast and it disappeared only to come to find I had one missing at the end. Never thought to try Cote d'Ivoire...why would I when I know I typed in G-D Ivory Coast! So what comes up after the time expires? G-D Cote d'Ivoire! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!
2011-11-07 | reply
Quizmaster
I just double-checked. Ivory Coast works for Cote d'Ivoire.
2011-11-07 | reply
Lindsayc
yocoy - ivory coast definitely works. that's what I type.
2011-11-07 | reply
SMoo00TH
How about making the ultimate geography quiz that blends the Countries of the World quiz along with the Capitals of the World??
2011-11-08 | reply
glennish731
ineedahobby- I don't mean to accuse you of cheating by any means, but finishing this quiz in under 3 minutes is rediculous...that would mean you are typing faster than a country a second...while I can do this with certain countries...like for all the guinea(s) I dont see how with countries like central african republic that anyone could average less than a second per country..I'm certainly not the fastest typer in the world, but I like to think I'm pretty quick and with a handfull of typos the fastest I've finished is 3:49 (with 8:11 remaining)..When transcribing the average WPM is 40 (with a standard deviation of 16.25) so 69.75 WPM (your average) would be almost 2 standard deviations away from the average...or in other words almost the best anyone could hope for...Obviously anyone of us that is finishing this in under 6 or 7 minutes has the countries memorized, but its still not the same as typing what is being said to you...so, I would think 3 minutes would be close to the fastest anyone could do this wit
2011-11-10 | reply
glennish731
Just as a follow up...only 5% of pro typers type at 70 WPM or better, and the average typo rate is 4% meaning that on a quiz like this 7-8 typos would be average for a pro typer...So, if you have the ability to do this in well under 3 min...you are probably the fastest person taking this quiz legitimately.
2011-11-10 | reply
Finally, I have been working on this for way too long, but I finally got them all. With just 1:50 left it's nothing to brag about, but I don't care, I'm just happy for myself.
2011-11-11 | reply
Fofie
Yes! 100% after days of learning the countries, reciting over and again etc. The hard work finally paid off lol
2011-11-12 | reply
dinomario10
I finally learned all the countries with a lot of time left on my timer. Now I just have to learn all the capitals too, and then.. The flags... Maybe something else too :D
2011-11-14 | reply
mseley
all with 3:04 left. no cheating.
2011-11-14 | reply
dinomario10
6:22 damn I need to warm up my hands.
2011-11-17 | reply
geographygal
Sooooo close! 195 this time. Only forgot Samoa. Not much longer until I get them all.
2011-11-21 | reply
MariaSE
Finally... I've been doing this quiz like everyday for weeks now and i finally got 100% with 43 seconds to spare... sooo happy :D
2011-11-21 | reply
dinomario10
7:27, I'm getting better. I'll stop when I reach 8 min. :P
2011-11-22 | reply
geographygal
Woot! Yesterday I got them all with 24 seconds left..today with 49 seconds left. Love this quiz!
2011-11-26 | reply
slytherinsnakelover
umm id dont get how anyone can learn to spell half of those names i only got 59 (i realey dont get spellings)
2011-11-26 | reply
Jaq
slytherinsnakelover - some of us obviously care a bit more about our spelling
2011-11-28 | reply
YoungSinema
You guys are great. My record is 96, still trying to hit 100. I have gotten 124 correct, just not all at once. I keep drawing blanks and forgetting some.
2011-12-03 | reply
geographygal
Keep going, YoungSinema! It has taken me months to get all of them. This is such a great quiz.
2011-12-03 | reply
nomadic
Woo did in 1 second (11:59)... it counts if I use an auto typing macro right? :D
2011-12-04 | reply
verde97
Arghhh for some reason I ALWAYS forget one or two countries..and they are usually in the oceania area... But I am proud to say I finally reached 100% with 4:50 left. Yess! Now just to beat my time :) Lol..not sure why I've been so obsessed with this quiz!!
2011-12-04 | reply
username729
This was my fourth try. I turned the time off to see how many I would get. I missed 6.
2011-12-04 | reply
Jaq
I didn't even know you could turn the time off! YoungSinema - I found if there were always some I was forgetting, I'd write a few of them down on a piece of paper, and after I had entered all that I could remember, I would check the paper and enter any I'd forgotten. After a while I wouldn't need to check the paper
2011-12-06 | reply
skmorgan
5:06 left for me! I'm improving my time every day (even though it's not that impressive compared to some, I'm still happy for myself!)
2011-12-06 | reply
glennish731
Young Sinema...This is how I got them all (it took me probably about 25 doing the quiz or so). First go through all the regions and try to get as many as you can...then with the harder countries just try to remember all the countries with the same first letter...Like I do malta,maldives,moldova, and monaco at the same time...and angola,andora, and antigua...Bahrain,bhutan,brunei, and burma....things like that will help
2011-12-07 | reply
PaulL
Lebanon ALWAYS deceives me. 4:22 remaining is my best score so far.
2011-12-08 | reply
PaulL
5:14 remaining! And I typed most of South America in one box, after having typo'd Argentina, so I can definitely get faster.
2011-12-08 | reply
geographygal
196 with 4 minutes left. My personal best. Love this quiz! Now I have to work on learning all the capitals.
2011-12-08 | reply
glennish731
I've gotten it to 8:13 left....so 3:47...If I can get to 8:30 I think that will be my ceiling
2011-12-09 | reply
Jaq
I think I've peaked at 5.31 left - it seems to be my average, and I'm just not getting any faster
2011-12-12 | reply
willjones444
I did it in 10:15 left.... haha beat that
2011-12-13 | reply
NikoX
I'm almost there. Best I can do it 180/196 without help. The African countries are quite difficult whereas I have N.A., S.A., Asia, Australia, and Europe memorized.
2011-12-15 | reply
acer9199
IMHO better to go with regions than trying to do them in alphabetical order. anyone who can get more than half of these countries probably knows about where everything is, and whatever they don't know, they can learn very quickly. then you are able to visualize the map, and do one region at a time. Having a good visual grasp makes it MUCH easier than trying to do them in ABC order, trust me. Same applies with the periodic table.
2011-12-16 | reply
acer9199
I start with USA, Canada, Mexico, countries of Central America, then South America, then Caribbean islands. Then I do all of Europe in ABC order. On to Africa, starting with Algeria, and working east, then down a layer and back west in an "S" pattern. Don't forget the 4 islands on the East. Middle Eastern countries are next. Just getting all the surrounding countries of Saudi Arabia (about 15 of them), is all you need to do. Then with Asia, I just work in a general eastern direction starting from the middle east area. I don't know why but I always group Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, and type them together. I will also type China, Mongolia, the Koreas, and Japan together. Then hit the Asian islands (the ones north, or west of Australia). Then Australia, and the South Pacific Oceania islands (everything east of Australia). There you have it. West to east pattern, with some small group organization.
2011-12-16 | reply
acer9199
Oceania grouping: Largest and most well-known islands are (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji). The three outcasts are (Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Tonga). Next is all countries that end in "U" (Nauru, Palau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu). Last are the "M and S" islands (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands).
2011-12-16 | reply
Jaq
I start with USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand - otherwise I forget them because they're so obvious. The rest is done region by region, but not always in a specific order
2011-12-18 | reply
Erin S
Woo down to 7:46 remaining!
2011-12-22 | reply
mikeyanderson7
Got everything except 3 in oceania. I'm so close now. starting to work on capitals too!
2011-12-22 | reply
darkseraphim21
I seem to be peaking at about 5: 30 remaining. Not sure how people are getting everything with 7 and 8 minutes left. :\
2011-12-24 | reply
juanne
hell yeah! 196/196! should include palestine from now on
2011-12-28 | reply
darkseraphim21
@juanne Palestine is not a country. It's a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan river.
2011-12-30 | reply
eljay99
i really need to get better at africa. :\
2011-12-30 | reply
420anaitor
188 96%
2011-12-30 | reply
eljay99
I am obsessed with this quiz! I have been challenging my family and so far no one has beat me... but i still haven't hit 196. I find central Africa hard and south-eastern Europe.
2011-12-30 | reply
Raul
Isn't Taiwan considered part of China? I am aware of the situation with Taiwan given the case maybe you should also add Hong Kong and Macau
2012-01-01 | reply
lancershaft
got hung up on that non-highlighted territory in south america.....perhaps should change it so that french guiana gets highlighted when you get france? or change it to white like greenland? i wasted time trying to figure out what the heck i was forgetting in south america LOL
2012-01-01 | reply
SMoo00TH
It is the same color as Greenland. lol
2012-01-03 | reply
tommywaits
118, not bad for a first attempt :)444
2012-01-06 | reply
FirefromtheEast
Yay. 100%
2012-01-06 | reply
YES! Finally I beat it, with 48 seconds to spare. Took me about half a minute to think up Lebanon but I did it... I also find it funny how many people can't name seychelles, or comoros, I got both of those easily on my first try but I guess that's because I'm a Madagascar fanatic.
2012-01-18 | reply
This time I had about 1:48 remaining and ironically I forgot the seychelles until the very last country, only because I happened to look over it.
2012-01-19 | reply
FirefromtheEast
My record is finishing with 3 minutes left. I have no idea how other people can finish with 5+ minutes left. Perhaps I'm just a slow typer. :/
2012-01-28 | reply
milk
i cant wait for independence of kurdistan, chechnya/dagestan, western sahara, siberia,, united states of america,, others.... whatever happened to catalonia, brittany, courland, crimean khanate, punjab, mysore, barbary states, scotland, united provinces ... ??? Am i late?
2012-01-29 | reply
lacey32
@milk i don't know the stories behind all those others, but scotland is not a sovereign nation, it's part of the uk, and last i checked, united states of america has been independent since 1776.....
2012-01-31 | reply
pmac007
Taiwan is not part of China. The Taiwan government claims the "Republic of China" while the government of China is the "People's Republic of China." They are different governments. The Taiwan government is what got forced out by the communists after WWII. All they have left is Taiwan, and the communists have mainland China.
2012-01-31 | reply
420anaitor
Tonga, Nauru and Solomon islands are the only countries I have yet to even guess, got 191. SO CLOSE!
2012-01-31 | reply
My best score is 189. It's the countries I can't spell that I don't get! I've mastered Asia, Europe, South America and Australiasia. It's West Africa and the Carribian I struggle on. *-*
2012-02-02 | reply
Jamaica 62% 0% Fiji 50% 0% Rwanda 46% 0% Liberia 44% 0% Trinidad and Tobago 44% 0% Cameroon 43% 0% Swaziland 40% 0% Lesotho 37% 0% Sierra Leone 36% 0% Maldives 35% 0% Djibouti 35% 0% Grenada 33% 0% Burundi 31% 0% Palau 29% 0% Nauru 27% 0% Sao Tome and Principe The ones I missed. I do know them all, I just ran out of time, and I can't spell Jamacia for the life of me!
2012-02-03 | reply
FirefromtheEast
4:08 remaining. I'm improving!
2012-02-03 | reply
420anaitor
194!!! nauru only country i have yet to guess
2012-02-11 | reply
Desirai
Wow my first time was horrible. Hahahaha
2012-02-12 | reply
psycholite
Those B countries can be tough.... Burundi, Benin, Bhutan Bahrain, Brunei. Phew!
2012-02-14 | reply
darkseraphim21
@elm044 this is late in coming, but your problem is probably that you're misspelling Ecuador. There's no q.
2012-02-15 | reply
Jaq
6 months since I first completed this quiz, and I still know them all! Best learning aid ever!
2012-02-16 | reply
boyet101
perfect for the second time. 2 minutes left. thank you quiz master! I want more
2012-02-17 | reply
Copper
Kosovo and Taiwan are not true countries, they are not UN member states. If you include them, you also have to include Palestine, Western Sahara, Turkish Cyprus, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are all in the same situation. Also, Kosovo does not show up in this game.
2012-02-20 | reply
@Copper He's right (about Kosovo) I'll get serbia and it will shade in the spot where kosovo belongs which confuses the crap out of me since it looks like I already have it
2012-02-21 | reply
Quizmaster
Fixed. Thanks!
2012-02-21 | reply
lacey32
the fastest i've gotten is about 5:30ish left.
2012-02-23 | reply
420anaitor
@copper kosovo shades in, you just have to guess it first. I agree with you about palestine but the other "countries" don't have more than 6 countries recognizing their independence while kosovo has 88 and palestine has 129. Also my first time getting 100% WOOHOO!
2012-02-27 | reply
@quizmaster Is there any way You can change color for guessed country to red, blue etc? I am daltonist, so i have problem to differentiate some when I get close to the end. I always seem to miss small or micro countries (like east timor, kuwait...), and as I can't locate them on map, it is a problem to end with 100%.
2012-03-02 | reply
Up to 157 on my third try, which I'm stoked about, but pales in comparison to all you super-dudes that get 100% every time...
2012-03-04 | reply
Yay, up to 192...getting there :)
2012-03-05 | reply
Finally.... 1:19 left...
2012-03-06 | reply
YAY!!! Finally got there, on my 12th attempt! 1:09 left...
2012-03-06 | reply
Still 20 I keep missing. Damn Carribian
2012-03-06 | reply
FootieAddict
Complete with 6:45 left (granted I have had a few goes)
2012-03-07 | reply
mykalrudie
132, pretty good for a 12 yr old
2012-03-10 | reply
195!
2012-03-12 | reply
The thing is, I know all of these, it's just I don't know where they are. For instance, the Oceanian countries: Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Nauru; I can name them...I just don't know where they are. Seychelles, Micronesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Marshall Islands. I also used to misspell Kyrgyzstan wrong every time, and I probably just spelled it wrong...but 194!
2012-03-12 | reply
wingstoday
I could only do 40 when I started this quiz a few days ago. Now I'm at 158.If someone ever asks me to name all of the countries in the world from East to West, I'll be ready.
2012-03-13 | reply
193! I finally memorized the caribbean except for Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent, and Saint Lucia. And I'm not even good at that...my biggest accomplishment so far is memorizing Oceania.
2012-03-14 | reply
darkseraphim21
@theLAYTshow Keep going. :) When I started I struggled quite a bit, but now I pretty much breeze through. Very few people know all of the countries the first time they take this quiz, most of us learn as we go. When I started I could get maybe 110, but gradually I learned and remembered and applied it to my next time taking the quiz. Here's hoping you get to 196! :)
2012-03-15 | reply
Kristaa
Woohoo 169! Africa is freakin' hard!
2012-03-15 | reply
Thanks @darkseraphim21, I did get there, and my time is improving!!
2012-03-16 | reply
MISSED 3! GRRRR!
2012-03-16 | reply
powdamonkey
east timor should come up as a micro nation. i can never see it on my map and i have got 195 twice in a row after missing it. :(
2012-03-20 | reply
SM
Finally managed after daily attempts - how do people have so much time remaining? Doing it with an atlas still requires all that typing!
2012-03-21 | reply
T3rm3n4t0r
Woooot! 196/196 with over 4 minutes to spare... somehow I still enjoy doing this..
2012-03-21 | reply
T3rm3n4t0r
Is there anyway to find out the fastest finish ever on this?
2012-03-21 | reply
I keep forgetting Kosovo....
2012-03-23 | reply
frindle
Finally did it!! got them all!
2012-03-24 | reply
JFK
175/196 and i'm 9!. Cheated on the time though...
2012-03-25 | reply
darkseraphim21
At least tell a believable lie.
2012-04-13 | reply
indiavoyager
hmm..135 in first attempt...those lititle islands in the pacific are the tricky ones!..and I always miss some on West Africa..
2012-03-27 | reply
unreali
Third time I've taken this, I've managed to forget Bolivia ever single time. D:
2012-03-28 | reply
YoungSinema
WOW! Got all of them with 2 seconds left. Too bad it took me 79 times though.
2012-03-30 | reply
100% the first try
2012-03-30 | reply
remix1337
So I was able to get them all in 4 miinutes flat after a decent amount of practice. Anyone able to beat that?
2012-03-31 | reply
David1234
165, after my third try.
2012-04-04 | reply
MORE TIME PLEASE??????????????????????????
2012-04-04 | reply
IriShBloNde
Oh my god, finally after months I did it in time!! And with ten seconds to spare :P Think ill have to celebrate this!! haha
2012-04-04 | reply
Quizmaster
Congrats!!
2012-04-04 | reply
T3rm3n4t0r
NICE! 6:01 left to spare. Quickest time yet. I usually get stuck at 195/196 each attempt for at least 2 minutes but not this time! <(-_-<) <(-_-)> (>-_-)>
2012-04-04 | reply
Sansbo94
I finished with 1.9 seconds to go. I was so excited that I had finished first go. I keep clicking on another page and it refreshes it so I had to keep starting again! So proud of myself. How does everyone else get it so fast? I can't remember half of the countries ahahahah!!
2012-04-04 | reply
6:25 left
2012-04-04 | reply
indiavoyager
Shucks...I pressed 'give up' by mistake and it is screwed my average score
2012-04-06 | reply
Bacon Boy
FINALLY!!! GOT 'EM ALL! With 2:47 remaining
2012-04-06 | reply
indiavoyager
whooof.. finally got all of them.. with time remaining..proud of myself... guess I took about 5 attempts to achieve this..started with 132 in first attempt.
2012-04-08 | reply
rollosgigantes
Didn't get Palestinian Authority for some reason
2012-04-08 | reply
HenryT2
I love doing this quiz over and over. In order to avoid just memorizing words, I start in different locations and move from one country to another. For instance, start in Canada, then to US, etc. until you hit argentina, then maybe across to Oceania, then move up through Asia, etc. Next, I'll start at the tip South Africa and work my way up through Europe and over to Asia, etc. I'm not actually sure where all of the Oceania nations are so I just start throwing names out until all the dots disappear. And the Carribean is hard because the dots are so close together if you forget one, you can't exactly see which one you missed. Finally, quizmaster, I also think that smaller countries like Kosovo, East Timor, and Burundi are very hard to notice when you've missed them. Perhaps if you switched the default color to red, then highlighed in green when you guess correctly, they'd be easier to spot when you miss them because there'd be a bright red dot. Great job, BTW.
2012-04-14 | reply
Beat it with 4:26 seconds left YAY almost missed east timor
2012-04-18 | reply
SanJoseSharksFan
Ha took me 8 times to finally get them all!
2012-04-20 | reply
My method is Africa first, start with the B's (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana) then do the C's, the islands, and just generally group the letters together in Africa - also, I like to do Moldova, Kosovo, Albania, Algeria and the Maldives when doing Africa. Then move to Oceania, start with Australia, NZ, PNG and then all the others. Work my way up through South East Asia, then the Middle East making sure to end with the alphabetically organised -stans. Then moving on to Europe, starting with UK, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, micro-nations, bigger nations, ending with all the -ia's (Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia etc.) Finally on to North and Central American, ending the Caribbean with the St's, and South America. Boom, we're done!
2012-04-27 | reply
I have my own method. I start from Oceania then Asia then Europe then Africa then South America and last but not least North America, that's how I get all 196 countries!
2012-04-28 | reply
Frayselijk
I've been trying to break the record for as fast as humanly possible but I never get to 3:03.. Keep on trying
2012-04-29 | reply
candiesROCK
This quiz is great, I'm taking it everyday and each day I memorize more countries!
2012-05-06 | reply
MISSED ONE! El Salvador, purely becuase I thought I had put it in. OMG. 1 AWAY FROM 196! Hate life.
2012-05-11 | reply
Evans Carlson
Man I need some work. The only countries I named were Antigua, Burundi, Brunei, Comoros, East Timor, Kiribati, Palau, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Saint Kitts, Dominica, Suriname, Djibouti, Maldives, Micronesia and Germany. It's so easy to only remember the powerhouses. France? Italy? Egypt? Uhhhh who/where are they
2012-05-11 | reply
Evans Carlson
Got 100% w/ 7:24 remaining after trying this 8 times in total Why hasn't the government contacted me yet? Aren't I special? I must be needed by them!
2012-05-14 | reply
FootieAddict
All done with 6:45 remaining - lots of attempts, 7:24 is very impressive
2012-05-16 | reply
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