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Continental Geography Decoder

Solve the short clues about each continent. Then combine the first letters of each answer to form one more continent-related answer.
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First submittedOctober 5, 2015
Times taken43,571
Average score58.3%
Rating4.40
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Africa
SECRET:
ZAIRE
Z
Last country alphabetically
Zimbabwe
A
Algeria's official language
Arabic
I
Madagascar touches this ocean
Indian
R
Burundi's northern neighbor
Rwanda
E
Asmara is its capital city
Eritrea
 
 
 
Asia
SECRET:
TIBET
T
Subarctic forest biome in Siberia
Taiga
I
Peninsula of Thailand and Vietnam
Indochina
B
"Kalimantan" is part of this island
Borneo
E
Tallest mountain in Eurasia
Everest
T
Companion of the Euphrates
Tigris
 
 
 
Europe
SECRET:
VOLGA
V
English name of Wien
Vienna
O
Largest city of Norway
Oslo
L
This bridge is falling down
London Bridge
G
Overseas territory of Denmark
Greenland
A
Sea touching Italy, Croatia, etc.
Adriatic Sea
North America
SECRET:
IDAHO
I
Narrow strip of land. Panama is one
Isthmus
D
Formerly known as Mount McKinley
Denali
A
Eastern USA mountain range
Appalachian
H
Five-letter Great Lake
Huron
O
Second biggest city in Ontario
Ottawa
 
 
 
Oceania
SECRET:
PALAU
P
Westernmost major city in Oceania
Perth
A
Highest mountain in New Zealand
Aoraki
L
Taupo is a type of this
Lake
A
Term for a ring-shaped coral island
Atoll
U
Also known as Ayers Rock
Uluru
 
 
 
South America
SECRET:
ANDES
A
Longest river in the Americas
Amazon
N
Capital of Rio Grande do Norte
Natal
D
Official language of Suriname
Dutch
E
Island known for its 900+ moai
Easter Island
S
Capital and largest city of Chile
Santiago
scambigol
+8
Level 76
Oct 5, 2015
Nice idea! Not sure Easter island, despite being politically part of Chile, belongs to 'South America'
buck1017
+6
Level 77
Nov 22, 2016
That's like saying Hawaii, which is technically part of the USA, belongs in Oceania.
TenThousand
+33
Level 76
Nov 22, 2016
Which it does!
lucd13
+7
Level 69
Dec 15, 2016
It absolutely does - Hawai'i is Polynesian.
Quizzer6794
+10
Level 65
Jan 17, 2017
It belongs to the US, although geographically in Oceania. French Guiana belongs to a European country while in South America.
WolfCam
+8
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
Same case with Greenland, it is owned by Denmark, A European Country, but is part of North America.
tshalla
+5
Level 75
Mar 5, 2017
Yup, it's Polynesian. No amount of years or imperialism can change that.
Baalhammon
+9
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
On a related note, could you accept Rapa Nui or Rapanui for Easter Island, since it's the local name for it?
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 65
Mar 5, 2017
If the answer goes below 50% guessed, then I will.
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 60
Sep 5, 2023
Rapa Nui is correct regardless of how many people guess it, so it should be accepted.
TinklePork
+1
Level 62
Mar 28, 2017
That's like saying Cyprus is European, when in fact it is an Asian country.
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Jul 29, 2018
@TinklePork. Cyprus is geographically closer to Asia but historically and culturally and geographically it is part of Europe.
BotswanaEmperor
+6
Level 68
Apr 20, 2020
Oh no, not again.
wiifly
+2
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
@TinklePork, there's a debate for cyprus, but no debate that Hawaii is in Oceania and is polynesian.
johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
Dec 4, 2020
it does
ImNotAmerican
+2
Level 38
May 6, 2021
Cyprus is probably transcontinental.
Findlay
+4
Level 82
Aug 16, 2021
I feel it's dangerous to enter into this, but I can't help myself. Cyprus is closer to the mainland of both Asia and Africa than it is to that of Europe. It seems pretty ridiculous to argue that an island belongs to a continent which is not only not the closest, but in fact only the third closest. And I know people try to argue on cultural grounds, but you may as well say Australia is part of Europe, if that's your standard. Of course you can eliminate the need for the debate at all by realising that Europe is by no conceivable consistent definition, a real continent.

And Easter Island and Hawaii aren't part of South and North America respectively, but they're not a part of the continent of Oceania either. Which isn't because they're not part of Oceania - they are - but rather because Oceania isn't a continent. It's a region that is mainly ocean. Continents are landmasses.

Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Mar 5, 2017
All depends what you mean by 'belong'. If you mean which country 'owns' Easter island it is Chile, if you mean which Continent is nearer to Easter Island then it depends where you measure from, if Oceania means Australia (as everyone seems to offer in jetpunk when it is said Australia is a continent not an island) then the distance is 11,084 km, whereas the distance to Chile (South America) is 3,686 km.
sulfuratus
+1
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
And Greenland is North America
Milezinator
+1
Level 71
Apr 6, 2018
There's no one definition for what a continent is, ergo, there should not be one continent that a region necessarily belongs to.
HeyItsMeJJ
+1
Level 60
Feb 6, 2021
Same thing with greenland, but its part of Denmark, so its included.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Jun 28, 2016
Just missed Natal. Great quiz!
QRU
+3
Level 74
Nov 23, 2016
A bridge that is falling down, starting with L...mh..."Ladder".
ImNotAmerican
+1
Level 38
May 6, 2021
BRUH
AlejandroAP
+1
Level 81
Nov 23, 2016
Wonderful quiz!
ILikeQuizes
+4
Level 63
Nov 27, 2016
Isn't Honolulu the westernmost major city in Oceania? It's at 157 west, while Perth is at 115 east.
Ampo
+2
Level 43
Dec 23, 2016
no you got your directions switched up...
DonTheLamplighter
+7
Level 84
Mar 5, 2017
The other west.
SouthwestChief
+3
Level 71
Mar 5, 2017
Good point
Ampo
+1
Level 43
Dec 23, 2016
2:33 on the clock!
Tramp
+19
Level 76
Jan 2, 2017
The "tallest Eurasian mountain" one tripped me up for ages. I kept trying to spell "Elbrus"...
vincc
+4
Level 58
Mar 5, 2017
rightfully so i did same
WackyAnagramDude
+1
Level 63
Mar 5, 2017
What do you mean rightfully? Everest is certainly taller than Elbrus. And you understand Eurasia means Europe and Asia, not just Europe?
rawe
+2
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
Same, but after a few tries I realised Everest was the right one, lol.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jul 5, 2019
Mount everest is not acepted..
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
Aug 13, 2019
The "Mount" is not required.
wiifly
+1
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
Yes but it is generally annoying, I got confused on Denali for this same reason, with Everest it's more obvious but on Denali I thought I messed something else and moved on before realizing what happened on Everest.
ander217
+4
Level 75
Mar 5, 2017
I did the same thing. Yes, Swilkes, I'm guessing most of us on here know what Eurasia means. For some reason I read Eurasian as European.
QuizWol
+1
Level 59
Oct 8, 2019
I got stuck completely there. In so many of these quizzes Asia is counted as one continent and Europe as another so Eurasia is the part where they merge and I really consider Everest in Asia being so far away from Europe.
Yanni47
+2
Level 77
Apr 15, 2020
It's because Elbrus may be the tallest mountain of Europe, but it lies pretty much on the border to Asia. So when asked about a "Eurasian" mountain, a lot of people assum it must be the one on both continents - me included.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 68
Sep 30, 2021
Am I the only one that got it in their first go?
Rangifer
+1
Level 55
Mar 5, 2017
Didn't realize you required the "continent-related answer" to be retyped. Is that really necessary?
Baalhammon
+1
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
Well, If you don't get the other clues you can still guess the continent-related one so that's why
sealsi6
+2
Level 58
Mar 5, 2017
Very clever! What about Antarctica?
elephanteric
+1
Level 39
Mar 5, 2017
32/36
elephanteric
+1
Level 39
Mar 5, 2017
4 ponis
wiifly
+5
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
wow, that's a bargain, 4 ponies for getting a quiz done
YantheMan
+1
Level 66
Mar 5, 2017
Happy to see the three I didn't get are the three least-guessed by a large margin.
VishVarm
+1
Level 63
Mar 5, 2017
Can arabian be accepted for arabic?
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Mar 6, 2017
Please say no. It is so much better to learn that Arabic is a language and Arabian is the name of both a sea and a peninsula.
mburucuya
+3
Level 75
Mar 6, 2017
Rapa Nui as an acceptable alternative for Easter Island please?
Maladroit
+2
Level 51
Mar 14, 2017
Good job on having only two and a half questions about the United States!
Soph1
+1
Level 49
Mar 15, 2017
Well 'Zaire' no longer exists. I've not heard of many of these answers before. Surprised others have
Berney
+1
Level 80
Jul 11, 2017
Zaire still 'exists'. It's just called something else now.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 28, 2019
You must be quite young if you havent heard of Zaire. It only changed its name about 20 years ago. (In 1997, so 5 years after Yugoslavia split, and Czechoslovakia and people usually do remember those)
wiifly
+1
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
It's not that we usually remember them, it's just that we've heard the names learning about WW2 and Zaire doesn't come up as often, you do raise a valid point tho
mahble
+1
Level 77
Aug 8, 2017
For Taupo, I kept typing volcano, caldera, etc. because Taupo is a volcano (volcanic caldera filled with a lake, I know) which confuzzled me before I finally tried lake, the last thing I had left :/ Could those things I mentioned be added as type-ins, or would that mess it up?
rocamorar
+3
Level 78
Feb 2, 2018
I think the clue is misleading. It shouldn't say "Taupo is a type of this". It should just say "Taupo is one of this"
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 28, 2019
Yea that makes it sounds like there are several types and taupo is one type, so there should be more taupo's
PynchonsOverbite
+2
Level 91
Aug 27, 2020
Agreed. Great Bear and Baikal aren't types of lakes.
Guam
+1
Level 60
Nov 29, 2017
This quiz is great and similar to many of my other favorite quizzes, but I have one suggestion.

I am I the only one who realized that Wien is a type-in for the English name of Wien? That's got to be fixed. I didn't know it was Vienna, but I certainly think that a question asking you to give an alternative name for a place should not have the original place as an answer.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 29, 2017
Fixed! The downside of automatic type-ins.
MattD07
+1
Level 59
Mar 25, 2018
Maybe a part 2?
tshalla
+1
Level 75
Apr 7, 2018
Very fun. The definition for "atoll" needs to be reworked. Maybe "ring-shaped coral reef"? After all, atolls develop on the former coastline of partially-submerged volcanic mountains sitting on subsiding tectonic plates, so atolls of any significant age do not form the shoreline of any island, but generally involve multiple islands at various points on the rim, or even the interior, of the outer reef. ("Atolhu" is a Maldivian - Dhivehi - word meaning something like province, which bears close similarity to the geographic feature, given that physical atolls were convenient ways to combine islands for administrative purposes.)
HelveticaBold
+1
Level 71
Apr 7, 2018
Mega awesome.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
May 15, 2018
Great Quiz! - But isn't Zaire extinct (now the Democratic republic of the Congo?
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Jul 29, 2018
what is your point?
Abhay28
+1
Level 66
Nov 29, 2018
I got Zaire, Idaho, Tibet and Volga after guessing 2 letters in each of these continents. Oceania was tough.
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Dec 8, 2018
Easter Island is 49% guessed. You said you would accept Rapa Nui if it went below 50%.
Arii78
+1
Level 45
Dec 10, 2018
London Bridge is falling down ?! Oh no !

(jk, just didn't get the reference until the answers showed.)

Vicky
+1
Level 55
Jan 6, 2019
I knew "Natal" because I live one state south of Rio Grande do Norte
Quizzyquizzed
+1
Level 28
Feb 17, 2019
I guessed Greenland, but wouldn’t Faroe Islands work better? Greenland is generally considered North American, but the Faroe Islands are definitely European.
Pharley
+2
Level 73
Apr 15, 2020
But then you'd have Volfa...
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Nov 28, 2019
Argghhgh, got 35/36 - didn't know Natal!
NauruPalau
+1
Level 50
Dec 22, 2019
Lmao guessed Palau when all I knew was the second A
CS
+1
Level 66
Jan 10, 2021
I did the same but I only had the P
TheLocalMilkMan
+1
Level 44
Apr 15, 2020
Isn't Kalimantan the Indonesian name for the entire island of Borneo?

I would know because I am Indonesian myself. And if I'm wrong, I would feel stupid.

ooftownroad
+1
Level 61
Apr 20, 2020
accept mount denali for denali
EvaR
+1
Level 66
Aug 13, 2020
could you accept more spelling options for Taiga? (tried Tayga I don't know how many times....) And also accept atoll with only single 'L'.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Aug 27, 2020
So often here people who spell words correctly get penalised by having an extra letter hanging, just to please those who don't spell words correctly...
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Aug 27, 2020
MORE TIME PLEASE! I like working these out.
CS
+1
Level 66
Jan 10, 2021
I guessed TIBET from _I_E_ and I'm amazed. Ended up getting 3 points.
ImNotAmerican
+1
Level 38
May 6, 2021
Eurasia=

Eur+Asia

Europe+Asia

WoW I dId It YaY

ItzIngenious
+1
Level 60
Jul 16, 2021
Ugh. I thought it was Atol. I had all the mystery words though!
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 60
Jul 16, 2021
Greenland is in North America.
goofycritter
+1
Level 29
Oct 25, 2021
I have always called it Southeast Asia not Indochina thats what I was taught
AllOfSanMarino
+1
Level 63
Nov 13, 2023
There can be other correct names.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Feb 23, 2022
Hey, I live in Idaho!
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