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106

The fastest that anyone has ever completed the JetPunk Countries of the World quiz is 2 minutes 5 seconds.

107

The full, official name of Bolivia is "The Plurinational State of Bolivia".

108

The plural of the word octopus is octopuses, not octopi.

109

In 2017, Jeff Bezos became the first person in history to have a net worth of more than $100 billion.

110

Old Jonathan is the oldest known living animal. He is a Seychelles giant tortoise who, as of 2023, is at least 190 years old.

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Level 90

May 2, 2018

109 and 86 are the same.

Level ∞

May 16, 2018

I changed #86 to fix this.

Level 54

May 9, 2018

With inflation am I pretty sure, John D. Rockefeller had more money than 100 billions dollars

Level ∞

May 9, 2018

Not even close! There is a lot of bad reporting on this, saying that his net worth was $400 billion. In reality, his inflation-adjusted net worth was only about $20-$40 billion.

However, in inflation-adjusted dollars, Bill Gates did have a net worth over $100 billion in the late 1990s.

Also see this: Mansu Musa was Not the Richest Person of All-Time.

Level 54

May 14, 2018

Thank you

Level 76

Sep 25, 2018

Based on his percentage of GDP, his adjusted net worth was in the neighborhood of $225 billion. Based strictly on inflation it was around $22 billion. All depends on how you want to interpret the numbers.

Level 78

Nov 23, 2019

"Only" $20-40 billion.

Level 29

May 12, 2018

"108 The plural of the word octopus is octopuses, not octopi."

In contemporary vernacular, it is perfectly acceptable to use "octopi" for the plural. It's one of those words that was wrong, but now it's just accepted. And if you really want to go crazy, octopodes (ock-tah-puh-dees) would be more correct than octopuses, given the Greek origin of the word.

Octopi, octopuses, octopodes... they're all correct.

Level ∞

May 13, 2018

That's true, I guess. The same way that "literally" sometimes means "not literally" in colloquial English. Octopuses is the preferred version.

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Level 75

May 29, 2018

It's not just colloquial any more - it has actually entered a lot of dictionaries as a second definition, which I find incredibly irritating as the dictionary definitions are now basically:

1. In a literal sense, exactly

2. Not literally.

Grrrr

Level 84

Oct 13, 2021

Ditto for people using decimate to mean "to completely destroy" when the definition isn't really changeable because it's composed of the prefix deci (1/10th) and the word mate (death). The theory goes that, if enough people use a word incorrectly, it becomes a correct definition of that word. I guess that's why some people think that if they can get enough people to believe a lie, it becomes the truth.

Level 89

Oct 24, 2018

....and all the grammar Nazis who insist on Latin and Greek plurals in English usage invariably use the nominative plural throughout a sentence, which is wildly incorrect. Where's the ablative plural for stadium, all you goofs who insist on "stadia"?

Level 71

May 11, 2020

I was just about to say that!

Level 89

Nov 23, 2020

Even funnier is when they make the plural possessive using the standard English form.

Figures taken from the stadia's yearly budgets. . .

Level 70

Jun 13, 2020

I'm personally not a fan of using Latin plurals (and foreign plurals in general) when speaking English, and in my opinion using a Latin plural when there is absolutely no reason to do so is just stupid. You can say the regular octopuses, or octopodes if you want to sound smart, but saying octopi is just failing at being a linguistic hypocrite.

Level 89

Nov 23, 2020

Good old hyper-correction by dillweeds trying to appear cultured. I don't know how many thousands of times I've been condescendingly mis-corrected that I should say "and I" after correctly saying "and me".

Level 63

Aug 3, 2021

#108 isn't it octopods?

Level 60

Oct 30, 2023

Octopodes is sometimes considered as an alternative.

Level 75

May 13, 2018

Should specify that Old Jonathan is the oldest terrestrial animal. Multiple aquatic invertebrates can live for centuries or even millennia, and Greenland sharks are the likely the longest living vertebrates, with one found to be at least 272 years old.

Level ∞

May 13, 2018

Oldest known*. There are some invertebrates can be live to be much older, but we don't know of a specific one that is older than 186 years.

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Level 82

May 17, 2018

what about Larry King?

Level 66

Feb 15, 2019

And Ric Flair?

Level 34

Sep 14, 2022

The hydrozoan Turritopsis dohrnii is immortal.

Level 34

Sep 14, 2022

Please add this

Level 82

May 17, 2018

Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of jellyfish thought to be theoretically immortal as it can revert to its polyp stage repeatedly when under adverse conditions. Being able to age backwards it's hypothesized that they may be the only species of animal not subject to death from old age.

Level 89

Oct 30, 2018

The stories it could tell.

Level 33

May 13, 2018

I guess there are many people after reading #106 who will immediately try to beat the record for the "Countries of the World" quiz.

Level 76

Jul 30, 2018

No doubt...and I'm probably only one of many who are curious: who accomplished that feat, QM?

Level 57

Jul 23, 2020

rawe

Level 77

Sep 18, 2018

My best is 3 minutes and 33 seconds which is...annoyingly close.

Level 55

Apr 10, 2019

Mine is 3:53

Level 64

Nov 28, 2020

I thought my 4:57 was good!

Level 80

Sep 18, 2018

In the UK the sponge cake is usually just called Angel Cake, not Angel Food Cake, so maybe just Angel should work?

Level 71

May 11, 2020

Angel Food cake is not sponge cake and is not called Sponge cake in UK....... Angel food cake only uses egg whites, while sponge cakes use both egg whites and yolks. ...

Level 60

Feb 4, 2023

Wrong place buddy

Level 89

Oct 24, 2018

#106 The clock freezes on me occasionally and my "best remaining time" for a quiz remains the full time allowed, even if I retake it. Theoretically, I could get an "official" completion time of 0 seconds.

Level 45

Nov 14, 2018

#108 i disagree, it's the same as platypi or cacti if you have a hard consonant with -us after it, plural should be -i.

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Level 55

Apr 10, 2019

You should be able to view the fastest times of each quiz and the average time it took someone to finish the quiz

Level 75

Apr 14, 2020

Yes please, it would be pretty cool to have the fastest time the quiz has ever been finished in.

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Level 75

Apr 14, 2020

Just look at the comments - they even tell you their age there as well :)

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Level 59

May 7, 2020

Sometimes they'll even tell you that they're a bacteria, or an alien, or a starving African child. Quite the variety of quiztakers we have here on Jetpunk!

Level 51

Nov 1, 2019

Being forced to live for 186 years would be like serving a death sentence. I'm not nearly that old and I have already started to shrink and my skin is getting wrinkly. I'm not willing to go a day past 80 unless I obtain some improved body parts.

Level 60

Oct 30, 2023

I think aging might be different for turtles.

Level 61

Mar 26, 2020

clams have been found off the coast of Iceland and Greenland that are over 400 years old.

Level ∞

Mar 26, 2020

Oldest known*. There are some invertebrates can be live to be much older, but we don't know of a specific one that is older than 186 years.

Level 61

Apr 5, 2023

We actually do

Level 71

May 11, 2020

Can you imagine being a Clam at 400 years old?......... Dear Diary:.... felt the tide coming in today, water little colder than yesterday. Saw a crab walking buy this afternoon. Felt the tide going out later. Saw a crab walking buy this evening. good night diary..... signed 'clambake'.

Level 67

Feb 13, 2023

I know this is just a joke, but don't feel too bad—they've no brain, so their "being" is equivalent to that of a plant's.

Level 61

Apr 3, 2020

ah.

Level 52

Jul 18, 2020

106 needs to be updated.

Level 57

Sep 17, 2020

#106 might need an update. (Fun fact: That same user did it in 1:56 but didn't record it, but has a recorded version of doing it in 2:04 which they might upload later)

Level 59

Sep 23, 2020

And he did it without shortcutting Dominican Republic (DR) and Saudi Arabia (KSA)! And there are more, check my quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/265333/country-shortcuts

Level 65

Oct 30, 2020

Two potholes on 36 Sycamore Boulevard has killed a total of 25 people from the county. On May 2nd, It opened a sinkhole causing people of all ages to fall in. Nobody knows what happened to the potholes since.

Level 16

Jun 29, 2022

what city, and state

Level 46

Dec 9, 2020

What's the name of the user that got 2:04 in the World Countries Quiz?

Level 55

Dec 15, 2020

And now, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of 204.6 billion

Level 67

Feb 21, 2021

Elon Musk just beat him out tho

Level 35

Feb 24, 2021

First of all, I have no idea how somebody can list 196 countries in 153 seconds! When I did the quiz, and got all 196, it took me 11 minutes and 28 seconds, or 11:28. That's about 4 1/2 times faster than me! And Jeff Bezos owns an online retail, food, and all-around company, so that really doesn't surprise me. However, people like Warren Buffett have owned stocks of several companies, and he isn't as rich as Bezos.

Level 43

Mar 20, 2021

It was Ming, a clam, but scientists accidentally killed him when they were trying to tell how old he was.

Level 60

Oct 30, 2023

Link

Level 83

Mar 22, 2021

Out of curiosity, does the fastest ever completion of Countries of the World include first attempts only or multiple attempts at the record? I'm not sure that I can shave off 15 seconds but I'm at 2:48 right now.

Level 82

Apr 7, 2021

All attempts are taken into account. The record is not 2:33 anymore though, rather 1:56

Level 83

Jul 26, 2021

Is that information available someplace? I can't seem to find it!

Level 60

Oct 30, 2023

The data is not publicly, but I think the speedrun was posted somewhere.

Level 71

Aug 28, 2021

I managed to type "Jetpunk countries of the world quiz" in just under 30 seconds, is this the new record.

Level 20

Feb 5, 2022

Actually yes

Congratulations!!!

Level 34

Sep 14, 2022

#Malbaby, I don't think it is possible to type every single country in under 30 seconds, it is very impossible.

Level 54

Dec 7, 2022

They use some coding

Level 46

Feb 15, 2022

#109 is wrong I believe, Mansa Musa had a net worth estimated to be around 400b USD

Level 60

Oct 30, 2023

Read the second comment.

Level 46

Jun 7, 2022

According to Merriam-Webster Unabridged, it can be either octopuses or octopi

Level 16

Jun 29, 2022

Doner is a Turkish dish made with meat that's shaved from a vertical rotisserie, the method dates back to the Ottomans however the "Doner sandwich" is considered a german creation. Nowadays there are more Doner places in Berlin than Istanbul.

credit: geogusser

Level 56

Aug 15, 2022

Can I challenge for the #106 throne?

Level 73

May 8, 2023

It's actually down to 1:56 now.

Level 61

Dec 4, 2022

Ming the clam was over 450 years old, but he died in 2006.

Level 59

Dec 9, 2022