I happened to be in Norway in 1994, just before the EU vote. A lot of Europeans thought you guys were pretty crazy for voting no back then. A lot more wish they'd voted no now.
Norway is a country with a small population sitting on top of a lot of oil and fish - they don't join because they don't want to share. But they have to obey all the EU laws and rules, pay 75% of the membership fee and don't get a say or vote on the laws they have to follow. Foolish
In a purely geographical sense, no. However with its ethnic-Greek population (at least in the Republic of Cyprus; the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not in the EU) it is considered by many to be 'culturally' European.
It's further west than Ukraine, and about on the same latitude as Malta or the southern tip of Greece. What pure geographical laws dictate that Cyprus isn't in Europe?
The widely accepted division between Europe and Asia are the Ural mountains, the Caucasus mountains and the Bosporus strait, leading south between Turkey and Greece. Cyprus is geographicalli very much Asian more than European. It is even on the Anatolyan tectonic plate and not the Eurasian one. Deal with it.
you're just making bold, confident pronouncements as if your words carry some authority when in reality you don't even know what you're talking about, like most people do. Deal with it. It's not "very much" in Asia any more than the Greek island of Kos is very much in Asia, or the Aleutian or Hawaiian islands are very much in Asia, or Malta is very much in Africa, or East Timor is very much in Oceania. Alaska is on the same tectonic plate as Asia. DEAL WITH IT!! ::grimace:: human are so irritating. Why not just admit that it's arbitrary, or that you don't really know? instead you have to commit full force to some bit of geography trivia, wrap your ego up in said commitment, and then get condescending about it?
Yeah it's confusing because geographically seen it's in Asia, but because of political and cultural reasons it's also partof Europe, it's the same with Armenia and Georgia.
Only got Cyprus because of everyone complaining that it doesn't belong in Asia in the countries of the world quiz because it's in the EU. Other than people whining, i never would have gotten it.
Got them all first time, but I'm from Europe so that was kind of a given. Took me so long to remember Czech Republic, just went from my mind but got there in the end.
Norway, Iceland. Plus if it was just Western Europe then no Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia. So no. It might as well not have been called nearly every country in Western Europe.
SPOILERS: Knowing that all the mini countries are excluded almost led me to leave out Luxembourg - but that is one of the original founders, being one of the three small ones grouped by the name "Benelux" (Belgium and the Netherlands).
I was stuck at the end by what could be between Croatia and the Czech Republic. I thought of Cyprus but then I thought because of 'Cy-' that it would've been the last C (as Syria beats out Switzerland for being the last S), Then I realised that 'Cz-' beats everything. Cyprus it was.
I got them all 2:19 left and I am from Egypt. It doesn't really matter at all from where anyone is. It is either study or general knowledge and in my case it is knowledge.
I know right! I am even Polish blood but miss Poland for a while! It's like I get Western Europe, then scan all across Southern Europe, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe, and completely forget about Poland until near the end.
I'm removing them now just so I don't have to deal with all the comments saying "update your quiz", even though it hasn't been ratified by Parliament and it will take years to complete the process of leaving.
... so now you'll have to deal with comments saying "Oi! UK is still in!". There's no sign at this stage of UK's official notice to leave, and whenever that happens, there'll still be a two-year wait while UK deserves its place in this quiz. (PS, as a Briton by birth, it's good to see UK reclaiming its nationhood!)
Well Dan, this quiz has finally become correct! It was (apparently deliberately) wrong for three years and six months and six days, probably a record for this website.
The quiz wasn't wrong, it just had the UK already filled in because its status as a member of the list would be debated. Like how Rhine-Ruhr is often filled in on quizzes about large urban areas in Europe.
Sad though I am to say this, it actually has just become wrong since the UK is now no longer a member. It was correct previously, though I didn't agree with the rationale.
UK have not left the EU, but I see you amongst several others purposely searched for this quiz the day after the referendum just to make this comment. Even if they have left - which they haven't so I believe the answer should still remain - shame on Quizmaster for not updating it in a matter of hours, when he was probably in bed due to living in a different time zone.
Czechia doesn't work. If you accept removing UK when cabinet HASN'T ratified that decision, how come we're not counting Czechia's name change even though cabinet HAS ratified that?!
They should make UK an answer but when you enter it it says 'United Kingdom (leaving)' as technically we are still in but it will tell people who don't know the UK will leave.
@Stein's comment is deleted now but it said that the majority of Scotland voted to leave and then used it to make a point about someone being wrong about something. It is easy to check that the basis of this argument was wrong.
I agree! People in the remain campaign seem all so short sighted. They don't seem to realise that the EU is slowly dying and the only way to save it is to make the members integrate further. Something which I don't believe the UK wants. For me its nothing about immigration. It's all about re aligning ourselves away from Europe and positioning ourselves to get the best out of the rest of world. It's not going to be an easy few years, but in 20+ years time we will look back at this referendum and be thankful that we left when we did.
Further integration did nothing to help the United States. Which is why in the 20th century the country was one of the poorest and weakest in the world. Also, it's why, for example, the Philippines is doing so much better than, say, Hawaii. Everyone knows that trade, commerce, immigration and cooperation lead to economic death.
Rotting Corpse?? The EU is making massive strides forwards for the world, and all the countries within agree to this. Incidentally the EU cannot push laws on the UK because we have a veto. For example, labour laws, human rights laws, climate action. All very good things, that, to be frank, the rest of the world is incredibly backwards at addressing. The EU is to me one of the few sources of hope in the world today. I would love to hear your thoughts on why you think these things are such a bad idea.
^ seriously? All our support from other countries, gone. We've lost £350 billion and counting. stock market, fallen dramatically. I'm going on a trip soon, and it cost me £20 more to buy the same amount of euros. And all for what? The freedom of the UK? Nah... And the migrant crisis? that's something that hasn't changed...
I don't oppose others opinions, but surely leaving was a bad idea...
You're actually a total buffoon if you think the stock market drop is a tragedy. It happens all the time, in fact it has happened 8 times in the last year.
While I appreciate the spirit, the UK is not yet leaving, it's exploring the process of leaving. Until we begin the process it should still be considered an acceptable answer that should be required, rather than given.
I agree fully. Even though the media is writing it in 9 out of 10 stories as if the UK had already left, they have not. I don't really believe they will leave.
UK should be an answer (even if it fills as UK 'potentially leaving'). We remain an EU state, and will do so for years to come even in the worst case scenario that we do finally leave.
The information in that video was accurate at the time it was made (though things were starting to change by the time you wrote your comment). The predictions were wildly inaccurate.
I got all without hesitation, but I was missing one in the end... took me half a minute of thinking which one I'm missing. GERMANY! :D Still finished with 2:25 remaining.
If you know your European countries, this one shouldn't be too hard as you can just keep typing in countries and hoping that they're on there... I was surprised that some weren't on there (e.g. Norway)
Sorry, Joakim, your argument about Cyprus being in Asia because it is on the Anatolyan Tectonic Plate just doesn't wash. The ABC islands and Trinidad & Tobago are on the South American Tectonic Plate yet are deemed part of North America. Egypt is in Africa, yet is considered
part of Asia (the Middle East); Greenland is in North America, yet considered part of Europe and Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean, yet considered European.
The tectonic plate thing doesn't line up that's true. Our concept of continents is much older than tectonic plate theory and the two have nothing to do with one another. But Egypt is definitely not considered part of Asia, except sometimes the Sinai.
Actually, around half the voters in the referendum (amounts to around 20% of the UK's total population) voted to leave. The rest of us are just being dragged along by them, and completely ignored by government. In addition, polls show that if another referendum was held now that all the facts are known, remain would win by a significant margin.
Bit loose with the facts there Cao. Around 27% of the overall population voted to leave, but that includes everyone down to babies. Of registered voters around 37% voted to leave (and turnout was 72% which is very high for a UK vote).
Also, where are the polls that show remain would win by a "significant margin" now (or at any point since the referendum)? I'd be interested as I haven't seen anything that gives remain more than a slim victory, and that was the case with most polls before the vote too. The country's opinion is still on a knife edge as far as I can tell. Wish that wasn't the case, but it appears to be.
Polling since the referendum (and before it) can be found here. Mostly it shows a small lead for remain (but so did the polling beforehand, which was wrong).
The government, or more accurately parliament, are keen to defy the results of the referendum in any case. You might as well leave it as 28 members, as it seems that the UK won't leave. It will probably end up in having more referendums (referenda?) until the politicians get the result they want.
I have looked into it now, and yes it's true it was about 27%. Of course, not everyone was allowed to vote, and some didn't vote, and of course we don't know what they would have voted for. However, the results of the last general election where remain-supporting parties won more votes than leave did says to me that the mood of the country has changed, even if only slightly. Yet, still, we are all being dragged out, stripped of our EU citizenship, losing the rights that go with that, and for what? I see no benefit to anyone except wealthy millionaires who hide their money offshore.
The fact that most of the votes went to parties that supported remain (if you count Labour as supporting remain, which is debatable) says more about the politicians who refused to accept that they could not win on the issue of Brexit than it does about the voters. The massive swings towards the Conservatives are evidence of this. Brexit isn't a good idea but it is better than ignoring the referendum. If we want to avoid such things in the future we should not have any more referendums, probably reduce the voting age and maybe write ourselves a constitution that clarifies what happens if parliament and the people disagree. But because of the mistakes of the left wing parties in the UK we are left with a government that is never going to do the last two of those things because they have a large enough majority that it is not in their interests.
I'm from Europe though
Missed Malta.. it was not very difficult even for those who do not reside in the continent of Europe.
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
but I still like france
Anyways, 28/28 with 3 minutes left.
I was stuck at the end by what could be between Croatia and the Czech Republic. I thought of Cyprus but then I thought because of 'Cy-' that it would've been the last C (as Syria beats out Switzerland for being the last S), Then I realised that 'Cz-' beats everything. Cyprus it was.
Finally left-2020
I don't oppose others opinions, but surely leaving was a bad idea...
part of Asia (the Middle East); Greenland is in North America, yet considered part of Europe and Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean, yet considered European.
Didn't they vote to leave a long time ago?
Also, where are the polls that show remain would win by a "significant margin" now (or at any point since the referendum)? I'd be interested as I haven't seen anything that gives remain more than a slim victory, and that was the case with most polls before the vote too. The country's opinion is still on a knife edge as far as I can tell. Wish that wasn't the case, but it appears to be.
I genuinely feel a great sadness that it has come to this but I'm hoping we will rejoin soon.