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Mediterranean Countries Quiz

Twenty-one different countries border the Mediterranean Sea. How many can you name?
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Last updated: September 13, 2018
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First submittedMay 2, 2011
Times taken171,319
Average score85.7%
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Country
Albania
Algeria
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Cyprus
Egypt
Country
France
Greece
Israel
Italy
Lebanon
Libya
Country
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Palestinian Territories
Slovenia
Country
Spain
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom /
Gibraltar
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Level 42
Nov 29, 2013
100%, but took a while for me to think of Malta
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Level 74
Nov 22, 2017
Me, too! Got Cyprus, but came within a minute of so of not getting Malta. Sheesh.
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Level 15
Feb 2, 2014
about 2 seconds to spare! good quiz
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Level 54
Feb 21, 2014
Forgot Monetenegro. Got all others.
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Level 65
Mar 28, 2014
100% :D
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Level 28
Apr 20, 2014
100%, 3.09 left. Maybe the time limit should be lower?
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Level 76
May 6, 2014
Palestine? (Gaza Strip)
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2023
Technically not a country
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Level 38
May 12, 2014
17/21 80%
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Level 32
Sep 1, 2014
17/21
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Level 71
Sep 28, 2014
Do you think I could remember Bosnia ........ no way
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Level 25
Sep 30, 2014
21/21 but should san marino be on there
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Level 55
Feb 8, 2015
San Marino is in the mountains.
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Level 60
Nov 12, 2014
I'm a bit confused here (geography can do that to me quite easily) aren't the Balkan countries on the Adriatic Sea?
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Level 43
Jan 3, 2021
Adriatic Sea is part of Mediterranean Sea.
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Level 18
Dec 20, 2014
Forgot Monaco!
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Level 35
Feb 8, 2015
I forgot to finish the row with croatia...and wondered about san marino too. Tried it twice, as I was missing just one.... But I remembered slovenia, montenegro and the islands...
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Level 32
Apr 21, 2015
Missed Libya
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Level 65
Oct 6, 2015
Missed Lebanon. Probably could have guessed harder and got it, but I honestly didn't know that it is on the Mediterranean. Awesome to learn something new!
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Level 66
Nov 12, 2015
Done with 03:48 left.
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Level 48
Dec 30, 2015
Could someone please explain why Turkey isn't listed on here? I thought it was touching the Mediterranean Sea. :/
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Level 43
Jan 3, 2021
It is listed.
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Level 48
Dec 30, 2015
JK I take it back. Turkey is already on here, and I correctly answered it, so i'm not sure where my mind was.
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Level 63
Feb 10, 2016
I am so dumb! Got all except Spain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Level 65
Mar 28, 2016
Too much time. 3:20 left.
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Level 69
Jun 8, 2016
UK - gibraltar?
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Level 51
Jun 21, 2016
UK (Gibraltar) Gibraltar borders the Mediterranean and is a british oversea territory so UK/Gibraltar should be on there. Otherwise good quiz
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Level 47
Jun 21, 2016
You said it yourself. It is an overseas territory that does NOT make up part of the the UK. Unlike Hawaii is a part of the USA and Fremch Guiana is a part of France, The UK DOES NOT include overseas territories.
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Level 47
Jun 24, 2016
The United Kingdom is the country. (See Wikipedia) and they also have the British overseas department - which is what Gilbraltar is.

But seriously, you could just google this before commenting something that can be riven wrong quite easily

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Level 3
Jul 11, 2017
I don't trust you!!!!!!

MATE(Matthew 07)

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Level 73
Jun 21, 2016
Missed the African countries
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Level 71
Jun 21, 2016
I got 100%, but if we want to get technical, most of the former Yugoslavia (Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro) borders the Adriatic or Ionian at best, not the Mediterranean proper. However, it fits into the theme I suppose.
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Level 66
Jun 5, 2019
That is like saying paris isnt in europe, it is in france,..
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Level 47
Jun 21, 2016
Easy, got 100%!
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Level 33
Jun 24, 2016
Missed Cyprus. :P
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Level 32
Aug 5, 2016
Forgot Cyprus and Didn't know Slovenia had border on the Adriatic Sea...
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Level 62
Aug 20, 2016
20, forgot France but got Monaco (face palm)
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2016
Greece was the last one I got. I was thinking I must have already put it when I saw the one remaining was between France and Israel. ""F, G, H, I....could be Greece? No, I've already put that, ...what, wait...no I havn't! 2.02 left
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Level 61
Dec 31, 2016
Got them all, but ALMOST forgot Bosnia. I always keep thinking it's landlocked since Croatia wraps around a lot of it.
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Level 59
Dec 31, 2016
Last one I got was Algeria with a second to spare.
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Level 63
Feb 28, 2017
21/21 with 1:49 left. A good quiz.
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Level 49
Apr 7, 2017
Ah, my brothers and sisters of the Mediterranean!
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Level 58
Apr 12, 2017
I got them all except ITALY!
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Level 48
Apr 12, 2017
Missed out on Lebanon! Thought it was landlocked
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Level 37
May 10, 2017
So tired of those who take these quizzes simply to find some obscure deviation from the usual (read popular answer) and

then inundate us with their "superior knowledge"! - In reality,

except for egregious mistakes, WE REALLY DON'T CARE!!!

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Level 84
May 18, 2017
I didn't get any. Was thinking of Lake Superior instead of Mediterranean. No wonder it wasn't taking Canada or USA.
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Level 43
Jun 5, 2017
What about Gibraltar which is a overseas territory of the UK? At least at a thing at the top that says overseas regions are not included.
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Level 3
Jul 11, 2017
Yeah you're right.
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Level 3
Jul 11, 2017
This is not true!!!!UK is in the Atlantic Ocean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't it?????????????

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Level 16
Sep 2, 2017
overseas territory
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Level 3
Jul 11, 2017
Yeah Gibraltar should have been included
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Level 41
Jul 20, 2017
2.52 left though I had already typed Cyprus my bad
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Level 71
Sep 29, 2017
Good quiz.... If you know your Med. countries try walking the coast quiz.......here it is
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Level 49
Oct 9, 2017
100%... The last country I typed in was surprisingly the most guessed country... I was sitting there thinking: What could be between Israel and Lebanon alphabetically? I guess I thought I had already typed it in.

*gets embarrassed

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Level 29
Nov 21, 2017
Try the quiz with a map here and the map quiz here
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Level 66
Jan 20, 2019
I needed two more. After time was finished but hadnt scrolled down to the answers yet I realised I typed crete instead of cyprus! (I ve only been up a few minutes.. and cant exactly call it awake..) maybe it not being accepted wasnt weird to me because of all the cyprus isnt in europe stuff... and I just accepted that it wasnt accepted...

and ofcourse...as allways... I forgot greece... poor greece..:/

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Level 66
Jan 20, 2019
Good quiz though, this should be for points

nevermind haha... like I said, not fully awake yet (tries to act natural and not embarrassed...)

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Level 32
Jan 30, 2019
Surely this is not accurate as most border the Adriatic sea, not the meditteranean
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Level 43
Jan 5, 2022
Adriatic Sea is part of Mediterranean Sea.
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Level 21
Jan 31, 2019
you should include nothern cyprus in your blanked answer like Palestine and UK (who is in Cyprus too):3
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Level 21
Apr 20, 2019
I got them all with 0:08 remaining! Almost forgot Morocco!
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Level 70
Apr 22, 2019
I just learned that Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina border the sea. I had no idea. Well you learn something knew every hour I suppose
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Level 70
Jun 3, 2019
It cuts Croatia in two, only 12 miles long.
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Level 60
May 4, 2019
If you liked that quiz, try to find out the Biggest Mediterranean island cities.
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Level 41
May 18, 2019
Almost forgot Libya somehow.
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Level 60
Jun 3, 2019
It is sometimes unclear how "Mediterranean Sea" is defined. Bosnia, Slovenia, and Montenegro technically border the Adriatic Sea, not the Med. Yes, the Adriatic is an arm of the Mediterranean, but in that case, so is the Black Sea, which adds another group of countries.
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Level 60
Jun 3, 2019
An answer to my own query:

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) divides the Mediterranean into a number of smaller waterbodies, each with their own designation (from west to east):[36]

the Strait of Gibraltar;

the Alboran Sea, between Spain and Morocco;

the Balearic Sea, between mainland Spain and its Balearic Islands;

the Ligurian Sea between Corsica and Liguria (Italy);

the Tyrrhenian Sea enclosed by Sardinia, Italian peninsula and Sicily;

the Ionian Sea between Italy, Albania and Greece;

the Adriatic Sea between Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania;

the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey.

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Level 67
Jun 3, 2019
Only missed Albania and Syria, somehow.
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Level 35
Jun 4, 2019
Almost forgot Malta, I have no idea how lmao
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Level 49
Oct 18, 2019
Forgot italy, for gods sake!!!
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Level 50
Jan 12, 2020
37 seconds
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Level 37
Feb 16, 2020
Finally aced it! Wrote in Slovenia first this time so I wouldn't forget it
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Level 44
Apr 19, 2020
Damn it Bosnia-Herzegovina!!! I could’ve sworn it was landlocked... guess not then ;)
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Level 48
May 5, 2020
Yes, got them all! Took me while to remember Syria though... you don't think of Syria as Mediterranean country.
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Level 43
Jun 17, 2020
I always do that.... Got all but one. I forgot France 😂 always miss the easiest answers
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Level 43
Sep 16, 2020
I missed Italy......
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Level 56
Nov 11, 2020
Says something about Jetpunkers that more people got Monaco than Syria...
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Level 25
Jan 1, 2021
Not very surprising when you think about it actually. The Mediterranean is associated more with southern Europe than the Middle East.
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Level 43
Nov 12, 2020
All but Lebanon.
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Level 48
Dec 10, 2020
45 seconds!
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Level 42
Jan 1, 2021
Missed 1. Israel
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Level 25
Jan 1, 2021
Almost forgot about Malta! That's a country that you rarely hear anything from!
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Level 20
Jan 1, 2021
I missed Algeria!
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Level 53
Jan 2, 2021
Took me a while to think of Monaco but still got all of them 2 minutes left on first try :-D
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Level 65
Jan 2, 2021
Now, how many of us randomly type in answers and when missing one, e.g. Morocco, think "Oh, I already put in Morocco! what else can it be…" I swear, this happens every time
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Level 26
Jan 3, 2021
What about Portugal, Vatican City, Andorra and San Marino. Maybe even North Macedonia
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Level 38
Jan 5, 2021
they dont border the med.
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Level 82
Mar 20, 2024
Portugal borders the Atlantic, not the Med, and the others are all landlocked.
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Level 21
Jan 4, 2021
Easiest five points of my life!
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Level 38
Jan 5, 2021
they dont boder the mediteranian
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Level 56
Nov 12, 2021
How did I miss Malta?
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Level 38
Jan 8, 2022
Plz add the Black Sea coast countries
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Level 67
May 12, 2022
The United Kingdom does not only border the Mediterranean Sea at Gibraltar but also at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
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Level 43
May 12, 2022
Great quiz, 20/21 just couldn't remember Lebanon
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Level 25
May 12, 2022
Jordan Borders the Black Sea
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Level 25
May 12, 2022
I mean. Mediterranean
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Level 43
Nov 30, 2022
Last second realized Malta, and remembered Monaco's dot was pretty close so was able to get 100%

Also didn't know Slovenia was a Palestine Territory.

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Level 62
Oct 5, 2023
It's weird to me that the Adriatic and Aegean are both commonly regarded as part of the Mediterranean, but the Black Sea isn't.
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Level 36
Oct 30, 2023
Loved it! I almost forgot Montenegro. Thanks to the comments, I got them all correct.
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Level 34
Nov 8, 2023
Only forgot Monaco. I had a globe right beside me, but Monaco didn’t even fit on it it’s so small!