NATO Countries Quiz

Although actually "the NATO" would make sense. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

damn just missed one, never mind must try harder!

100% but then I've worked for NATO.....Lancershaft - Don't beat yourself up; Albania just joined in 2009.

Quizmaster - thanks for making this quiz so quickly after I suggested it.

That is a ridiculous suggestion. For one thing, Ireland is neither in North America nor the Mediterranean, so what's your point, exactly?

North Atlantic. Not North America

24. needed about 10 more secs.

Got 25 / 28. Might have been able to get it all had there be a bit more time. Oh well...

In a strange twist, the two that I missed were the smallest and largest in area... Luxembourg and, unbelievably, Canada.

He was talking about the French president...

Only missed Turkey. Never would have put that together with NATO. Fun quiz, though. I love these that make me think! :D

Made it easier being in alphabetical order but still missed Iceland

I find countries that were not part of NATO peaceful.

I've met lots of Slovenians, and I wouldn't call them bloodthirsty.

While I do agree that NATO is not a great organisation, you can't really say that some countries in it are not peaceful. Iceland, Norway, Canada, Czechia and Denmark are in the top 10 on the Global Peace Index for 2018. That said some of the other countries in NATO (USA especially, also France, UK) are not nearly so peaceful.

It is a complicated issue. The point that you miss, however, is that those tyrants and despots are often created, or at least enabled, by western countries, particularly the US, UK, and France. Iran is a good example of this practice of overthrowing legitimate democratically-elected governments and replacing them with authoritarian ones. Also, countries such as Saudi Arabia are ruled by tyrants who commit barbaric crimes, but western countries choose not to intervene. My overall point is that when countries such as the US, UK, and France go into another country and intervene, they are not usually trying to help the people living there. Instead they are trying to advance their own goals at the expense of anyone who gets in their way, which is certainly not what I would call peaceful. I'm not trying to suggest that all countries should keep out of other countries business, but violence can very, very rarely be excused.

just missed UK, damn :))

I feel a lot safer knowing Luxembourg is on our side.

Didn't try the microstates, or the traditionally neutral ones (Ireland, Sweden & Switzerland). I did try Austria, Finland & Macedonia, and was surprised that none of them were NATO members. I've now read the discussion about Austria, but didn't think that Finland would have had much love for the USSR?

I think the Finland situation was (and still is?) due to Finland's close proximity with USSR/Russia and the fact that Finland was invaded during the Second World War by the Soviet Union - I assume that they didn't want to overly antagonize the Soviets, and to maintain peaceful links with both sides.

Nearly didn't get Belgium because I typed Brussels, it didn't come pop, and I decided that meant they weren't in. No idea what was going through my head.

Except for the ones that are not in NATO.

Actually Montenegro becomes a member 7 June - at least for the paperwork internal to NATO. Today is just the 6th

I work with all these countries armies with NATO in Germany.

This quiz would have more difficult if it had not been in alphabetical order. Since the North Atlantic touches North America and Europe those are the likely choices. It is a bit confusing since there are more countries then are strictly touching the Atlantic.

there are more countries THAN are strictly touching the Atlantic.

Missed the Canucks!

So many of these arguments would become moot if cartographers and those responsible for delineating boundaries would just do the logical thing and join Europe to Asia. After all, it is one land mass.

Join Africa as well while you're at it.

It sits in a strategically important location in the north Atlantic: the Soviet Union would have loved to have controlled it.

Really interesting to see just how many eastern bloc countries have abandoned Russia and joined NATO. The Baltics in particular, and Romania and Bulgaria, must’ve been a real kick in the balls for Russia.

Hungary why

Congrats Macedonia on joining NATO!

Kolji, you have my sympathy. I would ask you not to believe that people who live in Nato countries have no empathy. I too think it was wrong what happened in 1999. However, the nightmare of the former Yugoslavia's disintegration and in particular Srebrenica was the stimulus, the example of what happens when people stand aside peacefully and watch what the UN can manage. I don't believe that Serbians should fear NATO, I don't believe that Russians should either. It is, or certainly should be, a defensive organisation