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Random Category Elimination - Countries
In each randomized group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
The answers and categories change every time you play!
Using JetPunk conventions where applicable (Russia is Europe, Cyprus is Asia etc...). Overseas territories are excluded, but overseas regions are included.
# = the number of answers possible. Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
See the first caveat. Due to the way the quiz is made, Russia can't be both Asia and Europe and so it follows JetPunk conventions and puts it in Europe. Sorry
This quiz still uses 2020 estimates (4.8m). It will be updated later this year. (Since population continually changes, it would be unrealistic to update every time)
I have played it a number of times, and the only clues I don't like are the "exactly x letters long" ones. Results in to much random guessing, as typing a countrys name is as easy as counting the number of letters.
All of my answers were African countries. How random is that? Got all but the last one. (6 letters, on the coast, greater than 100,000km and has an E in it.)
Yes, Moldova satisfies all those clues (and I checked the data too). If it didn't work then I suspect either the clue was EU not Europe (which discounts Moldova), or it was "less than 25000 km2" instead of 250k
JetPunk considers Australia a continent instead of an island, which means it's not counted. I don't agree with that but we have to conform to JetPunk standards to be consistent. There's lots of arguments about it on the "Island Countries Quiz"
'Countries that are only one word that contain the letter E that are in Europe that end with the letters IA that are landlocked' should accept Czechia as an answer.
Hey, so there is a category where "Czech Republic" is the final answer, and categories leading up to it include "contains the letter P" and "more than one word". Would this be different now, since the nation now goes by Czechia?
For the Green Category where "Barbados" is the final answer, I believe that Guinea-Bissau should satisfy the second-to-last clue. Apologies in advance if I just misspelled it.
Assuming all countries have an equal chance of being chosen, there are 196 choose 4 = 59626385 ways to choose the 4 countries and 194 choose 2 = 18721 ways that include both Niger and Nigeria. The total chance is 18721/59626385 ≈ 0.0314%.
The clues for my Orange category one were: Countries with green on their national flag / that are in Eurasia / with a land area greater than 100,000 km2 / that contain the letter S / that start with a vowel.
The answer you had was Uzbekistan, but Afghanistan also works and I used up the whole time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Afghanistan has almost a third of its flag green, it's in Eurasia, its land area is more than 650,000 km2, it contains an S, and it starts with an A.
Everyone just types in "USA" so I honestly assumed that it was referred to as the United States of America too. I also tried it for the blue set of clues, for contains letter M. Also, French Guiana should work instead of France. I tried it a million times and thought the quiz was broken.
In Blue I got Countries that are not landlocked with more than 10 million people that contain the letter R. I believe United States of AmeRica should be included. Unless Jetpunk only considers their name to be United States?
It's part of the Commonwealth of Nations. There's been no such thing as the "British Commonwealth" since the 1940s, so the wording in the question is incorrect and should be updated.
hey, just a little confused, one of the things was "that border the caribbean sea" and it let me type netherlands. the netherlands doesnt border the caribbean sea.
A constituent part of the Netherlands, equivalent of USA's Hawaii, does though. You would classify the USA as being in the middle of the Pacific, and bordering the arctic via Alaska, so this counts exactly the same.
On orange categories (at least 100 000km2, with blue on their flag, 7 or fewer letters, contains the letter D and is part of NATO) it only put iceland, but now Finland joined NATO and fits in every other categories. Can you update the quiz?
This is not a glitch. France and Brazil do share a border via French Guiana. And that's not just an "overseas territory", French Guiana is as much part of France as Hawaii is to the USA.
I mean this might be the hardest country ever to guess, because of the 3000m. Because I had absolutely no idea that the tiny country of equatorial guinea has a peak that is >3000
JetPunk uses Official English Short Names, so the country name is United States. This aligns with what is used on the Countries of the World quiz on JetPunk. There is no other way to make this fair than to use the standard across JetPunk.
I have played it a number of times, and the only clues I don't like are the "exactly x letters long" ones. Results in to much random guessing, as typing a countrys name is as easy as counting the number of letters.
Will play again.
Plus, for the Moldova thingy, it said EU.
With the final answers being Monaco, Saint Lucia, Spain and Oman.
Great Quiz!
with blue on their national flag
that start with a vowel
that contain the letter U
that are located entirely on islands
The quiz said it was the UK but why couldn't it be Australia?
I mean
1 Red flag
2 population more than 5 mil.
3 contain s
4 entirely on island
5 max elevation above 3000m
It was an answer under one of them but is said one word.
At least I didn't :)
The answer you had was Uzbekistan, but Afghanistan also works and I used up the whole time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. Afghanistan has almost a third of its flag green, it's in Eurasia, its land area is more than 650,000 km2, it contains an S, and it starts with an A.
with more than 5 million people
that are landlocked
that are eight letters long...
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country
Population: 14.86 million (2020) World Bank
Wouldn't accept it as an answer
2. Contains the letter R
I typed USA and it didn’t accept it. America has an R and the flag has blue
Most likely though, is that "Micronesia" is called the "Federated States of Micronesia" on JetPunk and so is not one word.
with a land area greater than 100,000 km²
that are part of NATO
with white on their national flag
How does USA not fit into this?
... with a density greater than 100 per km²
... with fewer than 2 million people
... that contain the letter S
... that are 8 letters long
Maldives
How is it Maldives? It's not in Eurasia afaik, unless you meant "Europe or Asia".
... with a maximum elevation above 3000m
... with a land area smaller than 100,000 km²
... that contain the letter R
... with fewer than 5 million people
I mean this might be the hardest country ever to guess, because of the 3000m. Because I had absolutely no idea that the tiny country of equatorial guinea has a peak that is >3000
with more than 25 million people
with blue on their national flag
that are in The Americas
that end in the letter S
This was the USA but for the last one "that end in the letter S" the USA ends with the letter A and not S as it is United States Of America.