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Random Countries on a Map of Pangea

200 million years ago, almost all the land on Earth belonged to a supercontinent named Pangea. Can you name these 20 modern-day countries shaded in black on the conceptual map below?
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Quiz by Elboy
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Last updated: January 26, 2024
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First submittedSeptember 30, 2021
Times taken28,957
Average score85.0%
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Country
Cuba
Mali
Ethiopia
Denmark
Cape Verde
Country
Papua New Guinea
Slovakia
Norway
Kazakhstan
Spain
Country
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Liechtenstein
Kenya
Thailand
Country
Ukraine
Kyrgyzstan
Tunisia
Nepal
Greece
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Level 70
Jan 1, 2024

Some country shapes have been rotated, bent, changed in proportion or split to match the Pangea overall shape

Based on this map, with corrections coming from these sources 1; 2; 3; 4; 5.

Also try the more difficult borderless version

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Level 65
Sep 30, 2021
wow flying ksa
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Level 70
Sep 30, 2021
Is it really KSA?
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
Epic and addicting quiz! I'm hoping for this to be featured ASAP
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Level 70
Sep 30, 2021
I'm hoping it too. Thank you!
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Level 73
Sep 30, 2021
Great quiz! Nominated (hoping it gets featured)
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Level 57
Oct 1, 2021
Wow, amazing quiz!
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Level 84
Sep 30, 2021
This is very cool! It's fun to think about casually taking a walk from Angola to Brazil and still make it back home in time for dinner. Nominated.
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Level 70
Oct 1, 2021
Haha nice point! In the same logic, I find it funny that it would have taken a boat/plane to go from Tibet to the rest of China.

Thank you very much for the nomination!

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Level 65
May 8, 2022
"I'm just going to Madagascar, I'll be back in Mumbai in a few minutes!"
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Level 40
Sep 30, 2021
Interesting! nominated.
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Level 46
Sep 30, 2021
Very impressive! Nominated !!
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Level 54
Sep 30, 2021
Excellent quiz, with a very original idea and a beautiful map! Congrats for this awesome work! Nominated, of course.

Some countries, like Turkey, are very funny ane interesting to study on this map, I think.

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Level 70
Oct 1, 2021
Thank you Poirot. The map was quite a challenge to achieve. Glad you enjoy it :)
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Level 55
Sep 30, 2021
Great great great quiz! Nominated!
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Level 70
Oct 1, 2021
Thanks a lot lot lot!
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Level 71
Sep 30, 2021
Really cool idea! It's a lot of fun to see how all of these continents/countries fit together.
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Level 63
Jan 29, 2022
bro i got freakin saint vincent and the grenadines
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Level 65
May 8, 2022
i got freaking saint vincent and the grenadines and saint kitts and nevis
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Level 88
May 18, 2022
I got Saint Vincent & the Grenadines and Saint Lucia and Antigua & Barbuda.
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Level 48
Nov 5, 2022
I got frikin Saint Lucia & Grenada
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Level 29
Mar 8, 2024
I got fiji, nauru, and antigua and barbuda
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Level 65
Mar 5, 2024
I got freaking Barbados.
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Level 60
Jan 31, 2022
This is amazing.
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Level 70
Feb 1, 2022
Thank you!
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Level 56
Apr 16, 2022
This needs to be featured.
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2022
Thank you for your support!
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Level 48
May 8, 2022
Make a harder version without the outline of other countries
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Level 50
May 8, 2022
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Level 70
May 9, 2022
Thank you Tamashii 7979! You were quicker than me to provide the link to the borderless version quiz!

It was already given in the caveat but I think not everyone read them ;)

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Level 59
Mar 12, 2023
Some countries such as Nauru didnt exist when Pangea still existed
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Level 70
Mar 12, 2023
You are right: this is why I qualify this map of "conceptual" in instructions. If it's accuracy we are looking for then none of these countries existed 200 millions years ago in particular those on most recent landmasses like tiny island countries.
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Level 71
May 10, 2023
Awesome! Had to nominate
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Level 75
Oct 3, 2023
Brilliant quiz Elboy!
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Level 70
Oct 4, 2023
Thank you!
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Level 58
Dec 15, 2023
Excellent quiz!
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Level 55
Jan 1, 2024
Will likely be the first winner of 2024! Congrats in advance!
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Level 70
Jan 1, 2024
Now it's done so I can actually thank you!
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Level 85
Jan 1, 2024
Poor Palau, ripped off the Philippine Sea plate.
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Level 72
Jan 1, 2024
Does anyone else see a line through Kyrgyzstan?
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Level 70
Jan 2, 2024
I have checked my SVG and there's no line going through Kyrgyzstan. Can you be more precise on what you see?
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Level 49
Mar 5, 2024
There is a faint blue line of ocean right down the middle of Kyrgyzstan. I didn’t notice it until I read this comment.
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Level 73
Jan 1, 2024
One of the best quizzes on the site this.
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Level 74
Jan 2, 2024
Original, thoughtful, and much more difficult than I expected. Good job!
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Level 83
Jan 10, 2024
Pretty sure I got the worst randomizer roll with Sao Tome, Maldives, St Lucia, AND St Vincent.
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Level 78
Jan 10, 2024
I got Samoa, Barbados, Trinidad, Bahrain, Grenada.
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Level 76
Jan 13, 2024
The good ole days
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Level 44
Mar 5, 2024
I couldn't find Andorra on the map
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Level 43
Mar 5, 2024
I typed Slovenia and it wasn't accepted even though it was an answer, not sure if I'm the only one who experienced that.
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Level 70
Mar 5, 2024
Slovenia works fine here.
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Level 31
Mar 5, 2024
I like how it makes you figure out the world in a different shape! But now I have neck pain lol
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Level 49
Mar 5, 2024
Trinidad jumped to the other side of central america? I can't fact check this lol
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Level 70
Mar 6, 2024
It is still atop of Venezuela, nothing weird in this :)
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Level 55
Mar 13, 2024
that was so trippy. I like it
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Level 40
Mar 14, 2024
NAAAAH THEY CUT TURKEY IN HALF
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Level 64
Mar 17, 2024
What a brilliant idea! And superbly executed as well.

Thanks!

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Level 40
Mar 18, 2024
I really think the Lesser Antilles (excepting maybe Trinidad) should've been excluded from this rotation. They're all moved around, entirely on conjecture! You can't even see their shapes! They probably didn't even exist at the time!