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Category Elimination - Countries #2

In each 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.
Also try Randomized Category Elimination and more in this series!
# = the number of answers possible
Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
All data as of February 2022.
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Last updated: February 4, 2022
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First submittedApril 9, 2019
Times taken172,914
Average score70.0%
Rating4.98
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Green Categories
151
Countries that are not landlocked
✓
74
... in Asia or Africa
✓
39
... with at least 15 million people
✓
9
... and a maximum elevation over 5000m
✓
1
... with more than one word in its name
D.R. Congo
 
Orange Categories
105
Countries with a land area over 100,000 km²
✓
91
... which are one word
✓
37
... ends with the letter A
✓
2
... contains the letter V
✓
1
... which lies south of the equator
Bolivia
Blue Categories
94
Countries starting with a letter after L
✓
46
... with fewer than 10 million people
✓
11
... which is landlocked
✓
4
... lies entirely east of Istanbul
✓
1
... and borders Russia
Mongolia
 
Purple Categories
98
Countries whose capital city lies between
the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
✓
41
... and has a land area over 200,000 km²
✓
15
... and a maximum elevation over 4000m
✓
3
... with at most 6 letters in its name
✓
1
... and fewer than 40 million people
Peru
PersonWhoEnjoysStuffsandThings
+36
Level 57
Apr 9, 2019
Nice quizzing my friend, please to arrive more!
Stewart
+34
Level 68
Apr 9, 2019
Thank you! They do take a long time to make though!
Phrath
+8
Level 33
Jul 23, 2019
Really nice quiz! I rated it 5 stars

If only my stupid brain also got some good ideas

ennylism
+1
Level 46
Mar 29, 2022
Isn't the Democratic Republic of Congo land locked?
Stewart
+9
Level 68
Mar 29, 2022
Nope! It has a tiny bit of coastline to the left
FishLick
+1
Level 49
Apr 5, 2022
Yeah, I did a double take when it showed the answer was the DRC and then remembered that tiny little strip of land that stretches out to the Atlantic
mattyhoohoo
+1
Level 41
Sep 8, 2023
no, the drc is not landlocked
wheikes
+20
Level 74
Apr 9, 2019
The clue, "Countries starting with E to O" is a bit confusing. What if it said something like Countries starting with E-O. I originally read it as Countries starting with E or O, and couldn't understand why there were 11 landlocked countries with and E or O
Stewart
+9
Level 68
Apr 9, 2019
Thank you for your input, now that I read it again it does feel weird. I have updated the wording for additional clarity.
MayaB
+7
Level 73
Apr 11, 2019
Even after the rephrasing I still read it the way wheikes did. But this is my problem for flying over the clue. The phrasing is good now.
Ishaan7
+1
Level 57
May 26, 2019
It's still ambiguous. I originally thought it was a country's name that starts with E and ends with O. Or can also be confused as a country started with E followed by O.

Consider phrasing it as 'Country starting with the letter between D and P'.

This is a brilliant quiz though! Keep 'em coming! :D

smoceany
+1
Level 52
Apr 15, 2021
then people like me would read it wrong and put in a country starting with d, there is no right answer for this
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 85
May 17, 2019
I misread it that way, too.
donkeyoattea
+1
Level 55
May 17, 2019
Me too, maybe say between e and o?
Tailin
+1
Level 49
May 18, 2019
Eswatini is landlocked!
Vekoma
+1
Level 45
May 18, 2019
Lol yeah I made it until Mongolia by saying Eswatini and when I saw Mongolia I got very confused
samiamco
+1
Level 69
May 19, 2019
But it appears even just from a map glance that Eswatiti is not east of Istanbul.
Vekoma
+2
Level 45
May 24, 2019
It surprisingly is actually east of instanbul
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Apr 9, 2024
Not that surprising if you remember that Istanbul is in Europe.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Dec 2, 2019
Swaziland
mattyhoohoo
+1
Level 41
Sep 8, 2023
swaziland is no longer the official name, the official name is now eswatini
WinXP2001
+3
Level 43
Dec 1, 2021
no its eswatini
Berney
+2
Level 80
Jul 23, 2019
"Countries starting with E to O" seems seems completely clear to me, but I'm in the UK too and that's how it would be stated here. Maybe in the US it would be "E through O"? Perhaps it could be rephrased as "Starting with a letter between E and O" to make it more universal?
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jul 23, 2019
As recommended by many, I've updated the quiz to reword the between letters again. Hopefully now the intention is clear!
OKCQuizzer
+10
Level 66
Apr 9, 2019
yes please make more of these, they are among my favorite quizzes!
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Apr 9, 2019
The maximum heights threw me... (they are basicly the minimum for the maximum....)
ingriddurden
+3
Level 60
Apr 10, 2019
Great quizzes ! Love them. Please make more !
amgine
+5
Level 65
Apr 11, 2019
Got stuffed up by D.R. Congo, which I mentally consider to be a name of one word. The rest is legal junk. Yes, I know there are two Congoes, Is Russia two words (Russian Federation)?

For me, two word countries are like Sri Lanka or even Viet Nam. Or with a compass direction, like South Korea.

Stewart
+3
Level 68
Apr 11, 2019
All names are the standard common english short form ones used on JetPunk, as determined by the Countries of the World quiz. Without a standard, each person would have their own idea of what each country is called.
Arp2600
+4
Level 86
May 17, 2019
Just as you don't call South Korea simply Korea, the fact that there are two Congoes implies to use more precise names... I reckon you would prefer to call DRC "East Congo" but it's really not known as such ;).
81928128
+5
Level 60
May 17, 2019
and even if it were, it would still be made up of two words :)
Asterlan
+2
Level 57
Apr 2, 2021
Vietnam’s usually considered just 1 word, so bad example there.
Vicky
+2
Level 55
Apr 11, 2019
Only missed Bolivia
sereno
+3
Level 27
Apr 19, 2019
Awesome quiz, i love these elimination ones!
Tailin
+9
Level 49
May 18, 2019
Since Earth is round, would "entirely west of Istanbul" also count as "entirely east of Istanbul"?
samiamco
+1
Level 69
May 19, 2019
This is a joke, right?
Sifhraven
+4
Level 67
May 24, 2019
he is right though. west isnt a set place, you can go west from any point on the planet (ok poles maybe not) or east for that matter..
Stewart
+8
Level 68
May 24, 2019
Although he may be *technically* correct, practically we define "west of X" to mean the portion of the Earth west of X and east of the antimeridian. Primarily this stems from the definition of the Western Hemisphere, whereby "west" is defined to be anything west of the prime meridian and east of the antimeridian.
wiifly
+2
Level 59
Sep 28, 2019
Actually there is a definitive line of where east stops and west begins, this is why Alaska is the easternmost as well as the westernmost state of the US.
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Aug 19, 2020
And everywhere's within walking distance, if you have the time.
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
May 18, 2019
You do great quizzes!
NordicBoi
+4
Level 25
May 18, 2019
You should put Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic and more to the “Countries with more than one word” And also, the D.R.C is mostly made for the difference of the name. You don’t say something like “The Federal Republic of Germany” everyday, right?
Stewart
+6
Level 68
May 18, 2019
None of those you mentioned satisfy the previous categories within the same group, thus are not valid. And we use the names featured on the Countries of the World quiz as standard.
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Jul 23, 2019
If there were another country that could reasonably be called "Germany," then you'd probably want to make the distinction, yeah. How do you differentiate between the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
JWC1202
+2
Level 74
May 19, 2019
Fun and challenging. I brain farted on Bolivia, but got the rest. More of these, please!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2019
I lost a lot of time over the heights... it read it as "a maximum elevation of .....m" instead of; "over ....m" shouldnt it be a maximum elevation of over .... m anyway? or has my mind stopped working now and giving me silly suggestions haha. You say the room/elephant has a height of over 2m right? and not has a height over 2m?

it just feels weird to me the way it is written (the country has a maximum elevation over 5000m.....), but it could be just me.

Stewart
+2
Level 68
May 24, 2019
I think either works, to me at least. Both "he has a weight over 100 kilos" and "he has a weight of over 100 kilos" sound fine to me. Perhaps it's one of those informal omissions that some of society has taken upon? Looking at the stats at least, there does not seem to be any issues in understanding for the majority, and I was primarily trying to keep the categories fairly short as to not go over two lines (like Pink #1).
ManBearPig
+1
Level 55
Jul 23, 2019
nice quiz
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jul 23, 2019
got stumped on Mongolia because I read the first clue as starts with E or O... got all the way down to the 2nd-to-last one with Swaziland, but there are no countries that border Russia that are landlocked and start with E or O. Was very confused.
Corrode
+1
Level 60
Jul 23, 2019
Fantastic quiz!
Phrath
+1
Level 33
Jul 23, 2019
Yeah
BiggieSmalls
+1
Level 73
Jul 23, 2019
only issue ith these is that once you reveal the last answer, everyone can just go back , retake the quiz and input the final country in each category and get all the answers. Which skews the results and points awarded.
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Jul 23, 2019
That is an issue with quiztakers, not with the quiz. You can take any quiz a second time after seeing all the answers. The quiz is excellent.
jlkpregan
+1
Level 35
Jul 23, 2019
This is a great quiz. Nicely done :-)
Jacksie
+1
Level 42
Jul 23, 2019
more more more
jsmacd95
+1
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
Missed Peru, thought for sure it had more than 40M people!
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Jul 23, 2019
Love this quiz. Very unique idea!
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jul 23, 2019
I guessed Mongolia for the first guess of that group, so I answered that block real quick! Got all but two: DR Congo, and Peru (though I was guessing the other South American countries but ran out of time at that point).
LK2
+1
Level 38
Jul 23, 2019
Awesome quiz, I had a lot of fun.

Also, typing the same country 4/5 times in a row feels great.

kaibaj
+1
Level 60
Jul 24, 2019
This was absolutely superb! More of this sort of thing please, good sir.
MeowNeow
+1
Level 32
Jul 24, 2019
I was thinking of Mongolia, but my mind said, "No. M is not before O."
ArChWiN12345
+1
Level 27
Mar 30, 2022
In box 3 you can do all Mongolia and it lets you.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 30, 2022
that referes to an old version of the quiz, it has since been updated.
barmanitan
+1
Level 78
Sep 5, 2019
thought it said e or o... bit dumb...
NV1
+1
Level 51
Sep 13, 2019
bhutan has less than 10 million people
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Sep 13, 2019
But Bhutan does not start with a letter between E and O
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Dec 2, 2019
has fewer*
RyanSem
+1
Level 39
Sep 30, 2019
Dang, DR Congo has 23 miles touching the Atlantic.. had no idea
Marvel072506
+1
Level 43
Oct 4, 2019
I'm proud I got Bolivia
Grubbio
+1
Level 61
Nov 5, 2019
for the fourth one in the blue section

Wouldn't liechtenstein count or am i just crazy

Stewart
+3
Level 68
Nov 5, 2019
Liechtenstein is in the middle of central Europe, around 10ºE. Istanbul is roughly 28ºE, meaning Liechtenstein lies west of Istanbul :)
Grubbio
+1
Level 61
Nov 12, 2019
Thanks. I checked on a map but couldn't entirely tell.
diamadi
+2
Level 52
Mar 11, 2020
I kept reading Country that starts with the letter E or O, not a letter between E and O. Sigh...
okayaiden
+1
Level 25
Apr 10, 2020
I love these ones ;)
johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
May 18, 2020
what does that with the cancer and capricorn mean?
OdamMaloof
+1
Level 56
Jun 21, 2020
You can do Zambia and Tanzania for countries with capitals lower than the equator, they both fit the other criteria as well
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jun 21, 2020
Neither fit the criteria directly before, requiring the letter "V" in their name.
dogla305
+1
Level 61
Jul 7, 2020
I usually stink at these quizzes but now I got it with 1:33 left :/
Splodgylodgyy
+1
Level 62
Apr 11, 2021
luxembourg and liechtenstein are between E and O, are entirely east of istanbul, have less than 10 million people and are completely landlocked
Stewart
+4
Level 68
Apr 11, 2021
You might want to look at what East means and where istanbul is
bibohbi
+1
Level 57
Jun 28, 2021
Technically speaking, they are east of Istanbul.
bibohbi
+1
Level 57
Jun 28, 2021
Also completely unrelated, but Monaco and Liechenstein are very close in population. (At least they were in 2019)
CoraGames
+1
Level 31
Jul 24, 2021
D. R. Congo does not have near 15 million population, it has over 100 million!
Geography17
+2
Level 21
Aug 10, 2021
It has at least 15 million... So it is correct
weldin
+1
Level 43
Dec 1, 2021
Haha I happened to guess both Peru and Mongolia for the first clue in each respective category. Certainly saved some time!
Max3017
+1
Level 26
Dec 28, 2021
How do you make it so your answer only corresponds to the selected box?
Juniper11
+1
Level 38
Feb 12, 2022
I answered Venezuela for orange and that was valid until the last category. Lucky guess.
matty2903
+1
Level 46
Mar 1, 2022
Love these category elimination quizzes! Very clever, please do more.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 1, 2022
You can find the whole series of them here: Category Elimination
tetraaa
+1
Level 33
Mar 1, 2022
South Korea area is 100,210 km^2 but is not included in the "countries with area over 100,000 km^2"
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 2, 2022
This is land area not total area (since countries count different amount of water area). For South Korea that comes to 99,909 according to Wikipedia.

However, since some sources do put it above 100k land area, I've added it as a typein anyway (especially since it doesn't work for the second clue).

poltergeist
+1
Level 58
Mar 14, 2022
I couldnt get the first clue for purple so i went to the bottom and randomly guessed peru
Desmond2309
+1
Level 35
Apr 13, 2022
What does countries starting with a letter after l mean, I tried Finland, Iceland, and a few more/
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Apr 14, 2022
It means any letter which comes after L in the English alphabet. E.g. M, N, O, P etc... down to X, Y and Z
cruusty
+1
Level 58
May 15, 2022
idk if its just my computer messing up, but i typed bolivia multiple times, and it was spelled correctly but it wasn't going through as an answer...
SpeedDog7
+1
Level 46
Sep 22, 2022
China should work for green, their name is the PRC. If youll count DRC, you should also count the PRC
Fianchetto
+1
Level 73
Apr 3, 2023
It's using Jetpunk country names. If we used official, almost all would be multiple word names.
YoshiSoda
+1
Level 38
Mar 12, 2024
You missed Liberia for starts with L
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 12, 2024
A letter after L, not including L
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