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Country Decoders #1

Guess each short clue that relates to the hidden country. The first letter of each answer will spell the country's name.
Quiz by Kestrana
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First submittedJanuary 8, 2015
Times taken36,968
Average score62.5%
Rating4.34
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Country #1
G
Brothers who collected fairy tales
Grimm
E
Scientist who proposed relativity
Einstein
R
One of Europe's longest rivers
Rhine
M
2005 Spielberg Olympics drama
Munich
A
Neighboring country
Austria
N
Sea bordered by this country
North
Y
Wintertime pagan holiday
Yule
Country Name
Germany
 
 
 
Country #2
M
Sea between Africa & Europe
Mediterranean
O
Fruit used to make oil
Olive
R
Capital of this country
Rabat
O
Not occidental
Oriental
C
Clash song: Rock the ______
Casbah
C
Movie with Bergman & Bogart
Casablanca
O
Desert refuge
Oasis
Country Name
Morocco
Country #3
B
Infamous hairy pirate
Blackbeard
A
Word that means "island chain"
Archipelago
H
Second largest island in the Caribbean
Hispaniola
A
What King Edward VIII did in 1936
Abdicated
M
Largest city within 100 miles of this country
Miami
A
Ring-shaped coral reef
Atoll
S
America's Cup sport
Sailing
Country Name
Bahamas
 
 
 
Country #4
V
"You" in French, formally
Vous
I
Peninsula this country is located on
Indochina
E
Not western
Eastern
T
Lunar New Year celebration
Tet
N
Most common family name in this country
Nguyen
A
Military herbicide: _____ Orange
Agent
M
River flowing through 6 countries
Mekong
Country Name
Vietnam
sillie
+4
Level 77
Apr 12, 2016
Wouldn't "Barbarossa" also fit the pirate clue? Starts with the right letter, was infamous, pirate and the name means Red beard.
Sigarru
+1
Level 69
Apr 22, 2016
But he doesn't have anything to do with Bahamas...
Hampus
+10
Level 57
Dec 11, 2020
Neither does Hispaniola.
lceFly
+1
Level 63
Aug 20, 2016
Barbarossa was a Holy Roman emperor. He has nothing to do with pirates, and nothing to do with Blackbeard smh
Djilas
+6
Level 82
Oct 11, 2016
There were others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarossa

TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Apr 12, 2016
I got a bit stuck on the "fruit" question - I always buy olives from the vegetable section of the supermarket.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Sep 3, 2017
Yep, that one had me hung up for a while too.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Apr 16, 2016
Nice work, Kestrana!
glrodrigues
+2
Level 49
Jun 9, 2016
I kept thinking of Rhoyne for the river in Europe. I should quit the ASOIAF forums.
AlfieJMD
+1
Level 37
Jul 13, 2016
You should have a different clue for the Rhine, as there are many many rivers in Europe and it could take a while to work it out. Otherwise, good quiz!
TheWombat
+3
Level 74
Jul 13, 2016
But how many beginning with 'R', which are among Europe's longest, are associated with Germany?
AlfieJMD
+2
Level 37
Jul 13, 2016
And its 'Vouz', not 'Vous'
Almariel
+10
Level 59
Jul 13, 2016
No, indeed.
Cedo
+6
Level 40
Jul 22, 2016
Nope.
PearlJoyster
+3
Level 22
Aug 20, 2016
I wouldn't know.
TinklePork
+6
Level 62
Apr 6, 2017
No
Tristian363
+7
Level 47
Aug 22, 2017
It is certainly vous
TWM03
+7
Level 70
Oct 28, 2018
Parlez-vous français, AlfieJMD? << Vous >> finit avec la lettre << S >>.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 67
Mar 23, 2020
who upvoted alfie??
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 68
Oct 17, 2020
Vous avez tort.
PSTSCCH
+3
Level 47
Jul 13, 2016
I think this is unlike normal decoder quizzes. For some clues, you have to know the hidden country before you can know the answer, although possible candidates are not that many.
Quizley
+3
Level 66
Jul 13, 2016
Precisely! For that reason, I rate this as a one-star quiz. It work with a good premise, but its execution is problematic.
Kestrana
+14
Level 60
Jul 13, 2016
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the quiz, but these quizzes were intended to work similar to crossword puzzles, where you work back and forth from the answer to the clues and the clues to the answer to solve the puzzle. The clues taken as a whole should help determine the country, along with letters from a few of the easier clues. The rest of the clues should be easily solvable after the country is known. If you're really stuck, well there's only 43 countries with seven letters... ;)
Antofagasta
+3
Level 67
Dec 22, 2016
That's nice. How considerate and thoughtful Quizley. It's actually a really good quiz. Well done.
TinklePork
+3
Level 62
Apr 6, 2017
I actually loved working back-and-forth. Very entertaining quiz
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 10, 2019
I agree with @Antofagasta and @TinklePork whole-heartedly.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 10, 2019
And oh look! a one-star quiz has been featured. Joking. Great quiz, by the way. More of this please!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jul 5, 2019
I really liked this one ( though personally slightly on the easy side, I didnt get 100% (never heard of tet or cashbah) but the ones I did get I knew without having to think about it ( which feels more fullfilling)

To counter the one star I ll give you 5 :D I like that you can work backwards. (though I think it would be 4, 5 for the idea but 4 cause it could imo be balanced a bit better, but opinions differ, seeing how only 40%got indochina and 46% atoll to name a few lower ones that I wouldnt have thought were that hard)

Btw anyone else read desert refugee instead of refuge?

FreeStater
+1
Level 66
May 17, 2023
I did, and tried naming nearby Saharan countries.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Oct 17, 2020
I, for one, really like the quiz!
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Nov 23, 2020
I thought it was brilliant, 5 stars easy Kestrana!
Moosefight
+1
Level 60
Jul 13, 2016
Didn't have a problem with that. Generally, you can work out enough of country to severely restrict possibilities. Vietnam is probably the toughest, having the most of those, but there aren't that many V countries, and only 2 on peninsulas. With Germany and Morocco, you have all but 1 or 2 letters to guess the country.
Freestatebear
+3
Level 85
Jul 14, 2016
As Kestrana explained, the 'back and forth' between the clues and the answers is part of the fun! And, even so, I didn't find the quiz especially difficult. Would love to see more of these; and perhaps more difficult ones!
Kestrana
+1
Level 60
Jul 14, 2016
Thank you :) You are in luck, Country Decoders #2 will be featured in August and Country Decoders #3 is not a featured quiz but it is pretty hard.
rawe
+2
Level 66
Jul 14, 2016
Can you change America's Cup clue? I thought about Soccer because of Copa America.
Kestrana
+2
Level 60
Jul 14, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Cup
MindWax
+1
Level 83
Dec 14, 2023
Can you change the clue? I didn't get the answer right. Dude.
mushroomsteve
+1
Level 53
Jul 29, 2016
Is anyone else surprised that the Vietnam clues make up the bottom four on the stats? That was the only country I fully guessed.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 23, 2020
Yes and no, Vietnam was the hardest, but only ones I didnt get there were tet and agent. But Nguyen is hard to spell. And I think most would recognise mekong, but I can understand if it is hard to recall in a quiz, if you dont come across it everyday.

Besides Tet and agent only other I didnt get was cabesh

Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Mar 23, 2020
Plus all of the other question were very easy, so might not be the toughest vietnam questions, but medium questions in an easy quiz end up in the bottom ;)

Though really, Indochina should be higher.

Punewolf
+1
Level 69
Aug 8, 2016
You may like or dislike a quiz but should respect the time and effort put in to compiling them,without these this site wouldn't exist .
LyRiKH
+1
Level 51
Mar 26, 2017
Good quiz, I appreciate those that take the time and effort to put themselves out there and construct a quiz for us to do.
mahble
+1
Level 77
Aug 8, 2017
My mother has a Vietnamese student this year (She's a teacher) and his name is Phuc Le, which caused a ton of trouble when making an online class because APPARENTLY everything else had been taken using those letters except for ElChup. So now this poor kid is named El Chup.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Nov 23, 2020
What on earth does this mean?
FreeStater
+1
Level 66
May 17, 2023
Just El Chup.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Mar 16, 2018
EXCELLENT quiz, Kestrana! Please do more as time permits and ignore the serial nitpickers.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jul 22, 2018
By the way, to all you nitpickers: In every case I got the name of the county before the individual answers, so what's your point, exactly?
Zupity
+1
Level 66
Dec 10, 2019
Please accept Indochine for Indochina
ing
+1
Level 72
Jan 31, 2021
On the French version of the quiz, sure.
Aimac
+1
Level 70
Dec 18, 2019
Please do more of these, fun and different
Djinsasa
+1
Level 62
Jan 21, 2021
Yule?? I‘m german but never heard this. Found it to be a germanic holiday, not german!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule?wprov=sfti1

thegoatisgoaty
+1
Level 71
Jul 8, 2023
Could be explained a lot better
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