Looks great! One small thing, maybe switch the answers to "contains" rather than "starts with"? That way, people typing "Gulf of Aqaba" (like I did) can still earn the point.
As I've commented in other quizzes, don't use PG with an Arab nation there - it's AG for them. You could lose that hard-negotiated 50,000 barrels per day crude oil contract!
As I've commented on other quizzes- this is dumb. That body of water has been known and identified as the Persian Gulf, even on Arab maps, for centuries. Saudi Arabia and its allies just started calling it the Arabian Gulf in the last couple decades to piss off Iran.
It's called Persian Gulf, Cyprus is in Asia, Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia is in Asia, Australia is an island country in the continent of Oceania, Antarctica is a continent, America is two continents not a country, Russian lands East of the Ural mountains are in Asia, Eastern Thrace is in Europe, Sinai Peninsula is in Asia, Rhodes-Lesbos-Samos is in Asia, Greenland is in North America, Eastern and Southeastern Turkey are not in the Anatolian Peninsula, the Canary Islands are in Africa, Trinidad and Tobago is in South America.
"It's called Persian Gulf [Yep], Cyprus is in Asia [makes sense, look at a map], Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia is in Asia [ditto], Australia is an island country [if Australia is an island, why not Eurafrasia or the Americas?] in the continent of Oceania [granted, the definition of continent is pretty fuzzy, but large landmass is pretty central and Oceania is mostly water], Antarctica is a continent [wait, who is saying it isn't?], America is two continents not a country [technically I'd say 'the Americas' are two continents, and 'America', in English is generally understood to refer to the USA], Russian lands East of the Ural mountains are in Asia [yeah...], Eastern Thrace is in Europe [true], Sinai Peninsula is in Asia [aha], Rhodes-Lesbos-Samos is in Asia [less clear-cut than Cyprus, but sure - consistent with your Trinidad position], Greenland is in North America [aye], Eastern and Southeastern Turkey are not in the Anatolian Peninsula [again, not super clear, but on balance yes]...
True. I take a lot of German quizzes to brush up and try to relearn and learn anew. I never once tell them to accept my spelling that's incorrect for their language. I had to type Irokesen for Iroquois? Cool, now I can say it in German.
Eliat should be correct, but I agree that they should be more lenient with translated names, especially ones from different scripts. The decision of how to translate the Arabic name to Aqaba or Akaba or Accaba is pretty arbitrary.
The "k" sound and "q" sound in Arabic are very different. It's not like "c" and "k" in English. The basic "k" is made using the letter Kaf (ﻙ). But a "q" sound, which does not have an exact English counterpart but is commonly represented with "q," is made using the letter Qaf (ق) and is made with the back of the mouth (Arabic loves to do this). Saying they're the same and are arbitrary is like saying "b" and "p" are the same (as they are both represented by the same letter in Arabic as well). With that being said, I still do think that type-ins like these should be allowed, just with the acknowledgement that "Aqaba" is the right one.
tl;dr: If I understand correctly, Findlay's consensus ends up being all agreeable* (even if fuzzy) except for Australia being an island.
*By agreeable, I mean Findlay may not have the same opinion, but it seems reasonable to them
I typed Akaba - doesn't work,
I typed Accaba - doesn't work,
I typed Eilat - Aqaba appeared.
If you know geography in different language, you got more work to do.