Reguarding this quiz: Netherlands borders France at Sint Maarten, but maybe you don't want to consider overseas territory borders?
Reguarding country distances quiz: I went to daftlogic.com, thanks again for the link! However I couldn't find a 'table' or something with minimum distances between countries. Is it something you worked out yourself working out distances one by one or am I missing something? Thanks in advance!
Yes, we're not considering overseas territory borders, and anyway in this case Sint Maarten is a constituent country - not a territory - of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is why it appears in the Countries 197 to 204 quiz. There will be debate forever, I am sure, about whether countries like this are actually countries, which is why there is no universally agreed number of nations in the world - for instance Wikipedia says anywhere from 190 to 206, citypopulation.de says 242, and this website's Countries of the World quiz names 196. Re your other question, the link is definitely there, on its front page. Cheers, Jeremy
You can now also take this quiz, minus the bordering countries names, here. I dare you to take it - and tell me that doesn't make this quiz way too hard :)
Because it borders Algeria, Mauritania, as well as Spain (at Ceuta and Melilla). It also borders Western Sahara, which Morocco occupies 75% of - but not the remaining 25% which remains undisputably independent, which makes it one of the world's countries that appears in some country lists but not others. For this quiz we don't need to resolve that question because we have three bordering countries anyway!
Thanks. The question of Western Sahara is moot because its border would exclude Mauritania, so either way...
I didn't realize there was a city in Morocco on the Strait that belongs to Spain. I notice in Google Earth the border with Ceuta is portrayed as in dispute?
I'm not sure why googlemaps says that. I crossed that border last year, and it's just a regular customs station that announces you're now in the EU/Spain (and tells me the motorway speed limit even though Ceuta doesn't have one!) plus well fortified fences for its full land border length. It certainly feels culturally Spanish when you're in Ceuta (and you're in a different time zone and you spend euros), which is quite surreal if you're otherwise spending your time visiting Morocco.
Way not enough time, especially if you're on a mobile device. The way it's set up now, it's merely a speed typing test for those with maps memorized, rather than a challenge for someone with average geographical knowledge to work out the answer from the given clues.
The clues make the answers pretty obvious, don't they? I finished with a minute left and I wasn't typing that fast. But I still don't understand why anyone would try to use this site on a mobile.
If Canada and Denmark should agree to split the disputed Hans Island between Greenland and Ellesmere Island among themselves, that would bump the number of answers in this quiz to 29, as then Canada would border the USA and Denmark, while Denmark would border Canada and Germany! That's something to keep an eye out for =)
They have recently agreed in principle. The governments of Canada, Denmark, Greenland and Nunavut need to ratify the agreement before it comes into force.
It wouldn't change the answers on this quiz though, as the overseas territories or constituent countries were excluded (ref. Netherlands, Sint Maarten)
I think danklaaver is referring to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not the Country of the Netherlands (to which this quiz refers, and which borders just Belgium and Germany). The Kingdom also includes the country of Sint Maarten, which has a land border with Saint Martin, which is part of France.
The Kingdom does, but the Country of the Netherlands does not - see here; the country's Caribbean territory consists of Saba, Bonaire and Sint Eustatius.
Hi, very nice quiz, and I have something that may be interesting to point out, I don't know what is Jetpunk's stance on this kind of situation but Argentina and Uruguay actually don't share a LAND BORDER as the Uruguay river serves as the border between them.
Actually, it does, at Martín García Island! But to take your general point, borders across rivers and lakes are considered "land" borders, and borders across seas (even if connected by causeways like the one constructed between Singapore and Malaysia) are considered "sea" borders. You could argue it either way, I guess, but I suspect the definitions we use are derived from what looks apparent on a map.
My understanding of that article was that the island is all Argentine. Are you counting the coast of the island as a land border, given that it is in Uruguayan waters?
I don't know if you will like this, but what about having bordering countries in 2 different cells instead of one, kinda like what I did in this quiz. But unlike my quiz, the countries will be already displayed here.
Netherlands shouldn't be there, if you know a bit about recurrent mistakes, you'd know that it shares a border with France on the island of St Martin (or St Maarten) plus the ones with Belgium and Germany.
That only applies if you are working with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not the country of the Netherlands. The country of Sint Maarten, which is a part of the Kingdom (but not the country) of the Netherlands, borders France as you say on the island of Saint Martin.
I only realized that it says the countries it borders like 30 sec before the end and still got 26. If I noticed it before,I would have needed only like a minute.
I'll start off this new debate, Canada and Denmark are planning to finalize the Hans Island issue by splitting the island in half, thus giving both of them a new border. Whether or not the border is legitimate, this is one of the few quizzes affected by the change.
We've been keeping an eye on that one! If the border is ratified we'll be updating this quiz. Hans Island might become a quirky tourism destination on the back of this
It shouldn't change the answers on this quiz though, as the overseas territories or constituent countries were excluded (ref. Netherlands, Sint Maarten). Greenland is a constituent country in the Kingdom of Denmark, not the country of Denmark
Reguarding country distances quiz: I went to daftlogic.com, thanks again for the link! However I couldn't find a 'table' or something with minimum distances between countries. Is it something you worked out yourself working out distances one by one or am I missing something? Thanks in advance!
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Giovanni
I didn't realize there was a city in Morocco on the Strait that belongs to Spain. I notice in Google Earth the border with Ceuta is portrayed as in dispute?