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Countries in Squares of the World Map

Try to name any country featured within each square of the world map.
Any land visible on the Countries of the World Quiz map is valid as an answer.
Squares with no countries inside them are not illuminated, some require you to zoom to see the edge cases
Also try the randomized version!
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: March 26, 2022
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First submittedAugust 13, 2019
Times taken119,788
Average score94.5%
Rating5.00
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+20
Level 58
Aug 13, 2019
In the Moscow square (11 from the left, 2 from the top) Norway is give as a correct answer instead of Finland
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Level 68
Aug 13, 2019
Thank you - good spot! This has been fixed now :)
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Level 60
Jul 7, 2020
I want to point out, Portugal and Gabon stick out slightly, although its hard to see.
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Level 76
Sep 18, 2020
Also Kiribati, Russia(Kamchatka), South Africa, Somalia, and Spain (into the same square as Portugal)
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Level 67
Oct 18, 2020
I don't see Spain sticking out
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Level 59
Nov 2, 2020
Portugal definitely sticks out of it's given square. If you zoom in it is easily visible.
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Level 63
May 6, 2021
Hi Stewart when you do USA shouldn't canada show up because of the USA's purchase to alaska
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Level 68
May 6, 2021
Alaska does light up
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Level 55
May 4, 2022
USA didn't purchase Alaska from Canada, it purchased it from Russia.
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Level 78
Aug 13, 2019
Nice quiz
+6
Level 74
Aug 15, 2019
Grrrrrrrrr I missed new zealand😠😠😠
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Level 70
May 8, 2020
Awesome quiz!
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Level 77
Jun 1, 2020
Congratulations Stewart for getting this quiz featured!
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Level 88
Jun 1, 2020
77.6% get all 124 squares. Impressive.
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Level 48
Jan 2, 2022
Now only 45.7% get all squares
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Level 39
May 4, 2022
i missed one
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Level 71
Jun 2, 2020
Good quiz but i missed 'Ecuador' because the Galapagos Islands were still showing (just) they should have been knocked over with Ecuador's square.
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Level 54
Jul 7, 2020
Only if you guessed Ecuador. The Galapagos are clearly in their own square so there's no reason that square should go green unless you actually give Ecuador as an answer.
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Level 82
Jun 2, 2020
Great idea for a quiz! Should France count for the square containing Mauritius, or not? Currently it's listed as one of the answers, but doesn't actually light it up. I'n the case of France I'm not really sure where the line between overseas regions and overseas territories is drawn, but it seems like Réunion has a better claim to be included than New Caledonia does.
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Level 68
Jun 2, 2020
It was before featuring! It looks like QM set all typeins to Auto without realising I had a special custom one for France in that square. All fixed now :)
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Level 68
Jul 26, 2020
It says no overseas territories, but Puerto Rico lights up when i guess United States. Is this intentional?
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Level 71
May 3, 2022
Well Puerto Rico isn't classified as an overseas territory, its called an unincorporated territory which basically means that it is governed by the US government but its separate from the main land
+1
Level 59
Jun 2, 2020
What is the spot of Mexico in the east Pacific?
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Level 58
Jul 7, 2020
It lights up because of the California peninsula.
+1
Level 73
Jun 2, 2020
It is difficult to distinguish which squares are guessed and which are not guessed. I suggest a change of colors. Thanks.
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Level 68
Jun 2, 2020
Made the colours slightly more obvious now, thanks.
+3
Level 75
Jun 3, 2020
Great quiz (as usual!). Spelling: illuminated
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Level 56
Jun 3, 2020
Lmao, I was on mobile and slide typed Ukraine. I got shocked that it filled the whole Europe before realising it filled UK as well.
+2
Level 69
Jun 3, 2020
Nice quiz. Now we need one with capital cities!
+1
Level 68
Jun 3, 2020
Already exists! World Squares Map Quizzes :)
+1
Level 54
Jun 10, 2020
Phew! I got Ecuador in the nick of time!
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Level 57
Jul 7, 2020
I didnt because the square was out in the water
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Level 51
Jul 7, 2020
100%
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Level 85
Jul 7, 2020
New Caledonia is an overseas territory and should not count for France.
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Level 68
Jul 7, 2020
Thanks, not sure why that was in there. I have removed New Caledonia and added Mayotte to be consistent, meaning only overseas regions are accepted now.
+1
Level 67
Jul 7, 2020
In the same way, Greenland should not count for Denmark.
+1
Level 68
Jul 7, 2020
I love the Malevich painting as the thumbnail! :)
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Level 78
Jul 7, 2020
Damn, I missed Kiribati!
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Level 75
Jul 7, 2020
Same here. I was looking all over the map for a square that wasn't colored - didn't think about Oceania crossing over to the western side of the map - saw it just before time ran out.
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Level 78
Dec 23, 2020
Ditto.
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Level 52
Jul 7, 2020
Those islands to the west of Peru threw me for a bit!
+1
Level 46
Jul 7, 2020
I got 123/124. I missed the Fiji/Tonga square.
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Level 68
Jul 7, 2020
The colour difference between guessed and not guessed could be more clear. Especially squares with a lot of water are not clearly visible. And there is a square with a small part of Gabon in it that should be nr 125.
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Level 20
Jul 7, 2020
I have noticed that Somalia has land in the square east of Somalia.
+1
Level 67
Jul 7, 2020
i missed marshall islands
+1
Level 60
Jul 7, 2020
Good quiz!
+1
Level 57
Jul 7, 2020
is ecuador an island
+2
Level 48
Jul 9, 2020
The Galapagos Islands are part of Ecuador.
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Level 37
Jul 13, 2021
I only missed Ecuador/the Galapagos islands
+2
Level 63
Jul 8, 2020
Loved this, but I'm confused why typing Greenland didn't fill out those squares?
+5
Level 48
Jul 9, 2020
Not a country. Entering Denmark knocks out Greenland.
+1
Level 24
Jul 18, 2020
A tiny bit of portugal is showing in the square to it's west even though it says it's uninhabited.
+1
Level 46
Sep 21, 2020
missed ecuador because of its islands that i didnt see
+1
Level 58
Oct 19, 2020
Darn those Galagapos Islands and their tortoises!
+1
Level 21
Mar 7, 2021
probably the best quiz on here got 119 :D
+1
Level 69
Mar 13, 2021
Portugal should indeed be in the square left of Iberia (Greater Lisbon and Azores). Both Spain and Portugal should work for the square SW of Iberia due to Madeira and the Canaries. The islands aren't visible on the map, but they're still there.

Also, if overseas territories aren't counted - why does the Antilles trigger for USA? Neither Puerto Rico nor USVI are states.

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Level 68
Mar 13, 2021
Admittedly when this was made there were a few inconsistencies. It's too late to change now though
+1
Level 52
Mar 21, 2021
Here's a list of all the incorrectly shaded tiles I could find:

5-2 (Kiribati)

4-2 (Also Kiribati)

8-8 (Portugal)

4-9 (Gabon)

5-12 (Somalia)

2-11 (South Africa)

8-17 (Russia)

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Level 54
Apr 5, 2021
Fiji has not Light water
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Level 38
Apr 15, 2021
Interesting that there are squares that got 100%, but there isn't a single country that got 100%. Great quiz, btw.
+1
Level 62
Nov 21, 2021
Huh, just like the Hexagons version, there are no squares made up entirely of one countries territory
+1
Level 61
Mar 25, 2022
There are parts of Somalia, Gabon, Portugal, Kamchatka, South Africa, and Norway that do not have any squares.
+3
Level 68
Mar 26, 2022
The map has finally been updated to the new JetPunk World map and including all squares with land!
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2022
nice quiz
+2
Level 69
Apr 7, 2022
I wonder what the minimum number of countries required is
+1
Level 27
May 3, 2022
Damn you, Oceania...
+1
Level 48
May 3, 2022
Very nice quiz, I only missed Gabon!
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Level 53
May 3, 2022
The square with Gabon only, should also find UK (great britain) acceptable, since St. Helena, Ascencion and Tristan de Cunha (british oversea dependencies) fall within that area.

And it would only be consistent since for the square that contains Mauritus and Reunion, France is also a correct answer. And same for Falklands (UK), Argentina and Chile further south.

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Level 68
May 3, 2022
As clearly stated in the description, only land visible on the map is included. St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan de Cunha are not visible on the map and so are not included. To include those not visible on the map would be inconsistent.
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Level 68
May 3, 2022
Thank you, great fun as always.
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Level 34
May 4, 2022
Nooooooo, 126/127, I knew the last one but didn't type it in in time. Great quiz ;)
+1
Level 65
Jun 19, 2022
Why would you update the quiz just to recognize the annexation of Crimea?
+3
Level 68
Jun 19, 2022
Crimea has always been part of Russia on the JetPunk map, years before the war this year. The quiz was not updated for this purpose, it was updated to use a more recent version of JetPunk's standard map, as well as fixing some incorrect squares in the original version.
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Level 38
Dec 16, 2022
Ugh I missed Portugal and Gabon, well the "empty" looking parts atleast.
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Level 64
Dec 19, 2022
I missed one square and I only got 4 out of 5 points! Wow.
+1
Level 44
Jan 13, 2023
Gabon :((
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Level 51
Mar 29, 2023
I now hate Gabon.
+1
Level 61
Jun 2, 2023
Good Quiz! Almost missed somalia
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Level 32
Jun 2, 2023
I was so stressed looking at the Gabon square with ten seconds left, trying to remember which country it was. Luckily I got it at the last second.
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Level 82
Dec 4, 2023
I got 127/127 and was pathetically disappointed not to get any confetti.