Countries with Z

+15

level 29

Oct 26, 2012

According to Wikipedia, Azerbaijan is in fact in Asia. Look: [LINK]

MarcoReus

+28

level 39

Nov 22, 2012

Azerbaijan is in Asia

simsy

+1

level 26

Nov 23, 2012

Azerbaijan was in European USSR prior to it's break up in 1991. It has not moved and therefore is in Europe along with the Baltic states, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia (and Russia of course).

+17

level 29

Nov 23, 2012

You didn't even look at my link, did you?

If the only reason you think Azerbaijan is in Europe is because it was part of the USSR before, then you will be misled due to outdated information. The current boundary has changed since then and is now along the Northern border of Azerbaijan, which means the country is in Asia. Here's another image to help clarify [LINK]. Azerbaijan is the dark blue intercontinental state, but clearly shown to be in Asia. Here's another article [LINK]. If you still don't trust Wikipedia, here's the CIA website for you. [LINK].

If you want to convince me or anyone else that Azerbaijan is in Europe, you have to do a better job than "It was in the USSR before".

10stilley

+2

level 50

Jan 7, 2013

Azerbaijan IS in Asia

BlueTangerine123

+1

level 13

Aug 29, 2013

It's in Eurovision aswell

Trohjell

+7

level 27

Dec 5, 2013

If that's your only judging, do you believe Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is in Europe too?

Ponderosa

+11

level 70

Dec 30, 2013

India, Canada, and Australia are also in Europe, because they were part of the European British Empire. Right?

fluence

+6

level 35

Jan 12, 2015

Most of the Americas, once part of European empires, are also in Europe. Brazil does share a border with France, you know?

+2

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

Ct: "Azerbaijan is dark blue but clearly shown to be in Asia".... maybe you should take a look at the map key dude. Dark blue means "transcontinental state"

Cedo

+8

level 43

Jan 19, 2016

Since when geographic norms are established by Eurovision, duh?

PjotrL

+12

level 64

Aug 2, 2016

Eurovision.... . Didn't Australia participate in that? :-)

fortoj

+5

level 47

Apr 18, 2017

Myanmar, Palau, and Zaire are all a part of Singapore;/

Yanni47

+2

level 66

Feb 22, 2018

According to that link, Egypt is in Asia, too.

someone2018

+3

level 68

Jun 28, 2018

According to Wikipedia, anyone can write a Wikipedia article. Use the real source

tshalla

+1

level 67

Feb 17, 2019

Or, Europe is better described as a historical-cultural area that forms part of the continent of Eurasia?

CraftBananaDuty

+2

level 40

Apr 4, 2019

The way we learned it in school here in Europe, the eastern European border is purely geographical. It's formed by the Bosporus in Istanbul, The Caucasus, the Ural mountain range and the Ural river. So geographically speaking parts of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Kazakhstan are as European as Iceland. He isn't as wrong as you guys all make him out to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Europe

supermusic

+1

level 58

Apr 4, 2019

Georgia claims to be the border between Europe and Asia. Azerbaijan is east of Georgia.

Osiris

+1

level 65

Apr 7, 2019

Maybe one day we can call it all "Eurasia" so we can stop quibbling over which side of an arbitrary line these countries are on.

TheJSDevil

+1

level 45

Nov 22, 2012

Azerbaijan is classed as UEFA (European Football Governing Body) so perhaps that confused you.....same with Israel, Kazakhstan (and I think a few others)....they had a dispute with the AFC so UEFA let them in....

jadekelly

+1

level 29

Nov 23, 2012

Yeah Azerbaijan and all the other countries in that area are considered in Europe when it suits, like for the Eurovision, but geographically it is in Asia.

Cedo

+1

level 43

Jan 19, 2016

Monaco plays in the french league, that doesn't make it a french city. UEFA is does not establish geographic norms...

+8

level 75

Jan 14, 2013

Europe and Asia are the same landmass. Definitely stating that countries along the alleged border are in one or the other is inherently asinine.

burtviile

+1

level 81

Apr 10, 2013

Thank you.

plattitude

+1

level 82

Jun 14, 2013

I'll concede the point of them being the same landmass, but the acknowledged and conventional 'border' dividing it into 2 continents is a convenient way to divide up the countries. Arguing about it is asinine, especially since jetpunk as a whole consistently groups countries by the convention CtG526 referenced above.

relessness

+4

level 48

Apr 12, 2014

I think you mean 'asianine'

+2

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

The border might be conventional, that doesn't mean it is "acknowledged." Acknowledged by who? You can look at different maps and see different countries included in Europe depending on the map. It's not quite as fuzzy as "the Middle East," but it's not as definite as you claim, plats. I mean check this out, which clearly indicates it's a complete f'ing mess and even then, if you go by the "most common" most recently used convention, take a look, the border passes right through Azerbaijan making it both European and Asian. Georgia's in the same boat.

+2

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

as is Kazakhstan.

ander217

+3

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

Maybe you should make a quiz about countries in two continents.

+1

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey.... and the special case of Cyprus where nobody really knows.... I think that's it, isn't it? Would be a short quiz.

Actually I guess there's France, too, technically. And Spain sort of. Many others if you include overseas territories.

plattitude

+3

level 82

Apr 6, 2015

I apologize for not making my meaning clearer--I did not mean to state that the actual situation of countries and cultural discrepancies of continental definitions was not complex, but merely that the convention used in this context, although arguably arbitrary, is not ambiguous. 'Acknowledged' in my comment simply meant acknowledged by the convention of JetPunk.

MyMindWentBlank

+3

level 52

Feb 25, 2017

Egypt is also transcontinental. Panama could be, depending on where you draw the border. So could Indonesia if you consider New Guinea to be part of the Australian continent.

+3

level 75

Apr 18, 2017

plats, okay, yes, you're right about that.

icetruckkiller

+1

level 29

Feb 25, 2013

No, is in Asia. Also Kazakhstan, Cyprus is in Asia. Russia, Turkey (Edirne, Istanbul in Europe) and Greece (Rodos in Asia) is in both continents. Capitol of Panama is in South America, but country is in both Americas. Egypt is in two continents.

buck1017

+4

level 73

Apr 30, 2013

Regardless of WHERE it is...it still has a 'Z' in it. It's still a valid answer. Chill.

drchurros

+1

level 23

Oct 31, 2013

100% with 1:44 left #YOLO

TeutonicKing

+1

level 28

Apr 4, 2015

Wow such conflict Also the Caucasus Mountains are the border between Europa and Asia

MyMindWentBlank

+1

level 52

Apr 18, 2017

Or astronomy

legend101

+1

level 49

Apr 4, 2015

azerbaijan is in eurovision but not europe

yoyo541

+1

level 29

Feb 21, 2016

Azerbaijan is in Europe. Play my quiz about all countries in europe for that topic

Findlay

+2

level 69

May 9, 2016

I kinda feel that this entire argument stems from the fact that by any sensible definition Asia and Europe are not distinct continents, but parts of a single super-continent. If we must divide them, then I would say the balance of sources place it in Asia. And if we consider the Caucasus to be the Europe-Asia divide (as overwhelmingly is the case), then Azerbaijan, lies distinctly to the south of the spine of that mountain range, meaning it is in Asia. But again, it's all fairly arbitrary anyway - only ancient and outdated custom divides Europe from Asia, they are not in any physical sense separate continents.

Gownowski

+1

level 32

Apr 22, 2017

It's transcontinental

TennisMan

+1

level 36

Feb 22, 2018

you crazy

neho

+1

level 20

Nov 22, 2012

Great quiz!! Who would have thought there were so many!!!

+2

level 29

Nov 22, 2012

Thank you~
Considering there are 196 countries though, this actually isn't a lot. There's a reason I didn't make a "Countries with M" quiz. :P

kiwiquizzer

+3

level 60

Jan 7, 2017

Do it!

SeanersaurusRex

+2

level 38

Aug 29, 2017

JUST DO IT!!! MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!! JUST DO IT!!!

sierraistheshiz

+2

level 21

Nov 22, 2012

Azerbaijan is indeed in Asia. Great quiz. Missed Venezuela!! Don't know how! And the Bosnia one.. Only because I never put the last part when I do the World quiz, it always just accepts Bosnia.

KetchupRevenge

+4

level 8

Nov 22, 2012

Ha! The only reason I remembered New Zealand was because there was a travel ad for it on my sidebar :P

kiwiquizzer

+2

level 60

Jan 7, 2017

Will we be seeing you soon?

potato5402

+10

level 54

Apr 19, 2017

that was 5 years ago

redsplat

+1

level 75

Feb 21, 2019

Fair enough. Did they see you soon then?

DavidScullySport

+1

level 4

Nov 22, 2012

cool quiz :)

mal

+1

level 53

Nov 22, 2012

Missed 5 all of which I knew. Two of these were in the Asia box and I knew they were 'stans' but I have terrible trouble spelling them! Good quiz

+1

level 29

Nov 22, 2012

Hey, best way to learn these things is through practice. ;)

ConfusedYeti

+1

level 39

Nov 22, 2012

15/16 got all the 'stans' but missed out Brazil, gutted...

bur0030

+1

level 37

Dec 4, 2012

What about Vatican City?

+22

level 29

Dec 5, 2012

Oh no, I forgot about Vatican Zity!

dylan160214

+1

level 29

Feb 17, 2019

you did however forget about swaziland

amm14

+2

level 67

Feb 19, 2019

Nah, read the instructions: we're in a brave new world where countries can place their capital (letters) where-ever they want, and Swaziland is now eSwatini.

sierraistheshiz

+1

level 21

Dec 30, 2012

There were actually times when for a second I thought v's were z's .. I put Cote Divoire in... and I put Latvia.. stuff like that... :P ... Not sure why.. they don't really look similar..

DeusCaritasEst

+2

level 59

Nov 14, 2015

I did this too. I guess "z" is (almost) as uncommon a letter as "v", so I just saw them as interchangeable in my mind for a while there! And they're both pointy, angular letters.

patat

+2

level 19

Mar 29, 2013

Damn you Mozambique....!

baconator3000

+1

level 32

Jun 6, 2013

I got all of them, but I didn't get Swaziland until there was only 6 seconds left.

colematthew

+1

level 57

Jun 13, 2013

Couldn't you have just done South America and North America the Americas tricked me. It shouldn't have but it did

redsplat

+1

level 75

Feb 21, 2019

I liked that personally.

Stevo6612

+1

level 37

Aug 1, 2013

Booyah! Got em all

choosegoose

+1

level 48

Oct 23, 2013

That was sneaky slipping the Herzegovina in there you sly Quizmaster.

sillie

+1

level 80

Jun 4, 2014

I agree. Went through all Europe in my head.. Bosnia.. no Z.. Also missed Swaziland.

+1

level 29

Mar 2, 2014

I've been away from this site for so long that I almost didn't perfect my own quiz ;-; I'm sure I couldn't even get any on my colors ones, though. I just looked up most of those. xD

Easton

+1

level 29

Apr 12, 2014

Excellent quiz, the Bosnia one got me as well, I was wracking my brains and was convinced you had made a mistake.

joeythelemur

+3

level 78

Jun 3, 2014

Here I thought I was smart, thinking I knew how to spell Kyrgyzstan, all the while I had been leaving out the Z! Now I know.

AceRimmer

+1

level 56

Dec 17, 2014

got 'em all :)

Samuel281

+1

level 44

Feb 4, 2015

Wow... I FORGOT BELIZE?! But I got Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Swaziland, Tanzania and Mozambique... wow!

skiesboy

+1

level 60

Apr 1, 2015

I enjoyed, but then I would, it has my homeland (Zimbabwe) in it :)

+1

level 75

Apr 4, 2015

The time limit for this quiz is silly in how excessive it is. I finished this time with 1:40 left and I was *not* going quickly.

seokeunshichae

+1

level 71

Apr 4, 2015

wow...you are just amazing

+2

level 75

Apr 6, 2015

Or... I'm not amazing, and the time limit is excessive.

+1

level 75

Apr 18, 2017

I finished with 3 minutes this time and I still wasn't going very fast.

Pharley

+1

level 58

Jul 16, 2018

If you're doing it multiple times, of course you're going to finish it with time to spare. Some people are doing it for the first time and we aren't all as wonderful as you are.

+2

level 75

Feb 5, 2019

My god you people are so insecure. I'm not bragging! I couldn't care less about impressing anonymous-jetpunk-user-1 or anonymous-jetpunk-user-2; I'm leaving feedback for the quiz author. And yes my times on quizzes I take multiple times usually improve when I take them again but in this case it was 2 years later. Plenty of time in that interval to forget the answers.

Arp2600

+2

level 77

Apr 18, 2017

Six minutes is very generous indeed.

+1

level 75

Feb 5, 2019

thank you

asteachr

+1

level 61

Apr 4, 2015

Wikipedia is not a trusted resource as anyone can create entries and edit entries. Try using trusted resources such as atlases, world almanacs, geographical dictionaries or better yet, real encyclopedias. From a trusted Librarian

+4

level ∞

Apr 6, 2015

http://news.cnet.com/Study-Wikipedia-as-accurate-as-Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

Shade9099

+2

level 54

Feb 22, 2018

You can't always trust that those are current

2kool4skoolz

+4

level 44

Apr 8, 2015

The United Statez of America.

TheNewPotato

+1

level 49

Feb 13, 2016

'Murica

Carry

+2

level 60

Feb 9, 2016

When I clicked on the quiz I thought about Swaziland and I actually ended up missing it. Duh.

TheNewPotato

+1

level 49

Feb 13, 2016

I would have killed myself if I missed any of these.

Frischluftfanatiker

+6

level 63

Apr 19, 2016

It seems that you are a pretty positive person;)

vigeneus

+1

level 55

Jun 7, 2016

Love how the clue of continents based is.

ruchi

+1

level 21

Sep 10, 2016

11! Love this quiz.

cyroman

+1

level 55

Dec 31, 2016

missed Mozambique......should have gotten that one!

galaxytea

+1

level 61

Feb 7, 2017

I nearly missed Bosnia, despite the fact that I am Herzegovinian. We spell it Hercegovina and no one ever uses the full name in English. Felt like an idiot when I remembered.

SverreSverreXD

+1

level 29

Feb 27, 2017

The norwegian way of writing Uzbekistan and Kygyzstan is "Usbekistan, and Kirigisistan" annoying that thats whats gonna make me not complete this quiz xD

geographyisthebestsubject

+4

level ∞

Feb 27, 2017

This quiz is in English. I would suggest making some Norwegian language quizzes!

blackrussian13

+1

level 58

Feb 27, 2017

done with one second left :)

+1

level 38

Feb 27, 2017

When you realize the title said, "Countries with Z." I thought it meant that begin with Z. Guess I need to read for better comprehension!

kenpo17

+3

level 68

Apr 18, 2017

That would be a much shorter quiz.

HectorVortac

+1

level 49

Mar 2, 2017

This is the first time I ever got all of them in a 'letter in a country name' quiz. Z, my new favorite letter!

starfast

+2

level 61

Apr 18, 2017

Did anyone else misread the title as "Countries starting with Z" and then panic when there was more than 2 answers? Or was that just me?

alieninvasion109

+1

level 27

Apr 18, 2017

Just u 😂 I agree that the time limit is excessive - I finished with 2:28 left and I basically spelt out every single country in my head!

Corrode

+1

level 58

Apr 18, 2017

Forgot all about Herzegovnia, always just think of it as Bosnia

Moosefight

+1

level 67

Apr 18, 2017

Call me crazy, but you should actually have to type in the part of the name with the Z. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be required.

kenpo17

+2

level 68

Apr 18, 2017

There's pretty much a standard for geography quizzes on this site about which abbreviated versions are accepted. Just like you can leave off the "and Nevis" for "St. Kitts and Nevis," for example. If they changed it for this quiz specifically, it would probably cause more people to screw up than would be worth the trouble.

DENCRO

+1

level 41

Aug 21, 2018

you so crazy

Elan

+1

level 60

Apr 18, 2017

I missed Brazil! fml

RabidPony

+1

level 42

Apr 18, 2017

Took untimed, still only got 12/16...

kenpo17

+1

level 68

Apr 18, 2017

I'm so used to just typing "Bosnia" that I forgot the full name is actually "Bosnia and Herzegovina." I ended up opening a new tab with Countries of the World and doing all of Europe so I could look through ti and see which Z country I had missed.

Chris1089

+1

level 49

Apr 18, 2017

I missed brazil and venezuela as I read americas as central america after getting belize

IneedasHower

+1

level 33

Apr 18, 2017

I made a quiz on this. You just copied me. OK? Also, I wasn't even the first. I found out after I had made the quiz.

+6

level ∞

Apr 19, 2017

Cool story. This quiz has been around since 2012.

FlabberBapper

+1

level 56

Apr 18, 2017

My brain went basically numb for the first part of the quiz. I tried typing in countries that had a 'z' in their name AND countries with a 'v' in their name. I was at first confused why countries like Maldives and Slovakia weren't being taken and then realized my mistake half-way through.

SamGould

+2

level 46

Aug 27, 2017

To those of you who think Azerbaijan is in Europe, Turkey is closer to Europe than Azerbaijan and 95% of it is in Asia. Only once you cross the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul will you be in Europe. get rekt

OfficerDibble

+1

level 70

Aug 29, 2017

Bozzzznia

Aesthus

+2

level 52

Feb 22, 2018

...and Herssssegovina

divantilya

+1

level 38

Feb 20, 2018

Here we go again! Now, instead of Cyprus, we're arguing about Azerbaijan. Wouldn't it be easier for everyone if the cartographers were to just re-map the world and put "Europe" where it rightfully belongs, in Asia? (or make Asia part of Europe; I don't care which, as it puts an end to these interminable arguments).

Carry

+1

level 60

Feb 27, 2019

Man... the times when Pangaea was the only continent... Everything was so easy.

kaislash

+1

level 23

Aug 28, 2018

im used to saying kyrgystan and bosnia

Sifhraven

+1

level 47

Jan 20, 2019

Weird how there are three people that cant distinguish v's from z's is that a regional thing? For one person it is odd, but for three, what are the odds... that doesnt seem like a coincidence (it is not like they sound alike. Or that it is 3 in a million)

Str3Ath

+2

level 44

Jan 20, 2019

Oops I forgot my own country (Czech republic) :D

hirsutebodkin

+1

level 47

Feb 5, 2019

Is Jetpunk going to update all quizzes now that Swaziland is known as the Kingdom of eSwatini?

Djilas

+1

level 73

Feb 16, 2019

yeah, at least those where it matters first.

sillie

+2

level 80

Feb 16, 2019

Got them all this time around. With almost two minutes to spare and definitely thinking through most of the world map. A bit plenty of time perhaps?

Yossarian

+1

level 66

Apr 4, 2019

I think trimming two minutes off the quiz would work; I spent almost a minute thinking "Former UK colony in central america...what is it...I know it's the other B answer for the Americas" and still ended with 3:31 left

cpgatbyu

+2

level 75

Feb 16, 2019

So Swaziland changes, but Brazil keeps the z that it apparently doesn't want?

+1

level ∞

Feb 17, 2019

Yep. Countries have different names in different languages.

Seppiroth

+2

level 47

Feb 17, 2019

What about Swaziland?

smartguy2

+1

level 59

Apr 4, 2019

Changed names

GeographyGeek42

+2

level 53

Feb 17, 2019

So, in April, Swaziland changed their English name, in June, the UN officially recognised the change. What took Jetpunk so long?

+1

level ∞

Feb 17, 2019

I didn't like the name change, and I was hoping it wouldn't stick. Keep in mind that Eswatini is one of the least free democratic countries on Earth. In fact, it is one of the few remaining absolute monarchies. So I really don't care if the king changes the name. But if people use the new name (and it seems like they are) then it gains legitimacy. This is the same reason I switched from Burma to Myanmar a couple years back.