Countries with Z

+22

level 32

Oct 26, 2012

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

MarcoReus

+33

level 39

Nov 22, 2012

Azerbaijan is in Asia

simsy

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).

+18

level 32

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only reason you think Azerbaijan is in Europe is because it was part of the USSR before, then you will be misled due to outdated information.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

level 55

Jan 7, 2013

Azerbaijan IS in Asia

BlueTangerine123

level 13

Aug 29, 2013

It's in Eurovision aswell

Trohjell

level 28

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 74

Dec 30, 2013

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

fluence

level 34

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?

level 77

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

level 43

Jan 19, 2016

Since when geographic norms are established by Eurovision, duh?

PjotrL

+12

level 67

Aug 2, 2016

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

fortoj

level 54

Apr 18, 2017

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

Yanni47

level 69

Feb 22, 2018

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

someone2018

level 76

Jun 28, 2018

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

tshalla

level 68

Feb 17, 2019

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

CraftBananaDuty

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

level 64

Apr 4, 2019

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

Osiris

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.

K9Gmaple

level 39

Oct 5, 2019

Better arguments on here than there is on facebook XDXDXD

JoshSamuels

level 44

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

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

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...

TurkeyCookTime

level 50

Nov 5, 2019

The Caucasus are used to define the Europe-Asia border, so Azerbaijan gets cut by it. However, the majority is in Asia (over 90%)

level 77

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

level 83

Apr 10, 2013

Thank you.

plattitude

level 84

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

level 47

Apr 12, 2014

I think you mean 'asianine'

level 77

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.

level 77

Apr 4, 2015

as is Kazakhstan.

ander217

level 76

Apr 4, 2015

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

level 77

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

level 84

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

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.

level 77

Apr 18, 2017

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

icetruckkiller

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

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

level 23

Oct 31, 2013

100% with 1:44 left #YOLO

TeutonicKing

level 28

Apr 4, 2015

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

MyMindWentBlank

level 52

Apr 18, 2017

Or astronomy

legend101

level 48

Apr 4, 2015

azerbaijan is in eurovision but not europe

yoyo541

level 28

Feb 21, 2016

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

Findlay

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.

kolovozzz

level 33

Apr 22, 2017

It's transcontinental

TennisMan

level 36

Feb 22, 2018

you crazy

neho

level 20

Nov 22, 2012

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

level 32

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

level 63

Jan 7, 2017

Do it!

SeanersaurusRex

level 38

Aug 29, 2017

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

sierraistheshiz

level 20

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

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

level 63

Jan 7, 2017

Will we be seeing you soon?

potato5402

+10

level 57

Apr 19, 2017

that was 5 years ago

redsplat

level 76

Feb 21, 2019

Fair enough. Did they see you soon then?

DavidScullySport

level 4

Nov 22, 2012

cool quiz :)

mal

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

level 32

Nov 22, 2012

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

ConfusedYeti

level 39

Nov 22, 2012

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

bur0030

level 36

Dec 4, 2012

What about Vatican City?

+24

level 32

Dec 5, 2012

Oh no, I forgot about Vatican Zity!

K9Gmaple

level 39

Feb 17, 2019

you did however forget about swaziland

amm14

level 68

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

level 20

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

level 58

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

level 19

Mar 29, 2013

Damn you Mozambique....!

baconator3000

level 32

Jun 6, 2013

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

colematthew

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

level 76

Feb 21, 2019

I liked that personally.

Stevo6612

level 37

Aug 1, 2013

Booyah! Got em all

choosegoose

level 48

Oct 23, 2013

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

sillie

level 82

Jun 4, 2014

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

level 64

Sep 5, 2019

How is it sneaking it in there?? it is one of the countries with a z in its name, omitting would be an error.

level 32

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

level 34

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

level 81

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

level 59

Dec 17, 2014

got 'em all :)

Samuel281

level 44

Feb 4, 2015

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

skiesboy

level 62

Apr 1, 2015

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

level 77

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

level 73

Apr 4, 2015

wow...you are just amazing

level 77

Apr 6, 2015

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

level 77

Apr 18, 2017

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

Pharley

level 61

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.

level 77

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

level 78

Apr 18, 2017

Six minutes is very generous indeed.

level 77

Feb 5, 2019

thank you

asteachr

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

level ∞

Apr 6, 2015

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

Shade9099

level 58

Feb 22, 2018

You can't always trust that those are current

level 64

Sep 5, 2019

you cant trust anything, everything is the work of people,, so..

2kool4skoolz

level 44

Apr 8, 2015

The United Statez of America.

TheNewPotato

level 48

Feb 13, 2016

'Murica

level 64

Sep 5, 2019

Zmurica?

Carry

level 62

Feb 9, 2016

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

TheNewPotato

level 48

Feb 13, 2016

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

Frischluftfanatiker

level 65

Apr 19, 2016

It seems that you are a pretty positive person;)

vigeneus

level 55

Jun 7, 2016

Love how the clue of continents based is.

ruchi

level 21

Sep 10, 2016

11! Love this quiz.

cyroman

level 56

Dec 31, 2016

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

galaxytea

level 60

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.

Sverre

level 43

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

level ∞

Feb 27, 2017

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

blackrussian13

level 60

Feb 27, 2017

done with one second left :)

level 42

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

level 67

Apr 18, 2017

That would be a much shorter quiz.

HectorVortac

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

level 62

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

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

level 59

Apr 18, 2017

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

Moosefight

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

level 67

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

level 43

Aug 21, 2018

you so crazy

Elan

level 62

Apr 18, 2017

I missed Brazil! fml

RabidPony

level 42

Apr 18, 2017

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

kenpo17

level 67

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

level 49

Apr 18, 2017

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

IneedasHower

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.

level ∞

Apr 19, 2017

Cool story. This quiz has been around since 2012.

FlabberBapper

level 60

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

level 47

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

level 72

Aug 29, 2017

Bozzzznia

Aesthus

level 51

Feb 22, 2018

...and Herssssegovina

divantilya

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

level 62

Feb 27, 2019

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

kaislash

level 24

Aug 28, 2018

im used to saying kyrgystan and bosnia

level 64

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

level 46

Jan 20, 2019

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

hirsutebodkin

level 51

Feb 5, 2019

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

Djilas

level 74

Feb 16, 2019

yeah, at least those where it matters first.

sillie

level 82

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

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

level 77

Feb 16, 2019

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

level ∞

Feb 17, 2019

Yep. Countries have different names in different languages.

Seppiroth

level 55

Feb 17, 2019

What about Swaziland?

smartguy2

level 62

Apr 4, 2019

Changed names

GeographyGeek42

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?

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.

level ∞

Feb 17, 2019

By the way, official UN names are often really silly. Witness "Islamic Republic of Iran", "Plurinational State of Bolivia", or "Viet Nam". It makes dealing with UN data a pain in the butt sometimes.

skoldpadda

level 62

Apr 4, 2019

or the UN's former use of FYROM

divantilya

level 38

Apr 9, 2019

Hmm... Interesting how quickly Jetpunk jumps on the bandwagon with "Eswatini", but is still struggling to accept "Cote d'Ivoire" and "Cabo Verde".

MikyKudo7

level 10

Apr 4, 2019

you forgot swaziland

MTZION

level 17

Apr 4, 2019

Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini, as of April 19, 2018.

CBFILHO

level 26

Apr 4, 2019

Almost forgot Brazil. I actually live there, but we're used to spell the Portuguese form 'Brasil'.

level 64

Jun 13, 2019

I could NOT think of venezuela.. like it had vanished from existence, I must ve gone through all of the americas like 8-12 times... could not find what was missing :/