This already was a quiz I regularly came back to the last few months. Was a bit surprised when I went back to it today and saw a different map. A lot of new answers and some municipalities are very tiny, but you still managed to make a very clear map, well done.
There were some weird type-ins there. In particularly for Denmark, parts of Jutland just "syd" and "nor" were enough. And for Finland in Finnish as well, cut off at weird places.
In Macedonia (and I guess Latvia) and e.g. also Slovenia these are simply municipalities, not much different than in other countries, but small countries don't really need an intermediate division between national and local level. Or to be precise, there usually is, but only for specific purposes (statistics, courts etc), not with the whole government apparatus.
I wasn't given Faroe Islands because it accepted after Faro - which, of course, is in Portugal. And because it is difficult to see where a new green blob (or rather pixel) appears, I thought I must have got Faroe and went on with other areas. Bummer!. >(
I managed to get 10 from Slovenia....only because my girlfriend is from Slovenia. Still she's going to be disappointed that I only got 10, recognised about another 10 when I saw the answers.
yep, a Finnish friend of mine said that the "Helsinki-Uusimaa Region" is only called "Uusimaa", which I double checked and removed Helsinki from the quiz
Type-ins are not working for words with 'ð' -- e.g. blaskogabyggo is not working for bláskógabyggð and borgarbyggo is not working for borgarbyggð. Thanks!
The letter for "ð" is not "o", but it is "d" (the uppercase version of ð is Ð), but with people being confused (your comment) of which letter it is, I accepted so that any letter can be accepted for it (the same thing I did with the letter "Þ", which is the letters "th")
If you took the quiz Untimed then it wouldn't register as you completing it, I think. But even if you took it untimed it should still show your best score in the brown box that comes up when you finish or give up.
Good quiz! It was quite odd, that Päijät-Häme didn't work for one finnish subdivision, when almost in every other subdivisions finnish names for them worked. I din't know the english name of that region, before i checked it after the quiz.
Tuzi became a municipality in 2018, however, I can't really find any maps that show it as a different municipality to use as a source, Sorry. (Tuzi is still an answer though)
Fck half an hour in, I accidentaly clicked give up.. (I have had that happen a few times recently but on this one it is extremely !!! Annoying. With scrolling somehow Im not in the typing box anymore so have to click it to start typing again, and apparently (on tablet) I often miss..
well I was at 101, I think in the 2nd half hour maybe I would ve gotten 20 more. Gonna take a break mow and try later without looking at the answers (will take a peek at the average)
The fact that the UK accounted for only 4 answers here really screwed me over. If all the separate counties were included I could’ve got about 100 more
The UK actually counted for 8 answers, There's also the Crown Dependencies of Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey and the Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Would be much better if the other countries were simplified like the UK rather than the UK being split up and overcomplicated like some other countries.
This is first-level ADMINISTRATIVE divisions, so statistical regions in places like Slovenia or North Macedonia don't count, if they did count, where would you draw the line of what's a "first-level" subdivision? Maybe the 8 regions of Romania, maybe the 8 Russian federal districts, maybe the 9 American divisions? Or maybe you're talking about area/population, in which case countries like San Marino would have no subdivisions.
Since this quiz only includes inhabited subdivisions, I went looking for the least populated one, and so far my best offer is Árneshreppur, population 43, which 1% of quizzers (incredibly) have heard of and can spell correctly.
A lot ending in -hreppur (meaning county I believe) so I guess you would only have to remember Árnes. And if you are from (or have been to) Iceland that is not to hard I guess. And Arne is also not an uncommon first name in scandinavia, that would help. (árn means eagle I think)
Re the UK; "The nearby Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Bailiwick of Jersey are NOT PART of the UK, being Crown dependencies with the British Government responsible for defence and international representation"
I chose them (and also Gibraltar) to be part of the United Kingdom because:They aren't independent countries.They exist so it wouldn't make sense to not include them.The closest country (politically) is the United Kingdom.The same can be said to the Faroe Islands to Denmark.
I officially broke 900! Only Iceland and Slovenia left. I don't know which one to do next, Iceland's are hard to spell, and Slovenia from the sheer number of them. Maybe I'll settle with what I have.
Just to make it a bit easier and consistent, please do accept type-ins like "Western Bothnia" for "Västerbotten" in Sweden. Just like you accept "North", "Mid" and "South" for the Danish regions.
"The county of Skeiða and Gnúpverja" sound less scary allready doesnt it? Don't know what the individual names mean though.
It is hard to imagine someone not being familiar AT ALL with english words, but just try; "The United states of America" would seem like a mouthfull wouldnt it?
WTH? a country made up of 5 words?? couldnt they just pick one? (Yes I know, UK has more, but many people, outside of jetpunk I mean, wouldn't know or be able to reproduce the entire thing)
It is all a matter of perspective :)
If you have trouble imagining, here is some help, using different letters "Yjr Imoyrf dysyrd pg Snrtovs" (All letters moved one position sideways on the keyboard)
I do love Icelandic and the way some new words can be cleverly created (like tölva for computer).
But I do have trouble with how letters are sometimes pronounced, especially the "g" depending on its position, and some combinations like "fnd". I also felt very stupid the first time I heard Keflavík with the correct pronunciation.
Some typeins I missed this time: Athos or Mt Athos for Mount Athos, Medjimurje (đ=dj in Croatian when you don't have the letter, like oe/ue/ae in German)
Hi IAB, I made a spin-off of this quiz which focuses only on the subdivisions which are by the sea. It is a Map Click kind of quiz instead, and I also added the european part of Turkey. Anyways, the quiz is here in case you want to see it (it's my first map lol). Hope you don't mind, and thank you!
Would I be allowed to copy your quiz? I've had an idea with this SVG (All First-Level Subdivisions of Europe by second-largest city (or by second to fifth largest cities, haven't decided yet)), so I wanted to ask if I would be allowed to copy this quiz.
This is an incredible quiz. Though, I find it strange how the 5 point threshold is around 550 answers for this quiz and around 800 for all first-level subdivisions of the world. ( I get around 300 on this quiz and around 900 on the world). I get people know more about Europe but, only an additional 250 answers for the rest of the world? and this quiz has also been taken twice as much so the 5 point threshold should presumably be lower. Honestly, Idk Just thought it was an interesting statistic and I'm definitely overthinking this.
I don't agree. Check, for instance, Wikipedia. Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius (if that's what you're refering to) are special municipalities. And therefore, not at the same (higher!) level as the provinces.
Nope, I am talking about the other Dutch Caribbean islands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten). The ones that you mentioned are in fact part of the constituent country of the Netherlands.
@AlexanderQ Special municipalities are, like provinces, second level subdivisions. Despite their different status, they are at the same level. What you just said is essentially like saying how Shanghai and Xinjiang are on different levels as one is a municipality whereas the other is an autonomous region
Idk how it works in other countries, but in the Netherlands the provinces are divided into municipalities. For instance, the 'gemeente Arnhem' (a municipality) is part of the province of Gelderland. And the municipality of Amsterdam is part of Noord-Holland. So, Dutch municipalities are definitely a level below provinces.
After diving a little deeper into the official status of all parts of my country, there might be a case to divide it (at first level) into Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and St Maarten. But in the spirit of this quiz, I would certainly claim that using the provinces would be a much better option.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands compromises of the Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curacao. The European part (usually referred to as "Netherlands") has 12 provinces and these are the first level subdivisions which make sense. There is no difference with Denmark, where the Kingdom of Denmark also only has three parts (Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe islands), however for some reason Denmark's first level regions are shown. It's an inconsistency.
"Denmark proper is not considered to be a constituent country."
Huh? What's your source on this? Wikipedia specifically calls it the "politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark," which makes sense because it is Denmark proper that has equal status with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, not its five regions.
Even as someone coming from North Rhine-Westphalia I find the whole name incredibly clunky. Being able to type NRW, which is the common abbreviation, would be much appreciated.
It does look like one shorter version is accepted. Just typing Westphalia works. Mildly related, Rhineland also works as a type in, but with so much going on in this quiz im not sure if that is filling in NRW or Palatinate.
Wow, this is a bit different than the prior version! I'll need to remaster it :) I like the addition of the country borders.
So far I've found one mistake. In Moldova, it looks like Calarasi and Cahul have been switched. They were correct in the prior version. But on the flip side, you corrected where Soroca also fills in Soldanesti. (and likewise, it looks like you fixed Serbia where Pomoravlje was also filling in Podunavlje )
Man this quiz is brutal to get 5/5 on! I've been grinding it for 2 months now, and got all the way up to 518 answered, which still only beats 93%! I am certainly learning a ton of geography though, it will be crazy satisfying to finally get the 5!
Like the Kingdom of Denmark is divided into Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands. The regions of Denmark are included; so should also the provinces of The Netherlands been.
Finally, after over seven months, I have gotten 100% on this quiz. I had all of Europe except for FYROM, Iceland, and Slovenia done in mid november, I did FYROM in February, Iceland in March, and now I've finally gotten around to finishing slovenia. omg I'm so done with this quiz lol but I love it so much
But why though? Do subdivisions in Europe change that much within the span of a year? Maybe reset this every other year? Not very enjoyable for us long timers to earn 5 points back for a quiz that's this daunting every single year.
Accept "Federacija BiH" or even just "Federacija", that's how it's usually called. (Murska) "Sobota" is also enough. Medjimurje should be also accepted (DJ is the alternative spelling of Đ, D is not enough)
This is a great quiz! I am working on getting all the answers. However, I would suggest a few edits.
The European part of Turkey should be included, as it is technically in Europe.
Vatican City should also be included as its own subdivision, as it is also in Europe, even if it doesn't have any divisions within it.
England should be split into counties, since there is no official administrative region called England, and the counties are in fact the first-level subdivisions.
That England point is quite right. (No-one seems to be interested in getting that one right though, I'm not sure why not - the existence of an English administration is surely the most persistent Jetpunk fiction)
I want to do better but wow look how many subdivisions Slovenia has for it's size. They have no relevance for me to memorize other than for the sake of this quiz and a few good wine regions. Ditto with Malta. I'm not even trying to learn all of those. Nor Iceland. You guys that 50%+ on this one are beasts.
Wow, this is very impressive. I like it really very much. I could kick myself for forgetting some very obvious ones, though. I'm especially angry with myself for not trying the names of Polish cities and Uralic languages. They would have helped.
I also found a few mistakes, which is natural, dealing with such a huge material. They all concern Hungarian counties. Three of them are swapped. You wrote "Baranya" where "Békés" should be, you wrote "Békés" where "Bács-Kiskun" should be, and "Bács-Kiskun" is where "Baranya" should be.
Otherwise thank you. I'll be soon practising lots of other subdivisions.
- all hyphenated ones should accept either first or second part
- "detailed locations" can be dropped: Cerklje, Črna, Kostanjevica, Lovrenc, Miklavž, Ribnica, Radlje, Ravne, Rečica, Selnica, Središče, Sveti Jurij, Sveti Andraž, Sveta Trojica, Šmarje, Šmartno, Zagorje
- all sveti/sveta can be abbreviated as "sv"
- (Gornja) Radgona, Rogaška (Slatina), Sobota, Gorica, Konjice, Lašče
I'll come back another day.
Fixed.
After some practice I'm at 902 as of today. I know all countries fully except for Latvia, Iceland, North Macedonia and Moldova...
Slovenia was a pain in the ass to learn though.
well I was at 101, I think in the 2nd half hour maybe I would ve gotten 20 more. Gonna take a break mow and try later without looking at the answers (will take a peek at the average)
Just to make it a bit easier and consistent, please do accept type-ins like "Western Bothnia" for "Västerbotten" in Sweden. Just like you accept "North", "Mid" and "South" for the Danish regions.
And when I drop the s I get all sorts of tools, mainly hot air guns (to strip paint) but also electric saws (mainly for your hedges)
WTF Iceland?
It is hard to imagine someone not being familiar AT ALL with english words, but just try; "The United states of America" would seem like a mouthfull wouldnt it?
WTH? a country made up of 5 words?? couldnt they just pick one? (Yes I know, UK has more, but many people, outside of jetpunk I mean, wouldn't know or be able to reproduce the entire thing)
It is all a matter of perspective :)
If you have trouble imagining, here is some help, using different letters "Yjr Imoyrf dysyrd pg Snrtovs" (All letters moved one position sideways on the keyboard)
But I do have trouble with how letters are sometimes pronounced, especially the "g" depending on its position, and some combinations like "fnd". I also felt very stupid the first time I heard Keflavík with the correct pronunciation.
Oh, and Cutonomous republic of Crimea? :P
My record is now 615 with 26 countries of which I know all the provinces, so I can brag around when I meet people from there.
Seriously, it's interfering with my thesis and life :O
Can you please accept Caporetto(Kobarid), Postumia(Postojna), Capodistria(Koper), Grigioni(Grisons), San Gallo(St. Gallen), Zara(Zadar)?
Slovenia: yes
I think I found two subdivisions that incorrectly trigger multiple areas.
1. Soroca in Moldova. It turns Soroca green as well as Soldanesti.
2. Pomoravlje in Serbia. It turns Pomoravlje green as well as Podunavlje.
Edit: Aaaand guess what, it already exists and I found it. Here it is if you want to try it out
After diving a little deeper into the official status of all parts of my country, there might be a case to divide it (at first level) into Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and St Maarten. But in the spirit of this quiz, I would certainly claim that using the provinces would be a much better option.
Huh? What's your source on this? Wikipedia specifically calls it the "politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark," which makes sense because it is Denmark proper that has equal status with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, not its five regions.
So far I've found one mistake. In Moldova, it looks like Calarasi and Cahul have been switched. They were correct in the prior version. But on the flip side, you corrected where Soroca also fills in Soldanesti. (and likewise, it looks like you fixed Serbia where Pomoravlje was also filling in Podunavlje )
Great quiz, IAB!
In Hungary:
Baranya has been switched with Bacs-Kiskun
In Moldova:
Cahul has been switched with Calarasi
Causeni has been switched with Cantemir
The European part of Turkey should be included, as it is technically in Europe.
Vatican City should also be included as its own subdivision, as it is also in Europe, even if it doesn't have any divisions within it.
England should be split into counties, since there is no official administrative region called England, and the counties are in fact the first-level subdivisions.
Thanks for considering
What you marked as Békés is actually Bács-Kiskun
What you marked as Bács-Kiskun is actually Baranya
And what you marked as Baranya is actually Békés
So it would be great if you fixed those, other than that great job
I also found a few mistakes, which is natural, dealing with such a huge material. They all concern Hungarian counties. Three of them are swapped. You wrote "Baranya" where "Békés" should be, you wrote "Békés" where "Bács-Kiskun" should be, and "Bács-Kiskun" is where "Baranya" should be.
Otherwise thank you. I'll be soon practising lots of other subdivisions.