Not a bad time! For those looking for slightly more of a challenge, try this 30 second version! The average is only 16, let me know if you are able to beat that!
Oi! Stop whining! STeFF is curious, so let's give her a thoughtful answer. And the answer is, that some books and websites place Cyprus in Asia, and others place it in Europe, so using the brackets here kinda hedges bets between both options.
Being part of some organization does not move the country closer to the "geographical" continent. E.g. Israel is part of the UEFA but noone in their right mind would suggest it is part of the European continent.
Same goes for Cyprus though this case is a bit different since the country is on an island located on the Mediterranean sea and therefore it is harder to define whether it is part of one or the other continent (where I come from all the Caribbean islands are considered to be part of the North America even though some of those are just miles away from the South America). To make it even worse the island is divided culturally.
And geographically, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are in Asia (most of them lies south of the Caucasus Mountains) but all three are part of the Council of Europe.
Jetpunk does have a standard when it comes to Cyprus (and Russia, for that matter). However, it gets debated and argued so frequently that many quizzes simply throw it in automatically to try and sidestep the debate.
because it is half ruled by Greece and half ruled by Turkey and and as Turkey is not counted as continental Europe it is in brackets as it is half European half Asian
Half of it isn't ruled by Greece. ~2/3 is owned by the Republic of Cyprus, which isn't controlled by Greece. Turkey, however, illegally controls the other ~1/3.
This quiz should accept Czechia for Czech Republic like most others already do. I believe that became their official shortened name back in April. It's basically the same thing the Slovak Republic did with the name Slovakia, but it's less well-known because the change was so recent and quiet.
Whoa, got them all with 16 seconds to spare on my first time. But okay, let's be fair, I live in Europe and I've taken the Countries of the World quiz like waaaayyy to many times...
Has anyone ever tried googling Europe or Asia? Or looked it up on Wikipedia? There's even an article about Continental borders. Russia is always counted as part of Europe while Turkey and Cyprus aren't. When I had to learn the countries of Europe in school that's the way I learned it as well. People once decided those borders. There are century-old maps that show the exact outline known today.
Did it ever occur to you that the reason Russia was considered part of Europe back then was because most of the nations the USSR usurped were in Europe?
If 25% of the area is in Europe, that means 75% is in Asia. And since this quiz is about geography, I don't really think the population bit matters that much. Anyway, I'm not asking or expecting you to change it, just expressing my annoyance at the standard way it's classified, since it's very counterintuitive to me.
First time, missed everything but Yugoslavia and Liechtenstein. Second time started with Yugoslavia and then micro-states and went on to get everything with ease.
I lost massive time because I typed Turkey...which last time I looked was a European country...and then kept typing others not realizing Turkey hadn't been accepted. Not cool.
First attempt: 42/45.
I missed Bulgaria, Hungary and Kosovo.
In my anxiety due to time passing, my fingers miswrote many countries, otherwise I would have had more time to reach the maximum score! :'(
Spent several tries trying to spell Cyprus only to realize that I'm spelling it right and remembering that this site is ornery about it being in Asia. Quizmaster, you know who thinks Cyprus is Asian? Belgium. That's who. So tired of you always toeing the line out of Brussels. I bet you also eat French Fries and pizza with a fork, you Leopold loving anti-Cyrprite.
Hey now... I'm Belgian and Cyprus can be wherever it wants to be for all I care. And I've asked around, fellow countrymen and - women agree with me: If Cyprus wants to be in Asia, it can be; if it wants to be in Europe, that is fine by us as well. It can even be in Africa for all we care.
And it's Belgian fries. The other ones are just greasy, wrongly fried pieces of potato.
All hail Leo. Face.
@QM believes that Belgium is responsible for all the world's problems. He has put it as number one in a list of greatest enemies of the USA. In response to a quiz about irreligious countries he commented: 'Elgium °_°. Except - it isn't serious. It's a response to unfair bigotry against the USA.
Czech republic tripped me up too, but I finally got it!