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Countries of the Middle East

Oh no! All the countries of the Middle East have fallen into the sea. Guess their names to bring them back.

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Quiz by relessness - Nov 18, 2016

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AlejandroAP

level 68

Nov 18, 2016

Wonderful quiz! Great job!

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Freestatebear

level 71

Nov 18, 2016

Seems like you're undecided on whether to include the Palestinian Territories or not. You list them separately, but it fills in automatically when you enter Israel. Maybe a note in the instructions could clarify?

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samiamco

level 65

Nov 18, 2016

What needs clarification? Whichever one you type in, both will show up. It's like the perfect neutral solution :-)

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alburquirky

level 55

Nov 18, 2016

What's the little blip on Egypt's southern border? Reminds of the bit sticking out of Minnesota into Canada

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fromaj

level 56

Nov 18, 2016

Part of the Nile unofficially known as the Wadi Halfa Salient. Another interesting Egypt/Sudan border feature is the Hala'ib Triangle.

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Aesthus

level 45

Mar 10, 2017

Presently I believe it's referred to as the Bir Tawil.

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tshalla

level 59

Aug 18, 2017

I can't speak to the Egypt/Sudan "blip," but the entire US/Canada border is irregular until that Minnesotan "Northwest Angle." The 49th parallel begins to form the boundary between Canada and the United States from Manitoba until the coast of mainland B.C.

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relessness

level 47

Nov 18, 2016

Actually quite an interesting area of land. I'll find a video about it later but basically neither Sudan nor Egypt technically claim the land. I'm not sure exactly of the reason but from what I remember is that Sudan believe that the border is everything below a longitude parrelel belongs to them. And Egypt follow some old colonial border that everything above this border is them. That bit of land is above the parallel and below the Egyptian border so nobody has claimed it.

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samiamco

level 65

Nov 18, 2016

Wow, that's the reverse of the problem that usually happens, where multiple countries WANT to claim a disputed piece of land. I'm thinking this place must be a real hole-in-the-wall, if Egypt and the Sudan are both like, "No no no, you can have it!" // "Oh, heavens no; YOU take it. We insist." // "No really – it belongs to you. We could not dream of keeping this little slice of paradise from you." // ad infinitum…

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relessness

level 47

Nov 19, 2016

Er turns out I got a bit mixed up in terms of which part was actually in dispute. Actually a different area with all the territorial disputes. But yeah look up Bir Tamil and the Hala'ib Triangle if you want to know more

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Gamer1162

level 62

Nov 20, 2016

Here is this video: https://youtu.be/gtLxZiiuaXs (skip to 6:46)

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plattitude

level 76

Nov 21, 2016

The video that Gamer1162 references the history of the area, but doesn't speak to the 'blip' directly. The same amendment to the condominium treaty that makes Bir Tamil unclaimed and Hala'ib claimed by both Sudan and Egypt puts the Wadi Halfa under Sudanese control, as it was easier to manage the flooding on Lake Nubia from the Sudanese side.

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rocamorar

level 62

Dec 20, 2016

This is very interesting. Since this is unclaimed territory, I wonder what would happen if someone goes there and plants his flag.

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Roger77024

level 59

Mar 9, 2017

They did. A child (in U.S., I think) wanted to be a princess. So her dad went there, "claimed" it, and declared her Princess and ruler. Trump has proposed to her (after Melania divorces him) if she'll make him King - having a higher IQ, she declined.

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Quizzer6794

level 58

Nov 23, 2016

Look up "Wadi Halfa"

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bananallama

level 44

Mar 9, 2017

Did it al with 100000 minutes left! i'm only 0.5

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starfast

level 48

Mar 9, 2017

I didn't realize that Cyprus was considered part of the Middle East. You learn something new every day, I guess.

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Spaceowl

level 43

Mar 9, 2017

It isn't. It's just an American thing.

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bananallama

level 44

Mar 9, 2017

true

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10sauem

level 52

Mar 9, 2017

It's a part of the European Union even though it's a little way away from the nearest other member which is Greece. The reason Americans class it as the Middle East is because it's close to the other countries in the region.

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Arp2600

level 72

Mar 9, 2017

This time I don't agree with the quiz maker. Cyprus is in Asia, but I would not include it in the Middle East.

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divantilya

level 40

Mar 9, 2017

If Turkey is in the Middle East, then so is Cyprus. What is NOT in the Middle East is Egypt. (unless you're going to consider the entire eastern part of Africa, the Middle East). This is a geography test; let's leave politics out of it.

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Arp2600

level 72

Mar 9, 2017

The concept of "Middle East" is quite political anyway. But ok, let's say that the turkish part of Cyprus qualifies it for being in the Middle East.

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HectorVortac

level 46

Mar 9, 2017

Amen, Arp

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fitheach

level 50

Aug 18, 2017

@divantilya: Egypt is considered as Middle East by any international organization that refers to the Middle East, as well as in in Middle Eastern studies departments and courses at universities. Politically, historically, culturally, linguistically, it has so much in common with what's the other side of Sinai that it would be folly to not include it.

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TheNotoriousA

level 35

Aug 18, 2017

Personally I think the Causcasian countries and Cyprus are definitely European, but that's just me.

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UMCPGreg

level 56

Mar 9, 2017

Yeah, this is the first time I've ever seen Cyprus in the Middle East. Egypt most definitely is in the Middle East.

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Borgir

level 56

Mar 9, 2017

Meh. I'm just gonna leave them in the sea.

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Juffe

level 56

Mar 9, 2017

Ok, some version of this joke was already here, so I don't have to add it. ( My line would have been "Do we want to bring them back?")

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Gamer1162

level 62

Mar 9, 2017

I'll save Cyprus only.

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JayLenosChin

level 35

Mar 9, 2017

CYPRUS?!

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Yossarian

level 66

Mar 9, 2017

We don't talk about Cyprus.

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trebek

level 65

Mar 9, 2017

Or myanmar

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Zefyrinus

level 59

Mar 9, 2017

Yeah, wtf?

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manchesterutd10

level 52

Mar 9, 2017

most defintions of the middle east include cyprus

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donniedarko

level 54

Mar 9, 2017

I kind of just pursed my lips in absurdity with this as well.

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TinklePork

level 57

Apr 7, 2017

A European country being classified as middle eastern

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sealsi6

level 34

Mar 9, 2017

Nice quiz! Maybe less time as I got 'em all with 1:52 remaining...

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kalbahamut

level 70

Mar 9, 2017

I saved all the Middle Easterners from drowning.

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kalbahamut

level 70

Mar 11, 2017

Whoever deletes comments here is trying to cover up evidence...

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QuizTAKER27

level 18

Mar 9, 2017

nice quiz

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Elan

level 55

Mar 9, 2017

Jetpunk seems to be very adamant that the Palestinian territories and separate from the state of Israel, and yet that land is filled in when you type in Israel.

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Jerry928

level 68

Aug 24, 2017

And the reverse happens - wen you type in Palestine, it also gives you Israel! I doubt the Israelis would class themselves as a territory of Palestine. Since Israel has specifically not claimed Palestine as its own territory, then "Territories" makes no sense in the Palestine answer, because to be a territory, you have to be a territory of somewhere, and the only possible place it would have been classed as a territory (unwillingly, since it's declared itself to be a country anyway, with majority world recognition) would have been of Israel.

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jmellor13

level 54

Mar 9, 2017

I didn't understand the premise at first and was wondering why in the world the quiz included a random photo of water...

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Hogger

level 49

Mar 9, 2017

Nice quiz, but the map pic is misleading.

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Stefi123

level 20

Mar 10, 2017

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia should have been included too...

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TheNotoriousA

level 35

Aug 18, 2017

No. Afghanistan is much closer to the other "stans" geographically and to Pakistan culturally so it qualifies as South East Asia imo. Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan are definitely not Middle Eastern. Whether they're in Europe or Asia is a complex issue, I think Europe, but that's a personal thing.

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Rafik

level 21

Mar 12, 2017

I didn't know that Bahrain was in the Middle East.

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Tomtrific

level 45

Aug 18, 2017

I still don't know exactly where Bahrain is, either. All I know is it's an island, it's loaded with money, and it's somewhere near Saudi Arabia. Must be tiny.

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ZenVlad

level 45

Mar 14, 2017

I agree Cyprus in the Middle East since it is in Western Asia, Egypt I have doubts about as I do about Iran. How about including the several Libyas and Afghanistans and Palestine/Gaza?

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Thorvald

level 65

Mar 31, 2017

"Oh no! All the countries of the Middle East have fallen into the sea." - And the world is a lot more peaceful place now ;)

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Tomtrific

level 45

Aug 18, 2017

Sad but true. If only North Korea would do the same.