Ridiculously difficult to type as fast and accurate as this puzzle requires for many, especially when you have to look at the keyboard when you type. Strategy and memory mean absolutely nothing when a certain physical skill is required.
Just because this quiz is hard for you doesn't make it lame. In fact, as mentioned by other comments, it is quite a good quiz. If you get angry, stop playing.
I had to make a formula, it was getting too hard lmao (it came to 24 seconds left, I made typos too!). here it is anyway (I just made changes):
USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR, Brazil, Peru, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, ROK, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, DRC, Tanzania, South Africa.
Note: DR= Dominican republic, ROK= South Korea, CAR= Central African Republic, DRC= Democratic Republic of the Congo
finished with 4 second to spare.. sequence being US, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, France, Germany, UK, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Kosovo, Croatia, Greece, Uzbekistan, India, Laos, Indonesia, Brunei, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Gabon, Algeria, Mali, Siera Leone, Gambia, Togo, Chad, Congo, South Africa, Guinea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Malawi
ok here is what i did. Italy, liechenstein, Spain, Monaco, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Montenegro, Greece, Moldova, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, China, ROK, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Cambodia, Papua New guinea, Timor leste, Dr, DRC, malawi, south Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Cameroon, Algeria, Guinea, Gambia, Burkina faso, Brazil, ecuador, chile, costa rica, guatemala, Usa
I do it, Usa, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Spain, France, Uk, Italy, austria, germany, sweden, russia, china, romania, serbia,(maybe hungary), greece, uzbekistan, iran, saudi arabia, israel, algeria, chad, niger/nigeria, senegal, guinea, ghana, gabon, ethiopia, congo, south africa, malawi, india, thailand, malaysia, indonesia, south korea. If I missed a step sorry, but this is how I do it.
usa, guatemala, costarica brazil peru france spain uk sweden germany russia austria italy romania serbia greece turkey israel saudiarabia uzbekistan india china ROK laos malaysia indonesia algeria senegal guinea togo car congo gabon ethiopia south africa malawi dr
Might not be the best, but its how I got 50 seconds left.
Shortest amount of characters needed to finish (please improvise):
USA Guatemala Costa Rica DR Peru Brazil France Spain Italy Austria Germany UK Ukraine Serbia Russia Greece Iran China Afghanistan Syria Saudi Arabia Libya Niger Morocco Senegal Togo Liberia Congo Gabon Zambia/Malawi South Africa Ethiopia India Malaysia Indonesia Laos North Korea Norway/Sweden/Finland
South Korea, Malawi, Senegal, India, UK, DR (Dominican Republic), Moldova, USA, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Turkmenistan, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cameroon, Libya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Congo (gets both), Austria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Peru
I ended up at 35 - I don’t think that I can go any quicker. And, certainly under 30 doesn’t seem realistically possible. I would have to see it to believe it.
Adding my name to those who finally achieved it. It does seem sad that such a good quiz just ends up a race against time to type in a list of countries you have carefully worked out in advance to minimise keystrokes. Would be nice to have a quiz like this with more time so you can figure it out as you go.
USA, Guatemala, CostaRica, Haiti, Brazil, Peru, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Liberia, Libya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zambia, southafrica, southkorea, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Syria, saudiarabia, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Moldova, Serbia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Austria, France, UK.
you can get Europe in 10 if you do Russia, Sweden, UK, Spain, Germany, Greece, Serbia, Austria, Italy, Monaco, and Asia in 10 as well if you do China, India, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, turkey, north Korea, Syria, Brunei, Indonesia if I'm not mistaken
I think it would be more fun with another minute or two. I think I was stuck in the 130's, until I made a cheat-sheet, and just casually typed them in.
The race was more fun, but I'd probably still be mad about missing the little stuff that doesn't show up on the map well.
Did it in 42 seconds Russia - China - South Korea - India - Indonesia - Thailand - Malaysia - Turkmenistan - Israel - Turkey - Saudi Arabia - Romania - Serbia - Greece - Germany - Austria - Italy - France - Spain - UK - Sweden - Algeria - Sudan - Senegal - Ghana - Liberia - Niger - Cameroon - Somalia - Congo - South Africa - USA - Mexico - Hondurus - Panama - Haiti - Brazil - Ecuador - Chile
Count how many letters you needed to type all answers, multiply that by 26, and the number you get is the chance that you type random letters and get it all right 🤔
Even though you were missing a few, (Haiti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Bosnia, and Tunisia) you actually helped me out so much! Thanks to you, I got the Border Badge! Thank you so much!
I physically can't type this fast, so how am I supposed to get the Border badge? I have done all the other necessary quizzes, but this one is just about impossible for me! Please, if even necessary, lower the required amount of points needed to earn the badge.
Inspired by TWM03's Optimal Solution (Nov 30,2020; 37 Words || 207 Characters):
Optimal solution by fewest keystrokes AND fewest word count (35 Words || 207 Characters):
USA Guatemala CostaRica Brazil Peru DC!R* SouthAfrica Malawi** Ethiopia Cameroon Togo Guinea Senegal Libya SaudiArabia Syria Iran UK France Spain Italy Austria Denmark*** Sweden^ Romania Serbia FYROM India Laos Indonesia Brunei ROK Russia Tajistan [sic]
* ! signifies using the left arrow key to type R in the middle of D_C to also get DRC as well as DR at once
** Interchangeable with Zambia
*** or Germany
^ or Norway
(Quick note: TWM03 had made the conclusion that an optimal solution using PRC for China didn't exist; I now agree, but would welcome anyone who proves the claim wrong)
With this method I've earned a 1:04! Here's my/your future method: Austria, Serbia, UK, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, North Korea, India, Laos, Indonesia, Brunei, Uzbekistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya, Niger, South Africa, Malawi, Congo, Ethiopia, Senegal, Togo, Guinea, Gabon, USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR, Brazil, and Peru.
USA Guatemala CostaRica DR Brazil Peru SouthAfrica Angola Tanzania Cameroon Algeria BurkinaFaso Liberia Senegal Ethiopia Israel SaudiArabia Indonesia Malaysia Laos China India ROK Turkmenistan Turkey Macedonia Croatia Spain France Italy Germany Austria UK Sweden Latvia Ukraine
rok
China,
India,
Russia,
Uzbekistan,
Iran,
Saudi Arabia,
Syria,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Indonesia
Brazil
Peru
guatemala,
canada,
costa rica,
Dr
mali
guinea,
gambia
gabon
Malawi
Ghana
benin
CAR
Congo
ethiopia
libya
south africa
Sweden,
germany,
france,
uk,
Spain,
italy,
Austria
serbia,
greece.
moldova
If you cannot finish it, that's your problem, 90 seconds is a lot of time.
usa, guatemala, haiti, costa rica, brazil, ecuador, chile;
uk, spain, italy, monaco, germany, austria, sweden, serbia, moldova, greece;
russia, south korea, indonesia, laos, brunei, india, uzbekistan, iran, saudi arabia, syria;
egypt, algeria, chad, ethiopia, gabon, congo, malawi, south africa, guinea, gambia, burkina faso;
Copy and paste burkina faso to make it even faster ;)
If you sau Gambia, then it highlights gambia AND senegal. There is no way to type gambia by itself
USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR, Brazil, Peru, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, ROK, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, DRC, Tanzania, South Africa.
Note: DR= Dominican republic, ROK= South Korea, CAR= Central African Republic, DRC= Democratic Republic of the Congo
this could be my cure for poor phone typing
usa, guatemala, costarica brazil peru france spain uk sweden germany russia austria italy romania serbia greece turkey israel saudiarabia uzbekistan india china ROK laos malaysia indonesia algeria senegal guinea togo car congo gabon ethiopia south africa malawi dr
Might not be the best, but its how I got 50 seconds left.
USA Guatemala Costa Rica DR Peru Brazil France Spain Italy Austria Germany UK Ukraine Serbia Russia Greece Iran China Afghanistan Syria Saudi Arabia Libya Niger Morocco Senegal Togo Liberia Congo Gabon Zambia/Malawi South Africa Ethiopia India Malaysia Indonesia Laos North Korea Norway/Sweden/Finland
sadly, DPRK and KSA not accepted yet.
done with 49 seconds left
South Korea, Malawi, Senegal, India, UK, DR (Dominican Republic), Moldova, USA, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Turkmenistan, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cameroon, Libya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Congo (gets both), Austria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Peru
Asia:
1. ROK (South Korea)
2. Russia (need for several countries)
3. PRC
3. India (need for Bangladesh)
4. Indonesia (need for East Timor)
5.Brunei (shorter than Malaysia)
6. Laos (need to clear out Cambodia - 4 letter word)
7. Uzbekistan
Middle East:
8. Iran
9. Saudi Arabia (gets Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen)
10. Israel (Lebanon, Egypt)
Africa:
11. Ethiopia
12. South Africa (need for Lesotho)
13. Gabon (best for Equatorial Guinea)
14. Senegal (need for Gambia)
15. Zambia
16. DRC (do last)
17. Chad
18. Togo
19. Guinea
20. Algeria
Europe:
21. Spain (need for Portugal)
22. France (need for Monaco)
23. Germany (need for Denmark)
24. Austria (need for Liechtenstein)
25. Italy (need for San Marino/Vatican)
26. Serbia
27. Greece
28. Moldova (alone)
29. Sweden (alone)
30. UK (for Ireland
South America:
31. Brazil
32. Peru
North America:
33. Costa Rica
34. Guatemala
35. USA
36. DR (for Haiti)
Finally do DRC after DR.
cant believe i missed djibouti
I think that's all it takes.
North America (4) - USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR
South America (2) - Brazil, Peru
Europe (11) - UK, Italy, Spain, Austria, France, Germany, Russia, FYROM, Bosnia, Ukraine, Sweden
Africa (9) - Libya, Zambia, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Togo, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa
Asia (9) - Malaysia, Indonesia, RKA, ROK, India, Vietnam, Iran, Tajikistan, Syria
That's the fastest I could come up with. Dunno if you can go under 35
The race was more fun, but I'd probably still be mad about missing the little stuff that doesn't show up on the map well.
typed in right as clock ticked to 1:30
I noticed DPRK is not accepted for North Korea (Stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea).
In some other quizzes DPRK works, not sure if it should here, just a query?
A couple notes and corrections:
- Sri Lanka does not border India.
-Add Bahrain. Saudi Arabia borders Bahrain on Passport Island.
-Add Denmark/Canada border.
Like would have to be the top 20 countries with most borders. I mean the time and math needed would be crazy.
edit 1: 125 now
edit 2: NO I WAS SO CLOSE I GOT 154 😭
edit 3: FINALLY 157 WITH 18 SECONDS LEFT FINALLY THAT BORDER BADGE IS IN MY COLLECTION
Optimal solution by fewest keystrokes AND fewest word count (35 Words || 207 Characters):
USA Guatemala CostaRica Brazil Peru DC!R* SouthAfrica Malawi** Ethiopia Cameroon Togo Guinea Senegal Libya SaudiArabia Syria Iran UK France Spain Italy Austria Denmark*** Sweden^ Romania Serbia FYROM India Laos Indonesia Brunei ROK Russia Tajistan [sic]
* ! signifies using the left arrow key to type R in the middle of D_C to also get DRC as well as DR at once
** Interchangeable with Zambia
*** or Germany
^ or Norway
(Quick note: TWM03 had made the conclusion that an optimal solution using PRC for China didn't exist; I now agree, but would welcome anyone who proves the claim wrong)
i think its one of the shortest
But there's only 156 answers total.
Also a curiosity: why isn't the Canada-Denmark border on Hans island considered?
Countries having many borders or short names: China, Russia, Laos, India, Iran, Serbia, Greece, Libya, Mali, Niger, Chad, Ethiopia, DRC, Peru, Brazil.
Remaning countries: Uzbekistan, Sweden, Romania, Guinea, Togo, Cameroon, Zambia, Guatemala, Costa Rica.