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Countries Based on First Two Letters

In just two minutes, identify these countries of the world, given only the first two letters of their name.
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: February 25, 2019
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First submittedMarch 11, 2015
Times taken71,021
Rating4.98
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First Two Letters
Country
IS
Israel
BH
Bhutan
HA
Haiti
ME
Mexico
TH
Thailand
CR
Croatia
EC
Ecuador
EL
El Salvador
SP
Spain
JO
Jordan
RO
Romania
LU
Luxembourg
First Two Letters
Country
UR
Uruguay
ZI
Zimbabwe
VI
Vietnam
ET
Ethiopia
GH
Ghana
HO
Honduras
KE
Kenya
CY
Cyprus
PE
Peru
ER
Eritrea
HU
Hungary
TR
Trinidad and Tobago
ponnuki
+5
Level 54
Mar 11, 2015
Couldn't DE also be Democratic Republic of the Congo?
kiwirage
+3
Level 62
Mar 11, 2015
Thanks - I've made an adjustment to avoid that ambiguity.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
May 20, 2019
I believe that The Democratic Republic of the Congo would DRC, not DE.
kiwirage
+17
Level 62
Jun 6, 2019
First two letters ≠ initialism
Quizapprentice
+1
Level 21
Oct 1, 2020
How do you make a generator quiz? I can't figure it out...
K9Gmaple
+6
Level 39
Sep 7, 2019
what about Denmark?
sillie
+17
Level 82
Sep 21, 2015
Surprising that ME is proving to be the hardest one.
alberici
+6
Level 73
Sep 22, 2015
same with me!!! ;)
TheCrusher
+1
Level 73
Jul 14, 2020
That comment seems a bit redundant, @alberici. ;)
JoshPen
+3
Level 77
Oct 23, 2015
Maybe because many people have been to paradise, but they've never been to ME. (If you are too young to remember those lyrics, keep it to yourself.)
EdPsycho
+1
Level 61
Nov 19, 2015
I wish you had kept those lyrics to yourself, now they are an ear worm for this "old-timer" :)
erikj
+1
Level 56
Nov 20, 2015
I have been to Georgia and California, but that didn't really help in this quiz :)
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 79
Sep 18, 2017
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo, and showed 'em what I've got... :-)
TheNewPotato
+2
Level 48
Feb 9, 2016
Especially since so many people only care about themselves... :P
GameKitty
+3
Level 45
Nov 19, 2015
I needed more time! :)
ImSoFrancis
+1
Level 25
Nov 19, 2015
Could've used 1 more minute. And I'm surprised I missed Mexico as well
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Nov 19, 2015
Me too, it's a shame when a good quiz becomes a typing test.
kiwirage
+2
Level 62
Nov 19, 2015
The two minute timer wasn't supposed to reduce it to a typing test; it's just there to provide a fun beat-the-clock challenge given that this is a relatively easier version of the other quizzes in this category: Countries by First and Last Letter) and Countries by Last Two Letters. The average score for this quiz is currently several points higher than these other two variants.
jchesney
+3
Level 57
May 1, 2018
This isn't a typing test. There is ample time to type them all.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 30, 2019
Time seems reasonable to me, I could ve used more and gotten the last two/three, but I think a quiz is timed well when you just miss out on the last two (while not rushing)
Yanni47
+1
Level 72
May 14, 2020
The three out of four times I've completed the quiz (in the course of 22 months), I've done it in 1:19, 1:21 and 1:19 again. I don't think there's any other quiz where I've been this consistent.
tigersue
+1
Level 71
Nov 19, 2015
Wow! Much harder than I was expecting... but great fun.
Tragic
+1
Level 67
Nov 19, 2015
good quiz, but far too easy.
Kontio100
+1
Level 48
Nov 19, 2015
How on earth did I miss the Spain with the flag...???
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 30, 2019
Ah now I get why spain is quite a bit ahead (on mobile)
dasubergeek
+1
Level 70
Nov 19, 2015
I kept trying to match them to their car registration codes (IS = Iceland, TR = Turkey, etc.)
LarryLovage
+1
Level 58
Nov 20, 2015
Yup!
Findlay
+1
Level 73
Aug 24, 2016
Could not for the life of me get 'IS'. All I could think of is the local spelling for Iceland, Ísland.
Possums
+1
Level 34
Sep 4, 2016
Miss the two countries I've been to... Get el salvador and Trinidad
BatGuin
+1
Level 58
Oct 6, 2016
Kept staring at TR and my mind kept saying "Transylvania" , "oops not a country.. how about Translyvania..." It was a vicious cycle.
PjotrL
+1
Level 70
May 6, 2017
Funny how the mind works. Transnistria thinks of itself as a country though :)
eibi
+1
Level 74
Jul 21, 2018
Transkei did the same for me. Child of the 80s...
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Nov 11, 2019
I tried Transylvania too!
ChipOtley
+1
Level 76
Dec 28, 2016
Loved it. The two I struggled most with were the consonant-vowel-vowel ones - I guess it changes the expected pronunciation when saying the first two letters out loud
MrPro
+1
Level 38
Mar 5, 2018
Great quiz idea!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 5, 2018
I can see from my stats I've taken this quiz 3 times, though I don't remember the first 2 times, and apparently keep missing the same 3 answers: Ecuador, Luxembourg, and Mexico.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Sep 7, 2019
those were the same 3 I nearly missed this time! But finally managed to get 100% with 2 seconds to spare. Had to pause to think about LU for a while. And only got ME after going through the whole alphabet in my head, MEA, MEB, MEC... so that took 30 seconds before I got to MEX.
starfast
+1
Level 61
Apr 29, 2018
I can't believe I missed Mexico! And by missed it, what I really mean is I can't believe I remembered it at the very last second and was one letter short of actually getting it. I had "Mexic" typed out when I ran out of time.
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Apr 29, 2018
ES can be eSwatini now.
AuntGrace
+1
Level 53
Apr 29, 2018
This is a great quiz. Any chance of making it so that it changes each time, like the Random Capital to Country?
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Apr 29, 2018
It would be a much smaller pool. I count a grand total of 54 countries that can be uniquely identified by their first two letters.
Liyah15
+1
Level 34
Apr 29, 2018
We need way more time! Please :3
dylk
+1
Level 28
May 1, 2018
Holy See?
Vin1601
+1
Level 20
May 2, 2018
20 secs left for me only!
Yaramygd
+1
Level 37
May 7, 2018
THe Gambia? THe Bahamas?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Sep 7, 2019
Technically the article is not officially part of the name of those countries, or any country that colloquially begins with "The"
jarlewski
+1
Level 40
Jun 28, 2018
God... What have I done?... Only missed vietnam
omnikin
+2
Level 60
Jan 15, 2019
Easy
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 30, 2019
Once non countries get into your head it is hard to get m out! And from the starts all sorts of things went to my mind. States, cities, regions etc. Like crete hawaii memphis...

Funny how the three I missed were also the lowest scorers, really didnt expect that ! Ok voor trinidad it is understandable.

Lanso
+1
Level 45
Mar 2, 2019
TH -> The Gambia? Its the official name
Yanni47
+1
Level 72
Nov 11, 2019
I'm sure only the common short form of the countries is meant. Otherwise, you could name a lot of other countries, like the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States...
Honeybunny
+1
Level 25
Jul 20, 2019
I got all of them except the freaking Trinidad

Edit:I got them all with one minute left

DuvalTilWeDie
+1
Level 47
Mar 10, 2020
Could "Th" count as "The Gambia"?
ritan
+2
Level 30
May 5, 2020
Just couldn't remember Haiti... duh!
TurkeyCookTime
+2
Level 63
May 14, 2020
Of course, I see "TR" and my mind immediately goes to "Trkey" and "Trkmenistan"...
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 55
Jul 18, 2020
As an American, my brain kept reading them as state abbreviations instead of country names. Once my brain said "Maine!" it was very hard to convince it that that wasn't the right answer XD
ducklingpanda1245
+1
Level 48
Jul 26, 2020
I thought of Romelu Lukaku for RO and LU
Mfundo
+1
Level 28
Nov 26, 2020
Couldn't HO be Holland?
Mfundo
+1
Level 28
Dec 2, 2020
Missed El salvador
ritan
+1
Level 30
Dec 10, 2020
This was quite easy, but fun :)
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