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Countries Based on First Two Letters #1

In just two minutes, identify these countries of the world, given only the first two letters of their name.
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First submittedMarch 11, 2015
Times taken143,183
Average score79.2%
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
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
+9
Level 58
Mar 11, 2015
Couldn't DE also be Democratic Republic of the Congo?
kiwirage
+7
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
+58
Level 62
Jun 6, 2019
First two letters ≠ initialism
Quizapprentice
+1
Level 31
Oct 1, 2020
How do you make a generator quiz? I can't figure it out...
K9Gmaple
+7
Level 36
Sep 7, 2019
what about Denmark?
Dollyfroggy
+6
Level 60
Jul 23, 2021
I believe that was the original question.
sillie
+36
Level 77
Sep 21, 2015
Surprising that ME is proving to be the hardest one.
alberici
+9
Level 74
Sep 22, 2015
same with me!!! ;)
TheCrusher
+8
Level 72
Jul 14, 2020
That comment seems a bit redundant, @alberici. ;)
Erkhem
+1
Level 43
Oct 12, 2021
Badum -Tss
JoshPen
+4
Level 79
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
+2
Level 55
Nov 19, 2015
I wish you had kept those lyrics to yourself, now they are an ear worm for this "old-timer" :)
erikj
+2
Level 65
Nov 20, 2015
I have been to Georgia and California, but that didn't really help in this quiz :)
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 84
Sep 18, 2017
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo, and showed 'em what I've got... :-)
TheNewPotato
+2
Level 49
Feb 9, 2016
Especially since so many people only care about themselves... :P
NallePuh29
+1
Level 52
Oct 12, 2022
i just pressed pause and went through the m countries until I got it
orange3472
+1
Level 53
Mar 26, 2024
Do you mean "I am"?
GameKitty
+4
Level 46
Nov 19, 2015
I needed more time! :)
ImSoFrancis
+2
Level 23
Nov 19, 2015
Could've used 1 more minute. And I'm surprised I missed Mexico as well
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Nov 19, 2015
Me too, it's a shame when a good quiz becomes a typing test.
kiwirage
+3
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
+4
Level 68
May 1, 2018
This isn't a typing test. There is ample time to type them all.
Sifhraven
+2
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 77
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.
WonkyWater36
+1
Level 24
Oct 11, 2022
could have used 5 more second and mexico not being there
tigersue
+1
Level 76
Nov 19, 2015
Wow! Much harder than I was expecting... but great fun.
Tragic
+1
Level 70
Nov 19, 2015
good quiz, but far too easy.
Kontio100
+1
Level 52
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
+2
Level 74
Nov 19, 2015
I kept trying to match them to their car registration codes (IS = Iceland, TR = Turkey, etc.)
LarryLovage
+1
Level 55
Nov 20, 2015
Yup!
Findlay
+6
Level 82
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 30
Sep 4, 2016
Miss the two countries I've been to... Get el salvador and Trinidad
BatGuin
+2
Level 59
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 74
May 6, 2017
Funny how the mind works. Transnistria thinks of itself as a country though :)
eibi
+1
Level 80
Jul 21, 2018
Transkei did the same for me. Child of the 80s...
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Nov 11, 2019
I tried Transylvania too!
ChipOtley
+1
Level 74
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 44
Mar 5, 2018
Great quiz idea!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
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 82
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 58
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 84
Apr 29, 2018
ES can be eSwatini now.
AuntGrace
+1
Level 50
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 84
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 39
Apr 29, 2018
We need way more time! Please :3
dylk
+1
Level 38
May 1, 2018
Holy See?
Vin1601
+1
Level 19
May 2, 2018
20 secs left for me only!
Yaramy
+2
Level 42
May 7, 2018
THe Gambia? THe Bahamas?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Sep 7, 2019
Technically the article is not officially part of the name of those countries, or any country that colloquially begins with "The"
johnappleseed
+3
Level 49
May 19, 2021
actually it does. they are the only 2 countries where the definite article ispart of the official short name
jarlewski
+1
Level 42
Jun 28, 2018
God... What have I done?... Only missed vietnam
omnikin
+2
Level 59
Jan 15, 2019
Easy
Sifhraven
+2
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 49
Mar 2, 2019
TH -> The Gambia? Its the official name
Yanni47
+1
Level 77
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...
notricharda
+1
Level 26
Jul 20, 2019
I got all of them except the freaking Trinidad

Edit:I got them all with one minute left

DuvalTilWeDie
+1
Level 54
Mar 10, 2020
Could "Th" count as "The Gambia"?
ritan
+2
Level 48
May 5, 2020
Just couldn't remember Haiti... duh!
TurkeyCookTime
+4
Level 76
May 14, 2020
Of course, I see "TR" and my mind immediately goes to "Trkey" and "Trkmenistan"...
GrammarBeane1
+5
Level 82
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 52
Jul 26, 2020
I thought of Romelu Lukaku for RO and LU
PlaceQuizzes
+3
Level 43
Jul 24, 2021
I thought of Luanda for LU
Mfundo
+1
Level 35
Nov 26, 2020
Couldn't HO be Holland?
Yanni47
+3
Level 77
Mar 15, 2021
Even though Holland is frequently used - albeit informally - for the entire country, it is only a region of the Netherlands. Unfortunately, that alternative name is not accepted in Jetpunk country quizzes.
Mfundo
+1
Level 35
Dec 2, 2020
Missed El salvador
Pearl2270
+1
Level 79
Apr 26, 2021
That one really threw me off too because I was thinking it was the beginning of a longer name, not a word in and of itself.
ritan
+1
Level 48
Dec 10, 2020
This was quite easy, but fun :)
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Jan 30, 2021
Second time I've done this quiz and forgot Mexico AGAIN!!!
supermoose7115
+1
Level 42
Dec 20, 2023
Yep, me too.
zack22
+1
Level 67
Mar 22, 2021
If you like this, I have a similar type of quiz for the 1000 most common english words. try it here https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1334337/words-with-unique-first-2-letters
IlikeLuigi
+1
Level 63
May 19, 2021
Could you please consider changing the time to 3 minutes or 2 minutes and 30seconds thank you
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 36
Sep 22, 2022
What about Holland for HO?
slayedbypoland
+2
Level 35
Oct 1, 2022
Holland is not a country. Netherlands is
cocachiantos
+1
Level 68
Oct 9, 2022
Way easier than two last letters challenge
TEDEX
+1
Level 50
Oct 9, 2022
What about ZAmbia, you can add it there :)
Azerk
+2
Level 64
Jan 12, 2023
Perhaps add a caveat for countries that can start with "The"? I understand that "The" Gambia and "The" Netherlands are typically treated as not having the word "The" for these kinds of quizzes, but it's still somewhat confusing.
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