can you name the countries of the world?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php

post your scores

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

I got 67...the south pacific killed me. Kept trying to spell czeckeslovakia and it was the czech republic god dam

Red57Bird · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 316 City: Raleigh

53 - definitely makes you feel pretty ignorant and clueless.

hanssapo · Soul Rider Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 450 City: Mexico

91 here.... lot of asian and african countries got me thinkin

ohsix · Posted: Nov 25, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

I got 103. I had a hard time spelling some of the African countries and I was still typing when time ran out.

tnvols22 · Addict Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 614 City: trashghanistan

54 Damn!!... alot i knew just couldnt think of

Jensen · Posted: Nov 25, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

100, africa killed me

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 25, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject:

124. I like geography. I was still going in central america when time ran out. I forgot some pretty big ones though. Iraq, Kuwait, Ireland. Laughing

The spelling on some got me. I forgot the - in Timor-Leste, forgot the e in SurinamE, spelled it Equitorial Guinea (its equAtorial), and I tried about 50 different ways to spell Papua New Guinea. Mad

I definitely struggled on the Carribean and South Pacific. It got harder and harder because the labels filled the map so I couldnt see the countries anymore. Cool game though. Thanks for posting

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

53, explains why I hate geography

Wakeboarding=Life · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 200 City: Castle Rock

109 Wow I suck at spelling

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

76 spellings killed me... and some of them didn't seem to come up>

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

I'm an English & History major. And I'm actually afraid to see what my score would be if I took that...

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

With or without cheating? Idea

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

i'm impressed w/ this crew!

57 out of 195 and i quit w/ 7:11 left. spellings killed me and i had brain freeze - left a LOT on the board that i know....just couldn't make my head work.

still wouldn't have done as well as some of you did though - on my best day i think i could have hit right around 80, max.

funny wb.com connection - i kept trying to get uruguay, because of the pics we've seen here, but i couldn't spell it right.

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 6:19 am Post subject:

ontrider, Ya I hear you. I tried Nova Scotia, Sardinia, Sicily, I think Crete, and I dont think Puerto Rico even counted. I guess theyre all protectorates or something.

They should make this game with country capitals. Twisted Evil

Rocko · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 6:46 am Post subject:

Hollywood · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 7:30 am Post subject:

I got Uruguay! Laughing

I tried to remember that bikini pic too, but that one didn't help.

64, embarassing. Probably about 15 I knew (and could spell) I just froze up on.

pet575 · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 7:38 am Post subject:

78. Most of Africa I had completely missed. I once had a mid-term in a 100-level college class where the guy handed us a blank map like this, with all the countries numbered and said, "Fill 'em in." Sad, I got an A on that one, but couldn't even get half now.

ohsix · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

Of the 103 I got, I could put all of them on the correct continent, but maybe half within the correct border. I think I had to fill in every country on a map in high school geography at one time or another, but I've forgotten the shapes and locations of most of them.

savage3221 · Posted: Nov 26, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

82. worked with my little brother in 7th grade and he contributed as much or more than I did. All that fresh geography showing up Laughing

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Tried it sober today... 89. Cool

captaincraig · Guest

93, i got most of africa, i took an african history class, i kept trying england/whales/scotland, new guinea, azerbaizan, kurgistan, instead of UK, papua new guinea, azerbaijan, kyrgyzstan... isn't zaire a country? and western sahara? Evil or Very Mad

i think it's interesting you can see the % of people who guessed each country, the highest ranked one that i didn't get was UK then Austria, and the lowest ranked that i actually got was micronesia

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 27, 2008 9:52 am Post subject:

captaincraig, zaire is now known as democratic republic of congo I think. Western Sahara is disputed territory between Morocco and Mauritania I think.

USMGolfer · Addict Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 628 City: Hixson

108, just like everyone else, the spelling killed me in the Middle East, SE Asia, and Africa. Pretty interesting though

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

LFADAM, I had the same problems as craig with some of those and I got republic of congo but wasted time typing in congo 8 times first... same with papua new guinea or however you spell it.

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 27, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

ontrider, Ironically I got Democratic Republic of Congo but I didnt know that there was a Republic of Congo. Laughing

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

When I used to play EA Sports FIFA Soccer all the time I would have got all of them Laughing

captaincraig · Guest

i got republic of congo i just didnt realize that it used to be zaire haha, i've been doing all the other similar games on that site all day, it's addicting

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 27, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject:

They have the capitals! Ahh! http://www.sporcle.com/games/worldcapitals.php I just did it with no refreshing myself and got 75. My head hurts. Some of those are just ridiculous. They dont translate very well to English characters.

captaincraig · Guest

LFADAM, 75 holy crap. i got 40 and that was a struggle. i took the countries one again though and got 124 without memorization

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

LFADAM, 55 on that one and I spent 2 minutes trying to remember that Beijing was the capital of China.... EPIC FAIL.

LFADAM · Posted: Nov 27, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject:

ontrider, No. Trying to spell Johannesburg for 5 minutes just to find out its NOT the capital of South Africa=FAIL. Laughing

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

I just clicked A Simpsons quiz on that site and it took me to "2 Girls 1 Cup"

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

Djibouti's capitol is my favorite lol