How many countries can you name in 5 minutes?

[deucemagnet]

I only got 58 of 195. :( I'm going to have to try to do better.

http://jetpunk.com/quizzes/

After the quiz, you'll be shown a map and lists of the countries you did and didn't get.

[MrScorpio]

1. I'm a horrible typist

Fat fingering is not the best way to speed
44

[deucemagnet]

2. I lost a lot of time on the UK.

"E-n-g-l-a-n-d (enter)" Damn!
"G-r-e-a-t B-r-i-t-a-i-n (enter)" DAMN!

[yellowdogintexas]

28. same here and I totally forgot India, Pakistan and Afghanistan the first time around

I was sort of working my way from North America, downward to South America, then Europe and moving across Asia when the timer started going faster (not but you know what I mean) and I hadn't gotten to South Asia yet!

[Parche]

3. I Got 49 but was distracted

:woohoo: :hi:

[deucemagnet]

6. I'm just waiting for one of our younger DUers who remembers

this song to log on and kick our asses. :)

[Parche]

8. Geography Is one of my favorite subjects

:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[Parche]

14. I retook it and got 61!!!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I got 45 and probably would have had a few more if I could spell properly

:(

[MrCoffee]

5. 59

spelling is hard.

[deucemagnet]

7. Enough to make you reigning lounge geography champion!

Probably not for long, though. (see post #6)

[Swede]

9. 53 here.

I wish misspelling counted.

[Phillycat]

10. Embarrassing. I got 45.

The map of what I missed is fascinating. I missed most of Africa (couldn't remember the name changes - was trying things like Gold Coast and Ivory Coast) and a lot of Eastern Europe (same reason, couldn't remember the new names).

[MrCoffee]

12. I spent way too much time trying to name all the former Soviet republics

[datasuspect]

11. 137

[deucemagnet]

13. Well done!

We have a new champion! I am in awe of both your geographical knowledge and typing skills!

[Fox Mulder]

15. 102

I was distracted.

[XemaSab]

16. 65

I had to think about spelling on some of them, and I was trying to be methodical about it, so I got most of the Americas, Western Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, but I didn't even start on Africa. :P

[deucemagnet]

24. I started off methodically, but then I started jumping around.

My map of Africa was kind of funny. I got almost all of the north, two countries in the south, and nothing in the middle.

[DS1]

17. I got 75 cheating my ass off

some loungers must be really fast fucking typers :crazy:

[Alexander]

18. 102

I got all these:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia , Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

I can't believe I missed Austria, particularly since I have Austrian ancestry.

[mokawanis]

19. 32...take me out and shoot me

[Ian David]

20. Memorized a list of them in 5th grade set to music to help me study them.

Albania and Austria Belgium Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark East Germany, England, Finland, France Greece and Hungary...

[applegrove]

21. 53 But I cannot spell.

[Initech]

22. I tried 3 times. Couldnt get more than 55 each time.

[DebJ]

23. 40 because my typing stunk AND I didn't know the full name....

eg, Republic of, etc.

[DebJ]

25. up to 61 and am hooked. got that old tetris feeling. it would be

a lot easier with a blank map. not cheating, memory only

[yellowdogintexas]

26. 66 and I lost a lot of time on the UK as well. spelling and typos slowed me down

a bit as well.
But it was fun!

[yellowdogintexas]

27. retook it and got 83. still got bogged down by spelling and typos and the occasional

"I can see it on the map but can't think of its name" That would be the 3 little countries on the top of South America and the many islands north of Australia

And we won't even discuss the Former Soviet Union and most of the entire continent of Africa

[BulletproofLandshark]

29. 63

I'd be interested to see how many I could get without a time limit though

Also, if anyone is interested, this link has the same task, but with a 10 minute time limit
http://andys.org.uk/countryquiz/

[RFKHumphreyObama]

30. My brain kept freezing -71 countries

Great quiz

[otherlander]

31. only 45 :(

I missed most of the ones in Africa.

[Lyric]

32. 69--however, it should have been 70.

The rules said to use the "common English name", and it wouldn't count "Ivory Coast." I couldn't remember how to spell "Cote d'Iviore".

[MonkeyFunk]

33. 82

not enough time!