How many countries can you name game (link)

[Benjamin]

How many from this can you name?

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

[Patrick]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
Spain

[Benjamin]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
Spain


No patrick, click the link, lol.

(and most of those are not countries)

[Shaun]

word of warning, I own at this game [and have done it a lot before]...

[Shaun]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
Spain

nope. and technically not 'america' either :p

[GiRTh]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
SpainEasily post of the day. :laugh2:

[Z]

I can name every country of the world, I play that game and a similar version on Jetpunk on a semi regular basis when I'm bored :P

[Iceman]

I'm on 44 at the minute 4 mins gone, getting interesting now.

[Benjamin]

I can name 194, I always forget the f'ing Marshall Islands!

[Shaun]

http://i54.tinypic.com/sdffjr.png

****ing Vanuatu.

[Benjamin]

Vanuatu, beautiful country :love:

[Vicky.]

http://i54.tinypic.com/sdffjr.png

****ing Vanuatu.

You got all them but managed to miss the Netherlands?

I'm not even trying it, I will get about 20 :p

[Shaun]

i always forget the glorious dutch :(

[Z]

I prefer the Jetpunk version because it colours them in green when you get them instead of putting the name of the country on the map so you can see areas you've missed, makes it easier to remember what you missed.

[Stacey.]

12/195 D:

Portugal
France
Spain
Turkey
USA
UK
Ireland
Cyprus
Russia
Brazil
Chile
Australia

[Barbie]

58

[Lee.]

I got 73

Is Greenland not a country?

[Benjamin]

I got 73

Is Greenland not a country?

Not officially; it's a dependency of Denmark.

[Lee.]

Not officially; it's a dependency of Denmark.

Ah.. right.. I thought I was going crazy. Even tried spelling it different ways!

:D

[Lee.]

I can name 194, I always forget the f'ing Marshall Islands!

http://i54.tinypic.com/sdffjr.png

****ing Vanuatu.

Hmm.. one is not happy about this.

*dreads hours and hours of becoming obsessive about this until I can name them all!*

:laugh:

[Benjamin]

LOL, honestly it becomes an obsession! :hugesmile:

[Princess]

I got 36 and then gave up.

[Lee.]

LOl.. I sat and stared at Africa for AGES befor any countries would come to me.. I had Egypt and that was it!!

[BOOSH]

I suck at geography :( I only got like 30....

[fruit_cake]

157/195.. can't belive I forgot Ireland!!

[Niamh.]

I got 69, not too bad considering my atrocious spelling!!

[Lee.]

157/195.. can't belive I forgot Ireland!!

Wow! That's a good score though..

*rushes back to try again!*

[fruit_cake]

its as much a spelling test as it is a geography one!! I spent about 3 minutes on Belarus!!

[fruit_cake]

Wow! That's a good score though..

*rushes back to try again!*

I spent ages playing a game where you have to learn all the capitals of the world too!! I know most of them (puts on clever clogs face!!)

[Lee.]

its as much a spelling test as it is a geography one!! I spent about 3 minutes on Belarus!!

Oh yeah.. agree. there was a few ".....istan" ones I couldn't get! (Not Pakistan before anybody takes the pee!)

[Niamh.]

its as much a spelling test as it is a geography one!! I spent about 3 minutes on Belarus!!

:joker: I know, I don't have the patience to try again, 69 will do:hugesmile:

[fruit_cake]

here it is: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm

[Benjamin]

I was the same with Djibouti and Eritrea, took me a few seconds to remember how they were spelt.

Oh and Kyrgyzstan :hugesmile:

[fruit_cake]

Oh yeah.. agree. there was a few ".....istan" ones I couldn't get! (Not Pakistan before anybody takes the pee!)

lol Kazahkstan!!! Tajikistan!!.. what a total nightmare!

[Lee.]

lol Kazahkstan!!! Tajikistan!!.. what a total knightmare!

Yeah and one beginning with U!! (not going to make an arse of myself trying to spell it again) :D

[Benjamin]

Uzbekistan? That little cluster of countries always makes me think the most. :)

[Lee.]

I was the same with Djibouti and Eritrea, took me a few seconds to remember how they were spelt.

Oh and Kyrgyzstan :hugesmile:

Ok ok! Smarty pants! :tongue:

Christ! I've never even heard of those!

[Lee.]

Uzbekistan?

Lol... although I'm sure thats how I WAS spelling it!

[fruit_cake]

I reckon they made those countries up anyway to get more votes or something

[Niamh.]

I was the same with Djibouti and Eritrea, took me a few seconds to remember how they were spelt.

Oh and Kyrgyzstan :hugesmile:

I've never even heard of those countries not to mind try and spell them even if I had!

[Benjamin]

I like looking at the lost of most forgotten ones, it has a little list of the most commonly overlooked.

[Patrick]

I hate those little pointless countries scattered around parts of the world near India and Australia.

They need to make themselves stand out more and make a name for themselves, like srsly put themselves on the map.

I never heard of Bangladesh until recently, bitch needs to enter Eurovision.

[fruit_cake]

Its not in Europe though Patrick!

[Benjamin]

I hate those little pointless countries scattered around parts of the world near India and Australia.

They need to make themselves stand out more and make a name for themselves, like srsly put themselves on the map.

I never heard of Bangladesh until recently, bitch needs to enter Eurovision.


You mean like Kiribati and Vanuatu? It's all relative to location, you go to Australia they know those countries, but would struggle to name a lot of European ones.

Bangladesh cannot enter Eurovision :tongue:

[Shaun]

I never heard of Bangladesh until recently, bitch needs to enter Eurovision.

do you ever think?

[Niall]

I got 92 out of 195.

Is that bad lol? :conf:

[KG.]

145/195 without cheating; pretty damn good if I do say so myself.

[Lee.]

Tsk @ Ivory Coast not being called Ivory coast!!!

[Boothy]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
Spain

I hate those little pointless countries scattered around parts of the world near India and Australia.

They need to make themselves stand out more and make a name for themselves, like srsly put themselves on the map.

I never heard of Bangladesh until recently, bitch needs to enter Eurovision.


Geography isn't your strong point is it ;)

Anyway, I got about 50 and gave up.

I can name all American states in under 6 minutes though :D

[Tom]

Currently on 41 ...and 9 minutes left

Edit, 51 and gave up

[Pyramid*]

Ireland
Hawaii
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
That Place Raph Was From
Scotland
America :love:
Spain

No patrick, click the link, lol.

(and most of those are not countries)

PMSL....:joker:
I'm not sure what is funnier

Patrick's answers :D

or

Turtle's reply !!!..... :D

Ach christ, you can't beat it for laughs, that's for sure! The pair of you just cheered me right up !!!


got 79 on first go.... damn.

[Niall]

Tsk @ Ivory Coast not being called Ivory coast!!!

I know!! It's got some dodgy french name thats a bitch to spell :bored:

[Shaun]

does it not accept 'Ivory Coast'? Bit silly.

[Lee.]

does it not accept 'Ivory Coast'? Bit silly.

Oh yeah it does! It doesn't accept The Ivory Coast though :blush:

[Jordan.]

43 which is alright to say I never went to my geography lessons. ;o

[Jords]

Wtf is England not a country?

[Shaun]

Wtf is England not a country?

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are 'nation states', that all form one country. Because there's no separate government for England, or important ones for the other 3 (scottish parliament isn't really that important, despite Salmond's insistence), it's all one country, as recognised by the UN.

[Jords]

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are 'nation states', that all form one country. Because there's no separate government for England, or important ones for the other 3 (scottish parliament isn't really that important, despite Salmond's insistence), it's all one country, as recognised by the UN.

Oh right thanks, didnt know that! :)

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I've done it before and got about 5.

I don't understand the difference between a country a continent and etc so it is pointless.

[Lee.]

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are 'nation states', that all form one country. Because there's no separate government for England, or important ones for the other 3 (scottish parliament isn't really that important, despite Salmond's insistence), it's all one country, as recognised by the UN.

Maybe not to you,but to many Scots it is.

[GypsyGoth]

60/195 countries correct

I knew more but couldn't spell them, and I panicked towards the end.

[Shaun]

Maybe not to you,but to many Scots it is.

In the sense that it can't change anything regarding defence, parliamentary reform, gain independence, the health service...I'm saying it's not a country, not belittling its importance.

[DDRickyDD]

I got 104.

[Lee.]

In the sense that it can't change anything regarding defence, parliamentary reform, gain independence, the health service...I'm saying it's not a country, not belittling its importance.

Excellent:thumbs:

Sccotland IS a country as is Wales and Ireland.

And the Scottish parliament DOES have control over Scotland's Health Service.. plus our education, justice system and law.

Not nit picking or trying for an argument, just saying:)

[Shaun]

well it's still not a country.
*pulls troll face and skips away*

[Lee.]

well it's still not a country.
*pulls troll face and skips away*

*chases with a haggis and beats Shaun until he agrees Scotland IS a country*

:D

[Shaun]

I think the UK is the only example in the world of having separate national teams for certain sporting events?

[Lee.]

I think the UK is the only example in the world of having separate national teams for certain sporting events?

I can't even think of another group of countries that are united?

[Novo]

The Polynesia Cup was a football tournament for Polynesian nations within the Oceania Football Confederation

Tonga
Tahiti
Samoa
American Samoa
Cook Islands

I think that's the closest it gets

[Shaun]

hmm...Tonga + Samoa are countries. the others are territories of the UK/US/France/Portugal/Spain/Netherlands etc.

[Lee.]

Yay.. 83 this time. Getting better :D

[fruit_cake]

congrats happy! I'm gonna have another go now

[fruit_cake]

172/195.. forgot Greece again!

[Lee.]

172/195.. forgot Greece again!

Oh well done!!

Christ, I HAVE to go and do stuff! This is the sort of thing that will gradually drive me insane!!

[Niall]

Maybe not to you,but to many Scots it is.

It pees me off that Wales, Scotland and N.I all get their own Parliaments when England doesn't. Doesn't make a lick of sense. :bored:

[Z]

It pees me off that Wales, Scotland and N.I all get their own Parliaments when England doesn't. Doesn't make a lick of sense. :bored:

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland all have a very predominant sense of national identity though, there's a lot of resentment towards England (for the most part just banter brought up in times of sporting events etc., I don't know many people who actually have a problem with the English) so national assemblies and a devolved parliament were introduced in those respective places. It does have to be said, though, that there are national assemblies in England too - I know there's one for London off the top of my head - on the same level as the one in Wales and N.I.

[Niall]

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland all have a very predominant sense of national identity though, there's a lot of resentment towards England (for the most part just banter brought up in times of sporting events etc., I don't know many people who actually have a problem with the English) so national assemblies and a devolved parliament were introduced in those respective places. It does have to be said, though, that there are national assemblies in England too - I know there's one for London off the top of my head - on the same level as the one in Wales and N.I.

I don't think England actually has any form of its own devolved Parliament though. I think we should have one because then Westminster could just be kept for nationwide policies and each of the four countries could sort out their own policies separately to everyone else? Then we'd kinda be like states in the American sense of the word (not totally though, not saying we are a lot like America), and I do think England has a strong sense of identity too lol :)

I just think it would be more fair thats all. But you know, it don't bother me very much, just a minor niggle I have.