NationStates Jolt Archive

Have you heard of the following countries? I'm curious to see how many people are aware of their existence. This isn't to "make fun" of "obscure" countries; quite the contrary, it's to see to what degree people are aware of the world around them. It's not to shame people who haven't heard of them, either. It's just to establish a few statistics.

Simply copy/paste the list below, and indicate "Yes" or "No" next to each country, depending on whether you've heard of it or not.

Honduras
Micronesia
Zambia
Lesotho
Kiribati
Slovenia
Ecuador
Palau
Swaziland
Andorra
Albania
Botswana
Malawi
Tonga
Suriname
St Lucia
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sao Tome e Principe
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Eritrea
St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
San Marino
Brunei
Bahrain
Oman
Vanuatu
Nauru
Namibia
Burundi
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Comoros
Mauritania
Mauritius
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)


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Kiribati - vaguely familiar, but I wouldn't be ure if it is a country or not.
Palau - can't recall having encountered it before.
Vanuatu - very vaguely familiar.
Nauru - rings no bells
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - can't recall, but your bracketted note may have thrown me off.

Palau - can't recall having encountered it before.

Wasn't that mentioned in 'Bowling for Columbine'?

i'm shit at geography - i have no idea of local geography or that of the UK, let alone the world but i'll try

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - no
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - no
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - possibly
Swaziland -yes
Andorra - yeah
Albania -yeah
Botswana - ye
Malawi - ye
Tonga - maybe
Suriname - no
St Lucia - no
St Vincent & the Grenadines - awesome band :P
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - no
Azerbaijan - lol yeah
Bhutan - no
Eritrea - no
St Kitts & Nevis - another great band lol
Trinidad & Tobago - first one yeh
San Marino -no
Brunei - yeh
Bahrain - no
Oman - yeh
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - no
Namibia - ye
Burundi - ye
Kyrgyzstan - ye
Qatar - ye
Bangladesh - i thought it was a province, but yeah
Myanmar - ye
Comoros - no
Mauritania - no
Mauritius - yeah
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - probably not

I've heard of all of them.

I've heard of all of them.


ooops...careful, your insecurities are showing.

I've heard of all of them.
That's unpossible!

From much of the "yes" answers I can just say that I think I have heard the names before.

Honduras: yes
Micronesia: yes
Zambia: yes
Lesotho: yes
Kiribati: yes
Slovenia: yes
Ecuador: yes
Palau: no
Swaziland: yes
Andorra: yes
Albania: yes
Botswana: yes
Malawi: yes
Tonga: yes
Suriname: yes
St Lucia: no
St Vincent & the Grenadines: yes
Sao Tome e Principe
Turkmenistan: yes
Azerbaijan: yes
Bhutan: yes
Eritrea: yes
St Kitts & Nevis: yes
Trinidad & Tobago: yes
San Marino: yes
Brunei: yes
Bahrain: yes
Oman: yes
Vanuatu: no
Nauru: no
Namibia: yes
Burundi: yes
Kyrgyzstan: yes
Qatar: yes
Bangladesh: yes
Myanmar: yes
Comoros: yes
Mauritania: yes
Mauritius: yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!): no

ooops...careful, your insecurities are showing.

Huh? I have.

Trust me, I know them all.

I've heard of all of them.
Me, too. <High five>

I've heard of all of these countries.
Quite simple, because I've worked for an international telecom company. Every month it was neccesary to review the costs of telecom traffic to all existing countries on the world.

Honduras - Yes
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - No
Kiribati - No
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - No
Swaziland - Yes
Andorra - Yes
Albania - Yes
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - Yes
Suriname - Yes
St Lucia - Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Yes
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan - Yes
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - No
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - Yes
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes
San Marino - Yes
Brunei - Yes
Bahrain - Yes
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - No
Namibia - Yes
Burundi - Yes
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - No
Comoros - No
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes

Just don't ask me to locate them all on a map:)

That's unpossible!

I had a very good grade in geography. (I'm also assuming that the Palau mentioned is the US protectorate that did not join with Micronesia sometime in the 70's. Memory fails me. The capital is something with a K... Kothor, Kroror, something...)

Honduras - No
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - Yes
Kiribati - Yes
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - Yes
Swaziland - Yes
Andorra - Yes
Albania - Yes
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - Yes
Suriname - No
St Lucia - Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Yes
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan - Yes
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - Yes
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - No
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes...?
San Marino - Yes
Brunei - Yes (I have a coin from there ^_^)
Bahrain - No
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - Yes
Namibia - Yes
Burundi - Yes
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes...old name - Burma
Comoros - No
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes (PS LOL)

Wasn't that mentioned in 'Bowling for Columbine'?

Possibly: at the moment it has moved to the 'I have certainly heard of it somewhere, but couldn't have stated that it was a country rather than a region or a city' category.


EDIT: I'm somewhat surprised at the amount of negative responses that Bahrain is getting.

Why don't you ask people to group them according to continents? I could do that, no problem.
Honduras - C. America
Micronesia - Oceania
Zambia - Africa
Lesotho - Africa
Kiribati - Oceania
Slovenia - Europe
Ecuador - S. America
Palau - Oceania
Swaziland - Africa
Andorra - Europe
Albania - Europe
Botswana - Africa
Malawi - Africa
Tonga - Oceania
Suriname - S. America
St Lucia - C. America/Carribean
St Vincent & the Grenadines - C. America/Carribean
Sao Tome e Principe - Africa, roughly (Atl. Ocean)
Turkmenistan - Asia
Azerbaijan - Asia (although: represented in European bodies)
Bhutan - Asia
Eritrea - Africa
St Kitts & Nevis - C. America/Carribean
Trinidad & Tobago - C. America/Carribean
San Marino - Europe
Brunei - Asia (proper: Brunei Darussalam)
Bahrain - Asia (Gulf)
Oman - Asia (Gulf)
Vanuatu - Oceania
Nauru - Oceania
Namibia - Africa
Burundi - Africa
Kyrgyzstan - Asia
Qatar - Asia (Gulf)
Bangladesh - Asia
Myanmar - Asia
Comoros - Africa (Indian Ocean)
Mauritania - Africa
Mauritius - Africa (Indian Ocean)
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Africa (captals: Congo - Brazzaville; DR Congo - Kinshasa)

Wasn't that mentioned in 'Bowling for Columbine'?

Palau is an island nation in the pacific. :)

Honduras ... yes
Micronesia ... yes
Zambia ... yes
Lesotho ... heard the name, but can't recall if it's a country
Kiribati ... no
Slovenia ... yes
Ecuador ... yes
Palau ... thought this was an island :confused:
Swaziland ... yes
Andorra ... yes
Albania ... yes
Botswana ... yes
Malawi ... yes
Tonga ... no
Suriname ... yes
St Lucia ... thought this was an island :confused:
St Vincent & the Grenadines ... thought this was an island :confused:
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan ... yes
Azerbaijan ... yes
Bhutan ... yes
Eritrea ... yes
St Kitts & Nevis ... thought this was an island :confused:
Trinidad & Tobago ... yes
San Marino ... no
Brunei ... yes
Bahrain ... yes
Oman ... yes
Vanuatu ... no
Nauru ... no
Namibia ... yes
Burundi ... yes
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar ... yes
Bangladesh ... yes
Myanmar ... yes ( the nation formerly known as Cambodia? )
Comoros ... no
Mauritania ... yes
Mauritius ... yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) ... no

Palau is an island nation in the pacific. :)

Yeah, but it is also listed as a member of the Coalition of the Willing in Bowling For Columbine.

Yeah, but it is also listed as a member of the Coalition of the Willing in Bowling For Columbine.
Exactly. I love being right. :D

I'm not too sure where theses two are but i have heard of them

Vanuatu
Comoros

Not certain but i think that these nations changed their names when they became independant?

Burundi
Mauritania

Myanmar ... yes ( the nation formerly known as Cambodia? )

Myanmar was called Burma. Cambodia is still called Cambodia.

And there's nothing that precludes islands from being countries. Just ask Iceland, Cyprus, Malta or Cuba.

Don't you find it symptomatic that names of newly (newish) independent countries tend to stay the same in several languages?
Like Swaziland (I think in German it is spelled Swasiland - and only because Germans have a sound like z, but spelled like s).
On the other hand: Switzerland, La Suisse, Schweiz, Svizzera, Helvetorszag (or whatever in Hungarian), Elvetia (read: Elvetsia; that's in Romanian) etc.

Myanmar was called Burma. Cambodia is still called Cambodia.

And there's nothing that precludes islands from being countries. Just ask Iceland, Malta or Cuba.
LOL! Pithy as always, my Swedish meatball! ( grin )

Cambodia is still called Cambodia.

Except it is sometimes called Kampuchea.

Honduras - Central America YES
Micronesia - Off coast of Australia YES
Zambia - Africa YES
Lesotho - Africa (I think within South Africa) YES
Kiribati - Island chain off the coach of Australia YES
Slovenia - One of the breakaway republics of the former Yugoslavia YES
Ecuador - South America YES
Palau - NO
Swaziland - Africa (they had a ban on having sex in that country until recently) YES
Andorra - Heard of it but not sure where it is. Africa? YES
Albania - Part of the Balkans. The reason why we bombed Serbia in 1999 YES
Botswana - Africa YES
Malawi - Heard of it put not sure where. Africa or SE Asia? YES
Tonga - Good rugby program. In the south pacific islands near Australia? YES
Suriname - Heard of it, no clue where it is YES
St Lucia - Caribbean (did I spell that right?) YES
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Caribbean YES
Sao Tome e Principe - I heard of it but no clue where it is YES
Turkmenistan - Part of former Soviet Union in central Asia I think YES
Azerbaijan - I think it is located along Caspian Sea and includes city of Baku? YES
Bhutan - somewhere in SE Asia YES
Eritrea - Used to be part of Ethiopia YES
St Kitts & Nevis - Caribbean YES
Trinidad & Tobago - Caribbean, great hot sauce comes from here YES
San Marino - NO
Brunei - think so, NOT SURE
Bahrain - Middle East YES
Oman - Middle East YES
Vanuatu - I think islands in the pacific NOT SURE
Nauru - NO
Namibia - Africa YES
Burundi - Africa civil war country - YES
Kyrgyzstan - One of former soviet Union countries in central asia? NOT SURE
Qatar - Middle East YES
Bangladesh - Poorest country in world, used to be east pakistan YES
Myanmar - Also called Burma, YES
Comoros - NO
Mauritania - NO
Mauritius - In Indian Ocean off African coast, YES
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - There is two of them, DR Congo was Zaire and this was the other that was just north, or did I mix them up. YES

You should have added Liechenstein to this list. :)

Not certain but i think that these nations changed their names when they became independant?

Burundi
Mauritania
No. No such thing.
Albania - Part of the Balkans. The reason why we bombed Serbia in 1999
No, bombings had no connection to Albania, but to an Albanian-inhabited part of Serbia. Close, but no cigar :) .

Except it is sometimes called Kampuchea.

That's the local form. The conventional international name is Cambodia.

That's the local form. The conventional international name is Cambodia.

Yes, but just pointing out that an apparent ambiguity in its name may have caused Eutrusca to confuse it with Burma/Myanmar.

Goddamn geography. Just stick all the countries together and make them all speak English.

Goddamn geography. Just stick all the countries together and make them all speak English.

What are you? Part of the Rodinian Liberation Front?

goddman folks like you. just make them all stick together and shut up.

Honduras - oh yes!
Micronesia ?
Zambia yep
Lesotho also
Kiribati ??
Slovenia sue thing
Ecuador of course
Palau yeah, somewhere..
Swaziland yeeeeeeees!
Andorra lived there! oky, for 3 weeks, but..hey ;)
Albania yes
Botswanayes
Malawi yep
Tonga i think so
Suriname ??
St Lucia distantly familiar..
St Vincent & the Grenadines yep
Sao Tome e Principe only because i once chose their flag for my country ;)
Turkmenistan sir yes sir
Azerbaijan oh yes
Bhutan too
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis see the flag comment above
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino nope
Brunei nope
Bahrain sure thing
Oman course
Vanuatu ???
Nauru ???
Namibia yes
Burundi a lot
Kyrgyzstan yes!
Qatar nice capital;)
Bangladesh sure
Myanmar oh yes!
Comoros ??
Mauritania ???
Mauritius had an exchange student from tehre
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yep!

Yes to all. Although finding them all on a map with any confidence would be a different story.

Yeah, but it is also listed as a member of the Coalition of the Willing in Bowling For Columbine.To be technical, it was Fahrenheit 9/11, and not Bowling For Columbine. But they are both Michael Moore films, so I can see the confusion.

I've been to 2 model UN's where all the countries were represented, so yeah I've heard of all of them.

Heard of all of them...although I must admit that I only knew Palau because of the season of Survivor they had there.

I know all of those... Most of the ones people don't seem to recognise are Pacific Islands, and being from New Zealand they are pretty familiar. I also know a guy from Palau :)

You can also test your geography here (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/), and post your scores.

The AUSTRALIA Quiz : 8 questions
Quiz over... Perfect Score!


The ASIA Quiz : 29 questions
Your score: 74
Max points: 87

The SOUTH AMERICA Quiz : 13 questions
Your score: 30
Max points: 39

The Europe Quiz : 37 questions
Your score: 87
Max Points: 111
Those eastern euro countries really got me :/

The USA Quiz: 101/150, all those Midwestern states got me...

Asia: 84/87

Europe: 92/111

Oceania: 62/96, not too great for my neighbours but it's a pretty hard quiz...

Central America: 37/42

Those are fun...

Yes to all except the following.

Kiribati
St Lucia
St Vincent & the Grenadines
St Kitts & Nevis
Vanuatu
Nauru

Country-Yes/no -Capital City- Approx. Location
Honduras - Yes - Tegucigalpa - Central America
Micronesia - Yes - Palikir - Pacific Ocean
Zambia - Yes - Lusaka - South Africa
Lesotho - Yes - Maseru - South Africa
Kiribati - Yes - South Tarawa- Pacific Ocean
Slovenia - Yes - Lubjlana - South Europe/Balkan (east of Italy)
Ecuador - Yes - Quito- South America
Palau - Yes - Koror- Pacific Ocean (north of Indonesia)
Swaziland - Yes - Mbabane- South Africa
Andorra - Yes - Andorra la Vella- Between Spain and France
Albania -Yes - Tirana - South Europe/Balkan (north of Greece)
Botswana -Yes - Gaborone- South Africa
Malawi -Yes- - South Africa
Tonga -Yes- Nuku Alofa- Pacific Ocean
Suriname - Yes- Paramibo-South America, North of Brazil
St Lucia -Yes- - Carribean Sea
St Vincent & the Grenadines- Yes- - Carribean Sea
Sao Tome e Principe -Yes- - off the coast of Central Africa
Turkmenistan -Yes-Ashgabat- Central Asia , bordering Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan -Yes- Baku - East Europe, bordering Caspian Sea
Bhutan -Yes- Thimpu - South Asia (North of India)
Eritrea -Yes- Asmara- East Africa (North of Eithophia)
St Kitts & Nevis - Yes - - Carribean Sea
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes- - Carribean Sea
San Marino - Yes- San Marino- Italy, near Adriatic Coast
Brunei -Yes- Bandar Seri Begawan- Southeast Asia (on the island of Borneo)
Bahrain - Yes- Manama - Persian Gulf
Oman -Yes- Muscat - Middle East
Vanuatu -Yes- Port Villa- Pacific Ocean
Nauru -Yes- - Pacific Ocean
Namibia -Yes- Windhoek- South Africa
Burundi -Yes- - South Africa
Kyrgyzstan- Yes- Bishkek- Central Asia- West of China
Qatar - Yes - Doha- Middle East
Bangladesh - Yes- Dhaka- South Asia- East of India
Myanmar - Yes - Yangoon- South Asia- East of Bangladesh
Comoros - Yes- - Indian Ocean
Mauritania - Yes- -North Africa, South of Marocco
Mauritius - Yes- - Indian Ocean
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)- Yes- Brazzaville - Central Africa

It's a pity that I don't remember all the capital cities, but I know at least where the countries are-

Honduras yes
Micronesia no
Zambia yes
Lesotho no
Kiribati no
Slovenia no
Ecuador yes
Palau no
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga no
Suriname no
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines no
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan no
Azerbaijan no
Bhutan yes
Eritrea no
St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei no
Bahrain no
Oman no
Vanuatu no
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes
Comoros no
Mauritania no
Mauritius no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) i can think of only 1 congo...

Honduras - yep, central america
Micronesia - yep, archipelago in Oceania
Zambia - yep, Africa
Lesotho - yep, Africa
Kiribati - yep...think it's Oceania
Slovenia - yep, central Europe, jammed between Croatia, Italy and Austria
Ecuador - yep, south America
Palau - no, but I'd guess it's an island in Oceania
Swaziland - yep, Africa
Andorra - yep, small, landlocked in the Pyrenees
Albania - yep, south west Europe/Balkans
Botswana - yep, Africa
Malawi - yep, Africa
Tonga - yep, Oceania
Suriname - yep, not sure, probably somewhere in Oceania/SW Asia
St Lucia - yep, Caribbean
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yep, Caribbean, I think
Sao Tome e Principe - yep, also Caribbean, again not sure
Turkmenistan - yep, central Asia
Azerbaijan - yep, between Black Sea and Caspian Sea...either Europe or Asia
Bhutan - yep, Asia, I think
Eritrea - yep, Africa
St Kitts & Nevis - yep, Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago - yep, Caribbean
San Marino - yep, Italy
Brunei - yep, Asia
Bahrain - yep, also Asia
Oman - yep, Asia again (Middle East)
Vanuatu - yep, island in Oceania
Nauru - yep, island in Oceania, chief export, guano
Namibia - yep, Africa
Burundi - yep, Africa
Kyrgyzstan - yep, Central Asia
Qatar - yep, Middle East
Bangladesh - yep, Indian subcontinent
Myanmar - yep, used to be Burma, Asia
Comoros - yep, I think it's an island/group of islands in Oceania
Mauritania - yep, Africa
Mauritius - yep, Indian Ocean
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yep, Africa

Honduras- Yes
Micronesia- Yes
Zambia- Yes
Lesotho- Yes
Kiribati - No
Slovenia- Yes
Ecuador- Yes
Palau - No
Swaziland- Yes
Andorra- Yes
Albania- Yes
Botswana- Yes
Malawi - No
Tonga- Yes
Suriname- Yes
St Lucia - Didn't know it was a nation.
St Vincent & the Grenadines- Yes
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan- Yes
Azerbaijan- Yes
Bhutan- Yes
Eritrea- Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - No
Trinidad & Tobago- Yes
San Marino - No
Brunei- Yes
Bahrain- Yes
Oman- Yes
Vanuatu - No
Nauru- No
Namibia- Yes
Burundi- Yes
Kyrgyzstan- Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - No
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Sorta...I've just heard it referred to as the "Congo"

Honduras -- Central America, between Guatemala and Nicaragua
Micronesia -- bunch of Islands in the Pacific
Zambia -- southern Africa, north of Zimbabwe, south of DR Congo
Lesotho -- southern Africa, surrounded by South Africa
Kiribati -- Islands in the Pacific, near where equator crosses IDL
Slovenia -- Balkan Penninsula, was part of Yugoslavia
Ecuador -- South America, between Peru and Columbia
Palau -- Islands in the Pacific
Swaziland -- southern Africa, surrounded by South Africa
Andorra -- Pyrenees Mts., between France and Spain
Albania -- Balkans, between Greece and former Yugoslavia
Botswana -- southern Africa, north of South Africa
Malawi -- east Africa, near Mozambique
Tonga -- Islands in the Pacific
Suriname -- South America, North of Brazil, between Guyana and French Guiana
St Lucia -- Carribean
St Vincent & the Grenadines -- Carribean, near St. Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe -- off west Afican coast
Turkmenistan -- former Soviet republic in central Asia
Azerbaijan -- former Soviet republic in Caucasus Mts., near Iran
Bhutan -- in Himalayas, between India and China
Eritrea -- east Africa, near Ethiopia
St Kitts & Nevis northern Carribean, not too far from Virgin Islands
Trinidad & Tobago -- southern Carribean, near Venezuela
San Marino -- Europe, surrounded by Italy
Brunei -- Borneo, surrounded on three sides by Malaysia
Bahrain -- Islands in Persian Gulf
Oman -- south of Saudi Arabia
Vanuatu -- south Pacific
Nauru -- south Pacific
Namibia -- southern Africa, north of South Africa
Burundi -- east Africa, near Tanzania
Kyrgyzstan -- former Soviet republic in central Asia
Qatar -- near Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh -- Asia, near India
Myanmar -- SE Asia, near Thailand
Comoros -- Islands in Indian Ocean, off Africa
Mauritania -- west Africa, near Morroco
Mauritius -- Indian Ocean, near Mauritius
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) -- cemtral Africa, near DR Congo

The only one I can't recall coming across is Vanuatu.

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia "
Lesotho "
Kiribati " (Pacific near Fiji... i think)
Slovenia "
Ecuador "
Palau " (in the Pacific if i'm not mistaken)
Swaziland "
Andorra "
Albania "
Botswana "
Malawi "
Tonga "
Suriname "
St Lucia "
St Vincent & the Grenadines "
Sao Tome e Principe "
Turkmenistan "
Azerbaijan "
Bhutan " (Last Buddhist Kingdom in the world)
Eritrea "
St Kitts & Nevis "
Trinidad & Tobago "
San Marino "
Brunei "
Bahrain "
Oman "
Vanuatu "
Nauru "
Namibia "
Burundi "
Kyrgyzstan "
Qatar "
Bangladesh "
Myanmar " (Burma)
Comoros "
Mauritania "
Mauritius "
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) "


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I know all of them. More than that, I know where all of them are on a map. Do I win a prize? :p

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - no
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - no
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - no
Albania - yes
Botswana - yes
Malawi - no
Tonga - no
Suriname - yes
St Lucia - no
St Vincent & the Grenadines - no
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - yes
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes
Eritrea - no
St Kitts & Nevis - no
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - no
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - no
Namibia - yes
Burundi - no
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar - yes
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - yes
Comoros - no
Mauritania - no
Mauritius - no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - no

Have you heard of the following countries?

Honduras YES
Micronesia YES, in the Pacific
Zambia YES, it's not even so small.
Lesotho YES
Kiribati YES, Pacific
Slovenia YES, former Yugoslavian Republic, not so bad playing football (soccer)
Ecuador YES
Palau YES, Pacific
Swaziland YES
Andorra YES; the only country with two heads of state who are from foreign countries ;-) (Co-Princes, the President of France and the Bishop of Seo Urgel)
Albania YES
Botswana YES
Malawi YES
Tonga YES, has a funny fat king who loves us Germans ;-)
Suriname YES
St Lucia YES, Caribic
St Vincent & the Grenadines, YES, Caribic
Sao Tome e Principe YES, former Portuguese Colony in Africa (islands)
Turkmenistan YES, former USSR
Azerbaijan YES, former USSR
Bhutan YES, strictly Buddhist kingdom
Eritrea YES
St Kitts & Nevis YES, Pacific
Trinidad & Tobago YES, Pacific, can still qualify for the championship 2006
San Marino YES, surrounded by Italy
Brunei YES, the Sultan is considered to be one of the most rich men in the world
Bahrain YES
Oman YES
Vanuatu YES
Nauru YES
Namibia YES (old German colony like Nauru)
Burundi YES
Kyrgyzstan YES
Qatar YES
Bangladesh YES
Myanmar YES
Comoros YES
Mauritania YES
Mauritius YES
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) YES




But I'm not so crazy about geography, I'm just interested in political systems in the world. I even could tell you something about the party system in most of these countries ;-)

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia Yes
Lesotho Yes
Kiribati Yes
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau Yes
Swaziland Yes
Andorra Yes
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi Yes
Tonga Yes
Suriname Yes
St Lucia No
St Vincent & the Grenadines Yes
Sao Tome e Principe No
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bhutan Yes
Eritrea Yes
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino Yes
Brunei Yes
Bahrain Yes
Oman Yes
Vanuatu Yes
Nauru No
Namibia Yes
Burundi Yes
Kyrgyzstan Yes
Qatar Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Myanmar Yes
Comoros Yes
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) Yes

Honduras Y
Micronesia N
Zambia Y
Lesotho Y
Kiribati N
Slovenia Y
Ecuador Y
Palau N
Swaziland Y
Andorra Y
Albania Y
Botswana Y
Malawi Y
Tonga N
Suriname Y
St Lucia N
St Vincent & the Grenadines N
Sao Tome e Principe Y
Turkmenistan Y
Azerbaijan Y
Bhutan Y
Eritrea N
St Kitts & Nevis N
Trinidad & Tobago Y
San Marino Y
Brunei N
Bahrain Y
Oman Y
Vanuatu Y
Nauru N
Namibia Y
Burundi Y
Kyrgyzstan Y
Qatar Y
Bangladesh Y
Myanmar Y
Comoros N
Mauritania Y
Mauritius N
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) N

Heard of them all. I could pinpoint them on a map with little difficulty.

Heard of them all, can place some on a map. :)

Honduras - Yep, know it
Micronesia - yep, from the Madonna-video and because Yap is a part of it
Zambia - vaguely... I know it's an african country but few else
Lesotho - Yep, a country inside of south Africa
Kiribati - yep, another group of pacific islands
Slovenia - I was there already and I'd like to visit Ljubljana
Ecuador - yep, we talked about this nation in geography
Palau - yes, weird little islands in the pacific (excuses to all palau citizens, but well, AFAIK stamps are one of the major export articles)
Swaziland - yes, a sorry part of africa, where the monarch is still ruling with absolute power
Andorra - yes, they had an amateur team in the UEFA cup qualification, AFAIK
Albania - yes (and I think after the Kosowo war one should know it)
Botswana - yes, another african nation, I am glad not to live in
Malawi - vaguely
Tonga - yes, from the world cup qualification
Suriname - yes
St Lucia - vaguely
St Vincent & the Grenadines - no
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - yes
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes, they have the flag with the dragon
Eritrea - yes
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - yes
Nauru - yes, it's a tax haven iirc
Namibia - yes
Burundi - yes
Kyrgyzstan - yes from geography lessons
Qatar - yes, from various sports
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - yes, another "glad to live elsewhere" nation
Comoros - no
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes, I heard of both nations
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St Kitts & Nevis YES, Pacific
Trinidad & Tobago YES, Pacific, can still qualify for the championship 2006

Wrong, they're both in the Carribean. :)

Now, here's a tricky one for you ppl:
How do you pronounce Kiribati?

As an aside, I knew this old pommy guy who was the tresurer for Kiribati for years before he retired and moved to NZ. He was also with the Gurkas in SE Asia during WWII. Fascinating bloke to talk to.

Yes to all, except Comoros. Where it's at?

Yes to all, except Comoros. Where it's at?

Islamic island nation, to the east of Africa, slightly northwest of Madagascar.

(I think I know every country in the world. Heh, everyone is good at something :p)

Here goes - I reckon I'm pretty good, geographically...

Honduras YES
Micronesia YES
Zambia YES
Lesotho YES
Kiribati YES
Slovenia YES
Ecuador YES
Palau NO
Swaziland YES
Andorra YES
Albania YES
Botswana YES
Malawi NO
Tonga NO
Suriname YES
St Lucia YES
St Vincent & the Grenadines YES
Sao Tome e Principe NO
Turkmenistan YES
Azerbaijan YES
Bhutan YES
Eritrea YES
St Kitts & Nevis YES
Trinidad & Tobago YES
San Marino NO
Brunei YES
Bahrain YES
Oman YES
Vanuatu NO
Nauru NO
Namibia YES
Burundi YES
Kyrgyzstan YES
Qatar YES
Bangladesh YES
Myanmar YES
Comoros NO
Mauritania YES
Mauritius YES
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) NO

There we go!

Hmm My score :
Africa 162/162
Asia 87/87
Australia 24/24
Canada 39/39
Carribean 46/66
Central America 42/42
China 93/93
Europe 111/111
Middle East 87/87
Oceania 73/96
South America 39/39
USA 141/150
World 33/33

My quiz results:
Africa 106/162
Asia 77/87
Australia 22/24
Canada 30/39
Caribbean 33/66
Central America 31/42
China 26/93
Europe 107/111
Middle East 85/87
Oceania 51/96
South America 33/39
USA 95/150
World 33/33

Honduras--yes
Micronesia--yes
Zambia--yes
Lesotho--yes
Kiribati--no
Slovenia--yes
Ecuador--yes
Palau--not sure
Swaziland--yes
Andorra--yes
Albania--yes
Botswana--yes
Malawi--yes
Tonga--yes
Suriname--yes
St Lucia--yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines--yes
Sao Tome e Principe--no
Turkmenistan--yes
Azerbaijan--yes
Bhutan--yes
Eritrea--yes
St Kitts & Nevis--yes
Trinidad & Tobago--yes
San Marino--yes
Brunei--yes
Bahrain--yes
Oman--yes
Vanuatu--yes
Nauru--no
Namibia--yes
Burundi--yes
Kyrgyzstan--yes
Qatar--yes
Bangladesh--yes
Myanmar--yes
Comoros--yes
Mauritania--yes
Mauritius--no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)--yes

Heard of all of them. I consider myself pretty good at geography too, but I'm screwed when it comes to provinces / states / districts whatever, particularly China...

here's my scores

Africa 141/162 - the array of small west african countries got me.
Asia 83/87 - got a couple of 'stans confused
Australia 21/24
Canada 35/39 - couldn't find PEI
Caribbean 27/66 - useless
C. America 40/42
China 21/93 - pathetic!
Europe 111/111
Middle East 87/87
Oceania 59/96
South America 39/39
USA 105/150 - no idea on the middle bit!
World 33/33

seems like collections of small islands throw me too.

incidentally, I'm from England

Honduras - Yep
Micronesia - yep
Zambia -yep
Lesotho - yep
Kiribati - hmm, rings no bells
Slovenia - yep
Ecuador - yep
Palau -yep
Swaziland - yep
Andorra - yep
Albania - yep
Botswana -yep
Malawi - yep (never can spell it though)
Tonga - yep
Suriname - when did they put an "e" at the end of Surinam?
St Lucia - is a country now?
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yep
Turkmenistan - yep
Azerbaijan - yep
Bhutan - yep
Eritrea - yep
St Kitts & Nevis -yep
Trinidad & Tobago - yes, but apparently I should never pronounce them
San Marino - Italy. Seriously, this is not a real country.
Brunei - yep
Bahrain -yep
Oman - yep
Vanuatu -yep
Nauru - familar but cannot place it on a map.
Namibia - yep
Burundi - yep
Kyrgyzstan - don't think so, still have problems with the Stans
Qatar - yep
Bangladesh - yep
Myanmar - not sure, is it somewhere near Burma?
Comoros - yep
Mauritania -yep
Mauritius - cannot place on a map
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yep

Myanmar - not sure, is it somewhere near Burma?


Myanmar IS Burma

Yes to all the nations on the list.

Quiz scores:

Africa - 162/162
Asia - 87/87
Australia - 24/24
Canada - 39/39
Caribbean - 66/66
Central America - 42/42
China - I got destroyed.
Europe - 111/111
Middle East - 87/87
Oceania - 90/96
South America - 39/39
USA - 150/150
World - 33/33

Honduras - Yes
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - Yes
Kiribati - Yes
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - No
Swaziland - Yes
Andorra - Yes
Albania - Yes
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - Yes
Suriname - Yes
St Lucia - Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Yes
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan - Yes
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - Yes
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - Yes
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes
San Marino - Yes
Brunei - Yes
Bahrain - Yes
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - Yes
Namibia - Yes
Burundi - Yes
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - Think so!
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes

Honduras - Yes
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - Yes
Kiribati - No
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - Yes
Swaziland - Yes
Andorra - Yes
Albania - Yes
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - Yes
Suriname - Yes
St Lucia - No
St Vincent & the Grenadines - No
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan - Yes
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - Yes
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - No
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes
San Marino - Yes
Brunei - Yes
Bahrain - Yes
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - Yes
Namibia - Yes
Burundi - Yes
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - Yes
Mauritania - Not sure. Might be confusing it with Mauritius
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Did they rename it again?!

Only one I hadn't heard of is Sao Tome e Principe.
Don't know how accurately I could place them but, I have heard of them.

Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Did they rename it again?!
Yep, quite a while ago (1995, I think). "Zaire" was connected with Mobutu.

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - no
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes
Kiribati - yes
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - yes
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - yes
Albania - yes
Botswana - yes
Malawi - yes
Tonga - yes
Suriname - yes
St Lucia - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - no
Sao Tome e Principe - yes
Turkmenistan - yes
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes
Eritrea - yes
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - yes
Namibia - yes
Burundi - yes
Kyrgyzstan - yes
Qatar - yes
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - yes
Comoros - no
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes

Yes:

Honduras
Micronesia
Zambia
Lesotho
Kiribati
Slovenia
Ecuador
Swaziland
Andorra
Albania
Botswana
Malawi
Suriname
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Eritrea
St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
San Marino
Brunei
Bahrain
Oman
Burundi
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Mauritania
Mauritius

No:

Palau
Tonga
St Lucia
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sao Tome e Principe
Vanuatu
Nauru
Namibia
Comoros

Not sure:

Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)

just because americans are geographically illiterate, doesn't mean that British people are. Is this a joke...most British school children would EASILY know 90 % of those countries.

Americans -- Get out more!

just because americans are geographically illiterate, doesn't mean that British people are. Is this a joke...most British school children would EASILY know 90 % of those countries.

Americans -- Get out more!
I agree. Hurrah for us, the rest of the world (although, I have seen obscene ignorance on the part of some English persons, and also here at home).

Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia yes
Lesotho yes
Kiribati no
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau yes
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga no
Suriname yes
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines no
Sao Tome e Principe yes
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan yes
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis no
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain no
Oman yes
Vanuatu yes
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes
Comoros yes
Mauritania yes
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yes

Honduras y
Micronesia y
Zambia y
Lesotho y
Kiribati n
Slovenia y
Ecuador y
Palau n
Swaziland y
Andorra ...I thought that was fictional
Albania y
Botswana y
Malawi n
Tonga y
Suriname y
St Lucia n
St Vincent & the Grenadines n
Sao Tome e Principe n
Turkmenistan y
Azerbaijan y
Bhutan y
Eritrea n
St Kitts & Nevis n
Trinidad & Tobago y
San Marino y
Brunei n
Bahrain y
Oman y
Vanuatu n
Nauru n
Namibia y
Burundi y
Kyrgyzstan y
Qatar y
Bangladesh y
Myanmar y
Comoros y
Mauritania y
Mauritius y
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) y

I also got an 81 out of 111 in the europe quiz...is that good?

Honduras=yes
Micronesia=yes
Zambia=yes
Lesotho=yes
Kiribati=no
Slovenia=yes
Ecuador=yes
Palau=yes
Swaziland=yes
Andorra=yes
Albania=yes
Botswana=yes
Malawi=yes (the king of malawi)
Tonga=yes
Suriname=yes but I don't think it exist any more
St Lucia=yes but not sure if a country
St Vincent & the Grenadines=yes but ditto
Sao Tome e Principe=no
Turkmenistan=yes
Azerbaijan=yes
Bhutan=yes
Eritrea=yes
St Kitts & Nevis=yes but not sure if country
Trinidad & Tobago=yes they have cool uniforms for their army If I was going into a military force it would be this one (its a self defence force)
San Marino=have heard of but not sure if is a country
Brunei=yes
Bahrain=yes
Oman=yes
Vanuatu=have heard of but not sure if it is a country
Nauru=yes main export guano and a member of the coalition of the willing (no army)
Namibia=yes
Burundi=yes
Kyrgyzstan=yes
Qatar=yes
Bangladesh=yes
Myanmar=no
Comoros=no
Mauritania=yes
Mauritius=yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)yes


but I'm european and did geography at GCSE

Honduras-central america
Micronesia-in the pacific
Zambia-africa
Lesotho-africa(surrounded by s. africa)
Kiribati-heard of it..don't remeber where...i think in the pacific
Slovenia-balkans
Ecuador-Central america
Palau-pacific ocean
Swaziland-africa
Andorra-between spain and france
Albania-in the balkans
Botswana-africa
Malawi-africa
Tonga-africa
Suriname-south america
St Lucia-carribean sea
St Vincent & the Grenadines-carribean
Sao Tome e Principe-carribbean
Turkmenistan-central asia
Azerbaijan-central asia
Bhutan-um near nepal...i thnk
Eritrea-near ethiopia
St Kitts & Nevis-carribean
Trinidad & Tobago-carribean
San Marino-on the north easter part of the italian peninsula
Brunei-near indonesia
Bahrain-middle east
Oman-middle east
Vanuatu-pacific
Nauru-AN ISland i think
Namibia-africa
Burundi-africa
Kyrgyzstan-central asia
Qatar-middle east
Bangladesh-asia
Myanmar-asia
Comoros-africa
Mauritania-Africa near morrocco
Mauritius-off of africa near madagascae
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)-heard of both(in africa)

Im so smart :D

Why do you people address the Middle East as if it were a continent?

Honduras - yes, simple one.
Micronesia - is micronesia a country? i thought it was a region like australasia?
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes. Good ole King Mzwati and his thousands of brides(i think thats Lesotho, anyway, i know i have heard it)
Kiribati - yep
Slovenia - seen their national football team, so yes.
Ecuador - yes
Palau - yes
Swaziland - yes - it could be swaziland with King Mzwati. Richard E Grant was Swasi wasn't he? Or was he Botswanan?
Andorra - yes
Albania - durr. Of course. Enver Hoxha. Norman Wisdom is the number one film star in Albania you know.
Botswana - see above
Malawi - ah, whatever happened to Dr Hastings Banda? Protestant minister, ex abortionist, dictator.
Tonga - yes
Suriname - yes
St Lucia - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - yes
Turkmenistan - yes. Thats the place with the COMPLETELY bonkers leader, right? Turkmenbashi the great, he likes to call himself. Has a giant gold statue of himself in the capital, which revolves to catch the sun. Evil and insane but with an element of style ;)
Azerbaijan - yes. See the remarks about Slovenia
Bhutan - yes. Civil war at the moment isn't it? Or is that Nepal? One of the two.
Eritrea - yes
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - ah, tiny little San Marino. Yes.
Brunei - The Sultan of Brunei. Very rich man indeed.
Bahrain - yes.
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - yes
Nauru - yes
Namibia - durr, i mean, the size of Namibia you'd haveta be a bit stupid not to have heard of it. It's MAHOOSIVE. Windhoek used to be the capital as i recall.
Burundi - yes
Kyrgyzstan - yes. Good scrabble score as well.
Qatar - yes
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - yes
Comoros - yes.
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - yes
Republic of the Congo - yes

Do i get a lolly?

Wow, I come back to this thread and find it's six pages long! Thank you to those who have taken part so far, and for being honest. I'll try to answer/comment on a few points from your posts before I draw up some statistics.

Namibia - durr, i mean, the size of Namibia you'd haveta be a bit stupid not to have heard of it. It's MAHOOSIVE.

what? it's not mahoosive. it's no bigger than south africa.

what? it's not mahoosive. it's no bigger than south africa.

In comparison to the vast majority - if not all - of these states listed, it is mahoosive. It's bigger than the UK, for a start.

I had a very good grade in geography. (I'm also assuming that the Palau mentioned is the US protectorate that did not join with Micronesia sometime in the 70's. Memory fails me. The capital is something with a K... Kothor, Kroror, something...)

Quite right, and the capital is Koror.


Lesotho - Africa (I think within South Africa) YES


Correct. It's entirely surrounded by South Africa.


Andorra - Heard of it but not sure where it is. Africa? YES


Europe. Sandwiched between France and Spain.


Malawi - Heard of it put not sure where. Africa or SE Asia? YES
Tonga - Good rugby program. In the south pacific islands near Australia? YES
Suriname - Heard of it, no clue where it is YES


Correct on Tonga. Malawi is in Africa (a small, bizarrely shaped country in the south-east). Suriname is on the north coast of South America, and was formerly Dutch Guyana.


Sao Tome e Principe - I heard of it but no clue where it is YES
[...]
Vanuatu - I think islands in the pacific NOT SURE
[...]
Kyrgyzstan - One of former soviet Union countries in central asia? NOT SURE
[...]
Bangladesh - Poorest country in world, used to be east pakistan YES
[...]
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - There is two of them, DR Congo was Zaire and this was the other that was just north, or did I mix them up. YES


Quite right on Vanuatu, Kyrgyzstan and the Congo. Sao Tome e Principe is the smallest country in Africa, in the Atlantic, off the north-western or central-western coast (I'm not entirely sure which). I think the poorest country in the world is actually Mozambique, but I could be wrong.

Huaqio, I'm impressed. :) I've heard of them all, obviously (I've heard of every [sovereign] country in the world), and I can place them all more or less, but I don't know nearly as many capital cities as you do.


Tonga - yes, from the world cup qualification


Unless you're from Oceania yourself, are you sure you're not getting it mixed up with Togo? Togo is making a big mark on the World Cup qualifications in Africa. Tonga, in Oceania... not. ;)


Now, here's a tricky one for you ppl:
How do you pronounce Kiribati?


KEE-REE-BAS. Roughly. :)


San Marino - Italy. Seriously, this is not a real country.


It is, really. It's the oldest surviving republic in the world, and predates Italy as a formally organised country. It's also a member of the UN.


Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Did they rename it again?!


I could be wrong, but I think the Republic of the Congo was already called like that when the DRC was still being called Zaïre.


Suriname=yes but I don't think it exist any more


It does. See above.


Micronesia - is micronesia a country? i thought it was a region like australasia?


It's a country. The Federated States of Micronesia.


Lesotho - yes. Good ole King Mzwati and his thousands of brides(i think thats Lesotho, anyway, i know i have heard it)


It's Swaziland. :)


Turkmenistan - yes. Thats the place with the COMPLETELY bonkers leader, right? Turkmenbashi the great, he likes to call himself. Has a giant gold statue of himself in the capital, which revolves to catch the sun. Evil and insane but with an element of style


Quite right. Possibly the most insane leader on the planet. ;)


Bhutan - yes. Civil war at the moment isn't it? Or is that Nepal? One of the two.


It's Nepal. Bhutan, as far as I know, is peaceful right now.


Do i get a lolly?


*hands you a lolly.* :p

It's Swaziland. :)

Ah, i always get those landlocked South African countries mixed up :p

*hands you a lolly.* :p

Cool. I hope you got it from Turkmenbashi and it's got a gold stick.

Have you heard of the following countries? I'm curious to see how many people are aware of their existence. This isn't to "make fun" of "obscure" countries; quite the contrary, it's to see to what degree people are aware of the world around them. It's not to shame people who haven't heard of them, either. It's just to establish a few statistics.

Simply copy/paste the list below, and indicate "Yes" or "No" next to each country, depending on whether you've heard of it or not.

<snip>


Honduras - Yes
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - Yes
Kiribati - Yes
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - Yes
Swaziland - Yes
Andorra - No
Albania - No
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - No
Suriname - Yes
St Lucia - Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Yes
Sao Tome e Principe - Yes
Turkmenistan - No
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - Yes
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - No
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes
San Marino - No
Brunei - Yes
Bahrain - Yes
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - No
Namibia - Yes
Burundi - Yes
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - No
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes.
I'd probably not be able to place all of these on a map, though.

Yes, I have heard of all of them, and if pressed could probably locate them all on a map. Then again, I have at some point or another been to well over half of them. I spent about 5 years trying to get a visa stamp in my passport for every country in the world... Of course at the time getting into some of the countries in the USSR was rather difficult and so I had to write some of them off.
Also technically some of those listed are not countries in the traditional sense. Some are protectorates (self governing (mostly), but still reliant on another country or confederation of countries ie: the Commonwealth) and one or two are Governances (well that's what they were called when I was at school, but that was some time ago) which have a governor to deal with local issues, but still recognises the government of another country as holding power in their Governance.

Honduras Yes
Micronesia No
Zambia Yes
Lesotho No
Kiribati No
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau No
Swaziland Yes
Andorra No
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi Yes
Tonga Yes
Suriname No
St Lucia Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines Yes
Sao Tome e Principe No
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bhutan Yes
Eritrea No
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino Yes
Brunei No
Bahrain
Oman
Vanuatu
Nauru
Namibia
Burundi
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Comoros
Mauritania
Mauritius
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)

I could be wrong, but I think the Republic of the Congo was already called like that when the DRC was still being called Zaïre.
No you are right. Mind you I have always thought "Democratic Republic of..." is a misnomer, because it generally means "Corrupt communist dictatorship with no opposition because they have all been rounded up Repunlic of...". Well it does to my mind anyway...

No you are right. Mind you I have always thought "Democratic Republic of..." is a misnomer, because it generally means "Corrupt communist dictatorship with no opposition because they have all been rounded up Repunlic of...". Well it does to my mind anyway...
And also: DRC was DRC for quite a while until it "became" Zaire.

Yes, I have heard of all of them, and if pressed could probably locate them all on a map. Then again, I have at some point or another been to well over half of them. I spent about 5 years trying to get a visa stamp in my passport for every country in the world... Of course at the time getting into some of the countries in the USSR was rather difficult and so I had to write some of them off.

Weird, but impressive. ;) Sounds like the kind of thing I'd do if I had the money. Some countries don't stamp your passport, though. I was very disappointed when they didn't stamp mine in Cuba.


Also technically some of those listed are not countries in the traditional sense. Some are protectorates (self governing (mostly), but still reliant on another country or confederation of countries ie: the Commonwealth) and one or two are Governances (well that's what they were called when I was at school, but that was some time ago) which have a governor to deal with local issues, but still recognises the government of another country as holding power in their Governance.

No, I've only listed countries that are fully sovereign (and members of the UN, to boot). Being a member of the Commonwealth doesn't mean you're not a sovereign nation (even though many recognise the queen as their head of state).

Unless you're from Oceania yourself, are you sure you're not getting it mixed up with Togo? Togo is making a big mark on the World Cup qualifications in Africa. Tonga, in Oceania... not. ;)


I am interested in the American Samoan National team and therefore know their opponents. ogo is a former German colony in Africa, Tonga is a so small place in the pacific ocean, that one needs magnifying glasses on the globe (if it is shown at all)

Try - Burma,


other than that, there's at least
1/2 dozen I'm not sure I've heard of.

I am interested in the American Samoan National team and therefore know their opponents. ogo is a former German colony in Africa, Tonga is a so small place in the pacific ocean, that one needs magnifying glasses on the globe (if it is shown at all)

Ah. I see.

Why American Samoa? Because it's the worst team in the world according to FIFA rankings? Or is it a personal reason?

Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia yes
Lesotho yes
Kiribati yes
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau yes
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga yes
Suriname yes
St Lucia i've heard of it, but i don't know where it is
St Vincent & the Grenadines yes
Sao Tome e Principe yes
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan yes i like bhutan! my history teacher had never heard of it before though, heheh, i'd had to point it out to him on the map just a couple days ago :p
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis yes
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain no
Oman yes
Vanuatu yes
Nauru yes
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes(burma)
Comoros yes
Mauritania yes
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yes

not very many hard ones there. who doesn't know about bangladesh!

Got a bunch of countries there that could disappear and no one would notice.

I've heard of all of them except Nauru and could probably locate 1/3 of them accurately, 1/3 of them semi-accurately and the remaining third not at all.

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - yes
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - yes
Albania - yes
Botswana - yes
Malawi - yes
Tonga - no
Suriname - yes
St Lucia - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - yes
Turkmenistan - yes
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes
Eritrea - yes
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - yes
Nauru - no
Namibia - yes
Burundi - yes
Kyrgyzstan - yes
Qatar - yes
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - yes
Comoros - no
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes

Just a couple I hadn't heard of...

Have you heard of the following countries? I'm curious to see how many people are aware of their existence. This isn't to "make fun" of "obscure" countries; quite the contrary, it's to see to what degree people are aware of the world around them. It's not to shame people who haven't heard of them, either. It's just to establish a few statistics.

Simply copy/paste the list below, and indicate "Yes" or "No" next to each country, depending on whether you've heard of it or not.

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia Yes
Lesotho Yes
Kiribati Yes
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau Yes
Swaziland Yes
Andorra Yes
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi Yes
Tonga It sounds vaguely familiar ... I think ...
Suriname Yes
St Lucia Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines I'm sure I have
Sao Tome e Principe Yes
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bhutan Yes
Eritrea Yes
St Kitts & Nevis Yes
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino Sounds familiar, yes.
Brunei Yes
Bahrain Yes
Oman Yes
Vanuatu Yes
Nauru Yes
Namibia Yes
Burundi Yes
Kyrgyzstan Yes
Qatar Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Myanmar Yes
Comoros Sounds familiar, yes.
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) Yes, actuallyHowever, just because I've heard of arguably every country on that list doesn't mean that I can locate them all on a map, especially not the small obscure islands such as St. Lucia.

Here are the statistics based on the first three pages. I'll do some more when I have time.

There are only two countries for which a majority of you were sure you'd never heard of them: Nauru (58.8%), and Comoros (52.9%). Sao Tome e Principe comes close (47.1%).

Other "mysterious" countries include Kiribati (41.2% of you are sure you've never heard of it), Palau (likewise), Vanuatu (likewise), St Kitts & Nevis (35.3%), San Marino (ibid), Suriname (29.4%) and St Lucia (ibid).

Only 41.2% of you are sure you've heard of Nauru. The figure is 47.1% for Palau and Vanuatu.

Almost all of you have heard of Zambia, Ecuador, Swaziland, Andorra, Albania, Botswana, Trindad & Tobago, Namibia, Burundi, Qatar and Bangladesh.

Honduras no
Micronesia no
Zambia yes
Lesotho yes
Kiribati no
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau no
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi no
Tonga yes
Suriname no
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines no
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan not sure
Eritrea no
St Kitts & Nevis yes
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino no
Brunei no
Bahrain yes
Oman yes
Vanuatu no
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi no
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar no
Comoros no
Mauritania no
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo not sure

Honduras YES
Micronesia YES (look my flag)
Zambia YES (I heard)
Lesotho YES (I heard)
Kiribati YES (I heard)
Slovenia YES, Europe
Ecuador YES
Palau NO
Swaziland NO
Andorra YEEES
Albania YES
Botswana YES (I heard)
Malawi YES (h.)
Tonga YES (H.)
Suriname YES (H.)
St Lucia NO
St Vincent & the Grenadines YES
Sao Tome e Principe YES
Turkmenistan YES, very commented now.
Azerbaijan YES
Bhutan YES
Eritrea YES
St Kitts & Nevis YES
Trinidad & Tobago YES
San Marino YES, YES
Brunei YES :p
Bahrain YES (I used to confuse it with Brunei)
Oman YES
Vanuatu YES (H)
Nauru YES (H)
Namibia YES (H)
Burundi YES (sadly heard)
Kyrgyzstan YES
Qatar YES
Bangladesh YES
Myanmar YES
Comoros NO
Mauritania YES
Mauritius YES (H)
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) MM, NO

* = capital -- I swear I didn't look any of these up.

Honduras -- Central America, decent cigars *Tegucigalpa(?)
Micronesia -- W Pacific
Zambia -- SC Africa
Lesotho -- Surrounded by South Africa
Kiribati -- sland in the SW Pacific
Slovenia -- one of the former Yugoslavia's states
Ecuador -- very poor nation in NW South America *Quito
Palau -- Island nation in the SW Pacific, hosted the last "Survivor"
Swaziland -- S Africa; surrounded on 3 sides by South Africa and on the E by Mozambique
Andorra -- tiny nation; W Europe; sandwiched between France and Spain in the Pyrenees Mts.
Albania -- SE Europe on the Adriatic Sea N of Greece, W of fmr. Yugoslavia *Triane
Botswana -- S Africa; home to the Kalahari desert
Malawi -- C Africa; half surrounded by Mozambique
Tonga -- S Pacific
Suriname -- NE South America between the guyanas N of Brazil *Paramaribo
St Lucia -- island nation in the Caribbean
St Vincent & the Grenadines -- Caribbean N of Grenada
Sao Tome e Principe -- Portugese islands barely N of equator near W Africa
Turkmenistan -- Fmr. Soviet Republic, central Asia on the SE Caspian Sea bordering Iran *Ashgabat
Azerbaijan -- See last, W Caspian Sea *Baku
Bhutan -- Himalayan nation between China and India *Thimpu
Eritrea -- E Africa; N of Ethiopia on the Red Sea
St Kitts & Nevis -- Caribbean; S of Puerto Rico
Trinidad & Tobago -- Caribbean; NE of Venezuela
San Marino -- tiny nation embedded in NW Italy
Brunei -- Sultanate carved out of the island of Borneo within Malaysia
Bahrain -- small Persian Gulf island state E of Saudi Arabia *Manama
Oman -- the SE point of the Arabian Peninsula across it's own gulf from Iran *Muscat
Vanuatu -- volcanic island nation; S Pacific, also hosted Survivor *Port Vila
Nauru -- S Pacific, smallest independent republic
Namibia -- SW Africa NW of South Africa, hosts part of the Kalahari Desert *Windhoek
Burundi -- C Africa between Rwanda, Tanzania and the DR Congo *Bujumbura
Kyrgyzstan -- C Asia between China and Kazakhstan *Bishkek
Qatar -- Persian Gulf peninsula jutting N from Saudi Arabia *Doha
Bangladesh -- fmr. East Pakistan, flood-prone delta in S Asia *Dhaka
Myanmar -- the local, unofficial name for Burma in SE Asia between Thailand and Bangladesh *Rangoon
Comoros -- Indian Ocean islands between Madagascar and Mozambique
Mauritania -- NW Africa; Saharan coast
Mauritius -- Indian Ocean island E of Madagascar
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) -- W Africa between Gabon and DR Congo *Brazzaville

I made a mistake saying Sao Tome and principe was in the carribean..I know stupid of me to do..I do realize it is off the coast of central Africa :headbang:

Just heard of it... not actually know anything about it...

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - no
Lesotho - no
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - no
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - yes
Albania - yes
Botswana - yes
Malawi - no
Tonga - yes
Suriname - no
St Lucia - no
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - no
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes
Eritrea - yes
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - no
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - no
Namibia - yes*
Burundi - no
Kyrgyzstan - no
Qatar - no
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - no
Comoros - no
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes

* anyone who watched the first season of Saturday Night Live is familiar with the country of Namibia.

Honduras
Micronesia
Zambia
Lesotho No
Kiribati No
Slovenia
Ecuador
Palau No
Swaziland No
Andorra
Albania
Botswana
Malawi No
Tonga No
Suriname
St Lucia No
St Vincent & the Grenadines No
Sao Tome e Principe No
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Eritrea No
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago
San Marino
Brunei
Bahrain
Oman
Vanuatu No
Nauru No
Namibia
Burundi
Kyrgyzstan No
Qatar
Bangladesh
Myanmar No
Comoros No
Mauritania
Mauritius No
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) < Zaire

I have heard of almost all these names...just not sure if they are all countries

However, just because I've heard of arguably every country on that list doesn't mean that I can locate them all on a map, especially not the small obscure islands such as St. Lucia.I can locate most of them...

but I would like someone to ask Geo questions...that cannot be easily searched on the web

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia Yes
Lesotho No
Kiribati No
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau Yes
Swaziland Yes
Andorra Yes
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi No
Tonga No
Suriname Yes
St Lucia No
St Vincent & the Grenadines Yes
Sao Tome e Principe No
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan No
Bhutan Yes
Eritrea No
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino No
Brunei No
Bahrain No
Oman No
Vanuatu Yes
Nauru No
Namibia No
Burundi Yes
Kyrgyzstan No
Qatar Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Myanmar Yes
Comoros Yes
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius Yes
Republic of th e Congo (not the DR Congo!) Yes

Have you heard of the following countries?

I've heard of them all. But only a few of them are on my list of places to visit.
:)
P.S. Palau is the source of much mirth at our dinner table since this island nation is part of the 'coalition of the coerced' (Bush's allies in the invasion of Iraq. Palau doesn't have an army so Palauans join the U.S. military 'to see the world.' Still, I guess the US needs all the 'allies' it can find. ;)

Honduras - yup
Micronesia - yup
Zambia - yup
Lesotho - nope
Kiribati - yup
Slovenia - yup
Ecuador - yup
Palau - yup
Swaziland - yup
Andorra - yup
Albania - yup
Botswana - yup
Malawi - yup
Tonga - yup
Suriname - yup
St Lucia - yup
St Vincent & the Grenadines - nope
Sao Tome e Principe - nope
Turkmenistan - yup
Azerbaijan - yup
Bhutan - yup
Eritrea - nope
St Kitts & Nevis - nope
Trinidad & Tobago - yup
San Marino - nope
Brunei - yup
Bahrain - yup
Oman - yup
Vanuatu - yup
Nauru - yup
Namibia - yup
Burundi - yup
Kyrgyzstan - yup
Qatar - yup
Bangladesh - yup
Myanmar - yup
Comoros - nope
Mauritania - yup
Mauritius - yup
Republic of the Congo - yup

I always thought that Congo was one of those places everyone knew about...


Anyway, I took the quiz at the website too...

Austraila - perfect score
World - perfect score
Canada - 19/39 (lmao... don't ask how I can get Australia perfectly but not Canada XD)
US - 149/150 (crazy cat nudged the mouse to Arizona and clicked on that when I wanted to click on New Mexico XD)

meh... I gotta go... I'll finish flunking Europe later xp (just because I heard of 'em doesn't mean I know where they all are XD)

Huaqio, I'm impressed. :) I've heard of them all, obviously (I've heard of every [sovereign] country in the world), and I can place them all more or less, but I don't know nearly as many capital cities as you do.


Thanks Ariddia, I'm impressed of your knowledge too. ;) My weaknesses in locating the countries are Carribean and Oceanian micronations as shown in my test results. ;) I made some mistakes on some USA states too. (I could not find Delaware for instance)
The website is awesome.

USA: 150/150
Canada: 39/39
Central America: 42/42
Europe: 111/111
Middle East: 85/87
Asia: 84/87

Okay, now the ones I know I'm going to completely fail...

Australia: 17/24 (missed the territories that weren't directionally obvious, except Tasmania) 70.8%
Caribbean: 37/66 (too....many....islands....) 56.1%
China: 38/93 (I suck! Apologies to all Chinese people everywhere...and that's a lot of apologies) 40.9%
Oceania: 63/96 65.6%
Africa: 121/162 74.7% (not bad for an ignorant American...)

Honduras Y
Micronesia Y
Zambia Y
Lesotho Y
Kiribati N
Slovenia Y
Ecuador Y
Palau N
Swaziland Y
Andorra Y
Albania Y
Botswana Y
Malawi Y
Tonga Y
Suriname Y
St Lucia Y
St Vincent & the Grenadines Y
Sao Tome e Principe Y
Turkmenistan Y
Azerbaijan Y
Bhutan Y
Eritrea N
St Kitts & Nevis N
Trinidad & Tobago Y
San Marino Y
Brunei Y
Bahrain Y
Oman Y
Vanuatu Y
Nauru N
Namibia N
Burundi N
Kyrgyzstan Y
Qatar Y
Bangladesh Y
Myanmar Y
Comoros N
Mauritania N
Mauritius N
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) N


I thank Superpower 2 and my frequent global conquests.

Canada: 34/39 (Always thought that Northwest Territory and Ninavut were one.)

Asia: 83/87

USA: C'mon..I live here and know all my states already...

Europe: 104/111

Middle East: 80/87

I've heard of all of those. Not sure I could place every one of them on a map... but most of them, I think.

Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia
Lesotho yes
Kiribati
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga yes
Suriname yes
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sao Tome e Principe
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan yes
Eritrea
St Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain yes (one of my aunties was born there)
Oman yes
Vanuatu
Nauru
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes
Comoros yes
Mauritania yes
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo yes

I wouldnt say many of them were "obscure"

Ah. I see.

Why American Samoa? Because it's the worst team in the world according to FIFA rankings? Or is it a personal reason?
Because they are the worst team in the world. I even had a nick referring to American Samoa in another forum.

Kiribati no
Sao Tome e Principe no
San Marino no
Nauru no
Comoros no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) no, only DRC

All the rest, yes.

Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia yes
Lesotho yes
Kiribati yes
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau yes
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga yes
Suriname yes
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines yes
Sao Tome e Principe yes
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan yes
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis yes
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain yes
Oman yes
Vanuatu yes
Nauru yes
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes
Comoros no
Mauritania yes
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yes

Honduras - yes*
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes*
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes*
Palau - yes*
Swaziland - yes*
Andorra - yes*
Albania - yes*
Botswana - yes*
Malawi - yes
Tonga - no
Suriname -yes*
St Lucia - no
St Vincent & the Grenadines - no
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - yes*
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - yes*
Eritrea - yes*
St Kitts & Nevis - no
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - no
Bahrain - yes
Oman - yes*
Vanuatu - yes
Nauru - no
Namibia - yes*
Burundi - no
Kyrgyzstan - yes*
Qatar - yes*
Bangladesh - yes*
Myanmar - yes*
Comoros - no
Mauritania - yes
Mauritius - yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes*

* I also have an idea where it is

106/111 in europe... Screwed up in the balkans...

100/150 in the US...

66/87 in asia... the map was wierd

19/24 aussie... lol

108/162 africa...

78/87 middle east...East asia and africa were represented too :(

33/33 on world :P

31/42 in central america...

29/39 SA

Now on the quiz:

US - 131/150. My midwest is shaky and I can never remember what order the old south goes in.

Canada - 21/39. Not bad, considering I've never tried to learn its geography.

S. America - 26/39. Again, not too bad for my amount of study.

Europe - 81/111. Cripes! The ones I knew, I knew, but criminy, Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia don't even EXIST anymore...

Africa - 96/162. Not too shabby. Okay, fine, I sucked, but it's Africa. And I live in America. And am only in high school.

Australia - 18/24. But there were so few areas that with three tries, I was bound to click all of them.

Asia - 77/87. Yay. Where IS Brunei, though? And it'd have been easier to identify the western parts with a more extensive map.

Middle East - 75/87. Again with the yay, but again with the weird Stans that don't exist anymore...

C. America - 32/42. Much better than what I thought I'd get.

Caribbean - 30/66. Again I thought was going to totally flunk it.

World - 33/33. A total gimme quiz though.

I'm just going to delete the ones I know and leave the rest as the ones I never heard of.

Micronesia
Kiribati
Palau
Malawi
Suriname
Sao Tome e Principe
Eritrea
Vanuatu
Nauru
Burundi
Comoros
Mauritania
MauritiusYou can also test your geography here (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/), and post your scores.
I'm very good at North American, European, and Australian geography. I'm ok at South America and the Middle East, however I'm not good at Africa.

I know all of them. I even wrote the post with the continent the country can be found on and the countries bordering on it. All from memory. The dang thing wouldn't let me post it though. :headbang:

If you don't believe me. You should. I'm very into History and Geography.

Honduras -yes
Micronesia -no
Zambia -yes
Lesotho -no
Kiribati -no
Slovenia -no
Ecuador -yess
Palau -no
Swaziland -yes
Andorra -no
Albania -yes
Botswana -yes
Malawi -no
Tonga -no
Suriname -no
St Lucia -yess
St Vincent & the Grenadines -?? no
Sao Tome e Principe -no
Turkmenistan -no
Azerbaijan -no
Bhutan -yes
Eritrea -no
St Kitts & Nevis -no
Trinidad & Tobago -yes
San Marino -no
Brunei -no
Bahrain -no
Oman -no
Vanuatu -no
Nauru -no
Namibia -no
Burundi -no
Kyrgyzstan -yes
Qatar -no
Bangladesh -yes
Myanmar -no
Comoros -no
Mauritania -no
Mauritius -no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) -yes

Europe - 81/111. Cripes! The ones I knew, I knew, but criminy, Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia don't even EXIST anymore...


why should they have ceased? The CSSR ceased to exist, but Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia were never in danger of ceasing from what I know.

Europe - 81/111. Cripes! The ones I knew, I knew, but criminy, Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia don't even EXIST anymore...
[...]
Middle East - 75/87. Again with the yay, but again with the weird Stans that don't exist anymore...


I'm sure the people living there would be surprised to hear you say that. ;) All those countries do exist. In fact, they've only (re)gained their independence since the fall of the Soviet Union. All those you're referring to are recognised sovereign states, and members of the United Nations.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004.

I'm only fifteen so my knowledge is limited, but we shall see how we go


Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia nope
Lesotho no
Kiribati yes
Slovenia yes
Ecuador can i ask who hasnt?
Palau yes
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes (see national flag)
Botswana yes
Malawi no
Tonga yes
Suriname nope
St Lucia sounds more like a city to me
St Vincent & the Grenadines no
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan no
Azerbaijan no
Bhutan no
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis yes
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain no
Oman no
Vanuatu yes
Nauru yes
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes (anyone here a cricket fan?)
Myanmar yes
Comoros no
Mauritania no
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo! nope, didnt realise there was a difference

there ya go

Of course I have heard of all of them.

Looking at other answers, I start thinking that stereotype that Americans know only USA and Canada on world map, is really really true.

btw, I am really surprised that so few of them have heard of Nauru, this island is really exciting example of economy based on natural resources. Few years ago it had largest GDP per capita in the world.

Europe - 81/111. Cripes! The ones I knew, I knew, but criminy, Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia don't even EXIST anymore...



This is fun, my country doesn't exist anymore (I am Latvian). :rolleyes:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/lg.html

please check this out. As far as I know, we exist (again) after regaining independence from USSR occupation some fifteen years ago.

But this is fate of small countries and small nations; learned to live with that :)

I know all the countries. I also know where they are, but with the island states I may only be able to tell you the general area. Capital cities is where it gets tricky, and sub-national divisions (I know the states of India better than those of the US or the Chinese provinces, simply because I've actually been there). Capital cities is another nasty one... :rolleyes:

Now on the quiz:
Europe - 81/111. Cripes! The ones I knew, I knew, but criminy, Estonia-Lithuania-Latvia don't even EXIST anymore...

Asia - 77/87. Yay. Where IS Brunei, though? And it'd have been easier to identify the western parts with a more extensive map.

Middle East - 75/87. Again with the yay, but again with the weird Stans that don't exist anymore...

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia DO EXIST as independence countries. They are now members of European Union expansion (EU-25)
Brunei situated on northern part of Borneo island surrounded by Malaysia state of Sarawak.
All the "weird -stans" DO EXIST; Turkmenistan for instance is one of important oil producers around Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan is very big country with abundant natural resources and host the site of Russian space launch center at Baikonur.Uzbekistan relies its economy on cotton and has approx.
25 million citizens. One of my best friend come from Kyrgyzstan. The poorest country of all the "weird -stans" is Tajikistan.

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - no
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - yes
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - yes
Albania - yes
Botswana - yes
Malawi - yes
Tonga - yes
Suriname - no
St Lucia - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - no
Turkmenistan - yes
Azerbaijan - yes
Bhutan - no
Eritrea - no
St Kitts & Nevis - yes
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - no
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - no
Namibia - yes
Burundi - yes
Kyrgyzstan - yes
Qatar - yes
Bangladesh - yes
Myanmar - no
Comoros - no
Mauritania - no
Mauritius - yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - yes

Do we need to know the location, or just a slightly familiar feeling when the name is mentioned?

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia No
Lesotho No
Kiribati Yes
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau Yes
Swaziland Yes
Andorra Yes
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi No
Tonga Yes
Suriname No
St Lucia No
St Vincent & the Grenadines No
Sao Tome e Principe Yes
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bhutan No
Eritrea No
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino Yes
Brunei No
Bahrain Yes
Oman Yes
Vanuatu No
Nauru No
Namibia Yes
Burundi Yes
Kyrgyzstan Yes
Qatar Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Myanmar Yes
Comoros Yes
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) Yes

28/40, all in all. I'm shamefully uneducated in global geography - the American side of me. :p

Honduras- Yes, capital Tegucigalpa
Micronesia- Yes(Federated States of Micronesia, BTW, is an awesome name)
Zambia- Yes
Lesotho- Yes
Kiribati- No
Slovenia- Yes, capital Ljublijanca if Geography serves
Ecuador- Yes, capital Quito
Palau- Yes
Swaziland- Yes
Andorra- Yes, capital Andorra la Vella
Albania- Yes, capital Tirane
Botswana- Yes
Malawi- Yes
Tonga- Yes
Suriname- Yes
St Lucia- Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines- Yes
Sao Tome e Principe- Yes
Turkmenistan- Yes
Azerbaijan- Yes, capital Baku... I think
Bhutan- Yes
Eritrea- Yes(is it still a country? I thought that Ethiopia and Eritrea got back together? Or maybe my Int'l Relations teacher was wrong... who knows)
St Kitts & Nevis- Yes
Trinidad & Tobago- Yes
San Marino- Yes(small city-state in Italy IIRC)
Brunei- Yes
Bahrain- Yes(Gulf state)
Oman- Yes, capital Muscat
Vanuatu- Yes(I believe they did a Survivor there? DAMN REALITY TELEVISION!)
Nauru- Yes
Namibia- Yes
Burundi- Yes
Kyrgyzstan- Yes
Qatar- Yes(another Gulf state)
Bangladesh- Yes
Myanmar- Or Burma... but the Military Junta calls it Myanmar. Yes
Comoros- No
Mauritania- Yes
Mauritius- Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)- Yes, capital Brazzaville

Hmmm... some of those are pretty obscure, carribean islands and smaller African nations and such, but I want to meet the guy who's never heard of Honduras. And then take his head and bang it into a wall... like so - :headbang:

Honduras - Capital is Tegucigalpa, if I am not mistaken (I learned that in Math...)
Micronesia - Islands in the Pacific
Zambia - Spent a week in the house of a Justice at the Hague criminal court who happened to be from Zambia. Southern Africa, no?
Lesotho - Like San Marino, only instead of Italy, it's surrounded by South Africa
Kiribati - Island. Pacific.
Slovenia - The only former Yugoslav country to join the EU so far.
Ecuador - In South America. Some of my German family used to live there
Palau - Island. Pacific. The flag looks similar to the Japanese, only the colors are different.
Swaziland - Southern Africa
Andorra - Doesn't mint it's own cash. It's the "Basque" state and relies on France and Spain.
Albania - Claimed by Italy once. Borders Greece and former Yugoslavia. It's one of the few Muslim European countries.
Botswana - Southern Africa
Malawi - Island.
Tonga - Africa. Island.
Suriname - African country (although it sounds Asian)
St Lucia - Island
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Island
Sao Tome e Principe - Island. Caribbean, I think
Turkmenistan - Central Asia
Azerbaijan - Central Asia
Bhutan - Has a neat flag (dragon). Asia
Eritrea - That country that's always fighting Ethiopia. Horn of Africa.
St Kitts & Nevis - Island
Trinidad & Tobago - Island
San Marino - Like Lesotho, only instead of South Africa, it's surrounded by Italy
Brunei - You missed the Daressalam. Shares one of Indonesia's islands with said country.
Bahrain - Arabian Peninsula
Oman - Arabian Peninsula
Vanuatu - Island
Nauru - Island
Namibia - Former German South West Africa (and there for in the west of southern africa)
Burundi - Africa
Kyrgyzstan - Central Asia
Qatar - Arabian Peninsula
Bangladesh - Former East Pakistan. Borders India and Myanmar
Myanmar - Borders Thailand and Bangladesh
Comoros - Island
Mauritania - West Africa
Mauritius - West African Islands
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes. "French" Congo (as opposed to "Belgian" Congo)

Yes to all. I could probably put more than half of them in the right place on a blank map. Just not sure about the DR congo and R congo distinction

Honduras - Y
Micronesia - Y (Federated states of, my eight-year-old knows that!)
Zambia - Y
Lesotho - Y
Kiribati - N
Slovenia - Y
Ecuador - Y
Palau - Y
Swaziland - Y
Andorra - Y (European Principalities still count?)
Albania - Y
Botswana - Y
Malawi - Y
Tonga - Y
Suriname - Y
St Lucia - Y
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Y
Sao Tome e Principe - Not so much, what's that in English
Turkmenistan - Y
Azerbaijan - Y
Bhutan - Y
Eritrea - Y
St Kitts & Nevis - N
Trinidad & Tobago - Y
San Marino - Y (I guess they do)
Brunei - Y
Bahrain - Y
Oman - Y
Vanuatu - N
Nauru - N
Namibia - Y
Burundi - Y
Kyrgyzstan - Y
Qatar - Y
Bangladesh - Y
Myanmar - Y
Comoros - N
Mauritania - Y
Mauritius - Y
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Y?

I for one impressed myself. I only had 5 "nos" (and I'm thinking they might be planets that aren't even in our galaxy)! Or not and I humbly apologize to the residents thereof.

Honduras Yes
Micronesia Yes
Zambia Yes
Lesotho Yes
Kiribati No
Slovenia Yes
Ecuador Yes
Palau No
Swaziland Tes
Andorra Yes
Albania Yes
Botswana Yes
Malawi Yes
Tonga Yes
Suriname Yes
St Lucia Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines Yes
Sao Tome e Principe No
Turkmenistan Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bhutan Yes
Eritrea No
St Kitts & Nevis No
Trinidad & Tobago Yes
San Marino Yes
Brunei Yes
Bahrain Yes
Oman Yes
Vanuatu Yes
Nauru No
Namibia Yes
Burundi No
Kyrgyzstan Yes
Qatar Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Myanmar Yes (aka Burma)
Comoros No
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius No
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) It's right next to DRC, right?

I'm pretty sure some people cheated and consulted an atlas of some sort. Or youe are just sickeningly knowledgeable about geography. Me, I can barely keep up with some of the name changes these days.
I didn't realize we were supposed to pinpoint continent/oceanographic locations as well. I think the original poster should have included three to five non-existant countries in order to weed out the posuers!
I would laugh for days on end at people who purported to be aware of nations that don't exist in the real world.

Honduras: Yes Central American?
Micronesia: Yes lots of tiny islands.
Zambia: Yes African.
Lesotho: Little African monarchy bordering South Africa.
Kiribati: Small group of Islands in the Pacific.
Slovenia: Lovely little European establishment.
Ecuador: Another central American/ South American?
Palau: Familiar.
Swaziland: Another little monarchy bordering South Africa.
Andorra: tiny tiny tiny place in the Pyrenees.
Albania: Small Balkan country near Greece, Macedonia and Serbia and Montengro.
Botswana: In Africa north of South Africa.
Malawi: Picture-esqu little African country (my old school had an exchange thingy with a school there!)
Tonga: Another bloody African one
Suriname: I remeber hearing the name and being amused.
St Lucia: Carribean
St Vincent & the Grenadines: Also Carribean
Sao Tome e Principe: stumped!
Turkmenistan: One of those old Soviet countrys in central Asia
Azerbaijan: In the Caucas?
Bhutan: Little Buddist monarchy in the himalyas.
Eritrea: ???
St Kitts & Nevis: Carribean
Trinidad & Tobago: Carribean
San Marino: Little city state surronded on all sides by Italy!
Brunei: Small muslim monarchy near the south of Malaysia.
Bahrain: hmmmmm.
Oman: Middle easter country on the bottom of the Arabian penninsular.
Vanuatu: this one is made up.
Nauru: Small island in the Pacific again.
Namibia: Old German East Africa.
Burundi: I swear we've already had this.
Kyrgyzstan: Another rubbish one in the Caucus (a mountain range i cannot spell!)
Qatar: Arab country just off the penninsular.
Bangladesh: old East Pakistan.
Myanmar: Burma basically.
Comoros: thats made up.
Mauritania: In the Sahara one the West coast of it
Mauritius: More islands this time in the Indian ocean.
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!): yes but its next to it!

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - maybe... sounds like it's in the Pacific somewhere
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes. I get Lesotho and Swaziland confused, but I think it's Lesotho that borders only SA, whereas Swaziland borders Zambia too.
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - Get Slovenia and Slovakia confused. Both start with slov and end in a. Argh! Both formed after communist republics fragmented as well, even more confusing.
Ecuador - yes
Palau - no
Swaziland - yes
Andorra - boring little mountain country in the pyrennes
Albania - yes, has that cool double headed eagle on its flag
Botswana - yes
Malawi - yes, couldn't place it on a map though
Tonga - yes, same as above
Suriname - former colony of Holland?
St Lucia - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes, don't know where though.
Sao Tome e Principe - maybe?
Turkmenistan - This country is fascinating. You can get bottle of whiskey in bottles the shape of the dictators head. And he, the dictator, closed all the hospitals in the country except for the one in the capital so that his enemies wouldn't be able to get medical treatment. A Psychotic dictatorship if ever there was one. Such a class cultism he's built around himself though.
Azerbaijan - yes, made famous, or less obscure by Eddie Izzard's quest to mention it as often as possible in his comedy acts. :D
Bhutan - Tiny little monarchy on the border of India and China
Eritrea - Horrible war for independence from Ethiopia. Very bloody. :/
St Kitts & Nevis - yes, I think NS has their flag.
Trinidad & Tobago - yes
San Marino - yes, but not too sure about where it is. Western Meditarian somewhere
Brunei - yes, even the 'peasants' live like kings here. o.o
Bahrain - yep
Oman - yes
Vanuatu - no
Nauru - no
Namibia - My dad's friend helped fight for it's independence. If you study the country I think his name even comes up on some recomended reading (watching). Richard Pakleppa his name is. He's currently doing a documentary about the street kids of Angola.
Burundi - yes, I think.
Kyrgyzstan - There was a democratic revolution here. I've been told that it's not going to do much. 'A rose by any other name' type of thing.
Qatar - Base of operations for the Iraqi war, the US news stations seemed to pronounce its name strangely. "Kayytarr" or something.
Bangladesh - Anyone who lives is medium sized city in the UK MUST have heard of Bangladesh.
Myanmar - yus
Comoros - Isn't this island just of the coast of Madagascar, near Reunion?
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Borders the DR Congo, and The capitals are just across the Congo river from each other, Brazzavile and Kinshasa. During the end days of the Mobutu era some disabled people set up an import/export company between the two capitals. Whenever one of the cities were running low on one resource they'd hop on the ferry and ship it over to the other city. They managed to make this work because of a loophole in the laws which allowed disabled passenger to travel for free. That is cool.

Only four I haven't heard of. Not too bad :D

PS. A fair few of these places are dependencies, not countries :P

I'm pretty sure some people cheated and consulted an atlas of some sort. Or youe are just sickeningly knowledgeable about geography. Me, I can barely keep up with some of the name changes these days.
I didn't realize we were supposed to pinpoint continent/oceanographic locations as well. I think the original poster should have included three to five non-existant countries in order to weed out the posuers!
I would laugh for days on end at people who purported to be aware of nations that don't exist in the real world.

Are you american or what?! ;)

When I finished highschool, we often competed with friends in geography: knowing where each country exists on globe and its capital was basics competed just on basis of speed. The hard things where: currencies, longest rivers, largest lakes, and biggest mountains for different countries, comparing random countries by size, population, and even naming regions/states for largest countries (Russia, USA, etc.)

While I completely agree to you, that original poster should include few fake countries just for fun, I think people are more or less fair here.

Honduras no
Micronesia no
Zambia no
Lesotho no
Kiribati no
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau no
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi no
Tonga no
Suriname no
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines no
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan no
Azerbaijan no
Bhutan no
Eritrea no
St Kitts & Nevis no
Trinidad & Tobago no
San Marino yes
Brunei no
Bahrain no
Oman no
Vanuatu no
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi no
Kyrgyzstan no
Qatar no
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar no
Comoros no
Mauritania no
Mauritius no
Republic of the Congo yes

I scored 75 in the Eourope quiz.

Honduras yes
Micronesia yes
Zambia yes
Lesotho yes
Kiribati no
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau no
Swaziland yes
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi yes
Tonga yes
Suriname yes
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines yes
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan yes
Bhutan yes
Eritrea yes
St Kitts & Nevis yes
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain yes
Oman yes
Vanuatu no
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi yes
Kyrgyzstan yes
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar yes
Comoros no
Mauritania yes
Mauritius yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yes

Quiz:

Europe 108/111 (97.3%) (I never get the Baltic states right... Sorry!)

Afrika 74/162 (45.7%) (I sincerely apologize, that used to be better!!!)

Asia 71/87 (81.6%) (Yeah, well... not too shabby)

Australia 21/24 (87.5%) (Huh. Glad they didn't ask for Federal States in Europe!!!)

Canada 23/39 (59.0%) (Sorry to all Canadians - some of your regions I haven't even heard of!)

The Caribbean 23/66 (34.8%) (Man, I need to start playing Pirates! again...)

Central America 31/42 (73.8%) (Okay!)

China 15/93 (16.1%) (Oops. But I like Chinese food!!!)

Middle East 78/87 (89.7%) (That should work!)

Oceania 45/96 (46.9%) (Not good, not bad either.)

South America 25/39 (64.1%) (Oh boy, what happened?)

U.S. 90/150 (60.0%) (Damn, 10 years ago I knew them all!)

Honduras - yes
Micronesia - yes
Zambia - yes
Lesotho - yes
Kiribati - no
Slovenia - yes
Ecuador - yes
Palau - no
Swaziland - yes
Andorra -yes
Albania - yes
Botswana -yes
Malawi -yes
Tonga -no
Suriname -yes
St Lucia -yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines -yes
Sao Tome e Principe -no
Turkmenistan -yes
Azerbaijan -yes
Bhutan -yes
Eritrea -yes
St Kitts & Nevis -yes
Trinidad & Tobago -yes
San Marino -yes
Brunei -yes
Bahrain -yes
Oman -yes
Vanuatu -no
Nauru -no
Namibia -yes
Burundi -yes
Kyrgyzstan -yes
Qatar -yes
Bangladesh -yes
Myanmar -yes
Comoros -no
Mauritania -yes
Mauritius -yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) -yes

Although I couldn't say where half of them are.

I did the quiz. I got two suprising results. I know where every country in the Middle East is. But I didn't get full point for the world quiz. Apparently I didn't click high enough for the artic ocean. Got the Atlantic instead c.c

Africa - 138/162 <-- Damn western Africa. So many countries so close together x.x
Asia - 85/87
Central America - 31/42
Europe - 109/111 <-- stupid Lithunia, Estonia and Latvia. Almost got Estonia wrong again after I got Lativa twice wrong.
South America - 32/39
USA - 110/150. I'm actually very impressed about this one. :D

(...)
Europe - 109/111 <-- stupid Lithunia, Estonia and Latvia. Almost got Estonia wrong again after I got Lativa twice wrong.
(...)
Glad I'm not the only one there!!!

If it makes anyone happy, I wouldn't be anywhere near as sure about individual states within the USA. I can tell you were Sao Tome is, but not pinpoint Idaho!

I'm pretty sure some people cheated and consulted an atlas of some sort. Or youe are just sickeningly knowledgeable about geography. Me, I can barely keep up with some of the name changes these days.
I didn't realize we were supposed to pinpoint continent/oceanographic locations as well. I think the original poster should have included three to five non-existant countries in order to weed out the posuers!
I would laugh for days on end at people who purported to be aware of nations that don't exist in the real world.

I disagree, I believe most people are honest here. There is no gain of cheating here, it is just a self-test for yourself. Nobody will give anyone here a prize or anything. Nobody can capitalize on bragging here either, because basically this forum is quite anonym.

Glad I'm not the only one there!!!
oh... yes... you said Baltic, not Balkan... That explains for reply. Did you get Kalingrad and Belarus right? Just wondering why your score is one lower than mine.

Honduras- Yes
Micronesia- Yes
Zambia- Yes
Lesotho- Yes
Kiribati - No
Slovenia- Yes
Ecuador- Yes
Palau - Yes
Swaziland- Yes
Andorra- Yes
Albania- Yes
Botswana- Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga- Yes
Suriname- Yes
St Lucia - No
St Vincent & the Grenadines- No
Sao Tome e Principe - Yes
Turkmenistan- Yes
Azerbaijan- Yes
Bhutan- Yes
Eritrea- Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - Yes
Trinidad & Tobago- Yes
San Marino - Yes
Brunei- Yes
Bahrain- Yes
Oman- Yes
Vanuatu - No
Nauru- No
Namibia- Yes
Burundi- Yes
Kyrgyzstan- Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - Yes
Mauritania - Yes
Mauritius - Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes

Eritrea- Yes(is it still a country? I thought that Ethiopia and Eritrea got back together? Or maybe my Int'l Relations teacher was wrong... who knows)


It's still a country. The border between the two is closed, I believed. Not quite the best of friends yet.


Malawi - Island.
Tonga - Africa. Island.
Suriname - African country (although it sounds Asian)
[...]
Sao Tome e Principe - Island. Caribbean, I think


Wrong on those, I'm afraid... Malawi isn't an island, Tonga is in the Pacific, Suriname is in South America, and Sao Tome e Principe is an island nation off the west coast of Africa. Not bad at all on the whole, though.


Vanuatu: this one is made up.
[...]
Comoros: thats made up.


Wrong. :) The people living there would no doubt be very insulted to hear you say that. If you don't believe me, look them up.


I think the original poster should have included three to five non-existant countries in order to weed out the posuers!
I would laugh for days on end at people who purported to be aware of nations that don't exist in the real world.

Hehe... Now you mention it, I wish I'd thought of it too.


Lesotho - yes. I get Lesotho and Swaziland confused, but I think it's Lesotho that borders only SA, whereas Swaziland borders Zambia too.
[...]
Suriname - former colony of Holland?
[...]
Comoros - Isn't this island just of the coast of Madagascar, near Reunion?
[...]
PS. A fair few of these places are dependencies, not countries :P

Right on all those counts... except the last bit! ;) They're all actual sovereign, independent countries, not dependencies.

Regarding Comoros, I knew as much as you do: that it's near Madagascar and Reunion. I've checked on a map, and it's actually north-west of Madagascar, so not all that near to Réunion.

Honduras -Yes
Micronesia -Yes
Zambia -Yes
Lesotho -Yes
Kiribati -No
Slovenia -Yes
Ecuador -Yes
Palau -No
Swaziland -Yes
Andorra -Yes
Albania -Yes
Botswana -Yes
Malawi -Yes
Tonga -Yes
Suriname -Yes
St Lucia -No
St Vincent & the Grenadines -Yes
Sao Tome e Principe -No
Turkmenistan -Yes
Azerbaijan -Yes
Bhutan -Yes
Eritrea -Yes
St Kitts & Nevis -No
Trinidad & Tobago -Yes
San Marino -No
Brunei -Yes
Bahrain -Yes
Oman -Yes
Vanuatu -Yes
Nauru -No
Namibia -Yes
Burundi -Yes
Kyrgyzstan -Yes
Qatar -Yes
Bangladesh -Yes
Myanmar -Yes
Comoros -No
Mauritania -Yes
Mauritius -Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) -Yes


You can also test your geography here (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/), and post your scores.

84/87 in Asia. 130/162 in Africa. 85/87 in ME and too bored to try others....

Kiribati - vaguely familiar, but I wouldn't be ure if it is a country or not.
Palau - can't recall having encountered it before.
Vanuatu - very vaguely familiar.
Nauru - rings no bells
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - can't recall, but your bracketted note may have thrown me off.

Palau and Vanuatu were both locations for Survivor.

Have you heard of the following countries? I'm curious to see how many people are aware of their existence. This isn't to "make fun" of "obscure" countries; quite the contrary, it's to see to what degree people are aware of the world around them. It's not to shame people who haven't heard of them, either. It's just to establish a few statistics.

Simply copy/paste the list below, and indicate "Yes" or "No" next to each country, depending on whether you've heard of it or not.

Honduras yes
Micronesia no
Zambia yes
Lesotho no
Kiribati no
Slovenia yes
Ecuador yes
Palau SURVIVOR
Swaziland no
Andorra yes
Albania yes
Botswana yes
Malawi no
Tonga yes
Suriname yes
St Lucia yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines yes
Sao Tome e Principe no
Turkmenistan yes
Azerbaijan no
Bhutan no
Eritrea no
St Kitts & Nevis no
Trinidad & Tobago yes
San Marino no
Brunei no
Bahrain yes
Oman yes
Vanuatu SURVIVOR
Nauru no
Namibia yes
Burundi no
Kyrgyzstan no
Qatar yes
Bangladesh yes
Myanmar no
Comoros no
Mauritania no
Mauritius no
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) yes


You can also test your geography here (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/), and post your scores.

Honduras - Yes
Micronesia - Yes
Zambia - Yes
Lesotho - Yes
Kiribati - No
Slovenia - Yes
Ecuador - Yes
Palau - Yes
Swaziland - No
Andorra - Yes
Albania - Yes
Botswana - Yes
Malawi - Yes
Tonga - Yes
Suriname - Yes
St Lucia - No
St Vincent & the Grenadines - No
Sao Tome e Principe - No
Turkmenistan - Yes
Azerbaijan - Yes
Bhutan - Yes
Eritrea - Yes
St Kitts & Nevis - No
Trinidad & Tobago - Yes
San Marino - No
Brunei - No
Bahrain - Yes
Oman - Yes
Vanuatu - Yes
Nauru - Yes
Namibia - Maybe
Burundi - No
Kyrgyzstan - Yes
Qatar - Yes
Bangladesh - Yes
Myanmar - Yes
Comoros - Yes
Mauritania - No
Mauritius - No
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) - Yes

I couldn't tell you shit about most of them, but I've heard of all but a few of them.

Honduras Y
Micronesia Y
Zambia Y
Lesotho Y
Kiribati N
Slovenia Y
Ecuador Y
Palau N
Swaziland Y
Andorra Y
Albania Y
Botswana Y
Malawi N
Tonga Y
Suriname Y
St Lucia N
St Vincent & the Grenadines N
Sao Tome e Principe Y
Turkmenistan Y
Azerbaijan Y
Bhutan Y
Eritrea Y
St Kitts & Nevis N
Trinidad & Tobago Y
San Marino Y
Brunei Y
Bahrain N
Oman Y
Vanuatu N
Nauru N
Namibia Y
Burundi Y
Kyrgyzstan Y
Qatar Y
Bangladesh Y
Myanmar Y
Comoros N
Mauritania Y
Mauritius Y
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!) N

for some of those I only have a vague idea on where they are in the world

africa: 76/162
asia: 68/87
australia: 19/24 (well, this one is easy)
canada: 24/39
central america: 26/42
europe: 96/111
middle east: 72/87
south america: 28/39
world: 33/33 (ehm.....)

the others I didn't even try

Have heard of all except "kiribati" and a couple of the islands.

I've heard of them all, and know where each one is. Though really, who needs to know about Palau? Or St. Lucia? Or Kiribati? A lot of those countries have less than a million people, insignificant economies, and are not desirable travel locations. In some cases, they are barely countries. Palau and Micronesia, for instance, were US territorites up until about fifteen years ago. Today, they rely on the US for defense, money, and most of their governments' budgets. But I really feel sorry for Nauru. At about 1,000 souls, they are the world's smallest independent republic.

Honduras-no
Micronesia-yes
Zambia-yes
Lesotho-no
Kiribati-yes
Slovenia-yes
Ecuador-yes
Palau-no
Swaziland-yes
Andorra-yes
Albania- yes
Botswana-yes
Malawi-yes
Tonga-yes
Suriname-no
St Lucia-no
St Vincent & the Grenadines-no
Sao Tome e Principe-no
Turkmenistan-yes
Azerbaijan-no
Bhutan-no
Eritrea-yes
St Kitts & Nevis-no
Trinidad & Tobago-yes
San Marino-no
Brunei- yes
Bahrain-no
Oman-yes
Vanuatu- yes
Nauru- yes
Namibia-yes
Burundi-no
Kyrgyzstan-yes
Qatar-no
Bangladesh-yes
Myanmar-yes
Comoros-no
Mauritania-no
Mauritius-yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)-yes

I want to meet the guy who's never heard of Honduras. And then take his head and bang it into a wall... like so - :headbang:

I'm actually a she, but what's wrong with never having heard of it? has it been mentioned in the news or something?

Honduras- Yup!
Micronesia- I thought this was a region... :confused:
Zambia- sounds familiar... Africa, right?
Lesotho- Around South Africa
Kiribati- They have have their new year before everyone else!!
Slovenia- East Europe
Ecuador- Central America
Palau- Island around Thailand? :confused:
Swaziland- Southern Africa
Andorra- Nth Africa
Albania- That place in the Balkans with the capital city painted in bright colours...
Botswana- Africa
Malawi- Ooh... I used to remember...
Tonga- SOUTH PACIFIC! WOOT!
Suriname- *bashes head* Sth/Central America?
St Lucia- :( I forgot...
St Vincent & the Grenadines- Carribean?
Sao Tome e Principe- *shrugs* I remember them in the Olypics opening ceremony...
Turkmenistan- One of the 7 "stans"! Central Asia.
Azerbaijan- Kinda around SW Russia...
Bhutan- They have a dragon on their flag! Sth Asia? Around India and China...
Eritrea- forgot...
St Kitts & Nevis- look above :(
Trinidad & Tobago- Carribean?
San Marino- lanlocked in Italy! My cousins went there. So jealous. Oldest republic...
Brunei- Same cousins as above lived there. On Island of Borneo. They're effing rich!
Bahrain- Middle East. Oil rich!
Oman- ditto
Vanuatu- SW Pacific islands
Nauru- Nth of Australia. They're a republic.
Namibia- Africa!
Burundi- :eek: no idea... :(
Kyrgyzstan- Another "stan"! Central Asia
Qatar- Oil-rich Middle-Eastern nation state
Bangladesh- Formally East Pakistan. Muslim nation surrounded by the sea and India and prone to floods across half the country. I have a friend from there.
Myanmar- Formally known as Burma. West of Thailand.
Comoros- :(
Mauritania- Sounds so familiar!
Mauritius- East of Africa in Indian Ocean. Looks beautiful!
Republic of the Congo- Which "Congo" was Zaire?

I've heard of them all, and know where each one is. Though really, who needs to know about Palau? Or St. Lucia? Or Kiribati? A lot of those countries have less than a million people, insignificant economies, and are not desirable travel locations. In some cases, they are barely countries. Palau and Micronesia, for instance, were US territorites up until about fifteen years ago. Today, they rely on the US for defense, money, and most of their governments' budgets. But I really feel sorry for Nauru. At about 1,000 souls, they are the world's smallest independent republic.
And Australia dumps it's illegal immigrants there!

Well:
Africa: 131/162
Asia: 84/87
Australia: 22/24
South America: 38/39
World: 33/33
Middle East: 83/87

Micronesia- I thought this was a region... :confused:
Lesotho- Around South Africa
Slovenia- East Europe
Palau- Island around Thailand? :confused:
Andorra- Nth Africa
Sao Tome e Principe- *shrugs* I remember them in the Olypics opening ceremony...
Burundi- :eek: no idea... :(
Comoros- :(
Mauritania- Sounds so familiar!
Republic of the Congo- Which "Congo" was Zaire?
Micronesia is also a country in the Pacific apart of being an ethnic group and a language group.
Lesotho is surrounded by South Africa
Slovenia is in South Europe, just east of Italy.
Palau is north of Indonesia, east of Philippines, no way near Thailand.
Andorra is between Spain and France.
Sao Tome e Principe is off coast of Gabon, South of Nigeria
Burundi is in Africa, east of Zaire
Comoros is between Mozambique and Madagascar
Mauritania is in North West Africa, bordering Western Sahara which claimed by Marrocco
Democratic Republic of Congo is Zaire.(the bigger one)
Afterall not bad ;)

Honduras- Yes
Micronesia- Yes
Zambia- Yes
Lesotho- Yes
Kiribati- Yes
Slovenia- Yes
Ecuador- Yes
Palau- Yes
Swaziland- Yes
Andorra- Yes
Botswana-Yes
Malawi-Yes
Tonga-Yes
Suriname-No
St Lucia-Yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines- Yes
Sao Tome e Principe-Yes
TurkmenistanYes
Azerbaijan-Yes
Bhutan-Yes
Eritrea-No
St Kitts & Nevis-Yes
Trinidad & Tobago-Yes
San Marino-Yes
Brunei-Yes
Bahrain-Yes
Oman-Yes
Vanuatu-Yes
Nauru-Yes
Namibia-Yes
Burundi-No
Kyrgyzstan-Yes
Qatar-Yes
Bangladesh-Yes
Myanmar-No
Comoros-Yes
Mauritania-Yes
Mauritius-Yes
Republic of the Congo (not the DR Congo!)-Yes


I'm enthusiastic about geography and contantly look at maps ect..