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Seven countries touch the North Sea. Can you name them all in just one minute?
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First submittedJanuary 28, 2015
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68 Comments
cosmokim
+6
Level 70
Jan 16, 2016
Good quiz!
KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 81
Jan 16, 2016
Thanks :)
redsplat
+2
Level 72
Jan 17, 2016
Good stuff, thanks
Devvik2
+1
Level 74
May 8, 2016
Missed Denmark, when I thought I already got it.
Sterref10
+3
Level 61
May 8, 2016
Does Sweden not count? I just looked at a political map of Europe and it does touch the sea quite a bit.
Corrode
+2
Level 60
May 8, 2016
Sweden borders the Baltic, not the North Sea.
Giffelboiii
+9
Level 53
May 16, 2021
Sweden borders the north sea at least as much as France do
Jonasu
+1
Level 28
Nov 10, 2022
Yea, thats what I thought as well.
SuperMax93
+5
Level 59
May 8, 2016
And on the west coast of Sweden is the Skagerrak strait. Which is, like the English Channel, not part of the North Sea.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 8, 2016
Excellent quiz as usual! If you wanted to, you could turn this into a map quiz!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
May 8, 2016
Just one minute? Could have done it in 15 seconds.
mikeb
+14
Level 65
Mar 20, 2019
But quiz should not be a keyboard speed contest!
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Mar 21, 2019
I agree. I'm just responding to the instructions which make it sound like doing it in "just one minute" is a challenge.
Limeila
+1
Level 28
Mar 20, 2019
I did it in that much and I'm not even that fast
JonOfKent
+7
Level 61
Dec 21, 2020
Well I did it in 8 seconds and I'm an elephant and an amputee.
awesomeguy
+1
Level 35
May 9, 2016
WHAT ABOUT SWEDEN???
Corrode
+1
Level 60
May 10, 2016
It borders the Baltic, not the North Sea.
Temudhun
+2
Level 73
Oct 12, 2016
Sweden borders several seas.
Carry
+2
Level 63
Sep 8, 2016
Not sure about the criteria but if you research this you'll find out it doesn't border the North Sea. Maybe the Skagerrak strait is considered something on it's own as there needs to be something that draws the line between North and Baltic sea.
Chouyren
+1
Level 57
Nov 29, 2019
The Skagerrak is not it's own thing. The boundary between two seas is the narrowest point of two land masses seperating them meaning the Skagerrak as well as the Kattegat are both part of the North Sea. The Oresund and the Great Belt are the boundaries.
Reddwarfkid
+1
Level 17
May 11, 2016
The quiz should really accept England or Scotland as United Kingdom.
hellodrew
+34
Level 66
Sep 6, 2016
It really shouldn't.
xandermark
+5
Level 33
May 14, 2021
The quiz should really accept Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg as Germany.
Shamooski19
+2
Level 70
May 15, 2021
exactly
popshuv
+1
Level 61
Dec 18, 2023
Why doesn't it accept California for the US?!??!1/11/?
fatfitnessguy
+1
Level 34
May 11, 2016
no points for 5/7?!
ponnuki
+5
Level 57
May 20, 2016
No, you only get points if you equal or beat at least 25% of the players on the quiz. On this quiz, only 15.5% got 5 answers or less.
kephalos5
+1
Level 35
Jan 6, 2021
lmao
DonTheLamplighter
+13
Level 87
Mar 28, 2017
Wouldn't accept Bhutan for some reason.
KoljiVriVoda
+10
Level 81
Mar 28, 2017
Maybe because it is in South America...
chondrichthyess
+6
Level 60
Apr 5, 2017
No, Bhutan is in Africa
xarnac
+6
Level 71
Nov 14, 2018
What a trainwreck this thread is. Bhutan is in the Caribbean!
EcceHomo
+3
Level 86
Jan 6, 2021
Fools, Bhutan is capital of Melanesia.
MacKaps
+3
Level 48
May 14, 2021
You nincompoops, Bhutan is a village in Middle Earth
Shamooski19
+2
Level 70
May 15, 2021
NO! Bhutan is in a third dimension between the mythical cities of KoljirVriVoda and Quizzmaster!
Trombone
+2
Level 61
Sep 4, 2021
I'm honestly disappointed by the stupidity, Bhutan is an old polynesian tribe who reached the moon before 10000 BCE. Fools
Jthegreat
+2
Level 34
Apr 7, 2022
No! China is a country is west Africa with donkeys
GeoDude
+16
Level 46
Mar 19, 2019
Bhutan is 27 on the periodic table
Yeeee123
+1
Level 40
Mar 24, 2019
It's a country in Asia. And btw 27 on the periodic table is the element of Cobalt. Do some research.
Wistful
+2
Level 72
Mar 22, 2024
Killjoy
TWM03
+8
Level 72
Jul 29, 2019
A country in Asia? No... I don't think anyone would ever have realised that! Well thanks for your suggestion to do some research, I'm 100% certain it definitely helped.
Ptcairn
+2
Level 68
May 22, 2024
you fools. Do you guys not remember that Bhutan is a house name in Harry Potter???
CaptainHumanLogic
+1
Level 39
Jun 1, 2017
A map would be nice...
CardinalSin
+3
Level 82
Sep 20, 2018
Surely there are eight countries bordering the North Sea? You are forgetting the independent republic of Sealand! see https://www.sealandgov.org/
Keithg
+3
Level 48
Mar 10, 2019
Got them all. Mind you I can see the north sea from the staff room at work
ThisIsAGreatUsername
+4
Level 49
Mar 20, 2019
I feel like Sweden should be included as it borders the Skagerrak, which has been defined as an extend arm of North Sea in here, here and here. Also the Wikipedia article for North Sea counts Sweden as a bordering country.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+2
Level 64
Mar 20, 2019
Got them all with 0:34 remaining at 2:28:50 PM on March 20, 2019. My point total is up to 1067. An easy quiz, good for a few more points.
QuizTaDa
+1
Level 48
Mar 20, 2019
Got all with 00:36 left! Not bad! That's on of my best scores ever for this quiz! Actually it's my first but oh well
GeographyMajor
+1
Level 42
Mar 21, 2019
Belgium......... ARGH
divantilya
+1
Level 36
May 26, 2019
I can sooner accept Sweden as bordering the North Sea than Germany.
TWM03
+2
Level 72
Jul 29, 2019
Why? How would you define the boundaries of the North Sea in a way that excluded Germany?
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Aug 25, 2019
Sweden is directly North of Denmark; Germany is to its South. That's how I concluded that Sweden fits the criteria better than Germany. To me it seems that Germany's access to the North sea is blocked by Denmark.
Chouyren
+2
Level 57
Nov 29, 2019
@divantilya Germany DOES border the north sea. That's a fact. Just look at a map. We have a longer coastline on the north sea than the Netherlands, Belgium or France and we are more to the north than them as well. I have no idea why they are not including Sweden but it probably has to to with some people arguing that the Skagerrak strait is part of the Baltic Sea which it clearly is not...
AndrewEWiggin
+1
Level 30
Jan 22, 2020
easy but still good
Yeoryios
+1
Level 71
Jun 8, 2020
Oceanus Germanicus is definitely a better name than North Sea lol
shuffle23
+1
Level 20
May 13, 2021
Why not Ireland?
xandermark
+1
Level 33
May 14, 2021
That would be the Irish Sea
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
May 13, 2021
Simple simple simple :)
TTVsnipperr00
+1
Level 20
May 13, 2021
you should make a indian ocean one
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
May 17, 2021
I was wondering about the Skagerrak as well, but it does appear that the International Hydrographic Organisation excludes it, as it defines the North Sea's eastern border as "The Western limit of the Skagerrak. A line joining Hanstholm (57°07′N 8°36′E) and the Naze (Lindesnes, 58°N 7°E)."

Confusingly, the same International Hydrographic Organisation's North Sea Hydrographic Commission *does* include Sweden (but also Iceland and Ireland)...

This issue doesn't seem 100% clear to me, because the IHO's definition of the Baltic also seems to exclude the Skagerrak and Kattegat, which would then each be their own thing, and not part of any sea?

PumpkintheNerd
+1
Level 39
Apr 24, 2022
EASY! But good. :)
Kenneth3748
+1
Level 52
Apr 27, 2022
a minute is a lot of time for this lol
Melikesanmarino
+1
Level 60
Jul 28, 2022
11 secs first try! SIUUUUUUUUU
mjolnir
+1
Level 56
Oct 12, 2022
Man you should really accept England for the uk. It really tripped me up
m3l4n13
+2
Level 48
May 25, 2023
that would be like accepting california for the US. england isnt a sovereign nation
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Oct 3, 2023
25 seconds used
Shammionical
+1
Level 27
Jan 12, 2024
I finally got level 15 and this was the first quiz I did being able to comment
Marli5
+2
Level 50
May 14, 2025
Sweden is at the North Sea aswell
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