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Visual Memory Test - Countries on a World Map

Memorize the 15 DARK BLUE countries on the map. Then click "Start Quiz" and try to type in all their names.
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Last updated: July 9, 2022
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First submittedMay 25, 2021
Times taken66,748
Average score66.7%
Rating4.99
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Country
Mauritius
Tunisia
Netherlands
Country
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Panama
Country
Lithuania
Burkina Faso
Tonga
Country
Mozambique
Bangladesh
Zambia
Country
Suriname
Iran
Argentina
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41 Comments
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Level 87
May 25, 2021
Great idea !
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Level 55
May 25, 2021
100% on my first try! Nominated!!!
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Level 55
Jul 11, 2022
0:49 left!
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Level 30
May 25, 2021
Brilliant, nominated of course !
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Level 57
May 25, 2021
The only solution I find is that overtired is a genius. Brillant idea, as always (but more again this time, in my opinion). Congratulations, and nominated, sure!
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Level 36
May 25, 2021
Really good idea, and fun quiz
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Level 73
May 25, 2021
I didn't even realize that a "pre-quiz" ID existed! Brilliant work!
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Level 87
May 25, 2021
The pre-quiz and post-quiz classes were added in april.
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Level 78
May 25, 2021
I'm surprised that only 7.7% of takers got them all on the first try. For me, it was pretty easy to just remember which spots were blue on the map.
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Level 78
May 25, 2021
Challenge to those who found it tricky: only give yourself ten seconds to study the map

Edit: That's actually as bit of a challenge. I only missed Belize, which I didn't have time to notice.

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Level 80
Sep 13, 2021
You mean, challenge to those who *didn't* find it tricky.
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Level 68
Jun 19, 2023
Me taking over 10 attempts for 15/15. :/
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Level 77
May 24, 2022
I forgot to count on the pre-quiz map, only memorized the 13 I saw without zooming and missed 2 micro-nations because I didn't even see them . . .
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Level 48
Jun 11, 2022
I didn’t see Cyprus
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Level 21
Jul 9, 2022
You have to count to see if you actually saw all 15 countries. If you don't, there's no way to get a 15.
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Level 49
Jul 9, 2022
That's what I did as well!
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Level 76
Jul 9, 2022
Not every person's brain is image-focused. My, for example, is sound-focused. I never benefit from these "memory techniques" that tell you to imagine some pictures instead of words. Hell, I often do the opposite and try to remember picutres as words because I can't remember many visual details. If police asked me to help with a photofit picture of anybody, I would be of 0 help.
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Level 53
May 29, 2021
Nominated!
+2
Level 40
Aug 26, 2021
Great quiz as always. Nominated
+3
Level 58
Sep 13, 2021
Really good quiz, I love it!
+3
Level 79
Sep 14, 2021
Really fun, nommed
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Level 89
Apr 14, 2022
really great idea for a quiz. took it twice and got 100% both times. good exercise for your memory
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Level 65
Apr 14, 2022
Got 100% on the first go and normally I suck in these memory games haha. Incredible how much better my mind works when it comes to geography knowledge and memorising maps.
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Level 83
May 25, 2022
Equa-cost chilly bangers may lateral abserb slovenly liberal Nigerian cars, but calms Thai souls. 15/15
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Level 88
May 25, 2022
Now that’s what a call a headline
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Level 93
May 26, 2022
Well...my memory worked well. My eyes...not so much. Didn't see Burundi was highlighted.
+1
Level 76
May 27, 2022
Great concept :)
+1
Level 89
May 27, 2022
I feel like an absolute idiot, I did this quiz 8 times before I got them all. The kicker: I got 14/15 on every single other try. One country always somehow slipped my mind.
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Level 61
Jun 22, 2022
I think I took more time memorising them than I did typing them in
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Level 33
Jul 9, 2022
100% on my 2nd try
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Level 89
Jul 9, 2022
Only got 12 the first time because I didn't bother counting and missed the smaller countries. The second time I spent more time looking for the smaller countries than studying the map.
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Level 88
Jul 9, 2022
Smallest countries have been removed.
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Level 70
Jul 9, 2022
Yay finally!
+1
Level 23
Jul 9, 2022
13/15, missed malawi and republic of the congo
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Level 70
Jul 12, 2022
Great quiz, although I could do better I enjoy having a go. I find that after I do the quiz about 3 times I am keeping too much of the other quizzes in my memory box :o)
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Level 38
Jul 12, 2022
excellent
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Level 58
Aug 30, 2022
FINALLY OMG
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Level 53
Nov 20, 2023
I'm proud of my bad memory for getting this on the first try.

I decided to go in with mnemonics cuz my memory sucks so I came up with mnemonics for the different continents countries. There was only 1 in the Americas and 1 in Oceania, so I just kept their normal names. And the 3 i got in Africa didn't start with a vowel so I just repeated LCG 'til I had started and could type them in. The actual mnemonics came into play for Europe and Asia. I used GRINS for Europe cuz I got Greece, Romania, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. Then I had to be more creative with Asia and made SKYLIK cuz I got South Korea, Yemen, Laos, Iran, and Kazakhstan. I found my mnemonics funny and figured I'd share them.

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Level 95
Jun 30, 2024
One trick I found helpful is to close your eyes shortly after looking each section of the map, and then to see if you can remember it afterward. Do that for each section of the map, and then doing it again for all of them before checking to make sure that there are 15. After all that, you're pretty much set to ace the quiz.
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Level 56
Oct 21, 2025
Wow, nice quiz. 0:33 15/15. Kenya made me think for a good 15 seconds. How I memorized them was by reciting all the dark blue countries' names before starting the quiz.