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Countries that Start with P

Name the countries that start with the letter P.
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Last updated: September 3, 2018
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First submittedJuly 17, 2012
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Average score77.8%
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Country
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Country
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
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Level 20
Nov 28, 2012
I didn't get Papua New Guinea cause people just call it New Guinea. At least everyone I know calls it that..
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Level 58
Jan 10, 2014
New Guinea is the island; Papua New Guinea the country that forms its eastern half.
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Level 37
Jan 19, 2017
I always call it papua new guinea
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Level 75
Feb 8, 2017
I call it PNG.
+5
Level 94
Feb 11, 2017
In Indonesia,we called it Papua
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Level 42
Dec 12, 2021
I can confirm with multiple Indonesian friends that Indonesians call it "Papua"
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Level 39
Nov 7, 2022
Papua is a province in the indonesian western half
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Level 78
Feb 23, 2019
You know some weird people then
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Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
I have always only known it as papua new guinea. Only here I typed new guinea, because somehow I learned that was accepted and saves times typing. I have never heard anyone actually call it that in real life. (but maybe that differs per place you life, but here atleast it is not a thing at all.)
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Level 62
Dec 12, 2021
It saves even more time to just type PNG and be done with it! 🤣🇵🇬
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Level 35
Dec 29, 2012
misd palau and philippines.
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Level 18
Oct 23, 2018
It's ridiculous that your name was almost same letters with Palau and yet you missed it. Hehe.
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Level 41
May 28, 2021
Hey, be nice.
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Level 56
Feb 25, 2022
why do i find it that your name is like the funniest thing to post a comment...?
+1
Level 17
Jun 6, 2023
I missed those also along with poland! How?
+1
Level 21
Jan 14, 2013
Puerto Rico?
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Level 38
Feb 23, 2013
US territory.
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2021
It's a commonwealth, not a territory
+9
Level 58
Dec 12, 2021
Puerto Rico IS a commonwealth, but it is definetly also a U.S. territory.
+1
Level 35
Jun 3, 2020
It is not u.s territory
+2
Level 30
Mar 3, 2021
Yes
+5
Level 10
Apr 1, 2013
I get the hard ones, but always forget the easy ones, like I get palau, but forget Portugal and peru
+1
Level 23
Nov 22, 2015
yup, I got Panama XD
+2
Level 41
May 28, 2021
But panama's on the thumbnail lol
+1
Level 7
Apr 5, 2013
Got em all :)
+1
Level 64
Dec 15, 2013
2:42 left :)
+8
Level 48
Jan 8, 2014
How did I miss Papua New Guinea? I live there...
+5
Level 65
Apr 20, 2017
Yikes...
+3
Level 64
Mar 27, 2014
Missed Poland, the most obvious one but got everything else. *facepalm*
+6
Level 75
Apr 20, 2017
I always forget Poland and Japan on these quizzes - no idea why.
+2
Level 43
May 16, 2017
took me over a minute to get poland, managed it in the dying seconds!
+1
Level 27
Dec 12, 2021
i was trying to type Japan xDDDd
+1
Level 13
May 15, 2014
why did i missed Paraguay :(
+3
Level 53
May 30, 2014
there's many people who knows philippines, but or those who speaks in spanish is difficult o associate that with the P.
+1
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
How do you pronounce the first sound then?
+2
Level 62
Mar 19, 2020
It's Las Filipinas in Spanish
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Level 16
May 13, 2022
yes, and it's called filipina or filipin by fellow south east asian
+1
Level 53
Jun 4, 2014
9/9 Get rekt n00bs! :P
+1
Level 30
Jul 30, 2023
u should be quiet it's not that special
+1
Level 32
Aug 23, 2014
9/9 with 1: 26 left
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Level 23
Nov 30, 2014
100% on 2nd try with 1:18 left. I forgot about Pakistan the first time, and i was kicking myself hard cos of it
+3
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
Hope you didn't hurt yourself to much.
+2
Level 39
Jul 7, 2017
2 and a half years later lmao
+1
Level 78
Feb 27, 2020
too* 😊
+2
Level 42
Dec 12, 2021
I think that India would like for Pakistan to not exist! India and Pakistan HATE each others GUTS, due to wars, conflicts, battles, and territories!
+2
Level 26
Sep 20, 2022
Really? I don't think anyone knew that.
+3
Level 57
Dec 13, 2014
I managed to forget Portugal. Being European and having been to Portugal a few times, not impressed with myself on that one. Also tried Palestine, but....
+2
Level 73
Oct 8, 2017
The only one I missed was Portugal, too. And I have been to Portugal. And I am of Portuguese descent. Hanging head in shame...
+2
Level 41
Jan 5, 2015
sooooo ez
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Level 70
Jan 24, 2015
Listen, there's a difference between facts and opinions. In this case, Palestine being a country is an opinion, not a fact. You do not get to decide if a territory fulfills all the requirements to be a State; I would say that everything points to Palestine not fulfilling these requirements, so I think it is a little stubborn to just affirm that it is a country, without at least giving an explanation stating which criteria is used to make such affirmation.
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Level 83
Apr 18, 2015
which is probably why it's already filled in on the quiz and you don't have to guess it. There's no way to do it where everybody's happy but this is probably the best compromise.
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Level 26
Sep 20, 2022
Wouldn't think on the countries that start with s they should Sealand filled out? Not all countries recognize it, but some do. Which is also the case with Palestine.
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Level 70
Oct 3, 2022
Nobody recognises Sealand, you're just getting ridiculous.
+12
Level 15
Aug 9, 2017
The majority of the international community recognises the State of Palestine. It has a status of a non-member observer state in the United Nations – which amounts to a de facto, or implicit, recognition of statehood. It is a member of the Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, G77, and the International Olympic Committee.

So, yes, there's a difference between facts and opinions. And your *opinion* is outdated.

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Level 74
Apr 9, 2021
"Palestine is a country" is not an opinion, it is a fact. A false fact mind you, but it is a fact.
+2
Level 65
Jun 11, 2021
How do you define a 'false fact'? Isn't that just not a fact?
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Level 62
Dec 12, 2021
A false fact is something that is stated as fact (as opposed to an opinion), but that is not actually true.

(Example: “India is the most populous country on Earth.”

Is it an opinion? No, it’s merely a statement.

Is it correct? Also no, China is.)

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Level 14
Jan 25, 2015
palestine is not a country yet it's bid for recongnition lost in the united nations
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Level 74
Apr 20, 2015
Yes, it did (8 'yes' votes, two 'no', and five abstentions). The vote was symbolic anyway as the USA had already indicated it would use its veto to block a positive outcome. The lack of democracy in the UN is its biggest failure, if you ask me. Allowing a handful of countries to block any vote that doesn't go their way is a peculiar way to run an organisation which is supposed to represent the entire world.
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Level 75
Feb 8, 2017
Not when that handful of countries will be expected to provide finance and protection for all those decisions.
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Level 37
Nov 30, 2017
That's why Working Class Americans have to pay such enormous

taxes, so that the government can throw its money around to control

"democratic" endeavors.

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Level 56
Dec 23, 2017
IMO there's arguments both for and against veto rights. Big countries like Russia, USA, China definitely should have more power in the UN than lets say Palau or Micronesia; but I'd rather give them more votes than the ability to directly VETO a decision.

Maybe give the big countries 10-20 votes each? Then there's the question how to decide who gets more votes.

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Level 46
May 24, 2023
Except for the fact that the likes of Palau already give their voting power to the United States in return for financing and protection so they don't deserve any more votes than the ones at their disposal
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Level 66
May 22, 2019
The UN is a coordinating device to keep the peace between the Great Powers; its democratic elements are at most a fig leaf. This is unsurprising; why would the powerful and wealthy nations give the weak and poor nations the power to bind them? Why would the US (or Russia, or China, etc.) allow the Palaus and Zimbabwes of the world to loot its treasury, limit its industry, or command its army?
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Level 21
Feb 7, 2015
puerto rico should be on the list instead of palestine
+11
Level 85
Apr 18, 2015
That's not even close to a country.
+30
Level 84
May 24, 2017
Actually, it's really close to the Dominican Republic. :-P
+2
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
It's a US territory.
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2021
Not for a while
+11
Level 32
Apr 26, 2017
Palestine is considered sovereign by many other countries. Puerto Rico is not even a state, it's a territory
+3
Level 39
Jan 7, 2018
Palestine is a city.
+1
Level 21
Feb 7, 2015
9/9 with 2:04 left. No I did not Cheat, my brother used to be obsessed with countries and flags.
+5
Level 32
Feb 17, 2015
Um... you don't need to say you didn't cheat if it took you nearly a minute to do the quiz
+3
Level 32
Apr 18, 2015
Palestine? I thought it was Israel's part
+4
Level 61
Apr 18, 2015
Palestine doesn't exist. Get rid of it asap.
+17
Level 85
Apr 18, 2015
It kind of does though.
+1
Level 71
Apr 18, 2015
Kind of ....... doesn't hack it on Jetpunk (or shouldn't do)
+3
Level 24
Apr 20, 2015
Very true. Palestine is NOT a soveriegn state
+8
Level 25
Sep 20, 2019
It does exist.
+2
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
It excist, whether or not you should consider it as a sovereign country is another matter.
+2
Level 37
Aug 27, 2021
shut up alexander i will honestly steal ur lunch money u neek
+2
Level 23
Aug 14, 2023
Oh wow. Israel takes Palestinian territory kills innocent Palestinian people and bombs the whole land and you still think Israel is the real country?? I think you forgot that Palestine had the area for 100,000 years and their people got killed on their own land. Yes, 100,000 years. And now it's being destroyed by a fake country that claims to be real and created by the British. Can you realise that? And you think that it doesn't exist? Israel is the one that doesn't exist. And everyone who thinks opposite has been brainwashed. Israel should not even be considered a country and the UN thinks the capital city is in Palestine not Isntreal.
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Level 15
Apr 20, 2015
how come more people get palau(which i have never heard of) than the philipines?
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Level 83
Apr 21, 2015
Probably as others have pointed out, the "F" sound at the beginning of The Philippines, when spoken in English.
+8
Level 32
Aug 9, 2017
It's Jetpunk. We love Oceania here.
+1
Level 18
Oct 23, 2018
Maybe many jetpunkers don't know the correct spelling for the Philippines.
+1
Level 28
Nov 3, 2015
100% with 2:14 left. Im a slow typer and my right hand is broken
+1
Level 47
Jan 6, 2016
I didn't get pakistan but got all the others
+1
Level 47
Jan 6, 2016
face palm
+1
Level 38
Jan 10, 2016
missed png :(
+1
Level 42
May 21, 2016
I missed Pakistan, Peru, Portugal and Palau... I seriously cannot brain today XD
+1
Level 32
Jun 18, 2016
The flag that is shown is my home country: PANAMA
+1
Level 66
Jul 6, 2016
2.45 minutes left!
+1
Level 19
Sep 9, 2016
yay 100%
+1
Level 21
Oct 27, 2016
why they cant got my country (philippines)
+1
Level 71
Nov 29, 2017
I had them all except one Josh and went alphabetically through the Pe's and Pi's and did not think of the PH's or I would have got it.
+1
Level 21
Nov 3, 2016
ARRGH! ONLY 69% only got my country( philippines) really??
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
Probably because of the confusing 'F' sound when pronouncing the country's name.
+1
Level 27
Nov 20, 2016
I'm terrible at Jetpunk quizzes even though I got 9/9 on this.
+1
Level 21
Nov 21, 2016
2:29 left.
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Level 71
Nov 21, 2016
When I was in school there were more. Persia. Pangea.
+2
Level 60
Jan 3, 2017
I'll let Persia slide, but Pangea. Seriously? That's like saying Africa is a country.
+3
Level 37
Aug 27, 2021
understand a joke gamer
+6
Level 48
Jan 18, 2017
I think he's saying he was is school a LOOOOOOONG time ago.
+1
Level 23
Jan 7, 2018
lol
+2
Level 22
Nov 29, 2016
aggghh paraguay
+3
Level 45
Dec 8, 2016
probably already been stated

Palestine is not a country. It is a region.

+4
Level 31
Jan 5, 2017
got 100% but only through reading the comments lol
+1
Level 71
Feb 11, 2017
Not only a cheat, but proud of it!
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
Sounds like someone was lazy that day.
+2
Level 66
Feb 15, 2017
I'm so used to just typing "New Guinea" that I frequently forget the country's proper name is "Papua New Guinea." D'oh!
+1
Level 62
Dec 12, 2021
That’s part of the reason I always use PNG instead; it’s even shorter *and* it still keeps the first letter the same.
+1
Level 65
Feb 18, 2017
I missed Poland! No way!
+4
Level 43
Apr 8, 2017
Palestine is not a country.
+8
Level 44
Apr 20, 2017
It's not. But some people start up stupid arguments over it. And the only reason it's on this quiz is Quizmaster (the creator of this quiz) is trying to avoid getting swamped with idiotic comments.
+3
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
Best comment I've seen regarding the issue.
+2
Level 76
Apr 21, 2017
Spot on.
+2
Level 52
May 15, 2017
And yet here we are, with twenty-six different mentions of Palestine in the comments. Ah, internet...
+1
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
Exactly, these "I'll do it like this so people wont complain" arent really thought through. It actually usually generates more complaints. Instead of making both sides happy, you are triggering both sides. Because neither side will agree with the chosen "compromise".
+1
Level 75
Dec 12, 2021
That's the nature of compromise. Something both sides don't agree on, but can live with for the sake of getting along with the people on the other side of your issue.
+1
Level 17
Sep 15, 2022
Technically it is not a country, but also the residents are wanting to secede from Israel so I say well done Quizmaster
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
Almost missed Pakistan, I live here. Quizmaster, will you please put the picture of Pakistan's flag instead of Panama? It would be a pleasure.
+9
Level 71
Apr 20, 2017
You live in Pakistan and need a flag of Pakistan to remind you?
+4
Level 59
Apr 20, 2017
I don't live in Peru, but I DEMAND that you put the Peruvian flag at the top. I will be deeply OFFENDED if you don't do this, because it's all about ME ME ME, isn't it!!!
+4
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
No, just remind yourself that Pakistan exists.
+5
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
Wow, people can be real a**holes..
+2
Level 59
Apr 20, 2017
No Pangaea...? ;-)
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
This one is tricky because if you go by official name then China is "People's Republic of China"
+1
Level 82
Apr 20, 2017
Other countries have official names too.
+1
Level 60
Apr 20, 2017
But it isn't. If it were, it would've been specified.
+1
Level 41
Apr 20, 2017
Nice and easy and quick
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Level 62
Apr 20, 2017
took me almost 2 minutes to get the last one, Phillipines. Made it with 0:15 left on the clock tho :)
+2
Level 84
May 24, 2017
I got 12 of 9, but missed Venezuela.
+2
Level 37
May 30, 2017
Since when does Venezuela start with a P?
+1
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
It was a joke, you know, because, I guessed you missed that one, clearly 12/9 is not possible..
+1
Level 14
Jun 22, 2017
2:08
+1
Level 41
Jul 18, 2017
2.24 left well pleased, everything seemed to fall into place
+1
Level 19
Jul 31, 2017
Ooops! Forgot Portugal :(
+1
Level 16
Aug 11, 2017
100% with 1:55 remaining! :D :D yooo!
+1
Level 33
Aug 18, 2017
How is Panama the most guessed, beating Poland, Pakistan, Portugal, Philippines and Papa New Guinea?
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Level 83
Nov 29, 2017
Panamanian flag at the top might have something to do with it.
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Level 33
Dec 24, 2017
only missed poland dunno how
+1
Level 23
Jun 1, 2018
Puerto Rico??
+1
Level 22
Sep 7, 2022
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. So technically Puerto Rico isn't a country.
+1
Level 88
Jul 29, 2018
Portlandia??
+1
Level 75
Oct 23, 2018
Prussia? jk
+1
Level 16
Dec 9, 2018
Missed Philippines damnit! And I live in SEA.
+1
Level 19
Dec 30, 2018
8/9, missed Pakistan because I wasn't even thinking!
+1
Level 48
Jan 25, 2019
Portugal with 45 secs left yes
+1
Level 28
Jan 27, 2019
How can i always forget the spelling of Philippines.
+1
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
Just think of Philip, and that he pines for something. Philip pines for chocolate. (or something a bit more poetic, with better cadence/rhyme "Philip pines pinot wines")
+1
Level 47
Apr 13, 2019
wow just got it 0:04
+1
Level 21
Apr 20, 2019
I seriously forgot Paraguay. Only 8/9
+1
Level 40
May 8, 2019
What about puerto rico
+1
Level 83
May 22, 2019
Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory not a country.
+1
Level 78
May 22, 2019
What about Puerto Rico and Persia ;P
+2
Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
Why hasnt anybody mentioned Phoenicia?
+1
Level 84
Dec 13, 2021
Phorgot about that one.
+1
Level 68
May 22, 2019
I remember Palau and not Pakistan
+1
Level 55
May 22, 2019
Glad to have forgotten Poland
+2
Level 35
Jun 3, 2019
The only way i can get these quizzes is by visualizing each area in order ... yet I always forget one obvous one - got Peru in the last 2 seconds of this quiz, apologies to those in Peru. I definitely recommend the 'countries quiz' makes these smaller quizzes easier. PS: I want to thank Jetpunk and the quizzmasters so much ... these quizzes are helping so much with a condition I have ... Much Aroha from NZ.
+1
Level 40
Aug 6, 2019
I got all of them
+1
Level 48
Aug 29, 2019
Sorry, but I simply refuse to believe that 2/3 of quiz takers knew Palau (the one I missed) without a quick google search.
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Level 65
Sep 24, 2019
You know, it is jetpunk, if you spend more than a week here you will know palau. Now in the "outside" world, if it was anywhere near 5 % I would be surprised. Even more than 1 % would be surprsing. Here it is just another country like philippines or peru.
+1
Level 21
Sep 24, 2019
Puerto rico?
+1
Level 66
Jun 23, 2021
Territory of the US
+1
Level 50
Dec 13, 2019
Missed Peru 🙄
+1
Level 66
Jan 18, 2020
Was not expecting to get all of them like dammnnnnn 1:45 remaining.
+1
Level 39
May 4, 2020
I am Surprised that Philippines is less answered than Palau.
+2
Level 19
Jul 24, 2020
Am I the only knucklehead who tried Puerto Rico?
+1
Level 59
Oct 1, 2020
For some reason, the first country I thought of was "Papan." Why me?
+2
Level 36
Oct 16, 2020
why did you fill in Palestine?
+4
Level 68
Nov 3, 2020
Because Jetpunk doesn't normally acknowledge it as a country (which is too bad) so some people wouldn't have thought to put it
+1
Level 24
Dec 13, 2021
because its not a country lol
+5
Level 68
Nov 3, 2020
Thanks for putting Palestine! Rebel against Jetpunk's stupid rules!
+5
Level 75
Dec 12, 2021
Don't stress - Palestine appears in a country in the quizzes I write!

Why? Firstly, because in 1988 they declared that they are a country, followed by most of the world's countries (139 out of 195, or 71%, so far) agreeing that it is a country. Nobody else (not even Israel) has claimed that it is theirs. Also because Palestine was granted UN observer status, like Vatican City has, and Switzerland had until 1992, on a vote of 138 to 9 (the US could veto full membership, but they just had to accept that almost nobody agreed with them because they cannot veto observer status). Also because when I visited there and had a look for myself its nationhood was obvious for several reasons (I'd list them all if there was space!). Anyone who disagrees with this assessment, go there and see for yourself before you parrot the US State Department and their political posture.

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Level 30
Mar 29, 2023
id recognize it as a country if more that 50 % or majority f the countries recognize it
+1
Level 32
Nov 17, 2020
Really. How did I aLmOsT miss pErU?!?!?!?!?!?
+1
Level 52
Dec 27, 2020
I have no idea. The turn onto Peru is so easy to drive, how can you miss it?
+1
Level 60
Jan 14, 2021
Can you consider changing Papua New Guinea to Papua New {Guinea}?
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Level 23
Jan 16, 2021
you can just type "png". It immediately enters Papua New Guinea
+1
Level 60
Mar 14, 2021
True
+1
Level 91
Dec 12, 2021
It's easier to type it in without the {brackets} :)
+1
Level 56
Feb 16, 2021
i completed this quiz! on windows 7! writing on windows 7 HP/Vista Right now!
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Level 28
Feb 18, 2021
1:41

Scoring

You scored 5/9 = 56%

This beats or equals 24.4% of test takers

The average score is 7

Your high score is 5

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Level 48
Apr 7, 2021
pouerto rico
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Level 58
Dec 12, 2021
not a sovereign nation
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Level 28
Apr 22, 2021
easyaasasasuiwuvufvewuifg37rt 741727gwufweufuiegfiu\
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Level 22
Sep 8, 2022
Thanks, this really helped! :)
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Level 34
Oct 8, 2021
i missed portugal... how!? i've been there!!
+2
Level 88
Dec 12, 2021
What about Pluto? It's still a country, right?
+2
Level 84
Dec 12, 2021
Dwarf country - doesn't count. ;-)
+1
Level 24
Dec 13, 2021
whats Palestine??
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Level 58
Dec 14, 2021
a country that's legitimacy is disputed by some
+1
Level 33
Jan 18, 2022
A UN observer state like Vatican City
+2
Level 66
Dec 14, 2021
Missing Pakistan my own country cuz I'm so tired, that's a mood
+1
Level 36
Mar 28, 2022
Missed Palau
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Level 28
Dec 25, 2022
im ashamed it took me that long to think of poland

and it wasnt even me who thought of it, i asked my brother for help

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Level 55
Feb 11, 2023
9/9 swish !
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Level 22
Mar 14, 2023
it was to easy i did 9/9 EZZZ
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Level 23
Apr 19, 2023
100% ezzz
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Level 16
May 5, 2023
wait palestine is a country???
+1
Level 46
May 24, 2023
Yeah and it's been around for many centuries. A huge part of it is currently occupied by what most would call an apartheid state
+1
Level 26
May 24, 2023
No its not, some people think it is but its not. Thats why he put it in, because no one would guess it if he didnt because its wrong
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Level 26
May 24, 2023
Palestine is not a country, dont know why its on the list. Its not recognized by UN, kinda like Taiwan. It was a Roman territory, eventually Ottoman territory, then a British territory. When the Palestinian government declared their statehood in ‘88 they controlled only the Gaza strip and west bank, and thats still all they have. Some countries recognize them but not enough for them to be made an official country. There has never actually been a country called palestine. The name itself was created by the romans to humiliate the israelites they conquered. Maybe one day they will be recognized, but until then its just factually incorrect to put them on a list of real countries. Just because you wish things were different doesnt make it so.
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Level 21
Jul 30, 2023
Thank you for putting Palestine, just because some of the stronger powers will not recognise it due to political ties does not take away from its legitimacy.
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Level 29
Sep 4, 2023
helpspo