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Geography by Letter - U

Can you guess these geographical answers that start with the letter U?
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Last updated: January 26, 2025
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First submittedApril 26, 2013
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Country in Africa
Uganda
Country in South America
Uruguay
The opposite of rural
Urban
Country which declared its
independence in 1776
United States
Country whose national anthem is
"God Save the King"
United Kingdom
Capital of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
One of the -stan countries
Uzbekistan
The more northerly of
Michigan's two peninsulas
Upper Peninsula
With over 240 million people, it is
the world's most populous
country subdivision
Uttar Pradesh
Mountain ranges that separates
Europe and Asia
Ural Mountains
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Country on the Black Sea
Ukraine
National language of Pakistan
Urdu
Landlocked Italian region whose
capital is Perugia
Umbria
Animal on Scotland's coat-of-arms
Unicorn
Another name for Ayers Rock
Uluru
Initials which the Soviet Union
was known by
USSR
U.S. state with a four-letter name
Utah
Region that comprises
the northern part of Ireland
Ulster
Fourth largest city in
the Netherlands
Utrecht
Turkic ethnic group who lives
in northwestern China
Uyghurs
46 Comments
+14
Level 92
Jul 10, 2013
Saying "animal" with no qualifier (e.g. "imaginary") tends to indicate that it's a *real* animal, at least to me. Maybe "creature" would be a bit more ambiguous.
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Level 71
Oct 4, 2013
I think the clue's fine. If you know the flag, you'll know the answer.
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Level 57
Aug 20, 2014
No unicorn on the FLAG.
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Level 72
Sep 13, 2019
yea, so if you have drawn a horse, you havent drawn a horse, because it is not real but a drawing, but then what have you drawn?
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Level 73
Apr 2, 2022
A picture of a horse
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Level 65
Jan 30, 2025
Animal is defined as "a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli."

A unicorn is not an animal. The clue is deceptive and inaccurate.

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Level 60
Feb 19, 2014
Robin Hood was an archer. Not a real archer, but still an archer. The point still carries on.
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Level 51
Apr 29, 2015
I did think that at first and wondered what animals even start with U, but then I remembered that I knew it was a unicorn. I don't think it's necessary to qualify that it's a fictional creature.
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Level 67
Mar 15, 2018
For what it's worth nearly five years later, I agree, tschutzer.
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Level 72
Sep 13, 2019
I doubt that there has been anyone that went: I know the animal on the scotland coat of arms is the unicorn, but ow, it doesnt specify it has to be an imaginary creature, so it probably isnt the answer.

That is like having a question, curved fruit starting with a b, ow I thought banana, but that can't be it, because they don;t say it has to be yellow..

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Level 65
Jan 30, 2025
Sometimes we get answers correctly through deduction, not preexisting knowledge, and that is totally fine. By having an openly misleading and inaccurate clue, the game degrades itself and its players.
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Level 72
Sep 13, 2019
If you know it, you know it. It even gives you the U. It is not name the creature, it shouldnt be made too easy. Like instead of national animal of australia, you would add marsupial/has a puch, a big strong tail they lean on and are known to "box". That really takes away from knowing the national animal and would be just about guessing the animal by description.
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Level 73
Apr 2, 2022
The problem with these analogies is that you have used adjectives, even in the first you use ‘curved,’ which doesn’t relate to the question or the original commenter’s point, which was that it simply says ‘animal,’ with no qualifier. ‘Curved’ does rather narrow down the range of possible answers far more than simply ‘animal.’ You know it, or you don’t. No dispute there, but with quizzes, you always have the option to guess.
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Level 65
Oct 27, 2019
"Creature" = something created = real,eh? Even a fictional creature has been created (by the author).
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Level 61
Oct 27, 2019
Real or not, it's still an animal.
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Level 61
Oct 28, 2019
Everyone is assuming that unicorns aren't real.
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Level 59
Jul 7, 2020
I don't want to be "that" guy, but unicorns actually did existed. Not the Scotish type, though, but rather a wonderful beast called Elasmotherium sibiricum. It's a type of now exticnct rhinoceros, that was probably still alive during the ancient times. It was always deacibed as "an animalnthe size of a horse" and it was just some medieval idiot that fucked up and draw an actual horse with horn why we have the image of the unicorn we know today.
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Level 78
Jan 27, 2025
Except that Elasmotherium went extinct no later than around 35,000 years ago, so it's unlikely any medieval folks would've been basing much of anything on them.
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Level 58
Dec 6, 2021
I don't know what you are talking about. Unicorns are real, just ask North Korea, they have a unicorn lair, just google it (even covered by the BBC/guardian).
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Level 57
Feb 19, 2014
A region that comprises the northern part of Ireland is also the United Kingdom...
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Level 73
Mar 12, 2014
Eh? Ireland and the United Kingdom are two different countries. You may be thinking of Northern Ireland, which is a constituent part of the UK, but not a part of Ireland the country, though it is on the land mass called Ireland. Either way, the UK is not another name for the northern part of Ireland.
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Level 73
Jul 30, 2016
The clue says "comprises", not "contains"; I think it's fine as is.
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Level 72
Sep 13, 2019
Yea even if he mixed up the north of ireland and northern ireland, the UK is not a sub region of northern ireland, but northern ireland is a part of the UK
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Level 67
Oct 27, 2019
Ireland is also the name of the island itself though, and the UK does occupy the northern part of that island. I think the question is perfectly clear because it says "comprises," and I got it right without hesitation, but it's correct to say that the UK contains the northern part of Ireland, if you're talking about the island itself.
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Level 52
Jul 31, 2016
No it's not, Ulster contains the counties of Northern Ireland (part of the UK) but it also contains 3 counties (Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan) that are not part of the UK.
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Level 73
Jan 26, 2025
Finally, someone got it right… well done oatybiscuit! Ulster is a historical province and therefore not an official subdivision of either country. Interestingly, the most northerly place on the island of Ireland is actually not in Northern Ireland. Malin Head on the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal is in the Republic of Ireland (although is part of the province of Ulster).
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Level 70
Jun 10, 2019
Ireland in this case I think refers to the 'Island'. not the 'Country of Ireland' and the question is fine as is.
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Level 69
Jan 28, 2025
The Milky Way is also a region that comprises the northern part of Ireland, but it doesn't hurt to exercise some common sense when answering the question.
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Level 32
Feb 15, 2015
Some of these people are just unbelievable crybabies!
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Level 69
Jul 30, 2016
Welcome to Jetpunk comments. Everyone seems to think every preconception of theirs is fact.
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Level 71
Dec 28, 2016
Just what I was going to say.
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2016
Too American, Cyprus is in Europe, and you need to accept my alternate spelling for Sri Jayewardenapura Kotte. Or else.
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Level 70
Jan 15, 2016
Ulster has nine counties, three of which are in the republic and six of which are in Northern Ireland.
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Level 58
Aug 4, 2016
They all are on the northern part of the island.
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Level 36
Jun 9, 2019
I missed Utah, how shameful.
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Level 57
Oct 27, 2019
If you need an "X" quiz in this series, feel free to use mine.
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Level 71
Oct 28, 2019
Good quiz! Two observations: 1. Usually, when part of the answer is in the clue, you don't need to retype it when answering. So the "stan" shouldn't be necessary in "Uzbekistan" (my finger are sooooo tired!). 2. I think this is the first time I've had to write all of "United Kingdom" instead of UK to get an answer right. I feel manipulated... ;)
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Level 80
Apr 3, 2020
Something's wrong with your fingers then, if they get tired so easily.
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Level 41
Jan 12, 2021
Not me thinking that the quiz meant Udine instead of Umbria lmao
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Level 68
Apr 28, 2024
Wait...if people from the UP are Yoopers, are people from the LP lepers?
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Level 61
Dec 16, 2024
Nope. We're called Trolls since we're under the bridge.
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Level 84
Jan 26, 2025
I couldn’t spell Uyghurs
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Level 72
Jan 28, 2025
Same I always write something like ugyurs
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2025
Me trying to figure out how "Uigur" might be spelled in English. Thankfully the quiz was lenient on that point :-D
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Level 73
Jan 31, 2025
The spelling on that could be a whole lot more lenient (I think I tried Ughyur, Ugyhur, Uyhgur, and others before hitting on the right one)
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Level 74
Feb 15, 2025
I totuly agrie.