UK Countries? UK is a country.. I don't know what you call the 4 things inside of it, but those are not countries. Territories? Providences? Not sure. Sad it didn't accept Ireland for Northern Ireland though. ;(
You are the one that's "kinda stupid" by conflating the term "country" with "sovereign nation". They do not mean the same thing. Not all countries are sovereign nations. Cook Islands, Niue, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and many others are a example of that.
They are countries, each with its own customs, and apart from England, languages. We "other" countris within the UK strongly object to being referred to as English, by the way.
This is basically correct. However, Northern Ireland is technically not a country. It's a province. Everyone from Northern Ireland, including myself, would argue that we are a country but if we have to be technical about it then we are wrong...
Wales used to be considered a principality until December 2011 when the ISO updated itself and recognised it. But it hadn't been treated as a principality for centuries.
Northern Ireland has essentially the same status as Scotland and Wales in the UK, so if you call them countries then you can go ahead and call NI a country.
"Province" isn't used in any official way at all, it only comes about because:
1. There is no Northern Irish ethnic group or language, unlike Scotland and Wales;
2. Northern Ireland has never been an independent country in the past, unlike Scotland and Wales.
Some people think NI falls even shorter than Scotland and Wales in terms of being a country, so they use a lesser title for it - usually province. It's not officially or technically a province though, it's up to you and your politics/biases/judgement/instinct/whatever.
They are countries, just not sovereign ones. Just like the Bahamas, Barbados, St.Kitts, St. Lucia, etc., are countries but still owe allegiance to the British Crown.
Bahamas, St Kitts and St Lucia are sovereign states, even though they have the Queen as their head of state (just like Canada). But you're right about England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland not being sovereign states.
they are sovereign nations! NOT countries in their own rights, though we do often call ourselves individual countries, we are not.
Also, Ireland IS NOT northern Ireland. they are a part of the EU, use the Euro and not the Pound / Sterling and are the republic of Ireland, not Northern. hope that helps clear it up!!
Do you know what "sovereign nation" means? Also Northern Ireland is, along with the rest of the UK, still in the EU but scheduled to leave in March 2019.
Ireland properly refers to the island as a whole, which does contain Northern Ireland, whose residents can choose to identify as Irish or British. Confused?
They are countries in the same way that U.S. states are states. In traditional parlance they are referred to this way even though technically they have lost the characteristics that would make it make sense to refer to them as such a long time ago.
Doesn't matter whether it's the most likely guess, it should be accepted, because it's correct (and technically more correct than the displayed answer).
Similarly, "The Championships" (the actual name of the UK's tennis grand slam event) should be accepted as well as Wimbledon, the place that The Championships are played.
The quiz accepts both Roland Garros and French Open.
In Step 2 put the group name in the first column. Then in Step 4, choose "Manual" for Design Mode. Then, on the right side of the screen, click "Advanced" and look for "Format as Groups of Things". Hope this helps!
So it is your fault I have to delete an S after each suit I type. They are called spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds, the S is part of it, nobody ever calls them "spade" etc.
I so agree with those. Often people complain about the type-ins. BUt never really mattered to me. But on tis occassion I found it very annoying to keep ending with an s in my box...
That is not really an element is it. It would be like typhoon or waterfall or rain for water. WInd is moving air (yes undoubtedly there is a much more technical way to define wind, with pressure areas and thermic/thermal whatever things)
that is what I tried first aswell, it is a disc that is thrown. But when that wasnt accepted I did think of trying discus (something else in between but cant remember, maybe disk)
I use "But can you name the four countries that comprise the Horn of Africa" as an icebreaker for so many conversations. Now I was finally able to put to use what I was trained for. Woohoo!
Grandmother always used to tell me that the four seasons around here are: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction. Can you accept those please.
I typed 'John' for the Beatles and it disappeared so I assumed it was OK, then was very confused when I looked up and I had paulgeorgeringo in the answer box! The evangelists gave me false hope...! After typing mccartney and harrison I was sure it would accept ringo, but I s'pose they had to be consistent...
I spent about 45 seconds trying to name the Four Seasons. After trying variants of "Frankie Valli" a few times, I had a facepalm moment. Oh ... the four seasons ... duh.
Interesting that I never heard of the hammer throw but I got the other 3 right away. I wonder how I missed that, it’s kind of odd.
This might sound ignorant, but I honestly don’t know, do they do the hammer throw in the olympics? If they do it’s even weirder that I never heard of it.
You probably did the other three at school, but I don't know of any high school (around here, anyway) that thinks that letting teenagers loose on the hammer throw is a good idea!
Hey, Quizmaster. Great quiz. I am trying to make a "groups" quiz but I can't figure it out. What's the best way to have several groups of things on one page without having formatting problems?
In Step 2 put the group name in the first column. Then in Step 4, choose "Manual" for Design Mode. Then, on the right side of the screen, click "Advanced" and look for "Format as Groups of Things". Hope this helps!
their are no such thing as the 4 base elements in the periodic table, and even if they were, no gas would be, the gases in the periodic table were some of the latest discovered elements, lead, gold, iron, and copper would be closer than whatever the heck that is,
also beat, rhythm, bach and beethoven???
beat and rhythm are the same thing in all practical sense, and bach and beethoven were dudes.
Just going to be 'that guy' who points out that the shot put is not a throwing event. Athletes are specifically not allowed to "throw", only "put". Great quiz though.
you literally throw the ball, throwing is the act of releasing an object into the air at some velocity not enacted by gravity, ie, exactly what shotput is.
A contrabass in a musical definition, is just any instrument that can play a full octave lower than the bass range of pitch. It isn't exclusive to only woodwinds. In fact when you search up contrabass, a double bass or a similar instrument pops up. Performers also just call the instrument contrabass sometimes.
I had no idea what the tennis question was asking lol I felt so dumb. I was thinking major like a college major, then I thought maybe it was positions but tennis has no positions.Then I was thinking maybe the most important people in tennis or most famous? Never would have guessed the quiz meant events. I was string at it for awhile too like what does this MEAN
You might as well accept "Raffaello" together with "Raphael" for the fourth Ninja Turtle. All the other three are in Italian, you could take the fourth one, too.
I enjoyed this quiz a lot. Surprised at how low the four Japanese islands have scored compared to some of the categories here! But a nice quiz to do on a Sunday evening. Thanks.
So, I began by typing the Beatles' first names. I started with Ringo, and typed the rest without looking, only to discover that the first names were not enough. I began again. I typed Ringo Starr, but the answer was accepted after the first r. Go figure.
It is a funky word in English language as for many languages country is a sovereign entity vs for the English it's something much more flexible.
Wales used to be considered a principality until December 2011 when the ISO updated itself and recognised it. But it hadn't been treated as a principality for centuries.
"Province" isn't used in any official way at all, it only comes about because:
1. There is no Northern Irish ethnic group or language, unlike Scotland and Wales;
2. Northern Ireland has never been an independent country in the past, unlike Scotland and Wales.
Some people think NI falls even shorter than Scotland and Wales in terms of being a country, so they use a lesser title for it - usually province. It's not officially or technically a province though, it's up to you and your politics/biases/judgement/instinct/whatever.
Also, Ireland IS NOT northern Ireland. they are a part of the EU, use the Euro and not the Pound / Sterling and are the republic of Ireland, not Northern. hope that helps clear it up!!
Similarly, "The Championships" (the actual name of the UK's tennis grand slam event) should be accepted as well as Wimbledon, the place that The Championships are played.
The quiz accepts both Roland Garros and French Open.
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Apr 12, 2019
In Step 2 put the group name in the first column. Then in Step 4, choose "Manual" for Design Mode. Then, on the right side of the screen, click "Advanced" and look for "Format as Groups of Things". Hope this helps!
and i got all the moons cuz im an astronomy nerd
#bringbackthes
It isnt a hard word to spell or something
Hearts
Diamonds
Clubs
Spades
This is genuinely one of the most annoying type-in examples I've come across! Please change it back.
This might sound ignorant, but I honestly don’t know, do they do the hammer throw in the olympics? If they do it’s even weirder that I never heard of it.
I think 4 base elements: Air, Fire, Water, Earth
4 Classical Elements: Beat, Rhythm, Bach, Beethoven, Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Gold etc..
their are no such thing as the 4 base elements in the periodic table, and even if they were, no gas would be, the gases in the periodic table were some of the latest discovered elements, lead, gold, iron, and copper would be closer than whatever the heck that is,
also beat, rhythm, bach and beethoven???
beat and rhythm are the same thing in all practical sense, and bach and beethoven were dudes.
Scoring
You scored 30/64 = 47%
This beats or equals 16.7% of test takers
The average score is 43
Your high score is 30
EARTH.
FIRE.
AIR.
There is no 4th.
There definitely isn't a 5th.
Just 3.