Name a Valid Country #1

Name any of the countries that belongs in each selected category.

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First submitted	December 27, 2018
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Name a country ...	Answer
with land on the Equator	Brazil \| Colombia \| D.R. Congo \| Ecuador \| Gabon \| Indonesia \| Kenya \| R. Congo \| São Tomé and Príncipe \| Somalia \| Uganda
with an X in its name	Luxembourg \| Mexico
bordering only China and India	Bhutan \| Nepal
on the island of Borneo	Brunei \| Indonesia \| Malaysia
whose flag is only blue and white	Greece \| Finland \| F. S. Micronesia \| Honduras \| Israel \| Somalia
whose flag is only blue and yellow	Ukraine \| Sweden \| Kazakhstan \| Palau
completely surrounded by another country	Lesotho \| San Marino \| Vatican City
touching Lake Victoria	Kenya \| Tanzania \| Uganda
that averages less than 6 cm of precipitation per year	Egypt \| Libya \| Saudi Arabia
with an average elevation over 3000 meters	Bhutan \| Nepal \| Tajikistan
bordering the Black Sea	Bulgaria \| Georgia \| Romania \| Russia \| Turkey \| Ukraine
bordering the Red Sea	Djibouti \| Egypt \| Eritrea \| Israel \| Jordan \| Saudi Arabia \| Sudan \| Yemen
which gained independence from the Netherlands	Belgium \| Indonesia \| Suriname
considered by the United States to be a state sponsor of terrorism	Cuba \| Iran \| North Korea \| Syria
whose population shrunk more than 5% between 2010–2021	Andorra \| Bosnia and Herzegovina \| Bulgaria \| Croatia \| Latvia \| Lithuania \| Romania \| Syria \| Ukraine
whose capital starts with J	Israel \| Indonesia \| South Sudan
that is recognized by JetPunk but not the UN	Kosovo \| Taiwan
that grows more than 600,000 metric tons of coffee	Brazil \| Vietnam \| Colombia \| Indonesia
that borders the Ivory Coast	Burkina Faso \| Ghana \| Guinea \| Liberia \| Mali
that had no people in the year 600 AD	Bahamas \| Cape Verde \| Iceland \| Mauritius \| New Zealand \| São Tomé and Príncipe \| Seychelles

Level 67

Dec 27, 2018

fun quiz! It is very well done, I like the variety of questions/answers :)

Level 58

Dec 28, 2018

How come the Pacific islands like Nauru and Kiribati have population that early?

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Level ∞

Dec 28, 2018

Who knows? Ocean currents maybe.

+18

Level 65

Jan 14, 2019

They are closer to the equator and to Asia where humans had established themselves at that time.

Level 56

Apr 7, 2019

Polynesians from Bolivia. Do you know them?

Level 23

Sep 17, 2019

Interesting that New Zealand didn't though. Polynesians had settled in other island but not there yet.

+15

Level 76

Sep 17, 2019

Most of those small island countries were settled by Polynesians long before New Zealand was, because it's lots of short island hops to get to them, whereas you can't island-hop to New Zealand.

Level 42

Oct 4, 2022

Very simple: Indo-Australia gets a lot of earthquakes and tsunamis. One day, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck what would become New Guinea and washed thousands into the Pacific. They washed up on beaches in Oceania and began building new societies.

+13

Level 73

Dec 28, 2018

Really creative quiz. Very much fun. Thanks.

Level 58

Jan 14, 2019

Agree totally - and the "higher position than ..." series of national quizzes.

Level 48

Jan 14, 2019

Blue and white... sorry Scotland :(

Level 60

Jan 14, 2019

Not really a country, is it.

Level 66

Apr 6, 2019

I hope no Scotsman reads your comment!!

It is, and should be recognised by Jetpunk.

Level 43

Sep 18, 2019

Scotland is indeed a country, as are England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Level 55

Sep 28, 2019

Yes, it is a constituent country, but it isn't a nation, which is the biggest difference, whereas the UK is a nation. I'm not against scottish independence or for it, but right now It's not a nation.

Level ∞

Jan 10, 2020

Relevant Simpsons clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5lYXaVkA0U

Level 73

Mar 10, 2020

Northern Ireland is a province, and never has been a country

Level 45

Mar 21, 2022

I think your getting a bit confused. Northern Ireland takes up most (but not all) of the Ulster Province. The rest of Ulster belongs to the Republic of Ireland.

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Level 64

Jan 14, 2019

I found myself typing Indonesia for a lot of them.

Level 33

Jan 15, 2019

Same

Level 66

Jan 14, 2019

Great quiz, looking forward to number 2, and 3, and 4...!

Level 27

Jan 14, 2019

Awesome quiz! I passed it with 1 mistake only. Please add a new similar quiz, it's fun :D

Level 68

Jan 14, 2019

Excellent quiz, more of these please!

Level 60

Jan 14, 2019

Loved the "recognized by Jetpunk and not UN" question :-D

Level 46

Jun 6, 2021

Poor Taiwan.. I actually think Taiwan should be a recognized nation tho..

Level 42

Dec 2, 2021

Yeah, but One China policy exists. You can't recognize both countries at the same time.

Level 66

Jul 12, 2022

Who's going to stop me?

Level 16

Nov 7, 2022

At least one of the Chinas I suppose

Level 39

Jan 14, 2019

i'm not sure if new zealand had no population during 600 ad or earlier, taking the maori in to consideration.

good quiz overall.

Level ∞

Jan 14, 2019

The Maori didn't arrive in New Zealand until much later.

Level 42

Jan 14, 2019

The Maori arrived in New Zealand around 1200AD from Eastern Polynesia. There is a myth that there were other people (the Mori Ori) in New Zealand before the Maori arrived, but that has been debunked.

Level 40

Jan 14, 2019

San Marino Should Count with the countries with blue and white colours

Level 33

Jan 15, 2019

It has a crest with some yellow and green

Level 63

Jan 14, 2019

I wrote Mexico, but did not count it.

Level 84

Jan 14, 2019

You should accept "Nipple" and "what's this stuff over here?" for "countries bordering only China and India" or else our president isn't going to get any of these.

Level 58

Oct 24, 2020

What about Button? Surely Button must work?!?

Level 79

Jan 14, 2019

Vatican City works as a type in for "that is recognized by JetPunk but not the UN," although it does not show up in the table of correct answers.

Level 58

Jan 15, 2019

I fully disagree, Vatican city is recognized by the UN, it is just not a member of the UN, not the same here.

+13

Level 68

Jan 15, 2019

I would argue that Sudan's population fell by more than 5% between 2010 and 2017 due to South Sudan gaining independence in 2011. If you will, that lead to a population drop of around 25%.

Level 25

Jan 16, 2019

Scotland's flag is only blue and white.

Level 25

Jun 3, 2020

yes, but is not a country in its own right.

Level 31

Jan 17, 2019

This was awesome, you should make more like these

Level 44

Jan 20, 2019

Portugal is completely surrounded by Spain. Am I reading the question wrong?

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Level 67

Jan 20, 2019

Just that small issue of the Atlantic on the entire western side...

Level 60

Jul 24, 2021

"Completely surrounded" vs. "Only bordering."

Level 65

Jan 21, 2019

Please more quizzes like this one!

Level 48

Apr 30, 2019

Shouldn’t Sudan be allowed for the question “whose population fell more than 5% between 2010 and 2017”, when South Sudan gained independency in 2011?

Level 67

Sep 18, 2019

Would Palestine count as a nation not recognized by the UN? ....ah but I see you specified. JetPunk only recognizes it in like one quiz I think. Carry on! Fabulous idea for a quiz! :)

Level 63

Dec 8, 2019

Who needs UN recognition when you have JetPunk recognition?

Level 74

Feb 14, 2020

Also try The Hard Edition and the Easy Edition!

Level 55

Apr 11, 2020

The countries on the "whose flag is only blue and yellow" category are not on alphabetical order.

Level 66

May 2, 2020

What about Eswatini for countries completely surrounded?

Level 30

Jun 16, 2020

It is not completely surrounded by only one country as it borders both South Africa and Mozambique

Level 65

Jun 22, 2020

I was surprised to see that New Zealand was the only Oceanian country that was uninhabited before 600.

Level 87

Oct 24, 2020

Sudan needs to be updated for the state sponsors of terrorism list. It was recently taken off.

Level 65

Nov 15, 2020

Capital starts with J... I know it's always a bit of a debate but shouldn't South Africa with Johannesburg be accepted?

Level 60

Sep 18, 2021

Johannesburg isn't a capital of SA, so what exactly would you like to debate about?

Level 42

Dec 2, 2021

Johannesburg is not one of the capital cities of South Africa.

Level 72

Jul 29, 2022

Pretty much the only city in SA that isn't a capital!

Level 20

Apr 16, 2021

Wasn't Namibia a Dutch colony. Isn't that why dutch is spoken there?

Level 60

Jul 24, 2021

Namibia was a German colony. Maybe they were once Dutch, or you are thinking about some parts of South Africa. But it doesn't matter, because the question asks for whom they gained independence, i.e. the last foreign country that owned them. And Namibia gained independece from South Africa.

Level 64

Jul 24, 2021

German rule in Africa (as opposed to French, British and Portuguese rule) didn't involve much language teaching to the natives, and many native languages are spoken in Namibia, of which none is demographically dominant. That's why Afrikaans, not Dutch, which was introduced during decades of South African mandate rule in Namibia, has stuck around as the country's lingua franca.

Level 45

May 2, 2021

isnt gambia surrounded only by senegal?

Level ∞

Jun 24, 2021

Also by the Atlantic Ocean.

Level 55

May 24, 2021

Sudan was recently taken off the 'state sponsors of terrorism' list

Level ∞

Jun 24, 2021

Updated.

Level 48

Jun 5, 2021

Johannesburg (one one the capital cities in South Africa) begins with a J

Level ∞

Jun 24, 2021

The three capitals of South Africa are Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein.

Level 38

Jul 24, 2021

good quiz me like

Level 29

Jul 24, 2021

Didn't Luxembourg gain independence from the Netherlands?

Level 64

Jul 24, 2021

I think Luxembourg should be accepted as a country that gained its independence from the Netherlands. It was nominally separate from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after 1815, but only to fulfil Prussia's demands that it be part of the German customs union, and in no way was it truly 'independent' until Belgian independence and the breakup of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Level 59

Jul 24, 2021

18/20, missed population shrinkage of 5% and recognized by Jetpunk

Level 35

Oct 18, 2021

Kosovo is recognized by the UN, though...

Level 42

Dec 2, 2021

Not really, I would say.

Level 33

Apr 3, 2022

This is a fun quiz. Thank you!

Level 46

May 6, 2022

that is recognised by Sporcle but not by JetPunk: Palestine

Level 45

Jul 12, 2022

Hang on, Sudan doesn't count for having lost more than 5% of its population between 2010 and 2021? they lost about a quarter of their population in 2011.

Level 23

Dec 12, 2022

South Africa was colonized by the Netherlands and has since gained independence from them.

Level 22

Jan 5, 2023

Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, not Jerusalem. Jerusalem is Palestine.

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