"C" Countries - World Map Sudden Death

Still it is the Congo, WHICH STARTS WITH A "C"

It is literally not the Congo, but Republic of the Congo.

It's basically like saying Washington D.C. starts with D or North Korea starts with K

Most countries are "Republic of" something, but they're not considered to start with R. The only reason for this exception is that there are two countries called "[part of the name that would normally be omitted] Congo". Certainly, the full formal name is required for differentiation, but it doesn't change the fact that both countries technically start with C. Just as you ignore articles in book and movie titles and put "Christmas Story, The" with the C titles, an alphabetical list of countries would have "Congo, Republic of the" and "Congo, Democratic Republic of the" in with the other C countries.

At level 86, I definitely know how Jetpunk does it and why, and the "why" is why both countries start with C.

Whether or not you personally feel like the countries start with a C, quizzes like this always use the name as displayed on the countries of the world quiz. In this case it is even stated in the caveats.

So if you can have quizzes with qualifiers such as biggest cities in the world, expect those in china. You can certainly have a quiz so-and-so.. using the standard (not type-in) jetpunk names. On the biggest cities quiz you are not going to complain that the chinese cities are missing are you? It is simply a requirement for the quiz.