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Category Elimination - Countries #1

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
Also try Randomized Category Elimination and more in this series!
# = the number of answers possible
Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box.
All data as of January 2025.
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: January 19, 2025
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First submittedApril 8, 2019
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Green Categories
54
Countries in Africa
✓
22
... ending in A
✓
10
... with a population over 20 million
✓
5
... and a land area of at least 900,000 km²
✓
1
... which is landlocked
Ethiopia
 
Orange Categories
158
One word countries
✓
81
... in Europe or Asia
✓
44
... with fewer than 10 million people
✓
9
... and exactly 6 letters in its capital city
✓
1
... with a land area of over 200,000 km²
Oman
Blue Categories
94
Countries with at least 10 million people
✓
64
... not in Asia
✓
12
... which ends in the letters IA
✓
6
... is exactly 7 letters long
✓
1
... and has the equator passing through it
Somalia
 
Purple Categories
102
Countries starting with a letter before M
✓
24
... in Europe
✓
19
... with fewer than 10 million people
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4
... and a land area less than 20,000 km²
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1
... which ends with the letter G
Luxembourg
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105 Recent Comments
Algernon
+3
Level 73
Apr 22, 2019
Great quiz. Tricky too.

But, the capital of Luxembourg is Luxembourg City. That, obviously ends in a "Y". Maybe add a line in the intro saying you don't count the 'city' bit. Great quiz otherwise

Stewart
+6
Level 68
Apr 22, 2019
We use the names as featured in the JetPunk World Capitals quiz, there it is presented as "Luxembourg" and so is done as such here. (For comparison, Mexico and Panama both include "city" in their answer to that quiz)
Yanni47
+2
Level 79
Aug 7, 2020
So should Luxembourg. In this case, JetPunk clearly got it wrong.
PolPetrol
+9
Level 58
Feb 27, 2024
The capital of Luxembourg is Luxembourg. No "City".

Source: myself, living right next to it.

callmekeeper
+4
Level 40
Oct 8, 2024
It doesn't even ask for the capital. The name of the country is Luxembourg. The capital is offtopical.
carrotseeds
+1
Level 45
Apr 11, 2025
Countries, not capitals, so Luxembourg is the country
gavtheman
+1
Level 66
May 17, 2019
Vatican City doesn’t work for the second to last clue for the last category
Stewart
+4
Level 68
May 17, 2019
It must satisfy every clue before it in that category. Since Vatican City doesn't start with a letter between A and L, it is invalid.
Njo
+1
Level 64
May 24, 2019
Dublin or Vienna didn’t count for capital with exactly six letters
Stewart
+4
Level 68
May 24, 2019
They are, you have to name their country not the Capital itself!
Julotek
+1
Level 63
May 24, 2019
Vatican was not accepted in the 3rd question of the yellow part.

I think it should.

Stewart
+3
Level 68
May 24, 2019
On JetPunk, "Vatican" is considered to be "Vatican City" and thus is not counted as a one-word country.
5teveB
+2
Level 60
May 24, 2019
Gah! For some reason I didn't realise you could put the same answer more than once, so I didn't get the final answer in any category because I'd already given it.
jackimo14
+1
Level 50
May 24, 2019
Lovely quiz - really fun format, quite unusual
tarand
+1
Level 22
May 24, 2019
great quiz! hope you do more like this!
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 24, 2019
Thanks so much! And, luckily for you, I have made more and will continue to do so (they just take a long time to make). The full series can be found here: Category Elimination

Currently there's only 3 Countries ones and a U.S. States version. I plan on making more though!

Halehandros
+1
Level 21
May 24, 2019
Nice job, great idea for a quiz!
Greenland
+1
Level 47
May 24, 2019
This is a great quiz

I think it would be even better if you got most points for the last answer in each category - which is obviously the hardest

Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 24, 2019
Thanks! Sadly, there would be no way for me to implement this. Although, if you don't get any of the last categories you only end up with 3 points thanks to the way points work on JetPunk. So I guess you could argue that the last answers are worth 2 points :)
benjaminmarker
+1
Level 72
May 24, 2019
Shouldn't Czechia work for ending with "IA"?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 24, 2019
Though its short name is officially Czechia, we still use Czech Republic here on JetPunk. Until it updates on the Countries of the World quiz, it'll stay as Czech Republic here.
kolya
+2
Level 59
May 25, 2019
It already counts as Czechia on the Countries of the World quiz.
makalanis
+1
Level 45
May 24, 2019
It's been a while since I've been impressed with a quiz on here! This one was excellent!!
Georgecrandy
+1
Level 59
May 24, 2019
Amazing quiz Stewart I really liked it
Tummykong
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2019
Clever quiz.
Saundeep
+1
Level 54
May 24, 2019
Amazing quiz, but cannot help noticing Macedonia doesn't work for the penultimate criteria for yellow. Or is that because it is FYR?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 24, 2019
"Macedonia" officially changed its short name to "North Macedonia", which we adopted to using on JetPunk, thus is not a one-word country satisfying the first of yellow :)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
May 24, 2019
yes like many said before me, a very nice quiz! :) on to the others .....*fly aways, with cape flapping behind*
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Jan 5, 2020
Apparently when writing that comment I havent had much sleep... *flies away
unknown2000
+2
Level 48
May 24, 2019
What a great quiz, I really like the idea! I thought it was quite easy, but then I saw the last ones...
AlbinoTurtle06
+1
Level 30
May 24, 2019
100% with 3:21 left.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
May 24, 2019
Interesting quiz.
dsaved
+2
Level 69
May 24, 2019
Great Quiz, I hope it will become a long series.
Ishaan7
+1
Level 56
May 24, 2019
Brilliant quiz! Hope there are many more to come in this series!
oranje
+1
Level 65
May 24, 2019
Doh! i kept typing capital names instead of the country to advance.
lucd13
+1
Level 70
May 25, 2019
This is a quiz that actually makes one think! Bravo! Can't wait to see a whole series of these. 👏
ElmoSkaterBoy
+1
Level 59
May 25, 2019
The elimination concept is really nice. The questions could be a bit more interesting - I personally get very turned off by questions about the number of letters in a name
ander217
+6
Level 75
May 25, 2019
If they ever clone your brain, I'd like one, please, since mine seems to be wearing out. You are scarily amazing. Another awesome quiz.
peardestroyer
+1
Level 63
May 6, 2020
What?!
obmeb
+1
Level 59
May 26, 2019
mechanism didn't work for me -- wouldn't it work just as well with open suggestion instead of single boxes -- I couldn't switch.
aleqsandresmama
+1
Level 38
May 27, 2019
Nice quizzz. Tryed China for the last one and didn't work.
YellowJacket
+1
Level 79
May 27, 2019
This was great. How long did this take to make?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 27, 2019
A long while
viniaj
+1
Level 67
May 31, 2019
Excellent quiz!!! Someone please give an Oscar to the brilliant guy who came up with this idea!!!

We want more, sir! :D

Quizzer6794
+1
Level 66
May 31, 2019
Great quiz! Thanks for the mention :)
ctleng76
+1
Level 65
Jun 21, 2019
That was a really cool quiz!
Shade9099
+1
Level 68
Jun 25, 2019
Umm....Canadia?
Cu5t4rd
+1
Level 67
Jul 24, 2019
Really fun quiz. Got 19/20. Struggled on Angola and Oman but a lucky guess got Angola.
MeowNeow
+1
Level 32
Jul 24, 2019
Guessed Oman all the way down.
mihirskulkarni
+1
Level 57
Aug 13, 2019
Amazing quiz!
Michel
+1
Level 40
Aug 19, 2019
SUPER QUIZ
mightythor
+1
Level 66
Sep 17, 2019
Got stuck because I was thinking one syllable at first instead of one word.
RVN
+3
Level 23
Nov 8, 2019
"Between A and L" suggest to me that countries that start with those letters do not count. But Luxembourg was the correct answer. Please fix.
Rogemann
+1
Level 28
May 20, 2021
same here. I was really scratching my head over that one and was disappointed that it was in fact not a country starting with a letter *between* A and L
whiterook1
+1
Level 49
Nov 16, 2019
Really loved the format of this!
FlabberBapper
+2
Level 76
Jan 3, 2020
Congrats on the most upvoted quiz of 2019, Stewart!
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jan 3, 2020
Thank you Mr. Flabber, it means the world to have your congratulations! :)
ooftownroad
+2
Level 64
Jan 9, 2020
i typed angola all the way through
RyanTheT
+1
Level 47
Mar 1, 2020
I typed Oman all the way through lol
NordicBoi
+1
Level 25
Mar 10, 2020
More time tho :/
BestNotes
+1
Level 49
Apr 7, 2020
Why is not Zambia with capital city Lusaka accepted?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Apr 7, 2020
Zambia's land area is below the 1 million required in the previous clue
topazstar
+1
Level 43
Apr 19, 2020
I doubt it's a huge problem but Luxembourg's capital is Luxembourg City so maybe expand the hint so it's G or Y
brianbohn
+3
Level 97
Jun 9, 2020
Countries that begin with a letter "between A and L" cannot begin with an A or an L, as letters 'between' A and L would be B to K.
lmball2
+1
Level 39
Jul 13, 2020
Need more time plz! Great quiz!
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 43
Oct 20, 2020
Shout out the 9 percent who didn't get a one word country
gkmaster
+1
Level 39
Dec 19, 2020
For the last one you could of put Federated States of Micronesia
Wiremu
+1
Level 58
Jan 17, 2021
For the second question on the last one, Micronesia should be a valid answer
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 43
Jan 20, 2021
Tanzania should not work for the fourth category. It's capital has 8 letters.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Jan 20, 2021
It's capital is Dodoma
y4r4
+1
Level 41
Feb 17, 2021
i didnt understand the quiz but awesome
Megan123
+1
Level 15
Feb 27, 2021
Wow. I don't think I'd ever have the patience to make a quiz like tgis. It's fabulous!
thegoatisgoaty
+1
Level 71
May 2, 2021
How do you make it show the check mark
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 2, 2021
In step 2, put all of your answers separated by "|", then in step 3 change the typeins to be "custom", then go back to step 2 and you can replace the answer text to be a check mark without affecting typeins.
Renex
+1
Level 45
May 3, 2021
Ethiopia should be included for having land area of at least 1,000,000 km²
moonshot
+1
Level 57
May 18, 2021
very nice quiz! i'm just curious how you put the check mark in the answer column but still include all the correct answers..

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metalzebra
+1
Level 28
May 19, 2021
I see multiple posts about people using Oman on here...

but here's mine.

I couldn't figure out the answer to orange, so when I had five seconds left I randomly tried Oman while consciously thinking that it wouldn't work, I don't even know what the capital of Oman is. It worked :)

BSDM
+1
Level 23
Jul 30, 2021
I feel like i cheated because for the third option i just started with oman then put oman in 5 times...
mehe
+2
Level 44
Aug 4, 2021
Am I the only one who thought I couldn't use Luxembourg because the question said BETWEEN a and l?
GeoWizAlbania
+1
Level 33
Sep 17, 2021
Got Oman on the first try, missed the other 3 final answers though. Good quiz!
Mfundo
+1
Level 35
Oct 7, 2021
Thank you for this amazing quiz
EFBirdie
+2
Level 35
Nov 18, 2021
with the green ones, you can put south africa for the first four questions lol

great quiz

KJ30
+1
Level 65
Jan 20, 2022
Stewart, can you teach me how to make the 'categories' into two rows? I'm struggling to do so when I am trying to make a elimination quiz myself: it appears to line up in one single row instead of two while I was designing grid. This is the preview of the quiz: https://www.jetpunk.com/create-quiz/1475822/preview
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jan 20, 2022
So, fundamentally, the structure of the design grid is as follows:

You have a "block" which is like a table, this is as tall as it needs to be, and you can only place tables next to each (not above or below).

Inside a "block" you have rows and columns forming cells.

This means, what you want to do, is to move the blue and white categories under the green and red. This can be done by, adding a row to the bottom of the green and red, and then dragging each row of the blue categories to the bottom of the green, and then each row of the white to the bottom of the red.

You will then have to recreate the headers (labelling "white" and "blue" categories) and then perhaps add a single row with "borders" style = 0 (to add a spacer as I have above).

KJ30
+1
Level 65
Jan 21, 2022
cheers stewart
lucienchardon
+2
Level 38
Jan 22, 2022
guessed oman for all of category orange, lets goo
cmr0
+1
Level 73
Mar 1, 2022
great quiz!
Naiad
+1
Level 66
Mar 1, 2022
this one's nice, 5/5
justanerd
+1
Level 33
Mar 4, 2022
I was like "oman how am i gonna do this" then I thought of using the meme.
MfundoNkambule
+1
Level 35
Mar 25, 2022
A great quiz indeed
Desmond2309
+2
Level 36
May 17, 2022
Three things. One, I went with Oman and Luxembourg for first try. Second, you should make more in this series. Great Quiz! 3. Am I the only one who sees MfundoNkambule's comment? Because it said March 25, and today is the 17th (or 16th depends where you are). Which is like in the future, or is there a feature where you can set the time.
Stewart
+3
Level 68
May 17, 2022
There is a whole series! Check the caveat under the description.

March 25th is in the past, today is May 17th. You cannot set the time of a comment, but they could be from a previous year.

Masonplays
+1
Level 25
May 21, 2022
Great quiz I randomly put Oman and it was right I was not thinking that the capital muscat
Davideboss
+1
Level 36
May 22, 2022
orange categories: europe or asia, fewer than 10 m, people 6 letters capital city, why not Bhutan (capital city Thimpu)??
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 22, 2022
Thimphu, not Thimpu :)
Atzuul
+1
Level 43
Sep 29, 2022
I got all of them except Somalia, the last one in the blue category
Clark1
+1
Level 26
Feb 21, 2023
I got all of them EXCEPT the last one in each category.

Great quiz though, Stewart!

GeographyNerd10
+1
Level 28
Jul 12, 2023
HOW?! I GUESSED LUXEMBOURG ON PURPLE AT THE START AND IT FITTED EACH ONE UNTIL THE END! WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?
AAAbatteries
+1
Level 30
Nov 29, 2023
You should make one on Taylor Swift songs, or a singer of your choice. :)
TeaBoy404
+1
Level 21
Jan 3, 2024
My friend completed the last one he randomly said Luxembourg and completed it LOL
Trompete79
+1
Level 59
Oct 14, 2024
I got Luxembourg in the last second, but I couldn't type it in.
Thunderflor
+1
Level 32
Jan 20, 2024
Im sorry but from my knowledge, ethiopia is NOT landlocked. The only country that would work is Zambia...

Prove me wrong.

Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jan 20, 2024
I put into Google "is Ethiopia landlocked", and I got this back:

There are currently 44 landlocked countries, 2 of them doubly landlocked, and 3 landlocked de facto states as of 2024. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, while Ethiopia is the world's most populous landlocked country.

Looks like you're wrong.

boypower2566alt
+1
Level 43
Oct 25, 2024
Stewart, I want to make a Category Elimination for sports teams, I will credit you if I make it, Will you allow me to make it? If not I totally understand and you can make it yourself as this might be an interesting concept that I might want to play myself.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Oct 26, 2024
You're welcome to make it
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