Users frequently complain that JetPunk is too "U.S. centric". Free yourself from the global hegemon! Try to guess these countries that don't have a U, S, or A anywhere in their name.
What I liked about this quiz is it was a fun way to acknowledge that many feel JetPunk is too US centric.Love Jetpunk but this is true. Sport is a particularly frustrating section as nobody outside the US has any idea about the NBA, NFL, Baseball. Still the best quiz site out there though.
As for the quiz itself, a good idea but a lot of flaws as already pointed out.
Basketball is popular all over Europe, ice hockey as well (although mostly in cold countries). Baseball is big in Japan (chortle) and a lot of Latin America. American Football is followed all over the place - they even play NFL games in Europe.
The old "US sports are only popular in the US" cliché is, well, just a cliché these days.
They have had Germany games, London games, Mexico games, I’m pretty sure a Brazil game, and this year they are adding a Spain game. Plus, over 40 preseason games have been played outside of the U.S.
Essentially, they play a game or two or three outside of the U.S. each season, but no team’s home stadium is outside of the U.S.
Aren't quizzes on this site usually featured once they've been nominated by a whole bunch of users? Wouldn't that just mean that the majority of quiz takers tend to want those types of quizzes? Complaining about this site being too American is... anti-democratic!
It's bloody well hilarious reading these comments. I loved one saying "What about Burundi?" and someone answered (I'm paraphrasing) "It's happily in Africa where it's always been, along with its two "U"s."
Made many of the same errors others have already identified above, but what about Cote d'Ivoire? I have seen the French version of the country's name used often in other quizzes, or have the standards shifted?
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At first, I was thinking HISTORY-WISE (So I put the Philippines and Cuba). Me being the dumb person who doesn't read EVERYTHING in the rules, asking myself "Why doesn't it work?"... Read the rules again, and was like "OOOhhhhhh that's why!". Got most of them.
Glad to see a quiz not involving the US... oh wait it's in the title... and the caveats... and you think about the USA through the whole thing. You subtly tricked us, nicely played
It's jaw-dropping how many people commented "How about" and than a country that clearly contains U, S or A. Laughed hard on this comment section and I feel for poor rg1227 for being notified about it.
As for the quiz itself, a good idea but a lot of flaws as already pointed out.
The old "US sports are only popular in the US" cliché is, well, just a cliché these days.
(I'm not American in any sense of the word.)
Essentially, they play a game or two or three outside of the U.S. each season, but no team’s home stadium is outside of the U.S.
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Those are the official names and show up as such even when Congo is typed in as an answer.
Thanks!
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it takes like maybe 5 seconds to check and see if it has a 'U', 'S', or an 'A'....
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