I think the "Only borders 1 country in Asia" prompt could be reworded. I interpreted it as a country that borders only one other Asian country (without the country itself having to be in Asia), and I wondered why Papua New Guinea or Egypt weren't working.
Scandinavian doesn't always mean the same. It's not that simple. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsXMe8H6iyc for a 4 minute explanation. It really depends. You have a point, but it's not just a geographical term, it's cultural too. - This has the potential to become another "Cyprus is in Europe" thing, except that Europe is really more a geographical entity only than Scandinavia.
Vatican City is not a member of the UN, but it is recognized by the UN, so you should remove that answer. On the other hand, it seems jetpunk is starting to recognize the Palestinian Territories.
"Is an island" should accept only countries that are one island and do not share an island. All of the accepted answers for "is an island with at least 100,000 km in the Pacific" are either multiple islands or share an island.
I had a clue "that sent a man to the moon" and it listed China and Russia in addition to the USA. - I'm confused. Only USA landed someone on the moon and Russia didn't really try to have a person enter trans-lunar orbit. Am I missing something about this clue or is it just incorrect?
The question "Borders a -stan country" should also include the -stan countries that border -stan countries. Those are currently not accepted. Otherwise great quiz c:
What's the deal with the "capital is guessed at least 90%" question? There is actually only one capital guessed at least 90% on the world capitals quiz (Paris) and France isn't even accepted. In fact none of the nine most-guessed countries are (Japan is 10th).
Removed that question since the reality is complicated. Some nations definitely don't have an official language (United States). Some definitely do. Many others are somewhere in the middle.
We don't although people have lobbied to get English as the official language, but I doubt in the current political environment that it could be accepted. Too much acrimony
I live in the United States, and I have never heard the term "customary system". Looking at the answers, I see that it is the countries that use inches/feet, ounces/pounds, cups/pints/quarts, etc.
Scandinavian doesn't always mean the same. It's not that simple. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsXMe8H6iyc for a 4 minute explanation. It really depends. You have a point, but it's not just a geographical term, it's cultural too.
After further research, North Korea is no longer a Marxist-Leninist communist, though it acts in similar ways. Nepal is slightly controversial, as there is a large group that supports communism, but they do not completely rule Nepal.
North Korea is absolutely nothing like a Marxist-Leninist communist country in any way whatsoever. No one who really studies it refers to that even when it pretended to be.
Mass sounds negative, it might have size issues, a little more sensitivity please ! (Ow and sorry about the "it" )
joking :)
ow yea and mass is not the same as weight, because when you are on the moon etc... (just giving people something they can argue about. I mean discuss :) )
Please remove United Kingdom from 'that had at least 100 million people by 1900'. The only part of the British Empire that was part of the United Kingdom was the United Kingdom itself, which had 50 million people in 1950. Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, Australia etc. do not count.
You might want to specify whether you are going by nominal GDP or Purchasing Power Parity. In my opinion, the latter measure is much better. You can find an accurate list here.
Yes, and the word “and” is still present in the “land” countries. Just because it’s only a part of the larger word doesn’t mean it can’t still be excerpted from the country’s name.
They should still count as they do fall within the strict definition of the clue.
Might it be possible to deviate from your stated criteria for this question, as it is a question dealing with the length of country names and people are naturally doing to think of full/official country names in that context. Fortunately, there are a number of other answers for this question, but this is just my opinion, as the first thing keyed in was "USA."
While I get calling Spain European for categorisation purposes, some of Spain is very much in Africa - Ceuta and Melilla - so I don't think it fits the question.
Are you sure? East Timor is the only answer to that question. Timor is not a valid type-in on JetPunk just as New Guinea is not a valid type-in to Papua New Guinea.
Many countries have enclaves and exclaves in other countries. If I included the UAE I would have to include those as well. And no, those countries are slightly diagonal on the map, making them pretty wide.
"that earns at least $75,000 and in Asia" - I'm assuming this means per capita income, but it could be more clearly worded. It sounds like the country is earning $75,000
The question " earns at least $75,000 and in Asia" isn't clear what you mean by earns. Avg citizen? Country as a whole? Clarification would be helpful. I only got this by guessing every Asian country I could think of.
It seems that Antigua and Barbuda would satisfy the "North American country with less than 100,000 people" clue. As far as I can tell, the current population is about 97,000, although I realise this is pretty close to the limit.
For the question "with at least 2 capitals accepted by JetPunk" it listed Palau, even though on the World Capitals Quiz, Palau only has Ngerulmud as a capital. Maybe Benin, as both Cotonou and Porto-Novo are accepted in the World Caputals Quiz?
Great quiz, you should add Papua New Guinea to the list of countries which uses a creole, one of it's official languages is Tok Pisin, which is a creole.
When I looked on Wikipedia it said Liberia gained independence from United States. I also know Liberia's capital was named after United States president James Monroe. Is the American Colonization Society not considered part of the US?
Although it borders Indonesia, Papua New Guinea is located completely on the island of New Guinea (with some minor outlying islands). Australia is considered a landmass.
To be fair, Egypt is considered a transcontinental country (the Sinai Peninsula is in Asia), which means one of the answers for 'in Asia that only borders 1 other country' should be Egypt.
For "that is at least 20 letters long", shouldn't United States of America, People's Republic of China, and Democratic People's Republic of Korea all count? I'm assuming they don't because of JetPunk naming conventions? I guess if you were to include those, you would also have to include things like United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati.
Just to clarify, does the "100 million people by 1900" question refer to modern-day borders or territories controlled by the country at the time? Because the question only makes sense if it's the latter (no way India can't be there unless it's counted as part of the UK).
Was about to query that question myself. The area within the modern day borders of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has never had a population close to 100 million. The census figures for the late 19th/early 20th centuries did not include colonies. Even my grandparents, who were alive at the time, never referred to Commonwealth/British Empire citizens as being part of the population of Britain, as if we 'owned' them. I'm not sure the inhabitants of Australia, for example, were ever included in our population stats. It seems a weird concept. But perhaps you can correct me.
A good quiz because it has generated a lot of discussion and the questions have obviously changed fairly frequently as you have thought up better ones. Thanks.
Unfortunately, if I were do define HDI in every question, I would also have to define a lot of other things, which would cause quite some clutter. There are a lot of other similar quizzes that use HDI so I don't think it's too uncommon of a term.
This may be quite nitpicky or unnecessary, however I think that Uganda should be accepted for the question "countries with 'and' in its name".
I understand what the question was asking - and I wasn't confused - however Uganda was the first answer I put in and it technically contains "and" in the name.
No you're not wasting my time and it's a valid question. However, the question specifies the word "and" while in the countries you just listed, they are simply a set of letters part of a word.
I was so confused for a second when I came to the comments but then I realized that the quiz changed every time. And why does the "Name a country within 100 km of Africa but not in Africa" not include Israel when they border Egypt?
The United States isn't at least 5,000 km wide east to west? Nome and Portland (ME) are 6,000 km apart. Yes, that's not due east-west, but there's land in Alaska further west than Nome and land in Maine east of Portland. It has to be that the tip of the Aleutians is more that 5,000 km west of the easternmost point in Maine.
Well I don't know about you but I guessed Micronesia
"and" in its name.
Oceania, or South America' to 'with an average annual temperature of less than 15°C in Africa,
Oceania, or South America'?
I'd never heard customary before, interesting to find out that's how it's referred to elsewhere.
We don't mention that here
joking :)
ow yea and mass is not the same as weight, because when you are on the moon etc... (just giving people something they can argue about. I mean discuss :) )
However, for the countries with a per capita income of atleast $75000, there are some countries missing, like Qatar, for example.
They should still count as they do fall within the strict definition of the clue.
of 400,000 km² or larger"
Why is Australia not a valid answer?
I do like the quiz quite a lot, regardless.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A good quiz because it has generated a lot of discussion and the questions have obviously changed fairly frequently as you have thought up better ones. Thanks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_units_of_measurement
To my understanding, "...whose capital contains its name" should include Luxembourg (capital Luxembourg City). It is a sovereign nation and UN member.
The Philippines is misspelled. You put Philipines instead of Philippines (with double p)
I understand what the question was asking - and I wasn't confused - however Uganda was the first answer I put in and it technically contains "and" in the name.
Ug - and - a.
Sorry for possibly wasting your time!
Also since you said "the word 'and'" in the question, could you possibly reword the question?
"Name a valid country containing the conjunction "and"' or
"Name a valid country that has the word 'and' between two words" or whatever you see fit.
Sorry for the inconvenience!