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Spin the World & Guess the Countries

Spin to a RANDOM star somewhere on the world map, then guess the 15 HIDDEN COUNTRIES
Integral overseas territories included. Dependent territories not included. See comments.
Quiz uses standard JetPunk world map projection with some added detail.
Quiz by overtired
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Last updated: February 10, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2024
Times taken129,308
Average score73.3%
Rating4.84
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Country
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Zambia
Mozambique
South Sudan
Angola
Uganda
Rwanda
Malawi
Kenya
Tanzania
Burundi
Comoros
Madagascar
Central African Republic
France
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103 Recent Comments
overtired
+17
Level 86
Feb 2, 2024
If you find any mistakes on the quiz e.g. a country appearing within the star but not counted as an answer, or vice versa, please let me know in a comment and include the three digit code which appears after the quiz at the bottom left, to save me trawling through the hundreds of answers looking for the broken one. Thanks!
overtired
+10
Level 86
Feb 2, 2024
Dependent Territories such as Greenland, Gibraltar and Puerto Rico are not counted in the quiz.

Integral Overseas Territories such as Hawaii, The Azores and the Canary Islands are counted as these are considered integral parts of the country.

The ones to watch out for are, as ever, the overseas departments and regions of France (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion) and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, Saba).

overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 30, 2025
Safari Users: If the quiz is not displaying correctly, make sure you don't have your browser screen zoomed in or out (hit command+0 to reset the zoom level on Mac).

Or just try a different web browser. I implemented a fix to deal with Safari issues previously but it looks like with the latest update of Safari it's broken again. I can't keep up with their annoying browser...

cathlete
+8
Level 76
Feb 1, 2024
Overtired strikes again! Love it & of course nominated
cathlete
+3
Level 76
Feb 1, 2024
Also, on 407, Puerto Rico shows up inside the star but USA is not an option. I think it should if my understanding of the directions is accurate.
overtired
+7
Level 86
Feb 1, 2024
Thanks for flagging, that's intentional though. As per the sticky, Puerto Rico is a dependent territory not an integral part of the country (like Hawaii). It's always going to lead to some confusion but I decided to discount dependent territories as otherwise there are tiny islands all over the world belonging to USA, France, UK etc to account for. I tried to go for the most consistent and playable option.
cathlete
+1
Level 76
Feb 1, 2024
Seems like a good consistency to me!
MayaB
+10
Level 73
Feb 1, 2024
Wow, that's amazing! I love the twist (no pun intended) to show the countries in a random orientation (as opposed to the traditional north-south). Nominated, of course!

I won't be surprised if this becomes (one of) the most taken quizzes for 2024. Fully deserved!

CatcoolH
+1
Level 66
Feb 1, 2024
Nominated! Great quiz
jack541
+2
Level 66
Feb 1, 2024
Sick quiz man! Nominated!
Dimby
+6
Level 80
Feb 1, 2024
Unbelievable. I have no idea how this is even possible. I assume the quiz is somehow linking random groups of answers to a specific SVG layer, but the amount of time and expertise you put into this quiz… wow.
overtired
+4
Level 86
Feb 15, 2024
Half right! Each group of answers is linked to a map orientation, but it's all one layer - basically the standard JetPunk SVG map. It literally spins, zooms and moves the map to the correct position each time. This allows for many permutations while keeping the SVG size under the limit as its only one map and all the variation is in the CSS that moves it.
db27
+2
Level 91
Feb 1, 2024
Great quiz, but the map doesn't seem to work in Safari. (Works great in Chrome.)
overtired
+2
Level 86
Feb 2, 2024
I'm guessing you have Safari zoomed in or out? There was an issue with it not displaying correctly on Safari when not at 100% zoom, but I have implemented a fix for this. It should now work fine on Safari. Please let me know if you still have issues and note the version of Safari and Mac OS if possible. Thanks for flagging!
Yoshimano
+5
Level 65
Feb 3, 2024
woah... this ought to be included directly in the Hall of Fame

The territories and dependencies are quite tricky though;

Great job

Thanks!

raz0r
+1
Level 62
Feb 7, 2024
insane, overtired, as usual
dug28
+3
Level 86
Feb 7, 2024
Yeah, this is pretty amazing... :) Are the star locations really random, or do you have a specific number of variations?
dug28
+2
Level 86
Feb 9, 2024
Ok, I get it now. I just got star 148, and no one had taken that one before. Brilliant!
overtired
+2
Level 86
Feb 15, 2024
Thanks :) By the way, it's been too long since a new dug quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 9, 2024
Stunning quiz, an easy nomination from me!
Confabulously
+3
Level 79
Feb 9, 2024
Nearly impossible to tell, but does the northernmost tip of star 286 overlap an island in Japan?
overtired
+2
Level 86
Feb 15, 2024
It did, thanks, have fixed it.
nerdalert
+1
Level 87
Feb 9, 2024
Great quiz. Thank you.
FNWY4life
+1
Level 71
Feb 9, 2024
ONE OF THE BEST QUIZZES EVER!
StarWarsLover
+2
Level 57
May 12, 2024
THIS IS AMAZING!!! I can't imagine how much work you had to put in. Definitely deserves a nomination.
orange3472
+3
Level 70
Oct 7, 2024
Nominated! Crazy this hasn't been featured yet
Pares321
+2
Level 83
Oct 28, 2024
Very ingenious! Nominated
Ptcairn
+2
Level 61
Oct 28, 2024
This quiz is so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm pretty surprised this quiz isn't featured!
callmekeeper
+1
Level 40
Nov 1, 2024
i just played number 666

its crazy how many there are

im impressed

scambigol
+4
Level 78
Nov 7, 2024
wow, amazing! as in I had no idea anything like this was possibly, but also very well designed to be a challenging quiz even if you know well your world map! how do you rotate svg maps etc?! if you felt like making a blog/article explaining the work behind this quiz it would be very helpful!
overtired
+2
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
It’s all done with CSS. If you copy the quiz you can find the CSS in the html of the first row of every group of 15 under “Country”. It’s different for every set. To work them all out was a whole lot of trial and error using a separate quiz set up just for finding and checking answers. Lots of nudging left and right, up and down, zooming in and out, turning this way and that. Quite tricky to get exactly 15 countries in each star, and changing the zoom would affect the location and vice versa so… a challenge.

I’m unlikely to write a blog about the making of it I’m afraid… spent long enough making the quiz. It’s not quite finished in truth but after working on it bit by bit on and off for years I eventually decided I should just submit it! Maybe I’ll finish it one day…

Levisek27
+1
Level 55
Nov 7, 2024
261 one is so hard! Although, got everything! Gonna nominate when I'll be able to.
KiloNova
+2
Level 56
Nov 24, 2024
So unfair that I landed straight in Oceania. But great quiz nontheless, nommed for sure
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 71
Nov 25, 2024
Why are Chile and Argentina are missing from the circle of 391? Did they go for a walk and never came back
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 71
Nov 25, 2024
Also the Seychelles might make be on 891 because of the Farquhar Group and Mauritius because of Agalega. Same with 560
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 71
Nov 25, 2024
And Taiwan MIGHT just about make it on 272 and 273 with Qixingyan which is about 15km south from mainland Taiwan (Half distance of the strait between Hainan and mainland China at widest)

Philippines on 671 because of Batan Islands

Japan on 289 because of Minamitorishima (which I think is already on the SVG)

overtired
+3
Level 86
Dec 16, 2024
I’ll look into these when I can. Currently between computers. East Asia was still something I was working on. Quite tricky keeping things below the maximum file size while adding lots of islands.
overtired
+3
Level 86
Dec 16, 2024
Looks like Chile and Argentina were cut on 391 as they weren’t answers to get the file size down so the quiz could be uploaded, but I didn’t realise they should still appear in the circle. Will see if I can get them back…
sophiee
+1
Level 55
Dec 8, 2024
Such a cool quiz! Took me quite a while since I got the Caribbean area
Capybarra
+1
Level 44
Dec 16, 2024
Nominated!!!
mrzli86
+1
Level 91
Dec 16, 2024
wooow
jack541
+1
Level 66
Dec 16, 2024
cool quiz again man
NattKing
+2
Level 74
Dec 17, 2024
I wonder what are the odds of getting France. I think it's actually the most likely one. Guess it as the first one and figure out what part of the world you're in.
overtired
+1
Level 86
Dec 22, 2024
Definitely a good first guess.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 58
Jan 28, 2025
France seems to be in about three-quarters of the ones I've done so far
Koopa
+2
Level 82
Dec 17, 2024
I have no idea why I decided to start with North Macedonia (it's horrible odds). But she showed up in the corner of my star, and a handful of guesses later--complete. Craziness.
TheSinnohman
+2
Level 61
Dec 17, 2024
When you guess United States correctly but all you see pop up on the map are some microscopic islands :(((

Fantastic quiz, obviously. I will play this obsessively.

loganite
+1
Level 91
Dec 18, 2024
that...was...AWESOME!!!
Vinni3000
+4
Level 58
Jan 2, 2025
I got a star without a number where north macedonia was still called macedonia.

The star also contained yugoslavia, germany and italy if it makes the search for it easier.

overtired
+3
Level 86
Jan 2, 2025
Thanks, found the culprit. I’m going to do a more general update soon so will fix that when I do.
CoralPopa
+1
Level 42
Jan 23, 2025
Yall are the craziest breed of sweat. I got 13/15 and Im in the bottom half
McKenzieFam
+3
Level 68
Jan 28, 2025
WOAH this is another level, overtired. Excellent quiz, very feature worthy
PietjePuk24
+3
Level 81
Jan 28, 2025
Amazing quiz, that must've been a lot of work. Well done!
JoaoGabriel
+1
Level 35
Jan 28, 2025
great! first time playing and i got 15/15, plus my country Brazil
Betadax
+4
Level 43
Jan 28, 2025
It should be North Macedonia instead of Macedonia.

Great quiz, highly addictive!

overtired
+2
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
Yep, sorry, North Macedonia is misnamed on a couple of answers. Will fix when I update the quiz.
NEGeo
+1
Level 64
Jan 28, 2025
SPIN THE GLOBE
anurzynski
+4
Level 46
Jan 28, 2025
I kinda wish the timer would start right when you identify the first country so I don't waste so much time blind guessing
ATLFalconsFan
+1
Level 40
Jan 28, 2025
what is this supposed to be?
Demyd
+1
Level 47
Jan 28, 2025
This is so random☹️
Wardo
+1
Level 88
Jan 28, 2025
on 808 shouldn't Sri Lanka be included? it has to be if maldives and India are part of that map.i guess not because star goes past Sri Lanka on both sides but touches India. good tricky part of map.
overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
I’ll check it when I can but if it’s not in the Star it doesn’t count.
Baseballnerd
+1
Level 37
Jan 28, 2025
You scored 15/15 = 100%

32.4% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 11

Your high score is 15

Your fastest time is 0:51

I can play this forever

JonOfKent
+1
Level 58
Jan 28, 2025
Literally 30 seconds left when I got my first country :-/
KingofQuiz
+1
Level 60
Jan 28, 2025
Took me 7 attempts before I finally got something other than African countries (my weakest continent by far!). Not sure if just bad luck or something with the algorithm that you're able to update to make it more random? Awesome idea and execution, I'm just a sore loser lol
overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
That’s just bad luck really to get 7 in a row. I can’t program it to take your previous spin into account unfortunately. It’s because it so random that that can happen.

There are a lot of African possibilities, especially in the north as stars can overlap from Europe and Asia. But I tried to balance the quiz as much as possible with answers from everywhere where a star of 15 countries was possible.

dogmeat
+1
Level 69
Jan 28, 2025
This is - as others have said - totally addictive.

Once you get the first country and work out the orientation it's not too hard but those two things can be challenging. Especially as I'm a 2 elbow typist

dogmeat
+2
Level 69
Jan 28, 2025
not much you can do when you don't get yr first country until theres less than 20 seconds left :(
overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
Try big central countries first, or France as it has parts dotted around the world.
Dimby
+2
Level 80
Jan 28, 2025
Amazing quiz. This is on pace to be the highest number of takes in a single day for any quiz in years. Way to go!
overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 29, 2025
Well thanks :) How do you know these things though, is there a chart somewhere? I can just see from my own stats that it was my day with the most takes. Glad people enjoyed it as it was in the works for a long time. (I’m sure you know the feeling!)
Dimby
+1
Level 80
Jan 29, 2025
I don’t think I have anything that quite measures up to this—probably the best quiz on the whole site! Anyway, Stewart’s 2024 year-end blog lists the top quizzes by day since they’ve tracked it. You officially have the second-highest. I also happened to make blogs of the “#1 hits” from 2024 and 2023 and have the number of takes from the day they topped the chart. Last year’s highest was 37,000 (my capitals sudden death quiz). Fastest keystrokes had 42,000 in 2022.
overtired
+2
Level 86
Jan 30, 2025
Interesting, thanks. Wouldn’t say it’s the best on the site, but very kind of you. These high daily takes quizzes come down a lot to quick replayability and there are many amazing quizzes that don’t have that factor. As for your quizzes, your innovations in quiz making have already changed the site for everyone! And I happen to know of at least one long-gestating project that’s gonna blow people’s minds… :)
Dimby
+1
Level 80
Feb 25, 2025
If I ever finish it, ha ha. It’s getting pretty complex so hopefully it’s before 2026.
Trompete79
+1
Level 58
Apr 21, 2025
funny to read after Dimby's quiz got 80k on that one day
overtired
+1
Level 86
Apr 21, 2025
Called it :)
LegoBuilderOne
+2
Level 52
Jan 29, 2025
I put DRC and it got accepted as DR (Dominican Republic) but I didn't notice. I then spent the next few minutes questioning my map skills after guessing every country near the DRC.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 70
Jan 29, 2025
The first country I got was "France", and it was just a tiny spot. Thanks, quiz, that really narrows it down! ;-D
Martinw
+1
Level 48
Jan 29, 2025
Instead of Macedonia it should be North Macedonia.

The three digit code wasn't displayed, but the map pointed north and had Italy on the left. North macedonia in the bottom right.

Boss466
+1
Level 33
Jan 29, 2025
too confusing for me
Johanliebert
+1
Level 28
Jan 29, 2025
Nice job, super duper fun
3nchiladas
+1
Level 70
Jan 29, 2025
139 is broken

Edit: So is 268 and 676. None of them seem to work, it's 0/3.

overtired
+1
Level 86
Jan 29, 2025
Broken how?
JamesMawgan
+1
Level 43
Jan 29, 2025
I think 3nchiladas' computer is broken...
Master763
+3
Level 50
Jan 30, 2025
North Macedonia has to be added. Right now only Macedonia works which isn't correct anymore, also according to Jetpunks official country list
Lobito
+1
Level 28
Jan 31, 2025
This is hard
KarStar
+1
Level 34
Jan 31, 2025
Is Venezuela not in 816? Or is it because of a rule I’m not aware of
CrissCarvalho
+1
Level 37
Feb 1, 2025
So sorry that this is a long one but ,

on 686 Albania, bosnia, slovakia, serbia, montenegro, Kosovo, malta, italy, north macedonia, romania, hungay and croatia were not on the map and

Cyprus, lebanon, isreal, libya, egypt, jordan, syria, saudi arabia and iraq did not show when typed(and palestina if you included it on the game)

MapMaven
+1
Level 37
Feb 4, 2025
Fun Quiz! Vatican City did not appear even though the entirety of Italy (and San Marino) did.
charlie636
+1
Level 32
Feb 5, 2025
This quiz is awesome! I have played it so many times already. I tend to get the same areas repeatedly (eastern africa, middle east, -stans, carribean) but occasionally I get a really hard one like trans-atlantic. Funny that some countries like Canada just never come up because they're too large and don't have a lot of other countries around them.
BillB1
+1
Level 62
Mar 6, 2025
This is the BEST geography quiz I have ever taken. Very hard, but extremely well done. I don't know how you created it, but congratulations! Thank you. I can't seem to stop playing!
overtired
+1
Level 86
Mar 6, 2025
Thanks very much. Glad you like it :)
Dougnut
+1
Level 51
Mar 6, 2025
I honestly dont think i understand this quiz at all, could i please get a clarification?
overtired
+1
Level 86
Mar 6, 2025
The star is somewhere on the world map with 15 countries inside it. You have to guess them. Start by guessing larger countries in the world until you find somewhere within the star. Then fill in the other countries around it.
Jehovanham
+1
Level 46
Mar 13, 2025
Mistake on panel 815 as Venezuela and the Guyanas are not included despite being clearly displayed.

Still a cool quiz nonetheless.

workie
+1
Level 67
Mar 19, 2025
I can't stop doing this quiz, it never gets boring!
GYZGYZ
+1
Level 51
Mar 20, 2025
got a screenshot of the Caribbean. Apparently France (Guadeloupe/Martinique) and Netherlands (ABC Islands) count but USA (Puerto Rico) don't?
overtired
+1
Level 86
Mar 20, 2025
Correct. See the stickied comments at the top.
GollossalKitty
+1
Level 43
Mar 26, 2025
I think it should be changed to be consistent for constituent countries cause there's no way you can say Greenland is more of a dependent territory than Reunion.
overtired
+1
Level 86
Mar 26, 2025
It is consistent. I’m going by the definitions in the wikis linked and the general definitions used by JetPunk. Changing it would just lead to other complaints (and would be a huge waste of time).
BenWalsh128
+1
Level 55
Apr 11, 2025
I put in North Macedonia and it said it was incorrect - it was only looking for Macedonia
TigerPl
+1
Level 68
May 7, 2025
This quiz is amazing but I always forget its name lol

Dang what are the odds of getting the same star twice in a row? Cause I just did

overtired
+1
Level 86
May 7, 2025
Hmm, yeah I spent a while trying to come up with a good name for it that described the quiz. There was probably a more catchy one! Glad you like it anyway.

Pretty low chance I'd say! I never have.

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