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Visual Memory Test - Countries on a World Map

Memorize the 15 DARK BLUE countries on the map. Then click "Start Quiz" and try to type in all their names.
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Quiz by overtired
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Last updated: July 9, 2022
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First submittedMay 25, 2021
Times taken40,813
Average score66.7%
Rating4.99
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Country
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
Germany
Country
Burkina Faso
Taiwan
Benin
Country
Australia
Cape Verde
Niger
Country
Portugal
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Country
Austria
Kiribati
Finland
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Level 80
May 25, 2021
Great idea !
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Level 51
May 25, 2021
100% on my first try! Nominated!!!
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Level 43
Jul 11, 2022
0:49 left!
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Level 32
May 25, 2021
Brilliant, nominated of course !
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Level 53
May 25, 2021
The only solution I find is that overtired is a genius. Brillant idea, as always (but more again this time, in my opinion). Congratulations, and nominated, sure!
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Level 37
May 25, 2021
Really good idea, and fun quiz
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Level 64
May 25, 2021
I didn't even realize that a "pre-quiz" ID existed! Brilliant work!
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Level 80
May 25, 2021
The pre-quiz and post-quiz classes were added in april.
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Level 75
May 25, 2021
I'm surprised that only 7.7% of takers got them all on the first try. For me, it was pretty easy to just remember which spots were blue on the map.
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Level 75
May 25, 2021
Challenge to those who found it tricky: only give yourself ten seconds to study the map

Edit: That's actually as bit of a challenge. I only missed Belize, which I didn't have time to notice.

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Level 76
Sep 13, 2021
You mean, challenge to those who *didn't* find it tricky.
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Level 61
Jun 19, 2023
Me taking over 10 attempts for 15/15. :/
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Level 76
May 24, 2022
I forgot to count on the pre-quiz map, only memorized the 13 I saw without zooming and missed 2 micro-nations because I didn't even see them . . .
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Level 50
Jun 11, 2022
I didn’t see Cyprus
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Level 20
Jul 9, 2022
You have to count to see if you actually saw all 15 countries. If you don't, there's no way to get a 15.
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Level 44
Jul 9, 2022
That's what I did as well!
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Level 70
Jul 9, 2022
Not every person's brain is image-focused. My, for example, is sound-focused. I never benefit from these "memory techniques" that tell you to imagine some pictures instead of words. Hell, I often do the opposite and try to remember picutres as words because I can't remember many visual details. If police asked me to help with a photofit picture of anybody, I would be of 0 help.
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Level 54
May 29, 2021
Nominated!
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Level 41
Aug 26, 2021
Great quiz as always. Nominated
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Level 57
Sep 13, 2021
Really good quiz, I love it!
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Level 75
Sep 14, 2021
Really fun, nommed
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Level 85
Apr 14, 2022
really great idea for a quiz. took it twice and got 100% both times. good exercise for your memory
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Level 64
Apr 14, 2022
Got 100% on the first go and normally I suck in these memory games haha. Incredible how much better my mind works when it comes to geography knowledge and memorising maps.
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Level 76
May 25, 2022
Equa-cost chilly bangers may lateral abserb slovenly liberal Nigerian cars, but calms Thai souls. 15/15
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Level 84
May 25, 2022
Now that’s what a call a headline
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Level 88
May 26, 2022
Well...my memory worked well. My eyes...not so much. Didn't see Burundi was highlighted.
+1
Level 75
May 27, 2022
Great concept :)
+1
Level 79
May 27, 2022
I feel like an absolute idiot, I did this quiz 8 times before I got them all. The kicker: I got 14/15 on every single other try. One country always somehow slipped my mind.
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Level 57
Jun 22, 2022
I think I took more time memorising them than I did typing them in
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Level 33
Jul 9, 2022
100% on my 2nd try
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Level 65
Jul 9, 2022
Zooming in is annoying and doesn't bring anything to the concept of the quiz. If you can't use a dot for microstates, then just exclude them. Ironically, we can perfectly see island states like Nauru and Seychelles, but then countries like Djibouti are virtually invisible without zooming in. Surely a dot should be the minimum size for all countries whether on sea or land?
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Level 84
Jul 9, 2022
I've got rid of more of the smallest countries. Thanks for the feedback.
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Level 84
Jul 9, 2022
Only got 12 the first time because I didn't bother counting and missed the smaller countries. The second time I spent more time looking for the smaller countries than studying the map.
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Level 84
Jul 9, 2022
Smallest countries have been removed.
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Level 59
Jul 9, 2022
Yay finally!
+1
Level 23
Jul 9, 2022
13/15, missed malawi and republic of the congo
+1
Level 71
Jul 12, 2022
Great quiz, although I could do better I enjoy having a go. I find that after I do the quiz about 3 times I am keeping too much of the other quizzes in my memory box :o)
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Level 37
Jul 12, 2022
excellent
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Level 56
Aug 30, 2022
FINALLY OMG
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Level 55
Nov 20, 2023
I'm proud of my bad memory for getting this on the first try.

I decided to go in with mnemonics cuz my memory sucks so I came up with mnemonics for the different continents countries. There was only 1 in the Americas and 1 in Oceania, so I just kept their normal names. And the 3 i got in Africa didn't start with a vowel so I just repeated LCG 'til I had started and could type them in. The actual mnemonics came into play for Europe and Asia. I used GRINS for Europe cuz I got Greece, Romania, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. Then I had to be more creative with Asia and made SKYLIK cuz I got South Korea, Yemen, Laos, Iran, and Kazakhstan. I found my mnemonics funny and figured I'd share them.