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Countries Closest to the U. S.

Name the countries which are geographically closest to the United States.
As the crow flies - distances estimated
Counts overseas regions, but not overseas territories
For example, Hawaii counts but Guam does not
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First submittedSeptember 12, 2012
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Distance
Country
0 mi
Canada
0 mi
Mexico
2 mi
Russia
53 mi
Bahamas
93 mi
Cuba
471 mi
Jamaica
578 mi
Belize
579 mi
Haiti
Distance
Country
608 mi
Honduras
653 mi
Guatemala
665 mi
Dominican Republic
671 mi
Nicaragua
844 mi
El Salvador
953 mi
Costa Rica
1035 mi
Kiribati
Distance
Country
1044 mi
Panama
1053 mi
Colombia
1121 mi
Venezuela
1248 mi
St. Kitts and Nevis
1311 mi
Antigua and Barbuda
1342 mi
France (Guadeloupe)
1366 mi
Japan
 
 
* Guadeloupe is an overseas region not a territory
thisisfun
+1
Level 33
May 29, 2015
Wouldn't done better but forgot about the Caribbean islands.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 67
Aug 4, 2016
Oops!
lillililli
+2
Level 52
May 30, 2015
I think a swath of the Caribbean was just forgotten. I call bs on some of the justification.
MyMindWentBlank
+3
Level 59
Oct 15, 2016
Look at a map.
ZoidbergJesus
+3
Level 58
May 31, 2015
Quote from the question: "not including overseas territories from the US or any other country" and then proceeds to give guadeloupe, an oversea territory of france.
Arp2600
+2
Level 84
Jun 1, 2015
Isn't Hawaii an overseas territory of the US? If you don't think so, then just accept that Guadeloupe is not a "territory" either...
KataJ
+1
Level 37
May 18, 2017
Hawaii Is a state, guadeloupe is not
Arp2600
+4
Level 84
Oct 25, 2017
No, because France consists of Departements...
Matthew07
+1
Level 44
Jun 11, 2016
Hawaii is closer to the USA then Guadelope is to France, but they both still qualify.
TheNewYork
+3
Level 36
Jun 11, 2017
Read
QuizGuy2472
+1
Level 25
Jun 1, 2015
Forgot Costa Rica: surely not!
Cyndel
+1
Level 27
Jun 2, 2015
missed only one, because the description says it doesn't include overseas parts yet it included a part of France...
MyMindWentBlank
+3
Level 59
Oct 15, 2016
It specifically says in the quiz that Guadeloupe is a department of France. It is not an overseas territory.
KataJ
+1
Level 37
May 18, 2017
No it doesn't....
MyMindWentBlank
+2
Level 59
May 18, 2017
If you look at the bottom when you finish the quiz, it says "Guadeloupe is an overseas region not territory."
CMJ
+1
Level 55
Jul 26, 2015
the methodology is as transparent as mud
fitheach
+6
Level 59
Jun 13, 2017
Clear enough to me!
samueljcoleman
+2
Level 54
Aug 31, 2015
is guadeloupe not an overseas territory
keegalof1675
+3
Level 39
Oct 3, 2015
I thought territories were not included?
Quizzer6794
+4
Level 64
Oct 3, 2015
Apparently Guadelope isn't a territory, it's "an overseas region of France and is legally the same as regions of Metropolitan France."
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 64
Oct 3, 2015
But seriously, if this was cut down to 20 answers, there be half as many bad comments
relessness
+2
Level 47
Oct 12, 2015
Yeah maybe you're right. Half of the comments are complaints about Guadeloupe.
Joe799181
+1
Level 61
Oct 3, 2015
St. Kitts and Nevis = Saint Kitts and Nevis
gdf
+1
Level 8
Oct 3, 2015
Saint Kitts of Nevis is accepted already
gdf
+1
Level 8
Oct 3, 2015
*and, not of
dmo862000
+1
Level 17
Oct 26, 2015
Why is Guadeloupe included if the instructions specifically state no overseas territories of the USA or other countries.
Cedo
+3
Level 39
May 8, 2016
Like it has already been explaines in a lot of comments, Guadeloupe is not an overseas territory, it's just a regular part of France, the same way Alaska and Hawaii are aprt of the USA.
tshalla
+1
Level 74
Jul 21, 2017
Ah, the normalization of colonialism.
Lucasc
+2
Level 43
Oct 30, 2015
It says: Not counting overseas territories of the US or other countries and yet you added France (Guadaloupe)
relessness
+6
Level 47
Oct 30, 2015
;(
Stormswift
+3
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
Don't be sad - it's an alternative form of entertainment for us.
Findlay
+7
Level 83
Sep 11, 2016
As has been discussed elsewhere: Just as Alaska and Hawaii are integral territory of the USA, but Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands are not, France has similar distinctions between areas it controls that are non-contiguous. Thus Guadeloupe and French Guiana are part of France itself, whilst, for example, St Pierre et Miquelon is not.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Aug 22, 2017
READ!
akela
+1
Level 34
Dec 9, 2015
Puerto Rico is still a country, it is a US protectorate, but still a different flag flies over it. Guadalupe is in the same situation but from France, so I think you have a flutter there. There is also Aruba, Curazao and Bonaire (Netherlands).
Cedo
+3
Level 39
May 8, 2016
That's because you are wrong, Guadeloupe is not in the same situation. The french flag flies over it, the same way that the french flag flies over Paris.
MyMindWentBlank
+1
Level 59
May 18, 2017
That argument really doesn't hold up. Does that mean every state is a country because a different flag flies over it? That wouldn't make much sense. Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and the United States has full control over it.
vhpenna123
+1
Level 46
Mar 8, 2019
Puerto Rico is not a country everything you said is not accurate.
akela
+1
Level 34
Dec 9, 2015
what about Iceland?
Carry
+1
Level 64
Jan 29, 2016
The distance is more than 2150 miles.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Jan 9, 2016
So annoying that the UK-centric world map divides the Pacific so that it's impossible to be able to tell distances across it.
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 67
Aug 4, 2016
Got them all! Our world map has New Zealand is in the centre, so Pacific questions are easy for us! Hardest one was France, but got it in the end.
Findlay
+2
Level 83
Sep 11, 2016
Your world map has NZ at the centre? World maps here in Australia put London smack bang in the centre, so that even on our own maps we're a long way from anywhere. Well, apart from you few folks over in NZ.
CPAmt
+1
Level 62
Oct 25, 2017
New Zealand the center of the known world! Love it...
justjeff
+1
Level 70
Oct 25, 2017
what is really annoying, surprising, bizarre, is that France is there using Guadeloupe as the closest to the USA while St. Pierre and Michelon are seemingly so much closer.
CaoMaru
+1
Level 50
Sep 29, 2018
That's because Guadeloupe has been made into a department of France, while St. Pierre and Miquelon remains a territory. It's confusing, but that's the reason why.
Stormswift
+1
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
Findlay - we are about 12 hours from Greenwich - so maybe we are the centre of the time zones?
fitheach
+1
Level 59
Jun 13, 2017
There are plenty of maps where Europe isn't in the middle. Try this one: https://esp.rt.com/actualidad/public_images/2015.01/original/54b51d1272139e19538b45a6.jpg

Or this one: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-XChannel/maps/USA-E-XChannel-I.jpg

tourwoorden
+1
Level 70
Oct 25, 2017
Even as a European, I like to look at this map now and then. http://mapdesign.icaci.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MapCarte38_mcarthur_large.png
aseqbase
+2
Level 45
Oct 25, 2017
You need to cut it up somewhere, the spot where the date border is seems most obvious.
sulfuratus
+1
Level 66
Oct 25, 2017
And unless it is a map primarily made for sea purposes, it's also pretty intelligent to divide the largest body of water so you have don't have a big “hole” in the middle of your map.
AlfieJMD
+1
Level 37
Apr 6, 2016
Really surprised by Japan, but it makes so much sense now I think about how close it actually is. The world map just splits the pacific and makes it look like Japan is really far away from the U.S. Good, accurate quiz though!
Fee
+1
Level 51
Oct 25, 2017
Does that have something to do with Hawaii? Or is it Alaska?
relessness
+2
Level 47
Aug 15, 2016
Nano898 giving us a nice summary of all the comments so far
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 16, 2016
LOL!
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Sep 1, 2016
How can you include Japan and Kiribati and Venezuela but exclude

the Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao?) -- Yet you included France (Guadeloupe)

amaiolla
+2
Level 25
Sep 6, 2016
KIRIBATI?!?!?!
divantilya
+3
Level 37
May 18, 2017
Yep! KIRIBATI!
Milezinator
+1
Level 60
Nov 15, 2017
hawaii
Findlay
+4
Level 83
Sep 11, 2016
"All three islands are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, although they remain outside the European Union. Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous, self-governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands proper." - Arguably Bonaire should count, but not Aruba and Curaçao. If Bonaire did, it would be about 1195mi from Florida.
divantilya
+4
Level 37
Sep 26, 2016
not true! They are all part of the EU and the natives carry EU passports! - And if you can include France, you can very well include the Netherlands.
PjotrL
+3
Level 73
Mar 22, 2018
Saba and St Eustatius are in the same status as Bonaire and more importantly, closer to the US. Intergral part of the Netherlands proper.
MyMindWentBlank
+2
Level 59
Oct 15, 2016
Aruba and Curacao are constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Saying they should not count as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is like saying England is not a part of the United Kingdom.
Kontio100
+1
Level 51
Jan 20, 2018
Why not to count any kind of part of all countries? It would make this otherwise too easy quiz just more fun.
InfiniteInsanity999
+3
Level 42
Sep 19, 2016
"Not including overseas territories of the USA or other countries"

So what's Guadeloupe then? Hm?

relessness
+13
Level 47
Sep 19, 2016
An overseas region.
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 64
Oct 8, 2016
Hahaha :D
IneedasHower
+1
Level 32
Oct 25, 2017
good one
iota
+3
Level 43
Oct 25, 2017
Guadeloupe is to France, what Hawaii is to the USA
1800didiaskyoutho
+1
Level 44
Jan 14, 2018
Hate to break it to you, but Guadeloupe is not a French state.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
Following that logic, Ile de France, which contains Paris, isn't part of France, because it's not a "French State". France does not consist of States - it consists of Régions and Départements, and Guadeloupe is both.
Lucasc
+3
Level 43
Sep 21, 2016
on the instructions say "Not counting overseas territories of the US or other countries" and still Guadeloupe ( which is an overseas territory of France is included.
jpedrocm
+1
Level 57
Sep 21, 2016
Yep, this was weird
MyMindWentBlank
+7
Level 59
Oct 15, 2016
Read literally every other comment and try again.
ander217
+3
Level 76
Oct 25, 2017
Once more, Guadeloupe is not an overseas territory. It is part of the country of France just as Hawaii is part of the US. If you can understand how Hawaii and Alaska are states of the US but Puerto Rico and Guam are considered territories, then you should be able to understand this.Think of Guadeloupe as one of the states of France, except they don't call them states.
rgc1600
+2
Level 73
Oct 25, 2017
Once more, it is not France. It is Guadaloupe. A simple distinction that "department" does not change.
iota
+1
Level 43
Oct 25, 2017
"department" is to France what "state" is to the USA
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Nov 23, 2017
Guadeloupe is NOT an overseas territory of France, it is an overseas REGION of France. Substitute States for Region if that makes it easier to understand (Just as Hawaii and Alaska are non- contiguous states of the USA).
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 65
Jan 30, 2018
Agree. Getting Kiribati and still missing a perfect score first try due to Guadeloupe is a cheapshot.
ruchi
+1
Level 20
Sep 30, 2016
What about Denmark?
Freestatebear
+1
Level 83
Jun 5, 2017
If you're referring to Greenland, it's not close enough. Like the song says, "Canada's Really Big!"
Milezinator
+2
Level 60
Nov 15, 2017
what song? seriously, sounds like a good song I WANNA HEAR IT
PacManX
+1
Level 26
Oct 5, 2016
Only missed Antigua and Barbuda + France, happy to get Kiribati however.
ihavenogoodname
+1
Level 62
Feb 13, 2018
same here. I also forgot about Antigua & Barbuda, but I would never have guessed France.
MyMindWentBlank
+5
Level 59
Oct 15, 2016
I have a concern that this quiz is incorrect (and it has nothing to do with Guadeloupe, Kiribati, Iceland, or Japan). Aruba is about the same distance from the US as the Netherlands. If my understanding is correct, Aruba is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; therefore it is not an overseas territory - politically, it's like England is a constituent country of the UK. Because of this, I believe the Kingdom of the Netherlands should be included in this quiz.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Dec 22, 2016
Amen. My argument exactly! -
Stanke
+1
Level 30
Oct 20, 2016
10 seconds left :)
bserbvb23
+2
Level 77
Nov 25, 2016
Guadeloupe is an overseas territory...
relessness
+4
Level 47
Nov 25, 2016
If you could provide some evidence to that claim I will be more than happy to change the quiz.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Aug 15, 2018
Please don't change the quiz! - Do not capitulate to deliberate ignorance.
Stormswift
+1
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
No it's fine, thanks to your quiz I now understand the difference between territories and states/regions/departments. Thank you. Let people learn for themselves.
Tristian363
+3
Level 47
Dec 25, 2016
I forgot that Guadeloupe isn't a territory. It's to France as Hawaii and Alaska are to the USA, therefore qualifying for this. It's annoying me looking at these people relentlessly commenting away, without doing the research to find that Guadeloupe is a department, and not a territory.
Milezinator
+1
Level 60
Nov 15, 2017
I am also annoyed by the people complaining about Guadeloupe, however, people really need to stop explaining it by comparing Guadeloupe to Hawaii and Alaska. Hawaii and Alaska are no different from any other U.S. state. They have the same rules and just as much autonomy as any mainland state. Guadeloupe is a department of France, which makes it different and more autonomous than a mainland region of France. It should not be compared to a territory or a state. It's halfway in between.
BotswanaEmperor
+2
Level 62
Apr 25, 2020
No its not. The citizens of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Mayotte and Reunion can vote for president. They have EU citizenship. They are not autonomous. They are departments as well as regions within France and they have the same status as every mainland region.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 67
Dec 22, 2021
France consists of régions, which themselves consist of départements. Some régions have many départements, others have few. It so happens that the région of Guadeloupe consists of a single département, which is also called Guadeloupe.
DatAngryUnicorn
+5
Level 27
Jan 13, 2017
I spelt El Salvador "El Savador"
SouthwestChief
+9
Level 68
Jan 7, 2018
I upvoted your comment just because it's not about Guadeloupe/France.
Stormswift
+2
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
Can I upvote your upvote?
MarioNebot7
+1
Level 46
Feb 14, 2017
Recently the overseas territories of the Netherlands have been declared as an integral part of that country. So, Sint Maarten is closest to USA than Guadeloup, unless you considee than Saint Martin, which belongs also to France and is a bit closer to USA must be included as well as Saint Pierre and Miquelon in favor of France.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Feb 28, 2017
Recently? - Try 7 YEARS ago (10/10/10)
PjotrL
+2
Level 73
Mar 22, 2018
St Maarten would not qualify, as it's a consituent country. However by the same standards Saba and St Eustatius would, as they are an integral part of the Netherlands proper.
CHEESELWEESEL
+1
Level 65
Feb 19, 2017
I got Kiribati but missed Jamaica

*facepalms*

Danny1905
+2
Level 22
Feb 20, 2017
USA has a small piece of land on the island of Cuba
TWM03
+1
Level 67
Apr 12, 2018
Actually this is a common misconception. The US has a lease on the land but Cuba actually has sovereignty over it. It is in Cuba. It's like embassies. They are "owned" by another country but the sovereignty of the land belongs to whichever country they are actually in.
Maladroit
+2
Level 52
Feb 27, 2017
But...but...what about the Conch Republic?
BotswanaEmperor
+2
Level 62
Aug 25, 2020
The what?
kolovozzz
+1
Level 33
Mar 4, 2017
Forgot France and Kiribati :|
ander217
+5
Level 76
Mar 5, 2017
Until I started taking these quizzes I never realized that France had regions or departments overseas that were similar to our states. Relessness, please don't give up trying to educate us no matter how frustrating it must be. This was a great quiz.
jandjandlemur
+1
Level 67
Mar 25, 2017
Guadeloupe is not a country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maladroit
+1
Level 52
May 18, 2017
No one is calling Guadeloupe a country. It is to France what Hawaii is to the U.S., and thus since Kiribati is on this quiz France should be as well.
Maladroit
+1
Level 52
Dec 4, 2017
'Power' has nothing to do with it. Canada, the United States, and Australia all have large external regions that are not necessarily as powerful as their other divisions (Hawaii and Alaska, Canada's northern islands, and Tasmania, specifically) but are still counted as part of them in quizzes like this. If you have a problem with Guadeloupe on this quiz, you should have a problem with Japan and Russia (closest to Alaska) as well as Kiribati (closest to Hawaii).
bezz
+1
Level 68
Apr 18, 2017
The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the North Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Canadian Island of Newfoundland.[1] The collectivity comprises a group of small islands, the main ones being Saint Pierre and Miquelon.The islands are part of France and the European Union.

I mean you are really splitting hairs here. Honestly, it is a collective which is 99% the same as being in france. Mayotte went to the next level from being a collective to overseas provincial status. Bottom line, you include Guadeloupe, you include St.pierre, or better yet, because you thought that you would be so clever to stump people on your quiz that specifically says "no territories" while including an "overseas province" -which is not the same as a french province. If you want to make this into a legal argument no problem.

geographic
+1
Level 62
May 14, 2017
Can you accept Guadeloupe?
divantilya
+2
Level 37
May 18, 2017
I don't know enough about Saint Pierre, et. al., to comment about them specifically. But I am sure that Guadeloupe and Saint Martin

are overseas regions of France, just as French Guiana. As to the

Dutch islands, they are ALL, those which are overseas regions of the Netherlands, as well as those who have country (not sovereign country) status, part of the KINGDOM of the Netherlands and yes, therefore, integral parts of the European Union. You may compare them to the relationship England and Scotland have with the United Kingdom and that of Hawaii and Alaska to the United States.

Stormswift
+1
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
Yeah accept Guadeloupe - no-one will even notice.
100Greats
+1
Level 57
Jun 6, 2017
Kiribati was hard to know or quess.
DENCRO
+1
Level 50
Aug 31, 2018
With your spelling it must be hard to get any answer...
CatsOfJamesWong
+1
Level 40
Jul 2, 2017
Forgot Alaska is just opposite Russia
Rob27587
+1
Level 72
Jul 6, 2017
What about Bermuda? Isn't that a territory of the UK?
PTYOLO
+1
Level 32
Aug 30, 2017
Yes, it's a TERRITORY.
Tristian363
+2
Level 47
Jul 7, 2017
Goodness gracious people! Guadeloupe is not a territory. It is an overseas region. Legally it is as much France as anywhere else in France. Just like Hawaii to the USA.
Archer1212
+1
Level 61
Jul 10, 2017
i typed "honduras" but it wasn't accepted. must it be capitalized? please fix.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Jul 21, 2017
These disagreement could go on ad infinitum. To those who got the relationships of Guadeloupe and the Caribbean Netherlands correct.

Bask in the knowledge that we are correct and the others are incorrect. That's about as much satisfaction as we're going to get

and I, for one, am tired of the arguments.

MrPro
+1
Level 38
Jul 26, 2017
*Jamaica*
Wulfy
+1
Level 51
Oct 23, 2017
doesnt the us border cuba in guantanamo bay
TWM03
+2
Level 67
Apr 12, 2018
Only as much as it borders every country it has an embassy in.
samiamco
+6
Level 70
Oct 25, 2017
I just want to take a moment to compliment relessness (and Quizmaster for that matter) for their BOUNDLESS patience. <3
Stormswift
+2
Level 36
Jun 26, 2019
Agreed Samiamco ... why don't people read before posting?
Sulps
+1
Level 57
Oct 25, 2017
Can't you just cut the quiz off at 20 answers to avoid the rage about Guadeloupe? Also, in the explanation below the quiz, Guadeloupe is misspelled Guadelope.
JMSR
+2
Level 62
Oct 25, 2017
This comment section is priceless... lol
xarnac
+1
Level 74
Oct 25, 2017
Didn't know about the France thing. Everyday's a school day!
Npredella
+1
Level 49
Oct 25, 2017
Guadeloupe is a "région française d'outre-mer", literally an overseas region of France: it should not be included in the list.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Nov 23, 2017
Why shouldn't it? - A Region of a country is part of that country in question, whether it is contiguous or not. Maybe the problem here

is that we don't consult our thesaurus enough! A "region francaise

d'outre mer" is the same as the non-contiguous states of the USA:

Alaska and Hawaii. By the way, similarly, the Caribish Nederland islands of St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire are the same to the Netherlands as Utrecht, Amsterdam or Den Haag. They are all intrinsically part of the Netherlands, unlike St.Maarten, Curacao

nd Aruba who have country status within the Kingdom. (COUNTRY,

not Sovereign Nation status). If this is all utterly confusing, blame

the politicians!

Jackson69
+2
Level 49
Oct 25, 2017
Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago?
markasol
+7
Level 75
Oct 25, 2017
If Guadeloupe counts as an intrinsic region of France - and it should - then Saba/Sint Eustatius/Bonaire should bring the Netherlands into play as they are special municipalities of the Netherlands proper, ie an integral part of the home country itself. Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are, like Greenland, separate constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (and the Kingdom of Denmark).
MikesBrain
+2
Level 73
Oct 25, 2017
I don't think Guadaloupe should count (partly because its the only one I didn't get!) but mostly coz its an overseas territory of France which you specifically rule out in the brief.....

Thanks

divantilya
+2
Level 37
Nov 23, 2017
Read the instructions, read the comments or go back to sleep!
Osiris
+3
Level 63
Oct 25, 2017
I don't understand why nobody reads the numerous comments and responses regarding Guadalupe before posting their own on this thread. How many times does the same question need to be answered?
Orlemley
+1
Level 39
Dec 5, 2017
I said Guadeloupe it didn't work
manchesterutd10
+3
Level 52
Jan 14, 2018
There are a lot of politically illiterate people in this audience. How can you understand that Hawaii and Alaska are non-contiguous parts of the US without being territories, yet you can't understand how the same applies to Guadeloupe?
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Aug 15, 2018
^ Amen; Amen; AMEN!
zimny
+1
Level 68
Jan 14, 2018
All too easy :)
sbpartrich
+1
Level 37
Jan 20, 2018
19 seconds left
sampartovi
+1
Level 21
Mar 22, 2018
wow, totally forgot about hawaii and alaska. the whole time i was trying to think of countries below the US
NivixParadox
+1
Level 43
Mar 22, 2018
You lied to me
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 87
Jun 17, 2018
Sarah Palin's revenge.
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Jun 22, 2018
If your referring to the quote that she can see Russia from her house, Tina Fey said that on SNL, it wasn't Palin.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 84
Jun 22, 2018
That's right. Palin asserted (twice, in separate interviews) that Alaska's proximity to Russia gave her foreign policy experience.
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Jun 22, 2018
Got El Salvador with 1 second left.
GloryToTheEmpire
+2
Level 28
Jul 6, 2018
you said this doesn't include overseas territories, so how is france an answer?
DENCRO
+3
Level 50
Aug 31, 2018
Recycled this from above: "There are a lot of politically illiterate people in this audience. How can you understand that Hawaii and Alaska are non-contiguous parts of the US without being territories, yet you can't understand how the same applies to Guadeloupe?"
AdyXD
+2
Level 24
Sep 19, 2018
I tried to type "Guadeloupe" but it didn't work, so I didn't try France because I thought overseas territories don't count...
Jerry928
+1
Level 75
Dec 1, 2018
Colombia is 772 miles away, at Providencia Island (population 5000).
N7
+1
Level 39
Feb 24, 2019
Wow, I got Kiribati with 0:58 left, didn't think that would've worked
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 88
Aug 28, 2019
So many comments complaining about Guadeloupe. If there's anything I've learned from JetPunk, it's that people clearly don't like looking things up.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 67
Aug 28, 2019
What about Denmark? Greenland...
BotswanaEmperor
+1
Level 62
Apr 11, 2020
Is a constituency in the Kingdom of Denmark and therefore recieves a lot of autonomy and therefore isn't considered a country or a region of Denmark, just a dependancy.
eaglesfan6
+2
Level 53
Aug 28, 2019
This quiz is WAY too America-centrist!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 77
Aug 28, 2019
Guadeloupe is spelt wrong once. Please correct it
payel123
+1
Level 39
Sep 6, 2019
Got Antigua and Barbuda in last 3 seconds
helgarodriguez2
+1
Level 55
Dec 1, 2019
Bro, if you consider France (Guadeloupe), you should consider UK (Bermudas).It is closer than Venezuela, for example
Jerry928
+4
Level 75
Jan 7, 2020
Netherlands is 1215 miles away, at Saba. Saba is a part of the country of the Netherlands as well as being a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so whichever way you define "Netherlands", that country qualifies to be an answer here.
FadKrashmor
+4
Level 67
Feb 17, 2020
divantilya ^ has been banging on about this, correctly, for years. All six of the relevant Caribbean islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten) qualify as part of the "Kingdom of the Netherlands", three as constituent countries of the Kingdom and three as being part of the Netherlands, which is also a constituent country of the Kingdom. Jetpunk generally uses the term Netherlands as shorthand for the Kingdom, as does the UN. So I would expect any of these six islands to qualify as part of the Netherlands in a Jetpunk quiz. Therefore in this particular quiz Netherlands should be one of the answers, either because of Saba or because of St. Maarten, whichever is closer.
Max1918Hoffmann
+1
Level 32
Feb 19, 2020
Shouldn't St. Pierre and Miquelon be included as part of France? They're closer to U.S. territory than Guadeloupe.
stusum
+1
Level 62
Jul 2, 2020
It is an overseas collective so not the same status.
tosti
+1
Level 44
Mar 15, 2020
Antigua&Barbuda and France were the only ones I missed. Great quiz!
AntiMatter8192
+3
Level 68
May 29, 2020
Be normal. Use the Metric System.
NeonXGaming
+1
Level 21
May 29, 2020
I only missed Antigua and Barbuda, Kiribati and honduras
stusum
+4
Level 62
Jul 2, 2020
The Netherlands is missing. The three regions in the Caribbean are classed as constituent countries and not overseas territories.
ThatOneMM2Player
+1
Level 43
Aug 12, 2020
Missed Jamaica, El Slavador (ES), and France. - Where's Greenland?
TalkingHead
+1
Level 60
Aug 12, 2020
I agree with the other commentators that you've missed several Caribbean microstates, including St Vincent and the Grenadines St Lucia, Grenada, El Salvador. You can't include St Kitts and Nevis and not the others. It's a clear oversight.
stoodmarsh
+1
Level 35
Aug 30, 2020
i missed france and st kitts 👁💧👄💧👁
jbro
+2
Level 60
Sep 10, 2020
Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland?
lordisofjhoalt
+3
Level 65
Oct 14, 2020
me and the boys about to argue about the department status of guadeloupe for the 80th time
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
Wow, these comments are a mess!
Quizzer134921
+1
Level 54
Feb 1, 2021
I only missed france :(
HutHutVikes
+1
Level 54
Feb 26, 2021
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica... But no Peru.
SAKAYANAGIARISU
+1
Level 35
Mar 17, 2021
our earth is a sphere ,if from Russia to the east it would be very close to the United States
LukasB
+1
Level 60
Jun 4, 2021
Yep. that's why it's listed two miles away
hectorprin
+2
Level 57
May 13, 2021
i had no idea that kiribati was as close to hawaii as it is. learn something new every day.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 61
Aug 6, 2021
Yeah you sometimes see it all the way to the west on a map but it's easy to forget
StabakMallick
+1
Level 22
Jul 4, 2021
Uk too can be added
StabakMallick
+1
Level 22
Jul 4, 2021
Where is Brazil?It can be on the list
GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 63
Dec 22, 2021
There are other South American and North American countries that are closer but don't make the list.
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 61
Aug 6, 2021
Missed Kiribati
Erice
+2
Level 33
Aug 21, 2021
How is Venezuela on here but not Trinidad and Tobago?
Oreom
+1
Level 30
Sep 14, 2021
and how is Guyana not on here?
quicksilver87
+1
Level 39
May 17, 2022
Venezuela extends much further west than Trinidad and Tobago, and it's Venezuela's north-western point which is closest to the USA
Dylanplex
+1
Level 93
Sep 27, 2021
Guadeloupe is misspelled in the caveat at the end of the quiz
MalyJacus
+1
Level 53
Dec 22, 2021
Small correction: Columbia is closer to the US than Costa Rica and Panama for sure (not sure about Kribati, but by extension since it lands between the two, that also). That is because of San Andreas and Providencia islands off the coast of Nicaragua that are part of Columbia.

Magnificent place to vacation, by the way...

EvanAviator
+1
Level 57
Dec 22, 2021
if you're gonna try and make a correction, at least spell Colombia right
Toscaa
+1
Level 24
Dec 22, 2021
Missed Guadeloupe and Japan.
ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 56
Dec 22, 2021
I got Kiribati, but not Jamaica. I overthink things way to easily😂
severino
+1
Level 25
Dec 22, 2021
same but with nicaragua
GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 63
Dec 22, 2021
Nice quiz.

If you will include Guadeloupe (France) however I think you should also include Sint Eustatius and Saba both as the Netherlands. Both of these are overseas municipalities of the Netherlands and are closer to the US.

I understand that this does not apply to Saint Martin as they are not a municipality of the Netherlands but an overseas country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

PuertoRicoBall
+1
Level 47
Dec 23, 2021
Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Anguilla and British Virgin Islands don't count as they are not Crown Dependencies but instead British Overseas Territories.
Valism
+1
Level 47
Apr 22, 2022
UK Bermuda?
quicksilver87
+1
Level 39
May 17, 2022
Doesn't count as Bermuda as an overseas territory of the UK, not part of the UK itself. Unlike, say, Guadeloupe, which is actually part of France (despite being a long way from the French mainland)
ETA6mins
+1
Level 16
Jul 28, 2022
I had EPIC FAIL, only 13/22 :(
Iluvbread123
+1
Level 73
Aug 11, 2022
Guadeloupe is misspelled as "Guadelope" in the note
Uzbekiman
+1
Level 40
Jan 9, 2023
if france gets a over seas territory, then denmark should get greenland
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