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European Countries by First 2 Letters

In 45 seconds, how many countries can you name by first two letters?
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Jerry928
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Last updated: February 17, 2019
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First submittedSeptember 18, 2016
Times taken513,986
Average score71.1%
Rating4.96
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Country
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Country
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
North
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Country
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United
Kingdom
Vatican City
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100 Recent Comments
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Level 69
Oct 4, 2016
This is great work, and I like the time chosen. I had 8 seconds left, but I was going pretty quick. It's just long enough to give you a second to think, but not so much that you can really hesitate.

On another note- why is it listed as "Czechia" Is Czech Republic not the universally recognized name?

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Level 75
Oct 4, 2016
I failed to follow the news completely, but saw some about them wanting to change the English name to Czechia as it was less cumbersome than Czech Republic. So, I can't say if they did it or were just thinking of it.
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Level 92
Jun 29, 2018
Less cumbersome than the average Joe thinking all the crap in Chechnya is happening in the Czech Republic.
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Level 63
Nov 8, 2016
Czechia is their officially accepted short name. Like (the) Congo is the short name for the Republic of the Congo or China is the short name for the People's Republic of China.
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Level 56
Nov 8, 2016
Czech Republic is still more widespread, though. Even the Czechs' own governmental and tourism websites still use that form.
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Level 69
Nov 8, 2016
I just took this again and was amused by the comment, until I realized it was my own! I heard about the change a few weeks ago and I love it. Thanks for a great answer.
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Level 59
Oct 4, 2016
44/45 gives 4 points, ouch!
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Level 69
Oct 30, 2016
Finished with 4 seconds left, very enjoyable!
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Level 68
Nov 8, 2016
Fun quiz. Finally got them all after a few goes of trying to type quicker.
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Level 45
Nov 8, 2016
17 seconds left in the first try
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Level 53
Apr 2, 2024
Your fast! I got 15 seconds left on my first try
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Level 60
Nov 8, 2016
I couldn't think what the hell the UK could be - I'd already got Ukraine so it wasn't UK! With just a second to go I suddenly remembered that the "U" actually stands for "united"...
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Level 59
Nov 9, 2016
first try 6 seconds left
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Level 62
Nov 11, 2016
Please make one for Africa!
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Level 76
Nov 12, 2016
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Level 45
Dec 16, 2016
Nice quiz! Got them all with only one second remaining.
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Level 64
Feb 16, 2017
3 seconds left, my heart is racing.
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Level 47
May 5, 2017
Like a controlled thrill ride, is what came to mind.
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Level 51
Mar 12, 2017
45/45 and 9 second left, nice! :D
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Level 73
Apr 5, 2017
Got em all with 7 seconds to spare
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Level 69
Apr 23, 2017
I am so surprised that cz didn't get more than 1

not

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Level 47
May 5, 2017
Hey! Let's argue about Cyprus being a European country!
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Level 68
Jul 7, 2017
aaaaa
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Level 72
Mar 1, 2019
It's clearly African.
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Level 68
Apr 8, 2019
I think it is part of the eight continent, Atlantis
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Level 28
Jul 17, 2017
I only missed Latvia
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Level 44
Aug 14, 2017
Woah! 00:02 seconds remaining!
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Level 17
Dec 18, 2020
UWU Reported :3
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Level 60
Aug 22, 2017
With 8 seconds to spare, finally! Great quiz!
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Level 76
Sep 15, 2017
18 seconds left
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Level 79
Sep 17, 2017
al an au be bo bu cr cz de es fi fr ge hu ic ir it ko la li lu ma mo ne no po ro ru sa se sl sp sw uk un va
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Level 74
Oct 22, 2019
I smell the blood of an Englishman
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Level 36
Oct 5, 2017
Excellent job. How about one for Asia/ME?
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Level 76
Oct 5, 2017
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Level 20
Dec 6, 2017
1 SECOND LEFT.
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Level 47
Apr 22, 2020
SAME!!!
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Level 38
Feb 16, 2022
SAME
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Level 56
Dec 16, 2017
19 sec left :)
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Level 72
Apr 17, 2018
Very nice. 0:13 for me. This was so much quicker than the normal quiz where I have to type them all out, haha.
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Level 61
Jan 26, 2018
10 Seconds left. Quite easy, but you really are under pressure trying to get a good score while looking at the map and trying to remember the names.
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Level 22
Feb 5, 2018
it is NOT easy, i agree with the map though
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Level 22
Feb 5, 2018
3 secs left, not bad! Cool quiz, suggestion of another quiz: Countries of Oceania by first 2 letters in 30 secs?
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Level 76
Feb 5, 2018
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Level 33
May 20, 2018
Bam! All with 2 second left!
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Level 92
Jun 29, 2018
It wouldn't clear fast enough so the second letter would hang around to form a chain.
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Level 64
Sep 20, 2018
why no turkey? I typed TU but didn't look up assuming it would be accepted only to realize that none of my subsequent answers registered
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Level 52
Dec 28, 2018
2 seconds left... My heart is still pounding XD
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Level 47
Jan 26, 2019
First try and 10 secs left
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Level 80
Apr 8, 2019
Too easy. Dull quiz.
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Level 47
Apr 8, 2019
and again...if you are going to include Russia into Europe why not include Cyprus that is actually an EU country. this is silly
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Level 35
Apr 8, 2019
easy
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Level 78
Apr 8, 2019
Sorry I'm just not that fast a typist.
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Level 76
Jun 10, 2019
Spot on with the amount of time :) Got close the first time, took a few tries then I got it :) (I kept getting stuck on lithuania also being liechtenstein, it thres me for atleast 2 attempts, then saw what the problem was ( but then I had it with sweden switzerland, but only for one round ( cause after doing about half of the countries I tend to look at the map. The first ones are pretty much in order in my head, (especially norway, sweden, finland, and estonia latvia lithuania) after that I go a bit more random.
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Level 27
Aug 13, 2019
When everyone is commenting about how quickly they finished and I only get 18/45 lol
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Level 27
Aug 13, 2019
Done and done! 100%
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Level 37
Sep 28, 2019
All with 10 seconds to spare
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Level 77
Oct 22, 2019
32
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Level 43
Nov 1, 2019
wow... this is so tough, I keep missing out by 2 or 3 countries in the end and they always seem to be different ones! lol
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Level 65
Apr 30, 2020
I'm accidentally typing their url code. .es, .pt, .pl, .se....
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Level 53
Mar 21, 2021
So what happens with Slovenia and Slovakia?

Belarus and Belgium?

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Level 63
Dec 23, 2021
What do you mean? You type "SL" and you get Slovenia and Slovakia. You type "BE" and you get Belarus and Belgium. Or maybe I misunderstood your question?
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Level 55
Apr 11, 2021
Easy especially since I did that europe 60 seconds quiz.
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Level 62
Dec 23, 2021
Damn you Malta
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Level 71
Dec 23, 2021
29s left
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Level 71
Dec 23, 2021
If I had a nickel for every time a European country started with an "Sw," I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
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Level 15
Dec 23, 2021
fun quiz but not easy when you have to remember the english names. it would be easier for me to just spell out the countries I think
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Level 35
Dec 23, 2021
got it with 1 second remaining
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Level 39
Jan 9, 2022
litearly can't beat my score of 42
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Level 51
Jan 12, 2022
100 with 7 seconds left
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Level 60
Apr 12, 2022
How about countries in Europe by 2 letters with fewest possible entries? Or some sort of combination of time and # of entries. Otherwise way too easy of a quiz.
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Level 37
Apr 22, 2022
got it with 6 seconds left could do better
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Level 47
Apr 27, 2023
nice quiz
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Level 22
Jun 19, 2023
my slow typing
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Level 22
Jun 19, 2023
finally after more than 15 tries i did it!! with no time to spare
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Level 77
Sep 25, 2023
5 seconds remaining
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Level 16
Dec 7, 2023
45 SECONDS? IS VERY FEW
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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
About 14% of quizzers are getting 100% here, so I think the timing is about right.
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Level 39
Dec 7, 2023
7 years late but you can easily get 15 within the first few seconds by doing:

-mo (monaco, moldova & montenegro)

-sw (sweden & switzerland)

-li (liechtenstein & lithuania)

-sl (slovenia & slovakia)

-no (norway & north macedonia)

-be (belgium & belarus)

-po (poland & portugal)

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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
I think this website needs a spoiler alert function on some postings - keen quizzers would have to click a second time to read all the how-to's, like you've very well described here! :)
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Level 51
Dec 7, 2023
I had 2 seconds remaining
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Level 59
Dec 7, 2023
23 seconds left, nice
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Level 71
Dec 7, 2023
How is Norway guessed 7% more than North Macedonia?
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Level 76
Dec 9, 2023
This quiz has been around since before Macedonia renamed itself North Macedonia, so these percentages also include the period when "NO" just gave you the point for Norway.
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Level 36
Dec 7, 2023
finally got it 4th try with 6 seconds left
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Level 35
Jan 1, 2024
just in the nick of time, i got 100% with 1 second left! (probably like 10ms because i did it while it was on 1 second for some tome)
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Level 55
Mar 10, 2024
Curse u Albania😔
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Level 45
Apr 2, 2024
I would have gotten it on the first try if I hadn't forgotten Malta :(
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Level 51
Jun 28, 2024
Can you please nominate quizzes
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Level 43
Sep 11, 2024
with 15 secondsssss I'm a dawg
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Level 37
Dec 6, 2024
more time pls
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Level 43
Jan 31, 2025
Make a 30s
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Level 76
Feb 1, 2025
We already have - click here to play :)
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Level 28
Feb 22, 2025
Finally, after uncountable frustation and pain (also soms rage), made it 45/45, with aprox. 4 seconds left (0:41). For some reason I tend to forget Serbia, Albania, Bosnia, Hungary, etc., specially Serbia on this one. Always reminded of Ireland, and somehow I guessed North Macedonia 100% of the times too. Probably there are several sequences accepted for this country, idk, No, Ma, Be.
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Level 36
Apr 19, 2025
Not enough time or really time
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Level 47
May 26, 2025
Got it on the stroke of 0:45 somehow. Must've had about a millisecond left
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Level 21
May 26, 2025
I know all of them but i cant type fast enough... :(

43/45

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Level 21
May 26, 2025
Yay finally finished

41 seconds

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Level 33
Sep 21, 2025
don't we all
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Level 56
May 27, 2025
20 seconds left? hmm
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Level 56
Jan 8, 2026
7 seconds left, panicked but thankfully it was easier than I thought thanks to shared first 2 letters of some countries like slovakia/slovenia and lithuania/liechtenstein making average time to type per answer a little more than a second