The most depressing moment... 156/157. I was so mad because I missed South Korea and I almost finished typing it at the last minute. Well, 156/157 was very difficult but it is sad to see you about to finish. ):
Brazil, Peru for south America. USA, Haiti, costarica, Guatemala for North America. Spain, Sweden, uk, Italy, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Albania, Monaco for Europe. Turkey, China, North Korea, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria for Asia. South Africa, Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Algeria, niger, guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Senegal, Malawi for Africa. That will give you all 157
Did anybody else have a problem with you would start off with France and end up with 156/157 and the missing country would be Monaco. Happened to me at least 3 times when I attempted this quiz.
Doesn't the United Kingdom TECHNICALLY border Cyprus via Akrotiri and Dhekelia? I mean, if you say that the UK borders Spain and France borders Brazil and Suriname, you should say that the UK borders Cyprus.
usa haiti guatemala costarica brazil peru southafrica tanzania gabon drc ethiopia burkinafaso niger guinea gambia algeria israel saudiarabia uzbekistan
russia china india indonesia thailand iran southkorea sweden germany france spain italy romania hungary austria greece bosnia serbia uk ALL YOU NEED ENJOY
I just ran through this list and it got me all but Brunei. Need to throw in Brunei or Malaysia... but thanks. You got Asia much smoother than my method!
Well, I managed to get 100% with my second try today, but what is more interesting is this:
I had a 156/157 score 4 seconds before the end. I was not able to make out which country I had not typed. I paused the quiz and started thinking... I started thinking of really small countries. Suddenly I remembered I had not typed neither of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I knew it was Liechtnstein but I only had 1 second left! I got to another tab, typed the word Liechtenstein, copied it and when I resumed my quiz, I immediately pressed Control+V to paste the word... and it worked! I got a 157/157!
instead of north korea, do rok (or South Korea) instead. because all you geting from those 10 characters is south korea (because russia is important to put) and rok is much faster.
USA Haiti Guatemala Costa Rica Brazil Peru Chad Congo Gabon Ethiopia Mali Togo Guinea Senegal Algeria South Africa Malawi Russia Spain UK Italy Germany France Serbia Ukraine Greece Austria Sweden Israel Saudi Arabia Pakistan India Laos Kazakhstan China Armenia Indonesia Malaysia South Korea
Indonesia, North Korea, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Congo, Brazil, Peru, Honduras, USA, Mexico, Mozambique, South Africa, Panama, Haiti, Germany, UK, Spain, Sweden, Italy, India, Cambodia, Tajikistan,Israel, Libya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Niger, Ukraine,, Macedonia, Austria, France, Brunei, Bosnia
My personal strategy is US, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil, Haiti, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, UK, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Sweden, Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Algeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Congo, South Africa, Malawi, India, and finally South Korea
There's bound to be a faster one, has anyone found it?
Here's what I did: (uk usa drc haiti guatemala costa rica brazil peru spain france italy germany austria ukraine russia sweden greece serbia senegal guinea togo algeria chad egypt gabon zambia southafrica ethiopia turkey israel iraq iran oman turkmenistan india china laos brunei indonesia southkorea qatar). You do all the acronyms, then type the rest. Improvements?
edit: I think I've improved it a little bit: (uk usa drc haiti guatemala costa rica brazil peru spain france italy germany austria ukraine russia sweden greece serbia senegal guinea togo algeria chad egypt gabon zambia southafrica ethiopia saudiarabia syria iran uzbekistan india china laos brunei indonesia southkorea). This is better, I think.
Congratulations to myself!!!! I finally got after only about 500 attempts and in one of my most relaxed moments! Adding sanmarino at the end really helped!
not in this order but I think i got it by typing these countries:
germany finland russia china india laos indonesia brunei gabon gambia luxembourg serbia greece turkey saudi arabia mali malawi south africa vatican monaco brazil peru honduras mexico panama haiti guinea romania albania serbia austria sanmarino lebanon
This is the optimal solution by fewest keystrokes:
USA Brazil Peru Guatemala CostaRica UK France Spain Italy Germany Russia Sweden ROK India Indonesia Laos Brunei Iraq UAE Oman Guinea Libya Togo Senegal Syria SouthAfrica Cameroon DC!R Austria Ethiopia Malawi Serbia Romania FYROM Iran Tajistan [sic] (207 keystrokes).
Here ! signifies pressing the left key to get DRC at the same time as getting DR for the first time.
I was surprised that Qatar borders the UAE - where does this happen? It also surprises me that even though PRC for China is only 3 letters, there is no optimal solution that uses it.
This quiz is incomplete. The India-Sri Lanka border has since sunk into the sea, Saudi Arabia borders Bahrain on a tiny island, Cyprus borders the UK, Singapore has a very small land border with Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela share a border on a nationally disputed uninhabited island, the UK has sovereign military bases in China, Dominica, New Zealand, and Jamaica, and border disputes like Jammu & Kashmir should be taken into account so that India borders Afghanistan, but Pakistan also borders China.
dude territories obviously dont count, like in every quiz, disputes don't count as actual borders, and bahrain doesnt border saudi arabia. You think a level 36 would know this stuff.
Ridiculously difficult to type as fast and accurate as this puzzle requires for many, especially when you have to look at the keyboard when you type. Strategy and memory mean absolutely nothing when a certain physical skill is required.
Just because this quiz is hard for you doesn't make it lame. In fact, as mentioned by other comments, it is quite a good quiz. If you get angry, stop playing.
I had to make a formula, it was getting too hard lmao (it came to 24 seconds left, I made typos too!). here it is anyway (I just made changes):
USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR, Brazil, Peru, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, ROK, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, DRC, Tanzania, South Africa.
Note: DR= Dominican republic, ROK= South Korea, CAR= Central African Republic, DRC= Democratic Republic of the Congo
finished with 4 second to spare.. sequence being US, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, France, Germany, UK, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Kosovo, Croatia, Greece, Uzbekistan, India, Laos, Indonesia, Brunei, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Gabon, Algeria, Mali, Siera Leone, Gambia, Togo, Chad, Congo, South Africa, Guinea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Malawi
ok here is what i did. Italy, liechenstein, Spain, Monaco, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Montenegro, Greece, Moldova, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, China, ROK, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Cambodia, Papua New guinea, Timor leste, Dr, DRC, malawi, south Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Cameroon, Algeria, Guinea, Gambia, Burkina faso, Brazil, ecuador, chile, costa rica, guatemala, Usa
I do it, Usa, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Spain, France, Uk, Italy, austria, germany, sweden, russia, china, romania, serbia,(maybe hungary), greece, uzbekistan, iran, saudi arabia, israel, algeria, chad, niger/nigeria, senegal, guinea, ghana, gabon, ethiopia, congo, south africa, malawi, india, thailand, malaysia, indonesia, south korea. If I missed a step sorry, but this is how I do it.
usa, guatemala, costarica brazil peru france spain uk sweden germany russia austria italy romania serbia greece turkey israel saudiarabia uzbekistan india china ROK laos malaysia indonesia algeria senegal guinea togo car congo gabon ethiopia south africa malawi dr
Might not be the best, but its how I got 50 seconds left.
Shortest amount of characters needed to finish (please improvise):
USA Guatemala Costa Rica DR Peru Brazil France Spain Italy Austria Germany UK Ukraine Serbia Russia Greece Iran China Afghanistan Syria Saudi Arabia Libya Niger Morocco Senegal Togo Liberia Congo Gabon Zambia/Malawi South Africa Ethiopia India Malaysia Indonesia Laos North Korea Norway/Sweden/Finland
South Korea, Malawi, Senegal, India, UK, DR (Dominican Republic), Moldova, USA, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Turkmenistan, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cameroon, Libya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Congo (gets both), Austria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Peru
I ended up at 35 - I don’t think that I can go any quicker. And, certainly under 30 doesn’t seem realistically possible. I would have to see it to believe it.
Adding my name to those who finally achieved it. It does seem sad that such a good quiz just ends up a race against time to type in a list of countries you have carefully worked out in advance to minimise keystrokes. Would be nice to have a quiz like this with more time so you can figure it out as you go.
USA, Guatemala, CostaRica, Haiti, Brazil, Peru, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Liberia, Libya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zambia, southafrica, southkorea, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Syria, saudiarabia, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Moldova, Serbia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Austria, France, UK.
you can get Europe in 10 if you do Russia, Sweden, UK, Spain, Germany, Greece, Serbia, Austria, Italy, Monaco, and Asia in 10 as well if you do China, India, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, turkey, north Korea, Syria, Brunei, Indonesia if I'm not mistaken
I think it would be more fun with another minute or two. I think I was stuck in the 130's, until I made a cheat-sheet, and just casually typed them in.
The race was more fun, but I'd probably still be mad about missing the little stuff that doesn't show up on the map well.
Did it in 42 seconds Russia - China - South Korea - India - Indonesia - Thailand - Malaysia - Turkmenistan - Israel - Turkey - Saudi Arabia - Romania - Serbia - Greece - Germany - Austria - Italy - France - Spain - UK - Sweden - Algeria - Sudan - Senegal - Ghana - Liberia - Niger - Cameroon - Somalia - Congo - South Africa - USA - Mexico - Hondurus - Panama - Haiti - Brazil - Ecuador - Chile
Count how many letters you needed to type all answers, multiply that by 26, and the number you get is the chance that you type random letters and get it all right 🤔
I was nearly to forgot liechtenstein
USA + guatemala + costa rica + haiti does whole North America
russia china india indonesia thailand iran southkorea sweden germany france spain italy romania hungary austria greece bosnia serbia uk ALL YOU NEED ENJOY
I had a 156/157 score 4 seconds before the end. I was not able to make out which country I had not typed. I paused the quiz and started thinking... I started thinking of really small countries. Suddenly I remembered I had not typed neither of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I knew it was Liechtnstein but I only had 1 second left! I got to another tab, typed the word Liechtenstein, copied it and when I resumed my quiz, I immediately pressed Control+V to paste the word... and it worked! I got a 157/157!
Got it with planning and 5 secs left. Probbaly much faster ways but I go Americas - Africa - Europe - Asia
Asia - north korea, china, india, russia, uzbekistan, iran, saudi arabia, syria, laos, malaysia, indonesia
South America - brazil, peru
North America - guatemala, canada, costa rica, haiti
Africa - senegalm guinea, burkina faso, algeria, chad, egypt, ethiopia, congo, zambia, south africa, gabon
Europe - (russia), sweden, uk, ukraine, greece, serbia, austria, italy, germany, france, spain
Senegal, Togo, Liberia, Libya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Zambia, South Africa.
Brazil
Peru
Panama
Honduras
Haiti
Mexico
USA
UK
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Sweden
Austria
Serbia
Moldova
Greece
Iran
Russia
China
India
Uzbekistan
Indonesia
Brunei
South Korea
Thailand
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Algeria
Senegal
Liberia
Burkina Faso
Chad
Congo
Gabon
South Africa
Malawi
Sudan
Somalia
Brazil
Peru
USA
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Dominican republic(dr)
China
India
Thailand
Saudi Arabia
Turkmenistan
Turkey
North Korea
Syria
Brunei
Indonesia
Algeria
Sudan
Ethiopia
DRC
South Africa
Malawi
Cameroon
Togo
Liberia
Senegal
Russia
Sweden
Uk
Spain
Germany
Greece
Serbia
Austria
Italy
Monaco
I am pretty proud...
There's bound to be a faster one, has anyone found it?
With this I got it in 38 seconds.
not in this order but I think i got it by typing these countries:
germany finland russia china india laos indonesia brunei gabon gambia luxembourg serbia greece turkey saudi arabia mali malawi south africa vatican monaco brazil peru honduras mexico panama haiti guinea romania albania serbia austria sanmarino lebanon
USA Brazil Peru Guatemala CostaRica UK France Spain Italy Germany Russia Sweden ROK India Indonesia Laos Brunei Iraq UAE Oman Guinea Libya Togo Senegal Syria SouthAfrica Cameroon DC!R Austria Ethiopia Malawi Serbia Romania FYROM Iran Tajistan [sic] (207 keystrokes).
Here ! signifies pressing the left key to get DRC at the same time as getting DR for the first time.
I was surprised that Qatar borders the UAE - where does this happen? It also surprises me that even though PRC for China is only 3 letters, there is no optimal solution that uses it.
Hope this helped,
-BeansMe
rok
China,
India,
Russia,
Uzbekistan,
Iran,
Saudi Arabia,
Syria,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Indonesia
Brazil
Peru
guatemala,
canada,
costa rica,
Dr
mali
guinea,
gambia
gabon
Malawi
Ghana
benin
CAR
Congo
ethiopia
libya
south africa
Sweden,
germany,
france,
uk,
Spain,
italy,
Austria
serbia,
greece.
moldova
If you cannot finish it, that's your problem, 90 seconds is a lot of time.
usa, guatemala, haiti, costa rica, brazil, ecuador, chile;
uk, spain, italy, monaco, germany, austria, sweden, serbia, moldova, greece;
russia, south korea, indonesia, laos, brunei, india, uzbekistan, iran, saudi arabia, syria;
egypt, algeria, chad, ethiopia, gabon, congo, malawi, south africa, guinea, gambia, burkina faso;
Copy and paste burkina faso to make it even faster ;)
USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR, Brazil, Peru, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Albania, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, ROK, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, DRC, Tanzania, South Africa.
Note: DR= Dominican republic, ROK= South Korea, CAR= Central African Republic, DRC= Democratic Republic of the Congo
this could be my cure for poor phone typing
usa, guatemala, costarica brazil peru france spain uk sweden germany russia austria italy romania serbia greece turkey israel saudiarabia uzbekistan india china ROK laos malaysia indonesia algeria senegal guinea togo car congo gabon ethiopia south africa malawi dr
Might not be the best, but its how I got 50 seconds left.
USA Guatemala Costa Rica DR Peru Brazil France Spain Italy Austria Germany UK Ukraine Serbia Russia Greece Iran China Afghanistan Syria Saudi Arabia Libya Niger Morocco Senegal Togo Liberia Congo Gabon Zambia/Malawi South Africa Ethiopia India Malaysia Indonesia Laos North Korea Norway/Sweden/Finland
sadly, DPRK and KSA not accepted yet.
done with 49 seconds left
South Korea, Malawi, Senegal, India, UK, DR (Dominican Republic), Moldova, USA, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Turkmenistan, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Kosovo, Bosnia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cameroon, Libya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Congo (gets both), Austria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Peru
Asia:
1. ROK (South Korea)
2. Russia (need for several countries)
3. PRC
3. India (need for Bangladesh)
4. Indonesia (need for East Timor)
5.Brunei (shorter than Malaysia)
6. Laos (need to clear out Cambodia - 4 letter word)
7. Uzbekistan
Middle East:
8. Iran
9. Saudi Arabia (gets Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen)
10. Israel (Lebanon, Egypt)
Africa:
11. Ethiopia
12. South Africa (need for Lesotho)
13. Gabon (best for Equatorial Guinea)
14. Senegal (need for Gambia)
15. Zambia
16. DRC (do last)
17. Chad
18. Togo
19. Guinea
20. Algeria
Europe:
21. Spain (need for Portugal)
22. France (need for Monaco)
23. Germany (need for Denmark)
24. Austria (need for Liechtenstein)
25. Italy (need for San Marino/Vatican)
26. Serbia
27. Greece
28. Moldova (alone)
29. Sweden (alone)
30. UK (for Ireland
South America:
31. Brazil
32. Peru
North America:
33. Costa Rica
34. Guatemala
35. USA
36. DR (for Haiti)
Finally do DRC after DR.
cant believe i missed djibouti
I think that's all it takes.
North America (4) - USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, DR
South America (2) - Brazil, Peru
Europe (11) - UK, Italy, Spain, Austria, France, Germany, Russia, FYROM, Bosnia, Ukraine, Sweden
Africa (9) - Libya, Zambia, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Togo, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa
Asia (9) - Malaysia, Indonesia, RKA, ROK, India, Vietnam, Iran, Tajikistan, Syria
That's the fastest I could come up with. Dunno if you can go under 35
The race was more fun, but I'd probably still be mad about missing the little stuff that doesn't show up on the map well.
typed in right as clock ticked to 1:30
I noticed DPRK is not accepted for North Korea (Stands for Democratic People's Republic of Korea).
In some other quizzes DPRK works, not sure if it should here, just a query?
A couple notes and corrections:
- Sri Lanka does not border India.
-Add Bahrain. Saudi Arabia borders Bahrain on Passport Island.
-Add Denmark/Canada border.
Like would have to be the top 20 countries with most borders. I mean the time and math needed would be crazy.