World geography

Quote: ZuluRaptorSpaceI cheated then quit.

Quote: neilithicAfrica is a real issue because by the time you've finished writing them all down, probably about 2 or 3 of them have changed names and boundaries.

Quote: kundikTransnistria- is real country!!! I live here! lol

Quote: kundikTransnistria- is real country!!! I live here! lol

Quote: neilithicFrench Polynesia is just Tahiti isn't it?

Quote: kommodoreOfftopic question for the brits, is it ok to call Guernesey, ofiicialy :  British Crown dependency of Bailiwick of Guernsey? Is it correct?

Quote: ALLRED1950   Off topic - there is an Isle of Man; where's the Isle of Woman?

Quote: "nalaberong"​Welcome back to my evil lair!!
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​Here are a couple for those of you who think you know the former Eastern Bloc...
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​Former USSR countries that don't border Russia
​http://www.sporcle.com/games/nalaberong/soviets
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​What countries used to be in Yugoslavia?
​http://www.sporcle.com/games/jjgama/countries_created_from_former_Yugoslavia
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​And some Europe quizzes...
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​Guess the country from the commemorative 2-Euro coin
​http://www.sporcle.com/games/nalaberong/eurocommem
​http://www.sporcle.com/games/nalaberong/eurocommem2
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​Guess the European country from the non-Euro coin
​http://www.sporcle.com/games/nalaberong/europe-by-coin
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​Good to see you all back... (8

Quote: "Ducatx"​The difficulty for me is that I don't know all the English names... but I'll try !

Quote: "nalaberong"​non-countries like Rhodesia

Quote: "Mark240590"​

Quote: "nalaberong"​non-countries like Rhodesia
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​​oh dear Sir Cecil will be spinning !
​Did you maybe mean former countries ?

Quote: "nalaberong"​

Quote: "Mark240590"​
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Quote: "nalaberong"​non-countries like Rhodesia
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​​​oh dear Sir Cecil will be spinning !
​​Did you maybe mean former countries ?

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Quote: "ZuluRaptorSpace"​I cheated then quit.

187/197 with world quiz. Honestly pretty ashamed because I've been trying to memorize all countries for a long time.

Especially ashamed because I forgot Tonga, despite owning a Tongan coin.

Well, the real fun begins here:

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/name-currency

Name all currencies currently used!

pnightingaleWhen the Falkland's war broke out in '81 the most Brits had no idea where it was. A majority thought it was off the coast of Scotland. Just like St Pierre & Miquelon, if anyone had asked me I would have guessed Indian Ocean. It was only after getting a couple of coins from there that I actually looked it up so I'd know which album to put them in. 

That's a large part of the attraction for me, exotic locations and long gone countries. When I was a small child (as opposed to a big child today) I would spend hours playing with an old pre war radio with the colonial missions marked on the dial. Most were still intact and the announcers spoke with cut glass accents or in local languages. I had no clue where most of the stations where but I knew that there were people who looked like me talking to me from far flung outposts of the glorious Empire.

I can also think of several people who would kick your shins if you told them Rhodesia was a non-country. But don't mind me, I still think Jefferson Davis is the President.

Bravoi, so you St Pierre & Miguelon complet then! So have I.

I have got the full set of coins from South Sudan completed.

South Sudan is located between Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, & Kenya.

Like Kenya & Uganda, South Sudan was part of the British Empire, as was Somaliland.

Both Somaliland & South Sudan should be in the Commonwealth - along with the Republic of Ireland!

Aidan.

BCNumismatics

Both Somaliland & South Sudan should be in the Commonwealth - along with the Republic of Ireland!

 

Aidan.

Firstly, Somaliland is not a sovereign country, but part of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Secondly, I think they can decide for themselves if they want to be part of the Commonwealth or not. Obviojsly they don't.

ngdawa

BCNumismatics

Both Somaliland & South Sudan should be in the Commonwealth - along with the Republic of Ireland!

 

Aidan.

Firstly, Somaliland is not a sovereign country, but part of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

 

Secondly, I think they can decide for themselves if they want to be part of the Commonwealth or not. Obviojsly they don't.

Somalilanders don't agree with you.

Somaliland has been fully independent since 1991.

Somalia has been a hell-hole since 1991, when Said Barre's dictatorship was overthrown, & civil war has been the new normal there since then.

Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous places to ever be in - & Hargeisa is one of the safest places to be in, not only in Africa.

Aidan.

BCNumismatics

ngdawa

BCNumismatics

Both Somaliland & South Sudan should be in the Commonwealth - along with the Republic of Ireland!

 

Aidan.

Firstly, Somaliland is not a sovereign country, but part of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

 

Secondly, I think they can decide for themselves if they want to be part of the Commonwealth or not. Obviojsly they don't.

Somalilanders don't agree with you.

Nothing else is expected from a breakaway republic. I'm just saying what is, with no personal thoughts about it.

I've noticed that you like telling others what they should and shouldn't do. I don't really see the point in that.

MS2007

Well, the real fun begins here:

 

https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/name-currency

 

Name all currencies currently used!

Named 10 currencies and completed 80 countries 👍

nalaberongCan you name all 197 countries in the world? I practiced for about a month to achieve this... let me know what you get. Surely, as world-coin collectors, we will be good at this (unless your mind [and collection] is cluttered with non-countries like Rhodesia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Hong Kong, Curacao, Bermuda...).
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

If you can't take it, try Europe only (8
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/europe

Hi! Definetely not(. But I'm good with capitals! My favourite is capital of Madagascar - Antananarivo. What's yours?

I try that countries quiz and I always miss out one or two. I know all the countries, but try to do them in order. Also the 20 minute limit is too short for us slow typists.

Plus some of those countries are more likely overseas territories and sub countries like the Cook Islands, Antigua etc.

Ones I always forget

Iceland

Djibouti

St Lucia or any other tiny St Island in the Caribbean

Tristan Da Cunha or St. Helena

Ones that hard to spell like Kyrgyzstan and some other stans.

Arab mini countries like Qatar, Bahrain

Island nations like Comoros, Seychelles, Sao Tome etc.

Check out Worldle here;

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ .

Aidan.

The game crashed when asked, "How do you say 'My name is' in Swazi and English?"

The game was way too advanced, cause few people were fluent in Swazi.

My new favourites were timegusser in which you have to locate and date 5 random photos a day, some are real easy and some are hard as.

A good hint is you must know the history of cars and women's fashion evolving since 1900 and also some photos have clues. You are scored out of 5,000 for how close you are for both year and place.

Sometimes you can get it wrong with place as some American streets in the past looked similar to British ones, but signs in cents and American spellings give it away. Many Scandinavian photos they show, are usually midsummer ones and thus the sun is quite high and its leafy - but easy for you to guess somewhetre further south.

One of the hardest showed a man in a 60s style suit looking at a church bell and I was going to say Germany 1960 until I noticed the man looked like Emmanuel Macron and then noticed on the bell above him - MMXXV (2025) and that it must be him in the restorated belfry of Notre Dame, I clicked on Notre Dame and got 4998 as I was “87.4m away from the actual site" it seems Notre Dame is a long church and I was down the wrong end!! But I got the perfect 5,000 points for the year - so I got 9,998 out of 10,000 best ever for one photo.

One of my better scores

Its here - https://timeguessr.com/

Click on daily at right.