# Name the Countries - web game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041 "2008-10-22T12:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/1 "2008-10-22T12:57:33Z")
The link below is a fun little game to see how many world countries you can name in 15 minutes. I scored a measly 105. It’s amazing how many countries I know that I just totally neglected to name. It’s a little bit difficult because the country names start to clutter the map. > **[Countries of the World](https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world)** > > Can you name the countries of the world? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/2 "2008-10-22T13:36:57Z")
1. It’s a great game. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/3 "2008-10-22T16:04:44Z")
1. But I’m the receptionist and people keep calling me. Damn phone! (smile) ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/4 "2008-10-22T16:33:23Z")
A 141. But I should’ve gotten more… sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Whiteknight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whiteknight/32/4962_2.png) [@Whiteknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiteknight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/5 "2008-10-22T17:37:28Z")
Took it again and got 137, much better but still not great. I even missed some countries that I got the first time despite remembering others that I didn’t get the first time. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/6 "2008-10-22T17:52:02Z")
I named all the US states in 2 minutes 53 seconds in one of their other quizzes. That was way easier! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/7 "2008-10-22T18:56:13Z")
133 but I was slowed down by poor typing and spelling. Gautamala? Guatemala? Guatamela? Gataumala? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/8 "2008-10-22T19:36:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 133 but I was slowed down by poor typing and spelling. > > Gautamala? Guatemala? Guatamela? Gataumala? And dude, what about all those -Stan countries. My biggest problems though were Central Africa, Oceania and the Carribean. I didn’t even know all those islands were independent ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/9 "2008-10-22T19:41:06Z")
1. I’m particularly proud of the fact that I spelt both Herzegovina and Azerbaijan correctly, but I just couldn’t crack the spelling of Liechtenstein. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/10 "2008-10-22T19:58:04Z")
1. 118 if you account for misspellings. I used to know all of the African countries, but have since forgot. The eastern hemisphere and the Caribbean are both a harsh mistress. ETA: I did the US States one and got them all in 2:20. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/11 "2008-10-22T20:10:36Z")
I shouldn’t admit this, but I didn’t get United Kingdom. I kept putting in Great Britain and England and going Huh? :smack: Silly me. And I was way slowed down by spelling. WAY. I’m going Rowanda, and Venizulia, and oh my God only 3 minutes left … Sammalia?? I only got 90. I’m trying again. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/12 "2008-10-22T20:28:32Z")
1. I managed to have a serious mental block, unable to name the country which Iraq invaded in 1990. That’s worrying. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/13 "2008-10-22T20:52:38Z")
126 My mother tongue is Spanish. Some countries I knew he name of, but not in English. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/14 "2008-10-22T21:00:57Z")
1. Probably could have done better if I spent more time thinking of world events, and less trying to remember the words to the Animaniacs “Nations of the World” song. United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/15 "2008-10-22T21:51:53Z")
Sporcle kicks ass. There are all sorts of little games like this where you have to name things. There should be a whole thread devoted to Sporcle. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/16 "2008-10-22T21:53:49Z")
1. Surprisingly, I got most of the -stan countries, but tripped up on other former Soviet Union countries (what’s the official name for those?). I suck at African and Pacific countries. What happened to Zaire? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/17 "2008-10-22T21:58:03Z")
I suck. 63. But I spent a lot time figuring out England… and Congo…, UAE and trying to spell Papua New Guinea. But mostly, I have very poor recall. It would have been more fun untimed. ETA: Zaire = Republic of Congo (and not just Congo, Republic of Congo) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/18 "2008-10-22T22:05:04Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > Surprisingly, I got most of the -stan countries, but tripped up on other former Soviet Union countries (what’s the official name for those?). ‘Countries of the former Soviet Union’ normally suffices. Or, in many cases, ‘Eastern Europe’! ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/19 "2008-10-22T22:07:45Z")
1. Would have been 120 if I had spelled Bahrain correctly when it flashed into my head with exactly one second remaining. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041/20 "2008-10-22T23:04:08Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > 1. > > Surprisingly, I got most of the -stan countries, but tripped up on other former Soviet Union countries (what’s the official name for those?). > 😕 It’s Commonwealth of Independent States, [CIS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-countries-web-game/469041.md?page=2)