Can you name the most southerly country for each letter of the alphabet ? by CRL1811

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Alphabetical Most Southerly Countries Quiz

by CRL1811

Created Oct 16, 2009 in Geography
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	Chromatos:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:18 GMT	5 points
	I think including overseas territories makes this quiz pointless...

	bondy:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:27 GMT	4 points
	^^^ Agreed. I note that overseas Antarctic territories haven't been included - surely it has to be all or none.

	DrRichie:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:06 GMT	5 points
	There's a convention within Sporcle to not use overeas territories. Otherwise, no-one will get that Norway is further south than New Zealand. It would work much better under conventional rules

	Auguste:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:42 GMT	4 points
	Agree. Few people know the Bouvet island.

	nyo:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:01 GMT	2 points
	Overseas territories are never used on sporcle.

	CRL1811:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:22 GMT	12 points
	Right guys, it's all fixed. I did wonder when I started making this quiz whether to include overseas territories, and clearly I made the wrong choice :) sorry about that, anyway it's all fixed now. PS. Hopefully the rating may go up slightly now.... :)

	bsd987:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 16:48 GMT	5 points
	Strange that sporcle convention is not to use overseas territories, with the exception of Greenland to Denmark.

	segacs:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT	1 point
	Same comment as on the northern one - would be better to hide the latitude until the answer is revealed. Showing it as a hint makes this far too easy.

	turgidstan:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 20:30 GMT	7 points
	Is it typical for people to be remotely familiar with the latitudes countries fall on? I know I'm not. Obviously that means I don't mind if people want them hidden, I'm just curious.

	MathijsP:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 07:21 GMT	5 points
	I tried Botswana and Bolivia for B and kept wondering what could be more southern... I should spent less time on Sporcle.

	parklife:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 12:29 GMT	9 points
	I missed South Africa only - despite typing Swaziland THREE TIMES because I was convinced the 'S' country had to be in Southern Africa and couldn't work out where else it would be!

	dtro:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 13:27 GMT	3 points
	I really really wanted that M to be Madagascar and it left me stumped the whole time.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 13:49 GMT	3 points
	bsd987, Greenland is more than just a territory of Denmark, it's an integral part along with the Faeroe Islands.

	JC3:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	1 point
	Should allow "Dem Rep Congo"

	shawnoc:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	2 points
	It allows DRC and that's much easier to type.

	mbc:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT	1 point
	I agree that including territories is wrong, but Réunion is just part of France, not a territiory, and it's further South than Fiji, so France is the most southerly country beginning with F.

	chasmmi:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	0 points
	I find it amazing that Japan is further North than Jamaica. Also I would have guessed Djibouti being further south than DRC. Not questioning the correctness of the answers as better geographical minds than me would have mentioned it by now. Was just the first reactions that came into my head when doing the quiz.

	micah:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	0 points
	Most quizzes on here seem to allow both DRC and Dem Rep Congo.

	celtic_fc:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	1 point
	i had to go to google maps to convince myself that mozambique was further south than madagascar...still dont believe it

	hotrod14:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 00:19 GMT	6 points
	the early criticism of your quiz was pretty rough, but it looks like you took the time to get everything ironed out, 'cause by the time i played it, i loved it! exactly the kind of quiz i come to Sporcle to enjoy. nice commitment

	gqb:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 00:39 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz - I missed Gabon and almost missed Brazil.

	urbanmapper:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 02:09 GMT	4 points
	Republic of Congo is South of Rwanda. I don't particularly like it, but the convention on Sporkle (I believe) is that Rep of Congo counts as an R country.

	TimeAndTide:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 02:10 GMT	2 points
	Ditto @ hotrod14! Good quiz! I always have to remind myself that, on the whole, South America is further south than Africa. After all, from plate tectonic theory we know that SA's bulgy part has to fit inside Africa's denty part. (Ooh! That almost sounds naughty!)

	jimmyfloyd:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 12:39 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz - sequel? Northern most countries

	wolverine09:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 14:43 GMT	2 points
	cool quiz- def agree make a sequel!

	TimeAndTide:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 17:45 GMT	2 points
	He already has a sequel (prequel?) to this very fine quiz. Here's the URL: http://www.sporcle.com/games/CRL1811/northerly_countries_AtoZ

	TheDestr0yer:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	3 points
	@urbanmapper - You are correct, as far as I can tell. That should be fixed.

	Imri:	Nov 28th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT	1 point
	Ditto for being surprised at Madagascar being further south than Mozambique. Great quiz!