Can you name the two word Countries of the World in two minutes? by Flick

Can you name the two word Countries of the World in two minutes?

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*Countries involving the word 'The' will be considered as bonus answers. (Please see comments) **Hyphenated countries will also be considered as bonus answers.
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2-Word Countries in 2 Minutes Quiz

by Flick

Created Jan 19, 2011 in Geography
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	wolofsky:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 05:06 GMT	21 points
	there's no reason not to accept ivory coast or east timor in a game that is based on speed. Also, if you're going to be picky and include "the" gambia on the list, then many more countries would qualify based on their elongated full names. You should use common usage names only.

	Flick:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 07:18 GMT	5 points
	@wolofsky: I've added your suggestions as alternatives, but decided to keep 'The Gambia' in as it's removal I feel would just result in comments asking 'Where is 'The Gambia' ?

	Brizza:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 08:28 GMT	16 points
	Good quiz. Tough quiz too! Personally I think it looks odd having The Gambia as a genuine answer and The Netherlands as a bonus?

	nadivereb:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 08:52 GMT	3 points
	The gambia is the Sporcle default anwer, The Netherlands is not. The quiz is great. 5 points.

	smarty:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 10:51 GMT	-3 points
	how about the philippines as a bonus too

	AlexRandom:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 11:00 GMT	7 points
	I think "Cote d'ivoire" is three words, not two (just as "I'm" is two words and does not figure in the most common English words quizzes).

	joebobs:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 12:50 GMT	18 points
	Do you think if all of us on sporcle petitioned The Gambia to drop the 'The' they might do it? It would end a lot of disputes...

	bigwilliamstyle:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 13:39 GMT	7 points
	Good bonus answer having "South Sudan"!

	Jam1:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 16:38 GMT	4 points
	I second having Gambia as a bonus. Otherwise 'the' Philippines, 'the' Netherlands and even 'the' Sudan as it is officially called, would all count as full answers. The Marshall Islands is also 3 words by that definition. Great quiz though!

	folio1701:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 18:40 GMT	1 point
	What about "The Bahamas"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas

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	Klaus:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 00:54 GMT	1 point
	@hotrod and TerryWilhelmer, All this "The" Gambia, "The" Netherlands, "The" Bahamas talk, for crying out loud, it's "THE UNITED STATES"!!!

	Flick:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 16:56 GMT	6 points
	The consensus seems to be that 'The' countries, should be bonuses. The Gambia has therefore been demoted and the game note changed.

	pennyfarthing2:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 22:01 GMT	-3 points
	bosnia herzegovina??

	BigThing:	Jan 23rd, 2011 at 17:21 GMT	1 point
	Guinea-Bissau is hyphenated. I'm not sure whether that still makes it two words or not, but it should appear like that IMO. If it still counts, maybe Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville could be bonuses.

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	Ribhump:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 12:57 GMT	-2 points
	bosnia herzegoniva?! Even though there's an And in there (which i didn't realise till going to wikipedia) it also says it's acceptable without the And on it's page...(plus i wasted valuable seconds spelling it and then rechecking my spelling)

	hawksdd:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 14:02 GMT	-4 points
	I agree that the US should be on here, because the UK is not the official name either. If you were talking to someone from another country, you wouldn't say "I'm from the United States of America." Well, you might, but most normal people would just say "I'm from the United States."

	srv:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 03:42 GMT	3 points
	shouldn't cote d'ivoire be counted as three words? "coast of ivory"shly?

	sproutcm:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 07:14 GMT	1 point
	Yeah, Timor-Leste and Guinea-Bissau should both be bonuses. Things that are hyphenated are considered one word, not two.

	Flick:	Dec 31st, 2011 at 15:50 GMT	3 points
	Well where were we ... oh yes ... Guinea-Bissau and Timor-Leste are now bonuses as is the United States ... It's a funny old World ...

	buis_golalas:	Apr 16th, 2012 at 17:49 GMT	5 points
	El Salvador just means "THE Savior" Should be a bonus under the rules.

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	Flick:	Apr 17th, 2012 at 07:18 GMT	1 point
	@buis_golalas: makes sense

	dancastro:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 00:07 GMT	5 points
	@buis_golalas and Flick: let me disagree. Although in the other cases the names with and without "the" can be used interchangeably (Bahamas or The Bahamas, Netherlands or The Netherlands, etc.), you can't say just "Salvador"; the country is always referred to as "El Salvador". If I hear someone saying "I'm going to Salvador" I would understand Salvador in the state of Bahía (Brazil) and not Central America. (Moreover, in alphabetical lists of countries, while [The] Gambia always appears under G, El Salvador never appears under S, always under E).

	marpocky:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 04:29 GMT	-3 points
	@Klaus: How is it THE United States but not THE United Kingdom? (Ditto for THE Solomon/Marshall Islands or THE Czech/Dominican Republic...inconsistencies abound.) @Flick: Why is United States not a regular, full answer? That is the Sporcle-standard name.

	Ironicduck:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 09:56 GMT	4 points
	What about the Iraq? And everywhere like such as?

	Flick:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 14:40 GMT	2 points
	@dancastro: and now you have convinced me. lol

	marpocky:	Apr 19th, 2012 at 21:45 GMT	1 point
	Why is every comment pointing out that "United States" is 2 words getting majorly voted down? Am I just going insane?

	RobPro:	Apr 20th, 2012 at 12:52 GMT	1 point
	@marpocky - 'United States' is just a shortened way of saying United States of America I think.

	marpocky:	Apr 20th, 2012 at 13:35 GMT	2 points
	@RobPro - Yes, and the 2-word "United States" is the standard "common" name of the country, just as "United Kingdom" is short for "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and "Sri Lanka" is short for "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka." Why use official names to rule out some countries, but not others? Argentina is officially the "Argentine Republic," so if we're keeping the US off this quiz, why also Argentina? (See also: French Republic, Italian Republic, Hellenic Republic, etc.) Look at the Countries of the World quiz to see the standard names Sporcle uses for each country. I think we should be consistent across the site. I'm aware of the confusion, but I'm also very surprised that it's being discarded with such prejudice. Even after the inconsistency is pointed out, people keep voting down these comments and I'm really confused as to why. Do people think only the US should be referred to by its full, official name on Sporcle?

	larryb:	Apr 28th, 2012 at 01:38 GMT	-1 points
	How about New Jersey?

	Ubbiebubbie:	Apr 30th, 2012 at 19:32 GMT	1 point
	Just a tiny little thing, but could you be the bonus for Cote d'Ivoire have the capital 'I' in d'Ivoire?

	Flick:	May 1st, 2012 at 16:42 GMT	1 point
	@Ubbiebubbie: tiny thing now fixed, thanx.