Can you name the countries with the coldest places per continent?

Continent	Place	Temperature
Asia		-90 F (-67,8 C) at 6 Feb 1933 & 7 Feb 1892
North America		-81.4 F (-63 C) at 3 Feb 1947
Europe		-67 F (-55 C) (exact date unknown)
South America		-27 F (-32,8 C) at 1 Jun 1907
Africa		-11 F (-23,9 C) at 11 Feb 1935
Oceania		-9.4 F (-23 C) at 29 Jun 1994
	-9.4 F (-23 C) at 29 Jun 1994
	-9.4 F (-23 C) at 29 Jun 1994

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Coldest Countries per Continent Quiz

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Created Aug 20, 2010 in Geography
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	Djibouti:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 18:21 GMT		24 points
	I feel sorry for the guy who had to read that temperature in 1892

	afen:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 18:42 GMT		14 points
	Too easy. Maybe do the coldest 5 countries on each continent?

	Not_Shirley:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 18:44 GMT		21 points
	I clicked the link for Ifrane, Morocco and was amazed. They have a ski resort! I assumed Northern Africa was all warm, but then I remembered there are mountains there.

	hodgetiger:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 18:56 GMT		3 points
	Was expecting there to be Brrrr-azil or Freeze-land in the northern Netherlands!

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	DaDude:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 20:30 GMT		10 points
	It would've made more sense if the coldest country in South America was Chile.

	megascarp:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 20:33 GMT		8 points
	The quiz should note that the North American answer is continental North America excluding Greenland. Greenland's (Denmark) lowest temperature is -87 F (-66c). Perhaps reposting Merijn's archived comment. If Greenland was Canadian instead of Danish would the Greenland temperature be allowed for North America or would it still be a bonus answer?

	gjrodger:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 20:57 GMT		15 points
	Oceania should really be New Zealand. Coldest recorded temperature there is -25.6 in 1903.

	JLKeip:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 21:04 GMT		10 points
	I think this would be better as a one minute quiz, too much time to guess randomly otherwise, though I never made it around to Morocco.

	walkalong:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 21:08 GMT		7 points
	@JLKeip I agree- too much time. I was randomly guessing southern African countries, then remembered that the desert gats really cold at night, so started guessing Saharan countries, which is how I eventually got Morocco. That process took me about a minute by itself

	Dirk:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 21:32 GMT		-2 points
	Surprised I got the Africa answer in one shot.

	Beatlezfann:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 22:38 GMT		8 points
	Verkhoyansk aint the place to raise your kids, in fact its as cold as hell.

	riverbanana:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 22:50 GMT		4 points
	Morocco really surprised me. I totally forgot about the mountains there.

	dumbgai:	Apr 10th, 2012 at 23:02 GMT		7 points
	Australia's climate seems rather pleasant. Their record cold is an average winter day in some places.

	ArcticHippo:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 00:35 GMT		1 point
	Definitely tried Tanzania...

	dancastro:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 01:06 GMT		3 points
	There is a lower record for Argentina, -38.2 F (-39.0 C) at Valle de los Patos Superior, a weather station in the Andes with an elevation of 2,880 meters (9,450 feet), on July 17, 1972. This doesn't matter for the quiz, of course.

	aj_sp0rcle:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 01:57 GMT		2 points
	@ArcticHippo: You're joke is funny - I live in Tanzania and it is hot 24/7/365; not to mention the humidity. But then again, what's the coldest temperature recorded on Kilimanjaro?

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	dancastro:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 03:24 GMT		2 points
	@aj_sp0rcle: but if you take the summit of Kilimanjaro as the coldest point in Tanzania, you must take the summit of Aconcagua for Argentina (not to mention Mount McKinley for the US). However, as far as I know no country has thought of putting a weather station in those places only to break a previous lowest temperature record.

	Zak6009:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 03:54 GMT		2 points
	I guess Chile isn't Chile enough.

	Bobman1:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 04:15 GMT		2 points
	Africa is intriguing- I totally whiffed because there are countries farther from the equator with higher mountains. Hmph! Next time I go to Moroco, I'll be sure to bundle up.

	pator:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 14:56 GMT		1 point
	I think you need to drop the time to one minute.

	eab21:	Apr 11th, 2012 at 15:51 GMT		2 points
	Surprised by Morocco. I was expecting something like Kenya or another country in that central-southern mountain range.

	TrudieHughes:	Apr 13th, 2012 at 19:21 GMT		2 points
	A little too easy, although I suuppose Morocco was unexpected.

	PS90:	Apr 13th, 2012 at 22:56 GMT		1 point
	I tried Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and about 5 other Southern-African countries. Never even thought about Morocco. Interesting...