Can you name the most countries/capitals per letter as you can in 60 seconds?

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60 Second Blitz: Country/Capital per letter Quiz

by RobPro

Created Aug 21, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured Sep 2, 2012
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	zalkon2004:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 16:05 GMT		13 points
	Djibouti really works out well in this quiz.

	BanjoZebra:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 16:19 GMT		59 points
	A non-Sporcler's ABC of countries: Australia, Brazil, China A Sporcler's ABC of countries: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Comoros

	citkeane:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 16:22 GMT		11 points
	Djibouti, Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino/Singapore and Vatican City are probably the keys to completing this. Tunisia is a little less helpful if you're entering countries first. The time it took to delete that ia was costly. But I guess that's what I get for typing slower than the Speed of Sporcle.

	steel03:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 16:23 GMT		7 points
	@BanjoZebra That's hilarious, I actually did do Azerbaijan, Belarus, Comoros.

	Zak6009:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 16:53 GMT		17 points
	I know this is a blitz and all, but I question whether it's physically possible to type 48 names in 60 seconds, even if you are copying from a list in front of you...

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	SteveGoodman18:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 17:43 GMT		1 point
	I suppose They Might Be Giants needs a "The Alphabet of World Capitals" song to go with the "Alphabet of Nations" song.

	Hominid:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 17:56 GMT		10 points
	Why did I decide to try Sao Tome and Principe?

	wiggytitch:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 18:08 GMT		10 points
	Why did my brain decide that 'Afghanistan' and 'Bosnia and Herzegovina' would be the first two I thought of? :(

	pete32782:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 18:27 GMT		-1 points
	@Zak6009: the results say 0.2% are getting them all, so the answer to your question would be yes.

	singin185:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 18:40 GMT		6 points
	I'm sure Kyrgyzstan took way more time than any other K country should have. Darn you, Sporcle.

	yankeespurs101:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 18:48 GMT		14 points
	When faced with these quizzes, my mind deliberately finds the longest countries possible to type...

	Jdawg1015:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 22:03 GMT		2 points
	Here's a list of the countries and capitals with the shortest names- the ones you should use- some letters have more than one country or capital with the least letters, so some are just examples: Countries: Angola,Benin,Chad,Denmark,Egypt,Fiji,Gabon,Haiti,Iran,Japan,Kenya,Laos,Mali,Nauru,Oman,Peru,Qatar,Russia,Samoa,Togo,UK,Vietnam,Yemen,Zambia Capitals: Apia,Baku,Cairo,Doha,Funafuti,Gaborone,Hanoi,Islamabad,Juba,Kabul,Lome,Male,Nassau,Oslo,Paris,Quito,Rome,Suva,Tunis,Ulanbator,Vaduz,Warsaw,Yaren,Zagreb

	Better_Sledder:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 22:22 GMT		1 point
	Zak6009 It took me quite a few tries with all of the names right in front of me. I doubled up whenever possible, but sometimes it's easier to type out two words (like Lima and Laos instead of Luxembourg).

	Zak6009:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 23:27 GMT		1 point
	Better_Sledder: Maybe instead of a list of ALL of them, make a handpicked list of all the shortest ones, or ones like Djibouti, and use that in front of you. That's probably how the 0.2% did it, gonna try that in a bit.

	Zak6009:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 23:34 GMT		3 points
	Ah... I see Jdawg already made that list, but yeah like I said that's not exactly the minimal typing. Djibouti is shorter that Denmark + Doha. And... Vatican City is one character shorter that your two, if you ignore the space (it makes you type 'city'). Monaco saves two keystrokes as well.

	Zak6009:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 23:50 GMT		12 points
	So one last comment. This will probably be downvoted, but I think another minute might be necessary, that's it. Yes I know what a blitz is, but face it, there is still a fine like between a "Blitz" quiz, and a "Typing Challenge" quiz (some of which exist on here), when you have the answers in front of you but it's still difficult to cram them into the time given. 48 items in 60 seconds I would say crosses into typing challenge territory, as Sledder demonstrated it is still hard to cram them in. Blitzes are supposed to be done mentally rather than being a cramped-finger race. Two minutes for this would still feel like a blitz and wouldn't be 'too easy' even for people who know all the countries and capitals. Many other quizzes on here are two minutes long (some 3 I think) and still can call themselves "Blitz"es.

	Niques:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 00:35 GMT		7 points
	Damn it, Sporcle. I see a 'K' and I MUST type Kyrgyzstan.

	confused:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 02:20 GMT		3 points
	DRC and CAR are accepted...

	sammyb:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 10:34 GMT		4 points
	I think this would be better if it were just capitals. Faced with countries and capitals, it's much easier (I think) to name countries. So if you want the highest score, you go for countries, and then you have almost no time to name capitals - which is the more interesting but also the more difficult bit! So it would be better with just capitals OR with more time.

	RobPro:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 GMT		1 point
	@Zak6009 - Thanks for the comment, people usually vote the comments which support the 1 minute timer down btw :P! I do see people complaining about the time on every 60 Second Blitz game. Amazingly, there are people out there who can complete these! I think the 60 Second Blitz is different from any other blitz. With these, 100% is nearly unreachable except for the few who can somehow do it. The point of these is to see how many you can get in the minute and like all the 60 SB's there are longer versions available to take as well :) Thanks

	Zak6009:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 17:35 GMT		1 point
	@RobPro, the only thing is, while I don't have any proof, I think it's a fair assumption that the few who do get 100% (which the stats show) don't do it mentally, they do what I described.

	pk_boomer:	Sep 3rd, 2012 at 19:43 GMT		1 point
	I play Sporcle on my iPhone, and there seems to be a bug in this quiz where it accepts the first letter of each answer ("A", "B", "C", etc.) rather than have to type the full name out. That's how I've been getting 100%

	Guinevere:	Sep 5th, 2012 at 19:11 GMT		2 points
	So I just got my personal best - 44. This is with typing Monaco, Djibouti and Vatican City, as well as CAR and UK. I need to force my fingers to choose shorter answers - even the difference between Iceland and Iran helps. I don't know that I'll ever make all 48 but I'll probably keep trying.

	ARandomBattery:	Sep 9th, 2012 at 03:10 GMT		1 point
	Using "sanmarino", "monaco", "vaticancity", and "djibouti" was VERY useful. And instead of typing Luxembourg, typing "laos" then "lima" is much easier.