Can you name the countries of Africa by their first 3 letters?

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Africa by First 3 Letters Quiz

by RobPro

Created Feb 2, 2012 in Geography
Featured Apr 29, 2012
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	thedpr:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:09 GMT		-1 points
	You're missing an I on Djibouti.

	Pedroia15:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:20 GMT		6 points
	Well, it's a little easier than the "African 60 Second Blitz" quiz, but nonetheless challenging.

	Pandamoose:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:26 GMT		23 points
	I think it may as well be name all the countries of Africa. Pretty much every country in africa has a different starting set, and the ones that aren't are so similar that it's pretty hard to get one and not the other (e.g. Guinea and Guinea Bissau, or Niger and Nigeria.

	hoey:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:50 GMT		61 points
	Whoa, didn't realize this was a sixty second game!

	Ferro:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:53 GMT		5 points
	Pretty challenging with the 60 seconds time contraint given that most of these countries have unique first three letters. 48 entries in 60 seconds. Tough but fun :D

	beeyl:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 04:59 GMT		35 points
	I just can't type that fast. Is it possible for the webmaster to allow players to choose from two (or three) time limits?

	Mirrorboy:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 11:29 GMT		7 points
	Strange how Sao Tome and Principe was the first to jump into my head, maybe because the first word is only 3 letters. Either that or it's just Sporclitis

	Davidos:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 12:22 GMT		26 points
	I think two minutes would be better for this. Still a quick challenge, but actually possible to get all of them.

	tball:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:09 GMT		32 points
	You should really add 'blitz' somewhere in the title or instructions, didn't even notice the time til it was far too late!

	save_ferris15:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:14 GMT		10 points
	Why does Mali have a different percentage than Malawi?

	SomeoneRandom:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:28 GMT		-2 points
	Ten more seconds and I would have gotten them all!

	Cecispanda:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:39 GMT		3 points
	I'm glad Mauritania and Mauritius start the same... never would have thought of the latter lol.

	Kitimat88:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:41 GMT		9 points
	Agree with Pandamoose. There's only 7 pairs (none being more than a pair) unless I've missed something, so 40 of these 54 are unique. This is pretty much just Countries of Africa blitz again.

	geo23:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:49 GMT		4 points
	How do Guinea and Guinea-Bissau have different percentages?

	mearr003:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 13:59 GMT		4 points
	Once again, Djibouti rears its ugly head...

	GerryBaboona:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 15:07 GMT		12 points
	if the answers came up in alphabetical order it would be possible, but I just can't remember what i have already written!

	mmbvidman:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 15:10 GMT		19 points
	A minute?! Really?!

	bsd987:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 16:08 GMT		3 points
	The should be accepted for The Gambia since that's the official Sporcle-recognized name for the country.

	Triffid:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 16:09 GMT		9 points
	Impossible. I really, really wish the time limits on Sporcle were optional. Some of us aren't as physically able as others.

	WCRoentgen:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 16:17 GMT		8 points
	Not much different than "name the countries of Africa." This is just asking us to recall 54 countries in 1 minute! The original Sporcle African Countries quiz (which, yes, requires typing the entire country name, but, still) is 10 minutes long and even then only 4.7% get them all. I guess I just don't see the point of this one.

	thetradge:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 18:34 GMT		10 points
	Please extend the time limit, and put the countries in alphabetical order, this quiz is impossible!

	Ubbiebubbie:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 18:41 GMT		4 points
	Ver fun qui.

	shampoowoody:	Apr 29th, 2012 at 23:55 GMT		11 points
	ONE MINUTE? ummmmmm, are you simultaneously smoking crack and mainlining caffeine?????? three minutes

	pixiepop:	Apr 30th, 2012 at 03:02 GMT		5 points
	Yup. I could probably name all the countries in africa by their first three letters, but I type at about the speed of a dead slug, soooo.....

	barnztormre:	Apr 30th, 2012 at 03:16 GMT		7 points
	To answer the question at hand: no, I cannot.

	pigheaded1:	Apr 30th, 2012 at 13:56 GMT		3 points
	Rats, only had to use three letters and I still couldn't spell Djibouti. Hopefully when there is a first letter quiz....

	anarresti:	May 3rd, 2012 at 21:18 GMT		1 point
	good quiz - much more fun than typing them out in full

	Thryduulf:	May 6th, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		7 points
	Sorry, but nowhere near enough time to remember and type 40 × 3 letters

	R4in3r5:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 20:19 GMT		5 points
	Just one minute? You're kidding right?

	zaphenath:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 15:24 GMT		1 point
	could have used another 30 seconds

	sjdevil:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 15:35 GMT		3 points
	this quiz might actually be enjoyable if the time wasn't so sure; as it is now it's not good

	sjdevil:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 15:37 GMT		2 points
	er, "short" not "sure"

	Liuwa:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 18:12 GMT		2 points
	My only problem was the time...

	ToughQuiz:	Apr 9th, 2013 at 22:20 GMT		2 points
	I think this could be done in 60 seconds if the countries were in alphabetical order.

	dark_crystal:	Apr 29th, 2013 at 17:22 GMT		1 point
	Impossible time limit!

	hr_312:	Apr 29th, 2013 at 19:01 GMT		1 point
	got 10 right and then my mind went blank! so only got 22