Can you name the countries that have competed in all twenty-one Winter Olympics?

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Winter Olympic Countries Quiz

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Created by: Tahnan -
Contributed: February 15th, 2010
Published: February 27th, 2010
Category: Sports
Plays: 86,196

Tags: Olympics Quizzes, Country Quizzes, competed, winter, Winter Olympics, twenty-one, Editor Pick

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	ElDavo:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 04:31 GMT	11 points
	I like this. Nice and simple. Missed only 1.

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	dje:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 04:35 GMT	1 point
	really shocked to not see russia/ussr on here.

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	king21:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 04:50 GMT	7 points
	Typing in "and" gives you Yugoslavia as a bonus. Might want to get that fixed.

	drn211:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 05:01 GMT	9 points
	Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Latvia are the other bonuses

	JohnJF:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 05:08 GMT	5 points
	@dje: Not sure if they have participated in all or not, but I'm pretty sure technically they wouldn't be the same country and therefore wouldn't be a possible answer.

	Riko:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 05:20 GMT	21 points
	Typically, Russia 'inherits' the USSR's stats (legitimized by the fact that the UN recognizes Russia as the SU's successor state). But I looked it up and the Soviets didn't compete until 56' so they missed a few.

	dje:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 05:53 GMT	4 points
	@johnjf- true, even though theyre not the same country, a lot of quizzes on sporcle groups things like that together, for example "world cup host countries" have germany/west germany grouped together. (which also makes me wonder if germany has participated in every olympics too!). and @riko, yeah so it shocks me that the USSR didnt start competing until so late. communism at its best.

	gscott13:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 06:15 GMT	4 points
	belgium is a bonus... the notation say that they competed in the first winter olympics, but missed 60 and 68... wouldn't that mean that they have not competed in all of the olympics?

	JoeFish:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 06:25 GMT	11 points
	@gscott13 I think the bonuses are those who competed in the first Winter Olympics and most subsequent ones, but missed a few. Same with Latvia. Whereas many quizzes use bonuses for "missed on a technicality" answers, this one uses them for "close but no cigar" answers. Works well for this very good quiz.

	refwen:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 09:39 GMT	1 point
	how did i miss switzerland?????

	reesmane:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 11:47 GMT	-4 points
	that one was easy

	miyomiyo1:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 12:31 GMT	7 points
	I missed Switzerland because I wasn't aware it participated in anything.

	kbmaster:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT	2 points
	I think this quiz is really good. The bonuses were added to show countries that have dissolved or broke apart and did not compete in every Winter Olympics.

	Tirion:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 12:48 GMT	3 points
	@dje: Germany wasn't invited to Chamonix 24 and St. Moritz 48 because of the Wars.

	Bretzky:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 12:49 GMT	3 points
	According to Wikipedia, the USSR/Russia didn't compete in the Winter Olympics until 1956 in Italy. That means they missed the first six Winter Olympics.

	Rienkk:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 14:22 GMT	0 points
	Nice one, not very difficult, not that easy at all. But though I missed Hungary and Poland.

	kypzethdurron:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 14:30 GMT	7 points
	I'm still surprised when people guess Austria and not Hungary but over double guessed the former compared to the latter. Granted that Austria is more Alpine but Hungary has always remained close and participates in very similar events? Just not sure why people have had that problem guessing one, to be honest. And yes, I know this is going to get voted down, but I thought I'd pose the question anyway.

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	tobinw:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 15:20 GMT	-1 points
	Was very surprised not to see China and Japan on here.

	Jono_:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 15:33 GMT	14 points
	the USA missed the 1980 games. so did many other western countries. However, that was the summer olympics. this quiz is about the winter olympics.

	canyr12:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 15:33 GMT	1 point
	I think United Kingdom should be accepted for Great Britain, since that's how it's entered in the other sporcle games.

	_kj:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 16:06 GMT	6 points
	@wynne: Those were the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, not the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

	becca:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 17:03 GMT	13 points
	@wynne have you honestly never heard of the 1980 Miracle on Ice???

	btroup1:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 17:07 GMT	2 points
	@kypz: I think it has to do with the dividing line between East and West Europe. People (myself included) probably assumed that each of the Eastern bloc nations missed an Olympics at some point. That said, I typed Poland, so that kills my little theory.

	mendelevium:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 17:20 GMT	2 points
	it would've been good if there was something obscure like Andorra or Luxembourg to make the quiz tricky. cant blame the quiz creator for it i guess.

	Doctor_Tom:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 17:53 GMT	1 point
	I thought Germany would be on there for sure.

	ElDavo:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 18:09 GMT	0 points
	becca: 1980 had Summer and Winter Olympics. The Miracle on Ice was at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The USA did boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow later that year. Wynne's right, but he's talking about Summer Olympics on a Winter Olympics quiz.

	ElDavo:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 18:11 GMT	3 points
	Canyr: I agree with you, but this is based on the IOC, which calls them "Great Britain". I think the quiz SHOULD accept both, but that's the reason it doesn't.

	moran:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 18:14 GMT	8 points
	I really liked this quiz, because it combines knowledge of history, geography, and sports.

	zzz:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 19:04 GMT	3 points
	I forgot Poland.

	truthless_czar:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 19:39 GMT	0 points
	@zzz- i did too, and that's my home country :( i thought i typed in italy which explains missing that, oh well good stuff :D

	khelinglick:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT	0 points
	I'm actually surprised that I managed to get them all.

	skreepers:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 22:40 GMT	1 point
	only missed Hungary :(

	nick5:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 02:24 GMT	0 points
	I put Italy and it didn't take it!!!