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Can you name the countries that claim territory in Antarctica? Enter a country in the box below Correctly named countries will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game was contributed by Sporcle user: davidr You have 3 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 2718 TV Shows (U.S.) 2203 Broadway Opening Lines 2188 You Do Know Jack 971 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 878 Same Last Name 806 And more...
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	juvanya:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:29 GMT	8 points
	There likely are minerals deposited throughout Antarctica that could be very...enriching.

	Kevin:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	6 points
	The first three and the fifth one all make sense, given their geographic locations, but I'm not sure how the hell I got the other three. Guessed them all kind of early in my progression through world powers, too...

	HollywoodLeo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	8 points
	Wow, I knew all but one then just randomly entered Norway as a wild guess....

	mark_oh:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	2 points
	finally! I've wanted this one forever.

	Gordo:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:41 GMT	22 points
	It should be noted that both the US and Russia have "maintained their right to make future claims."

	kwesta1a:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:44 GMT	0 points
	random but enjoyable. 6 of 7. Couldn't get Norway.

	Ressa:	May 23rd, 2009 at 08:54 GMT	13 points
	fun, random quiz. I got 5/7 just plain guessing. I sort of went through the southern hemisphere saying "okay, what's closest to antarctica?" :)

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	metricforlife:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:08 GMT	-3 points
	woot 7 on the first try...never gotten that before! i also just randomly typed in norway. XD

	phw:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	45 points
	Amundsen was Norwegian. Their claim is the most obvious of the lot.

	debbiedoesnothin:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:28 GMT	5 points
	It's those damn Vikings.

	Scotto263:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	25 points
	I find it interesting that most people have so far found Norway to be random. To me at least Norway is the country associate the most with Antarctic territorial claims, and I think they have a lot in common with each other. The one I didn't get was France. I just didn't see that coming. I think France is the most random of these countries to me. They are either countries in the southern hemisphere or countries that are really north. And France is just sort of there. That caught me off guard

	FilmJunkie:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:34 GMT	2 points
	Ditto, HollywoodLeo. That might be the first non movie quiz I got 100 on, on the first try except the colors and dwarfs.

	Kalessin:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:40 GMT	13 points
	@Scotto263: France actually has a fair amount of territory in that part of the world, comprising the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. It's not that surprising then that they would make a claim for part of Antarctica.

	paoletti:	May 23rd, 2009 at 09:45 GMT	4 points
	Scotto263:France has a few little inhabited islands near Antartica and they had one of the eight territories of Antarctica:Terre Adélie, discovered in 1840 by Jules Dumont d'Urville France lost sovereignty on that territory in 1959 alongside with the other countries of that quizz,because of Treaty of Antarctica

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	Rhys:	May 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 GMT	3 points
	Nice quiz. Albeit slightly simple.

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	iceman1731:	May 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 GMT	7 points
	UK should count for United Kingdom

	milkmeister:	May 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 GMT	13 points
	Don't know why people are saying Norway/UK are random. Being as Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole in a race with Scott they both seemed pretty obvious to me. France was the one I struggled to get.

	Escaho:	May 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 GMT	-4 points
	Well, I thought Norway was random because I just don't remember learning anything about the discovery of the South Pole. I merely went with those close geographically (Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand) and those known to colonize a lot (UK, France). Without knowing that part of history, one is merely grasping at straws to come up with Norway (though I completely forgot about the Vikings...).

	OscilatingGibbon:	May 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 GMT	5 points
	As an aside, why do the US and Russia feel that they have claim to Antarctic territory?

	milkmeister:	May 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 GMT	3 points
	@OscilatingGibbon: Apparently, there was a treaty signed called the Antarctic Treaty which prevents territory being claimed in the region. But, those countries who already had a claim to territory were allowed to keep it. So US and Russia, plus a few others have a pending claim which would only be in force if the treaty ended.

	davidr:	May 23rd, 2009 at 13:16 GMT	4 points
	@John: No. Great Britain is the large island that comprises the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. It is not a country and should no more be accepted than `Hokkaido' would be for Japan. (Granted, we compete as Great Britain at the Olympics but that's an anomaly.)

	milkmeister:	May 23rd, 2009 at 13:28 GMT	3 points
	@davidr: Don't we compete at the Olympics as Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Which is just a shortened form of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

	xball:	May 23rd, 2009 at 13:58 GMT	5 points
	The UK's claim probably comes from the proximity of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The territroy claimed by the UK entirely overlaps the Argentine claim and part of the Chilean claim too. Incidentally all the non-South American claimants recognise each other's territories, which do not overlap

	davidr:	May 23rd, 2009 at 14:00 GMT	2 points
	@milkmeister: No, we compete as Great Britain. Northern Irish athletes have the option of competing either for Great Britain or for Ireland.

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	davidr:	May 23rd, 2009 at 14:10 GMT	3 points
	@lapper220: This is a quiz of countries that claim territory in Antarctica. Antarctica is not a country and the unclaimed areas are, by definition, not claimed by anyone.

	milkmeister:	May 23rd, 2009 at 14:18 GMT	2 points
	@Davidr, NI athletes being able to compete for either is not the point, they have dual citizenship as a legal right. According to dictionary.com amongst others, GBR is the IOC abbreviation for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, according to other places it's just Great Britain. What is not disputed is that Great Britain is not the same as UK in the context of a geographic/legal entity.

	davidr:	May 23rd, 2009 at 15:35 GMT	-1 points
	@milkmeister: According to the IOC, GBR is the IOC abbreviation for `Great Britain': http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/index_uk.asp?id_assoc=8 . On the other hand, it is the ISO-3166-1 abbreviation for the UK. (Gaaah.)

	BrettCaudill:	May 23rd, 2009 at 15:35 GMT	9 points
	penguins can dance and surf. therefore, i want to claim territory in antarctica.

	el_barto:	May 23rd, 2009 at 15:46 GMT	7 points
	Finally, proof the US is not imperialistic. Until we discover a drop of oil and rape the landscape and claim penguin liberation.

	GeoExpert:	May 23rd, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	-1 points
	I got them all, I knew them all except New Zealand which was just a guess. But I United States had stations in Antarctica and that Russia has stations, Vostok

	GeoExpert:	May 23rd, 2009 at 17:54 GMT	4 points
	@lapper 220: http://www.sporcle.com/games/antarctica.php

	Handrejka:	May 23rd, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	1 point
	I got them all too, the only one that was a stab in the dark guess for me was France.

	Robyn:	May 23rd, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	12 points
	Feel free to vote me down for being REALLY dumb. I deserve it. I spent a minute thinking Antarctica was the North Pole. Still managed to get four in time. Guess I should try having my morning coffee before doing any quizzes.

	Fenwicky:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:12 GMT	1 point
	i got them all! first time ive done that on the first try!

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