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Can you name the countries and territories that are closest to the US?
created by
arbitrarychoice
Enter a country or territory in the box below
Correctly named countries or territories will show up below
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distances determined at acsdg.com
Countries and territories are included if they are less than 1000 km from a US state or less than 500 km from any other US territory. Countries/territories that fit both criteria are included twice.
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Countries less than 1000 km from a US state
0 km from 13 states
0 km from 4 states
3.5 km from Little Diomede, Alaska
85 km from Miami Beach, Florida
149 km from Woman Key, Florida
753 km from Vaca Key, Florida
812 km from Loggerhead Key, Florida
880 km from Loggerhead Key, Florida
926 km from Key Largo, Florida
999 km from Loggerhead Key, Florida
Countries less than 500 km from any other US territory
55 km from Navassa Island (Caribbean)
61 km from Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico
67 km from Tutuilla, American Samoa
135 km from Navassa Island (Caribbean)
139 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
163 km from Navassa Island (Caribbean)
186 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
191 km from Palmyra Atoll (Pacific)
253 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
314 km from Navassa Island (Caribbean)
335 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
352 km from Tutuilla, American Samoa (Pacific)
408 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
Overseas territories less than 1000 km from a US state
564 km from Vaca Key, Florida
854 km from Eastport, Maine
896 km from Elliott Key, Florida
Overseas territories less than 500 km from any other US territory
1.5 km from Saint John, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
132 km from Flanagan Island, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
154 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
177 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
180 km from Swains Island, American Samoa (Pacific)
272 km from Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (Pacific)
443 km from Navassa Island (Caribbean)
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nearest countries to the US Quiz
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Created Dec 10, 2010 in
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arbitrarychoice
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Dec 10th, 2010 at 18:43 GMT
3 points
Does anybody think that a simpler version of this quiz that only includes countries that are near to the 50 states would be worthwhile?
zifyoip
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Dec 10th, 2010 at 19:31 GMT
3 points
The word you want is "overseas." "Oversees" means "supervises."
francs2000
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Dec 11th, 2010 at 00:45 GMT
-1 points
You have made this quiz more difficult than it needs to be. Nice idea, but being able to randomly guess answers would be better.
Onno
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Dec 11th, 2010 at 10:24 GMT
1 point
It's difficult, but I liked it. Although I disagree that Sint Maarten counts as part of the Netherlands. Saba is alright I guess, but Sint Maarten has a separate status in the kingdom now. Oh, and you might want to accept 'Turks and Caicos Islands'. Yes, I was copy-pasting...
arbitrarychoice
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Dec 11th, 2010 at 10:49 GMT
2 points
I have now produced an easier version of this quiz that only includes countries that are close to the 50 states at http://www.sporcle.com/games/arbitrarychoice/USA_closest. @francs2000, I agree that the quiz may be too difficult but I wanted the answers to be guessed in order so that it is not just a 'name the countries of Central America and the Caribbean' quiz. @Ohno I agree that Sint Maarten is not part of the constituent country of 'the Netherlands', but the sovereign state (or 'country' in sporcle-speak) is 'The Kingdom of the Netherlands' rather than the constituent country of 'the Netherlands'.
adamnvillani
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Dec 11th, 2010 at 22:36 GMT
1 point
I liked this quiz a lot (I got 100%), but I was wondering... do we have official Sporcle rulings or authoritative source on which overseas Dutch, Danish, and French territories are considered parts of the parent country, which are considered dependencies, etc.?
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