Can you name the countries that border a country bordering Thailand? by bikingguy

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Bordering Countries Bordering Thailand Quiz

by bikingguy

Created Feb 2, 2011 in Geography
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	abanazerb:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 20:51 GMT	2 points
	Very good. I particularly like the trick answer near the top of the right hand column.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 21:35 GMT	0 points
	I'm having a problem with this quiz. You want the countries that border a country bordering Thailand, right? So lets start with the countries that border Thailand, there are four of those: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Myanmar. Then considering the countries that border those four countries, we find that there are only eleven: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. None of the following nine countries given in the quiz border a country that borders Thailand: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, and Pakistan.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 21:43 GMT	0 points
	On the other hand, if you really want the countries that border countries that border Thailand, then there are 23 of those. You already have 20 of them, but you are missing the following three countries: Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 21:51 GMT	1 point
	By the way, I really like the idea behind the quiz. As you might imagine I like border quizzes a lot ;-) Fix the discrepancies and this quiz gets five globes from me.

	megascarp:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 21:54 GMT	0 points
	i don't understand how russia borders an country that borders thailand. Can someone please explain and stop me feeling stupid.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 22:13 GMT	0 points
	@megascarp: I think someone has already explained that. Or are you saying that the explanation given was so poor it needs its own explanation? No problem if that's the case. I myself don't understand why someone would add a comment without reading the existing comments ;-)

	A_is_for_Addict:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 22:19 GMT	2 points
	In all fairness, bikingguy only made one mistake, thinking China borders Thailand. That accounts for the 10 extra answers.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 22:22 GMT	1 point
	@A_is_for_Addict: Yeah, in all likelihood that's what happened.

	bikingguy:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 23:50 GMT	3 points
	I am such an idoit! how did I not realize thailand and china don't border each other?

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 23:55 GMT	2 points
	Myanmar and Laos have been seeing each other behind your back.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 00:38 GMT	1 point
	Why is Malaysia a bonus answer instead of a regular answer?

	bikingguy:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 01:42 GMT	3 points
	Malaysia shares a border with thailand but i doesn't border one of thailands other neighbors so i just made it a bonus to avoid coufusion

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 02:07 GMT	1 point
	You're right. Very interesting quiz!

	megascarp:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 14:52 GMT	0 points
	@tahitiwahini: I would say the explanation was poor seeing as the quiz has now been changed not to include Russia and a load of others. I just don't understand why someone would comment when they don't know what they're talking about. Other than that, I enjoyed this quiz, I hope bikingguy makes others like it.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 20:27 GMT	0 points
	@megascarp: at least now you're reading the comments before commenting. That's an improvement. I didn't have a problem with your not understanding my comment, as I said before there's nothing wrong with that ;-) I also don't have a problem with your not seeing any connection between my earlier comment and the fact that the quiz has been changed. My only problem was with someone who posts a question without first reading previous comments.

	megascarp:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 09:21 GMT	-1 points
	@tahitiwahini: Look, take a chill pill. I did read the comments before I commented but you just assumed I didn't. When I first played, it was before the quiz was changed and your comments don't make sense either before or after. I play Sporcle for a laugh, not to get in a Youtube style argument and be given condescending comments. Lets just agree this was miscommunication.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 7th, 2011 at 20:11 GMT	0 points
	@megascarp: my mistake, I thought you posted a serious question, didn't realize it was just for laughs. I'll let someone else explain it to you next time.

	Thryduulf:	Feb 22nd, 2012 at 13:59 GMT	1 point
	Your stats aren't working for China. This is probably because there is one or more bonus answers that are ahead of it in the table. Fix that and you'll have a perfect quiz.