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Can you name the things starting with 'D'? Enter a thing in the box below Correctly named things will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order * Answers may include a definite article More Letters: A, B, C, E, F, G and H You have 8 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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Countries

U.S. State Capitals

Oscar Best Picture Winners

Chinese Zodiac Signs

Seven Dwarfs

Books of the Bible (King James)

Rivers feeding the Black Sea (Annual Water Discharge > 100 m³/s)

Constellations

Santa's Reindeer

AKC Registered Dog Breeds

James Bond Movies

Elements

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There are 92 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

	j66:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:25 GMT	34 points
	Democratic Republic of the Congo?

	jdmerkel:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:27 GMT	2 points
	@J66 : I was shocked that isn't on there either.

	jism:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	27 points
	It's spelt Dalmatian. Not Dalmation.

	sammyhain2364:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	11 points
	It should be spelled dalmatian

	DasFengster:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	-4 points
	this is stupid, even on akc's own website it's spellt as dalmatian http://www.akc.org/breeds/dalmatian/

	GeoExpert:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	18 points
	Democratic Republic of the Congo should be on here. And who is Dunder? I think that is supposed to be Donner. Otherwise good quiz and looking forward to the E quiz. Maybe you can have some blend together, like Qu quiz or the XYZ quiz.

	swellwrench:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:34 GMT	9 points
	"Dnepr" and "Dnestr" should be accepted for "Dnieper" and "Dniester" - those are the Russian names and were, until recently, the most common spellings in English as well.

	ElDavo:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	1 point
	Geo: Your first two points are correct, but I'm pretty sure there are enough X, Y, and Z words that they can be independent of one another.

	vyuen:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	11 points
	And isn't the reindeer spelled Donner?

	Jaspers:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	68 points
	Comet and Cupid and Dunder and Mifflin?

	MovieDynamic:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT	-3 points
	Finally!!!

	jism:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT	14 points
	Dunder is actually what Donner is called in the first known version. It means Thunder.

	springmom:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:42 GMT	4 points
	Please, please change Dalmatian! It's right on the dog breeds quiz.

	vyuen:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:44 GMT	6 points
	What language is Dunder? In modern German, Thunder is Donner.

	Shaft41:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:45 GMT	11 points
	I have a "D" word that describes how I feel now: dumb.

	sactoshc:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:50 GMT	10 points
	15 of 36 the first time out...I love this theme! Are we going to get one for every letter of the alphabet eventually? Definitely a deliciously distracting diversion.

	jism:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	6 points
	Dunder is Dutch. And German for Thunder used to be Donder many years ago.

	kingofdanger:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:54 GMT	1 point
	I think it's lame that we have to type out "Democratic Republic of the Congo" on every country quiz, but it doesn't count here.

	rophlare:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:56 GMT	3 points
	You should definitely put Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a bonus -- that's the official name of North Korea.

	MRL:	May 28th, 2009 at 08:58 GMT	9 points
	For those wondering about the third reindeer, see the comments in the Santa's Reindeer quiz. In the original poem, it was Dunder; later translations and mispronunciations brought about Donder and Donner as variations. Similarly, Blitzen was originally Blixem.

	johnlk:	May 28th, 2009 at 09:08 GMT	2 points
	Dalmation? Seriously?

	SporcleAdmin:	May 28th, 2009 at 09:13 GMT	27 points
	Our apologies to the people of the DRC and spotted dogs everywhere. These have been corrected.

	bdon:	May 28th, 2009 at 09:42 GMT	-2 points
	Only 16 right, but I got a bonus answer that hasn't been mentioned and I'm drunk. I'm awesome. And the bonus is the Don so I'm not BSing

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	debbiedoesnothin:	May 28th, 2009 at 09:53 GMT	1 point
	Love these quizzes. I should've known the Oscar winners but otherwise I don't feel bad about the ones I missed.

	mastap4:	May 28th, 2009 at 10:00 GMT	-3 points
	Sporcle should really clarify its policy on country names for quizzes like these. The majority of countries have official names that differ from their common names: Federal Republic of Germany, Islamic Republic of Iran, Commonwealth of Australia. While it is clear that 'Democratic Republic of the Congo' was named as such to differ from its similarly named neighbor, some clarification is needed on when official names and when common names are to be used in these quizzes.

	Kevin:	May 28th, 2009 at 10:02 GMT	0 points
	Does the DRC have a common name, though (beyond those initials)? I think Sporcle takes common names pretty universally.

	Converge:	May 28th, 2009 at 10:46 GMT	3 points
	Every time I type in "DRC," it works on any quiz. And, Kevin, no it doesn't, unless you count "DR Congo."

	Niques:	May 28th, 2009 at 10:46 GMT	-1 points
	The DRC is alphabetically first on the list, not last. I thought the German was Donder? Was a bit disappointed to not see World Capitals, but fun quiz. I love these letter games.

	Iridium:	May 28th, 2009 at 10:51 GMT	1 point
	I swear, I had a vision we'd get a D game today while doing the Periodic Table a few hours ago.

	lil_lemur:	May 28th, 2009 at 11:31 GMT	1 point
	ok, so i can't spell Dachshund and i can't spell Djibouti, but i got everything else that i shoudl have

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	PresidentJSC:	May 28th, 2009 at 12:24 GMT	-1 points
	If DRC counts than surely Democratic People's Republic of Korea should at least merit a bonus?

	Uhlan:	May 28th, 2009 at 12:49 GMT	13 points
	DPRK is possibly the most misleading name ever. It is not democratic, it is not ruled in the interests of the people, most of whom are starving, the 'Dear Leader' has monarchial powers which were inherited and he will probably pass to his son, and it only covers half of Korea. Other than that, add it as a bonus.

	Distiller:	May 28th, 2009 at 12:59 GMT	6 points
	Not as good as the previous ones.

	iceman1731:	May 28th, 2009 at 13:16 GMT	0 points
	@geoexpert, theres already an XYZ country quiz

	brownowl:	May 28th, 2009 at 13:23 GMT	2 points
	Most difficult letter quiz so far - as a chemist I should have got at least one of the elements, oops! Also I only managed to spell Dachshund because it was on another quiz recently, thankfully that saved me a bit of time!

	cocky:	May 28th, 2009 at 14:17 GMT	12 points
	I'll bet that last river gets a lot of hits from people trying Donner for the reindeer.

	Dutch:	May 28th, 2009 at 14:36 GMT	3 points
	An interesting bonus for the D elements might be deuterium

	JoeGrzzly:	May 28th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT	4 points
	Seems not many people passed this quiz with a D.