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Can you name the members of the European Union? 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 5 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today Who's That Actor 845 Famous Bunnies 804 California Pro Sports Teams 504 Music by Numbers 335 1-100 313 Most Common Sporcle Countries 234 And more...
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Member	Since
	1957
	1957
	1957
	1957
	1957
	1957
	1973

Member	Since
	1973
	1973
	1981
	1986
	1986
	1995
	1995

Member	Since
	1995
	2004
	2004
	2004
	2004
	2004
	2004

Member	Since
	2004
	2004
	2004
	2004
	2007
	2007

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	Dodge:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:21 GMT	72 points
	Holy bonuses, Batman!

	canuckliz:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:23 GMT	15 points
	Agreed! I think ten bonuses is the most I have ever managed.

	thriceratop:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:25 GMT	4 points
	nice..

	Zax:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	4 points
	WOW. I Missed the Netherlands. Got 26/27 plus 12 bonus answers. davidr, whats EEA?

	clavinfield:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:34 GMT	11 points
	So many of my guesses turned out to be bonuses that the comments got pushed off my screen.

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	DrumBum88:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:47 GMT	5 points
	Yea, I got 12 bonuses as well.

Can you name the members of the European Union? 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 5 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today Who's That Actor 845 Famous Bunnies 804 California Pro Sports Teams 504 Music by Numbers 335 1-100 313 Most Common Sporcle Countries 234 And more...
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	brianc:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:03 GMT	17 points
	only got 8 of the bonuses. good quiz, even if its a bit repetitive from countries of europe

	jdhartnagle:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:07 GMT	21 points
	a quiz that's great for the old self esteem

	DWolf:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:12 GMT	7 points
	doh, missed one. I even thought of it earlier on but didn't type it in. yeah, and like 10 bonuses. They've really got almost everyone now huh?

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	Havok3595:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:28 GMT	3 points
	@ekedolphin: I got a few more bonuses: Turkey (candidate) and a couple more who use Euros: Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican do it officially, Andorra and Montenegro unofficially. I assume Kosovo's in the unofficial column too. I missed Ireland because I kept trying to think of mainland Europe. But that was my only miss.

	Kevin:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	5 points
	Actually, Vatican officially uses it. I got twelve bonuses; in addition to your list, Turkey and Macedonia are candidates, and Monaco and San Marino also officially use the Euro. That gives us 39 countries in the quiz; the eight European countries unassociated are Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Moldova and one more that I can't think of.

	bdon:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	45 points
	France? I missed France. This is now easily my most embarassing quiz on Sporcle. France. The only other one I missed was Lithuania. France.

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	Kevin:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:38 GMT	2 points
	Was it the EU or NATO (or both) that Georgia was attempting to become a member of?

	mungar:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 09:55 GMT	8 points
	Boo-urns. Missed Hungary. Although now I'm hungry.

	jbear31:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 GMT	-4 points
	26/27 + 10 bonus

	magicbadger:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 GMT	4 points
	27 + no bonuses - must try again and see if I can find them!

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	Rigga:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 GMT	7 points
	No, Switzerland is known for its neutrality, so it's basically not a member of anything, because it doesn't want to. Russia could become a member, but I don't think the EU will allow it because of some criteria Russia doesn't conform to. Things like human rights, attacking Georgia etc.

	davidr:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:49 GMT	4 points
	@Zac: The European Economic Area is a bunch of countries who are in a free-trade agreement with the E.U. They have to implement various parts of E.U. law, but they don't have to pay towards the running of the E.U. and it's development programmes. Nor do they receive money from the development programmes.

	davidr:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:51 GMT	4 points
	@Kevin: Georgia wants to join NATO.

	davidr:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:57 GMT	14 points
	Since most countries in Europe are somehow related to the E.U., I put the related non-members in as bonuses. My thinking was that it's more educational to be told `No, but that country does use the Euro' or `No, but they're trying to join' than just `No.'

	davidr:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 13:07 GMT	3 points
	@Rigga: That's correct. Switzerland did actually begin negotiations to join the E.U. in 1992 but the Swiss people rejected membership in a referendum that December. Negotiations were suspended, but Switzerland's application was not formally repealed. Switzerland is also a member of the European Free Trade Association (the only member that's not in the E.E.A. or E.U.) and has bilateral trade agreements with the E.U.

	RobH:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 13:57 GMT	5 points
	LOL@bdon! 98.8% got France - that's a huge miss! Brave of you to own up though. I only missed Cyprus in the end. Good quiz davidr.

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	BigSwitz98:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 14:37 GMT	1 point
	Malta. Rats!!!

	cocky:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 15:06 GMT	1 point
	Belgium was my biggest miss. Also Austria and Hungary.

	MrEnglishman:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 15:13 GMT	3 points
	I feel distressed that I got all 27 with only 2 bonuses.

	RobH:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 15:26 GMT	11 points
	@Mr Englishman. That's good, it means you got the main answers without stabbing around in the dark too much. I'd imagine most people only got the bonus answers after assuming they were correct real answers (I know that's the case for me!).

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	Matty:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 16:08 GMT	10 points
	Ireland is split into North Ireland and South Ireland (which is just called Ireland). North Ireland is part of the UK, but Ireland is its own country.

	nickisposh:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 16:17 GMT	-2 points
	24+10 bonuses

	DeeJay:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 16:22 GMT	-2 points
	25/27 and 8 bonuses.