Can you name the countries by their outline?

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Country by Outlines Quiz

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Published: August 20th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 224,092

Tags: Country Quizzes, outline, image, Image Quiz

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	brock:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:30 GMT	63 points
	Way to fun, i could play a million of these!

	fatbeard:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	45 points
	Again, a good, original geography quiz. Great idea!

	JohnJF:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:33 GMT	52 points
	This one should separate the men/women from the boys/girls--getting Italy, Australia, and Mexico is elementary stuff, but to any of you who get Zambia and Jamaica, I salute you.

	zalagreensbury:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	32 points
	YES! This is the quiz I've been waiting for! Love it!

	Foghorn:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	129 points
	This should be one of those where you have to enter the answers in the specific spaces.

	Etheridge2:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT	44 points
	love these type of quizzes, the lack of a consistency in the scale makes it tougher, but I want more of these quizzes ;)

	jamesj0324:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	28 points
	Interesting geography quiz. I hope there will be a sequel! (I wonder how many would miss USA if it were there.)

	Golem:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	22 points
	Of course, Italy was the first I got. If I remember one thing from school, it's that Italy is the one shaped like a boot.

	Tchaikovsky08:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	40 points
	It's quizzes like this that make me love Sporcle with a passion that is usually reserved for living entities. O Sporcle, where would I be without the .com that rests at the top of my bookmark list? Well, I would probably be in bed. But regardless of the fact that I just answered my own rhetorical question, I love this quiz and I love Sporcle. Here's to many sequels.

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	dldove77:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	15 points
	Really, really good...very creative idea.

	AStue:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:50 GMT	20 points
	I agree with the prior posts, the small countries zoomed in are very difficult to recognize. Great quiz though

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	AtomicIce:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 04:57 GMT	22 points
	AWESOME quiz, and it's just begging for many many more sequels

	quiztaker:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT	14 points
	Liked the quiz, was a decent mix of obvious countries (Mexico, Italy, Cuba) and the ones that were a bit more difficult (Zambia). I'd love to see a sequel.

	NightOwl:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT	21 points
	Great quiz. Amazing how different the countries look outside the context one is used to.

	jaspa:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	11 points
	@Foghorn: Agreed! Otherwise this is just another generic 'guess as many countries as you can' quiz. Very fun idea!

	springmom:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	11 points
	Great quiz and much harder than I was expecting! More!

	quiztaker:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	14 points
	@SOAR: How exactly did you finish in 30 secs, when it took you 30 secs to think of Jamaica?

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	Pyrophorus:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	12 points
	I agree with Foghorn - either only allow answers in specific spaces, or reduce the time allowed. I got most of them in the first minute or so and then spent the rest of the time entering random countries.

	Tir_McDohl:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT	13 points
	I got 18 and found Zambia to be one of the easier ones. It has a very unique form no other country has. Back when I memorised the countries of Africa I reminded myself that this shrimp-like shape is Zambia.

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	manxdeep:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	4 points
	i got 9, one of them was zambia. dont know how that worked out.

	jmarshallg:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:54 GMT	5 points
	Thank you Geo Expert facebook application! I was never going to get Jamaica or Zambia so I gave up. I though Jamaica was a Central European country but I at least knew Zambia was African.

	RandallPinkston:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 05:57 GMT	9 points
	This quiz is getting a lot of love. Add mine to the pile. Just a superb idea for a quiz, and well executed.

	ulashima:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 06:22 GMT	16 points
	IMHO, this test might have been better (and challenging) if it was to be guessed in order, just like the flag tests. The sequels might be continent based, or even perhaps a "Outlines of World Countries" test involving all of them. That would be the biggest geography challenge this site could ever see.

	Jaspers:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 06:29 GMT	10 points
	I forgot Poland.

	Welius Caesar:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 06:42 GMT	-1 points
	@JohnJF: salute me ;)

	Onno:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 07:22 GMT	8 points
	Oh god, I've browsed my atlas way too often... Imo there should be a sequel sometime with some of the really small countries to make it more challenging. (I hope Tuvalu will be in it)

	tamazin:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 07:31 GMT	14 points
	HOW is everyone so good at the geography quizzes?? granted, I've just started learning about the various countries of the world (sporcle is an amazing educational tool), but every time I look at the mass results of any geography quiz I feel incredibly mediocre.

	rahv:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 07:31 GMT	7 points
	@onno: you're just saying that because you now know what the outline of tuvalu looks like and want a strategic advantage over those of us who can't discern it from the outline of tonga! :)

	rahv:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 07:35 GMT	6 points
	@tamazin: you have to consider that a lot of people play these quizzes many times. once you've played the "countries of [insert continent here]"-quizzes a few times you just _know_ what the outlines for a lot of countries look like ...

	Welius Caesar:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 08:07 GMT	13 points
	@ared: No ared, dont tell those fairy tales. It is commenly known that we all have geographical superpowers. If new people want those superpowers the have to take part in some certain rituals ;)

	Miana90:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 08:30 GMT	5 points
	I missed three.. but I was almost there.. I knew this day would come sporcle.. I studied my countries like this in school.. Bring me more! Muhahahahahaha!

	Fenwicky:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT	9 points
	another one please!!

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	tikkamurph:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 08:39 GMT	7 points
	great idea, keep the goegraphy ones coming

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	plixgirl:	Aug 20th, 2009 at 09:34 GMT	9 points
	Who got Italy wrong?!