Can you name the countries that have participated but never won a medal in the Winter Olympics?

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No Winter Olympic Medals Quiz

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Published: February 20th, 2010
Category: Geography
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Tags: Olympics Quizzes, Country Quizzes, medal, never, participated, winter, Winter Olympics, won

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	masterofjesters:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 04:42 GMT	20 points
	Good game, I think if you put them in alphabetical order it would be a lot better.

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	Mattomic:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT	41 points
	This quiz brought to you by Kyrgyzstan, official obscure nation of Sporcle geography quizzes

	llewdor:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 05:05 GMT	12 points
	I'm confident this quiz is missing Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is an alpine skier from Ghana, and he's competing in the Vancouver games right now.

	adamnvillani:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 05:16 GMT	22 points
	As far as I can tell, it doesn't include countries competing for the first time this year. I tried Ghana, Senegal, Cayman Islands, and Bermuda, all of which are in this year and none of which have won any medals. I think this quiz will have to be updated in about a week and a half.

	croverja:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 05:17 GMT	3 points
	Thank you brain, for, as usual, hanging me out to dry when I'm taking quizzes and have to remember countries. Good quiz from a terrible quiztaker.

	jessbowen:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 05:18 GMT	28 points
	how is it possible that Iceland has never won a medal? Don't those Scandanavians live for this stuff?

	croverja:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 05:18 GMT	3 points
	@Adamnvillain, you must've misspelled Senegal, because it's on there.

	TracerBullet:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	14 points
	@jessbowen, Iceland has probably never won a medal due to the fact that they only have 319,000 people(doesn't always apply but more population=more chances for Olympians). I will give you that it is weird considering they're part of Scandinavia.

	canuckliz:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 06:14 GMT	2 points
	I believe Pakistan also has its first participant this time around. Was just reading an article about him.

	gsroest:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 07:29 GMT	11 points
	thank you cool runnings

	mendelevium:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 07:29 GMT	1 point
	KYRGYZSTAN!!!

	Katalysator:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 09:33 GMT	5 points
	Iceland is actually not that preoccupied with wintersports, they are mostly into football and handball.

	Hamburger:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 09:55 GMT	18 points
	Lithuanians have won Olympic winter medals before.... but alas, the credit goes to the Soviet Union....

	Rienkk:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 10:05 GMT	11 points
	Great that 77% had guessed Jamaica. Think that most of them had seen that film Cool Runnings...

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	ig1234:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 10:36 GMT	10 points
	I love it that Jamaica is the most guessed... I certainly guessed it first!

	Havok3595:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 10:59 GMT	4 points
	First time participants in 2010 are on as bonuses (I got two, Peru and Pakistan), as are non-sovereign entities (Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, for instance).

	cuhp:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 12:03 GMT	12 points
	@jessbowen & @TracerBullet, Iceland is not a part of Scandinavia (Scandinavia is only Denmark, Sweden and Norway). But they are a part of the nordic countries.

	Spelvout:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 12:32 GMT	8 points
	Sanka are you dead? Ya man! :D I absolutely love how Jamaica is on top of the most guessed! Great quiz

	redsxfenway:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 13:30 GMT	2 points
	@masterofjesters: I would like that too but I think that in this case that would make the quiz too easy.

	marzoz10:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 13:42 GMT	4 points
	Wow, I skipped a lot of big ones, thinking "surely (Argentina, South Africa, Mexico...) has won at least one medal". Very interesting...

	ef232623:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 13:44 GMT	3 points
	I think some color would probably liven this quiz up really well. Great job researching this one!

	Fidelio:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT	4 points
	So far as I know, there isn't an official definition of what countries are in Scandinavia. Norway, Denmark and Sweden are definitely part of it, but sometimes you'll see Finland included and sometimes you won't, and sometimes you'll see Iceland. Also, some people include the Faroe Islands, and others don't, even though they're part of Denmark.

	DougButcher:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT	5 points
	Fiji has excellent skiing.

	Annie:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 14:59 GMT	3 points
	I love these Olympic quizzes! Keep 'em coming!

	kypzethdurron:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 15:02 GMT	5 points
	I don't think that being part of Scandinavia is important. What's important is that the country has tons of ice and snow: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=65.164579,-18.94043&spn=7.73659,23.027344&t=h&z=5

	tobinw:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 16:26 GMT	2 points
	Very surprised South Africa and Iran are on this list. Senegal and Honduras....notsomuch.

	spiderbait:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 16:31 GMT	7 points
	@Jessbowen: "how is it possible that Iceland has never won a medal? Don't those Scandanavians live for this stuff?" Give us a break! We only come in at about 300.000 in total population so of course we aren't that strong in any sport. We're like an extremely thinly-populated city, and a small one at that!

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	drn211:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 18:04 GMT	6 points
	who they selected as bonus answers is bizarre. As mentioned previously the bonuses are the first time countries and not sovereign entities. The weird thing is that it is not all of them. For instance first time countries Peru and Pakistan make the list but not first timers Colombia and Serbia. Also non sovereign lands Honk Kong and Puerto Rico make the bonus section but not the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. It's just weird.

	Balerion:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 18:09 GMT	8 points
	@GoonerLover66 -- read the title: "participated, but never won a medal". I doubt anyone from Sao Tome and Principe has ever showed up to a Winter Olympics.

	kagomeshuko:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 18:36 GMT	2 points
	Difficult but good quiz!

	ddjrl88:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 19:57 GMT	3 points
	what separates Denmark, Sweden, and Norway from other countries is that they have similar languages...

	TJL:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT	4 points
	Iceland isn't actually that icy (it's a trick used by the Norse that Iceland is green and Greenland is icy) Also, I'm a little surprised Nepal has never won a medal; you'd think they have good skiing there. And this must mean either Vatican City has won a medal or never participated. I'm really hoping it's the former, but sadly realize it's probably the latter.

	RS89:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 21:26 GMT	4 points
	You need to add Bermuda as one of the bonuses. The have participated in several Winter Olympics and have never won a medal.

	chasmmi:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 21:39 GMT	5 points
	@TJL I beleive sadly it is the latter. To my knowledge, no pope has ever entered the olympics.

	Bulletchewer6:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 23:14 GMT	3 points
	Since when has Iceland been in Scandinavia?? Strictly speaking, Scandinavia= Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Finland is often lumped in with those three, due to its proximity, but Finnish is closer to Estonian and Hungarian than it is to true Scandinavian languages.

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