Can you name the countries containing the letters x, y or z?

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XYZ Countries Quiz

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Published: May 18th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 172,714

Tags: Letter Quizzes, Country Quizzes, containing, xyz

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	Zac:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	4 points
	That typo at the top threw me off. For a second, I wasn't sure if the quiz wanted counties or countries.

	sevorak:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	11 points
	Vatican City?

	Babomomebeo:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	67 points
	More quizzes like this please! I love having to mentally scan the entire globe continent by continent, then realizing I missed half the countries I said aloud (Egypt, Venezuela).

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	FilmJunkie:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	32 points
	Ahhh I misread the title of the quiz and spent half of the time trying to think of countries that start with those letters. I was just staring at the columns thinking there can not be that many Y and Z countries, and I thought there were no X countries. haha

	danzam:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:18 GMT	22 points
	lol i got a lot of the 'z' countries from the Borat movie when says he's from Kazakhstan and lists a couple countries bordering it, including "a-holes Uzbekistan".

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	Kevin:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	21 points
	Yeah, I tried Yugoslavia to see if it would be a bonus, but if you start including old countries, how far back do you go?

	JohnJF:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:30 GMT	26 points
	Let's be honest everybody: who all did the quiz the first time exclusively guessing countries that BEGAN with x, y, and z? Since Zimbabwe, Yemen, and Zambia are the most guessed, I know I'm not alone.

	Photar:	May 18th, 2009 at 05:32 GMT	32 points
	Yeah, I was waiting for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

	sevorak:	May 18th, 2009 at 06:45 GMT	39 points
	@AJums: No, the country is Vatican City and the capital is Vatican City. The country's official name is State of the Vatican City. It's familiar name is Vatican City, and it has a Y in it.

	debbiedoesnothin:	May 18th, 2009 at 06:48 GMT	9 points
	I forgot the European countries that end in Y until the very end, then didn't have time to type the last one. Great quiz!

	mbossa:	May 18th, 2009 at 06:54 GMT	-1 points
	The convention that Sporcle follows is Vatican for the state and Vatican City for the city. However, since not everyone follows that convention I reckon Vatican City should at least be accepted as a bonus answer (as should FYRO Macedonia).

	djiboutianclimax:	May 18th, 2009 at 07:41 GMT	30 points
	Actually, Sporcle accepts "Vatican" for "Vatican City," but it automatically rewrites the input provided by the user (vatican) as the actual name of the country (vatican city). Try it on the Countries of Europe quiz. Even if that weren't the case, Sporcle would be incorrect, and Brian would be correct. The name of the country is Vatican City, and should therefore be included in this quiz. And not as a bonus answer.

	jmarshallg:	May 18th, 2009 at 07:44 GMT	20 points
	Yay for getting Ivory Coast as a bonus.

	SowCrates:	May 18th, 2009 at 07:47 GMT	23 points
	Did anybody else have trouble conceptualizing "Y". Z is easy because it's easy to notice, but I missed Germany, Italy, Egypt, Syria even after mentally scanning both central Europe and the near east in my head, both being areas I know fairly well.

	OscilatingGibbon:	May 18th, 2009 at 07:54 GMT	15 points
	How on earth did I get some of the really tricky ones like Guyana but miss Zambia, Zimbabwe AND Yemen? hits head on desk

	mbossa:	May 18th, 2009 at 08:39 GMT	6 points
	@djiboutianclimax: You're right -- I never noticed that about the Countries of Europe quiz. However, the nation is called Vatican in Countries of the World, Capitals of Europe, Capitals of the World, Smallest Countries, Most Densely-Populated Countries, and possibly some others.

	chambers:	May 18th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT	11 points
	interesting that only one country is in two categories (Y and Z). i missed some sitters (italy!?)

	Reynaert:	May 18th, 2009 at 09:20 GMT	6 points
	it's quite hard to mind all the consonants while going to the list of nations. Missed some countries I would normally not miss because I was searching for a y in switzerland and missed the z. on the other hand, I think FYROM should be an acceptable answer.

	John Woodhouse:	May 18th, 2009 at 09:35 GMT	14 points
	I always lose a point whenever any quiz includes Kyrgyzstan because i can never spell it. This time I lost 2 points :(

	sheep:	May 18th, 2009 at 10:53 GMT	23 points
	How come 40.6% of people got one Kyrgyzstan, but only 40.5% got the other?

	Distiller:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:13 GMT	2 points
	Got them all except Cyprus. Hidden there in the Mediterranean. Arrrgh!

	MrEnglishman:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:13 GMT	11 points
	Great quiz, though much harder than it looks!

	AussieJono:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:19 GMT	13 points
	The name of the country is definitely Vatican City. FYR Macedonia is a difficult one because the only reason Macedonia uses the FYR prefix is due to an argument with Greece over the name Macedonia.

	Steesh:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:24 GMT	16 points
	I agree that the Vatican City is the correct term and thus should be part of the quiz. FYROM however was a provisional name and has since been known by the Republic of Macedonia by most countries and so should not be included. Bonus answer perhaps though?

	chikka2:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:25 GMT	7 points
	brilliant quiz,Sporcle. Elegantly simple concept, difficult execution. and no possible sequel. Yummy. Missed two stans.

	Lucy Loo:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:25 GMT	4 points
	"Let's be honest everybody: who all did the quiz the first time exclusively guessing countries that BEGAN with x, y, and z? Since Zimbabwe, Yemen, and Zambia are the most guessed, I know I'm not alone." Oh yes.

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	Kevin:	May 18th, 2009 at 11:51 GMT	21 points
	Zaire no longer exists; it currently goes by the name "Democratic Republic of Congo."

	GeordieGuitarist:	May 18th, 2009 at 12:25 GMT	-2 points
	Missed one X and 3 Y's. Gutted i missed the first X as i lived there for 2 months.

	Aloysius:	May 18th, 2009 at 12:29 GMT	14 points
	It's about time I turned in my Kiwi passport. I forgot New Zealand. Terribly embarrassing. :/

	JAJDH:	May 18th, 2009 at 13:11 GMT	26 points
	A Dramatic Reenactment: "Kyrghistan....Kyrgizstan...Kyrgystan...KrygaahblargaaAH CRAP, WHAT IS IT?!"

	raggedyanne:	May 18th, 2009 at 14:10 GMT	10 points
	Kazakhstan is the one I can never remember how to spell for some reason. I manage to put the H in the wrong place fairly often. Last time I had to answer Kyrgyzstan I made a firm mental note on how to spell it. I tried Oz for a bonus just in case the writer had a loose screw similar to mine, but apparently not.

	IQ_Unknown:	May 18th, 2009 at 14:18 GMT	20 points
	Got to love a quiz where more people get Uzbekistan than get Norway!!

	AKAPseudonym:	May 18th, 2009 at 14:30 GMT	4 points
	Yep, tried to guess countries BEGINING with X, Y, or Z. I even tried guessing countries that no longer exist since I knew there weren't that many countries that began in those letters. Then I assumed it was some sort of joke.

	SporcleAdmin:	May 18th, 2009 at 14:55 GMT	30 points
	Hey so the Pope just called and said we should add Vatican City or there would be...ah, well...consequences

	rockhopperlad:	May 18th, 2009 at 15:02 GMT	5 points
	I can't believe I forgot Switzerland and Czech Republic!

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	sammyhain2364:	May 18th, 2009 at 15:22 GMT	13 points
	Thanks to Sporcle I can now spell Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Yastrzemski. Still have no idea how to spell Coach K yet.