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Can you name the countries ending in ia?
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: Lisa Shoup
You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.
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(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)
JAJDH
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:15 GMT
50 points
If it weren't alphabetized, I...oh who am I kidding. I still sucked at this one.
thriceratop
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:17 GMT
8 points
good quiz.
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jdhartnagle
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:18 GMT
-15 points
What about bosnia and herzegovina just for the bosnia part
AntieAnnie
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:22 GMT
7 points
@JAJDH - I'm with you. It was fun though.
Kicking222
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:22 GMT
32 points
Missed Russia, got Gambia. Go figure. Fun quiz, but I think a couple more minutes are required.
Mark:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:24 GMT
4 points
27, pretty good. Timer got me! Some I just didn't see it right in front of me. I tried many that aren't countries anymore, I think, it didn't say "countries right now" :) Fun one
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Becca:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:29 GMT
-19 points
that was veryy hard. even my second time doing it, i had to really work to get as many as i did... also the caption's very misleading, it says a lot are in asia and oceania (or at least thats how i read it) when really most were in europe or africa. that made the first time even harder for me. but yeah, agreed with kicking222 and JAJDH, i sucked at this one and the 5 minute timer didn't help. but thats what i love about sporcle - always challenging.
JAJDH
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT
7 points
@Saver - Can't argue there...although I DO prefer the "Yes, I got it!" sort of fun more than I do the "How the HELL did I miss Australia?!?" sort.
AntieAnnie
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:34 GMT
7 points
@Becca - I found the caption misleading at first too, but after rereading it, I see that it's just playing with words that end in "ia." I just find myself moving from region to region thinking that I'm done (I did better the second time, but still missed some I got the first time). The time limit is perfect for my ADD brain. It ends when I'm ready to give up!
AntieAnnie
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT
8 points
@JAJDH - LOL. For me, it was India. Go figure.
JAJDH
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT
17 points
P.S.--I got so desperate, I tried "Tazmania."
AntieAnnie
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:43 GMT
6 points
haha... we're on one accord. For me it was Bavari... oh wait, there's no bavaria.
Antithesys
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:47 GMT
20 points
The Gambia should be sorted under G, not that it would help anyone get it. This is one of those that you keep hitting "play again" without looking at the answers until you get them all right.
isaac:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:48 GMT
8 points
I tried Prussia and Italia.
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swellwrench
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:50 GMT
-8 points
I got all four of the most missed but missed five of the seven least missed...weird. I definitely agree that "Bosnia" should be accepted despite Sporcle's annoying policy of only ever accepting its full name including Herzegovina (which is hardly ever used).
vogz
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 08:54 GMT
23 points
i'm loving any quiz involving the countries of the world...keep em coming
Babomomebeo
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:02 GMT
3 points
a little more time please! great quiz though. i miss russia, the baltic states, and colombia (i'm half colombian), but get 11 of the 13 rarest.
Kevin
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT
15 points
Actually, given that Sporcle only accepts Bosnia & Herzegovina (and that I have to Wiki Bosnia to get the spelling on the second part each time), Bosnia should not be accepted for this quiz.
clavinfield
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:25 GMT
4 points
@Saver: I, too, used the move-from-region-to-region approach, but still found that I missed some major players. Thought I finished off Europe but missed a bunch of Balkan states. Thought I got all of the Middle East but forgot the biggest country there--Saudi Arabia. Thought South America had zero -ia nations: nope, there's Bolivia! Ahhh, it was harder than I thought.
CarpeDiem
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:47 GMT
1 point
@J.A.J.D.H. & Saver: Love your comments! :-D
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yankeessuck8991
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:50 GMT
-14 points
"italia" and "persia" should be bonus answers.
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brianc
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:52 GMT
-5 points
agree about bosnia; i definitely tried some that didn't exist also. only missed 5 but they were really obvious european ones, plus mauritania
pete
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:06 GMT
14 points
I don't think Bosnia should be included - at least Sporcle is consistent across games (it's like saying Trinidad and Tobago is just Trinidad, or Sao Tome & Principe is just Sao Tome). Easier to say, common nickname, but not the proper name of a country.
SowCrates
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 10:48 GMT
3 points
I had almost the entire left column and India in the next, then thought "wait, I got it, it's gambia!" only to be sucker punched by the preceding "the". Tough one on the first try late at night, then I was stupid and looked at the answers and denied myself some reply value
ekedolphin
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 11:41 GMT
2 points
Damn; I only got 18 out of 38 on this quiz. Most popular one missed: RUSSIA. Most obscure one entered: Mauritania.
Tim Harrod:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 12:07 GMT
8 points
Yeah... no matter how well you memorized it, the Animaniacs song only gets you partway in this quiz.
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Bethannie:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 12:13 GMT
-8 points
Agggh! Being in alphabetical order is so frustrating! I wasted about 2 minutes trying to remember what comes between Albenia and Armenia...and ran out of tome and missed some obvious ones...off to try again, I KNOW I can beat 20/38!
debbiedoesnothin
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 13:43 GMT
-1 points
Great quiz. I agree with those who said more time would be nice, even 1 more minute. I was trying to go through it region by region to figure out the ones I missed. I'd love more like this - maybe all that end in A or all that end in S, etc.
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nickisposh
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 14:03 GMT
-34 points
Should have Yugoslavia, Abyssinia, and Northern Rhodesia.
A_is_for_Addict
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 14:15 GMT
9 points
Yugoslavia split up about 15-20 years ago. Abyssinia is still in this quiz under its new name. Northern Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe, therefore it doesn't end in "ia". If you're suggesting they should be bonus answers, maybe, but then there would be loads!
xbOw00:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 14:20 GMT
6 points
I loved this quiz, even though I miss quite a few... With about 30 seconds in, I had to try Canadia. :D
A_is_for_Addict
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 14:23 GMT
4 points
Sorry, Southern Rhodesia was Zimbabwe. Northern Rhodesia was mainly the last answer on this quiz.
moorese
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 14:24 GMT
10 points
Got my brain into such a pickle thinking of 'ia' even tried Eritrea, twice, before realising.... Oops! 33 on first try acceptable though I feel.
zigra
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT
2 points
Great quiz Lisa! I also love the geography quizzes, and confess that I refreshed so that I could try to guess them all :)
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tommy sumagui:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 16:42 GMT
-10 points
i knew them all,but but i need longer time,hehehe.im a slowtyper
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Kathryn:
Mar 30th, 2009 at 16:43 GMT
-6 points
I had a blond moment trying several different methods putting in of United States of America--until I looked at what I was actually typing. Oops... I also tried Yugoslavia, Bosnia (and even wrote the full Bosnia and Herzegovina), and Italia but none of those worked! Still managed to get thirty--maybe three to five more minutes would be good?
davidr
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 16:54 GMT
6 points
Great quiz, and it took me a few seconds to work out why Eritrea wasn't being accepted, too. I tried Bosnia just in case it was included but I agree that it shouldn't be an answer (Bosnia-Herzevogina could be a bonus). The Gambia should be alphabetized under `G', in the same way that `The United States of America' and `The United Kingdom' are alphabetized under `U' in quizzes where they appear.
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davidr
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 17:02 GMT
-16 points
@tommy s.: Even the slowest typer can manage forty words in six minutes. Slow typing is not the reason you didn't finish the quiz.
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davidr
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 17:03 GMT
-9 points
@Kathryn: Yugoslavia is not a country any more and Italia is not the English-language name of the country (though it would make a good bonus).
moegoldberg
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Mar 30th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT
-4 points
I tried Kenya, and North/South Korea ... they all end in the "ia" sound ;-)
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