Can you name the friendliest countries of the world? by jlotz5

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Friendliest Countries Quiz

by jlotz5

Created Jan 22, 2010 in Geography
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	amp2006:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 05:57 GMT	21 points
	Scotland is a nation, not a country. Please specify that non-independent nations are accepted.

	joebobs:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 07:21 GMT	49 points
	1) as amp said, Scotland is not a sovereign country. You have a few options - you can say in your instructions that non-sovereign countries are included; you can accept UK/United Kingdom as an answer, and then show it as (UK) Scotland, or you can exclude it from the quiz and maybe have it as a bonus. 2) You've put Australia as the continent which includes Fiji. You should put Oceania or Australasia (Oceania is preferred on sporcle) - Australia is just the country, it doesn't include the Pacific Islands. 3) No need to put 'the' in front of the Netherlands. The Gambia is the only country this is regularly done for and some of us would dispute even that. 4) Can you put a link to the actual page, rather than just the website in general? I wanted to check it out but there's a million pages to scroll through. Other than that, great idea, tidy up these problems and it'll be a great quiz. Catchy title too. :D

	kristen58:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 07:40 GMT	10 points
	Scotland's not a country. You fail. If that's what is on the list you got this from, then you need to also accept "UK" for Scotland. I tried that, and then every other country in Europe going crazy trying to figure it out. Also, New Zealand and Fiji are not in Australia, you need to call the continent Oceania.

	LoopyBrit:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 09:50 GMT	5 points
	Pretty much what's already been said, but I second (fourth?) it.

	Shayxin:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 10:02 GMT	17 points
	Friendliest according to whom?

	Mr_Negative:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 13:29 GMT	7 points
	This list isn't subjective at all. /sarcasm

	caramba:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 15:24 GMT	10 points
	Same as above - also too much time! I went through every country in Europe easily (and still missed the non-country!)

	billytorbay:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 15:34 GMT	1 point
	This is a horrible quiz that had potential to be good (although quantifying something like friendliness on an international scare would require at least a year of research, dozens of researchers, and at list a couple of million dollars). Listphobia never qualifies as a good source, if they ever have a reasonably objective survey posted (which is not too often) you should just link to that source instead. But even if you were guessing, this list is bad. The Swiss have an international reputation as cold people, likewise (although not as much) for Germans. I still remember an old jab one of the pink panther movies made against the Swiss. Clouseau somehow winds up in Switzerland, asks a passerby if he has the time. The Passerby replies "yes" and just keeps walking.

	WindSword:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 16:38 GMT	1 point
	In the name of kiwis everywhere, one'd.

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	rm321:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 16:51 GMT	0 points
	I would agree from experience that people from 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 are very friendly in general, I'd also add Portugal on to this list.

	TheSnowmanishere:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 20:08 GMT	-2 points
	There was a case in the paper about a bloke, yes a man, hitting a woman because her accent was slightly English. Im guessing the creator of this game is from Scotland for putting Scotland on here.

	ig1234:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 20:09 GMT	4 points
	Nothing against Italians, but I wouldn't think they would be the most friendly. Otherwise, list buys out, despite everything above. Not sure I've ever met a Fijian, mind. Fact is though, all the Scandanavian countries should be here. Not be an Icelander, but everyone I've met in and out of the others has been rather nice and helpful. Never met an Irish, German or Scottish person I didn't like as well. As an Englishman, that says a lot!

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	conradmcmasters:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 21:38 GMT	2 points
	Too much time as well especially since the continents are listed

	RobPro:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 22:23 GMT	0 points
	Why isnt England here? We are so friendly :D

	DiscoSpider:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 22:44 GMT	5 points
	Australia's not a continent. Oceania is the continent.

	baseball4825:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 23:57 GMT	5 points
	I actually got Scotland because I saw the rating for this quiz and figured there must be some reason people were giving it low marks.

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	Rave:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 01:08 GMT	-1 points
	Thought the Vatican would be there...

	Duke_of_Prunes:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 01:09 GMT	3 points
	Very scientific.

	paddy26:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 01:34 GMT	3 points
	Great Quiz!!!!!!!!! (I'm from the USA, if you wanna change that list now)

	NatalijaS:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 01:47 GMT	5 points
	Swiss people the friendliest? As someone who's lived in Switzerland, as a nation they're the coldest people I've ever met!

	AlabasterS:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:34 GMT	1 point
	i think this is the correct link for the source, jlotz5 http://listphobia.com/2009/11/02/10-most-friendly-countries-of-the-world/

	JT007:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:49 GMT	0 points
	You should except scotland for UK and for the hints instead of giving the answer 'Australia' why dont you put oceania???

	dolby:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 09:06 GMT	-2 points
	australia as one of the friendliest nations???? i am sure the racist violence against indians in australia is not friendly...

	Dainamo:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 13:59 GMT	2 points
	This quiz is atrocious. Friendliest according to whom? I take it you've never been to Asia?

	Germanus:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 20:41 GMT	3 points
	Bad trick about Scotland. Too bad you do not exercise right judgment

	CapeYaleCod:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 21:18 GMT	-1 points
	Fail. And strong English there, Germanus.

	Pete_Lawton:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 23:41 GMT	2 points
	pffft Italy friendly? I've been to a fair few countries and would rate almost all of them above Italy in terms of friendliness, Italians are just plain uncaring.

	France:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT	3 points
	No Japan? They're all so nice!

	stoof_dancer997:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:12 GMT	5 points
	@chocolatl: Canada is too a friendly country!

	RyCo:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:37 GMT	2 points
	Absolutely terrible.

	whatever9992:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:39 GMT	1 point
	Friendliness not guaranteed if you're a Muslim.

	Ireland:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 00:53 GMT	2 points
	I object to uchusky815 comment. That is such a cliched sterotype about the Irish!! We are a friendly race with or without drink!! No offence but this quiz is terrible!!

	Fidelio:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 05:34 GMT	3 points
	I think the Dutch are generally awesome, and I suspect that if there were more of them, they'd have taken over the world long ago. But at the same time, I'd hardly say that "friendliness" is one of their better qualities. They're certainly not in the top 10 globally in that department. Oh, and that source is idiotic. The writer seems to think that the Netherlands is a city-state.

	billzouk:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 09:40 GMT	0 points
	Germany? Really?

	irish_guy:	Oct 30th, 2010 at 19:07 GMT	-2 points
	Great quiz,Scotland is a country.A bit too much time though, I got them all with 2 minutes left

	planetmutty:	Jan 24th, 2011 at 02:35 GMT	0 points
	@dolby, your comment is WAAAY wide of the mark, since the vast majority of racist attacks against Indians in Melbourne and Sydney has been at the hands of other Indians. Including one guy who set fire to his car in an insurance scam, and when it went wrong and he got burnt, he blamed it on a racist attack by Australians.