Can you name the countries of the world* without naming any starting with or bordering a country starting with 'A'?

created by jmatt22397

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Correctly named answers will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
ALERT!: Entering some wrong answers will end the quiz
* Countries that do not have land borders with any other countries are not included.
Also try: 'A'-Less Countries

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World Border Minefield 'A' Quiz

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Created Jun 28, 2011 in Geography
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	save_ferris15:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 04:07 GMT		20 points
	Uzbekistan! I trusted you! I thought you would be safe! And when I needed you the most, you let me down!

	eab21:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 04:10 GMT		19 points
	My train of thought: "Ok, let's see. USA only borders Canada and Mexico. Good. UK only borders Ireland. Good. Australia's an island, so it can't border anything that starts with A.....BOOM"

	ImpromptuJ:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 04:33 GMT		6 points
	Hard! Really goddamn hard!...I love it.

	aphobicsteve:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 04:42 GMT		5 points
	There were like 4 times I would type in a country, but not have the last letter yet, then realize--WAAAAIT, it borders A-. I have issues picturing the present borders in the Balkans, and that was my downfall. Great concept and quiz!!

	scoringeagle:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 05:55 GMT		4 points
	Tell me im not the only one who went out by guessing an A! going thru my mental map of europe...'oh, andorra doesnt border any...' BLAM!

	ChileNoseJam:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 07:23 GMT		7 points
	Excellent quiz, and increasingly difficult towards the end. Tied my brain in knots trying to figure out which countries do and which don't border Afghanistan and Angola in particular.

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	Bobman1:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 08:13 GMT		2 points
	The percentile stats graph is awesome and shows just how difficult this is. Very clever quiz. My 46th percentile score was disapponting, but even being optimistic and really careful, I don't think I'd jump more than two steps up (beyond that would be pure luck for me to get each additional answer right) and end up where, like the 65% zone. BFD. That is one tough, clever quiz. Love it.

	Smyth18:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 08:26 GMT		4 points
	Why won't Singapore work?

	oddthomasxxiii:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 09:19 GMT		1 point
	I couldn't think of the last three I was missing, so I gave up thinking it would show me the answers :( two of them turned out to be in the first column of most guessed! What did I not think of?

	innoX:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 09:31 GMT		2 points
	missed the least guessed one...what was it?

	WeaselKing1000:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 09:32 GMT		6 points
	@Smyth18 Singapore doesn't have a land border with any other country – not a natural one anyway; I'm not sure if there are bridges to Malaysia. According to Sporcle standards it's counted as an island, as is Bahrain, which is linked by a causeway to Saudi Arabia but has no natural land border with it. As stated in this quiz's description, countries with no land borders (i.e. islands) aren't included here, presumably to make it more exciting since island countries make up quite a large proportion of the world's countries, so it would be easy to coast for a while just naming them.

	ivyagogo:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 09:55 GMT		2 points
	Nope. I can't.

	Piraat:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 10:08 GMT		10 points
	I don't get the point to not showing the answers... I missed three and I want to know which :(

	beany101:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 11:43 GMT		2 points
	me too!!!! missed 5....really want to know, especially as two of them were guessed by most, doh!

	thedpr:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 12:18 GMT		1 point
	There is one answer that is guessed less frequently than "Safe". I really want to know what that one is... I thought I found all of the answers that were really close to being mines!

	Ruy_Macallan:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 13:20 GMT		9 points
	The one guesses less frequently than "safe" should not be there at all. Couldn't find it the first time I tried. Was searching for it, and in the end filled in Republic of Congo, which was noted as correct. Should be a big BOOM though, as RoC borders Cabinda, which is part of Angola...

	danielisaac09:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 16:02 GMT		1 point
	@smyth18 Singapore doesn't have any land borders so isn't included in this quiz

	Honest_John:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 17:07 GMT		1 point
	The best kind of Sporcle quiz, general knowledge helpful, but inspired guesswork more important.