Can you name the countries of Europe... backwards? by joebobs

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Countries of Europe... Backwards! Quiz

by joebobs

Created Mar 19, 2011 in Geography
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	joebobs:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 19:36 GMT		14 points
	This is tricky! Simple in principle, but difficult in practice! Please let me know about the time limit, I was very unsure about the correct length.

	GreatScott:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 20:21 GMT		7 points
	This was a tricky one! Very good. The time may be a little long- I finished with 4:35 left (didn't cheat by writing them down first), but time will tell with more plays.

	joebobs:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 20:42 GMT		4 points
	Thanks GreatScott. I originally set the time to 6 minutes, thinking that giving the beginning and end letters would make it pretty easy, but then I played it through and thought it needed way longer! More than half are getting all though, so I'll reduce the time to 10 minutes, see how that goes.

	nadivereb:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 21:34 GMT		7 points
	It's a lot harder than it looks. 10 minutes is just perfect for me, I just needed the last 3 letters in eniarkU when it ended.

	megascarp:	Mar 19th, 2011 at 23:25 GMT		10 points
	ah i think my head just exploded...i didnt even try bosnia herzegovina. I would prob need an extra 5 mins or more practice but i think my brain just doesnt work well that way.good quiz though, i really enjoyed it...sort of

	dancastro:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 05:25 GMT		19 points
	.yaw siht sdrow etirw ot demotsucca ton elpoep rof tluciffid elttil a ebyam ,ziuq tnellecxE

	naali:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 13:55 GMT		5 points
	Very good time limit, mate. I made it with 11 seconds left! :)

	joebobs:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 17:19 GMT		5 points
	I'm glad everyone liked it! Other continents will follow (North America will be a toughie, senidanerG eht dna tnecniV tniaS!). This time limit seems to be working.

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	joebobs:	Mar 20th, 2011 at 22:08 GMT		29 points
	Cheating is always easy, but who're you impressing? :p

	TimeAndTide:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 04:33 GMT		2 points
	FWIW, I had 46 sec. left. I think the time's just right! :-)

	y2jdilemma:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 10:28 GMT		14 points
	Yep. You caught me trying KU!

	joebobs:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 18:02 GMT		2 points
	:p The same will come up if you try 'nacitav'. And btw, to avoid any confusion and debate over the demarcation of continents, this series will stick to the sporcle 'Countries of [continent name]' definitions.

	spatch:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 18:28 GMT		2 points
	anivogezreh-ainsob should be accepted for anivogezreh dna ainsob. Otherwise, !ziuq doog

	MisterF:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 21:51 GMT		8 points
	y2jdilemma: Seeing as this is about backwards words, shouldn't you have typed MD?

	davebesag:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 22:18 GMT		1 point
	It's a good idea but failing to accept Bosnia Herzegovina means it doesn't work. I spent some time trying to work out what on earth was going on. I assumed I was making a mistake on kept trying it.

	kimo:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 22:25 GMT		8 points
	.struh daeh yM

	joebobs:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 22:26 GMT		4 points
	Good catch spatch, it now accepts it without the 'dna' (and, as sporcle's engine ignores '-' both will work). On most quizzes it does include 'and', hence why I hadn't had it in, but I'd definitely agree it's a legitimate alternative. @ misterf: Good thinking! I might have to try and think up some bonuses along those lines. \| The second installment of this series is now out, for Asia: http://www.sporcle.com/games/joebobs/asiabw

	bambambam:	May 18th, 2011 at 16:15 GMT		1 point
	i did it and i didn't cheat because i'm a total teacher's pet / goody two-shoes / smug bitch.

	Jam1:	May 22nd, 2011 at 14:31 GMT		1 point
	You need to capitalise "Europe" in the question at the top

	elmo4484:	May 26th, 2011 at 19:41 GMT		3 points
	I just pressed the left arrow after every letter I typed, but I guess that might count as cheating :S Great quiz idea though!

	cheesenewyorkbob:	Jun 11th, 2011 at 19:05 GMT		-3 points
	Good quiz it was a bit slightly too awkward so I gave up easily so I could get on and comment. You've been cnyb'ed. Laters

	OracleLink:	Jul 28th, 2011 at 06:10 GMT		1 point
	Perfect time limit, imo. I finished with just over 20 seconds left. Definitely tricky. I kept typing things thinking they'd be okay only to look up and realize I'd reversed a few letters (usually ones that combined to form a single phoneme such as "th").

	joebobs:	Nov 20th, 2011 at 12:46 GMT		2 points
	Good catch Jam1, fixed now.

	SomeoneRandom:	Oct 22nd, 2012 at 14:29 GMT		1 point
	This was a lot harder than I thought, but it was still very fun. I finished with 3:07 left, but then again I didn't need the first and last letters, so the time is probably good. But definitely five globes!

	ARandomBattery:	Oct 22nd, 2012 at 15:40 GMT		2 points
	This was incredibly disorienting, but I managed to do it. I think I'll rest now. P.S. !sebolg eviF

	jessiainscough:	Oct 22nd, 2012 at 23:28 GMT		2 points
	Much harder than it looks! Didn't finish in the time, but that was because I couldn't for the life of me work out which countries I didn't have, despite having the first and last letters

	BKukura1212:	Oct 23rd, 2012 at 00:25 GMT		1 point
	anivogez...oh screw this

	ari18:	Oct 23rd, 2012 at 02:48 GMT		4 points
	And I thought it was time consuming to write out "Bosnia and Herzegovina" forwards!

	CtrlAltDlt:	Oct 23rd, 2012 at 05:42 GMT		0 points
	i did one like this but with south america

	wakethesun:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 05:05 GMT		2 points
	ARGH. I got everything but B&H (I'm not even attempting that one), went to give it 5 globes, and it said I needed to sign in. Noooo.

	Fusty:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 12:34 GMT		1 point
	?dedolpxe dnim rieht fi ees ot nietsnethceiL did esle ohW

	nickos:	Oct 25th, 2012 at 13:07 GMT		1 point
	This quiz hurt my brain more than any other Sporcle quiz has. Good work!

	samcash13593:	Oct 25th, 2012 at 14:56 GMT		2 points
	i got Liechtenstein but missed Switzerland. Oh Sporclitis.

	Jeep1964:	Oct 27th, 2012 at 17:59 GMT		2 points
	Good quiz, finished with 1:21 left, so enough time is given.

	Triffid:	Oct 28th, 2012 at 14:37 GMT		1 point
	I finished with 27 seconds left. Perhaps this actually levels the field for us slow typists.

	bobc:	Oct 31st, 2012 at 16:40 GMT		1 point
	Don't "help" when Vatican is typed backwards, just leave it in the box so we can add ytic to it and not have to retype the whole name.

	carowes:	Nov 9th, 2012 at 03:23 GMT		1 point
	Great game..I have a bit of a headache but totally worth it:)

	Fusty:	Feb 5th, 2013 at 20:08 GMT		1 point
	Who else typed ku just to see if it would accept it.

	Gitanki:	Mar 4th, 2013 at 19:40 GMT		1 point
	I was thinking about to make a quiz with backward countrynames, but a quick search learned me it -ofcourse- is already done :) nice!