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Can you name the countries that are spelled with alternating vowels and consonants?
Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game contributed by
miko
on 10/26/2009
Note: 'Y' may function both as a vowel or a consonant depending on pronunciation.
You have 8 minutes to guess after you click the button below.
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XCivilWarGhost5X
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:15 GMT
5 points
Maybe Guyana should count?
XCivilWarGhost5X
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:17 GMT
6 points
Very good and unique quiz though, you really have to think
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Goober
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:28 GMT
-8 points
Guyana is a legitimate point. I think there's going to be some debate over whether Y is a vowel or a noun. Perhaps you could make Guyana a Bonus Answer and resolve it quickly with that compromise. Great quiz!!
White
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT
4 points
I always thought of Y as just a consonant but at a push it could be a consonant only at the end of a word. In that case Guyana would be a right answer and so would the answers now. Good quiz though.
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RS89
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:32 GMT
-13 points
Yeah, what about Guyana? And Italy shouldn't be on there. Y is not a vowel.
miko
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:46 GMT
3 points
Yeah, Guyana should be on there, I think. Just missed that one. I'm a bit unsure if I should just scrap Italy, and never accept y as a vowel. Maybe just have Italy as a bonus so it doesn't affect scores.
DrRichie
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:47 GMT
3 points
Guyana's still not working (if you've fixed it yet). Fun quiz
White
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Oct 26th, 2009 at 23:55 GMT
18 points
And seriously, United Arab Emirates? HOW?
dtro
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT
3 points
UAE is so hard.
ellerpants
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 00:04 GMT
6 points
Guyana is a kick ass country!
Onno
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 01:16 GMT
8 points
Perhaps San Marino and Vatican City could be bonus answers, as their separate words would be correct.
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McLovin
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 02:22 GMT
-15 points
What about USA?
peanut4
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 02:48 GMT
-3 points
San Marino and Vatican City have two consecutive consonants; unless you count Vatican without the City as the country.
Chocolatl
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 07:02 GMT
3 points
Y is indeed sometimes used as a vowel, so Italy belongs on the quiz.
claunchy:
Oct 27th, 2009 at 07:54 GMT
4 points
@McLovin: States yo, states.
smart_mom
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT
2 points
In Italy's name, Y functions as a vowel; In Guyana's name, it functions as a consonant. You are correct to include both countries. Great quiz!
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Hugh
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 13:42 GMT
-26 points
What happened to Namibia and Tunisia?
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pdu
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 14:56 GMT
-26 points
There's no such thing as "functions as a vowel". Y is no vowel, so Italy doesn't belong here. Make it a bonus answer, along with san marino and vatican city (for each word of both working seperately). Oh, and I'm completely surprised with UAE. I thought about it and skipped it for being "too long" before even checking.
JayHankEdLyon
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 16:03 GMT
13 points
Except that there IS such a thing as functioning as a vowel. In the onset, Y is a consonant. Otherwise, it's a vowel. That's just how English works. Keep in mind that the IPA [y] isn't even used in English, and there's a slight physical difference between the y in "yes" and the y in "Italy": the former is IPA [j] and the latter is IPA [i]. [j] is a consonant and [i] is a vowel. So yes, Y can be both, and this quiz does a marvelous job at discerning between them. Five.
Catherine_F
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 16:59 GMT
5 points
I'm so glad I got UAE. (Missed a load of more obvious ones, but whatever.)
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juicey
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 18:36 GMT
-19 points
Y might function as a vowel, but at the end of the day it is not a vowel, and although it functions as one in Italy, it does not have alternating consanants and vowels, because Y is a consanant. I could have guessed italy, but i thought it would not work on this quiz because Y is not a vowel, even if it functions as one.
JayHankEdLyon
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 18:57 GMT
7 points
Y is a vowel. Y is also a consonant. It's both. There is such thing as gray, you know.
GeordieGordie
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 19:42 GMT
3 points
Excellent quiz. Many more countries than you would think. I'm easy on the Y thing since I got Italy and Guyana, and boy did I need them! Only 24.
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shawnoc
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 20:20 GMT
-11 points
What about USA? ;-)
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shawnoc
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT
-9 points
How about Vatican City? The whole country name doesn't exactly fit the rules, but each word, taken separately, does.
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matt:
Oct 27th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT
-6 points
Re; vatican. I believe the name of the country is vatican, the city that takes up the entire country is vatican city. I learned in elementary street that the vowels are A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y. So talk to your elementary school teachers and ask why they lied to you.
karinaedge:
Oct 28th, 2009 at 04:44 GMT
9 points
it's not like there are hundreds of comments. seriously guys, read before you post.
Anonymous42
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 08:13 GMT
3 points
The plural of "country" is "countries"...you should probably fix that. But a really interesting quiz, overall.
miko
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 16:22 GMT
3 points
Oh, I see. I didn't know what that plural box was for. Thanks.
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elnok
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 18:46 GMT
-10 points
You should have "USA" as a bonus :)
JayHankEdLyon
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 19:30 GMT
10 points
HEY HEY HEY YOU SHOULD HAVE USA AS AN ANSWER WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE FIRST ONE TO THINK OF SUCH A HUMOROUS COMMENT =D
Game published: Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT
Platypus222
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:46 GMT
4 points
A bit odd that my first guess was the least-guessed (UAE)... Good quiz!
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mcf812
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:49 GMT
-95 points
what about wales!?
bubble
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:51 GMT
0 points
How is Guyana pronounced? To me, it seems like the 'y' alters the vowel sound, making it a vowel itself. In Italy, the 'y' is clearly a vowel. Is Guyana supposed to have the consonant 'y' sound? Good quiz overall.
llewdor
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:54 GMT
63 points
No Vatican? Every other Sporcle quiz calls it Vatican, so it would fit the quiz criterion.
pat19
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:56 GMT
17 points
I don't know why, I didn't think they were answers, but I was absolutely compelled to enter Kyrgyzstan and Papua New Guinea.
groug
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT
8 points
I guessed UAE by habit because I was typing the other small Middle Eastern countries near it. But I made up for that by missing Mexico.
kbowe
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 09:06 GMT
32 points
This is a very creative and surprisingly difficult quiz. Well done!
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Stevenb1987
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 09:07 GMT
-15 points
UAE should come up when guessed!
Chromatos
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 09:09 GMT
26 points
Damn, I didn't even bother trying UAE because I assumed it would be too long.
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