Can you name the countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program (no tourist visa needed to enter US)? by snorkle

Can you name the countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program (no tourist visa needed to enter US)?

created by snorkle

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Source: US State Department
The Visa Waiver Program enables citizens of participating countries to enter the US for up to 90 days without a visa.
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No visa needed to enter US Quiz

by snorkle

Created Aug 23, 2010 in Geography
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	johnlk:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 20:17 GMT	16 points
	Man, Poland is kind of dicked over, no? Pretty much every other major EU country is in the program.

	HPZ:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 20:21 GMT	11 points
	Good quiz! The bonus answer for Mexico, "Mexican tourists generally require visas" should probably be "Visas are generally required of Mexican tourists" or "Mexican tourists are generally required to have visas." The Mexican tourists aren't the ones doing the requiring.

	flexabull:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 20:51 GMT	14 points
	Good quiz, maybe take them out of alphabetical order? That helped me get Brunei.

	nymous:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 20:59 GMT	4 points
	Maybe a too high number of Polish people has entered the US to work illegally. They look at these statistics when evaluating which countries should be invited to the program.

	snorkle:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 21:05 GMT	8 points
	Thanks for the comments and ratings. @HPZ: I changed the wording; thanks for correcting my grammar. @flexabull: fewer than 1/4 are getting Brunei and only 12% are getting all of the countries so I'll keep it alphabetical for now. Others: please vote up flexabull's comments if you agree the order should be random and I'll change.

	remskray:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 22:31 GMT	6 points
	managed to get brunei (before I even noticed the answers were alphabetical) but forgot the netherlands....netherlands??? sheesh. someone take away my sporcler badge. fun quiz!

	quackslikeaduck:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 22:49 GMT	5 points
	Other bonuses should include Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau, whose residents also do not require visas, although not under the VWP.

	snorkle:	Aug 23rd, 2010 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	Thanks, quackslikeaduck. I forgot those. I added those as bonuses as well as a few other countries whose citizens may travel to Guam of the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa but not to the rest of the US. There are now 11 bonuses in total. It seems like at least a couple of you agree that the countries should not be alphabetical. Is there an easy way to randomize this or do I have to type it in again? Thanks for the feedback!

	Flick:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 09:03 GMT	9 points
	Does Benedict XVI get his Visa forms in German or Latin I wonder ?

	alleyt1989:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 09:44 GMT	5 points
	thanks for adding in the extra bonus information - a very interesting quiz indeed!

	Tirion:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 11:28 GMT	2 points
	@snorkle Very nice quiz, but I agree with flexabull, the alphabetic order got me Brunei, too. If you want to randomize it you don't have to type in the all the Data again, you can use the 'MOV' function which is at the end of each row.

	Endasil:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 14:56 GMT	8 points
	I think Canada should be a full-blown answer here, at least according to your quiz's title (No visa needed to enter US) and subtitle (no tourist visa needed to enter US). It may not participate in the VWP but it fits your quiz's description just fine. The special cases having to do with Guam, etc are perfect for bonus answers, but it seems like your title and the VWP are contradictory so you should choose one.

	CHIPSandGRAVY:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 15:58 GMT	12 points
	Bring me your...industrialised western Europeans and Economic power houses of South East Asia. I jest, good quiz.

	Gjarble:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 18:01 GMT	5 points
	An easier way to randomize the answers is to check the "randomize order of answers" box under Game Info. This has the added advantage of the answers being in a different order for each play of the quiz.

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	snorkle:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 18:54 GMT	7 points
	Hi all. Thanks for all of your comments and plays of this quiz. Given all of the comments I randomized the order. I hope this doesn't get the "silent" half of you all upset. I took Gjarble's suggestion and clicked the "randomize order of answers" box. Let me know if this messes up the bonuses/results. @SpaceTourism: People from Brunei need a passport, just not a visa. @Endasil: If I made Canada a regular answer I am sure I will hear from people who say that it doesn't participate in the VWP. Hopefully getting the bonus is satisfaction enough that you knew this. @Flick: The State Department website does not list Vatican City as country that participates in the VWP. However, my guess is that all of the passports issued by the Vatican are diplomatic passports, where different rules would apply anyway. I doubt the pope needs to wait in line at the US Consulate to get his visa prior to coming here! :) Keep the feedback and ratings coming. Thanks!

	willa_p:	Aug 25th, 2010 at 02:21 GMT	4 points
	My oh my what a stellar quiz! I particularly enjoyed reading all of the bonuses :)

	HPZ:	Aug 25th, 2010 at 16:29 GMT	2 points
	@SpaceTourism: Bruneians are permitted to enter the US without a visa. They'd still be required to present a passport.

	31195:	Aug 28th, 2010 at 20:21 GMT	0 points
	More countries should be on this list.

	snorkle:	Aug 30th, 2010 at 17:21 GMT	4 points
	@31195: Do you mean more countries should be on this list because I erroneously left some out? Or do you mean more countries should be on this list because the US should relax its visa requirements (but the quiz is still accurate)? If there are any mistakes please let me know and I will correct. I don't claim to be perfect!

	segacs:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 01:18 GMT	2 points
	So, it's basically just name all the countries of Western Europe, plus a few scattered rich countries elsewhere. Not hard to see a pattern. (Though I did manage to get Brunei but somehow forgot Andorra... doh...)

	friction:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:10 GMT	2 points
	a little too much time - I probably guessed about 60 wrong answers before the timer blasted brunei outta my hands

	Scout_Number_4:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 06:45 GMT	2 points
	No way I ever would have gotten Brunei.

	koopa08:	Sep 4th, 2010 at 13:31 GMT	2 points
	How did I miss South Korea!?

	lechuck:	Sep 6th, 2010 at 21:33 GMT	1 point
	nice quiz, snorkle. makes me want to forge a brunei passport (kidding). also, i'm not sure about vatican, but sometimes the US still requires holders of diplomatic passports to have the US visas put on their passports to enter the US. they just dont have to wait in line like the rest of the applicants.

	adivineeternity:	Sep 23rd, 2010 at 06:20 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz! Definitely didn't get Brunei. I also successfully forgot about Switzerland's existence for maybe the 50th time since I joined Sporcle about a month ago.

	APN:	Oct 1st, 2010 at 21:13 GMT	1 point
	How can I get Brunei and not Monaco!?!?!?! Awesome quiz, great (and under-quizzed) topic area.

	NorwegianSalmon:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	How many bonuses are there? I got 8.

	cranson:	Oct 5th, 2010 at 21:37 GMT	1 point
	@APN. I feel your pain. I only missed Monaco too!

	sindri:	Nov 14th, 2010 at 20:19 GMT	1 point
	I did not know that I wouldn't need a visa do enter the US. Learn something new on Sporcle every day ;). Good quiz.