Can you name the next bordering country that begins with that letter without hitting a trap (WITHOUT BACKTRACKING)?

created by sproutcm

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NO BACKTRACKING!!! That will blow you up. So will typing a non-bordering country.
Also try: African Border Bash with Booby Traps

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Next Border Path	Country
(Start at) Canada with [U]?
United States with [M]?
Mexico with [B]?
Belize with [G]?
Guatemala with [E]?
El Salvador with [H]?
Honduras with [N]?
Nicaragua with [C]?
Costa Rica with [P]?
Panama with [C]?
Colombia with [P]?
Peru with [C]?
Chile with [A]?
Argentina with [U]?
Uruguay with [B]?
Brazil with [P]?
Paraguay with [B]?
Mexico with [B]
Belize with [G]
Guatemala with [E]
El Salvador with [H]
Nicaragua with [C]
Costa Rica with [P]
Panama with [C]
Colombia with [P]
Peru with [C]
Uruguay with [B]
Brazil with [P]
Paraguay with [B]

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American Border Bash with Booby Traps Quiz

by sproutcm

Created Jun 28, 2011 in Geography
Featured Nov 2, 2011
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	NS7:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 04:28 GMT	11 points
	this just made me want to go on a wicked road trip

	pfrijiritr:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 04:48 GMT	5 points
	Too bad islands don't have technical borders (other than Haiti—Dominican Republic). They could have kept us hopping quite a bit in this quiz.

	Disraeli:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 04:58 GMT	8 points
	I agree with gsa, I finished with 2 minutes and 20 seconds or so left. There's plenty of time.

	LevellingUp:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 07:58 GMT	52 points
	American borders with booby traps? Let's not give the Republican Presidential candidates any ideas here.

	loganite:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 08:09 GMT	7 points
	Great quiz, lots of fun! One suggestion - If you had gone clockwise from Columbia in South America, you could include all 12 countries (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Ecuador).

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	sproutcm:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 12:47 GMT	4 points
	@Loganite Yes, Then I could have hit them all, but that wasn't my goal. I was trying to make that path where you had the most actual hard decisions about what country was next, so that's why I didn't go that way.

	sennomulo:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 12:56 GMT	0 points
	Also, there's no need to go clockwise to get all the countries in South America. Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Chile - Bolivia - Paraguay - Argentina - Uruguay - Brazil - (France) - Suriname - Guyana - Venezuela

	ramona14:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 13:01 GMT	2 points
	As border bashes go, it was easier than some of the others I've played, especially if you're clued up on the countries of the world. Maybe reducing the time limit would make it a little harder?

	steel03:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 13:57 GMT	8 points
	This was a bit easy just because the Americas are fairly linear and their aren't as many mainland countries.

	marpocky:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 15:38 GMT	3 points
	@sproutcm: But there were no "actual hard decisions" about where to go... I like this quiz idea, but I don't think it really works in the Americas unless you can find a way to include the Caribbean.

	Disclaimer:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 16:00 GMT	0 points
	@marpocky - Agreed. This quiz doesn't make a lot of sense in the Americas. In about half the questions, there was only one country that bordered the one your were in other than the one you just came from. It's a lot harder if you do it in Africa or something.

	sproutcm:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 16:01 GMT	13 points
	@marpocky The fact that only 32% of people finish this quiz means that some people are having some difficulty with this quiz. Not every single geography quiz on Sporcle has to be killer hard for the geography wonks. Some quizzes have to be more accessible. I admit that this is the easiest of all of them. If you want, go take the Africa version is you felt you needed more of a challenge. :) http://www.sporcle.com/games/sproutcm/i_dare_you_to_type_comoros

	monstro:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 16:23 GMT	6 points
	I'm usually terrible at these border quizzes; I know a lot of the countries, and I have a general idea of what part of the continent they're on, but I can't really visualize a detailed map. So I was glad this one was a little easier; it was nice to actually finish one.

	save_ferris15:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 16:33 GMT	5 points
	The French Guinea idea... You could have a worldwide quiz like this!

	TL333s:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 16:49 GMT	1 point
	I feel really stupid for losing where I did.

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	PK9:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 00:07 GMT	1 point
	I won, but I should have lost. I tried "Benin" before "Bolivia" but I didn't blow up.

	jkoper:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 00:26 GMT	1 point
	@PK9; I think you'll only lose if you type in the wrong country from the Americas. Myself, the first time through I was cruising right along until I got to the first B in South America and put in Bolivia without thinking. Why didn't I take the giant country that borders everything first?

	eriedearie:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 00:32 GMT	2 points
	tsk, tsk. too easy. fun, though!

	AkMe97:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 00:49 GMT	0 points
	This was fun, yet surprisingly easy. I like the concept, and I think someone should definitely make one starting in Asia or Africa.

	ChinaWhite:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 01:27 GMT	-2 points
	Ia there a rule that says every quiz needs to be impossibly hard? Sneaking a few gimmes in isn't against Sporcle law

	caligal14:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 02:21 GMT	0 points
	I stupidly tried Bolivia every time B showed up. Finally got it on the last one. Finally.

	FriedChckn:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 03:03 GMT	0 points
	I hope someone makes another one where they go out of the Americas. Brazil and Suriname DO touch France, y'know.

	xhunter:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 15:30 GMT	0 points
	Almost didn't get the last 'P' country. I kept going back to Peru and then typed in "Paramaribo". Good thing that didn't blow me up.

	davibe:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 01:11 GMT	1 point
	I love the steep dropoffs from Mexico to Belize, Guatemala to El Salvador, Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and Uruguay to Brazil. Personally, the Uruguay clue messed me up, my first thought was Bolivia.

	PaulLambeth:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 02:18 GMT	0 points
	I suggest a round-the-world one, as much as possible. Include a short flight from Alaska to Siberia if you like. This was pretty easy, although you should penalise us who get Benin and Belize mixed up EVERY TIME.

	Baa:	Feb 18th, 2012 at 18:29 GMT	0 points
	i say make it one minute that would make it hard! Right now it's too easy!

	hatshepsut:	May 12th, 2012 at 03:08 GMT	0 points
	I must not understand this quiz, because I can't even start it