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Can you name the countries mentioned by the New York Times less than Paris Hilton?
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From Jan. 1, 2000 to Dec. 23, 2010 Paris Hilton was mentioned in the New York Times 1,152 times. During the same period, what countries were less newsworthy than the celebutante?
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1,143
Lithuania: Gynecology And Driving Don't Mix
1,054
Project Digitizes Works From the Golden Age of Timbuktu
1,048
A Famine Looms in Niger
1,017
Chad: Rebels Declare War On France
1,007
Bahrain: Shiite Cleric Is Stripped of Citizenship
986
NATO Says It May Reject Macedonia Over Name
977
With a Collective Shrug, Azerbaijan Votes for Its Leader
943
Estonia: Monuments To Soviet Soldiers To Go
934
Slim Margin Seems to Signal Montenegro's Independence
934
Tunisia: President Re-elected, With Only 90% of Vote
906
Cameroon: 45,000 Fake Civil Servants
896
Cosmo Sets Sights on Mongolia
877
President Of Paraguay Had a Child As Bishop
865
Madagascar's Wood Exports Stir Debate
828
Guineans Revel in Prospect of First Free Vote After Era of Repression
820
Zambia and Tanzania Seek Legal Ivory Sales
817
In Mozambique, Singing a Song of Sanitation and Hoping to Change Habits
815
Albania: Town To Unveil Statue of President Bush
768
Kyrgyz Praise Sporcle for Increasing Awareness of their Country; Announce National Sporcle Day (okay, I may have made that one up)
766
Rich Armenia vs. Poor Armenia in Presidential Election
693
Thailand Evicts 4,000 Hmong to Laos
692
Trinidad: Smelter Planned
686
Barbados Stays Executions
680
East Timor Considers Promoting Its Struggle for Independence as a Tourist Attraction
665
For Some Bushmen, a Homeland Worth the Fight
639
Namibia: Germany Regrets Colonial Massacre
623
After a Century, Public Polygamy Is Re-Emerging in Tajikistan
617
Janet Jagan, Chicago Native Who Led Guyana, Dies at 88
582
Africa: Migrants Kept At Sea By Italy And Malta
529
Burundi: Albino Boy Killed For Parts
528
Fiji: Military Chief Says He Has Taken Over
514
Protected Reef in Belize Offers Model for Marine Conservation
511
In Eritrea, The Young Dream Of Leaving
508
Oman Navigates Risky Strait Between Iran and Arab Nations
499
Malawi's President Pardons Gay Couple Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
468
15,000 Rally in Togo to End Family's Rule
404
Grenada: Bandleader Loses Job In Chinese Anthem Gaffe
404
Vote Appears To Unseat Communists In Moldova
394
Benin Unsure If Ship Carried Child Slaves
393
Burkina Faso: Meningitis Toll Passes 800; Capital Struck
Mentions
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Sample Headline
369
Prince to Stay in Liechtenstein After Voters Add to His Powers
363
Turkmenistan Lifts Ban On Opera and Circuses
347
Forest Disappearing in Papua New Guinea
335
Gabon: African Ministers Pledge Support For Wildlife
308
Line Up and Pick a Dragon: Bhutan Learns to Vote
293
In Samoa, Drivers Switch to Left Side of the Road
287
Mauritius: British Actions Protested
281
Looters Empty U.N. Warehouse in Central African Republic
274
Mauritania: Locusts Invade Capital
268
Soccer Player From St. Lucia Is Fatally Shot In Brooklyn
249
Brunei: From Oil Rich to Garage Sales
238
Asia's Deadly Waves: The Maldives; For 5 Minutes, Just Water And Few Signs of an Island
234
Millions for Defense, Barely a Penny for Djibouti
228
Gambia’s President Claims to Cure AIDS
214
U.S. Investigates Payments To Equatorial Guinea
209
Swaziland: King's Partying Daughter Beaten
185
Lone Athlete Is the Face of San Marino in Vancouver
182
Palau To Ban Shark Fishing
180
Cape Verde: NATO In First African Maneuvers
155
The Money Is All Gone in Tonga, And the Jester's Role Was No Joke
147
Seychelles: Piracy Suspects Are Held In Foiled Attack on a Cruise Ship
141
Congo Republic Declares a Polio Emergency
140
Women in Lesotho Become Easy Prey for H.I.V.
138
Hard Times Hit a Postage-Stamp Land
137
New York Medical Schools Fight to End Caribbean Schools' Path
136
Measles Outbreak Intensifies In Group of Pacific Islands
126
A Pacific Island Challenge to European Air Pollution
124
In Babel of Tongues, Suriname Seeks Itself
113
Soldiers Kill Guinea-Bissau’s President After Death of Army Chief, Diplomats Say
111
Australian Troops Land In Solomon Islands To Stop Riots
87
Abkhazia Is Recognized — by Nauru
86
China and Taiwan Vie for Vanuatu Ties
63
Tiny Tuvalu Profits From Web Name
62
Another Coup on Breakaway Comoros Isle
58
St. Kitts Ponders Request for Bombing Range
56
In Trade Ruling, Antigua Wins a Right to Piracy
48
St. Vincent: Voters Save the Queen
44
A Precious Haul of Toxic Snapper
33
No Oil Yet, but African Isle Finds Slippery Dealings
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psubball1
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Dec 30th, 2010 at 15:44 GMT
43 points
I like Sample Headlines listed because I am able to copy and paste the headlines into Google and read the short article about the country and learn something new...Best part about the quiz!
hilco
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Dec 30th, 2010 at 19:00 GMT
20 points
lmao @ Kyrgyzstan. I'm actually surprised by Cameroon being so low. And may we conclude now that Sao Tome and Principe is the most uninteresting country?
strags11
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 02:50 GMT
33 points
This is either the most entertaining or most depressing Sporcle quiz of the week. Five globes either way.
AlexKidd
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 03:43 GMT
85 points
I'd rather be in Sao Tomé than Paris Hilton.
Tats
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 04:19 GMT
79 points
"Abkhazia Is Recognized — by Nauru." Something about that em dash makes that headline really mean.
dxdtdemon
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 05:17 GMT
27 points
Isn't the Bhutanese electoral process totally awesome?
nickb1603
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 05:51 GMT
52 points
apparently some of these small island countries should release sex tapes...
newenglander
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 15:27 GMT
19 points
@tats-thats right. theres a real problem with anti-nauruism in the new york times staff
midlineshift
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 15:50 GMT
11 points
Outstanding.
MisterF
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 18:14 GMT
12 points
I'm pretty sure Qatar would be on here too if it wasn't for that World Cup bid they won.
featherfish81
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 19:19 GMT
6 points
Fun quiz. I might suggest knocking some time off. Many Sporclers (though not me) can name all of the countries in 15 minutes on the other quiz, so this just becomes name all of the countries minus a few obvious ones.
leppyfresh
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 19:47 GMT
9 points
Terrific quiz. I'm just curious how so many people got 'Guinea', but missed 'Papua New Guinea', 'Guinea-Bissau', and 'Equatorial Guinea'?
geomonkey
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 22:16 GMT
2 points
great quiz. Got burkina faso in the last second, literally.
shanghainoon
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Dec 31st, 2010 at 22:53 GMT
7 points
kyrgyzstan lol! good quiz
ChinaWhite
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 00:06 GMT
8 points
@MisterF and the fact that they are one of the hubs of the US's military operations in the Middle East :-/
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Sanky
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 01:06 GMT
-10 points
Quick, name as many Caribbean island nations, Oceania, and Africa, as well as small European countries.
superball
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 09:27 GMT
9 points
@featherfish - you may be right and it seems several people agree with you. The reason I was generous with the time limit is because I thought some people may start reading the "sample headlines" while playing, which would bite into their time. I don't want people to feel rushed. That said, I'll knock two minutes off. If anyone feels 12 minutes is too short (or still too long), let me know.
wolfmantony
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 18:26 GMT
18 points
Awesome quiz, and I hate to nit-pick, but I think Kiribati's headline has something to do with Paris Hilton.
joebobs
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 18:55 GMT
3 points
Brilliant quiz! Very interesting, very nicely done. This must have taken a fair amount of research! A great follow up would be to compare this to other major world newspapers - perhaps Le Monde, El Pais, The Guardian, see how it differs from country to country and in other languages - I'd bet South American countries get more mentions in El Pais, for example, and all would have more mentions of European countries. You'd need to find another 'Paris Hilton' to compare to though.
balatjr
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Jan 1st, 2011 at 20:02 GMT
6 points
Excellent quiz. The time seemed right to me, as I still missed a couple. Qatar also has a lot of US university campuses, so doubt it will fall too far. And if the business in ivory Coast continues, more of west Africa might make headlines. Now, how about the countries mentioned less than Perez Hilton?
JayZed
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Jan 2nd, 2011 at 11:56 GMT
3 points
@chinawhite - but then again, so is Bahrain (where the Fifth Fleet is based) and that still made it onto the list.
superball
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Jan 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 GMT
5 points
Yeah, I was surprised Bahrain and Oman made it onto the list, given they're in a highly-reported region. Was also surprised that Tunisia, Chad and Lithuania didn't have enough mentions. Even without mentions to the World Cup, Qatar still has over 1,000 mentions more than Ms. Hilton.
superball
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Jan 2nd, 2011 at 12:26 GMT
15 points
As an aside, Qaboos, the Sultan of Oman, is one of the leaders this quiz's URL refers to. From Jan. 1, 2000 to Dec. 23, 2010 his name was mentioned in the NYT 13 times, one time less than that of Paris's beloved chihuahua.
rockgolf
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Jan 3rd, 2011 at 04:30 GMT
10 points
@Superball: Did you use a search
engine
to pull up a
Qaboos
?
superball
:
Jan 3rd, 2011 at 07:22 GMT
6 points
Wow, I'm in awe of that pun. Seriously.
John0
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Jan 3rd, 2011 at 18:31 GMT
6 points
I mean, I guess the point about paris hilton being mentioned more often is one thing, but I'm honestly shocked at how often some of these countries ARE mentioned. When was the last non-sporcle time you heard mention of sao tome and principe?
is89
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Jan 3rd, 2011 at 22:52 GMT
6 points
I thought I had seen (comparatively) a lot in the news about Kyrgyzstan this year. And I'm not kidding.
superball
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Jan 3rd, 2011 at 23:26 GMT
8 points
Yes, Kyrgyzstan was relatively more in the news this year than in previous years, due to the violent protests against the president and the ethnic strife. Kyrgyzstan was mentioned 146 times in the NYT in 2010, the most since 2005, and more than Paris Hilton's 76 mentions last year.
Rossipotamus
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Jan 4th, 2011 at 15:49 GMT
1 point
Paris Hilton could probably buy half these countries.
BigThing
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Jan 4th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT
7 points
Even though this is essentially another 'name obscure countries' quiz, it's a very interesting angle and the sample headlines are a great touch. The most depressing notion to me is not that Paris Hilton is somehow deemed more important than these, it's that third world countries need to wage bloody wars to get news attention... 5 sporcle thingies for this!
recklessness
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Jan 4th, 2011 at 18:58 GMT
6 points
Burundi: creepy headline.
Merijn
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Jan 5th, 2011 at 09:47 GMT
6 points
Maybe São Tomé and Príncipe would be mentioned more often if Paris visit the country!
lucia
:
Jan 5th, 2011 at 16:39 GMT
4 points
great quiz
blues95
:
Jan 6th, 2011 at 01:09 GMT
4 points
I wonder how many South/Central American countries only made it over the line due to baseball? Eg. references to Dominican Republic born David Ortiz.
France
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Jan 6th, 2011 at 08:02 GMT
2 points
I don't think anything interesting has ever happened in Suriname. At least Guyana had that crazy cult.
giveupyet
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Jan 8th, 2011 at 05:14 GMT
3 points
Love it.
Game published: Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT
gwukelic
:
Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT
21 points
Terrific quiz. Very fun to play.
giveupyet
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Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:47 GMT
23 points
So glad this made the front page! 100% deserved. Congrats!
sporcling123
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Jan 10th, 2011 at 04:49 GMT
43 points
That Kyrgyzstan headline was real. I'm reading the article right now!
tvfan3
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Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:02 GMT
4 points
In defense of the Times I'm sure that a lot of those Hilton references were in editorials involving negative comparisons to her
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