Can you name the border countries in the Border Country Marathon [part 5 of 16]? by tahitiwahini

Can you name the border countries in the Border Country Marathon [part 5 of 16]?

created by tahitiwahini

Enter a border country in the box below
Correctly named border countries will show up below
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Source: NEXT LEG in the Border Country Marathon
Can you name the border countries for every country in the world? Click on NEXT LEG to go to the next part of the marathon. This quiz has three bonuses.
Border countries must share a land or freshwater border with the subject country. Bonus answers are accepted for countries that only border the subject country by bridge or tunnel. Territories that are neither recognized by Sporcle as official countries, nor as integral parts of official countries, are also accepted as bonus answers. Abbreviate with Confidence™ Multi-Word Abbreviations (see comments) and all common Sporcle country abbreviations are accepted (see http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/common_country_name_alternatives). Data comes from the CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/). To start the Border Country Marathon at the beginning: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_1
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Border Country Marathon [part 5 of 16] Quiz

by tahitiwahini

Created Jan 25, 2011 in Geography
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	tahitiwahini:	Jan 25th, 2011 at 04:55 GMT		1 point
	This quiz series covers the countries that border medium-sized countries, large- and small-sized countries have been done already in other quizzes. Here are the quizzes in this series so far: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_1 http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_2 http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_3 http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_4 http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/bordering_medium_countries_5

	tahitiwahini:	Jan 25th, 2011 at 04:57 GMT		1 point
	For those who find border-related quizzes interesting these quizzes use borders to navigate around the world: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/around_world_by_border_length http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/around_world_2_by_border_length

	biner:	Jan 25th, 2011 at 06:42 GMT		1 point
	You may also try my successive journeys through all countries in Europe (http://www.sporcle.com/games/biner/europeonce and http://www.sporcle.com/games/biner/europeonce2), Africa (http://www.sporcle.com/games/biner/africaonce) and North/South America (http://www.sporcle.com/games/biner/americaonce). Have fun!

	tahitiwahini:	Jan 26th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT		0 points
	Added Chile, Zambia, and a bonus. Also increased the time limit to 5 minutes.

	tahitiwahini:	Jan 29th, 2011 at 03:11 GMT		1 point
	Starting February 1st, 2011, the complete Border Country Marathon will go live. The series includes every country in the world that shares a border with at least one other country. That's 155 countries; from Russia to Vatican City. Each of the sixteen quizzes contains an average of 12 subject countries, 52 bordering countries, and a time limit of 5 minutes. Simply click on the NEXT LEG link in the source section to go to the next quiz in the marathon.

	FreakyFlyBry:	Feb 1st, 2011 at 05:09 GMT		-1 points
	Palestine as accepted answer for the West Bank bonus?

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 1st, 2011 at 12:53 GMT		1 point
	@FreakyFlyBry: I think Palestine can be considered to apply equally to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Jordan is bordered by the West Bank, but not by the Gaza Strip. Also my source, the CIA World Factbook, treats them separately as well. For those reasons I don't think it would be a good idea to accept Palestine for Jordan's West Bank bonus.

	TheBigE1980:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 01:39 GMT		2 points
	I'd like to start a movement in Sporcle. Maybe you can help me. Accept "BH" for "Bosnia & Herzegovina," "DR" for "Dominican Republic," and "STP" for "Sao Tome and Principe." These names are insanely long and need commonly accepted abbreviations.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 05:31 GMT		1 point
	@TheBigE1980: I accept the challenge. Let the revolution begin! Here are my rules for a general abbreviation scheme for multi-word country names in Sporcle: 1. accept an abbreviation consisting of the first letter of each word in the English name, and 2. the first rule applies to all countries accept for Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Sierra Leone. For these countries the first word of the name will be accepted; namely, Czech, Saudi, and Sierra. I will implement this scheme in the Border Country Marathon before February 4, 2011, and we will see how it is received.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 05:39 GMT		1 point
	Here are all the abbreviations I will be accepting in the Border Country Marathon: Antigua and Barbuda (AB), Burkina Faso (BF), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), Central African Republic (CAR), Costa Rica (CR), Cape Verde (CV), Czech Republic (Czech), Domincan Republic (DR), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea (EG), El Salvador (ES), Timor-Leste (ET), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Guinea-Bissau (GB), Cote d'Ivoire (IC), Marshall Islands (MI), North Korea (NK), New Zealand (NZ), Papua New Guinea (PNG), Republic of the Congo (RC), Saudi Arabia (Saudi), South Africa (SA), Solomon Islands (SI), South Korea (SK), St Kitts and Nevis (SKN), Sierra Leone (Sierra), St Lucia (SL), San Marino (SM), Sri Lanka (SR), Sao Tome and Principe (STP), St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Trinidad and Tobago (TT), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), and Vatican City (VC).

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 14:39 GMT		1 point
	One correction to the last comment: Sri Lanka (SL)

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 14:40 GMT		1 point
	**** Announcing MULTI-WORD ABBREVIATIONS **** For multi-word country names I am accepting abbreviations consisting of the first letter of each word in the English name of the country. There are three exceptions to this rule: Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Sierra Leone. For these countries the first word of the name will be accepted; namely, Czech, Saudi, and Sierra.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 3rd, 2011 at 14:54 GMT		1 point
	The Multi-Word Abbreviations accepted are: Antigua and Barbuda (AB), Burkina Faso (BF), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), Central African Republic (CAR), Costa Rica (CR), Cape Verde (CV), Czech Republic (Czech), Domincan Republic (DR), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea (EG), El Salvador (ES), Timor-Leste (ET for East Timor), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Guinea-Bissau (GB), Cote d'Ivoire (IC for Ivory Coast), Marshall Islands (MI), North Korea (NK), New Zealand (NZ), Papua New Guinea (PNG), Republic of the Congo (RC), Saudi Arabia (Saudi), South Africa (SA), Solomon Islands (SI), South Korea (SK), St Kitts and Nevis (SKN), Sierra Leone (Sierra), St Lucia (SL), San Marino (SM), Sri Lanka (SL), Sao Tome and Principe (STP), St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Trinidad and Tobago (TT), United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), and Vatican City (VC).

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 13th, 2011 at 23:02 GMT		1 point
	REVISED Multi-Word Abbreviations: the rules for the multi-word abbreviations are very simple: use the first letter of each word in the common Sporcle name of the country to compose the acronym. Omit insignificant words: "and", "of", and "the". There are ten exceptions to this rule: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, El Salvaldor, Marshall Islands, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka. For these exceptions the abbreviation is merely the first word of the multi-word country name: Bosnia, Costa, Czech, Dominican, El, Marshall, Saudi, Solomon, Sierra, and Sri. These exceptions were necessary in order to eliminate conflicts with other abbreviations. I was unable to come up with an acceptable abbreviation for South Africa and St Lucia. All of my quizzes (http://www.sporcle.com/user/tahitiwahini/contributed) use both the commonly accepted Sporcle country name alternatives and the multi-word abbreviations. To see the Multi-Word Abbreviations please visit: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/common_country_name_alternatives The complete list of all the Multi-Word Abbreviations: AB (Antigua and Barbuda), BF (Burkina Faso), Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), CAR (Central African Republic), CI (Cote d'Ivoire), Costa (Costa Rica), CV (Cape Verde), Czech (Czech Republic), Dominican (Dominican Republic), DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), EG (Equatorial Guinea), El (El Salvador), FSM (Federated States of Micronesia), GB (Guinea-Bissau), Marshall (Marshall Islands), NK (North Korea), NZ (New Zealand), PNG (Papua New Guinea), RC (Republic of the Congo), Saudi (Saudi Arabia), Solomon (Solomon Islands), Sierra (Sierra Leone), SK (South Korea), SKN (St Kitts and Nevis), SM (San Marino), Sri (Sri Lanka), STP (Sao Tome and Principe), SVG (St Vincent and the Grenadines), TL (Timor-Leste), TT (Trinidad and Tobago), UAE (United Arab Emirates), UK (United Kingdom), US (United States), and VC (Vatican City).

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 24th, 2011 at 03:14 GMT		1 point
	I've added a new Multi-Word Abbreviation: SS for Southern Sudan.

	tahitiwahini:	Mar 3rd, 2011 at 20:58 GMT		1 point
	Hope you are enjoying the Border Country Marathon! If you want to tackle an even bigger challenge check out the Border Country Biathlon which is similar to the marathon except that both bordering countries and bodies of water are included. I was able to structure the biathlon such that there are no repeats of subject countries in the whole quiz series, something I was not able to achieve in the marathon. Here's the start of the biathlon: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/border_country_biathlon_1_of_16

	jdm7:	Sep 30th, 2011 at 08:16 GMT		2 points
	I just love these quizzes of you!!