Can you name the country that starts with these unique letters? by tahitiwahini

Can you name the country that starts with these unique letters?

created by tahitiwahini

Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Click any empty Starts With or Country Name to answer for that location
Source: CIA World Factbook
Each hint consists of the minimum number of letters, starting from the beginning, needed to uniquely identify the country. Abbreviations accepted for the country name appear in the Alternative column.
The country names used are those that are commonly displayed in Sporcle quizzes. Abbreviate with Confidence™ For a list of the accepted abbreviations please see: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/common_country_name_alternatives Press F11 to toggle into full-screen mode to see more of the quiz at one time.
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Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Col
Sam
Q
Indi
Ka
Ger
Tan
Guinea
Nep
Fr
Gh
Mor
Cos		Costa
Ser
Ru
Mont
Leb
Pap		PNG
Per
Lit
Bul
Tuv
Ban
Tha
Uz
Sp
Libe
Austra
Zi
Malt
Af
Bru
Cz		Czech

Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Eg
Ang
New		NZ
Iraq
Van
Mad
Me
Slove
Ukr
Gua
Lie
Mald
Malaw
Ku
UnitedK		UK
Jo
Chil
Den
Ug
Tr		TT
Ke
The		Gambia
Eq		Equatorial
O
Indo
Norw
Som
Geo
Gree
Jap
Rw
Sr		Sri
Bar

Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Vi
Sey
Dem		DRC
Chin
Bh
Ic
Lat
UnitedS		US
Ce		CAR
Tun
Ga
SaintL		St Lucia
Por
Bahr
Sau		Saudi
Ko
Ire
Net
Ti		TL
SaintV		SVG
Pal
Baha
Tai
Ha
Came
Ki
Lu
Cot		CI
Ur
Bela
Re		RC
Austri
And

Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Tog
SouthK		SK
Beli
SaintK		SKN
UnitedA		UAE
Cha
Za
Ben
Taj
Guy
Ro
Sol		Solomon
Arm
Fij
Et
Is
Fin
SouthA
Nigeri
Pol
Ho
Sin
Mol
Nic
Mauriti
Mali
Mar		Marshall
Ve
Arg
Swi
Turke
Slova
Nort		NK

Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Mona
Com
Sao		STP
Liby
Maurita
Gren
Sud
Iran
Burk		BF
Sen
Es
Alb
Swa
Nam
Malay
Dominican		Dominican
Bol
Ph
Lao
Par
Az
Sur
Moz
Niger
Hu
Ton
Can
GuineaB		GB
Alg
Les
Fe		FSM
Bra
Jam

Starts With	Country Name	Alt.
Bos		Bosnia
Ec
Cr
Turkm
Vat		VC
Camb
Cap		CV
Buru
Mac
Er
Cu
Nau
San		SM
Pan
Dominica
Sie		Sierra
It
Bot
El		El
Pak
Ky
Mong
Ant		AB
Dj
My
Y
Sy
Belg
Cy
Swe

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Countries By Unique Starting Letters Quiz

by tahitiwahini

Created Apr 6, 2011 in Geography
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	Chocolatl:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 04:26 GMT	9 points
	No matter how you manipulate it, neither Dominica nor Guinea are unique.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT	1 point
	@Chocolatl: No, but "Dominica " and "Guinea " are. Unfortunately, there's no way to enforce that in Sporcle because white space is stripped out of entry and answer prior to matching.

	y2jdilemma:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 10:54 GMT	3 points
	I have a few issues. 1) Fe is a little bit mean, since youre not using other countries full names. 2) The abbreviations. For some of the multi word ones, you accept just the first word "marshall", "Solomon" , "Bosnia" "Sierra", "Dominican", "Equatorial" even just "El", but not for others. "Burkina" doesnt work, you want BF, "Vatican" isnt enough. Some you want the initials (BF) but not for Equatorial Guinea. Very inconsistent, and kind of a pain.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 11:57 GMT	0 points
	@y2jdilemma: "Vatican" and "Micronesia" were missing and have been added as accepted alternatives. The Sporcle-published "Countries of Oceania" quiz, which has been played 872,404 times, displays the "Federated States of Micronesia." My cited source, the CIA World Factbook, lists the name of the country as "Federated States of Micronesia," states that there is no short form name, but does provide the abbreviation FSM (which this quiz accepts). Google "Micronesia wiki" and you will be taken to the Wikipedia page for the region of Micronesia rather than the country. Look at the Wikipedia article for Federated States of Micronesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia) and you'll see that nowhere is it referred to as just Micronesia. It is always either Federated States of Micronesia or it is abbreviated as FSM. The reason the short-form Micronesia is not used is that the term "Micronesia" refers to a region in Oceania containing FSM but also several other countries: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Palau. Displaying Micronesia for FSM is a little like displaying America for the United States. My intention is to accept unique acronyms for all multi-word country names as long as they do not have ambiguity problems. Here are the ambiguity problems for the ones you mention: Marshall Islands (MI interferes with MIcronesia) Solomon Islands (SI interferes with SIngapore) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH interferes with BHutan) Sierra Leone (SL interferes with SLovakia, SLovenia, and Sri Lanka) Dominican Republic (DR interferes with DRC) Equatorial Guinea (EG interferes with EGypt) El Salvador (ES interferes with EStonia) As mentioned in the game note, the entire mult-word abbreviation scheme is discussed in detail at: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tahitiwahini/common_country_name_alternatives You can play the quiz without knowing or using any of the abbreviations. The abbreviations are f

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 12:01 GMT	1 point
	... The abbreviations are for players who wish to learn and use them for their convenience, as players have already learned to expect these abbreviations: CAR, DRC, UAE, UK, and US. Suggestions for how these abbreviations can be improved are welcome.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 12:08 GMT	1 point
	Vatican has been added as an accepted abbreviation for "Vatican City." Micronesia was already an accepted abbreviation for "Federated States of Micronesia."

	koipen:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 14:41 GMT	2 points
	Displayed name may not be the best thing. Micronesia is the common name, the one used by almost everyone in comments etc.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 15:10 GMT	1 point
	@koipen: which is why Micronesia is accepted as an abbreviation. But instructions for the quiz specify: "The country names used are those that are commonly displayed in Sporcle quizzes." So I am actually looking for the displayed name. That's why the "starts with" hint is: UnitedK rather than UK, UnitedS rather than US, Dem rather than DRC, and Ce rather than CAR. There's absolutely nothing wrong with referring to FSM as Micronesia informally, but when it came to creating this quiz I decided to use the country name that is commonly displayed in Sporcle quizzes. Players should be familiar with seeing Federated States of Micronesia, because that's how it's typically displayed in Sporcle quizzes. This quiz is about showing what part of a country's commonly displayed Sporcle name is necessary to uniquely identify that country. If I used the Micronesia abbreviation for FSM then I could also have used UK, US, DRC, and CAR. In other words, it would have been a different quiz.

	juusosieni:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 18:27 GMT	1 point
	"What's the only country that starts with Mali?"

	Schwagirl:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 02:08 GMT	1 point
	Maybe I type slowly, but I wasn't able to make it to the end of the quiz. Maybe add on one or two minutes?

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 18:04 GMT	1 point
	@Schwagirl: I'll raise the time limit to 11 minutes. You can also save some time by using the abbreviations. There are abbreviations for almost every multi-word country name (except for South Africa and St Lucia). Here is 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), Equatorial (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).