African Landlocked Countries Quiz

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African Landlocked Countries Quiz

by yaniv93

Created Feb 5, 2011 in Geography
Featured Apr 6, 2011
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	Everblue:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 04:55 GMT	25 points
	The Democratic Republic of the Congo barely escapes this one

	ImpromptuJ:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:02 GMT	-4 points
	I have the 53 countries of Africa memorized by letter. 8 S, 7 M, 7 C (including both Congos) 5 G, 4 E, 4 B, 3 L, 3 N, 3 T, 2 A, 2 Z, and one D, R, U, I (Ivory Coast), and K. How does everyone else do it?

	WredAguyW:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:05 GMT	30 points
	@Everblue: I barely escaped this one! I actually almost forgot about CENTRAL African Republic! @ImpromptuJ: I just memorized them by playing the Countries of Africa quiz repeatedly. No special tricks. I just go in a big circle around the continent.

	yearbookjohn:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:15 GMT	38 points
	can't wait to start typing in "South Sudan," or whatever name their citizens decide upon, in some of these quizzes!

	cuendillar:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:57 GMT	7 points
	I remember Africa by dividing it into smaller parts, like "Mediterranean coast", "Saharan states", "Horn of Africa", "Small West African coastal" and so on. The groups are to large to forget altogether, but still small enough to memorize every country in them easily. I do roughly the same thing with Asia and Europe.

	Pogues:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 06:03 GMT	33 points
	How do I do it? Well, I just desperately type in whatever countries I think of, pray they are landlocked, curse when they aren't, and end up missing about half of the answers. I don't think I'm alone in this.

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	Riko:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 08:55 GMT	3 points
	@shakescene: that's a brilliant idea with the 'sea-locked' countries! I mean you'd have to account for non-territorial waters completely surrounded by territorial waters being kind of like a Caspian coast for the land-locked nations, but it would be a blitz. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Oceania_Political_Map_%28EEZ_based%29.png]

	Amelia4242:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 11:17 GMT	5 points
	Dear Uganda, what the **** is it with you that causes me to miss you EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Uganda, Maldives and East Timor. Only three I ever forget for anything. I can't figure it out!

	caramba:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 12:18 GMT	13 points
	@Amelia4242: It's guaranteed that when you finally do remember East Timor, it will be with 2 seconds left, you'll get it in just as time expires, and you'll find out the quizmaker hasn't provided any alternatives for "Timor-Leste".

	chrisgunter:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 12:36 GMT	38 points
	With percentages this high, either geography education is improving, or people who play Sporcle need to get some new hobbies.

	juusosieni:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 13:31 GMT	20 points
	Chrisgunter: Guess which option is correct..

	Jimh:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 14:10 GMT	3 points
	I trace a path across the continent in my head, starting with Egypt going west, then down to Mauritania and go east, snaking down the east coast to South Africa, then up the west coast to end up at the Gambia and Senegal. Somewhere in there I grab the six island countries. It's neat to see how other people do it, too, although now that I've memorized them my way I would crash and burn if I had to name them, for example, alphabetically.

	redsxfenway:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 15:39 GMT	18 points
	Ethiopia is none too pleased about being on this quiz.

	pfrijiritr:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT	27 points
	Lesotho. Southafricalocked.

	meeks516:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 18:24 GMT	2 points
	Mali is the only one I missed, and surprisingly it was the first one I thought of, how quickly it escaped my brain.

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	bowsntoys:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 21:54 GMT	0 points
	no, red: Eritrea completely surrounds Ethiopia on the Red Sea side. I tried typing Ethiopia in too, and was mad when it didn't fit.

	tulliuscicero:	Apr 6th, 2011 at 23:23 GMT	15 points
	Hawkeye388, after reading your comment, all I can say is 'what a jerk.'

	Beatlezfann:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 01:55 GMT	8 points
	all Ethiopians are shaking their fist at Eritrea after taking this quiz

	lollerskates:	Apr 7th, 2011 at 17:40 GMT	3 points
	damnit mali

	Hamlet:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 14:02 GMT	0 points
	Nothing against Chad, but what made it the number one guessed?

	Grossherzog:	Jul 2nd, 2011 at 14:57 GMT	2 points
	I like this quiz: it reminds us of the geopolitical challenge for Africa. Trade for land-locked states means crossing European-drawn borders, with tariffs all along the way. Coastal states need to ease these trade barriers for the benefit of the whole continent.

	Colmar:	Jul 8th, 2011 at 21:30 GMT	3 points
	I was hoping to celebrate South Sudan day on this quiz, but it's still a bonus. I remember the African countries by breaking them up into sections (N. Africa, S. Africa, Sahara, the Horn, Western Africa and the six island countries.)

	yaniv93:	Jul 9th, 2011 at 19:32 GMT	3 points
	Please update this quiz to include "South Sudan".

	abanazerb:	Jul 10th, 2011 at 10:25 GMT	2 points
	What yaniv said!