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Lunchtime Quiz: Name the EU in 10 Minutes
by Jason English - January 16, 2009 - 11:30 AM

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Today’s winner of our ongoing name x in y minutes contest is Tucker Cummings, who was the first entrant to suggest this European Union challenge. There are currently 27 countries in the European Union. How many can you name in 10 minutes?

Take the Quiz: Name the EU

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  1. 21/27.

    22 if you count that I kept typing “The Netherlands”. I spent a lot of time thinking I spelled Switzerland wrong, and not remembering 2/3s of the Baltic States.

    posted by Zach on 1-16-2009 at 12:27 pm

  2. Pretty good…26/27

    I forgot Bulgaria. Grr! I knew there was some “B” country out there.

    posted by Bob on 1-16-2009 at 12:36 pm

  3. Sorry, Zach. Give yourself credit for The Netherlands. I should have added that as an option.

    And if there are any other “you should have accepted _______” suggestions, if they’re reasonable, I’ll go add those in.

    posted by Jason English on 1-16-2009 at 1:11 pm

  4. 20/27, it would have been 22 but I kept spelling Latvia,and Lithuania wrong…oh well. I did know that Switzerland was not a member of the EU, due to their neutrality issues, but I thought Norway was a member (after typing it in 4 times I realized that I had to be mistaken).
    Good quiz!

    posted by J-me on 1-16-2009 at 1:44 pm

  5. 23/27 – I kept typing “norway” so many times that I forgot about Denmark! Definitely liked this quiz.

    posted by Diana on 1-16-2009 at 2:19 pm

  6. 26 in 2.5 minutes. Just couldn’t get Malta

    posted by jonny on 1-16-2009 at 3:49 pm

  7. I forgot Bulgaria and Denmark. 25/27 in 3.5 minutes though, I suprised myself

    posted by Leah on 1-16-2009 at 3:53 pm

  8. 25/27. Malta & Cyprus? Not only did I not know they were in Europe…I didn’t even know they were countries.

    posted by Jeff on 1-16-2009 at 4:10 pm

  9. 23/27. Bulgaria, Cyprus and two others I won’t remember when I take this again later in the year.

    Love these! There should be a weekly geography quiz. All the nations in Africa, all the rivers in SE Asia, etc.

    posted by Matt on 1-16-2009 at 7:18 pm

  10. Got it with 6:25 left. Oddly enough, it was Ireland that took me two minutes to remember.

    posted by Michael on 1-16-2009 at 11:34 pm

  11. Got it at 8:04. Geography has always been my strong point so this was easy.

    posted by Darla on 1-17-2009 at 8:09 am

  12. Finished at 8:04. Geography has always been my strong subject at school.

    posted by Darla on 1-17-2009 at 8:11 am

  13. 25/27 EU—estonia and slovenia….my excuse is that when i was learning geography in high school a good number of those countries didn’t even exist….i think i’ve done a decent job of catching up….

    posted by brian on 1-17-2009 at 3:34 pm

  14. i started backspacing on Malta when they accepted it

    i’m glad i don’t need to press the Enter key

    finished at 7:49, nice!

    posted by arthur on 1-17-2009 at 9:49 pm

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