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So you've got the Monday blues, and are looking for Download Squad to find you something stimulating, perhaps even intellectual to waste some time with? Look no further for we've got the perfect thing for you. "How Many Countries Can You Name"
In the name of research (honest!), we've been playing with this a little, and managed to get the number of remaining (i.e. un-named) countries down towards the 200 mark, but we're sure that readers can do better!
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Subscribe to commentsRPFeb 4th 2008 3:23PM
Thanks, now my brain hurts! :-)
I only got 42. Where's the one for the 50 United States?
RPFeb 4th 2008 5:49PM
OK, I got 54. And I learned that I can't spell "Turks and Caicos Islands". :-)
DonaldFeb 4th 2008 4:53PM
63 here. Thank heavens for watching Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego as a kid, I could hear The Chief (RIP) reading off country names as I was trying to type them.
PeterFeb 4th 2008 5:18PM
64
DinoFeb 4th 2008 8:48PM
I got 103...but I kept spelling things in Spanish (Corea, Brasil) or thinking in Arabic (مصر، المغرب)...The interface is too slow and deleting one you've already done is a pain, but fun game!
JeebusFeb 5th 2008 12:45PM
Holy crap, 103 and that's WITH spelling incorrectly (Spanish/Arabic) and correcting??
ParanoisedFeb 5th 2008 12:45AM
I got 65 on my first try but I think I would've done better if the system was more forgiving of spelling errors.
SJFeb 5th 2008 10:13AM
62. Like everyone else says...spell it right the first time.
JameseyFeb 5th 2008 4:08PM
they listed hong kong as a country. that's inaccurate. Taiwan is debatable too.
JeebusFeb 5th 2008 12:44PM
Got 60.
AubreeApr 2nd 2008 7:54PM
140. My weak spot is islands.
KarinApr 10th 2008 8:59PM
This is fun and I'm a geography nut. However, once you get to where you only have 135 countries left --- the game just suddenly stops. The counter freezes and the only way you can figure out how many you have is to do the math yourself. I've tried it many times and as soon as it hits that 135 (sometimes I am not watching...but I know it's there or one or two after).....it's frozen as a block of ice!! What gives???
KarinApr 12th 2008 10:12PM
Aubre, how did you get it to go beyond 135. I've even tried this at three other computers around town and it wouldn't work at any of these either. So, it isn't my computer... how did you manage to get more than 135? Is there some way to keep the clock going? It just feezes up everywhere I go to try it?