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I'm throwing the BS flag on this sporcle quiz. Name the 197 countries of the world and the average score is a 67%?!? No way. -- (edited)

Posted by volnelk May 18 '17, 08:15

I got 75 and got frustrated, but 67% seen way way high.

Takes a while. (www.sporcle.com)

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143. I couldn't spell some that I knew and the tags covered up some of the map. I couldn't remember the ones in the caribbean or most in the Pacific -- nm - Covington May 18, 14:45
95. meh. - ty97 May 18, 08:44
Its not finding them on a globe. Its just naming countries, plus its probably attempted by a non-average selection of citizens - crash davis May 18, 08:35 1
- I'm not, at all. - ty97 May 18, 08:45
Burkina Faso! - Mop May 18, 08:26 1
- I did better in Africa than Central America where I had brain freeze. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 08:35
It's self-selecting. People tend to take on quizzes they are likely to do well on. People who can only name, say, 50 countries wouldn't take the quiz - Roger More May 18, 08:18 9
- "self-selecting" - thank you! that was the term I was searching for -- nm - crash davis May 18, 08:36
- That makes sense. Still seems high compared to other quizzes. -- nm - volnelk May 18, 08:22 7
  - I think only people who are acing it finish it as it is long and needing the exact spelling is a pissoff -- nm - Beaker May 18, 08:25 1
    - If you spell it wrong spell check should offer you the correct spelling. I needed it for the Czech Republic. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 08:33
  - FWIW, the "name all the countries in alphabetical order, without a map" quiz has an average score of 66% -- nm - Roger More May 18, 08:24 4
    - (9.6% of quiz-takers got 100%, 25.4% scored above 188. No way are these average quiz-takers) -- nm - Roger More May 18, 08:27 3
      - Or they cheated which makes no sense but I'm sure they rationalized it somehow. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 08:34 2
        
        Sounds like someone's jealous! (But also, remember how hard pfm worked to learn all of the elements for a Sporcle quiz. This is the same thing) -- nm - Roger More May 18, 08:41 1
        
        True. I could also see people taking a peek at a map before doing the quiz. - Krusty May 18, 08:54

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