American Takes European Country Quiz (Outlines)
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The fact that they are not sized propotionally is making this much harder.
yes and they don't start with the most obvious shapes either
Even as a European stuff like the Vatican city, Louxembourg and a few of the other very small countries are hard to tell by just their shape.
imagine knowing luxembourg shape lmao
Thanks guys. I already started getting mad. Greetings from a small small... small town in Germany
Well done!
I would do worse with the USA.
09:55 "This is Germany." And this is where he started another war....
Some Europeans would agree with him haha.
@@102ndsmirnov7 These are distasteful europeans **french inside**
Also "That's the UK, it's got this notch, we're looking for the notch"...yeah so is the rest of Ireland, that's how all the trouble started 😄
It's better than "no idea where Kosovo is"
well it's not an independent country so that might confuse some people.@@walkir2662
I am from Czech republic. I've paused the video, because I thought it is super easy and boy was I wrong :D The improper scaling of the countries makes it so much harder. So In my opinion you scored pretty well for a non-european :)
To be honest... According to our school evaluation system, less than 50% gets a 5, or for an American an E. With his 44%, he would get a 4-5, but only with a lot of goodwill. If it had been a written final exam, he would definitely have had to take an oral exam. If we then take the issue with the card as an oral exam, then he would have just passed. But in his case that is ultimately not a comparable standard...
I´m from Sweden and I had a pretty hard time too, even on the real map. So much stuff has changed - I´m 53 and in school we learned where Yugoslavia was. It doesn´t exist anymore, neither does Czechoslovakia. I´m not saying this is good or bad, just that things have changed during my lifetime. I would have done slightly better... but not much. :)
When you look for Czechia you look for Czechoslovakian cat's ass.
@@OffpeakPL Chech 🤣🤣🤣
I mean, imagine the american version, 10 of them are just squares.
Actually only 2 are perfect rectangles, Wyoming and Colorado I think. Coincidentally I did the states quiz just a couple of days ago.
But I hear what you’re saying.
Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
@iWrocker you could do the flags next, or US state outlines :)
:D :D
I am from Eu and have no idea of some of them too :)
same here
for real, he did really good
Same here, the Europe map I did ok but the countries apart ???????? not so good
It would be easier if they just stuck to EU countries.
The EU is a collaboration of countries. Its not really a place.
Even for some latvians its hard to find Latvia on map. On many occasions when latvians leave they seem to forget how to get back :D
But for me the easiest country outlines are Italy, Latvia and Croatia. US is easy too because of Florida
..well there are some US Americans who cant even identify the American continent ..
😂😂😂
I have heard that Latvia is full of pagans and that they worship the the pagan gods and goddesses, and that they have mystical power source in the forest(Possibly powered by potatoes)
I thought that was because they get drunk all the time.
I am just 3 min in - and whoa this one is hard. I think even as a European I would fail this quiz hard. And I think you did better then me :D Respect to you!
Outline was hard even for europeans imo, and your score on the regular map was top notch!
I'm from Europe and you did pretty much as well as me. Not bad at all. Its really hard with the resizing.
The small ones are hard in the outline form, Andorra and San Marino I had no idea about shape except them being compact. It is more about eliminating all other options. One tip is if you don’t know about one country (and it is not a tiny country) try to find a neighbouring country, and then find the shape that matches like a puzzle piece. Another for small countries that have a river as the border, as that tends to be a smooth border.
You are doing substantially better than most Americans I've seen do Geography so far. Like easily 95th percentile. I'm German and with these blown up proportions it isn't easy for me either so job well done.
Greetings from Tricity in Poland. I am good at geography but shapes are really hard quiz.
Actually very impressed by how good you did! 👍
Kosovo and Cyprus have literally the outline on the flag :D
The constant clicking on Hungary even when you previously said I know that's not it left me in stitches. 🤣
Especially the last time when searching for the Netherlands at 9:30. "We know that's not it, heheh", yet that's where the mouse ends up in the end. :D
Yea I was laughing my ass off editing this 🤣🤣🎉
I think you did really really well! Tbh, those former Yugoslavian countries are really hard to remember even for us Europeans who finished basic geography before it split, and didn't bother to learn the new countries immediately since the situation was so volatile
Funniest thing was (other than the France belonging to Germany 😂) you clicking Malta 4+ times, then you couldn't find it when it was the only thing left 😂😂
Yeah, and I think I only really remember Czech and Slovakia because I remember having to buy a new Atlas for 5th grade when Czechoslovakia split up. Croatia is easy because of teh shape, everything below that until you hit Greece... yeah. No idea.
This is a really difficult quiz
There was a bit of shouting "you holding the freaking mouse o top of it" :D
its llike watching a football game, no no not that way...
Hey dude, honked it out again, yeah, some of us were nearly screaming at you, but in all fairness, just the outlines part was, even for a european, difficult, and as a expat from the e.u., your seventy+ was as good as most europeans could achieve.you demonstrate more knowledge about europ than the average american, well done sir,may Gods blessings pour upon you, keep up with the great videos
I don't know much but I did know Malta is an island!
Thank god you guessed Finland on the first try after clicking it when looking for Iceland, good redemption there! 😅
Honestly, despite being born and raised in Europe, I do not think I would have done much better on the outlines, maybe a little bit but not much, I obviously know all the major ones like Germany, France, Italy, UK as well as all the nordic ones since I live literally smack dab in the middle of the nordic region, but all the ones down in southeastern Europe, around Bosnia and so on, those I always struggle with even on the regular map!
It's funny how iconic the UK and Italy are, I doubt anyone would fail to recognise them, you gave me some good chuckles there especially how many times you clicked on Hungary - I was so hoping that when Hungary came up you had forgotten it.
I reckon you did very well on both quizzes.
France, the UK and Italy, are unmistakable
Omg. 😂 I cant do the outline version, really hard when they sizes are wrong, i even had difficulty finding Finland! And i'm in Norway it looks so strange when alone.🤣. Man those "central" European counters is so hard to know when not connected.
really not so bad! 😂 thank you buddy! i like your good humor and happy mood, it's contagious
Yet another entertaining video, for which many thanks. It does surprise me that even at high school, pupils at US schools don't learn the political maps of, at least The Americas and Europe. Back in the day, I know that at my junior prep in England, I was expected to draw a map of Europe. I'm fairly sure my 14-yr old grandsons in BC and Australia know the US states, and most of their capitals, as I did at their age at senior school at the Cape.
French here. You actually are pretty good at this. I made 7 mistakes while doing it with you when it comes to outlines. And 1 mistake with the map (i always mix up Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia). You should be proud of your score of 44% as an american. The map of Europe is super complicated and it changes all the time. So, kudos.
The only thing i know for sure, is that the Netherlands doesn't look like that! 🤷🏻♂️✌🏼
You need to squint and tilt your head slightly, and imagine a few small dots at the top
Honestly you've done a great job !
hell, that's tough. Well done. Regarding US I would find Texas, California, Florida and Alaska. I should educate me on this
The same way that you can remember Italy as a boot, you can remember Austria as a violin, Portugal as a face seen from the side, always looking at the sea, Spain as a bull with two horns, Finland as a statue of justice holding a balance, Belgium as the manneken pis, France as a cowhide being dried, and Norway looks like a...
Actually we in Finland call our country "The Finland Maiden", because the outlines look like a woman with a long wide skirt on and one arm held up. Before the wars (Winter, Continuation & Lapland Wars during WWII era) Finland looked even more like a woman. She had 2 arms pointing up and a wider skirt. But the Soviet Union took Karelia and Petsamo from us, resulting in the current shape.
But how can you remember all these mnemonics? You may have already confused Norway with Sweden.
Fantastic! Love these puzzles! 🤠👍 "Stay away from the Black Sea for the coastal countries, it's not the Mediterranean"! 🙋
not gonna lie i was yelling at you for malta
that you falsely clicked like 4 times before
and then you were like where is malta i cant click anywhere
This is actually pretty difficult, I'd say my geography knowledge is strong but I would probably struggle a bit here. The scale of the countries being different really threw me off in some cases, you did a great job here especially for a non-European!
It's so much easier when they give you a map rather than random shapes! I think your knowledge of where countries are is pretty good, and I think even many Europeans would struggle with the countries as just outlines. One thing you overlooked with the second test is that the maps of kosovo and cyprus give a big clue, as they have outlines of the country on them!
As a European - good job man! The proportions are so weird, it is really hard! I wouldnt be able to find Luxemburg too :) I was even confused with Poland o Ireland.
I would love to see how you do this with us states, because the first one quiz was really hard even for europeans 😅
That was good, I only fared a bit better on the outlines despite living here. Good job, especially on the second quiz
That first one is really hard, because the sizes are not equal. That a little unfair. Kind of as if you would rotate each one to a different orientation.
That’s literally the point of the quiz, it’s an outline quiz and not a size comparison quiz
fun quiz! one thing that would make the quiz better is if it didn't tell you what the country is when you get it wrong, because you just remember where it was after, which doesn't give you an accurate score.
I played along with you on the outline map (just pointing to the countries in the video), and I could only guess about 60% of the countries right as someone who lives in Europe, so I'm impressed by your result. The normal map was obviously easier. Cheers, mate. Now I'll try the same challenge with US states, let's see, how I fare... :D
Update: 39%, and I did it on the actual map, so hats off to you, sir. :)
I'm actually impressed. I guess, many europeans wouldn't have done better with just shapes. I was even worst because of the sizes 😂
But the next one I did much better, like you do😉😎
As a normal map it would be pretty easy to get most right, for a European if you are fairly familiar with geography, but taken apart like this it’s so hard! Ive never really studied the shapes plus they are not in the right proportions. I recognized only a few off the start. UK, Italy, Norway, Denmark and sweden was the easiest for me to recognize.
I think you did good!
You did amazingly well! Particularly for an American!
Ian, I’m impressed. I couldn’t get your scores (UK)
i"m from Europe and this is honestly hard af with them being all the same size. Some are obvious but many are very very tough. You did well.
My friend, it would be a challenge to any European person, you did really good
I just screamed at my screen the whole video I know geography to well and this is just torture
Two very useful tips to remember for future reference, Ian:
- Moldova's national language is Romanian, so you'll know immediately where it is.
- Malta and Cyprus are islands, so they're very easy to find. Also, if you know the flags, the outline of Cyprus is on their flag, so you can find it by its shape.
I am from czechia... 44% :D the sizing makes it much harder
1:38... I've already started shouting NOOO.
Good effort, Ian. I can ace the European countries in about 3 minutes or so when they’re all in they’re proper places and normal scales, but when they’re just randomised like that first game I still got quite a few wrong. No shame at all in your score, and if you look at the end result again you did actually identify most of the countries. It’s just that you needed extra guesses for some of them and that reduced your score overall. I think that game was damn hard and you did pretty well. Now if you want to stretch yourself why not try the Australian cities quiz on that site. They’ve got an easy one and a hard one, but I reckon a bloke like you would be up for the trickier challenge and dive right in. On the other hand I’ve lived here for over 15 years and I can’t get them all right.😊
Nice video. I'm always glad to see an American who is aware of the planet Earth etc :)
Btw, there is one mistake.
There is NO such a so called country called "kosovo".
Kosovo and Metohija IS, WAS, and FOREVER WILL BE a heart of Serbia.
Keep up good work!
You did better than many Europans would..!! That first test especially was not easy. Im from Finland and i'd Be scared to do that and try to get over 50% 😂
Just outlines scaled to the same size is wild, probably wouldn't get 100% either, at least they were rotated right... You did super well on the regular map though! On US maps I sometimes mix up Nebraska & Kansas ;; Mississippi & Alabama ;; Delaware & Maryland & New Jersey ;; Vermont & New Hampshire, not sure why but it is what it is. I'm super bad at Central Africa and -stan countries though. No need to feel humiliated, you're looking to learn, that's all that matters.
You did extremely good with the borderlines in my opinion. I am guessing that even many european people would Not have done better. Greetings from Germany!
to be honest, he clicked on the wrong ones at least 15 times on countries he already clicked on before (so he knew the names already) , so his short time memory is a bit fuzzy
Really good done. Kind regards from switzerland
As a European, gonna agree that the outline mode is crazy hard. The big countries are definitely easy there (Germany, France, UK, Spain, etc). The microstates (Luxembourg, Andorra, Monaco, etc) I had no idea about the shape of either. Trying it blind without watching your video, I'd guess I'd probably get around 60-70% as I know what the mid-size countries like Austria, Moldova & the Baltic countries look like.
Don't feel bad about that one, it's crazy.
When you do stuff like that, please link it in the description for those who want to play along and are too lazy to google 😀 Found it though and yeah it's really hard. Especially the small countries, where it's near impossible to make out the shape when you only know them from a normal map with all their larger neighbors and the entire country being pretty much covered by the caption text.
no rotation, but since the size are normalized, and we lost all information for relation, it is super hard for some. and you started with a less friendly one.
Congratulations! You did it well.
You did well, young Padawan. You did really well. Outlines are horrible.
Be proud, I've put some friends up to this quiz (even the full map one), and not all got as much right as you did. (speaking from Portugal)
I tried this before watching you play (paused) and got 37% in 11minutes and 3 seconds. One or two I should've got that I didn't, but I figure not too bad. Though that's before seeing how you do.
Well done. I knew Malta and Cyprus, and knew what Iceland looked like. Ireland I didn't get. just looks so different without N. Ireland. Maybe I rushed a bit too much.
58% in 5:13 with the map.
And wow... shows how much you've learned doing this channel. Especially since, since school, a lot of countries have changed, stopped existing, borders have changed, changed names, been created, split etc... All added to.. .well, you tend to learn those relevant to yourself, right? That said, I should have got Estonia and Lithuania and I misremembered them as being further south.
The main one, I would be disappointed with 90%! But the outlines version was fairly tricky...
No worries, Ian, this is the really hard level. Just the outlines themselves is bad enough if they were to scale. But the randomized scaling makes this disproportionately more difficult.
Imagine trying to name all 50 states if they were completely randomized in size and not shown at even a relative position to each other. Heck, make that even 30 out of 50 states. That's truly difficult.
I flubbed it many times myself, and as a HOI4 player I pride myself on recognizing most European internal borders just by shape.
I’ve tried the U.S. states version and got 53%. Interestingly, I often picked neighbouring states: North vs South Carolina, Kentucky vs Tennessee.
It's crazy how many times you were saying 'I have no idea where it is' while ponting right at the thing. In both challanges.
Don't worry about the first one! Most Europeans wouldn't do it better! And even the second test was above average! I couldn't have done it better. You did great! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I had to learn the eastern european ones myself. When i grew up it was all still soviet union. But now i recognize the baltics and moldowa etc. I wouldnt expect an american to know moldowa or north macedonia.
I tried the us states quiz a few times and i can usually get around 75% right. The east coast is pretty tricky.
The asian quiz i get ususlly right but in central africa im totally lost, same with central america
"the colors are throwing me off because i feel like only trying to click the green ones" As you should!
this quiz was free for me i could immediately tell every country and i dont even know much about geography idk why some europeans in the comments say they got trouble with this
I am 75 and live in Sweden. University educated and has traveled around Europe, but! I can't manage to point out ALL the countries on a blind map. Passed 89% (ish). That "map", the outlines of countries, you tested, I only passed 40%. Who makes this up to make me look 'bad' ? ;)
This is a pretty fun quiz! Can't wait for the US States version: Which state is this square?
They're not all on the same scale, which makes this quiz quite difficult, even for europeans
To be fair I would recognise 1/4 or 1/5th of states in this scale. As the european this quiz is super-easy for me but when we transferred the same problem to the U.S. territory recognition would be extremely difficult having in mind those rectangular borders and lack of scale references.
even i as a germany am having difficulty with the shapes, mainly because the proportions are almost completely wrong
that was really hard. the shapes out of context and proportion make it tough. the only help is the rotation is correct
I feel like IWrocker needs to play a few more games of Earths of Iron! :)
0:30 They didnt teach us that in England either, but most of us know it well enough.
It's a bit easier when you use the neighboring countries. For example, I know the rough shape of Lithuania but can't be sure which one it is exactly. So I looked for Latvia (which has a distinct shape and has a similar size) and matched its border with Lithuania.
How does the outline one work on America? Some of em are just rectangles.
Coastlines are easier to remember than landlocked borders. And some countries have their outline on their flag.
It's indeed a lot harder with all the proportions. Think I'd not fare better with an US state outline quiz. Again coastlines would give some away, but the inner states might be more difficult.
Yeah, I would probably fail this (Geman). Czech Republic... I know where it is, but would have to puzzle out that western border...
I think u did pretty good… even me as European had a hard time finding some of These Country 😅
I'm Europe and I wouldn't get them right either,extremely hard when
the proportions are not correct, so you did really well.
Not bad, that's hard even for Europeans (especially cause some small countries and the micro-state).
Even as a European with decent geographical knowledge and several years of playing GeoGuessr that outlines quiz is very difficult, I could maybe get half of them right if even.
Great job ! The shape of the countries its more harder Than the location. Heheheh
To be fair. I consider myself well educated in Geography and I would have failed as well. As you said, it is so much harder, when they are not on a map.
In the beginning of the video i was like ”i will know every of them”. When the actual game started i was like ”hey this is illegal”😂
The North American version of the second quiz is a fun challenge.
After watching you do it, I honestly don’t think I could do any better than you mate. 😂 Infact possibly worse lol
Even as a European who had to find all the countries and capitals on a map, the first one was very hard. Not helped by the fact that when I was in school long ago, some of these countries weren't even independent.
Interesting quiz, i see this the first time and propably the Italian foot and the Hungarian fancy badge or breaded meat the most recognisable shape. More unique and not like a big painted spray effect and propably not matter how big on the map.
I couldn't get any of the eastern European countries but I'm very familiar with nearly all the western countries. The sizes were confusing. The map quiz was much easier, as you found out.
I'd like to see how good a European would be with US states. I think I'd get at least 50%.
I can place every European country on a map. But the rescaling makes this a really tough quiz.
9:55 " This is Germany..."
Here we go again boys.
Very very respectable performance. Almost too perfect.... I've got suspicions
Gday Ian. The Bathurst 12 hour for 2024 is livestreaming on RUclips now for practice and qualifying. Some support races for historic sports cars from the fifties and sixties too.
Ian, I wouldn't get it managed better than you.
Greetings from a 70yo German ...
You know what, I am from Switzerland but the first part is hard even for us, you did good, second part anyway 👍
Man, as a European I stopped the video to try it myself (even though I chose a similar one where you have to scroll up and down through a list of outlines, which was annoying), and I couldn't do better than 56% in 15 minutes flat. The standardized sizes make it really hard, and I couldn't recognize most Eastern European countries and microstates either, and there's a lot of those.
I was disappointed you couldn't get Denmark though, since it has such a distinctive shape (+islands). And as a Dutch person, Holland is annoying in these because they've colored our inland waters as land (even what was formerly the sea, now a lake) and don't show our island off the Northern coast, so the shape looks a bit different than how I know it.
Also I don't know about redeeming yourself, I tried the second one you did too, and 100%ed it in 1m50s, I guess I know countries as how they're placed in relation to each other better than the outlines, in addition to probably getting lucky with the smaller Balkan countries once or twice. The outlines are just pretty brutal.