Hmm, looking at the first website, maybe I've jumped the gun! The Wikipedia entry is more equivocal, though it's interesting that they're sticking with the Czech Republic main title (mind you, they've also stuck with Ivory Coast despite international adoption of Côte d'Ivoire)
Wikipedia formerly used Cote d'Ivoire as the title but then changed it to Ivory Coast. I might change the official JetPunk name to Ivory Coast at some point too.
But the former president made it Côte d'Ivoire in every language. I think someone from Wiki is unaware of it. Similarly, Liechtenstein has done the same: if someone changed the Wikipedia page to Lichtenstein, Timor-Leste, or Cabo Verde, would you follow?
Old discussion, but the Ivory Coast president doesn't authority over every language. However Moldova was successful in persuading at least the English speaking world to use the Romanian name.
Of course the Ivorian government (not its president) doesn't have authority over every language - but it does have authority over its own name, and it has declared that its name is Côte d'Ivoire. (It's a moot point in this quiz, though, because both answers have two words, and they're both accepted). In my opinion though (and I've said this before) I feel it is culturally arrogant, and just damn rude, to try to impose a different name on a person or country when they have made it clear they do not wish to be known by any other name. "I'm John" "OK, I'll call you Juan because in my language that's how we say it".
I thought of the US and UK, but expected that they would be considered to have three words, not two. I tried them by nickname "usa" and "uk" and it didn't work. Well, then.
United states is four words, united states of america, timor-leste is also east timor which is not seperated by a dash, so it's two words. I don't think Guinea-bissau is technically two words, but creative quiz tho
A tad frustrating with the ambiguities in names. Sao Tome works in the countries of the world quiz, but isn't considered two words here. USA (acronym for 3 words) also works in the countries of the world quiz, but is considered just 2 words here. Two words are sufficient in the countries of the world quiz to enter St. Kitts and St Vincent, but are not included here. And why spell out UK? Not needed in the, sigh, countries of the world quiz. I like the quiz - makes you think - but needs to tie in better to that quiz I've already mentioned too many times!
Yeah of course, I meant that it's 3 words in English and that's what matters, not the Serbian name. Then I explained why someone might think it's 2 words.
Which bit of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is two words!?
Even if you go for the commonly abbreviated "The U.K " does the "the" suddenly not count? "The UK" also does not include Northern Ireland, which is part of Britain, which "The UK" is commonly an accepted type in for.
Can't agree on "US" being an acceptable answer. The country's name is "The United States of America" even if you're ignoring the "the" that STILL isn't two words.
You need to specify in the instructions that you are making an exception for these two. As someone else pointed out Sao Tome et principe is almost uniformly known as "Sao Tome" yet it isn't accepted.
It's a great idea for a quiz, but you have huge consistency issues.
well the instructions clearly say it's like in the JetPunk countries of the world quiz. It's not inconsistent just silly, I agree it's waaay more common to sometimes use the short versions of St Kitts, St Vincent, Sao Tome etc than avoiding USA.
Geez, this quiz is in contention for the "Worst nitpicking comments" award. Jerry928, you have the patience of a saint (or maybe not and it just seems that way). :-)
Accepts "Macedonia" for North Macedonia, but must type out United States, United Kingdom and Vatican City. In "Countries of the World" US, UK and Vatican are accepted.
Still, it's true that some countries are commonly called with their articles (plural ones like the Philippines and the Netherlands), while others are not (I've never heard of "the" Ukraine or "the" Gambia).
We place the article "the" in front of countries that are also geographical entities; thus "the Gambia" refers to the river and nation, "the Netherlands" refers to the lowlands and nation, etc. "The Ukraine" is contentious among Ukrainians as they seem to think its attempt to designate it as a geographical entity not a nation.
In addition to saying as they appear in countries of the world quiz, how about give examples: one correct and one incorrect. This was very confusing, but can be a great quiz otherwise!
Is there a reason why El Salvador counts but The Gambia, The Netherlands, etc do not? I assume articles within country names are not dropped (like Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Trinidad and Tobago) because the article is part of the official name and not just convention. Is "El" part of the official name of El Salvador? Articles do seem to be treated as more important in Spanish sometimes... or is it just because it gets alphabetized under "E" on Jetpunk?
The amount of comments from people who fail to read the instructions has been, in this quiz, beyond belief. Please. Read. The. Instructions. The instructions here state we require short forms of country names as they appear in the Countries of the World quiz. Then we put that in bold. Then we underlined it. And still people aren't getting the message. Dan and I have had a chat about this, and we've decided to de-feature this quiz, which might tame down some of these weird and wonderful postings.
USA should NOT be here. This countries' name is United States of America. If countries like Bosnia ("Bosnia and Herzegovina") and Vatican City (Which is "Vatican" for normal usage) are being included, than USA needs absolutely not to be included here.
I don't have a problem with United States and United Kingdom being on the list. However, I do have a problem with "US" and "UK" not being accepted as abbreviations for them.
Great quiz, is there enough countries to do one for those with more than two words in the official name? You ask for them to be typed in full, and UK, USA and DR don't work - but NZ, ROK and DPRK did work, in case you want to omit those type ins?
oh wow! I didn't think it could be done! Not only have you made a quiz where "United States" isn't the most-guessed answer, but you've actually managed to make one where it's the LEAST-guessed answer. That's incredible!
Love your quizzes Jerry, and maybe this is a fault of the Countries of the World quiz, but I believe The Gambia and the Bahamas are the only countries to have The in its short name.
Wikipedia has The Gambia as the title, whereas it's just Philippines etc. for other "The" countries
Please accept the standard Jetpunk type-ins for some of these countries (nz for New Zealand, uk for United Kingdom, dr for Dominican Republic, ksa for Saudi Arabia, usa for United States).
"Cape Verde", "East Timor" and "Ivory Coast" are how they appear in COTW. "Côte d'Ivoire" is 3 words anyway so goodness knows why it would be included like that.
The quiz accepts "Vatican" on its own.
Did the quiz get changed after being de-featured? Maybe change the instructions if so, it's a bit of a mess as it is and inviting more complaints...
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http://www.czech.cz/en/Home-en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic
Even if you go for the commonly abbreviated "The U.K " does the "the" suddenly not count? "The UK" also does not include Northern Ireland, which is part of Britain, which "The UK" is commonly an accepted type in for.
Can't agree on "US" being an acceptable answer. The country's name is "The United States of America" even if you're ignoring the "the" that STILL isn't two words.
You need to specify in the instructions that you are making an exception for these two. As someone else pointed out Sao Tome et principe is almost uniformly known as "Sao Tome" yet it isn't accepted.
It's a great idea for a quiz, but you have huge consistency issues.
I feel like with all the technicalities that gets confusing.
Wikipedia has The Gambia as the title, whereas it's just Philippines etc. for other "The" countries
you say the united kindom
united states of america
so...?
Dominican republic is usually called dr so just a heads up
The definite article is an official part of both of those names, whereas it isn't part of names like "Netherlands" or "United Kingdom".
Please accept type-ins like UK, USA and DR for the United Kingdom, United States and Democratic Republic.
The quiz accepts "Vatican" on its own.
Did the quiz get changed after being de-featured? Maybe change the instructions if so, it's a bit of a mess as it is and inviting more complaints...