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Four Letter Geography #1

Can you guess these geographic answers that are only four letters long?
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Last updated: October 12, 2017
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First submittedJune 2, 2014
Times taken67,577
Average score70.8%
Rating4.67
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One of the Great Lakes
Erie
South American country
Peru
Island country of Oceania
Fiji
Irish name for Ireland
Éire
Country whose capital is Bamako
Mali
It's usually considered to be the
longest river in the world
Nile
U.S. state with the most Mormons
Utah
Country located in Indochina
Laos
Switzerland's de-facto capital
Bern
Island on which Jakarta is located
Java
Japan's highest mountain
Fuji
Small U.S. territory located between
Japan and Papua New Guinea
Guam
Hint
Answer
Asia's second largest desert
Gobi
Togo's capital
Lomé
Country ruled by Fidel Castro for
more than 50 years
Cuba
Most active volcano in Europe
Etna
Island to which Napoleon was exiled
Elba
Country whose name ends in Q
Iraq
Samoa's capital
Apia
Norway's capital
Oslo
Italy's capital
Rome
Island on which Honolulu is located
Oahu
U.S. state whose capital is Des Moines
Iowa
"Country" of 1,681 residents in
free association with New Zealand
Niue
54 Comments
rawe
+4
Level 66
Apr 2, 2015
Great quiz! Only missed Oahu :(
ChocolateMoose
+1
Level 29
Nov 26, 2015
I just guessed Oahu
rgoljovic
+2
Level 58
Oct 31, 2016
2:13 left... First time...
LyRiKH
+3
Level 51
Dec 22, 2016
2.51 left. Had to think about Pacific territory of NZ for a moment...and I'm a Kiwi!
Jeremy
+5
Level 74
Jan 31, 2018
It took me five tries to spell it - too many vowels!
Smarterthantheaverage
+3
Level 59
Oct 12, 2018
I'm a Kiwi too and completely blanked on it! Only one I missed!
ing
+1
Level 72
Apr 24, 2020
Hey, your prime minister's family lived there at one point, and she visits frequently.
promastermage
+1
Level 64
Oct 10, 2017
Italy's capita – missing l
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 10, 2017
Fixed
nicdog
+10
Level 61
Oct 10, 2017
niue is not a country, check your own country quiz
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Oct 10, 2017
It's a country. It's not an independent country.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Oct 11, 2017
Flying from NZ to Niue you leave Auckland through the international terminal, not the domestic, go through customs at both ends, and New Zealanders (who supposedly are the reason for Niue "not being independent") get a 30-day entry stamp, "employment prohibited". Nobody in New Zealand - who of all people should know - considers Niue not to be independent.
vomitingdiamonds
+10
Level 81
Jan 29, 2018
In reply to Jerry I'm from NZ and I don't think Niue is independent. It's got limited internal self-rule but is part of NZ, just like the Cooks and Tokelau. Limited internal self-rule is not the same as independence. I also don't think you can call it a country.
Kontio100
+11
Level 52
Jan 29, 2018
Nice quiz. I think it would be better to call Niue someway else than just country. I was just going trough countries of the world 196.
vindem
+7
Level 66
Jan 29, 2018
Exactly, the same here... been going through all the [independent] countries in the 5 thousand mile radius around NZ
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Oct 23, 2019
This is almost as fun as the argument that gets shot down every time people from England and Scotland cry they're a country.

But in reverse.

rlindwal
+5
Level 63
Apr 23, 2020
As a law grad with a certificate in international & comparative law, it's definitely safe to call it a country. The definition of the word doesn't rely on other jetpunk quizzes =P
JackintheBox
+3
Level 78
Apr 23, 2020
Just like England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
JudgeRudy
+4
Level 66
Apr 23, 2020
Independence debate aside, it still causes confusion and I agree that it's inclusion, as worded and not disclaimed in instructions, is a bit problematic. The 196 quiz isn't called "Independent Countries of the World"; it's called "Countries of the World". And the point isn't whether the term "country" as applied to Niue, is accurate or inaccurate in a vaccum - the point is whether it causes confusion and/or is otherwise problematic in its use on a Jetpunk quiz for Jetpunk users (thus its inconsistency with other Jetpunk quizzes or terminology is absolutely the issue, not what it is "safe" to call it generally).
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Apr 26, 2020
Niue is a country, like England is.
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Oct 11, 2017
Lomé has an acute above the e.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 12, 2017
Added
Algernon
+1
Level 72
Oct 11, 2017
Good quiz
sulfuratus
+1
Level 66
Jan 29, 2018
Isn't the Stromboli the most active European volcano? I mean, it was clear which one was asked for due to the number of letters, but I'd recommend changing the clue to something uncontroversial like “tallest active volcano in Europe”.
jdmorgan
+6
Level 43
Jan 29, 2018
Irish name for Ireland = home :)
BlackLab
+7
Level 65
Apr 11, 2019
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, they simply said "ours".
sambadojazz
+1
Level 54
Apr 23, 2020
You win the internets.
ammo55
+10
Level 47
Jan 30, 2018
I got Fiji because I misspelled Fuji
ZedeFire
+1
Level 34
Jul 14, 2022
Unbelievable!
CardinalV
+1
Level 62
Jan 30, 2018
Missed out on Iowa but got the rest.
IntelVoid
+2
Level 66
Jan 31, 2018
I accidentally got Togo's capital while guessing Samoa's. I guess it was in my head somewhere.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 75
Nov 9, 2018
Actually, CA has the most Mormons and Idaho has the highest percentage, just Utah is where they settled
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Mar 7, 2020
What? No. This is easily verifiable information. Utah has by the far the highest Mormon population both in absolute numbers and per-capita.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics_(United_States)

pyrophilic
+1
Level 47
Apr 19, 2022
not to be that guy, but wiki isn't the best source. Also Hines is right
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 11, 2024
You are being that guy, sorry. Wikipedia isn't always the best source but it certainly beats unsourced assertions.
BigLaing
+3
Level 67
Jun 2, 2022
The quizmaster is right on this one 100%.

Fun Fact - Samoa is 60% Mormon.

Wiremu
+1
Level 56
Feb 24, 2020
I wonder how many people accidentally get Eire from misspelling Erie
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Apr 18, 2020
Or vice versa?
Sifhraven
+3
Level 68
Apr 18, 2020
Ah you slipped in between ;) I had written my comment about an hour or so ago, but was also watching tv, (and was going offsite to check to make sure I really was right about the pronunciations (never heared lake Erie being pronounced) so it took a while to post (happens often with me, I start writing a comment, go to another site to make sure what I am saying is correct and sometimes get distracted along the way. Like you look up the background of one ancient god and suddenly you are reading mythology sites for hours an even forget you were in the middle of writing a comment haha)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 68
Apr 18, 2020
Or the other way around.. In both cases I don't think it will be many. (typo's can obviously always happen, but misspelling is not too likely, people that know Eire would not spell Erie and I doubt that those who know Erie would spell it as Eire. The two are pronounced completely different.)
sambadojazz
+1
Level 54
Apr 23, 2020
Two things (that I know of) help with quizzes like this: (1) Being an amateur radio operator, since, WAY before the internet, we as kids all over the world were geography experts because of our hobby and (B) being in the military, from whatever country, helps with the travel costs to visit some of these places. :D
sambadojazz
+1
Level 54
Apr 23, 2020
(Standing by to see if anyone caught the Caddyshack reference in my post.)
solis
+1
Level 85
Nov 30, 2020
I thought Niue is not a country....
goofycritter
+1
Level 29
Oct 26, 2021
Same
PopcornLord
+1
Level 55
Mar 21, 2022
Niue now had 1,626
ZedeFire
+1
Level 34
Jul 14, 2022
Fuji isn't the correct name of the mount. It's Fujiyama.
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Jul 14, 2022
Except it's not. The Japanese don't call it Fujiyama (they call it Fuji-san, employing the honorific).
daraconn
+2
Level 58
Jul 14, 2022
The "san" in Fuji-san is not the honorific. It is one pronunciation of the character 山 meaning "mountain".
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 58
Jul 14, 2022
It's a mountain, not a mount. It's not supposed to hold anything.

And although "Fujiyama" is also used as a name for this specific mountain, Fuji is a correct name (and the most widely used one).

luxwoodflowerpod
+1
Level 32
Aug 8, 2022
'Niue' is not a country according to the jetpunk list of countries. please check this in the future, thanks love
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Jan 22, 2023
It's not a sovereign nation. It's a country in free association, like it says in the description. There are a number of countries that aren't sovereign nations. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, for instance. Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten are the four countries that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Greenland and Denmark are the two countries that make up the Danish Realm or Kingdom of Denmark. New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue are the three countries that make up the Realm of New Zealand.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
Jan 29, 2023
great quiz
DawnX
+1
Level 51
May 19, 2023
am i the only one who thinks st helena should be accepted
Aoto327
+1
Level 69
Feb 16, 2024
23/24, only missed Niue.
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