American Plays Guess the Country! (Level: Easy)

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[@SoGal_YT]

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[@steved6092]

43✔ ... had to turn sound off because you were quicker ... next level ?

[@williebauld1007]

The Spanish islands off the coast of Africa are the Canary Islands, the two islands off the coat of Italy are Sicily and Sardinia, sorry but the Poland one made me laugh 👍🏻

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

You get an A- with 90% correct answers, something amazing for an American. I missed Finland and Kazakhstan my self, with a question mark on Thailand, because I recognized it after you did.

[@commandergreetv753]

Well, I have all points. But that may be because I'm a history/geography nerd...

[@mlittlemlittle2966]

@@steved6092 for her credit, sogal is usually good at remembering linking the original video in the description to prewatch. Good for supporting the original video's creator, good for non distraction for the viewer, definitely good for quizzes

[@mrosenoern]

Greenland is a part of "Rigsfællesskabet" , Kind of a United Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland and the Færøerne. Tjek it out

[@mickg8306]

Correct, Donald Trump tried to buy it, then had a hissy fit when he was told NO!....

[@flopjul3022]

it is like scotland to the UK and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten towards the Netherlands. More impendent the a province but not a country of itself

[@runethfc]

Det hedder Faroe Islands på Engelsk

[@SylviusTheMad]

Though, oddly, they didn't shade the French overseas territories, even though those are France. People forget France has a land border with Brazil.

[@MsZelda84]

@@SylviusTheMad And I would even add that this is the longest land border that France has. the second longest one being with Belgium

[@Ayns.L14A]

I bet while trying to remember Madagascar all that was going through your head was "I like to move it, move it"

[@mauriciofernandez3843]

Same here... King Julien dancing in my head...

[@davebirch1976]

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[@aceofspoons8382]

'Pengiuns of ?..............' 'Goddamn it'

[@RustyDust101]

Wave and smile, boys, wave and smile.

[@Bobahat]

Greenland and the Faroe Islands are part of the Kingdom of Denmark, although both have home rule.

[@davidcook7887]

I thought Trump had bought them when he was not at the summit.

[@Sweeney541]

@@davidcook7887 He wanted to buy Greenland, but Denmark refused to sell - resulting in him cancelling his trip to Denmark. (tbh most of us didn't want him here anyway)

[@carolinekofahl8867]

@@Sweeney541 and as Mr Trump didn't show up the Queen went back to plan A, and had an audience (where she receive Danes who have something to thank for - like a medal 😊👑)

[@q2yogurt]

@@davidcook7887 he thought so too

[@karcistthurgy3025]

Greenland is Denmarks climate change backup plan. If Denmark is in danger of getting flooded out they'll move to the big island

[@Dutchviking89]

Shows The Netherlands SoGal: "Thats Belgium" Me: "Angry Dutch noices"

[@jarvis7472]

North-Belgium*

[@metalvideos1961]

@@jarvis7472 if any belgium is south Netherlands since it was part of the Netherlands.

[@Frahamen]

@@metalvideos1961 Netherlands is north Belgium, Luxemburg is south Belgium

[@k.v.7681]

@@metalvideos1961 By those standards the Netherlands is Spain...

[@metalvideos1961]

@@Frahamen yeah well you can say it like that as well.

[@WKogut]

Greenland is an autonomous theritory of Denmark. Also that two islands bring the part of Italy are Sardinia (the upper one) and Sicily (the lower one). And it's weird you didn't know about the Balkan part of Turkey - it's when their most famous city, Istanbul is.

[@TukikoTroy]

LOL yes, Trump tried to buy Greenland from Denmark... Hilarious. I think the other one mentioned is the Faeroe Islands.

[@m0nte1ro]

do you mean constantinople?

[@BoldRam]

Just awesome!! You are singlehandedly dispelling the 'ignorant American' myth.

[@BoldRam]

And FYI Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark which is why it was highlighted as well.

[@atlasdata7739]

For an American she is great at geography. Most humans would get more wrong, even smart people sometimes are not good at geography. I find fun.

[@johan.ohgren]

@@atlasdata7739 geography isn't about being smart, it's about being educated.

[@patinho5589]

It’s not a myth though. And she’s not dispelling it. she’s just showing it’s not a rule.. just a trend.

[@estranhokonsta]

@@patinho5589 I am not from anywhere near the US or anything related to it, but in my opinion, and although many of the "ignorant americans" videos out there are obviously propaganda, unfortunately you are probably right about the trend. But she is still doing a great job. Thumbs up for her effort.

[@IgorPPS2]

Greenland is a a autonomous region of the Kigdom of Dennmark.The islands that are highlighted as part os Spain are the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.Of the two islands that are close to Italy, the northen one is Corcega, and is part of France and the southern one is Sardinia, part of Italy. Hope it helps you with your questions

[@AlejandroPRGH]

"Corcega" is called Corsica in English. That's where Napoleon was from.

[@v3k1tg]

it’s Corsica

[@jonasfermefors]

That's just because those stubborn Danes wouldn't give it to the US when Trump requested it.

[@v3k1tg]

@@jonasfermefors why are you mad about a piece of ice

[@jonasfermefors]

@@v3k1tg That was a joke. Mocking Trump's strange play for Greenland.

[@alexj9603]

After all these "as an American I should know this", I was a bit surprised that it took you so long to recognize Vietnam.

[@migueldias17]

well, that's a thing they not want to remember

[@captainchaos3667]

In my experience there are two kinds of Americans. The well educated ones like you are typically excellent at geography; better than me, and I consider myself well educated.

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

I have never met an American, who is excellent at geography. Some, who are well educated, know a thing or two about geography, mostly the countries they have backpacked through.

[@Luredreier]

Yeah, I'm impressed by her. I beat her score, but honestly I probably know more then average number of countries. And I know for sure that she knows enough to beat plenty of us here in Europe.

[@AFVEH]

@@Luredreier I don't think so, I'm European, got them all and I don't consider myself to be someone who knows geography more than the average person. All the countries shown there were must-know countries in my opinion. Only countries I would consider normal to not be sure about are Sub-Saharan countries all the rest should be known.

[@k.v.7681]

@@AFVEH To europeans. I'm european too, but I have to admit I would see limited use for americans to be able to place the Netherlands on a map, or the intricacies of every former yougoslavia country. And few are the europeans that would be able to place every country in Africa, or identify every island nation in the Pacific. Sure it's mind-blowing that some americans can't even place China or Germany, but her degree of familiarity is to be noted.

[@PandaJohns]

through the life u pull every day the basics of geography. u cant just be blind to this.

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

3:32 Canada is the second biggest country in the world, but that map projection skews the size a lot.

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

6:04 that’s because Morocco claims all of west Sahara and some countries recognize the claim, others don’t

[@istrysii]

no Canada is the 2rd only ... Russia is ALOT bigger in landmass !

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

​@@istrysii I said canada was the second biggest lol

[@istrysii]

@@kaiserreichempireofohio834 is Canada really a place too ... =D ... im making fun with you ... FN and NAto maps says Canada ... is 2, if u use space pic maps ... China is 2 ... becouse if you say "Landmass " is it not ice with Water under ... if you look at Denmark ... we are tiny ... but in geographic size we are the 12 largest !

[@kaiserreichempireofohio834]

@@istrysii ah i see lol

[@JoanieAdamms]

The island to the west of Italy is Sardinia you may remember from your Napoleon series, now a part of Italy, Corsica to the North of that island, Napoleons birth place and a part of France, and the Island to the south of Italy is Sicily

[@melodiemalone2317]

One of this island (on the top) it s corsica. Corsica is French island

[@JoanieAdamms]

@@melodiemalone2317 I was waiting for someone to add that in

[@MarkVrem]

The family of monarchs that ruled Italy from 1849 to the end of WW2, was born in Turin in Northern Italy. But back then that was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia the island.

[@peterkragelund4794]

@@melodiemalone2317 And where Napoleon was from.

[@Thunderworks]

@@JoanieAdamms spreading misinformation and waiting someone to reacts, it's called trolling

[@user-rp6tr5ft6n]

The Spanish islands off the African coast are the Canary Islands, Spain also have like 4 enclaves straight in Moroccan territory, the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as 2 smaller islands.

[@nicka3697]

Bonus question which creature are the Canary Islands named after?

[@090giver090]

Hint: this question is easier if you know latin ;)

[@shakya00]

@@nicka3697 after the Canary, a bird which originate from these Islands.

[@Martin_Daniel]

@@shakya00 Nope, they are named after dogs (dog, canem in Latin).

[@shakya00]

@@Martin_Daniel Oh fu*k, you are right. The bird was named AFTER the Canary Islands not the other way around. And thanks for giving the answer, I forgot about that.

[@adrianjugado6987]

You are really Great at this!!

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!

[@stephendavies1585]

you did very well, as i expected you would. loved the other video today as well thanks.

[@decam5329]

Weird thing happened at work today, 112 year old woman slapped her face and moaned 'Poland, Poland!' before slipping away.

[@andrewcomerford9411]

The island off Italy is Sardinia, the one in black next to it is Corsica, birthplace of Napoleon. Greenland technically belongs to Denmark, which is mostly that cluster of islands, the Jutland peninsula is only a small part of the country.

[@N0031inq]

well the Jutes would say they are the most important part of Danmark haha

[@user-xq4or4zf5s]

Great Job & nice Video!😊 Liked & Subscribed!👍🏻

[@johnbaxter8569]

Good fun... I love geography and history too plus ancestry which has taught me so much about how people use to live... Thanks for the uploads...

[@lalitpradhan7270]

Good videos, I always watch before I go to sleep.

[@kristoffer-2614]

12:11 those islands down by Morocco is the Canary Islands and those in the Mediterranian are the Balearic Islands. Both of whom are tourist hotspots for northern Europeans like Germans, Swedes, Danes etcetera

[@unwokeneuropean3590]

Croatia has such a special shape its hard to mess it up.

[@svetoslavstanchev9977]

Especially with Kosovo...

[@AUTO6]

For me Croatia looks like dragon

[@pauloliver8130]

Well done. Impressed

[@pianoman1857]

“Français” is the adjective for the language or the nationality. The country’s name is “France” :) Edit : « la France » more precisely

[@charlestaylor3027]

in French the countries name is Le France.

[@maxzalcman9305]

@@charlestaylor3027 No. It's la France

[@innercircle341]

No it's the NOUN

[@markwilliamson2864]

I detect the subtle influence of Al Murray in the comment on the video.😊

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@markwilliamson2864 - ‘THE France’!

[@alonsoquirosgranados7568]

You did it incredible good wow I'm impressed😁

[@pumagutten]

You did well, SoGal! Obviously Poland was a bummer for you. Greetings from a Norwegian who got them all!

[@martinwebb4897]

Certainly looking forward to the next 2 but very enjoyable. In 2019 I played the Geography quiz at the European Quiz Championships in Bulgaria and it was brutal beyond compare 17/50.

[@eddieboy4667]

You must be the geography geek of USA. I’m well impressed !

[@melkor3496]

Can’t wait for you to do harder ones this was wayy to easy.

[@dave_h_8742]

Always have trouble with Kazakhstan and the womble countries.

[@user-fo2ik1vt4b]

Put some respect on this lady, you rarely see americans knowing the countries of the world this well on the map

[@jamiengo2343]

@@user-fo2ik1vt4b and Kazakhstan was realllly challenging. I’m not great on the Central Asia region and all the -stans

[@MarkVrem]

@@jamiengo2343 It's probably easy for anyone born after the year 2000. By then most maps and stuff would have been updated and stuff, and it is a massive land mass.

[@abysswatcher9172]

I always have trouble with most of Africa and the balkans along with the central asian -stans

[@Richard_Jones]

I was playing along but I gave up because you're so good! Not being sarcastic at all, you've done your homework.

[@mannym7849]

I got all 50, you did exceptionally well getting only 5 wrong. Well done and sending you and Roger a massive HIGH 5 🙌🏻🙌🏻 ❤️ your channel, keep up the excellent content!

[@Avatar2312]

Western Sahara is contested and there are disputes about international recognition, that's why it is highlighted with Morocco. Interestingly northern Cyprus is not highlighted the same way with Turkey. The island north of the UK are the Faroer Islands, which are part of the autonomous regions of Denmark. Also: 100%, but it is very easy if you have the rest of the map to get geographical context (like relative size and location on the planet). It is way more difficult if you just get the country borders and no additional information.

[@stevenbi7495]

I'm looking forward to those small countries ones! Also Greenland and Faroe islands are part of Denmark.

[@rubberyowen1469]

love your videos and your enthusiasm. I have also learnt a lot of things from watching here in the U.K. Obviously you have heard of the Falkands war 1982, the only war after WW2 on land sea and air and I would love to hear your comments on the Conflict. Thank's 👍

[@tonys1636]

Never officially a war, just an incident in the official government records. Typical understatement. War was never declared on Argentina, just reclaiming British property that the Argentines tried to take away from us.

[@rubberyowen1469]

@@tonys1636 It has been officially been declared as the Falklands war. The Argentinians did actually take the Falklands from us at one point not just tried. I did say it was a conflict. Take care.

[@itsNNAU]

Thanks for playing along! :)

[@P99s-s]

Greenland is highlighted as Denmark as they have a complicated type of self rule arrangement with Denmark and if I remember correctly Denmark essentially still takes care of diplomacy for them Also F for Poland, I can’t blame you, I mean they haven’t been on the map for like 80% of the last 300 years i guess, can’t find Poland when studying ww1

[@dave_h_8742]

Svalbard too ?

[@P99s-s]

@@dave_h_8742 those islands belong to Norway my guy, I got no idea how they handle it, but given its population is way lower and half is like scientists and stuff I think they are ruled pretty directly

[@MarkVrem]

Trump wanted to buy Greenland, but Denmark said NO.

[@brunoss.3273]

@@MarkVrem or trade it with Puerto Rico... was that a brain fart.

[@glastonbury4304]

Yeah but so covered in all the WW2 videos 🤣...just sayin' 🤣...I'm naughty I know!!

[@bushchat28d]

That was fun! I got them all and most of the ones you didnt get I only got because I'd been there :-) By far the best I've ever seen someone from the US identifing countries so well done you! I'm looking forward to the other two categories too! :-)

[@ryanfrancis827]

Sorry for this being so unrelated but there’s a really great video by Historia Civilis called “Peace? - 1814”. It’d be awesome to see what you think of it! Great video btw 👍

[@jamesfielding1238]

Great score !!!

[@tiluriso]

6:30 -The Island of Sicily became part of ancient Rome sometime in the 2nd century BCE, if I'm not mistaken (used to be essentially a Greek/Phoenician colony) PS: The other island further to the left is Sardinia, also part of Italy. 6:45 - the 'finger' of Turkey is essentially on the western side of the Bosphorus Strait, and geophysically speaking in South Eastern Europe. There lies Turkey's capital Istambul, which used to belong to the Eastern Catholic Church and the old Byzantine Empire, and used to be called 'Constantinople'. 12:00 - The Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa also belong to Spain.

[@bouli3576]

The capital of Turkey is Ankara, not Istambul.

[@tiluriso]

@@bouli3576 Is that so? Then I stand corrected. I might have know that years ago and forgotten about it, (since i used to be pretty good w/ countries and their capitals, back when i was younger)...I also feel the because Istambul is Turkey's largest and most famous city, I naturally assumed it was the official seat of government. Thanks for reminding me.

[@michaellord9]

don't forget that this typical map projection distorts country sizes and locations slightly... way to go lass on knowing the countries

[@mtk3755]

Ya I got to know that recently that , Brazil is actually the size of Europe lmao

[@vaudevillian7]

Was about to say the same thing

[@captainchaos3667]

It's more than "slightly". Especially northern regions like Alaska, Canada, Russia and Greenland are _much_ smaller than they appear in the Mercator projection.

[@michaellord9]

@@captainchaos3667 Was trying to convey a sense of restrained proportion but it appears it failed on you skipper...

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

The Mercator projection is less used than it used to be, but for general purposes should probably be going away faster than it is. Without truncation, the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica would have infinite area.

[@chrisshelley3027]

I know that you are kicking yourself over Poland, but you seriously beat me, I've never been too good with geography, actually geography I can do, but I'm not good at countries, I did get Poland, you most definitely had a brain fart there, how you felt about that one I feel like that for so many, you really did so well though, the wars and battles that you are doing has certainly helped you, not to forget that you are intelligent too, it does help. I enjoyed doing this, thank you for taking the time to do it and post it too :)

[@googlyzeyz31]

Well done! You did amazing! And Roger kept very quiet 🤫

[@JoanieAdamms]

Now this is my kind of game, but I got 47, which is decent for us Americans, I got Kazakhstan wrong too, oh and Poland won't be forgotten...

[@bullet1544]

:)

[@smallfan1995]

Same score as You, but I answered wrong on 3 you answered correctly and vice versa. New sub here, btw o/ Greetings from Finland!

[@iainmalcolm9583]

As an American, good that you knew most of the places you've fought with. As a Brit, got them all except Kazakhstan (should have known) because we have probably colonised/invaded/fought with most (if not all) of them.

[@phillee2814]

Same here, and probably mostly for the same reason, although I didn't think we'd been at war with every European country, although that may just mean that my geography is better than my history! It may get very interesting on the more difficult ones.

[@bremCZ]

@@phillee2814 It's much harder to name the countries the UK hasn't been at war with.

[@iainmalcolm9583]

@@phillee2814 Well probably not all countries in the world but we do have a track record of Wars & Empires. And you are probably right. The harder countries will be most of Africa (too many new names from when I was at school). Then the 'stans (can't every name some of them let alone find them on a map) and finally central America/Caribbean. (Know the names of most but they are mostly dots on the map)

[@phillee2814]

@@iainmalcolm9583 Pacific Island nations are going to be tough, too - which dot is Tuvalu, which Fuji, or Tonga, and which Samoa, for example.

[@Luredreier]

3:57 I'm glad to hear that you got Finland right. =) Well done with NSF. ^^

[@brontewcat]

I think you did very well. I missed one or two on my first go.

[@danielberger1378]

Nice video, and you did great btw :-) I got one wrong respectively not in time (Papua New-Guinea), but if we were in a speed contest about who's getting the correct answer FIRST, you'd have probably kicked my ass as you were very fast on most countries.

[@MrGreen1314]

50! Looking forward to he next!

[@iantellam9970]

"That little island down there, I didn't know it was part of China..." Yikes. Edgy.

[@miscellaneous_man756]

what... if your referring to Hong Kong that's not where it is

[@geraldimhof2875]

That's Hainan...

[@iantellam9970]

@@geraldimhof2875 I know, but her wording made me laugh.

[@geraldimhof2875]

@@iantellam9970 ah yeah .. I think a smiley would've helped to understand 😂

[@petertripp3153]

@@geraldimhof2875 i thought it was okinawa

[@ZeRasseru]

6:02 it's highlighted because Morocco claims it to be theirs

[@tsogobauggi8721]

3:43 You knew Finland. Ten points to you! :)

[@krisamagus1]

everyone knows.

[@hellobanking802]

Hey SoGal and Roger. A good video before bed.

[@andrewp8284]

I got 100%, easily. I actually feel pretty confident about the tougher tests, even when it comes to say Africa, Central America, etc (places like Gambia or Gabon for instance that many may never have heard of or don’t know where they are)

[@shoutinghorse]

You did well, don't beat yourself up. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and those two islands that are part of Italy are Sicily (next to the boot) and Sardinia which was once an independent kingdom.

[@felicepompa1702]

Well once meaning before the 11th century lol. If you were thinking of the "kingdom of sardinia" well sardinia was a colony of piedmont

[@nickwalters5380]

You did good. The 'stans' are tricky. As a Brit who's travelled to most of those countries, I'm impressed. Central Asia (the stans) and central Africa (not got a clue) are hard

[@patinho5589]

She did well*.

[@jelle_smid]

Pretty impressed, not going to lie.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

2:35 Were you excited or did you start needing the toilet right after you started? :) 2:44 Francais is French for French, France is "La France" (Pronounced "Frons" - Francais is also pronounced "Frohnsez") 5:49 Nope, Dutch. Which is why Afrikaans is so close to the Dutch language 6:23 Corsica and Sicily 12:05 Majorca and Menorca, holiday destinations for many drunk Europeans. You did REALLY well, better than I could. Very impressive for an American. I've seen other ones where they thought Russia was the US.

[@murderboytje]

5:49 you are partly right. It was just partly and shortly ruled by the Dutch, which is indeed why Afrikaans is old Dutch. But mainly South-Africa has been a British colony, she was right there. 12:05 its Mallorca ;)

[@rschroev]

6:23 *Sardinia* and Sicily. Corsica is the island north from Sardinia and is French, not Italian 12:05 And the islands down south are the Canary Islands.

[@HOPEfullBoi01]

@@rschroev Corsica is indeed nationally French as in it's owned/controlled by France however ethno-linguistically it's its own thing and closely related to Italians and the Italian language.

[@AlejandroPRGH]

You did superbly for an American. I admire your curiosity and your will to learn new things. Oh, yes, Spain has islands down by Africa, the Canaries or Canary Islands. Volcanic, semitropical, great weather all year round, a popular holiday resort. I suppose they could be called the Hawai'i of Spain.

[@ianprince1698]

a holiday resort for the UK and Germany mainly

[@zarzaparrilla67]

​@@ianprince1698Brits and Germans go to the Balearic islands more tho, Majorca for Germans, and Ibiza for Brits. Canary Islands are more diverse in terms of tourism.

[@miscellaneous_man756]

Greenland a territory of Denmark, because Vikings. its an oversimplification but there

[@shakeithigh]

Because they stole it from the Norwegians*

[@simaogomes8077]

an american who passed a geography thing? im impressed

[@Fred_L.]

I guess you´ll find islands as parts of about every not-landlocked country, many just not big enough to appear on a globe and not famous enough to be easily known everywhere.

[@eivindkaisen6838]

They are using Mercator's projection so the areas get disproportionally bigger the further you get to the poles. Iceland, for instance, is only about a third the size of Poland. And Brazil is about the same size as "the lower 48" states in the US. (I have seen numbers indicating that about 10% of Americans cannot find/name the US on a map like this.)

[@jaimearismendi8990]

northest and southest countries change sizes in diferents maps, because the planet is spherical, so when you put it flat in a map get that distortion 🤓👍

[@clinthowe7629]

that little part coming off the boot of Italy is Sicily.

[@Luredreier]

7:46 Yeah, that's Norway. Although that map doesn't show all of Norway, only the mainland. Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Bouvet island, Peter 1 island, and Queen Maud Land are all part of Norway too. We also have a number of former claims that's no longer considered a part of Norway in any way.

[@zarzaparrilla67]

Peter I island and Queen Maud Land are just claims, not officially Norwegian territories.

[@darrencampbell5145]

Those islands off africa that are part of Spain are amazing for holidays

[@DylanSargesson]

11:18 Greenland and the Faroe Islands are countries/territories in the Kingdom of Denmark

[@halamala23]

Just wanna say I love your eyes. They're strikingly black and contrast your other features nicely.

[@PiersDJackson]

The little islands between Denmark and Greenland, are the Faroe Islands, both they and Greenland are automatous dependencies of Denmark... like American Samoa, Puerto Rico, etc.

[@MaoKatz]

You did pretty well! The Balkan republics are hard for me as well as the ex-soviet countries. You did well!

[@nirfz]

Don't tell that to anyone of the Balkan, as they aren't ex-soviet. They are ex- yugoslavia. The Baltic countries were part of the USSR between WW2 and the 90's.

[@MaoKatz]

@@nirfz Maybe I don't express my self well. As ex-soviet countries I'm talking about Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia and so on... I know Balkans were not part of the Soviet Union.

[@nirfz]

@@MaoKatz After reading your initial comment again, i think i missed that you wrote _as well_ . Sorry, my mistake!

[@fraso7331]

Spain not only has islands near Africa. Some cities in Northern Africa belong to Spain.

[@PickupthePieces76]

Down the line a version of this with naming capitols would be fun too.

[@jillhobson6128]

And naming capitals.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello SoGal and Roger. I can say I had to edit a comment a while back as I put Mozambique when I meant Madagascar, but I obviously spent too long reading the Atlas whilst drinking the chicken soup and off school with cold (junior man flu) as all correct. I had been doing the harder ones after they came up following your anthem quiz. Still, one of my main memories of US was being asked by someone if we came all the way from England on the bus. My old Ukrainian neighbour and my Polish school friend would be shaking their heads.

[@markwilliamson2864]

Got them all correct, had a bit of a wobble with Kazakhstan though.

[@damianm3786]

What the home of Borat.

[@kristoffer-2614]

7:02 Shetland islands are apart of Scotland and, in turn, the UK. The Shetlands used to be part of Denmark but i think they sold it to them

[@bushchat28d]

in 1472 - a fabulous place - I'll be there for most of September too :-)

[@skinwalker7623]

The reason Greenland and those islands (the Faroe Islands) are highlighted is because those are autonomous regions/countries of Denmark

[@HH-hd7nd]

That quiz gave you an easy time - all the small island nations in the carribean and the pacific are so much harder to get right. Or all the countries in western and central Africa. PS: Greenland was highlighted because it is part of Denmark - sort of.

[@mattwainwright9198]

You did really well! Sounds like you should do a little research into the islands of the world lol Greenland was highlighted along with the Faroe Islands because they are autonomous communities of Denmark a bit like how Britain has dependencies such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands amongst others and the US has territories like Puerto Rico and Guam. The islands off Africa that are owned by Spain are the Canary Islands and are a very popular tourist destination for Europeans. They are home to such islands as Tenerife and Gran Canaria which are some of the most popular destinations for British tourists though I don't imagine these places are particularly familiar to Americans.

[@fewwiggle]

I think almost all Americans are familiar with the existence of the Canary Islands, but we often forget or don't know the location on a map.

[@mattwainwright9198]

@@fewwiggle Fair enough, though I was meaning more the names of the individual islands rather than the entire island chain, I can appreciate Americans will know of the existence of the chain as a whole.

[@xenotypos]

An easy way to remember Croatia is remember it has (more or less) the shape of a bird. Also if I'm not wrong the coastline in the west is Dalmatia.

[@MarkVrem]

We prefer it to be called the shape of a Dragon... but considering Croatia's relative size on a world map, bird might be more appropriate lol.... Still a win for Croatia to be a representative of "EASY" in the southeastern/central Europe map.

[@nirfz]

I can see neither a bird nor a dragon in Croatias shape 🤷‍♂️, but i think it has a very distinctive shape that it easy to remember. Just like for example italy, austria chile... (And even easier to place if the rest of the map is present 🤓 ) When she said "pleasy let that be Kosovo", i thought: i doubt any croat would ever say that sentence...🤫

[@xenotypos]

@@nirfz Honestly, I love Austria (and its history), but in terms of shape I don't see any ressemblance with anything, except maybe a spermatozoon lol. Regarding Croatia, it's the wings that give somewhat that impression, for me.

[@nirfz]

@@xenotypos Well, it doesn't need to look like something to have an easy to remember shape. Cyprus also has a shape that doesn't remind me of anything but it is easy to remember. That said, austria to me looks like a left hand guitar. (Some say more like a: 🍗) (Not wanting to offend anyone, but i see no wings. The closest i can envision to croatias shape is a climbing pick with a short handle )

[@tabariecalderon5993]

That's the good thing about watching football , you learn countries, city in various places

[@markcopsey4729]

Most countries have lots of little islands around. New Zealand, for example is made up of about 600 islands.

[@neilcarpenter2669]

Excellent geographical knowledge I don't think many would have done better, I struggled on about ten so I think I'd better start looking at a Map of the world again instead of watching endless hours of Comedy and sports .

[@Aity7]

Hi, thanks for your reaction videos 🙂👍 I hope you will continue the WWI weekly series. About France. In french it's called France or République Française (French Republic). Français is for the language, the people, objects or the Republic 😉

[@bigbadulf]

Scored pretty well but couldn't in good faith count to one's you beat me to.

[@manabuhorikita969]

français means french "le français" usually is for the language and "un(e) français(e)" to mean a french person (the "(e)" is when it's the feminin form")

[@connoroneill9406]

Oui correct mais: « le français » sans majuscule est l’adjectif et « le Français » avec majuscule est le nom

[@manabuhorikita969]

@@connoroneill9406 aha t'as raison j'avoue que j'ai écrit le commentaire un peu trop vite (et que je ne fais pas trop la distinction entre avec et sans majuscule dans mon esprit)

[@Maia_Cyclist]

3:06 Portugal also have islands

[@Luredreier]

11:58 That island to the right that you mentioned is (if I am guessing right about what island you're referring to) actually a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, both claim it if I don't remember wrong.

[@kunalnagarkoti1841]

You look very intelligent women and smart and you study everything in very detail and in depth which is great. You have a better understanding your mind looks sharp

[@PiersDJackson]

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is 700 major islands, the three largest are North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui), South Island (Te Waipounamu) and Stewart Island (Rakiura).

[@kristoffer-2614]

Got ’em all! *Yeeaah booiiiii!* But then again, my favourite subjects in school where history and geography so thats a bit like cheating for my part 😄lol

[@GlassCurtain]

Please play Geoguessr! It's a free online game that throws you into a google streetview anywhere in the world and you have to move around and guess what country you're in. It's super fun and challenging! I'd love to watch you play it!

[@alexanderhagmanwilberg640]

Great 😁

[@STrav1991]

Just like the United Kingdom is an independent country comprised of 4 constituent countries / areas such as England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland; the Kingdom of Denmark and Kingdom of the Netherlands have constituent countries too. The Kingdom of Denmark consists of 3 constituent countries: Denmark (mainland Europe), Faroe Islands (north of Scotland) and Greenland. The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of 4 constituent countries: Netherlands (mainland Europe + 3 Caribbean municipalities) plus 3 separate constituent countries all in the Caribbean - Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten.

[@martynhill3479]

A score of 90% is a good pass in anyones language

[@arroe8386]

I think 100% should really be the goal on easy mode

[@murderboytje]

For Americans perhaps lol. Not for others.

[@ED-jy1de]

The island to the south of South Korea is Jeju Island. See Joy ( from the Kpop group Red Velvet) song "Hello" for some great scenery and people on Jeju Island. Joy is from Jeju. South Korea has 30 separate islands. For East Asia island countries though, Japan has 6852 islands!!

[@LKeogh-mc8fk]

Decent score 👍👍 any premier league game watch alongs planned ?

[@SoGal_YT]

I’d like to do some in the coming weeks. Last Saturday and this Saturday aren’t possible.

[@henrydauseb2844]

@@SoGal_YT this Saturday is Chelsea vs Liverpool, big game, two of the title contenders. This game would be perfect as your introduction to the Premier League🥺

[@andrewclayton4181]

That was fun. Only one I got wrong was Kazakhstan. I knew it was a 'Stan but which one? Denmark owns Greenland. Though I think last year it was given some form of self rule. The quiz might be out of date on that one. The small islands between Denmark and Iceland are the Faroes. Canada is not quite as huge as you think. The map projection magnifies the high latitude countries. Just compare Alaska, it's shown as the same size as the lower 48. Good quiz.... see how the harder sections go!