Karelia? Thrace? Sporcle - 80 famous European regions map!

Karelia? Thrace? Sporcle - 80 famous European regions map!
Sporcle continues to entertain and impress with this fun to play, informative and interesting offering. I am now way more clued up on my famous European regions having learned my Karelias from my Thraces from my Duono valleys.
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[@FernandoSegovia701]

"I don't know Wallonia, I think it's in Germany" *happy blitzkrieg noises*

[@cdemr]

As a Walloon, I was triggered xD

[@theo5195]

KOΛLΛ_ NET21 As a german, I was triggered too.

[@thebottlewithoutalix2806]

@Imperyong Maharlika my guy you know nothing about modern Germany, they hate the reich

[@thebottlewithoutalix2806]

@Imperyong Maharlika yeah cause if they didn't rise the communists would and we'd just see an early cold war if anything

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

*happy Flemish noises*

[@pillcosby546]

Play EU4, you'll know all of these

[@brendanwilliams5371]

Pill Cosby ikr, as an American I could get most. I despise Ireland though, too many minors over there.

[@rateeightx]

Except Duoror Valley. And Some Others.

[@xenothe7881]

same, literally got 80/80 after 500hrs of eu4

[@damianich4824]

I messed up Burgundy because of EU4. "Why that's the easternmost part of France.... WAIT NO"

[@biggieyes1327]

@@brendanwilliams5371 26 counties in a tiny country lol

[@ifer1280]

I got 91 % on this one. Thanks, Paradox interactive!

[@danbaghoi4132]

Hahaha. Oh yes...

[@hardc00re10]

Literally sold my stocks in paradox interactive 5minutes who, really confused when I saw the whole company name pop up here

[@benyed1636]

@@hardc00re10 Why did you do that?

[@coniption_fit]

Same

[@ten_tego_teges]

My thought when I realised I can differentiate Munster in Ireland from Munster in Germany..

[@benvertigen6634]

War between Athens and Sparta was called Peloponnesian war

[@ozdemirozkanoz7315]

I dont think he is familiar with antique greek history. He doesnt know thrace either

[@oran7260]

The only reason we know is AC

[@vladpopescu7776]

Indeed

[@rateeightx]

@@oran7260 What's AC?

[@Panagiotis2123]

@@@oran7260 It depends whether you like ancient history or not. For someone who reads ancient history the peloponnesian war is well known as it was one of the most important events of antiquity. But its true, most people aren't interested about the past, which is understandable.

[@edwinostberg8768]

"Stockholm" *All of Svealand is included* Every Swede: *angry Ikea noises*

[@paavoaarnio]

What are Ikea noises

[@DaydreamingSwede]

@@paavoaarnio furniture slamming onto the floor

[@millemelon1595]

vem bor ens i svealand lol

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

@@millemelon1595 er du fra Danmark ?

[@millemelon1595]

@@readisgooddewaterkant7890 no

[@SergiuszOlszewski]

Fun fact: There are two Galicias in Europe: One in Northen Spain and one in Southern Poland and Western Ukraine.

[@NamaSaya-wg9gn]

Yes

[@Norhod]

In French the spanish one is "Galice" while the other is "Galicie".

[@anonymousbloke1]

The one in Ukraine is Galychyna and it has nothing to do with celts, actually. It's just a coincidence that they sound the same in English

[@igorprm2000]

@@anonymousbloke1 lol. Cringe

[@anonymousbloke1]

@@igorprm2000 ? What exactly

[@moenchii]

"Saxony (all regions) *Thuringia is included* TRIGGERED LEVEL OVER 9000!!!

[@davekachel]

Thuringia = Saxony+

[@talvilai7141]

Where do you think the Saxe in Saxe-Weimar comes from?

[@notenoughpaper]

but thuringia is historically saxon. i am more triggered by the fact that lower saxony is included

[@minchen_2265]

@@notenoughpaper Thuringia? Are you trolling? 😂 Lower Saxony is the one and true Old Saxony (Angaria, Westphalia and Eastphalia). Historical Saxony has always been located in what is now North-West Germany. The Title "Duke of Saxony" was given away after the rebellion of Henry the Lion to the Earl of Meißen and this guy just renamed his County into "Saxony". There is no historical connection between the Saxon Tribe and modern Day Saxony or Thuringia at all. Just a name exchange. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxony

[@mbxoc954]

I live in Lower Saxony Ähhh OK BOMMER Llul

[@poupoulechou8591]

"Provence... Yeah that was Monaco" *cries in French*

[@JoCE2305]

Sacre bleu! I almost dropped my croissant!

[@Hugo-cn9no]

@Piolatus wtf ?

[@Hugo-cn9no]

@Piolatus I repeat it, Wtf ?

[@deeznoots6241]

*cries in Occitan’

[@Aaronit0]

@@deeznoots6241 et nous les Gascons/Aquitains qui ont été oublié aussi 😭

[@Vojife]

Interesting you know sooo many obscure ones (to me at least) and not some fairly obvious (again, to me) like Peloponnese, Wallonia or flippin Provence. I do admire your knowledge nonetheless, though!

[@marcopolo2395]

He is a stupid brit doesnt know history, nothing! Doesnt know peloponnese but knows shithole east anglia...

[@suprememax4948]

Marco Polo oh god how salty are you

[@paulitoivonen2131]

He didn't even know Karelia

[@asneakychicken322]

Marco Polo hahahahaha, he would probably know more than you shithead

[@michaelanthony8330]

I mean, he probably knows them as regions but under different names. I would personally call Wallonia "the French speaking part of Belgium" and Provence "the Côte d'Azur and the French Alps"

[@TheoHockeyton]

Thank you very much for making a video about my quiz. It has brought a lot of new players and their comments really helped me to improve the quiz ! I believe it is now a bit harder but definitely more accurate. You can also try my similar quiz on Africa which is based on tribes/ethnic groups or the harder version of this European regions quiz which includes 140 regions.

[@Mullkaw]

lol nice

[@mlogg4777]

I was surprised you didnt know Peloponese

[@teixeira476]

im suprised he didnt know Wallonia, i mean im portuguese and i know belgium is divided between the 2 cultures of flanders and wallonia

[@olbiomoiros]

Teixeira yeh me too

[@Claous]

yeah hi from Wallonia

[@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111]

Yet i am sure he got a load that you didnt lol

[@nunoramos2027]

Yeah, atleast for me,he knew some very obscure regions but some more obvous like wallonia and karelia he didn't get

[@brentvercauter6252]

"Wallonia, I think it's in Germany." me: *Laughs in Flemish*

[@Deelom100]

*Cries in 12 billion euro each year*

[@brentvercauter6252]

@@Deelom100 Sad but true

[@gabrielc6252]

2:43 I'm Romanian. That is accurate. Moldova is an old region, half of it is a country (Republic of Moldova) and the other half is a region in Romania. Republic of Moldova was historically a part of Romania. After WW2 it was a part of USSR. After 1991 it is a republic

[@tonyslabu6373]

I mean technically to be fully correct it could have included Budjak and Chernivitsi in Ukraine aswell as Tulcea county

[@user-fz9uf5jf5v]

It was a republic before 1991, in USSR.

[@Thorvir]

@@tonyslabu6373 dont call tulcea moldavian ,how dare you ,it's dobrogea

[@tonyslabu6373]

@@Thorvir i'm saying the people there are moldavian so is the accent and technically it was part of the Kingdom of Moldova

[@Thorvir]

@@tonyslabu6373 i am from there (tulcea county) and that is not true ,there are multiple ethnic groups and most people have no accent and also sure it was part of kingdom of moldova ,it was also part of alexander the great's empire ,greek , roman ,byzantine ,mongolian , hunnic ,goth , ottoman empires ...at some point

[@desanipt]

The Douro Valley is where port wine is produced. Douro being the river that crosses the valley. Back in the days, the wine used to be transported downriver by boat to the city of Porto (lit. port/harbour) and from there to the world.Porto got all the fame for the wine, when all the hard work was being done upstream. I guess it should be called Douro wine instead but oh well. It's very touristic, both because of the wine tourism and because of the views (steep slopes filled with vineyard down to the river. Really, check the views). There's lot of scenic cuises up and downriver, a very scenic train line that goes by the river, and loads of places where you can go wine tasting or just check all the wine making process. If you go during the right months (September~October) there's places where you can even participate (it's ironic because you'll be paying to make things you'd usually get paid for xd).

[@latvianlover]

PORTUGAAAAAL 🇵🇹😂

[@nixtrostrike]

PORTUGAL CARALHOOO!! 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 🤣👍

[@jan-willemvankaathoven914]

The Cyclades are more or less grouped in a circle. That's how you can tell them apart from the rest of the Aegean isles.

[@thodorism6707]

And that's where their name comes from Cyclades derives from Kyclos which is circle in Greek

[@e1123581321345589144]

hmm, though I do know the etymology, I've never seen the circle myself. They're kind of a squarish shape to be honest...

[@simonfeuz7818]

Is it just me or is "Balkans" a little bit "big" for all that happened.

[@erion9134]

@gertashko the quiz didnt include greece as balkan and split it into lesser regions when i could easily split many of the balkan country into lesser regions like greece was split

[@benismann]

@@erion9134 they isnt famous then

[@xekolaxo]

3:42 what is Lesser Austria??? It's Lower Austria!!

[@MatmoeLP]

Lesser Austria would be Bavaria then

[@ONshark]

Know all those freaking regions and skips on Peloponnese, wtf?

[@johndododoe1411]

It's as famous as Iberia. Once some heretics claimed the Sun was a burning rock larger than Peloponnese, obviously isn't, and a comedy show claimed a famous smart guy said such nonsense, leading to his conviction and execution.

[@mothgru]

Got all of them except Douro Valley on my first attempt. That's what happens when you play a lot of Europa Universalis 4.

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

That's probably because the actual name of that province in Portugal is just "North", but it's obviously not a good name to use for an international quizz. Douro valley is just that, the valley where the Douro river passes, and the Douro river is the southern border of that Province.

[@alexandre007opa]

The Douro exists in eu4 tho

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

@@alexandre007opa I don't remember that, as far as i know, Northern Portugal is the Porto and Bragança provinces, belonging to the Beiras state, which is half the country. It isn't in Spain either.

[@alexandre007opa]

@@FaithfulOfBrigantia if you click on porto there are a couple of modifiers one of them is "Douro estuary" or something similar

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

@@alexandre007opa Oh yes indeed. Porto is located in the Douro Estuary.

[@harrytaylor7203]

Maaaaate your a legend that’s coming from here down under

[@talvilai7141]

You know, there are TWO regions in Europe known as Galicia… (The other one is not highlighted, so not a big problem)

[@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475]

@Harry Lagom well, it's not just Polish, it's also Ukrainian. So I propose calling it East Galicia.

[@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475]

@Harry Lagom I don't really understand what you're saying. Definite article, like "The Ukraine"??? Pretty sure that's incorrect..... Edit: P.S. Did I say something wrong? I'm confused... Maybe it sounded negative, but I just shared my opinion.

[@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475]

@Harry Lagom First of all, you're talking to a Ukrainian. Second of all, it's Ukraine, not The Ukraine(nothing to argue about here, just facts). Third of all I literally don't have time for your ignorant ass. Your comments show your intelect. "Count me out. Count me totally out". Don't reply to me, cause I'm losing braincells with your every comment. Goodbye.

[@k_aesar]

@@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475 east galicia is the ukranian part, west galicia is the polish one

[@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475]

@@k_aesar Ok. But Wikipedia says East Galicia.

[@TMiK21]

YOU DONT KNOW KARELIA?... i thought you were wizard or something

[@Rainaman-]

Yeah, if you know about finno-soviet war, you must know Karelia.

[@Jonas-rq1mi]

@@Rainaman- or played bf4

[@Rainaman-]

@@balazs1456 weebs - destroying one thing at a time, except their virginity

[@noora1142]

@@balazs1456 Its ievan polkka.

[@BonduoChannel]

I`m russian. My friend from Karelia XD

[@GroinStrain_]

Ooh Mr Fancy with your “I don’t know what I’m doing but imma gonna get 72/80 anyway without even trying”. You are the stuff of legend, my sensei, the bait for all the envy.

[@warspitehms5334]

0:51 that "thing" up there is Jan Mayen. A volcanic island belonging to Norway.

[@kila9249]

I cried when he said that. Viva la Jan Mayen.

[@cdemr]

It's one of the last "big" island I've never heard of until recently. I was looking at the whole Europe on Google Maps then I was like "What it that thing in the middle of the Norwegian Sea, I thought Limberwisk was not real"

[@kila9249]

when he said “What’s that” at Jan Mayen I cried

[@GordonYeeman]

"Balearic isles, easy peasy for us brits" lmao

[@Oberkommando]

Mallorca is a german colony

[@Oberkommando]

@Cat One have you ever been there? In restaurants it is nothing special if you will be greeted with "Guten Tag", rather than "hello" or "buenos dias". If one wants to get a job in a Hotel, basic german language skills are almost always required. Many stores have german names (for example: "Fritz' Currywurstladen") , many restaurants print the german menu first... the list goes on...

[@Oberkommando]

@Cat One duh. Your comment just burnt half of my brain cells. Have a nice day good bye please dont talk to me again.

[@Oberkommando]

@Cat One haha we don't even know each other nor will we ever see each other why are you asking for my forgiveness

[@Taisonek]

Pomerania = Pomodore dying of laughter man. Pomerania in Polish is Pomorze and means something like near the sea.

[@mersauff223]

In Bulgaria we have a city named Pomorie next to the sea coast

[@slaviansky]

In Russia we have a region near the White Sea called Pomorje and it means literally the same 🤔

[@dawid12301d]

Those are all slavic languages. We share many simmilar words to be honest.

[@mersauff223]

@@slaviansky as a matter of fact it's full of russians in pomorie, it's basically a russian city

[@przemysawdylewski1142]

@@mersauff223 In Slovenia is Primorska (i'm not slovenian and never been there so idk nothing about this) :)

[@maxfi878]

You didn't know Wallonia???

[@PartialViewmusic]

I was genuinly surprised.

[@95BWG]

@@PartialViewmusic Me too, especially considering how sure he was about Flanders.

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

MaxFI cause its ugly and does not have anything special prob

[@velicankivrak6079]

@@user-ie6jr4bg1w the Ardennes is there.

[@Xtrems]

@@velicankivrak6079 the what?

[@BurnBird1]

It's stupid that some of them includes city names with the region name in parenthesis, since then you just need to know the location of the city and you get a right, despite not knowing where the region is.

[@avienated]

Agree. It appears that "40AngryMexicans" has changed this now in 2020, perhaps he read this comment section. Cause there are more changes too that people pointed out :)

[@TheoHockeyton]

@@avienated Indeed, I made the first version of the quiz easy and in spite of my best efforts, I even got some borders wrong. Thanks to all the comments on Sporcle, I've managed to improve the quiz and correct the small errors. I have also now created a more difficult quiz on the same map with almost double the amount of regions.

[@juice3702]

2:42 "That's a generous portion of land they're given" and Moldova is even bigger than that, it also includes the area between southern Republic of Moldova and the Danube Delta in Romania called "Bugeac" in romanian or Budjak (part of the Odessa oblast, Ukraine) and the whole Chernivtsi oblast (named after the city of Cernăuți, comprised of Northern Bukovina, Hotin or northern Bessarabia, and Herța region)

[@danielelliott5760]

I love your quiz videos!

[@RacingGuy570]

OMG, there is many of them *:0* anyway nice video *:)*

[@szexmaster]

Thx paradox interactive!

[@alfonsobarrado2902]

"Balearic islands, easy for us brits" As a spaniard gotta say, you got me there lol

[@tomstoms156]

love your videos! you should do more football quizzes on sporcle

[@diogocruz1568]

Truly amazed!

[@fyraksvkthestudiosnailstep8333]

4:07 WHAT?! NO, IT'S NOT!

[@Pyxlean]

When you don't know that Belgium is a weird mix between Wallonia and Flanders

[@Kaerulans]

Hey, love your videos. Would love to see you attempt Russia perfect score, you gotta face your fears ;)

[@goju09alt9]

So proud of you that you found Silesia or as we say Śônsk

[@TheEgglet]

4:53 he doesn't know the one i live in **sad katowice noises**

[@HeikkiUutiset]

Thank you for mentioning Karelia and keeping our spirit alive! Did you know that Karelia used to be occupied by the ”Great”” Britain

[@abag1057]

why the air quotes BRITAIN IS THE GREATEST

[@Aaronit0]

@@abag1057 Because although it is in fact bigger than Brittany, it quite has lost its greatness? Make Britain Great Again ! 😁

[@Konoronn]

I didn't know that. And shut up.

[@JackMellor498]

The tiny island north east of Iceland is called Jan Mayen. It’s a Norwegian territory, is not permanently occupied, and home to Norway’s only volcano, a tall stratovolcano called Beerenberg, the world’s northernmost land based volcano.

[@ChesterRGC]

13:42 i almost die when you sang cry me a river over Crimea

[@richardfurness7556]

They've made it a bit harder since this video was posted. Most of the cities given as extra clues, for example Athens, Stockholm, Berlin and Vienna have been removed.

[@erikstenviken2652]

Makes sence because svealand is never Stockholm. And if Svealand and Götaland are regions in sweden, then Norrland would the third region, not Lappland.

[@LFSDK]

I’m so surprised you didn’t know Wallonia.

[@violentbob]

This inspires me to learn more things tbh

[@thomas6201]

The "thing" at the top (small island) that you didn't know what was - is Jan Mayen. An island controlled by Norway and used a research/military outpost.

[@paulcook7426]

You really need to add a link to the quiz on your description.

[@valentintapata2268]

There are two Galicia's in Europe, one is in Spain and one is divided between Poland and Ukraine.

[@kubamiki59]

Actually Galicja is Poland ;)

[@adrianwitkowski2999]

Polish/ Ukranian was just Polish before WW2

[@TheoHockeyton]

Hi, that is correct, I have now corrected the quiz so that the two Galicias can no longer be mistaken one for the other.

[@PiousMoltar]

Really surprised you didn't know Karelia, Thrace or Pomerania! Those other Greek ones would have tripped me up though. And probably even the Irish ones, strangely, although you weren't too sure on those either.

[@ijulesy]

new geoguessr wizard videos are rarer than gold.

[@davidlisovtsev6607]

actually knowing all the regions except the noerthern portugese one made me pretty proud

[@maxx1014]

Me too but cyclades as well

[@mexicanmapper5064]

Same tho

[@santicarvalhido-gilbert8437]

The Northern Portuguese one is commonly known as "Norte" in Portuguese...the origins of this region are linked to those of Galicia which is just north (cross the river Minho) and the cultural similarities are really striking...In Roman times and early middle ages Northern Portugal used to be the southern realm of Galicia...and here is where Portugal started...That's why Galician and Portuguese language differ so little...are pretty much the same

[@his5605]

06:45 U DONT KNOW THE REGION OF SPARTA?! THIS...IS... PELOPONNESE!!!

[@pickledirick8338]

The region of Sparta is Laconia (and technically Messenia, since the people there were enslaved by the Spartans). The Peloponnese is home to many ancient Greek city-states, off the top of my head Argos, Korinth, Mycenae and Olympia are the most notable.

[@his5605]

@@pickledirick8338 I know but I mean Peloponnese pleyed a hufe role in ancient times so I thought that he would find it

[@emreahmet167]

No, it's morea

[@goneviral8631]

The region was called more and it was an albanian city state the country you are stealing too much history from.Albanians in that region were forced to leave cus of greeks and left towards italy now called areberesh.There are multiple documents that prove that more was albanian cus they even spoke albanian.After they left they dedicated a song to the region moj e bukura more si ika dhe te lashe -beautiful more how i left you.The song is 600+ years old.

[@pickledirick8338]

@nikola poyukov You're pretty sure? How so? Do you study Classics? I do. No. At best, the Peloponnesian League (which is an alliance, not an empire (although many consider the Delian League as part of the Athenian empire. The circumstances are different but I'll let it slide)) is the greatest territorial extent of Sparta. Even so, the Peloponnesian League didn't even include the entire Peloponnese, and most significantly did not include Argos. Also, Sparta never had imperial ambitions. To think so would be naive.

[@perskarva123]

Very impressive!

[@darknessoffido1195]

The small island in the North is Jan Mayen, part of Svalbard, Norway.

[@SkepThiccal]

It's actualy crazy how many regions I already knew because of EU4

[@pissyourselfandshitncoom2172]

Me at 1:00 _UKRAINE, wait nevermind_

[@deci2723]

You misspelled Poland

[@flob.1276]

@@deci2723 You misspelled dick

[@bushido5322]

@@flob.1276 thats so funny man i nearly died

[@mexicanmapper5064]

YOOO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME UNTIL HE SAID THE SPANISH ACCENT HAHAHAHAH

[@Dr.Represion]

@@mexicanmapper5064 The language of Galicia is Galician, not Spanish.

[@kevinspee7013]

Im proud to know most. Learned something nevertheless

[@MrTrondhjem]

Could you do the Norway map? That would've been awesome :D

[@ainhoaalberdi2103]

Me being basque, hearing our region is beautiful makes me proud 😊

[@anartzbm2140]

Ni berdin

[@Rainaman-]

Now bend over and let papa Spain spank ya

[@mkelkar1]

Indo European languages like Welsh show traces of the Vigesimal (20 base number system) used by the Basque speakers. For example, hugain, deugain, triugain 20, 40 60 etc. Thracians spoke an Indo European language. English is an Indo European language of the West Germanic branch. English milk, Tocharian malke, Latin mulgeo, Old Irish melg, Greek amelgo, Russian moloko and so forth. Linguistic, textual, genetic and archaeological evidence for the Out of India Theory of Indo European Languages Baghpat Chariots, Weapons and the Horse in the Harappan Civilization - Dr. BK Manjul kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvZfKOgn7mjnck Findings from the latest genetic study conducted by ASI in collaboration with the Reich Lab at Harvard using ancient DNA from Rakhigarhi slides at 29:00 mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/eprSZHimZdOfrJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW6d55mnqp-a80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGvmGSYlJ2Ba5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ispmaaitigqrs Here are the tribes that spread the Indo European languages from South Asia to West Asia, Central Asia and to Europe Avestan) Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Sairima (Śimyu), Dahi (Dāsa). NE Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Nuristani/Piśācin (Viṣāṇin). Pakhtoonistan (NW Pakistan), South Afghanistan: Iranian: Pakhtoon/Pashtu (Paktha). Baluchistan (SW Pakistan), SE Iran: Iranian: Bolan/Baluchi (Bhalāna). NE Iran: Iranian: Parthian/Parthava (Pṛthu/Pārthava). SW Iran: Iranian: Parsua/Persian (Parśu/Parśava). NW Iran: Iranian: Madai/Mede (Madra). Uzbekistan: Iranian: Khiva/Khwarezmian (Śiva). W. Turkmenistan: Iranian: Dahae (Dāsa). Ukraine, S, Russia: Iranian: Alan (Alina), Sarmatian (Śimyu). Turkey: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Phryge/Phrygian (Bhṛgu). Romania, Bulgaria: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Dacian (Dāsa). Greece: Greek: Hellene (Alina). Albania: Albanian: Sirmio (Śimyu). Shrikant Gangadhar Talageri talageri.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-full-out-of-india-case-in-short.html Five waves of Indo-European expansion: a preliminary model (2018) Igor A Tonoyan-Belyayev I. Tonoyan-Belyayev www.academia.edu/36998766/Five_waves_of_Indo-European_expansion_a_preliminary_model_2018_

[@Mullkaw]

@@mkelkar1 this is interesting but unprompted lmao

[@gideonkatz5843]

tatarstan “that’s where tartar sauce is from”

[@lauriharjula]

1:30 There was Tuscan Grand Prix last season (2020) in F1 6:41 and also Portuguese Grand Prix in Algarve.

[@tshddx]

Fascinating to hear a reference to Katatonia, one of my favorite bands, although I would’ve sworn they were Swedish.

[@AFake_Human]

They are Swedish!

[@anttisaarilampi]

He's talking about Catatonia the pop band

[@Mocsk]

Russian names not being the most butchered? That's new lol If you're wondering, Oblast (as in Moscow Oblast) means region (province). There's Moscow, and there's Moscow region. Kind of like NYC and New York state, but if NYC was a separate state itself. May be that might help if you ever do Russia perfect score in geoguessr :)

[@FlateeX]

@@Weuniok the same with Moscow as oblast(region) and federal city

[@gilperry6782]

"Wallonia, i dpnt know what it is" Me, a past Belgian: *say sike right now*

[@rat7746]

I wish I had your vast knowledge

[@rhoddryice5412]

Adding capitols in regional names made it easy.

[@denalihedgehog]

"Tatarstan" *points at Kazakhstan* Kazakhstan: "I'm not even in Europe!"

[@bigbumer5719]

Western Kazakhstan is technically in Europe

[@ClifffSVK]

It is

[@diamondsky3787]

the west part is

[@wierdo-jc7xv]

@@bigbumer5719 not technicly it is in europe

[@MrCmon113]

Yeah, because Europe ends with Poland. Nah, let's be real, Europe ends with Germany, making Slovenia and Greece Asian countries.

[@francescoboselli6033]

Me as Italian when I see that Trento is considered Tyrol: *INTENSIFY ANGRY NOISY*

[@gery8218]

Me as an guy from Tyrol when I see that Trento is considered Tyrol: ANGRY NOISES INTENSIFY XD

[@PMoney-sk7kb]

I couldn’t remember where I’d heard the name Karelia before but then it hit me BF4 Giants Of Karelia

[@tank9432]

Good modern geogrphy knowledge, most of the ones you missed are rarely used now e.g. thrace and were ancient kingdoms.

[@maxfi878]

Karelia's local name should have been Karjala, not the Russian name.

[@philosopherNL]

To be fair, russification is quite a thing in Karelia, and they do more often use the Cyrillic alphabet (except for the part in Finland of course)

[@sowhat249]

@@philosopherNL | Russian Karelia is barely even inhabited with Karelians. A very small minority.

[@MrTurpasauna]

@@sowhat249 The fabulous wonders of ethnic cleansing and russification.

[@sowhat249]

@@MrTurpasauna | Although true in the case of Karelia, assimilation is not always the reason for dissappearance of an ethnic group. When a minority lives in a country where it is overwhelmed by a vastly bigger ethnic group, it tends to shrink even if ethnic cleansing did not happen.

[@cordovanyt9639]

Tbf pretty much every region wasn’t in a native language.

[@tamasnemeth4891]

7:10 *Heavy* *angry* *breathing*

[@mlzurligen]

Watching this on holiday in the Basque country.

[@basedpro-ua3470]

I'm from Spain

[@slick3996]

I never even knew anything like this existed

[@MrBobor1]

If you played Paradox Grand Strategy games this test would be the easiest thing in existence lol, I was facepalming hard at the end of your first attempt

[@nakenmil]

Christ, look at this comment.

[@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111]

Yes but you see, he knows so many from his knowledge of history and the world... you know them from playing a fucking game lol, who is the loser here..

[@whitefox8376]

@@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 still he knows them the same way i do even if he is being a dick online about it, he is only a loser for thinking he's better due to that

[@BamBamGT1]

@@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 Based on what he missed, I wouldn't say it's knowledge of history, Peloponnese and Thrace were among the easiest ones for people who are into history.

[@benismann]

Meh, somethings got renamed through the time, like Portuguese regions

[@unesco-forthrailbridge1704]

You should upload more than once every 4 days!! more geoguessr please.

[@w5527]

Paradox has prepared me for this

[@sergiopri1145]

Normally, it takes more than one try for the trial and error, you sir have an amazing memory

[@vincenlac]

Man you should try on France only that would be interesting

[@AXELVISSERS]

How did you not know Wallonia??

[@Claous]

I was TRIGGERED cuz I'm from Wallonia

[@martynnotman3467]

This is where 800 hours on crusader kings two comes in very handy

[@farkaskovesi9977]

My extensive knowledge of CK 2 duchies helped me

[@magaara8310]

11:23 "That was the one that's kind of in Italy"... Well no actually... It just is in Italy... not "kind of in Italy" lol 😅😂

[@RealCadde]

You need to play Europa Universalis mate. Pomerania is EASY. Karelia is EASY.

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

Burgundy, Sardinia, Piedmont, ...... easy.

[@Rainaman-]

Your mom. Easy

[@noname91387]

I live in Karelia 👍

[@adrianwitkowski2999]

Gdansk or Danzig

[@emilia4355]

I was suprised you knew Götaland. Not many people know of the Island Gotland :) That's obviously what you thought of when you read Götaland. They're not the same but you still got it!

[@lutherevans968]

I just read that tartar sauce, sauce tartare, originated from France, but was named after the Tatar people, about a quarter of which live in the Tatarstan region.

[@r.v.b.4153]

2:43 Actually not at all; it should've been all of Moldova, including Budjak and Chernivtsi

[@ArnoldderAntagonist]

"... it does extend into Italy" wrong: Italy extended into Tirol! *Angry kasspatzen noises*

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

So you want South Triol back??

[@florentinafriedl5798]

@@Rabid_Nationalist Y E S

[@InvertedGigachad]

@@Rabid_Nationalist J A W O H L

[@MMadesen]

@@Rabid_Nationalist obviously

[@matteobertotti]

That's how war goes, Austria lost WW1, it had to give land to Italy.

[@tommarch.4493]

The thing at the north of Gareo Island (or at the east of Iceland) is Jan Mayen

[@joehoe222]

Well, Munster was a tricky one, there is one in Ireland, but also one in Germany (bisdom Münster). The only difference are the dots above the u. :)

[@daleykun]

12:34 More cultural than the midlands at least and that's still on there... :P Also, anyone else only know where Thrace was from Rome Total War..?

[@GottMitUns.]

I know it from History class

[@simonbebek344]

„Wallonia I think is Germany“ It should be! XD

[@Claous]

I'm from Wallonia and yes we speak French here

[@MMadesen]

@Jovan Naumovski It only because there were plans to add this region to the German Empire during the First or Second World war. I would rather anschluss Flanders, the people there are dutch and therefore somewhat german.

[@danielosoriocardenas6550]

I live in Colombia and I would never guess more than 5 jajaj u r amazing

[@nocturne9257]

I knew about Karelia only from the the song ghost of Karelia by mastodon

[@JacobZiolkowski]

13:44 you should be put in jail for that EDIT: and for 14:47

[@redjeik]

Christian Zaffuto the puns. "Crimea River" and "I heard moscow was oblast" are a play on words, resulting in corny humor. He's just jokingly saying he should be put in jail for that because of how "bad" the humor was

[@JacobZiolkowski]

@@redjeik lol haha

[@MrTttvideo]

Why are Poles are so butthurt and nationalist all the time?

[@Xtrems]

@@MrTttvideo why not

[@marcharman833]

@@MrTttvideo what was in it nationalistic??? 😂

[@visualweevil9986]

0:51 How dare you not know of our great lord Jan Mayen.

[@austinmontgomery117]

Bear has landed.

[@visualweevil9986]

@@austinmontgomery117 A fellow man of culture I see.

[@Ganlix]

@@visualweevil9986 I wonder if in vicky 2 it's a ref I didn't get or it's just a creation of the devs

[@kacperwalczak7017]

I knew the Peleponeese and Thrace (got no idea how you spell both of these) and all the Polish and fell proud to know something more than you 😊

[@YoshiDragon163]

you're so good !