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by thih9 869 days ago
My score was 7/20.

I enjoyed it; I like that you can use this without entering the country name, i.e. do just "Check" -> "Correct"/"Wrong". This is such a fast and rewarding loop, reminds me of flash cards or spaced repetition apps.

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I'm at 27/45 when I ran out of available time (IRL), which is pretty depressing for someone who once knew them all :(

The ones you never hear about slip the mind. Sure I can still say Zambia is near South Africa, but which one is Mozambique, which one Botswana, and which one Zambia? Hard

I even had trouble remembering Yemen! Always found that easy for some reason, especially after I remembered that the order is "YO!" (Yemen, then Oman). Again not a country much news comes from

Yemen has been in the news lately, because of its location. Ships have been avoiding the Red Sea because people in Yemen were firing rockets at them.
Ah, I had not heard that particular news story