Sporcle's random quiz button!
In this video, I'll be clicking this button,
and no matter what Geography quiz pops up,
I have to attempt it.
Sporcle has 157,000 quizzes,
some of which I'll be very good at,
and many of which I'll be terrible at.
But no matter how difficult they are,
I have to attempt them.
So, here we go.
First random quiz.
Oh, this looks like my kind of thing.
"'D' Countries on a Map."
I have 30 seconds to name every country that begins with D.
Okay, is it gonna give me any actual hints
when I click play?
Yes, it is.
So that'll be Denmark, I'm guessing.
Yep. And then we've got Democratic Republic of Congo,
Djibouti, that'll be, go on.
And then, what's that one?
Dominica? Yep.
And then Dominican Republic.
Yep! Easy.
That was a good start.
That was a good first quiz for me to attempt.
I'm sure it's downhill from here.
Random quiz.
"Find The Star: World Capitals IV."
"Can you find the star hidden in the random world capital?
Typing a capital will reveal its distance."
I am confused.
Okay. I don't really get this, but I've got one minute 30,
so we'll see how we do.
So I'll just enter a capital city, London.
It says London 5,481.
I don't know what that means.
Lisbon 6,000.
(laughs) I genuinely have no idea what I'm doing, right.
We'll just name random capitals.
Washington 10,000.
Are these numbers distances?
So I have to try
and find a capital that's like, over here somewhere.
All right. We'll try Beijing.
3,400. So somewhere maybe in the middle?
I don't know that many capitals.
I'll be honest.
We'll try Ankara for Turkey.
3,400. I don't know what's going on.
What capitals do I know in Africa? I know Tunis.
I know Algeria. 5,000.
What? What does this mean.
Victoria. 5,000.
(laughs) I've got seven seconds left.
Okay. This one's not gone as well.
Wellington, we'll shove it in.
Why not? Okay.
What? (laughs)
This is every single capital in the world.
I don't know what I'm meant to be doing.
Right, looking at the instructions again.
As I said, it was like playing Globle.
So it looks like the answer was Bishkek,
and the closest I got was 3000 kilometres away.
I mean, I don't even know which country Bishkek is.
It's the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Curse you, Kyrgyzstan!
"Famous Places: East to West."
"Can you pick the famous places
from the most easterly to the most westerly?"
That depends on what information I'm given.
Oh no. (laughing)
Okay. Most easterly, so that's Australia.
Great Barrier Reef.
Also Australia, but it's more easterly than the Rock.
I'm gonna go with Great Barrier Reef.
Yes. Then maybe we'll go with Uluru.
Oh, nice, nice.
Egypt.
We've got India, we've got UK.
Vesuvius is Italy.
So I need somewhere else that's- I don't know.
Shall I try Taj Mahal?
Oh, what? That's so difficult!
Okay, I'm going again.
Igazu Falls.
Maybe it's that?
No. Okay.
Angkor Wat.
Yes. There we go.
Then maybe Taj Mahal.
Should I try Taj Mahal now?
Yes. Iguazu Falls.
Yeah, we could try that next.
Ah!
Oh, Mount Kilimanjaro was next.
Okay, well then it must be the Sphinx, right?
I don't know where Iguazu Falls is,
but I'm thinking maybe South America.
So we'll leave it for now and we'll do...
Shall I go with Cape of Good Hope?
That could be South Africa, maybe?
Yes. Then we're probably gonna be Italy.
So Mount Vesuvius,
and then I guess Stonehenge in the UK.
Do I gamble on Iguazu Falls now?
Cause the other two are in the US.
I'm gonna go for it. Yes.
Then it's gonna be the Liberty Bell
followed by Mount Rushmore.
We did it, but it took me a few attempts.
Random quiz again. Hit me!
"Group Clicking: America - No Outlines."
"Can you click on any country
starting with the given letter within the time limit?"
Yeah, we'll try.
We'll try C.
So Columbia.
Oh no, we'll go Canada.
That'd be a bit easy, wouldn't it? There you go.
S. Right.
We could do Suriname, which is like, I think it's that one.
Yeah. What could G be?
Guyana would be, wouldn't it?
So if Suriname's there, is Guyana here?
Or is it, I think it's next to it.
I'm gonna try it.
Yes. B.
We could do Belize.
We could do Bahamas.
I think Bahamas are up here.
Oh, that freaks me out.
It's clicked all the other eligible places.
All right.
V is Venezuela.
J is gonna be...
What begins with J?
Are there any countries that begin with J here?
I can't think of any either.
I can think of like, Jordan.
But that's nowhere near this area.
I'm gonna skip it just because I'm actually
having quite a bit of fun.
Trinidad and Tobago.
I think I can click, actually, I think that's this guy.
A. We could do Argentina.
Which I'm guessing I'm safe to click right at the bottom.
Yep. Peru, we could do over here.
Yeah.
U is Uruguay.
E is gonna be Ecuador.
N for Nicaragua.
Ooh, with no outlines.
That's tricky. Let's skip.
Let's see how far we can get.
D For Dominica.
Is that Dominica there?
I think it might be.
If I click right on the edge. Yes.
M for Mexico.
H for, is that Haiti there or is that Jamaica?
Oh, Jamaica! (laughs) That's who I could of gone with.
Haiti, Jamaica, click.
Oh, I didn't make it in time!
How did I forget Jamaica?
And then Nicaragua as well
I just wasn't confident on, but overall,
we did a couple of skips, but we did quite good there.
All right. Random quiz again.
What have we got?
Oh, what is this?
"Large 'SPORCLE' Countries Minefield."
"Can you name the largest countries
by area that begin with each letter of Sporcle
without getting a single one wrong?"
No. No, I don't think I can.
Let's have a go.
So largest country that begins with S is probably Sudan.
I'm gonna try it.
Nope. (laughs)
I'm gonna have another go.
Is it gonna be South Africa, do you think?
I'll try South Africa.
South Africa.
No. Bet it's something really obvious that I'm missing.
Okay, I'll try.
Skip it for now.
I'm gonna try Peru.
Yeah, there we go.
O. What would O be?
I think it's got to be Oman.
It's the only country, right? Yeah.
R is not gonna be Rwanda.
It could be Romania?
Romania is quite large.
Romania.
Ah!
Romania. Rwanda.
Right, we'll skip R.
C's probably gonna be Chad, I'm assuming.
Ah, it's not? What is going on? (grumbles)
Chad, Columbia?
Canada! Obviously it'd be Canada, obviously.
L, Lesotho? No.
Lithuania.
I'm gonna try Laos.
(groans) Nope. (laughs)
What's E?
Could it be Ethiopia?
Oh, it is.
And then S.
Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia!
Oh my God.
I'll try Lavia. No.
Libya is the largest country that begins with L.
Obviously. It's literally massive.
And largest country beginning with R.
(laughing)
Oh, no!
Literally the largest country in the world.
Well, that's embarrassing.
"Largest North American Countries Minefield."
"Can you name the 10 largest countries
of North America?
Probably.
So that is gonna be Canada,
followed by USA, Mexico.
Right. So now it gets trickier.
I mean, there's not gonna be that many.
There's gonna be probably Jamaica-
Jamaica's 15th.
I'm going again. I'm going again.
Cuba must be on there.
We're gonna try Cuba.
Cuba, good.
Cuba's sixth.
Okay. Right.
So then I'm gonna try, what do I go with?
Costa Rica, maybe? Nicaragua?
Nicaragua. Yes.
Nicaragua's fourth.
Guatemala. Probably?
Yeah. Guatemala seventh.
We've got six out of 10.
Do I go with Costa Rica?
Costa Rica.
Costa Rica's ninth.
Just tiptoeing in.
Is Panama gonna be on there?
Panama doesn't look that big.
Panama's this little wiggly fella all the way
down the bottom. It's not that big is it?
We've got Belize, we've got El Salvador.
I don't think they're gonna be on the list.
What's this other big one? I've forgotten.
Did I try Bahamas? This feels like a gamble.
Yeah, it's the 14th.
Ah, it was Honduras that I forgot!
So is Panama on there?
It is. And the last one I'm missing.
Dominican Republic.
Mm, I always forget that little fella.
Okay, random quiz anyone?
Here we go.
"N-Less European Countries."
"Can you name the European countries without the letter N?"
And there's 19 of them.
Yeah.
United Kingdom. No.
Ireland. No. Oh dear.
Portugal. Yes.
Spain. Nope.
That's definitely an N right there, Jack.
France, no. Germany, no.
Estoni- No...
Turkey. Turkey'll be there.
Then we've got Cyprus.
We can just work our way around.
Malta. We could do Italy.
We can do...
Vatican? No.
Russia. Can never forget Russia.
Belarus.
We'll also have Norway, Sweden.
Oh, that's obviously an N.
Look, you cheeky little fella!
Finland. Nope.
Lavia, though.
We're halfway.
We've got two minutes left, so I should be okay.
Belgium, Denmark, Poland.
There's a lot of Ns out there, isn't there?
North Macedonia.
Moldova would be one.
Kosovo as well.
That's 10 out of 19.
Come on, come on!
One minute 30 left!
Albania? No, that's an N.
Serbia though.
We can do Serbia.
Luxembourg, is Luxembourg one.
Luxembourg. I think it is, yay!
And then Lichtenstein is not. Slovakia.
Slovenia. No.
Czechia, though.
Czechia will be one.
Bulgaria. Is that there?
Bulgaria? I think so.
Is it in alphabetical order?
No, it isn't. That doesn't help.
I've got 10 seconds. I'm missing four.
Go on. Tell me what they are.
Greece, Croatia, Austrian, Belgium.
I said Belgium, but for some reason I was like, Belgium-n.
what happened there?
All right, next one.
"'C' Cities By Picture."
This is not gonna go well.
This is in the United States.
Chicago, Chicago. Let's try that.
Yes. Just a lucky guess.
This one's in Egypt.
Hang on. Cairo.
Maybe this will go better than I thought.
Germany. What begins with C in Germany?
Ah, I can't think of anything.
No, I'll skip that one.
Peru. (sputters)
Australia.
Probably Canberra.
Let's try it.
Yep. Canada.
What begins with C in Canada?
I'm gonna have to skip it.
I'm sure they're quite obvious as well.
This is United Kingdom.
Could it be Canterbury?
Oh, it's not Cambridge.
It's probably Cambridge.
Let's try Cambridge.
Oh, it's not either, right?
We'll skip it then. That's fine!
South Africa.
Cape Town. Yes!
Venezuela.
Cacaras, or something.
That's the capital, isn't it?
Cacaras. Caracas, I mean.
Caracas. There we go.
We got there.
China. I'm not sure.
I'm gonna skip that.
Denmark would be, I don't know.
Columbia? (stutters)
Morocco. (laughs)
United Kingdom again.
Somewhere in Wales.
Cardiff. (laughs) There we go.
That's embarrassing.
United States.
Somewhere that isn't Chicago. Don't know.
Thailand. I don't know.
Spain. I don't know either.
New Zealand. I'm not sure.
Moldova. I don't know.
United States again.
Well, that went really well.
Charlotte. Never heard of it.
Chisinau, Moldova, that's the capital.
I should have got that one.
Christchurch. I should have also got.
No, not heard of those ones.
Casablanca, Morocco.
Yeah, that's fair enough.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
I should have really, really got.
I'm sure people will kick off at me for that one.
Coventry? Come on!
Calgary, I've not heard of.
Cusco, Peru, Cologne, Germany.
Okay. Fair enough.
I mean, yeah, six out of 20. Not great.
"North America Population Grid."
"Can you name the largest North American cities
in the red boxes below?"
No, no. I really, really, really can't.
Oh God. (laughing)
We'll see how we get on.
I'll do Los Angeles.
Yes. Honolulu.
Is that gonna be what?
I'm just trying to, no, Honolulu's not there.
Where on earth are these places?
Oh, I guess it's gonna be this little bit of land here.
I don't know.
San Francisco, maybe.
Does not come up.
Okay. This is really, really difficult.
What's the capital of Florida? Miami.
Miami doesn't come up?
San Diego. Could that be one?
San Diego? We'll try it.
No? Oh God.
Ottawa. That'll be one. (laughs)
Washington DC? No?
Oh my God.
La Paz. Let's go with La Paz.
Yes. Thank God.
Mexico City. Let's try Mexico City.
Yes, we're back to it.
Capital of Cuba is Havana.
Yes.
Capital of Bahamas or Barbados?
It's something like Port something, but I can't remember.
Oh, New York.
Of course. Cool.
Maybe we could have Austin or Houston.
Yeah. Panama City may come up.
It does. Do you know what?
I'm actually not doing as bad as I thought
'cause it's just not my area of expertise at all.
Like I can name states, but I don't know populated cities.
Have we done Toronto yet?
It's not coming up.
I've not got anywhere in Canada, which is weird.
Right, I've barely got any, but I'm gonna leave it there.
Winnipeg. Las Vegas.
I could have got Las Vegas.
Jacksonville, Chicago. Did I not guess Chicago?
Seattle I also definitely should have got.
All right. That was a tricky one.
Let's do another random quiz.
"One Subcategory In 15 Categories - South America."
"Can you answer these 15 questions about South America?"
I'm sure I can't.
I'm sure I'm just gonna keep embarrassing myself.
"Sports: which South American country was defeated
7-1 by Germany in the semifinal?"
Probably Brazil.
"Geography: in which South American country
is the Atacama Desert primarily located?"
Maybe Chile? Oh yes.
Music: which of these singers are from Colombia?
That is Shakira.
♪ Oh baby, when you talk like that ♪
"Which 2004 biopic was based on the memories
of Ernesto "Che" Guevara?"
It's not city of God.
I've seen that one.
Che Guevara's male, so,
probably "The Secret in Their Eyes."
Ah, "The Motorcycle Diaries."
"TV series 'Ugly Betty' was based on the telenovela
from which country?"
Mm, I don't know.
Columbia? Nice guess.
"Just for fun: which of these countries has the same number
of letters as its capital city?"
I'm just guessing on that one.
Paraguay. (laughs)
We're doing good with our guesses.
"Ceviche, often considered the national dish of Peru,
consists mainly of?"
Chicken? Why not?
Ah, it was seafood.
"Which of these South American military dictators
was the most recent to resign from office?"
No idea on this one.
Just guessing randomly.
"Which novel is set
in the fictional Colombian town of Macondo?"
"The House of the Spirits."
Nope. That's fine.
"What is the official language of Suriname?"
It might be Dutch, you know.
I think it is. Yeah.
"Where did Charles Darwin, while on the second voyage
of the HMS Beagle, find a large number of endemic species?"
And that's Galapagos Islands.
Definitely knew that one.
"Which of these is not a Risk territory?"
That I don't know.
Risk is far too stressful for me to play.
But I guess I should go
with one of the smaller places like Peru.
Oh, it was Chile. Oh, for God's sake.
"Which dance originated
along the Rio de Plata,
the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay?"
Probably the tango. Yeah.
We've got two left.
"Which South American country
has more Hindus than Catholics?"
I'm gonna go with Ecuador.
Suriname. Okay.
"Whose birthday on July 24th is commemorated
as a holiday in several South American countries?"
Do we go Christopher Columbus?
Do the South Americans like Christopher Columbus?
I know there's a few places named after him,
so let's go with it. Ah, shouldn't have gone with it.
Okay, we got eight out 15.
So that's over 50%.
Which I actually don't think
is too bad considering it's not something I know much about.
Random quiz.
"Hidden Neighbours of Peru."
Bloody hell! Get us out of South America, man.
It says Ecuador. What do I do?
Do I click up here? Right. I understand now.
Bolivia.
Like, around here? Yes.
Brazil. Yes.
Colombia. Ah, think about it.
Yep. Chile.
This side?
Oh no.
Oh, ah! That's the sea, you idiot!
Oh, that's so dissatisfying.
"Countries by percentage of Continent."
"Can you name the countries that cover up
the highest percentage of their continent by area?"
I'm sure I can't.
But what I will do is say Russia to begin with.
Then I'm gonna say USA.
I think this is basically just name big countries.
So we'll do Canada, Algeria.
I'm gonna whack in Brazil.
Of course. Mexico's pretty large.
South Africa I think is in there somewhere.
Yeah, right at the end, 4%.
Let's do China. Of course.
Let's do Mongolia.
And we can also- This is my opportunity to redeem myself.
'Cause I've been a bit of an idiot throughout this video.
I'm not gonna lie.
Kazakhstan? Yes, please.
Oh, it's with a H, isn't it?
There you go.
That's nine of 30.
I've got three minutes.
That's no time at all.
Argentina's gonna be there.
Guess Denmark, 'cause of Greenland?
Yeah, there we go.
And Australia.
I've not even said Australia.
There we go. Number one.
We've got the top 10 now, right?
I understand.
So Australia takes up 90% of the landmass in Oceania.
That makes sense.
I get it now.
Okay, so continuing on.
India's gonna be there somewhere.
Saudi Arabia will be popping around.
If we can get to 20, I'll be proud.
Columbia, Venezuela, then as well.
Go on.
Yep. So moving on to Africa.
I always don't do enough of Africa.
We'll have Egypt probably?
Yep. And then Chad's gonna be there.
DRC.
Maybe Mozambique. Should we try Mozambique?
No, it's not there.
Hang on. Europe. Have I done any of Europe yet?
We're gonna have Germany.
We're gonna have Spain.
We're gonna have Poland.
We did do Russia.
Norway, Sweden, Finland. Ukraine will be there as well.
20 outta 30 I'm pleased with.
We missed Libya.
I should have got Libya.
I didn't even say France, which is interesting.
Papua New Guinea I definitely should have said,
and I really should have said Indonesia.
Overall, though,
that's not too bad to end on.
Thank you very much for watching.
I apologise for the foolish, foolish things that I forgot
in this episode, but overall we didn't do too bad,
but we could have definitely done better.
Thanks for watching. I'll see you later.