Because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad_State, a (mostly) independant Asian country from 1724 until 1948.

They WERE independant, they are no loger countries in Asia, they were countires in Asia.

Don't you think this is nitpicking at this point? There is a finite list of 48 countries to find out, of course it's not going to include all independent countries from the past... like Alexander's empire or the Khanate of Khiva (hope I spelled it right )

Hold up. It doesn't count http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria?

The test is a failure.

It's a quiz, so I expect scientific precision.

Where does the "finite" part come from, by the way? I see nothing about the list being exhaustive in the quiz description.

Then you should look better, it clearly states that there's 48 countries in the quiz, below the box where you enter your answers.

I just meant that there are only 48 countries to find/guess, which implies that the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bractrian Kingdom and other countries from the past are not expected answers (you can thank SentientSurfer for these names )
Why? I don't expect that from a quiz hosted at "jetpunk.com". You can always design your own quiz with scientific precision but this one is just supposed to be a bit of harmless fun, not a uni exam.

Saying the UK is part of Asia isn't precision, it's just bizarrely contrived and seems to be arguing for its own sake.

Exactly. Mathematically speaking, it states that the to be entered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset has a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality of 48. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_%28mathematics%29#In_set_theory of all valid answer however has no defined cardinality.


I'm a scientist by education and I like to think like one even in the context of "harmless fun" - and so do my brothers and most of my cousins, incidentally. Quizes like the above (for example "Which Eastern European country had a colony in the Americas?") are quite popular brain teasers in my family.

(The answer is "Two of them: Russia and Poland", by the way.)


Good that I didn't claim that (I claimed it has overseas territory in Asia, which it does).

I see, I like to think like that from time to time.

I know, I made some research for uni on the history of Russian America and its purchase by the United States.
It's cool that you have a background in science but I don't think science graduates are the main target of that quiz... most people are more forgiving when they do a quiz for fun. I know I am. But whatever, I guess there's no point in arguing over this.

Great, so did your scientific education kill your common sense and your ability to properly understand a simple quiz, or are you just being deliberately obnoxious?

I got 37. I missed Cyprus (doesn't count), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, East Timor, Krygyzstan, Maldives, Oman, Philippines, Qatar (misspelled it, then thought I must be wrong), and Tajikistan. In bold, are the countries I didn't know existed.

I keep feeling the inclination to spell it "Catarrh". Apologies to any Qataris!

I thought Quatar, or Quitar, like "Guitar".

Name the countries that are generally considered to be part of Asia.

The question presented is worded in the present tense. Not to mention the common assumption that, unless otherwise specified, the question would refer to the present day.

So much for your hyper-precision.
You are just splitting hairs for the sake of arguing, and you aren't even correct or rational.

Stop that.

Including countries with small amounts of territory there is silly. That does not make them Asian in any way. Also, the quiz is titled "Countries of Asia" (implying that it's on CURRENTLY EXISTING ONES), not "Historical Asian kingdoms, empires, states, princedoms and khanates". Although a quiz like that would be interesting. Also it's interesting you seem hell-bent on precision but count Egypt as Asian (again a miniscule amount of it's territory is in Asia).

I got 19/48

Would have been 21 had it given me credit for North and South Korea when I simply typed in Korea.

Why should it have given you credit when North and South Korea are two very different countries ideologically.

Probably because the boundary between Europe and Asia is generally considered to go down the Caucasus Mountains (more or less) and then across the Black Sea - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova are obviously European. Russia, however, should be included in the quiz if only for the sheer mass of its territory that's located in Asia.
It has nothing to do with CIS, which is political, not geographical.

It would be like giving you credit for South and North America if you simply typed America.


I got 26 and knew 5 more, but couldn't spell them correctly. Kyrgyzstan is a killer.
I also tried to type in Russia, but forgot about Turkey I didn't get Cyprus either.

Okay, Cyprus is considered an Asian country, but Russia is not?

I would have done well, but I blanked on my istans, and couldn't remember Bhutan. Oh, and missed Cyprus, obviously.

Dang, only got 20/48. Geography apparently isn't my strong suit, they were a few countries on there I've never even heard of lol.