Geography quiz
Anything but North America: minefield
Click all 60 names that are not countries of North America: countries elsewhere and the capitals of North America, which are cities, not countries. The 20 countries of North America are mines.
- Format
- Click the grid
- Items
- 60 to click
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.04
- To find
- 60
- Time limit
- 2:00
- Minefield
- One wrong click ends it
- Click every valid item, in any order.
- Decoys look plausible. Read carefully.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click everything that is not a country of North America. The grid appears when you start.
About this quiz
A backwards continent quiz: the countries of North America are the mines, and everything else is safe, including the capitals of North America. The board is dealt once from Ribbia's list of 197 countries and is the same for everyone.
- Countries that span two continents (Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Kazakhstan and the countries of the Caucasus) and Cyprus are never on the board.
- A capital whose name holds a country's name (Mexico City, Monaco, Vatican City) is never on the board.
- Central America and the Caribbean count as North America.
Sources
- [1]United Nations. Member States.
- [2]United Nations. Non-member States.
- [3]United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49).
Note on the data. Countries, capitals and continents are Ribbia's shared list, checked on 3 October 2026 against the United Nations member and observer lists, the M49 regions and the US Department of State list of independent states and their capitals. Countries that span two continents and capitals named after a country are left off the board, so no click can be argued.
Last checked October 4, 2026
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