san marino is easy for me but probably because I live in europe. All the central ameican countries are the ones I forget.
It was never going to be there as an independent nation though. The issue isn't that it's not independent, it's that it's shown as part of Russia, not Ukraine.
Yeah, that seems like a fair benchmark. I'd suggest it should be a bit higher for anyone living in the EU, since they're living within free trade and travel area with most of the rest of Europe and they really should be able to name a few more countries as a result.
"~United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru~"I'm good as long as the list of countries is from 1994.
Also self-selction bias. People who think they know the names of lots of countries are probably significantly more likely to take this quiz than those who don't.
I think the average is most likely skewed by people repeating the test, either doing it twice in a row to immediately improve their score, or doing it repeatedly over time to improve their ranking and/or their knowledge. Plus the average is pre-skewed by a self-selecting audience, at least some of who are doing it to show off.
