Name all 197 countries: Countries of the World Quiz

Name every country in the world from memory. Type a country, press Enter, and if it's right it turns green on the map. There's no time limit: the clock counts up, so you can take your time or race it.

The quiz counts 197 countries: the 193 members of the United Nations, plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. The counters under the map show how many you still need on each continent, so you always know where to look.

Go continent by continent. Finish one continent before you start the next. A steady sweep finds the countries that random recall skips.

Let the counters tell you where to look. When you stall, check the counters under the map. "Africa 50/54" tells you exactly where the last few are hiding.

Learn the "-stans" as a set. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: seven answers you can type in one go.

Sweep the islands. The Caribbean, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean hold more than 30 island countries between them, and they're easy to forget until the end.

Do the microstates together. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City are tiny on the map, so type them as a group before they slip your mind.