Emoji quiz: How many countries can you guess correctly?

Emoji quiz: How many countries can you guess correctly?
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With so much turmoil in the world today, it’s important to take a moment to appreciate the lighter side of life. While you’re at home flattening the curve, making time for something fun can greatly improve your mental health and attitude.

Whether you’re battling loneliness, anxiety or depression from quarantine, there’s no shortage of digital solutions to help you through the darker moments of your day. Tap or click here to discover 5 apps that can help improve your mindset.

And if you enjoy quizzes, they’re another great way to pass the time under lockdown. This time, we have a fun new quiz that takes country names and scrambles them into emoji. Can you correctly guess the country based on nothing more than pictures?

Can you guess the country from these emoji hints?

Nikki Spiers of London makes fun online quizzes in her free time, and her latest one is already going viral across social media. Her Instagram account Nikki’s Quizzes is a great resource to find free content you can enjoy while you’re relaxing at home.

In her latest quiz, she takes the names of several countries and renders them phonetically in emoji form. With only these small graphics as your hints, can you accurately guess the names without missing a beat? After you’ve finished the first 13 questions, click the arrow on the right-hand side of the image to scroll to the next batch.

Pro tip: Try to read each entry out loud based on the emoji you see. You’ll have a much easier time guessing the correct answer.

How do you think you did? Are you confident you got the answers correct? Read on below to check your answers and see how good your geography and emoji knowledge are together.

The answers (Don’t read until you’ve taken the quiz)

  1. Peru
  2. Turkey
  3. Belgium
  4. Portugal
  5. Chile
  6. Canada
  7. Hungary
  8. Panama
  9. Oman
  10. Tonga
  11. Ukraine
  12. Wales
  13. Iceland
  14. Finland
  15. Thailand
  16. Andorra
  17. Bahrain
  18. Seychelles
  19. Germany
  20. Madagascar
  21. Austria
  22. Brazil
  23. Romania
  24. Togo
  25. Ireland

Some of these seemed self-explanatory, while others like #4 are stumpers. Being that Nikki herself is from England, it might help to think of these answers with a British accent in mind.

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