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I Learned the Shape of EVERY European Country
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Apr 2, 2025
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In this video, I'll be attempting to learn the shape of every single European country
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There's 47 of them, this could be really hard. Let's see if we can do it. Okay, so there are quite a few European countries that do have iconic shapes
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So, for example, Cyprus is easy to find because the shape of the country is literally in the flag
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You can see here is Cyprus and this is what the Cyprus flag looks like. That's one that I already know
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United Kingdom, I also know that one because I live here. Belgium, I've no idea
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Basically the issue I've got is countries like this one and like this one. They're all iconic shapes
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So they're easy to remember whereas like this country here this country here this country
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They're all just kind of blobby and it's just hard to differentiate between the different blobs
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You know what I mean? So we'll skip Belgium for now Finland we should be able to do because it's one of the phallic shaped countries
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I'm sorry Finland. What can I say? Alright, so this one's Norway. This one is Sweden
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I think so Finland must be is it this one it is yes, okay, so it's quite it's quite
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Chaudi, Chaudi Finland that'll be the new monarch. We remember Moldova also has a reasonably iconic shape
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It's this one. I think yes, it is Malta. I don't know. I think that might be Malta
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But I don't want to commit to it just yet. Okay, Switzerland. I don't know. I think this might be Switzerland
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Shall I risk it? It is Switzerland. Okay, so Switzerland has some droopy bits on it. Hungary. I've no idea
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Austria I've no idea I'm thinking possibly that one though Vatican City is also easy because it's the only one that is literally
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Shaped around the building so you can see there's some points and some curves So that's the Vatican Spain we can also find because we just look for the missing jigsaw piece that is Portugal
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Which is right there Montenegro? I've no clue Ireland is also pretty easy just because of where I'm based
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Lithuania I've no idea Monaco. That's another easy one So this is possible, isn't it
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As soon as I've learned all of the countries in the world, I've learned all of the flags in the world, it would be amazing if I could identify all of the country outlines in the world
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But that is an incredibly difficult task. So I thought, let's start with Europe, which is the easiest of the continents, and we'll see how we get on
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Italy, another iconic-shaped country. There it is. Liechtenstein, I have no idea
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Poland, no idea. France, I should be able to recognize. It's a blob, but it's a blob I'm familiar with
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It's this one down here. Ukraine. Oh, you'd think I'd be able to recognize Ukraine
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Part of me wonders if it's there. That might be Ukraine, though, as well
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I'm gonna have to leave it for now. Okay, Turkey's next, which is another easy one
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because it's kind of... It's shaped like a foot. Do you know what I mean? There, yeah
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Do you see? That's not like a foot at all, Jack. I think it's a foot, all right
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These are the toes. Turkey's a foot, okay? Portugal. We should be able to spot
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Portugal must be this one. That fits into Spain, doesn't it? Yeah. Serbia, no idea
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Belarus, no idea. It's just another blob. Kosovo is just like Cyprus. This is the Kosovo flag. So that's big giveaway. That's this one down here. Sweden is obviously this one Latvia
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I have no idea Luxembourg. I don't know Estonia. I don't know Czech here
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I don't know it gets hard Slovenia I'm sure that in one of my Jackson stuff Reddit videos someone showed me a picture of Slovenia as a chicken, which is this one here Yeah
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Bosnia and Herzegovina That is also quite easy to recognize because it wraps around Croatia
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And this is croatia here and I think that would be this piece right here. There we go
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We got 17 or 47. That's all right. No way once again nice and iconic north macedonia
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I don't know and dora also don't know albania. I do know that's this one
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I don't know why I know that but I do it's gonna be tricky coming up with mnemonics for all of these different blobs
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Oh man And another thing that really throws you off with learning country outlines is there's no sense of scale for example
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these two here one might be a thousand times bigger than the other so if I had an idea of scale it would be obvious which one would be San Marino because you know that a microstate But I don know which one San Marino is Croatia we do know because it is shaped like the letter C
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Yes, Russia, we can also easily identify, because of this little weird blobby bit here
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There we go, Russia. Germany, I don't know. Greece, also easy to find, because of all of the little islands
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So far, we've not got one wrong, we're halfway there. Romania, I have no idea
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Netherlands, you'd think I should be able to get Netherlands. Is that the netherlands i'm gonna risk it netherlands is like a person running
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Yes, right imagine that he's playing basketball. Look my mouse is the ball and he's dribbling and then i'm saying you're never gonna land that hoop
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Bulgaria i've no idea slovakia isn't slovakia somewhat shaped like a chicken as well could it be this one
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Oh, it wasn't what was that then? This is slovakia. How am I gonna remember that that's so unrememberable iceland is quite well known that is this one up here
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Denmark is this one. We remember that one since I had to draw it from memory in another video Belgium
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I do not know and now we've got to all of the ones that I don't know so we've successfully found
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25 47 about half. Oh, and we are left with a lot of blobs
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Czechia which one of these would be Czechia would it be this one
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Nope, it would be this one. Okay, Czechia Do we have anything shaped like a Z for next time so I can remember you you could maybe picture a Z in there
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You know like uh, uh, uh North Macedonia, I feel like it's quite round, but I don't know why I think that I'm gonna hit this one damn
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See look. It's just all blobby. It's so blobby This is not a good mnemonic, but it's all I'm gonna go on you see this little blip right
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Erichai put the mcdonald's logo right there. See it kind of lines up m for macedonia. That's how we remember it and dora
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I know and dora's on some mountains, so i'm gonna go with this one. I was wrong. It's this. Oh, there's nothing much to remember there
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This chunk right here was spain getting hungry. It's just how we're gonna remember it. Okay san merino
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I don't know i'm gonna hit this one. Why not? Oh, it wasn't what a shock. This is san merino
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Okay, it's somewhat shaped like a tear So what we will say is that san wanted to marry reno, but then she didn't want to marry san
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So he cried hence the tear Okay, germany, which one would germany be? Um, probably this one
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This is germany kind of shaped like a brussel sprout. That'd be really handy if this was belgium
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Right, sorry Germany, but I'm gonna see your country as a huge giant germ that is crawling around trying to infect people
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It's purely a mnemonic. Right, Romania's by the sea, so do we have anything that looks like it could be by the sea
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Maybe this one, or maybe this one. Gonna go with that one. It was that one
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Ooh, that's good! Romania's by the sea, and it kinda looks like a fish
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Cool. Bulgaria. This country's shaped like a bull, so you know, like, this is the little hoof, this is his nose, this is his horns
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This is his tail. So please be bulgaria. Oh my god. It is well, that's handy belgium could be this one
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No, it wasn't this is belgium down here kind of looks like someone hunched over in like the fetus position
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So let's say that a guy called bell ate some gum and it upset his stomach
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So he's like hunched over like this like oh god, we'll remember that malta i'm gonna guess this one's malta
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It isn't malta's this one. So let's say that this island was malting
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You know, like when dogs molt and like their hair comes out and then this is the hair this separate island
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It's all separating and going everywhere and you're having to hoover it up. Hungary Uh
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Wait, nope, I mean, I guess you could say it's shaped a bit like a leaf of lettuce and i'm really hungry for a leaf of lettuce
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So hmm. Yes, please Austria. I think this could be Austria Oh for god's sake, okay
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Austria is this bit it got the wiggly bit to the left turn it on its side and it kind of looks like a tree tree Ah sure Montenegro okay Uh this one why not Oh it actually was
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All right looking at the shape of montenegro It's somewhat similar to the shape of kosovo. So let's just say montenegro kosovo
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They both end with all they're quite near each other. They're also a similar shape sure. Lithuania
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I don't know. Lithuania. What could that be? Probably maybe this one. Nope. Okay. All i'm gonna say is that this little sticky out bit here
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That is the lift that hopefully will be enough to stay my brain lichtenstein a tiny tiny little country
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Where could that be? Could it be this? Yes, it is. Okay
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So let's just say that the country is sort of shaped like a reverse l and l stands for lichtenstein. Poland
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It's probably poland, isn't it? It is it's getting easy now because there's so few left
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Okay, poland's pole is in the south and it's this little nipple down here
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That's how we'll remember that. Ukraine. It's probably this, isn't it? Ukraine is shaped like a sad chicken
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So we'll remember that stuff's sad in Ukraine at the moment. Sad chicken
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Obviously not to trivialise anything. It's just pure mnemonics. Serbia is probably this one
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Oh, it's not. Okay, so this looks like a person to me. This is the nose. This is the mouth
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Their eyes are here. And then this is like a big Russian hat. And what they're doing is they're looking over at Russia
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which compared to where Serbia's located, are up in the right direction. Belarus
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Us probably this one. Yes kind of if you turn it on its side
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It's sort of like it's shaped like a bell did you dingle about and then this knobbly bit
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That's like the bit in the bell that wobbles about yeah Latvia. I don't know is this Latvia
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Oh, that's Latvia. There's a big chunk cut out of Latvia and there's a V in Latvia
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And this is kind of like the shape of a V and it's all lateral sure. So we've got Luxembourg and Estonia left
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So presumably this is Luxembourg. Nope, that's Estonia, but I got it, right
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I was on the wrong one Estonia has two little stones being thrown at it Estonia stones and then Luxembourg
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I know there's some castles in and Luxembourg So we're just gonna imagine that this shape is just the shape of a castle from above sure
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Okay, that is them all we got 70% of them correct So we're gonna replay now and we're gonna see how many of those mnemonics actually stayed in my brain
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So Albania, I know where that is Ireland. We know where that is as well. That is just there Norway is
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is also here. Croatia. So, so far, we've not had any that have required any of my new mnemonics
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Ukraine. Okay. What did we say about Ukraine? It's this one. It's the sad chicken. Italy. We
9:56
already knew. Estonia. Stone's been chucked at it. That's this one. Switzerland is... I don't
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remember my mnemonic for Switzerland. Wait, I do. Switzerland has droopy bits. It's this one
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Slovakia is the cockerel. No, it's not. Slovenia is the cockerel. Slovakia is here. Okay. Well
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We've got one wrong already. Portugal is down here. Andorra. That was Spain taking a bite, wasn't it
10:19
So it must be this one here. Yep. North Macedonia is this one with the M
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Yes. Luxembourg is the one with all the castles, which I think is this one
10:28
Hungary is... I can't remember. No, it's this one that's shaped like a leaf of lettuce
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Belarus. That is the one shaped like a bell if you turn it on its side, which is down here
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, we should know already. That's up here. France we already knew that's this one
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Onto Negro. I might come back to it because I can't remember it. Denmark we already knew
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Greece we also already knew. Slovenia is the cockerel. Lichtenstein is shaped like a backwards L
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So that's just there. Belgium's the guy that ate gum and is now feeling tummy sick
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That's this guy here, isn't it? Yeah. Why did I say tummy sick? I'm not three
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Malta's the island that's malting, which is up here. Vatican we already knew That down here Latvia is the one with the big trunk in it I said that was like shaped like a v but it isn really but it gone in kosovo we already know romania i don remember i gonna come back to it monaco we can work out quite easily just by the shape san marino nothing
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coming to me for that one austria nothing's coming to me also poland there was a pole in the south is
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it this one it is russia we know finland we do know as well netherlands is you're never gonna
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land that hoop. Spain is over here. Bulgaria is shaped like a bull, thank goodness. Lithuania
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something about a Lith. I think this is the Lith, is it? It is. Serbia is looking up at Russia
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Turkey is just that one. Moldova's that one. Germany must be this one. Czechia is, there was
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something about a Z. I think I kind of said there was a Z there, but there isn't really, but it works
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anyway. Unite Kingdom. Sweden is there. I remember Montenegro. It's shaped kind of like Kosovo
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That's down here. Romania is shaped like a fish because its borders the Red Sea or something like that
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That's this one. San Marino is... I can't remember what I made up for San Marino
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Wasn't it someone called San Marino? Oh, it's a tier! It's a tier! And then finally, Austria is this one, but I haven't remembered anything for it
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Okay, let's say that this squiggly line over here is because Austria is trying to reach Australia
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but it's having to stretch out really far because Australia is miles away from Austria
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Yeah, there we go. So on that attempt, we only got one wrong
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So our mnemonics have been effective there, but I want to just be able to like nail it right off the bat
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So let's do it again. Speed round. Switch up the music for this one. Here we go. Okay, Denmark. We're off. Germany was like a... I'm so sorry, Germany
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This is such a rubbish mnemonic. Germany was like a germ that was stretching on top of broccoli
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Russia, Cyprus, Bosnia Herzegovina. And now I understand that my brain's probably going to start remembering the locations of these because they don't change
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But obviously once I've nailed this, I'll do other quizzes where they're like shuffled. Poland is the one with the little pole down the bottom
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Yeah, Moldova we know is here. Monaco is there. Switzerland is droopy
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Switzerland's droopy. Netherlands is that one. Monster Negro is down there. Andorra is the one that has the trunk bitten out of it, which is down here
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Lithuania has a trunk out of it as well, I think. No, Lithuania is this one with the lift
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Italy is down here. Romania is, um, oh, it's shaped like a fish
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Shaped like a fish. There we go. Luxembourg's this one. Yes. Ukraine is the little sad animal
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Vatican is that one. Latvia's this one, I think. Yeah. Slovenia is..
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Oh, don't make the same mistake, Jack. I think that's Slovenia. It is. Austria is the one trying to reach Australia
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Slovakia is up here. I literally just remember Slovakia's top left, so I'm going to have to think of something new there
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Kosovo is just there. Malta is... Malting, where is it? This one
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United Kingdom, that's obvious. Estonia. stones have been chucked at it that's over here serbia is looking up at russia croatia is shaped
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like a sea sweden is this one belarus is oh shaped like a bell shaped like a bell spain is just easy
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portugal is also easy bulgaria is shaped like a bull czechia is i think that one yeah it is it is
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it is finland is there belgium is the guy who's killed over greece is over here norway is there
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Iceland is here San Marino is the tier We're remembering it this time Nice Ireland
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Oh we've got this in the bag Hungary is the leaf one North Macedonia is
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Oh it's the M It's the McDonald's logo Yeah France is up here
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Liechtenstein is there I'm scared to click it No it is it is it is
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Albania is right there And Turkey We did them all We've learnt the outlines of Europe
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Obviously I will have to keep practising it And I need to play different maps Where they're all shuffled
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And enlarged and stuff But I'd say that is good progress for today Thanks so much for watching
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