Middle East Map Quiz

There is no official list. This quiz uses a common count of 17: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Wider lists add North African countries such as Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

Yes. It is free to play, with no account and no sign-up.

Usually, yes. Most of Egypt is in Africa, but the Sinai Peninsula is in Asia, and Egypt is on nearly every list of Middle Eastern countries.

Yes. Stampsy counts 195 countries, the 193 members of the United Nations and its 2 observer states, the Holy See and Palestine. The West Bank and Gaza are shown as Palestine, with Israel beside them.

Saudi Arabia, at about 830,000 square miles (2.15 million square kilometers), the largest of the 17 on this quiz.

Bahrain, an island country of about 300 square miles (780 square kilometers). On the map it gets a dot of its own, so you can find it.

You get one try at each country. A right answer is worth 100 points, plus up to 100 more for answering within 10 seconds, plus a bonus of up to 50 for a streak. A wrong answer scores nothing and ends the streak.

Your best score for each way of playing stays in this browser, on this device. Nothing is uploaded or sent to us. Clearing your browser data clears it too.

Yes. On Find on the Map, a tap on a crowded corner such as the Persian Gulf zooms in first, so you can reach the small ones. You can also pinch to zoom.