National Geographic Quiz

[Kramerman]

wow, im glad we dont have to learn the provinces of each european country.... obviously many americans dont even learn the european countries. i personhally in 5th grade had to memorize every european country and their capitals, and then i had to do it again in 9th grade, and ontop of that i had to learn some of the famous natrual land marks and stuff

[Soul Survivor]

20/20 the only one I wasn't sure of was the Islam/Christianity thing.... I knew it was Christianity 10 years ago, but I wasn't sure about now

[FrostyBoy]

Sounds to me, it is the governments way of doing what they want.

How do you run a democratic country, one where all the people think they are 100% free to do and say what they want? You make them ignorant! So in effect, the government is not democratic, and the general population are too ignorant/stupid to understand what *exactly* is going on with the world.

But, of course America does have it's rare geniuses, but the govt will make good use of them.

I do remember reading that most of America's highest ranked scientists (working on something or rather) are actually foriegn.

[Kramerman]

I do remember reading that most of America's highest ranked scientists (working on something or rather) are actually foriegn.

that is because many scientists around the world would gladly come to america to study/work... and the world is a much larger pool of people in which to get geniuses from than america. Its known as the american "brain drain". Poor India has lost some of their finest minds, first to Britain, and now to America

[cinch]

Originally posted by Sn00py



Anyway, those stats are scary. But lets face it, America is the most diverse country in the world, it's bound to have loads of uneducated people. The next down the line would be Great Britain, and so it is.

Canada is very diverse, but our scores differed noticeably from the U.K. and U.S.A. What's the deal, then?

[FrostyBoy]

I don't know much about Canada, but there is something about it which seperates it from America, not the obvious things, but something in essence.

I actually see England being closer to U.S.A than Canada is (not in terms of geographical location of course )

[Dinner]

If somebody doesn't get 20 out of 20 on that test then they should feel like a ******. It was just so easy.

[Q Classic]

zero wrong. wasn't that hard.

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Oerdin
If somebody doesn't get 20 out of 20 on that test then they should feel like a ******. It was just so easy.

Well going by that logic, the World's most powerful nation's 18-34 yo's are mostly retards...

[Eli]

I convinced my father to take the test.

He knew the answer to 2 questions, and guessed correctly another 3. Ah well.

[Az]

5/20?

[Eli]

Yep.

Some answers were truly horrifying. He thought that the US is in Canada, didnt know the difference between the US and America, thought that Nigeria is Argentina, that Italy is Spain and that the Kashmir conflict is between Israel and Egypt.

[Az]

ahem....this might be a bit insensitive, Eli, but is there something wrong with your dad?

[Gangerolf]

I got 20/20 of course.

I know lots of people who would probably get rather lousy results. They're not dumb, they just don't care too much about what goes on in the world.

[Eli]

Originally posted by Azazel
ahem....this might be a bit insensitive, Eli, but is there something wrong with your dad?

He doesnt know a thing beyond what he needs to know.

Just like the average American.