National Geographic Quiz

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Azazel

Also, while everyone is pretty terrifyingly stupid, the Swedes are less so than others.

And other people don't know where Sweden is.

Sweden is the true Stealth nation.

That's just because it's tucked between Norway and Finland.

And we're the stealth nation. Notice how they didn't even bother asking where Canada was? They knew nobody would get it.

[Gatekeeper]

Kick butt. I scored 20/20 ... but I was *disturbed* to see that only 89 percent of Americans could locate the United States on a global map. What the hell's up with that?

Oh, hey. It also says that folks who have taken geography courses and use the Internet did better on the survey than those who had done only one of the above or neither of the above.

Gatekeeper

(P.S. The toughest question was locating Sweden on the global map. It was just a matter of extrapolation, but it's such a small country located near a bunch of small countries ... )

[Az]

I've heard Muslims and Christians are about a billion each, so I'd be surprised if there were 2 billion Christians. Oh well, as for being ignorant, I did get the question right

No problem.

And we're the stealth nation. Notice how they didn't even bother asking where Canada was? They knew nobody would get it.

touche.

[KrazyHorse]

IIRC, the Israel question was the only one the US scored better on than we did. Interesting (and I'm including the US question...which 95% of us got, but only 89% of them)

[Sava]

Sava, you can stop the self hating. The Europeans didn't do much better.

self hating would mean that I am part of the large group of dumbass people in America who can't find Sweden... while I may be a dumbass, I'm not part of that ignorant group. And I don't necessarily hate those morons... I just mock them. Perhaps if you were living in America, you'd have a greater appreciation for how the stupid are screwing up this country.

[Az]

IIRC, the Israel question was the only one the US scored better on than we did. Interesting (and I'm including the US question...which 95% of us got, but only 89% of them)

Well, congratulations. still, both of your populations don't where it is. at least 80% of them.

self hating would mean that I am part of the large group of dumbass people in America who can't find Sweden... while I may be a dumbass, I'm not part of that ignorant group. And I don't necessarily hate those morons... I just mock them. Perhaps if you were living in America, you'd have a greater appreciation for how the stupid are screwing up this country.

Neither can 2/3s of the French, their fellow europeans. get over it.

[Sava]

Neither can 2/3s of the French, their fellow europeans. get over it.

I'll get over it when stupidity stops creating problems for me. I don't give a sh1t about French or Euro's... they don't control what happens in my country... not directly anyways. so MYOFB

[Az]

It never fails to amaze me. Why do you hold americans to higher standards? You people aren't better, you know.

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by Sava
Perhaps if you were living in America, you'd have a greater appreciation for how the stupid are screwing up this country.

Starting from the top down...

I spent almost 3 months travelling across the US, I can vouch for what Sava says - they're everywhere...

[Sava]

It never fails to amaze me. Why do you hold americans to higher standards? You people aren't better, you know.

I hold everyone to higher standards, I just care about Americans because they are the ones that directly affect my life. You never see me b1tching about dumbass Israelis... I don't care about them... because if my dumbass can answer these questions, there's no reason, barring mental illness, that anyone can't.

[Sava]

they're everywhere...

especially those Bengal's fans...

[Imran Siddiqui]

I can understand some people getting the Christian question wrong, because some consider 'Christian' and 'Catholic' to be seperate. They do have some major differences and it is a great schism, but ultimatly they are the same religion.

[Az]

Ok, cool. I just decided that I don't care.

[Sava]

Ok, cool. I just decided that I don't care.

I used to feel that way... but when the stupid started causing me headaches... I had to speak out. Not only does 'Poly give me the opprotunity to express myself, but quite often, it gives me direct access to representatives of the "stupid".

[Combat Ingrid]

The French know where Sweden is, they just refuse to find it on a map because we insist on speaking English when we visit France

The Germans did better, I guess they know that Poland (other alternative) is not Sweden

As for stealth nation, that's still Canada. As someone said, we are just hiding between Norway and Finland