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    I did pretty well, I think. I'm curious about how well the ROW knows the US, especially.



    US: 150/150

    Canada: 38/39

    South America: 38/39

    Europe: 111/111

    Africa: 114/147

    Asia: 83/84

    Middle East: 87/87

    Central America: 42/42

    Carribean: 56/72

    Australia: 21/24
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  • #2
    BTW I don't expect people to do all of them, unless they really want to.
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    • #3
      already did this.

      IQ, now geography. Apolyton is reminding more of school than a gaming forum

      I can't be bothered to look up the old thread.

      I did well in s. america and Europe. Asia was okay same with middle east. Africa I did surprisingly decent in.

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      • #4
        Did that.

        Next!
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        • #5
          USA: 150/150

          Canada: 39/39 (Natch.)

          Africa: 123/147 (Ouch)

          Asia: 82/84 (got my 'Stans mixed up a lil' bit)

          Australia: 22/24 (my grandpa would kill me for this one)

          Carribean: 46/72 (I just plained sucked on this one.)

          Central America: 42/42 (Gracias, Spanish 111)

          Europe: 110/111 (got Croatia mixed up with Bosnia-Herzigovina)

          Middle East: 85/87 (got my Azerbaijans/Georgias mixed up.... Baku!)

          South America: 38/39 (mixed up my Guianas!)

          World: 33/33 (Duh...)

          All in all... I could've done better. Friggin' Guianas.
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          • #6
            Re: Geography quiz

            Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
            I did pretty well, I think. I'm curious about how well the ROW knows the US, especially.



            US: 150/150

            Canada: 38/39

            South America: 38/39

            Europe: 111/111

            Africa: 114/147

            Asia: 83/84

            Middle East: 87/87

            Central America: 42/42

            Carribean: 56/72

            Australia: 21/24

            Just out of curiousity: What did you screw up on for Canada?

            Ah, if only Geography carried with it some lucrative career opportunities... What a wondrous existence that would be!
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            • #7
              Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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              • #8
                BTW, how did you get 150 on the US quiz? Do Canadians get taught US geography in school, or did you learn it on your own time?
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
                  BTW, how did you get 150 on the US quiz? Do Canadians get taught US geography in school, or did you learn it on your own time?
                  They semi-attempted to go over U.S. geography a bit in junior high, but by then I was already kindof an atlas geek (one of the many peculiarities of my younger years), so I knew most of 'em. I just picked up the rest of them as I went along. I'd say it's a combination of my own geography-nerddom, Civ, Pop Culture, and Sports ("Oh the Oilers are playing St. Louis... Where is St. Louis, anyway?"> Schooling was just tangential.

                  However, when it comes to American politics, and the way the American governmental system works, Canadian high school social is PACKED with Yankitude.
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                  • #10
                    Canada:

                    39/39

                    USA:

                    150/ 150

                    Europe:

                    111/111

                    Australia:

                    24/24

                    S. America

                    39/39

                    Asia:

                    84/84

                    Mid-East:

                    87/87

                    Azerbaijan/Armenia/Georgia were HARD since they ask Azerbaijan first!

                    147/147 on Africa.
                    Some mnemonics to help,

                    Swaziland is the SMALL part off S. Africa

                    Togo looks like a pogo stick

                    Rwanda - Burundi N/S

                    Hardest part is West Africa. Guinea Bissau is West of Guinea

                    Central America:

                    42/42

                    47/72 on the Caribbean.

                    My brain works well with pictures. Hard to tell one island apart from another when they are just a speck on a map
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                    • #11
                      Europe 111/111

                      Us 120/150

                      The others later

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                      • #12
                        150/150 on US
                        39/39 on CAN
                        39/39 on SA (pure luck on getting Suriname and Guiana straight)

                        Started doing Africa. Stopped when I got this message:

                        Where is Republic of Congo

                        No, that's Democratic Republic of Congo, try again


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                        • #13
                          138/147 Africa

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                          • #14
                            142/147 on Africa -- I can never keep the western Gold Coast countries apart (Guineas, Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia)

                            84/84 on Asia

                            24/24 on Australia

                            36/39 on Canada -- mixed up Yukon and NWT, never even heard of Manitoba(sp?) before

                            42/72 on Carribean (nothing new there, I suck at the Carribean)

                            37/42 on Central America -- always mess up those 4 countries between Mexico and Cost Rica

                            111/111 on Europe

                            87/87 on Middle East

                            39/39 on South America

                            141/150 on USA -- mixed up a few neighbouring states

                            33/33 on World
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                            • #15
                              USA: 83/150
                              I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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