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Americans suck at geography, witness our dismal showing in The Geography Olympics...
Update: As has been pointed out, the quiz seems to have quite a few countries that didn't exist until recently. I for one am partial to this map...
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Comments (13)
And I thought I was ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jeff Harrell | November 28, 2004 5:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And I thought I was a nerd.
1. Posted by Jeff Harrell | November 28, 2004 5:40 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 17:40
2. Posted by Joe R. the Unabrewer | November 28, 2004 6:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I never liked rocks anyway.
2. Posted by Joe R. the Unabrewer | November 28, 2004 6:07 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 18:07
3. Posted by Daniel | November 28, 2004 6:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ouch... i just scored two 70s and a 50... time to study up and try again tomorrow.
3. Posted by Daniel | November 28, 2004 6:10 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 18:10
4. Posted by jack rudd | November 28, 2004 6:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Note that the top 7 states are red states. Also note that New Mexico is at THE TOP of the list, which is precisely the opposite of what the other (bogus) ranking indicated should be the case.
4. Posted by jack rudd | November 28, 2004 6:40 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 18:40
5. Posted by McGehee | November 28, 2004 7:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
We Suck At Geography
What you mean "we"? I got 70% twice. Of course, I only pulled the U.S. score up by 0.001%.
But considering how many of the countries in question didn't even exist ten to fifteen years ago...
5. Posted by McGehee | November 28, 2004 7:42 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 19:42
6. Posted by LissaKay | November 28, 2004 8:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
At least we don't suck as bad as Canadians ... eh
6. Posted by LissaKay | November 28, 2004 8:03 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 20:03
7. Posted by Fred Boness | November 28, 2004 8:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There is one piece of advice I would like to give the world: Don't try to teach the Americans geography. The world has paid a high price for the limited geographical knowledge it has imposed on Americans. When provoked, Americans will learn just enough geography to know the names of the places they destroy.
7. Posted by Fred Boness | November 28, 2004 8:37 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 20:37
8. Posted by Tig | November 28, 2004 9:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was great in geography when I was in the 6th grade in 1967, but too many countries have changed their names since then, and then there was that whole USSR disbandment thing and all of those "stans" with such weird names with a lot of Z's to remember. It's too hard!
8. Posted by Tig | November 28, 2004 9:20 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 21:20
9. Posted by Maureen | November 28, 2004 10:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You should watch the National Geography Bee in the spring. Those kids will kick anybody's ass anyday.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/index.html
9. Posted by Maureen | November 28, 2004 10:59 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2004 22:59
10. Posted by blackbird4739 | November 29, 2004 12:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I got 100, baby!
Then I got a 70. But come on, how am I supposed to tell one S. Pacific island nation apart from another?
10. Posted by blackbird4739 | November 29, 2004 12:40 AM |
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Posted on November 29, 2004 00:40
11. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 29, 2004 10:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They have a "team" for a palestine, but it isn't on the map.
In their trivia, they list Israel's capital as Jerusalem. Good job!
11. Posted by Laurence Simon | November 29, 2004 10:07 AM |
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Posted on November 29, 2004 10:07
12. Posted by Paul Zrimsek | November 29, 2004 2:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It would of been better if they'd had subtitles like in Team America telling you how far east of America everything is. They could do the same thing for guys in those other countries like Transylvania and Moscow so it wouldn't give us an unfair advantage.
12. Posted by Paul Zrimsek | November 29, 2004 2:06 PM |
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Posted on November 29, 2004 14:06
13. Posted by Tim Worstall | November 30, 2004 11:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An embarassing 80%. Embarassing because one of the questions was Tuvalu..and an Uncle used to run the place before independence.
13. Posted by Tim Worstall | November 30, 2004 11:01 AM |
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Posted on November 30, 2004 11:01