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The Geography Olympics!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Harbourboy, Dec 5, 2004.

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  1. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    [​IMG] Demonstrate your ignorance of world geography. Here it is:

    http://www.geographyolympics.com/

    Very simple - you just have to correctly locate 10 randomly chosen countries on a map of the world. The leaderboard is very embarrassing for Americans and New Zealanders as entrants from those two countries rank outside the top 100 in the world. Not good. New Zealanders only average 5.8/10 correct responses.

    How well can you (and your nation) do? It's not as easy as it looks. I got 7/10.
     
    Harbourboy, Dec 5, 2004
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    I did well. Got 9/10 with Norway, Peru, Mozambique, Germany, Togo, Ethiopia, Albania, Uzbekistan (got wrong), Lesotho, and Malaysia. I feel so proud to have raised Nebraska's average by 0.041%.
     
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    Ugg! 3 out of 10 on my first try!

    Got Hatii and the Dominican Republic mixed up and got three countries I'd never heard of...
     
    Gnarfflinger, Dec 5, 2004
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    My country is not one of the choices of which country to represent.
     
    Zurga, Dec 5, 2004
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    8/10. Got easy countries though *shrugs*
    Looking at that map I'm amazed at how many places there actully are...
     
    Rotku, Dec 5, 2004
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    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    40% for my first time...oh well. I know enough of the world to be a model tourist. :lol: :rolling:
     
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    9/10 :yum:
     
    Rednik, Dec 5, 2004
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    Wow, I did not get the nice ones. Samoa, Surinam, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Liberia and Turkmenistan I only knew general area and took a chance on them. I only got Turkmenistan right of those. 5/10. :( I who prided myself to have leet geography skills!
     
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    7/10. It tells me I clicked on South Africa for Chad and Chad for Papua New Guinea. Seriously, I know where those countries really are. Seriously. The only one I didn't know is Armenia (mixed it up with Georgia).
     
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  10. Splunge

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    [​IMG] I always sucked at geography, and this was no exception. I know general locations, but specifics are another matter.

    4/10

    But at least I got New Zealand right! :D
     
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    I also got 4/10. The way I figure it the ones that I missed I was really close.
     
    The Great Snook, Dec 6, 2004
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  12. Harbourboy

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    I thought my geography was quite good but I suck at this. I'm especially having trouble with all the former Soviet Union countries as I can never remember which one is which (apologies to anyone from one of these countries who may be reading).
     
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    Relax, Harbourboy, I don't mind. ;)
     
    Rednik, Dec 6, 2004
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  14. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Sorry, it's just that I haven't had as long to get to learn those countries as I have ones that have been countries my whole life (like, say, France).
     
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    I always get the hard ones, just like Joacquin.

    The exception is that I also always get Canada.

    Splunge, remove that curse NOW!
     
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    I second that. So many small polygons that I never knew had a name.

    First time got 4/10. Second time had names I've never heard of before.
     
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Thrice got 8 out of 10, mixed Uzbekistan with Kyrgyzia and 3 Pacific Islands were a total mystery
     
    Morgoth, Dec 6, 2004
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    2 out of 10 on the first go, but I got alot of countries I have never heard of, let alone know where they are.

    5 out of 10 on the second go, though I think it really depends on which countries you get. I mean, even I know where Australia is.

    Oddly enough, I selected Paraguay twice, and was wrong both times. At least I got the right continent.
     
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    Anyone knows what and where Nauru is? Never heard of it before...
     
    Darkthrone, Dec 6, 2004
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  20. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Nauru is in the Pacific Ocean near the equator, west of the Solomon Islands.
     
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