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Bashar · Expert Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 59

Alright...after reading some of these threads and finding out how ignorant so many people are, I made a really simple quiz about geography. As the creator, I can log in and see what sites people are discussing it on, and hopefully I won't see too many low scores.

http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_well_do_you_know_geography

Josh Lalonde · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

I got 100%.
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Lazar · Expert Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 174

Quite simple, indeed.

I also got 100%.

Porthos · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:21 am Post subject:

100%
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Uriel · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:22 am Post subject:

93% But since when is Iran an Arab country? Last time I checked, they were mainly Persian.

And by the way, your first question would cause some grumbling on Antimoon. We all grew up with seven continents in the US, but our Latin buddies grew up with five -- counting North and South America as one (since they were technically connected until the Panama Canal was dug) and counting Eurasia as one, not two.
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KSa · Langcaffeine Addict Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 601

Bashar · Expert Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 59

So far the only referring URLs are all from here. Maybe in a few more days other people will find it.

A couple of those questions were inspired by some of the Geography threads I was reading here. One person said there are a lot of people who don't know how many continents there are, and that there are also many people in Texas who don't know what country is directly south of them! The thing about Iran was my idea because way too many people think that Iranians, Pakistanis, and Afghans are Arabs even though they most certainly are not.

Uriel · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

KSa · Langcaffeine Addict Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 601

Bashar · Expert Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 59

I've had similar problems with other quizzes on that site. And for the record, when I created the quiz, I did make Iran the correct answer for that question. I did the "select the correct answer" parts very slowly and carefully making sure I did not let my mind wander at any time. Because, once you create a quiz you can't ever change it.

Llatai · Expert Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 52

100% - by the way, New Zealand should be listed as islands not island, there are two primary ones and a few surrounding islands owned by NZ.

Liz · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

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Wanderin · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

93% here.

Yes, I don't know American states, but do Americans know what Russian region should they visit to see lake Baikal?

And I usually thought that there are 6 continents: Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Antarctide, Australia. So I was a bit confused when I couldn't find 6, so I decided that they mean South and North America as separate continents (yay, I was right!), but is it normal way of thinking that we have 7 continents in the West?

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Uriel · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

I know Russia and Siberia, that's it.
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Geoff · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:21 am Post subject:

<< In Britain, 'Australia' usually refers only to the country, whilst we usually call the continent either 'Australasia' or 'Oceania'. >>

In Australia, 'Australia' usually refers to the continent and the country.