How well do you know US quiz?

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olle
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08 Mar 2009, 12:47 pm

As a response to this topic, I wanted to find out how much^H^H^H^H little I knew about the US. :wink: http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

And the result is a quite disappointing 55 / 150.

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08 Mar 2009, 1:15 pm

I only scored 112.

I can easily tell you that most Americans are very poor at geography, esp. world geography.

Also, Sarah Palin could not find the USSR on a map.

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08 Mar 2009, 1:23 pm

I got 78 points...

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olle
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08 Mar 2009, 1:31 pm

whitetiger wrote:

I can easily tell you that most Americans are very poor at geography, esp. world geography.

Yeah, so I've heard. I wanted to see if that holds true or not for the WP population. (Those willing to post their results publicly, that is. )

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Also, Sarah Palin could not find the USSR on a map.

She could've guessed randomly and had a fair chance of getting it right. :roll:

Anniemaniac
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08 Mar 2009, 1:46 pm

142

Of course, it helps that I have an obsession with the US.

melissa17b
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08 Mar 2009, 2:15 pm

As geography and maps have been a special interest for many years, getting 150 on this was very easy.

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08 Mar 2009, 2:25 pm

I got an abysmal 79 points. *puts gun to head* I have only ever been to the USA once, to Florida, but I am still proper ashamed of myself, as world geography is one of my special interests.

I ended up randomly guessing most of them, I would have done better if the map had mountain ranges and rivers and stuff on it, so I could judge the states by that.

I need to go study a map of the US now...

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08 Mar 2009, 2:59 pm

I scored 123. US state capitals was one of my obsessions in the past.

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08 Mar 2009, 3:17 pm

150/150... took longer than the Europe one though... those midwest and mountain states can be confusing.

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08 Mar 2009, 8:40 pm

130/150

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09 Mar 2009, 7:15 am

Did anyone else find these quizzes seriously addictive?

While the find-the-country ones were easy, the regions-within-countries were challenging beyond the US, Germany and Australia. Did OK in Italy, France and Mexico, but poorly in Russia and China. Had no clue in Afghanistan.

Should know them all by tonight - a most effective eductional tool!

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17 Mar 2009, 12:26 pm

76 out of 150

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17 Mar 2009, 12:45 pm

I got a 99. Sorry dad :oops: he tried to make me memorize the states.

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17 Mar 2009, 2:49 pm

I got a 146 which is bull. I went to make a sandwich and then clicked on Rhode Island for the first time(which was the question) and it said no more tries. I will admit I had no idea where Missouri was though.

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18 Mar 2009, 2:41 pm

148/150

(got two of them on a second attempt each, the rest right on the first try.)

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18 Mar 2009, 4:57 pm

150/150
If anyone from the U.S. doesn't get a perfect score, well... that's just sad :arrow:

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