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Geography How well do you know where places are?

#1 User is offline   onoway 

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Posted 2009-January-31, 11:45

I didn't know as much as I thought I knew (nothing new about that!).There's also Africa, Europe, South America, etc...
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Posted 2009-January-31, 12:07

I took Asia (the hardest thing) and scored 74% in 7:14
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Posted 2009-January-31, 12:12

Not bad. 86% in 2:49.
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Posted 2009-January-31, 17:15

Lol, I took Tujmenistan, and after surrounding most of the countries around afganishtan, it turned blue, but I didn't notice and though it was part of the big lake. I was desesperate thinking about moving to pacific to find it when I realiced what was going on (20 clicks after or so lol).
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Posted 2009-January-31, 17:31

98% in 2.19 minutes. (Turmenistan I only got in second guess)
Africa I got 100% in 1.41.
USA states: 80% in 3.13.
USA capitals: 33% in 6.18
Asian capitals: 68% in 3.18
USA cities: 68% in 1.37
Aftica capitals: 49% in 4.01
German cities: 68% in 1.27.
UK cities: 68% in 1.29
European countries: 100% in 1.18
European mountains, seas, rivers: 83% in 1.50
Historian people: 75% in 2.31.
Languages: 83% in 1.29
Human cell: 36% in 2.26
Spanish cities: 49% in 2.08
Most populous cities of Europe: 97% in 1.25.
Europe 1914: 100% in 0.37.
Swedish cities: 58% in 2.04
Cites in Europe: 56% in 3.04
Elements: 100% in 2.30
European civilizations of the Ancient World: 82% in 0.26
Danish cities: 100% in 0.44.
Wrld leaders: 48% in 6.28
Benelux cities: 100% in 0.44
Oceanian cities: 69% in 1.14
Motherboard: 54% in 1.40
Compounds: 95% in 2.22
How much do you know about the elements? 68% in 3.37
Asian civilizations: 100% in 0.22
Europe in 14th Century: 52% in 5.11
Modern China timeline: 53% in 2.14
Colonial Africa 1914, Colonies: 95% in 1.49
Colonial Africa 1914, Colonialists: 84% in 2.49
Chinese Dynasties Timeline: 58% in 1.20
Ethnic roots of Spain 1: 80% in 0.46
Timeline of Religions: 67% in 1.10
Ten Metaphorical Objects from History and Thought: 67% in 1.03
Timeline of Ancient Greece: 49% in 2.52
Pre-Roman Civilizatians: 50% in 2.56
Nordic mytology: 79% in 1.40
E.U. members accession: 100% in 2.11
What where they then? 89% in 1.16
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Posted 2009-January-31, 17:35

you guys are amazing, i'm truly impressed (98%!!! wow, helene)
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Posted 2009-January-31, 17:47

78% :huh: 3:14
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Posted 2009-January-31, 18:18

82% in 4:13

I gotta bone up on those ex-soviet-istans..... :huh:
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Posted 2009-January-31, 19:30

58% 4:07

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

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View Postrbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2009-January-31, 20:51

Who would have thought that after 4 beers Jordan would disappear?
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Posted 2009-January-31, 23:29

Too ashamed of Asia, Africa, and Europe to admit to it, but I got 100% on US states in 1:28.3!
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Posted 2009-February-01, 00:44

Winstonm, on Jan 31 2009, 09:51 PM, said:

Who would have thought that after 4 beers Jordan would disappear?

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(off to store....and I hate beer).
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Posted 2009-February-01, 04:08

uhh 39 % in 4:28

I was trying to discovery play a lot of them early on but i either forgot or couldn't see... really theres no way I could get so many otherwise lol.

edit: 54 % in 1:56 on south america...ship it!

edit: 37 % in 2:57 on USA. Of the 4 states I've lived in I got 2 of them right on the first try, and I got Nevada wrong where I've been like 10 times...lol

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Posted 2009-February-01, 04:48

33%. I win.
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Posted 2009-February-01, 04:53

I just created a quiz myself:

http://www.purposega...enigs-quiz/info

Justin got 100% in 14 secs, try to beat that one!
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Posted 2009-February-01, 04:58

Weeehaaa I got 100% on the continets, take that Helene! :P.

On mountaisn and rivers of europe I spent 15 clicks to find the "Tagus" LOL (Its the spannish-portuguese river whose english name was completelly new to me).

I got 50% on USA states, but I had a good amount of luck there.

Edit: 100% on the simpsons in 1:37

Edit: 96% (1 miss) of Top 25 Soccer Players of Today

And after refreshing every continent it was easy to get 84% in Countries of the World
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Posted 2009-February-01, 07:55

All I need to say is my best result so far (except the football players) was the one with the random smurfs.
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Posted 2009-February-01, 08:10

I got only 39% on the random lol
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Posted 2009-February-01, 10:43

i got 100% on the pokemon quiz LOL
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Posted 2009-February-02, 02:16

Gotta practice, got only 96% in Asia :P
Messed up the Armenia / Georgia corner, that didn't exist yet in primary school.

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