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North American Geography

  • 21-12-2013 4:10am
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,647 ✭✭✭✭


    Stemming from this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057108759 and this one: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057108766

    I wonder how many After Hours users can name all the (generally recognised*) countries in North America and the Caribbean. So, take this quiz and tell us how fast you answered / how many you got.

    http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/northamerica



    * Not include territories of other countries. Here's not looking at you Puerto Rico, Greenland, Bermuda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, etc.

    How many ansers did you get right and how quickly? 55 votes

    0
    0% 0 votes
    1-5
    0% 0 votes
    6-10
    3% 2 votes
    11-15
    12% 7 votes
    16-20
    32% 18 votes
    21-22
    32% 18 votes
    23, under 10 minutes
    10% 6 votes
    23, under 9 minutes
    1% 1 vote
    23, under 8 minutes
    1% 1 vote
    23, under 7 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 6 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 5 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 4 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 3 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 2 minutes
    0% 0 votes
    23, under 1 minutes
    3% 2 votes


Comments

  • #2
    metaoblivia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    All 23, 42 seconds! :D


  • #3
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    23 in 41 seconds.


  • #4
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,321 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    19 in about 6 minutes before I gave up.

    Missed out on
    Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Antigua & Barbuda and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (what kind of country name is that?).


  • #5
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    I only got 8 before giving up :/ But I can do all the US States and Canadian Provinces..!


  • #6
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,226 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    14 before quitting. Those small Caribbean islands fecked me up.


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  • #7
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    20 in four minutes, not a chance I'd get the last three.
    Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


  • #8
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,771 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    14. Got all the mainland countries, except El Salvador. But the political status of half those islands is bloody confusing. Curacao and Antilles aren't valid answers ffs

    /nerdrage


  • #9
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    20 in about 3 minutes and then gave up becuase I was typing in things like montserrat and the virgin islands and they didnt take them so I missed:
    Kitts and Nevis,
    Antigua and Barbuda,
    Vincent and the Grenadines.


  • #10
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,920 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    wasted time writing all the names with St. instead of Saint so gave up after 18.


  • #11
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    16. Couldn't get the spelling of
    Guatemala
    right for ages!


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  • #12
    The Pheasant2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭The Pheasant2


    20/23 after 3 mins and 5 seconds

    Didn't get St. Vincents and the Grenadines, Grenada and I got Antigua but didn't have Barbuda so it didn't count...happy enough with that :D


  • #13
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    this is only funny when we're laughing at americans

    maybe english people too, but generally only americans


  • #14
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Gave up at 14. with 3 minutes on the clock.

    Why won't
    Antilles
    work?

    Too many obscure islands out there!


  • #15
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    J. Marston wrote: »
    19 in about 6 minutes before I gave up.

    Missed out on
    Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Antigua & Barbuda and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (what kind of country name is that?).

    The last one really is a band name in waiting!


  • #16
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    second last one already is a singers name


  • #17
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,118 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    I got them all, but took long enough because of oversea territories.
    Recently read a book about a guy driving the pan american highway, so central america was handy. And my honeymoon was a caribbean cruise, so remember all of them!
    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    16. Couldn't get the spelling of
    Guatemala
    right for ages!

    In fairness, I had to open another tab and type it into google to get the right spelling for that one :pac:


  • #18
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    I got 20 but really confused with all those little islands like Aruba and Curacao which count as separate entities on Ham radio maps, but not on real world maps.

    I'd spoken to about 70% of them on the radio over the last year.......


  • #19
    19543261
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭19543261


    72 in 41 minutes.


  • #20
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭pajor


    All 23 in 1 minute and 58 seconds. :cool:


  • #21
    demakinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭demakinz


    If i could spell I would of got a good few of them.


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  • #22
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Didn't have full name for
    Antuiga
    Trinidad

    Couldn't spell
    Belize
    Nicaragua
    Dominician Republic

    and gave up


    Try this one
    http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/antarctica :cool:


  • #23
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    why isnt puerto rico there? is it considered part of the us


  • #24
    NuckingFacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,221 ✭✭✭NuckingFacker


    None, there's a new american lad working for us and he said he was from Vermont...and nope, not a flicker of whereaboutsthatis-ery entered my head so I reckon giving it a miss is for the best. I just sort of nodded and went, umm yeah, nice..


  • #25
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    why isnt puerto rico there? is it considered part of the us

    No, not a state - it's an "unincorporated territory" - Guam is another one.


  • #26
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    No, not a state - it's an "unincorporated territory" - Guam is another one.
    It means they get taxation without representation.


  • #27
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    I got 20 in 4 minutes. Spent the last 6 minutes unable to come up with Barbados, Saint Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda.


  • #28
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    why isnt puerto rico there? is it considered part of the us

    Yeah it's a US territory.


  • #29
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,647 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    LordChessington wrote: »
    14. Got all the mainland countries, except El Salvador. But the political status of half those islands is bloody confusing. Curacao and Antilles aren't valid answers ffs

    /nerdrage
    It only asks for countries, not dependent territories.


  • #30
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    19/23
    Guatamala, Antigua & Barbuda. Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
    I had Barbuda :mad:


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  • #31
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Keno wrote: »
    23 in 41 seconds.


    Yeah we believe you......


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