Though I have to admit before taking the quiz I thought "somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific" was good enough for the location. :)
Posted on 11/26/2004 7:17:43 PM PST by El Oviedo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America may dominate the world in sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter, the "Geography Olympics," the United States was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the Marshall Islands. More than 46,000 Americans have taken part in this online geography competition started by a man with a mission: Roger Andresen, who quit his job as a fiber optic engineer two years ago when he realized most Americans have never heard of Nauru and don't know Cameroon is in Africa.
Working from his home in Georgia -- the U.S. state, not the country -- he created a jigsaw puzzle with pieces shaped like the countries of the world and launched what he calls the "world's biggest ongoing geography puzzle" on the Web.
Players have 200 seconds to locate 10 randomly selected countries on a map of the world with the names blanked out.
The site www.geographyolympics.com has attracted more than 300,000 players from 179 countries so far. National rankings fluctuate throughout the day depending on the latest scores.
Topping the leader board at one point on Friday were players from Trinidad and Tobago, the Philippines and Madagascar -- three countries that won a single bronze medal among them at this year's Olympics. The United States won the most medals --103.
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I got a 90%
darn...... ;)
Chances are you'll get high scores on this Ping. :-)
Hmm, I think the quiz would be better were it a bit more weighted for national importance...
Knowing where Russia might be is rather more important then Vanuatu.
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Wasn't that a Gene Kelly/Olivia Newton John movie?
www.geographyolympics.com
Oh, and the top 5 American states;
1 New Mexico 76.309 641
2 South Carolina 76.226 823
3 Idaho 76.104 222
4 Oklahoma 74.820 646
5 Missouri 74.419 473
All red states...with SC, ID, and OK being three of the nation's most conservative states...
But the location of Vanuatu is important now, because the current season of Survivor is there!
What are the odds of getting Benin and Togo in the same game. Of course I reversed them, dang it.
Though I have to admit before taking the quiz I thought "somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific" was good enough for the location. :)
Fun for the kids Ping.
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I can't find no stinkin' quiz!!! I want to take it too.
I got 80% but they made it hard for me!! Kiribati, the Comoros, Tonga, and Barbados were on my list... I can actually find those if I have a more refined map..
What a great post and site! Thanks for it! I enjoyed making 100% on the quiz.
Ping.
Braggart. :-) Congratulations.
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