Briton wrote:

CdesignProponentsist wrote:I think the capital of Texas is Hooters, but I could be wrong.

Are you insinuating there's a lot of tits in Texas?

There is at least one. And when there is one tit, you are likely to find another just like it.

I did pretty well on this one:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/austra ... s-quiz.php



Used to know all 50 US state capitals, now around 40.

OlivierK wrote:I did pretty well on this one:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/austra ... s-quiz.php



Used to know all 50 US state capitals, now around 40.

66%. But I can fix that quick, there aren't many to remember.

CdesignProponentsist wrote:

Briton wrote:

CdesignProponentsist wrote:I think the capital of Texas is Hooters, but I could be wrong.

Are you insinuating there's a lot of tits in Texas?

There is at least one. And when there is one tit, you are likely to find another just like it.

That's made me think, I haven't seen a tit for ages.

The_Piper wrote:That site has a lot of other cool exercises. I need lots of brushing up.

I first used it when the African Football championships were on. Was getting confused between Mali and Malawi, amongst others. Also learned where all the Stans actually are.

For a bit more of an international flavour you could try this one.
http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Geography-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

This thread jogged my memory of this and I played it for the first time in ages.
I got 150,222 points, was able to drop the pins within and average of 228 km of the city mentioned. (Not bad a on a laptop) screen, and placed the pins within an average of 4.2 secs.

I forgot about that site.

You beat me: 131,276, 274 km average and 6.4 seconds.

Why bother when you have google.

Briton wrote:

That's made me think, I haven't seen a tit for ages.

I have. But only on the internet.

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Only foreigners bother to memorize that crap. I'm a natural citizen and have no need for such trivia.

I always thought you were a supernatural citizen.

Darwinsbulldog wrote:
I always thought you were a supernatural citizen.

Quiz over. You scored 24 out of 150.
Your score is 16%.

Ironclad wrote:Quiz over. You scored 24 out of 150.
Your score is 16%.

What quiz was that?

don't get me started wrote:For a bit more of an international flavour you could try this one.
http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Geography-Cities-of-the-World-_pageid47.html

This thread jogged my memory of this and I played it for the first time in ages.
I got 150,222 points, was able to drop the pins within and average of 228 km of the city mentioned. (Not bad a on a laptop) screen, and placed the pins within an average of 4.2 secs.

98,793
avg 885 km, 7.68 sec

I didn't think I'd do that "good". Not bad for no college education and never having been outside of the eastern US except to stick my beak into southeastern Canada a little ways, in the same region I live now.
I got to within 32 kms of Moscow, but the rest of the Russian cities destroyed my average.
The only US questions I got were Dallas and Houston, and zero Canadian or UK questions. Otherwise I'd have done a lot better.

The_Piper wrote:

Ironclad wrote:Quiz over. You scored 24 out of 150.
Your score is 16%.

What quiz was that?

The one for foreigners

Ironclad wrote:

The_Piper wrote:

Ironclad wrote:Quiz over. You scored 24 out of 150.
Your score is 16%.

What quiz was that?

The one for foreigners

Oh yeah, I saw the 150 and thought it was a different one.

25/150....16%
my geography is shit...

Maybe a "close, but no cigar" similar task is for a USian to do the European Capitals quiz.
Funny funny fun fun. I don't remember what my first score was now, but today on the third try I'm up to 75%. Even though I can't pronounce some of them. I have northern and western Europe down pat, but I struggle mightily with eastern and southern Europe. I'll get there. I'm working through the countries of the world first. Isn't Oceania hard...
I still got 64% on my first try. Guessed by the process of elimination on many of my right answers. I doubt I'll do any better on the second try.

Yeah Oceania is tough. Try the African capitals for a further test of your pronunciation skills.

Briton wrote:Yeah Oceania is tough. Try the African capitals for a further test of your pronunciation skills.

I'll graduate to that soon enough. When I consistently get 90% or more of the world's countries. (not counting Oceania )