how well do you know Europe?

[Helm]

The names of the united states are not as reasonable for europeans to know as -you'd hope- it would be for americans no know european countries. It's like asking a non-greek to name all the various locales in greece. People will know Athens and perhaps an island or two they've had vacations in. Knowing Winsconsin and South carolina is not as important as knowing where France and Germany are.

Of course we can name a few states because of pop culture and stuff. It tells a lot what games I grew up on that the very first state I inputted was Oregon. Anyway, I got 18 states, then grew bored of the timer.

[LimpingFish]

I got 27 states. It would have been 28, except I spelt Mississippi wrong.

Edit: 24 countries. I don't know my Europe.

[Tuomas]

A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following: "Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta time."

"You foul-mouthed sex obsessed swine," retorted the lady indignantly. "In this country... we don't speak aloud in public places about our sex lives..."

"Hey, coola down lady," said the man. "Who talkin' abouta sexa? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spella 'Mississippi'."

[zabnat]

Missed 17 from Europe.
Tried to spell Liechtenstein about ten times but never got it right
Missed all of the balkans except Albania and Greece. I mean most of those other countries didn't exist when I studied geography
And from the mini countries remembered to put in only Andorra, Monaco and San Marino.

EDIT: Missed 24 states from US. So I knew more than a half. Do I pass

The similiar test about Africa is a lot harder In that test I didn't know even half of them...

[scotch]

Missed 11 European countries (including totally obvious ones like Russia), and I couldn't think of 21 states somehow. It's really hard to think when you are staring at a clock. I expect things would have come to me easier if there was a blank map with the state borders marked, like on the Europe quiz.

I think from a geographical perspective knowing American states is quite a bit more important than knowing the areas of Greece (or the counties of the UK). About seven individual states have larger populations than Greece, and the majority are larger in area. That's not to say they're as culturally important as Greece has been for millenia, but I'd expect people to know them as much as I'd expect people to know the small countries in Europe.

[Tuomas]

The similiar test about Africa is a lot harder In that test I didn't know even half of them...

I'd love to give a go. When we were 14 or something they made us do a test on this at school. You'd have to know 4/5ths or 3/4ths to pass. I got full score then after studying for hours

[Pumaman]

When we were 14 or something they made us do a test on this at school. You'd have to know 4/5ths or 3/4ths to pass.

Sounds like a really useful test to prepare you for a life of playing pub quiz machines.