how well do you know Europe?

Tuomas · Mon 16/04/2007 21:42:59

http://www.europe.bizrok.com/

It gives you 5 minutes to write all 49 countries! So test your geography skills now, and let us kow how it went. I myself could just not remember what Ã–sterreich was in English, (only german

), Austria that is... oops, that's a clue to you, oh well, don't make the same mistake I did.

Nikolas · Mon 16/04/2007 22:19:44

When learning geography Turkey was not in europe, but in Asia... I'm not sure what's the story right now. I'm actually looking for info not to disrespect anything or anyone of course!

Other than that I forgot the netherlands and another 20+ :'(

Pumaman · Mon 16/04/2007 22:28:11

Hey, this thing's broken ... it didn't accept Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia.

Andail · Mon 16/04/2007 22:30:19

I was hellbent on nailing all those former Yugoslavia states that I missed many obvious.
Also, getting the English spelling right took some extra time in a few cases.
10 left when time was up.

Helm · Mon 16/04/2007 22:39:36

oh man I feel really bad. 23 left at timeout. Bosnia, Cyprus and Armenia amongst them. I don't feel so bad for stuff I just didn't know the spelling of like Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Andorra, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan

Adamski · Mon 16/04/2007 22:42:59

The combined mindpower of Becky and I left us with 16 left at the end. Two heads are only slightly better than one! Except Andail's.

Tuomas · Mon 16/04/2007 22:43:25

Yeah,

Spoiler

Azerbaijan is a bitch, we write it Azerbaitzan

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, who'd think tz goes to j

Also, there's 12 new countries for the rest of the people.

voh · Mon 16/04/2007 23:03:47

Quote from: Pumaman on Mon 16/04/2007 22:28:11
Hey, this thing's broken ... it didn't accept Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia.

You've got to be kidding about Yugoslavia, but it's the Czech Republic, of course

Anyway, missed Bosnia, Andorra, Armenia, Malta and San Marino.

Bah, still pretty good, I guess :p

Quote from: Nikolas on Mon 16/04/2007 22:19:44
Other than that I forgot the netherlands

That's the Netherlands with a capital N, you philistine! How dare you forget us? :'(

Tuomas · Mon 16/04/2007 23:19:37

Quote from: voh on Mon 16/04/2007 23:03:47
That's the Netherlands with a capital N, you philistine! How dare you forget us? :'(

Well you hammer in Holland 200 times and wonder, why the hell doesn't it allow this. Then you realise the country is called Benelux, and everything is saved.

Andail · Mon 16/04/2007 23:38:35

Btw, Tuomas, do you in your original post claim to have nailed all countries except one (Austria)? That's quite extraordinary. I intend to test you 'live' if you show up at next Brittens/Mittens!

voh · Tue 17/04/2007 01:05:29

Quote from: Tuomas on Mon 16/04/2007 23:19:37
Well you hammer in Holland 200 times and wonder, why the hell doesn't it allow this. Then you realise the country is called Benelux, and everything is saved.

Benelux definitely is a good hint, but it's a union, not a country

Snarky · Tue 17/04/2007 04:26:30

I was left with seven at the end. However, I only missed Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein because I didn't manage to spell them correctly. On the other hand, I doubt I would have got Cyprus if I hadn't glanced at this thread. As for Andorra, Monaco, (The) Vatican, Malta, and San Marino... yeah, whatever!

LGM · Tue 17/04/2007 04:35:42

Missed 22... For an ignorant American, that's not pretty bad.

Gilbert · Tue 17/04/2007 04:55:38

Ah well, 35 missed...

Evil · Tue 17/04/2007 07:05:33

Fuck. I got like 14.

But lets see if you can name all of the United States!

http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html

LGM · Tue 17/04/2007 07:54:16

hah, I couldn't remember Oregon.

Tuomas · Tue 17/04/2007 09:26:18

Quote from: Andail on Mon 16/04/2007 23:38:35
Btw, Tuomas, do you in your original post claim to have nailed all countries except one (Austria)? That's quite extraordinary. I intend to test you 'live' if you show up at next Brittens/Mittens!

Too bad I won't be there, but we'll make it on 2008

(gives me time to practise). But then yeah, I claim I got all but one. It's easy, my sister's in eastern Europe now, and she keeps sending cards from all the slavic countries and that. And Finland's football team was in Azerbaijan just now, or around there. Helps a lot

Besides I'm studying for the entrance test to international politics and research of foreign politics, so that also helps

QuoteBut lets see if you can name all of the United States!

http://www.ironicsans.com/state22.html

Aww bugger, I was left with 20/50, 30 ones I knew (when I saw them) but couldn't name

And they call Americans ignorant

jaz · Tue 17/04/2007 10:38:50

I could't remember Azerbaijan (always thought it was in Asia already..) and Liechtenstein escaped due to spelling. Not bad.

The USA was tougher - 39/50.

radiowaves · Tue 17/04/2007 11:40:45

After I don't know.. 20 times? I managed to answer all, got a spare minute left

Babar · Tue 17/04/2007 14:32:47

I got 25 out of the 49. The countdown timer tensed me enough to miss quite a few that I was familiar with, but then there were around 12 which I would never have guessed.

Weirdly enough, I was far worse with the names of the states (only 17), considering how those things are constantly bombarded at me from the TV (even the joke about not knowing all the states). To my defence, however, so many are not spelt the way they are pronounced.