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Geography Olympics
If you want to test your knowledge of geography, this site is a good place to start:
http://www.geographyolympics.com/
Click on Join Now!, select the country you are representing, and see if you can locate the ten randomly selected countries on the world map in the time allocated. Nicely done, and it'd be fun if you're not a geo dummy like I am. You can take the quiz up to three days a day.
To see how players from your country rank in comparison with other world players, http://www.geographyolympics.com/leaderboard.php takes you to their scoreboard directly.
The US comes in, at present, at a surprisingly high 19, whereas the UK is in the rather dismal position of 139. Ireland is doing only slightly better, which also surprised me when compared their rank with that of the US. Perhaps Americans aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to be.
Charles Riggs
http://www.geographyolympics.com/
Click on Join Now!, select the country you are representing, and see if you can locate the ten randomly selected countries on the world map in the time allocated. Nicely done, and it'd be fun if you're not a geo dummy like I am. You can take the quiz up to three days a day.
To see how players from your country rank in comparison with other world players, http://www.geographyolympics.com/leaderboard.php takes you to their scoreboard directly.
The US comes in, at present, at a surprisingly high 19, whereas the UK is in the rather dismal position of 139. Ireland is doing only slightly better, which also surprised me when compared their rank with that of the US. Perhaps Americans aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to be.
Charles Riggs
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com / Click on ... compared their rank with that of the US. 001% John Dean Oxford
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- compared their rank with that of the US.
- 001% John Dean Oxford
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[nq:1]If you want to test your knowledge of geography, this site is a good place to start: http://www.geographyolympics.com/ Click on ... compared their rank with that of the US. Perhaps Americans aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to be.[/nq]
I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%
I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%
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[nq:2]If you want to test your knowledge of geography, this site is a good place to start: http://www.geographyolympics.com/ Click on Join Now!,[/nq]
The above isn't necessary, it seems.
[nq:2]select the country you are representing, and see if you ... aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to
The above isn't necessary, it seems.
[nq:2]select the country you are representing, and see if you ... aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to
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[nq:1](Actually, I think it's rigged - I clicked on Brunei but it interpreted my answer as "Spain"... And how the **** am I supposed to be able to locate Palau??)[/nq]
"So we monitor the results manually on a regular basis and search for odd quirks. If for instance, a country had 1000s of contestants all in a short period of time and all scoring the same or about the same score, we would
[nq:1](Actually, I think it's rigged - I clicked on Brunei but it interpreted my answer as "Spain"... And how the **** am I supposed to be able to locate Palau??)[/nq]
"So we monitor the results manually on a regular basis and search for odd quirks. If for instance, a country had 1000s of contestants all in a short period of time and all scoring the same or about the same score, we would
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[nq:1]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
Unfortunately, I have decreased my country's score by 0.001%
It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?
Unfortunately, I have decreased my country's score by 0.001%
It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?
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John Dean typed thusly:
[nq:2]If you want to test your knowledge of geography, this ... aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to be.[/nq]
[nq:1]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
I started badly with The Solomon Islands. You have expertly recovered the 0.001% which I had relinquished.
Far be it from me to suggest, but it's possible that some
[nq:2]If you want to test your knowledge of geography, this ... aren't as worldly-unwise as they are sometimes portrayed to be.[/nq]
[nq:1]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
I started badly with The Solomon Islands. You have expertly recovered the 0.001% which I had relinquished.
Far be it from me to suggest, but it's possible that some
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the Omrud typed thusly:
[nq:1]John Dean typed thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
[nq:1]I started badly with The Solomon Islands. You have expertly recovered the 0.001% which I had relinquished.[/nq]
Ah, I've just managed to get another 0.001% back for my country.
David
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[nq:1]John Dean typed thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
[nq:1]I started badly with The Solomon Islands. You have expertly recovered the 0.001% which I had relinquished.[/nq]
Ah, I've just managed to get another 0.001% back for my country.
David
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replace usenet with the
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[nq:1]Far be it from me to suggest, but it's possible that somemalefactors could connect as though from a competitor country, and deliberately get all the questions wrong.[/nq]
That NZ thing worries me: it wouldn't count my score towards Aus's ranking, falsely claiming I'd entered before. It's a fix, I reckon: apart from software tinkering, the whole thing is bound to be weighted in favour of
That NZ thing worries me: it wouldn't count my score towards Aus's ranking, falsely claiming I'd entered before. It's a fix, I reckon: apart from software tinkering, the whole thing is bound to be weighted in favour of
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Jim Ward filted:
[nq:1]It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?[/nq]
It's easy...Burkina Faso is marked on my map as "Upper Volta"..
(Two Germanys and only one Yugoslavia on there too)..r
[nq:1]It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?[/nq]
It's easy...Burkina Faso is marked on my map as "Upper Volta"..
(Two Germanys and only one Yugoslavia on there too)..r
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[nq:1]The above isn't necessary, it seems. We-e-ell, knowing the locations of countries on a map doesn't necessarily make one "worldly wise", and the geography curriculum in the UK reflects a more modern approach to geography teaching.[/nq]
I spent all the time fighting with the interface trying to get it to the country I was looking for.
[nq:2]I have just increased my country's score by 0
I spent all the time fighting with the interface trying to get it to the country I was looking for.
[nq:2]I have just increased my country's score by 0
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[nq:2]I have just increased my country's score by 0.001%[/nq]
[nq:1]Unfortunately, I have decreased my country's score by 0.001% It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?[/nq]
Where is Lower Volta, that's what I wanna know.
Personally, I believe that 9/11 should have taugh
[nq:1]Unfortunately, I have decreased my country's score by 0.001% It's high time for some Napoleon to collect all those African countries together! What sane man can tell the difference between Burkino Faso and Niger?[/nq]
Where is Lower Volta, that's what I wanna know.
Personally, I believe that 9/11 should have taugh
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