Comments on: Now targetting: Lisbon

Now targetting: Lisbon

jacquilynne — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:27:32 -0800

One of those geography quizzes that we all know and love. This one involves throwing darts at a map of Europe.

By: davebushe

davebushe — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:41:14 -0800

One of those geography quizzes in German that we all know and love and can make out most of the city names...

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:45:47 -0800

Du leigst insegesamnt: 15925 km daneben NOTE: 6 Did I win? I was 17km from London and 41km from Brussels, but on the other hand, 2860km from Lisbon and 2083km from whatever "Helsinki" is in English...

By: twine42

twine42 — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:48:34 -0800

It's all in foreign! I'm actually doing quite well... Warsaw was the first one I missed by more than 150km. Orange, Helsinki is Helsinki in English...

By: skoosh

skoosh — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:51:55 -0800

1st attempt: 3237 km daneben. 2nd attempt: 1829 km daneben. It helps to know what you're doing, and seeing where the right answers are doesn't hurt either.

By: twine42

twine42 — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:53:32 -0800

And then it all went wrong... 5000km inaccuracy in total, and that's mainly because I had no idea where the Turkish one was, and stuck it in Solvakia... oops.

By: zztzed

zztzed — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:07:55 -0800

For what it's worth, a Note (grade) of 6 would be a failing grade in a German high school -- they grade on a scale of 1 to 6.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:08:22 -0800

Helsinki? Helsinki in English, too.

By: asok

asok — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:10:00 -0800

I am mostly getting the right countries, mostly. Generally by guess work. I was most pleased with getting within 300km of Ankara, which I am now going to have to investigate which country that is. 7346 out.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:14:56 -0800

Whoo hoo! 5158, and I'm American!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:15:57 -0800

a Note (grade) of 6 would be a failing grade in a German high school They've gotta grade on a curve though. You know, for the short-bus Americans. :)

By: skoosh

skoosh — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:20:06 -0800

You get a lot better with practice, as long as you're paying attention to where the capitals really are. Attempt 3: 783 km. Here's a list of the German spellings of the city names, and their English equivalents, for those who feel they need it (hover over each name): Moskau Lissabon Brüssel Den Haag Rom Wien Prag Warschau Kopenhagen Belgrad Athen Kiew Bukarest

By: blacklite

blacklite — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:22:01 -0800

Man. I got a 6, too. Total out: 4080 km. Even the ones I thought I knew I didn't hit dead on. London 41 km, Lisbon 47km, all the way up to Moscow 322 km, Prague 342 km, Belgrade 362 km, and Ankara 412 km. I just got lucky with Belgrade. I can't even remember what country it's in. The only German city name I had trouble with was Wien (Vienna), and that I figured out after saying it out loud a couple of times. Fun stuff.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:23:32 -0800

Helsinki is the capitol of Soumi, that is Finland in English. ;) Dang this is hard, I keep aiming just a wee bit too high for each city.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:26:11 -0800

I got the countries all right (well, mostly, ahem) but was wildly off on the locations of their capitals. They should let you throw random darts at the end in frustration.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:32:47 -0800

1600 off--i got a 6 too tho. I was close on all the cities i've been to, but Eastern Europe/Scandanavia killed me. I just picked the rivers and hoped.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:33:54 -0800

2nd try: 3230 km, still a 6 (did really well on a lot, but still 350-400 off on some) 3rd: 2338 km, a 5! I guess I do actually learn. It seems to be the 3 Bs that give me the most trouble (Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade) but I think I've got them now.. 4th: 1011 km, a 2. I finally pass. Done now.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:37:15 -0800

Only got one country wrong (I put Kiev in Belarus instead of Ukraine), but got exceedingly close on a few cities. Still only got a 6. Very fun! Much tougher than it seems.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:42:20 -0800

For what it's worth, a Note (grade) of 6 would be a failing grade in a German high school Maybe, but it looks like the average wacky "test yourself" online quiz slapped together by game-makers, not teachers. Is it (or is it even similar in difficulty to) an actual test for German high school students, or did the designer of the test just borrow that familiar grade structure? Is it designed to test the abilities of normal German students, and would they get many ones and twos, or would German kids also get lots of fives and sixes like the people messing around with it here?

By: bonehead

bonehead — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:45:20 -0800

2658 km on my only attempt, a 5, but I was more than 500k off on Ankara and a couple of hundred k off on some of the capitals I haven't been to. Also, why do I always get Rothskilde and Cobenhagen mixed up?

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:48:13 -0800

I just picked the rivers and hoped That's what I did! And it totally failed!

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:32:10 -0800

3300 km off, the closest i got was 6km to Brussels.

By: loquax

loquax — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:34:12 -0800

No Bratislava? No Tirana? No Vilnius? Shame on this quiz. (I dispute my '5' on that basis)

By: Possum

Possum — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:05:30 -0800

I guess I fail. I'm too stupid to figure out how to remove the bottom banner ad or adjust the map so that I can actually see countries like Spain and Italy before I attempt to throw the darts. A little help?

By: caddis

caddis — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:09:33 -0800

This is embarrassing. I was within 3 km on one, but a few were off by over 1,000 km. (Possum - try F11 to go full screen)

By: mrs.pants

mrs.pants — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:12:18 -0800

Does anyone remember where the similar game was (it was in English tho...) Same thing, unlabeled map and hair pulling...

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:30:30 -0800

And "Dublin" is apparently German (and English) for the Capital of Ireland, Baile Atha Cliath. Averaged about 60k from each capital (much closer for the really westerly ones) and then came Belgrade, which blew the whole shennanigans for me.

By: Jigsaw

Jigsaw — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:32:15 -0800

Possum, if you use mozilla, you might try adblock.

By: alasdair

alasdair — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:34:38 -0800

Hey, my country got split into four parts, but only one bit got its capital mentioned! How do they work that out?

By: Danf

Danf — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:43:49 -0800

Did anyone else have an advertisement in the way of all of Southern Europe? Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Athens. . .I was unable to shoot the dart through this ad. . .

By: rushmc

rushmc — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:45:19 -0800

I thought I did pretty well, but I totally bombed on three.

By: fnord

fnord — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:48:10 -0800

I think I could hear screaming as I threw the giant darts at the populous cities. I do love these quizzes. It helps my addled American brain pick up some geography from the comforts of work.

By: chasing

chasing — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:38:46 -0800

2488. Note 5.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:50:08 -0800

Third time through and I'm up to Note 3, but I still can't remember for the life of me where Bucharest is...

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:57:57 -0800

1st try 3202 with a couple of brain farts

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:48:53 -0800

As a domestic U.S. wanderer, I've only been to three of those places. Mostly got the right countries (and yes, used the rivers heavily), but still ended up with a Note: 6. (Thanks for the explanation, zztzed.) Missed by 9km (London) to 583km (Kiew), 4139 total. At least I didn't stick one of the darts in my foot. Will study hard and do better next time. Fun link indeed.

By: u.n. owen

u.n. owen — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:31:27 -0800

I wasn't off by more than 200km on any of them, which is good.

By: scazza

scazza — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:47:16 -0800

Mrs. Pants, are you talking about this?

By: eperker

eperker — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:38:31 -0800

I was off no more the 500km. Only had the wrong country once. mostly within 150km. I'm feeling proud of myself.

By: chaz

chaz — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:07:58 -0800

closest: Rom with 3km Furthest: Kiew with 340km

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:56:31 -0800

I feel so like Hitler! That was fun. I was closest with London, which would have my Irish ancestors keeeling me. Gotta check my car for bombs in the morning.

By: intermod

intermod — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:26:06 -0800

2819 km first try. American. I knew all the countries that the cities belonged in (both name and position) except for Belgrade. Damn Balkanization. I also have a slight (only slight) advantage because I'm fluent in German, so things like "Kiew" and "Lissabon" didn't throw me like I suppose they might others. Having been to Bern in 1981 does not help you find it on a map in 2005. But I nailed Vienna (1998) and Berlin (1990). I couldn't see the score at the end due to the banner ad (1024x768 screen, Mozilla, fullscreen). Some of you are complaining about not seeing southern Europe. Collapse the toolbars at the top using the little clicky thing on the left end or the app menu. Then you'll see more.

By: syzygy

syzygy — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:22:23 -0800

I was right on the money with the Eastern capitals (I was in Bratislava for an opening last night), but for an American who's fluent in German and lives in Vienna, my score of 4062 is pretty embarrassing. I only mixed up two countries, though - Belgium and Luxembourg...