I got 98% on the Europe one, and I would have gotten 100% if I had stuck rigidly to my plan of pausing before every click and double-checking that I was on the right spot and thinking of the right country. But I let my guard down and clicked too hastily and lost a point when I clicked on Montenegro thinking it was Macedonia. Damn these similar-sounding Balkan states!
Also, Kazakhstan is not in Europe, I don't care how you slice it. posted by languagehat at 11:41 AM on March 22, 2008
Oman? ...shit.
Yemen? ...shit.
Armenia? ...shit.
Cyprus? ...shit.
Azerbaijan? ...shit.
Georgia? ...shit.
Syria? ...GODDAMNIT I QUIT posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 12:01 PM on March 22, 2008
I'm a geography nerd, but my knowledge of Pacific islands is seriously lacking. This is a good way to study (the Traveler IQ challenge, while fun, is better at testing what you already know). posted by komilnefopa at 12:19 PM on March 22, 2008
My eventual response, similar to those above, was, "I h8 2 learn."
What irks me most is the way the maps appear to be somehow skewed or rotated or morphed so the scale is all wonky and it's harder to find things. posted by Sys Rq at 12:25 PM on March 22, 2008
Best I can say about Europe and Asia-- well, I've *heard* of all those countries... (did I miss something? What happened to Yugoslavia? It what? He what? Oh.) posted by nax at 12:48 PM on March 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Pfft... amateurs. The PurposeGames geoquizzes are clearly the best, and by far the most aesthetically pleasing. And as for world map quizzes, nothing is more challenging than the one at Gamedesign.jp.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that your favorite online geography quiz game sucks. posted by Rhaomi at 12:51 PM on March 22, 2008
I think getting Luxembourg first kind of ends the game for me... posted by Picklegnome at 1:13 PM on March 22, 2008
What irks me most is the way the maps appear to be somehow skewed or rotated or morphed.
You mean like every other map you've ever seen? Presumably you mean that they're skewed/rotated/morphed differently from the way you're used to. posted by agentofselection at 2:04 PM on March 22, 2008
You mean like every other map you've ever seen? Presumably you mean that they're skewed/rotated/morphed differently from the way you're used to.
You mean the earth isn't flat? posted by Sys Rq at 2:17 PM on March 22, 2008
Also, that Dunder Mifflin game (thanks, brain_drain) was really fun because it was tricky to translate the info I've gathered from watching (too much of) the show onto a map of the office, which is a way in which I'd never seen it presented before. posted by PhatLobley at 2:26 PM on March 22, 2008
thought process "hmm.. which one's armenia? ok, it's one of these 2 next to georgia.. I'll go with the one with the most exposure to turkey since if I'm gonna slaughter a population I'll probably do the one closest by... phew, right answer" posted by Space Coyote at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2008
I'm really handicapped by age here: I spent years in Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and while I know that 'Belarus' is, in fact, one of those places beyond the Iron Curtain, I don't have the foggiest idea where it is.
Mind you, this doesn't explain why I clicked on Turkey for Hungary, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. posted by jrochest at 4:58 PM on March 22, 2008
Halfway through my second beer, these got really difficult. posted by nax at 6:19 PM on March 22, 2008
This helped me ace my basic geography class during the summer. Good example of a game as a teaching tool. posted by andendau at 7:02 PM on March 22, 2008
I just wanted to say that I have been playing these games on and off for the past few days, and that I now know the locations of all the African countries. Except Malawi. I always miss Malawi, for some reason.
posted by mathis23 at 11:15 AM on March 22, 2008 [2 favorites]