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Friday Flash Fun: Test your geography skills.

Nauip — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:06:44 -0800

Free Poverty. Kinda like freerice.com but they're giving water to places that need it. I feel dumb now. Some places are not where I thought they were.

Found It

netbros — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:40:27 -0800

Place Spotting ― Try to solve this Google map quiz. In the upper part of the page you see a satellite picture. Drag and zoom the map in the lower part of the page until it shows the same location as the upper map. Here's how.

I know, it should be 'Armin Tamzarian'.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:52 -0800

Cute quiz: Name the Simpsons characters. Also: US states, countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America, periodic table of elements. More.

Social studies didn't prepare me for this!

Orange Pamplemousse — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:24:16 -0800

Know your world? [via and from]

245 Countries in 10 Minutes

wander — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:31:17 -0800

Inspired by Ironic Sans's 50 States Game comes the more worldly (and difficult) 245 Countries in 10 minutes. Also pairs well with the previously posted GeoSense.

(Caveats/Minor Spoilers: Game has some questionable choices, like making you type in the long form of the country's name, i.e. "People's Republic of", rather than the common usage name. Some countries have "The" in front of them. Also, your spelling must be perfect, which can trip you up for those obscure island nations, and countries you know but don't know the exact spelling of. Good Luck!)

Name all 50 states in 10 minutes

jonson — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0800

Don't click this link yet. Think about all 50 United States, and then, when you're ready, click the link. It goes to an ajaxified quiz page, with a timer set to 10 minutes which starts counting down on page load, and a form entry field where you start typing the names of the states. When you get one right it automatically moves to a spontaneously generating list at to the bottom of the page. If the ten minutes elapse & you fail to name all fifty, the ones that you missed are revealed. Okay, now go.

The People's Republic of What The Heck Is That?

moonbird — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:49:25 -0800

Test your knowledge of world flags. 15 per round, 10 minutes per round. Some clues available, annoyingly addictive.

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.

don't know much about geography...

konolia — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:48:52 -0800

Can You Pass the Third Grade? (Flash)

Geography Olympics

Lizc — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:07:13 -0800

Geography Olympics "Thanks to its global accessibility, the Internet is the perfect medium to hold an international competition such as The Geography Olympics. To join the challenge in support of your country, you simply need to select which country you will be representing and take the quiz. The quiz consists of trying to locate 10 randomly selected countries on a map of the world. It is different every time."

Middle Eastern and N. African Geography Quiz

GriffX — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:17:35 -0800

How well do you know your Middle Eastern and North African geography? In my case, the answer would probably be 'decent, but not great'.

So you think you know your way around the planet, do you?

Carlos Quevedo — Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:06:04 -0800

Geography Humiliation Central: ~~Too many damned~~ What a wonderful diversity of countries! A very ~~annoying~~ stringent set of tests, designed to ~~expose~~ showcase our ~~ignorance~~ knowledge of the political geography of the world we live in. Whether it's Africa, Asia or even Europe, South America or the United States, I seem to know ~~only the really big ones~~ them all. In fact, I've never been so ~~ashamed~~ proud in my life.