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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 2:14 pm
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Default Re: Know your USA GEOGRAPHY ????

Originally Posted by Pulaski
94%, and 6 miles

(and I'm not a yank! )

a map help a LOT
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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 10:14 pm
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Ok this is in German, but still basic, just click on the map, then aim the dart at where you think the city is & click your mouse button. I was 6,300 km off!!

http://wetter.rtl.de/redaktion/880_984.php
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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 11:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Leky
Ok this is in German, but still basic, just click on the map, then aim the dart at where you think the city is & click your mouse button. I was 6,300 km off!!

http://wetter.rtl.de/redaktion/880_984.php

Well all I can say is it's a good job I didn't have to lead the march to Moscow..........
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Old Feb 3rd 2005, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
94%, and 6 miles

(and I'm not a yank! )
Ahh! Good job

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Old Feb 3rd 2005, 9:45 am
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62% hopeless, could our american cousins do this with map of europe??
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Old Feb 3rd 2005, 10:07 am
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62% hopeless, could our american cousins do this with map of europe??
Lets find out....

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/coun...drag-drop.html
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Score: 96%
Average error: 3 Miles
Time: 616 Seconds

Had a little help of hubby
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Old Feb 3rd 2005, 8:29 pm
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Fun!!! 90% 20 miles
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Yank here, never lived in Europe, got an 86% and 66 miles average error. Those blankety-blank tiny countries (Monaco, Malta, Vatican) really got me.

But where's Cyprus on the quiz?
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Originally Posted by emmals
64%....rubbish...but better than ray
Me too!

64% 32 Perfect Average Error 281 miles.

Hubby got 88% 44 Perfect Avg Error 23 miles.
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Old Feb 4th 2005, 1:32 pm
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80% on that one. It was tough- I've never even heard of some of those little ones!
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Old Feb 4th 2005, 3:34 pm
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74% on the USA one - Not too shabby !!
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Oops ! I only got 57% on the Europe one - all the small post-Eastern Bloc countries really threw me - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it !
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90%, 38 miles, 284 seconds. Not bad.

Try going to www.torpedosoftware.com and downloading their Eurowin program. Does the same but for European countries. Good fun.

There's also a USA States one but the states sometimes need to be rotated in order for them to fit. It's more challenging.

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Default Re: Know your USA GEOGRAPHY ????

Originally Posted by grapefruit&milk
Yank here, never lived in Europe, got an 86% and 66 miles average error. Those blankety-blank tiny countries (Monaco, Malta, Vatican) really got me.

But where's Cyprus on the quiz?
Not (geographically) in Europe - it is due south of Turkey and everything east of the Bosphorus in Turkey is actually in Asia.
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