# Geography size quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843 "2012-03-05T18:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blueslipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/1 "2012-03-05T18:45:16Z")
Without looking it up try to answer these questions;- Which is bigger- - Alaska or Mexico? - Greenland or India? - Antarctica or Canada? - Brazil or the Contiguous United States (excludes the states of Alaska and Hawaii)? - France or Chile? - Iran or Indonesia? The answers - Mexico India Antarctica Brazil Chile Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/2 "2012-03-05T18:48:30Z")
I got them all correct except for the last one. I chose Iran. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/3 "2012-03-05T18:55:30Z")
All are guesses. I’m usually really good with geography, but I think I’ll be around 50% right on this. - Alaska or **Mexico**? - Greenland or **India**? - Antarctica or **Canada**? - \*\*Brazil \*\*or the Contiguous United States (excludes the states of Alaska and Hawaii)? - France or **Chile**? - Iran or **Indonesia**? Edit: Yay! 5/6 (stupid Canada should be bigger) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/4 "2012-03-05T18:58:46Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > …stupid Canada should be bigger… Hey, we’re already bigger than one continent (Australia), so stop complaining. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/5 "2012-03-05T19:20:18Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Edit: Yay! 5/6 (stupid Canada should be bigger) It’s deceiving, because Canada is so big-boned. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/6 "2012-03-05T19:32:13Z")
Missed the last two. \*\*Chile \*\* really surprised me-- I thought it was tiny. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/7 "2012-03-05T19:36:52Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > It’s deceiving, because Canada is so big-boned. Well, we’ve got HUUUUGE tracts of land! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/8 "2012-03-05T19:41:23Z")
Canada/Antarctica threw me, because Canada is the 2nd biggest country. Antarctica is not a country. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/9 "2012-03-05T19:45:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, we’ve got HUUUUGE tracts of land! _Our mountains are very pointy/ Our prairies are not/ The rest is kind of bumpy/ But man, do we have a lot!_ – from “[Canada’s Really Big](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR1lzpfQXsw)” by the Arrogant Worms ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/10 "2012-03-05T19:48:02Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Antarctica is not a country. :smack: I tried to claim it, but a penguin told me to fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/11 "2012-03-05T20:27:51Z")
I missed Brazil vs. the lower 48. 5/6 isn’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/12 "2012-03-06T02:44:54Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I tried to claim it, but a penguin told me to fuck off. [They can get a little pissy.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tTTW39MYZZc/TzO-Em_UNBI/AAAAAAAAAyU/NdKW7AtxMiQ/s1600/excuse-me-what-the-fuck-are-you-doing-here-penguin-meme.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/13 "2012-03-06T02:54:02Z")
Alaska India Canada Contiguous US, but not by much. Or maybe it’s vice versa? Chile Indonesia because it has a fuckton of islands ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/14 "2012-03-06T03:39:17Z")
I assumed Indonesia was a trick question. Guess it wasn’t. Got the rest right. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-size-quiz/614843/15 "2012-03-06T03:43:01Z")
Missed the India/Greenland question.