# How many people here can get 100% on this quiz? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191 "2004-05-26T15:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/41 "2004-05-26T19:31:20Z")
1. Should have got more…and I do not even have the excuse that I couldn’t get the pointer over the tiny countries, like Rwanda. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/42 "2004-05-26T19:38:59Z")
84… but I was regionally close on many of them - which really isn’t a good excuse, come to think of it. Still, we never studied that in school (We only did South America in Spanish class - and Europe & Asia were entirely different at the time (geography is much easier when you can point at a huge section and label it USSR) ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/43 "2004-05-26T19:50:59Z")
1. ☹ All those little countries along the Ivory Coast get too confusing but I’m most embarrassed to say I didn’t know where Nigeria really was. I do not deserve to help Mr. Austin Wemba in his financial endeavors. :o ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/44 "2004-05-26T19:54:21Z")
1. Yay? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/45 "2004-05-26T20:08:52Z")
119/147. But some of those were only because the test tells you the name of a country if you guessed it wrong, so it is easy to find when they ask for it later. Although I’m embarrassed to admit that I picked Benin 3 times without remembering it… ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/46 "2004-05-26T20:11:51Z")
1. Damn! I knew Ghana was the smaller of the square-shaped countries, Ivory Coast being the other. As a geography geek, I truly expected to get 100%. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/47 "2004-05-26T20:22:29Z")
38/141 eatin Eritrean food payed off for one anser. ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/48 "2004-05-26T20:22:30Z")
[ul] [li]Africa 101/147, **69%** [/li][li]Asia: 66/84, **79%** [/li][li]Australia: **100%** [/li][li]Canada: 37/39, \*\*95% \*\* _Damn you Nova Scotia and New Brunswick!_[/li][li]Caribbean: 38/72, \*\*53% \*\* (The only one I failed.)[/li][li]Central America: 40/42, **95%** [/li][li]Europe: 97/111, **87%** [/li][li]Middle East: 65/87, \*\*75% \*\* (Frankly, I am impressed I got even that much.)[/li][li]South America: 34/39, **87%** [/li][li]USA: 148/150, \*\*99% \*\* (I _swear_ I knew which was VT but I accidentally clicked NH.)[/li][/ul] Total score: 84%. I figure that’s not bad since as an American, I never had a geography class in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/49 "2004-05-26T20:31:16Z")
117/147. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/50 "2004-05-26T20:58:00Z")
[ul] [li]Africa 141/147, **96%** [/li][li]Asia: 82/84, **98%** [/li][li]Caribbean: 33/72, \*\*46% \*\*[/li][li]Central America: 40/42, **95%** [/li][li]Europe: 92/111, **83%** [/li][li]Middle East: 85/87, \*\*98% \*\* (Can you tell I’ve been planning a Middle East trip since forever?.)[/li][li]South America: 33/39, **85%** [/ul][/li] Can I be president of Geography Club? I’ve got 2 cool world atlases at home. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/51 "2004-05-26T21:21:22Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > 130+ I neglected to duly note my score before closing the window. i feel fairly proud of this result, all things considered. I’m especially pleased with myself for successfully finding Burundi, but then, I did have a cup of coffee with its president not so long ago. 😃 So sex was on then, yeah? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/52 "2004-05-26T21:27:07Z")
Africa - 111/147 76% (As with many, it was the West that left me down) Asia 84/84 100% (I thought I’d have difficulty with the 'stans, but there are less than I remembered…) Australia 24/24 100% Europe 111/111 100% Had to 50/50 with Latvia/Lithuania though South America 38/39 - 97% Confused Guyana and Suriname. Middle East 83/87 95% Carribean - 39/72 54% Canada - 28/39 72% US - 117/150 78% Central America 38/42 90% ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/53 "2004-05-26T21:35:11Z")
Africa - 111/147 - 76% (As with many, it was the West that left me down) Asia - 84/84 - 100% (I thought I’d have difficulty with the 'stans, but there are less than I remembered…) Australia - 24/24 - 100% Canada - 28/39 - 72% Caribbean - 39/72 - 54% Central America - 38/42 - 90% Europe - 111/111 - 100% (Had to 50/50 with Latvia/Lithuania though) Middle East - 83/87 - 95% South America - 38/39 - 97% (Confused Guyana and Suriname.) USA - 117/150 - 78% 85% Overall I used to enjoy thumbing through an Atlas as a child, and I’ve also lived in both Europe and Asia. However, I never specifically looked at states, which lets me down for the US and Canada. As for countries, the Caribbean and most of West Africa are the only areas where I really have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/54 "2004-05-26T21:43:33Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > I’m especially pleased with myself for successfully finding Burundi, but then, I did have a cup of coffee with its president not so long ago. 😃 Heck, I’ve received e-mails from the widows or daughters of the deposed leaders of at least half the countries of the continent, offering me a cut of several million dollars in gold bullion. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/55 "2004-05-26T21:45:35Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > And the only one that wasn’t a guess was Madagascar, and that’s just because it’s clearly labled on a _Risk_ board. Okay, I only got 72, which is kinda sad, but really, how can you possibly have to guess on **South Africa**? Daniel ---
**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:** [May 26, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/56 "2004-05-26T21:57:40Z")
Asia: 77; man, who can keep up with all the 'Stans out there? Australia: 88; got them all, but it took a couple of tries Canada: 67; Eastern provinces got no reason to live Caribe: gave up; the damn things are dots on a map, not countries Central Am.: 86 Europe: 78; goddamn Serbs and Croats screwed up the continent M.E.: 70; they have countries? Who knew? S.A.: 82; got Suriname and missed Ecuador? :smack: U.S.: 73; All those stupid little crappy states in the northeast…::grumble:: World: 100; I’m da MAN! ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/57 "2004-05-27T01:06:16Z")
Africa:84/147:smack: Australia: 24/24 Asia:75/84 Canada: 39/39 Carribean:33/72:smack: Central America: 36/42 Europe:109/111 Middle East:82/87 South America: 39/39 US:150/150 World:33/33 Yikes… I’m pretty embarrassed about Africa and the Carribean… Whadda they need all those countries form anyway??? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/58 "2004-05-27T01:09:57Z")
Africa 137 (never managed to find Guinea) Asia 74 (knew them all except the former Soviet Central Asia) Europe 111! US 150! South America 38 (confused two of the Guyanas) Central America 42! Australia 24! Canada 39! Middle East 84 (those dratted ex-Soviets again) Caribbean 27 (got only Haiti, Dominican Republic and Trinidad right on the first try.) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/59 "2004-05-27T01:24:07Z")
90 Before I quit paying attention to most things in life I would have done better . . . . . I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191/60 "2004-05-27T01:39:00Z")
Not even going to try… I’m not so good at geography. Next year, however, when I have to know all the countries in all continents\*, that may change. \*Judging from what I’ve seen of my sophomore friends cramming for Hum with maps in 1st period, and that the course is called World History and **Geography** , I’d say it’s a pretty fair guess, that I’ll learn some geography. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-can-get-100-on-this-quiz/247191.md?page=4)