# National Geographic survey - how do you rate with the rest of the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914 "2004-11-27T20:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/101 "2004-12-02T20:35:24Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > Was the US in the centre of the map? If so, I think I’d be able to point to it with my eyes closed. The logic is “probably a US test”=“a US map”=“I’m bound to put my own country in the middle”=“the US is… there!” > > But I’d suck in general. Though I do know where Sweden is. Albiet, for the benefit of everyone else, I think it should annex terrirotry until the shape of the country spells the name 🙂 We have world maps with the Americas at the center but they’re not especially common… the standard is eurocentric with the Mediterranean at its center. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/102 "2004-12-02T20:46:19Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > We have world maps with the Americas at the center but they’re not especially common… the standard is eurocentric with the Mediterranean at its center. This is generally because the distortions to the landmasses by flattening out a globe are horrendous. So split the globe in the largest water body(Pacific, but no one in THIS thread needs this parenthetical comment) and let IT be the thing to get distorted because no one cares if the blue is all out of shape. Greenland looks really whack on some of the 2d maps I’ve seen with a US-centric focus. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/103 "2004-12-02T21:18:45Z")
19/20 thought that there would be more americans. > [@drm](#): > > More people know that India and Pakistan have a long standing conflict over the region of Kashmir than can find Sweden on a map?!?!? That blows my mind. you hear about kashmir on the news, whereas geography is not a point of interest in the media. ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/104 "2004-12-02T21:46:47Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > you hear about kashmir on the news, whereas geography is not a point of interest in the media. That’s the only reason I got that one. Kashmir was the only thing NPR wanted to talk about for a while this year during drive time. Of course, the only reason I had any idea about the US population was I still remembered the rough popular vote totals from the election, and could extrapolate from there. Another 6 months and I might have missed both those. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/105 "2004-12-02T22:11:05Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > 19/20 > > I missed the religion question. I didn’t think Christianity had the most followers. Same score, same missed question, same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914/106 "2004-12-02T22:36:45Z")
20/20. The questions didn’t appear to be terribly difficult. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-survey-how-do-you-rate-with-the-rest-of-the-world/276914.md?page=5)