MetaChat REGISTER   ||   LOGIN   ||   IMAGES ARE OFF   ||   RECENT COMMENTS




artphoto by splunge
artphoto by TheophileEscargot
artphoto by Kronos_to_Earth
artphoto by ethylene

Home

About

Search

Archives

Mecha Wiki

Metachat Eye

Emcee

IRC Channels

IRC FAQ


 RSS


Comment Feed:

RSS

18 December 2006

Name the only nation that uses Latin as its official language. Time for a geography quiz.[More:]

It's longish -- 50 questions -- and has some really obscure trivia. I got 20.5, and I'm proud.
This quiz has proved that I have no attention span. :)
posted by occhiblu 18 December | 13:57
(I did very well on the first 14, though.)
posted by occhiblu 18 December | 13:57
Latin America?
posted by jonmc 18 December | 14:03
No input boxes or select lists? This test taught me I no longer have the capacity to take a pencil and paper test.
posted by danostuporstar 18 December | 14:05
Is it China?
posted by TheDonF 18 December | 14:16
It must be Vatican City.
posted by iconomy 18 December | 14:28
Yeah, totally the Holy See, I'm 98% sure.
posted by kyleg 18 December | 14:29
A reporter once asked Pope John Paul II how many people worked in Vatican City. The pope paused for a moment to think, and then slowly replied, "About half."
posted by occhiblu 18 December | 14:51
*shakes fist at the time travel questions*

35.5!

Spoiler: Vatican City is the answer on two questions.
posted by cmonkey 18 December | 14:57
man, that pope was a FUNNY guy! and so is occhi for bringing it up. there, happy?
posted by dno 18 December | 15:33
(Errr, that was in response to my complaining that no one was properly acknowledging the side-splitting humor of our late great pope.)
posted by occhiblu 18 December | 15:35
(Because *I* think he was a funny guy. Little behind the times and, well, fucking dangerously obtuse on a lot of issues, but funny nevertheless.)
posted by occhiblu 18 December | 15:37
I got 25, which wasn't so bad. And a couple were dumb mistakes that I did actually know.
posted by gaspode 18 December | 15:45
I'm embarrassed at how poorly I did, but I probably would have done better with an atlas in front of me.
posted by deborah 18 December | 18:04
..in realated news
posted by pieisexactlythree 18 December | 18:19
i spellt gud
posted by pieisexactlythree 18 December | 18:20
34!

*curses cmonkey*

SPOILERS

They got 14 wrong, though. Since 2002, Serbia and Montenegro agreed to split, and in June the latter was admitted to the UN as a separate member (Serbia retaining the seat they gained on admission in 2000). Technically, they also got 24 part wrong, too, because Serbia straddles the Danube but Montenegro does not even border it.

Really, I used to do better at these -- I guessed I'd come out at about 40. The one that burns is "Cook".

Oh, the other one I think they goofed on was 9, largest nations in Africa. It wasn't clear whether they meant area or population.

Question 2 is problematic as well. Canada shares ocean borders with France (St. Pierre & Miquelon) and Denmark (Greenland) as well as the US. A better answer, IMO, is "South Korea".
posted by stilicho 18 December | 20:24
And seriously, who knows or cares which podunk town is the Shower Stall Capital of the Western World or whatever the hell it said. I'd bet every city and town over 10,000 people in this country has some sort of pointless title. I'd have been amused if they had asked for "Surf City USA."
posted by deadcowdan 18 December | 21:03
Spam subject du jour || Come to my house on New Year's Day!

HOME  ||   REGISTER  ||   LOGIN