National Geographic survey and results

XemaSab

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Thu May-04-06 04:10 PM
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National Geographic survey and results

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/index.html

I got 2 wrong on the quiz, and I was APPALLED at how few people knew which continent Sudan was a part of.

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MadAsHellNewYorker

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Thu May-04-06 04:14 PM
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1. I guessed at the CSI question....that was the hardest one

Edited on Thu May-04-06 04:15 PM by MadAsHellNewYorker

cause I don't watch the show

I got a 20 out of 20 though :D

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Orsino

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Thu May-04-06 04:47 PM
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3. The CSI question...

...is not a geography question!

It's a TV trivia question.

Idiots.

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laheina

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Thu May-04-06 05:02 PM
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7. Thank you!

That was the only one that I got wrong. :cry:

I don't watch tv.

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XemaSab

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Thu May-04-06 05:30 PM
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11. I took a lucky guess

Having seen one (1) episode ever.

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LSK

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Thu May-04-06 04:56 PM
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5. yeah same here

What the hell is a TV Show question doing on there?!?! :wtf:

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NJ Democrats

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Thu May-04-06 04:36 PM
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2. I got a 20 out of 20

9% say the alps are in Antartica!?

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billyskank

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Thu May-04-06 04:49 PM
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4. Meh...I suck

I'm just not up to speed on US stuff.

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maveric

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Thu May-04-06 05:00 PM
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6. 19 of 20.

Edited on Thu May-04-06 05:03 PM by maveric

The population growth question got me.

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Mutley

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Thu May-04-06 05:06 PM
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8. 18 out of 20.

The population growth and the CSI questions got me. CSI?!? :wtf: does that have to do with anything?

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Deep13

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Thu May-04-06 05:18 PM
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9. Didn't know USA was the largest exporter.

Beyond that, I did okay.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Thu May-04-06 05:28 PM
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10. 18 out of 20

I noted that 74% thought English was the most widely-spoken first language. That could explain some of the famous American reluctance to learn foreign languages.

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XemaSab

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Thu May-04-06 05:32 PM
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12. That was shocking

That and the percent of people who thought there were a billion Americans.

Oh well... explains where FReepers come from.

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