I like to think I’m at least decent at European geography, now that we’ve lived in the place for more than six years. After all, to distract myself when I fly, after reading the emergency instructions once again - checking to see if the lady sliding out the door is wearing heels, or not, and is smiling, or not - I generally pull out the airline magazine, turn to the flight map in the back and (yes yes, quite nerdy) study and review.
Perhaps I need to fly more, because Moldova still surprises me, and it took me until last week to come up with a trick to remember Lichtenstein vs Luxembourg (stein - between Switzerland and Austria, bourg - between France and Belgium, duhh!). But I've got most of Western and Central Europe down, and I know Lithuania from Latvia, and Belgrade from Belfast. So when I took the following quiz on European capitals and scored a 5 out-of-worst-possible 6 my first go, well, it’s a good thing I’m not in 8th grade any more.
The quiz is fun though, so try it anyway - and if you're feeling chatty, let me know how you score! Your aim, to pinpoint the capital in its correct country and location.
One hint, follow the rivers.
Bones, gristle and chat
2 days ago
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Well I scored 6/6 (the worst) two times in a row, confirming my status as the world's most clueless person when it comes to geography. My roommate, the geography god, got 4/6 and then 2/6, so apparently it is actually possible to get a decent result.
I've got it down to a 2 as well, but after several tries!
Your score?
My cursor became invisible whenever I moved it to the map portion, so it was pretty hard to know whether I was going to put Berlin where I knew it belonged!
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