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InsiderTrader
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Got 9 out of 10 in this BBC quiz.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44290942
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Report CLYDEBANK29 June 5, 2018 2:26 PM BST
6 and probably only knew 3 of them.  9 is very impressive indeed
Report moisok June 5, 2018 2:46 PM BST
9   got pompey wrong
Report Foinavon June 5, 2018 2:49 PM BST
9 too, didn't know George Eliot.
Report InsiderTrader June 5, 2018 2:57 PM BST
That was I one I got wrong. Thought it was Plymouth.
Report Hank Hill June 5, 2018 3:09 PM BST
8 for me
Report Lady Faye Verrit June 5, 2018 3:09 PM BST
Only eight for me, and wouldn't even have done that without the choices!

I was useless on the citizenship questions, and would struggle to name all of the counties,
and yet I can name all 49 US States!
Report Sica Dan June 5, 2018 3:35 PM BST
Have you got something against Hawaii  ?   lol
Report TheBaron June 5, 2018 3:45 PM BST
10/10 maybe lucky on a couple.
Report Lady Faye Verrit June 5, 2018 4:22 PM BST
Sorry 50 including Hawaii....!

Can't get the tune out of my head.....Blush
Report Aspro June 5, 2018 4:28 PM BST
7
Report Whisperingdeath June 5, 2018 4:29 PM BST
10
Report ufcdan June 5, 2018 4:39 PM BST
Sorry 50 including Hawaii....!

Can't get the tune out of my head.....Blush

Was going to say as your an old so and so like me LFV the programme was called Hawaii five O for a reason LaughLaughLaughWink
Report ufcdan June 5, 2018 4:40 PM BST
Here's one for you all name the most southerly, northerly, easterly and westerly states
Report casemoney June 5, 2018 5:52 PM BST
8
Report blackbarn June 5, 2018 5:57 PM BST
ufcdan - Hawaii and Alaska
Report blackbarn June 5, 2018 6:07 PM BST
Re American States - great drinking/winning game. Ask any American to name all fifty states and write them down in 15 minutes. About 98% of Americans are enormously confident that they can do it, and about 98% of them cannot. A little tip, if they don't start doing it in alphabetical order, you know you've won.  If they do start alphabetically, don't worry you've probably still won.
Report i_agree_with_nick June 5, 2018 6:08 PM BST
9/10 for me.

Like Insider and Moisok, I said Plymouth instead of Portsmouth.
Report SlippyBlue June 5, 2018 6:15 PM BST
7/10, that's a bit disappointing Sad
Report Aspro June 5, 2018 6:59 PM BST
blackbarn; I would imagine the same would apply to counties in England
Report blackbarn June 5, 2018 7:24 PM BST
Aspro - in terms of knowledge of the subject yes, but the peculiar thing about the question is that virtually all Americans think it is really really easy and it isn't. The trick is that it takes a considerable slice of the 15 minutes just to write them all down, leaving less time that is required to think of them all.  It is a cracker of a question.

Almost on a par with "how many people do you need in a room for it to become more likely rather than less likely that two of those people will share the same birthday (day/month)".
Report Aspro June 5, 2018 7:36 PM BST
I've heard that last one; on here ironically. Surprisingly little eh?

I was invited to a Hearts tournament in Vegas in 2003 where I met many Americans who I'd played with online. I once asked how many States there were and even they couldn't agree on the number, let alone the names. They're not as bright as they like to think.

Good question yes but I'd guess that a group of them probably couldn't get them all.
Report Johnny_Mustang June 6, 2018 8:04 AM BST
A disappointing 9 for me as I didn't get the Nuneaton and Bedford answer.
Report saddo June 6, 2018 10:05 AM BST
9, mixed up Plymouth and Portsmouth Sad
Report kincsem June 6, 2018 10:23 AM BST
7/10 for a Dubliner
Report The Leopard June 6, 2018 11:47 AM BST
9/10....Plymouth instead of Portsmouth

Didn't know Charles Dickens was born there !

Thought Plymouth would have had a more distinct dialect than Portsmouth.
Report Tom Salt June 6, 2018 7:39 PM BST
Weston-'super'-Mare

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Report The Leopard June 6, 2018 7:58 PM BST
Yes....easy if you've read this thread !
Report moisok June 6, 2018 8:56 PM BST
yes leopard for accents forget pompey

but guz most certainly has the accent me old janner

yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Report The Leopard June 6, 2018 11:34 PM BST
accent
noun | ˈaks(ə)nt, ˈaksɛnt |
1 a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class: a strong American accent | she never mastered the French accent.

dialect
| ˈdʌɪəlɛkt |
noun
a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group: the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language.


Not the same....note well !
Report timbuctooth June 7, 2018 1:23 AM BST
Here`s a bit of fun; how quickly can you place the US states?

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
Report Johnny_Mustang June 7, 2018 8:50 AM BST
3:05, I liked that.
Report posy June 7, 2018 10:58 AM BST
10/10 enjoyed that ;made me think.
Report pixie June 7, 2018 4:53 PM BST
9. Got Nuneaton wrong, the only one I guessed.
Report Makybe_Diva June 7, 2018 8:49 PM BST
6/10 Sad
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