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05 Jun 18
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Got 9 out of 10 in this BBC quiz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44290942
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44290942
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6 and probably only knew 3 of them. 9 is very impressive indeed
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9 got pompey wrong
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9 too, didn't know George Eliot.
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That was I one I got wrong. Thought it was Plymouth.
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8 for me
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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! |
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Have you got something against Hawaii ? lol
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10/10 maybe lucky on a couple.
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Sorry 50 including Hawaii....!
Can't get the tune out of my head.....  |
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Sorry 50 including Hawaii....!
Can't get the tune out of my head..... Was going to say as your an old so and so like me LFV the programme was called Hawaii five O for a reason   |
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Here's one for you all name the most southerly, northerly, easterly and westerly states
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ufcdan - Hawaii and Alaska
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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.
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9/10 for me.
Like Insider and Moisok, I said Plymouth instead of Portsmouth. |
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7/10, that's a bit disappointing
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blackbarn; I would imagine the same would apply to counties in England
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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)". |
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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. |
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A disappointing 9 for me as I didn't get the Nuneaton and Bedford answer.
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9, mixed up Plymouth and Portsmouth
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7/10 for a Dubliner
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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. |
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Weston-'super'-Mare
Your score: 10/10 Share your result |
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Yes....easy if you've read this thread !
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yes leopard for accents forget pompey
but guz most certainly has the accent me old janner yo ho ho and a bottle of rum |
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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 ! |
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Here`s a bit of fun; how quickly can you place the US states?
https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003 |
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3:05, I liked that.
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10/10 enjoyed that ;made me think.
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9. Got Nuneaton wrong, the only one I guessed.
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6/10
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