03-31-2008, 07:36 PM
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#41
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Never was a history buff!
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03-31-2008, 07:41 PM
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#42
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
20/27 for Prime Ministers. Missed all the usual ones.
50/50 for US States.
46/46 for European countries.
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Really??
Not to call BS too quick or anything but you really got Liechtenstein, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Andorra etc all on the first try??? Especially since spelling counts.
Unless you are a bloody geography expert I find this highly unlikely that this was on the first try. Maybe after a few tries.
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03-31-2008, 07:49 PM
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#43
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got all but 5 PMs.
Hockey fans should know Meighen as he took office the first time in the midst of the King-Byng scandal, involving none other than Lady Byng.
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03-31-2008, 08:25 PM
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#44
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Really??
Not to call BS too quick or anything but you really got Liechtenstein, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Andorra etc all on the first try??? Especially since spelling counts.
Unless you are a bloody geography expert I find this highly unlikely that this was on the first try. Maybe after a few tries.
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I did, I swear.
I am a geography nerd. In fact, Andorra, Vatican City, San Marino, Leitchenstein, and Malta were my 1st picks because I was worried about forgeting them.
Bosnia was a no brainer since my family are immigrants from Bosnia. 
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03-31-2008, 08:46 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
It's so lame that you need to spell Jean Chretien as Jean Chrétien. Wasted so much time wondering what was wrong with my spelling.
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I didn't spell it with the accent and it gave it to me.
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03-31-2008, 09:53 PM
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#46
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One of the Nine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I did, I swear.
I am a geography nerd. In fact, Andorra, Vatican City, San Marino, Leitchenstein, and Malta were my 1st picks because I was worried about forgeting them.
Bosnia was a no brainer since my family are immigrants from Bosnia. |
I missed those 5 because I forgot Macedonia and thought that it was the last one. If I'd have remembered it and the test was not over, I'd have remembered those 5.
I'm also a geography geek. 
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03-31-2008, 09:56 PM
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#47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Really??
Not to call BS too quick or anything but you really got Liechtenstein, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Andorra etc all on the first try??? Especially since spelling counts.
Unless you are a bloody geography expert I find this highly unlikely that this was on the first try. Maybe after a few tries.
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It is even easier with a map to look at. I likely would have forgotten Belarus or Moldova if it wasn't for the map. You need to be a geography nut, or really interested in the Euro soccer championships. Then the names just come out easy.
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03-31-2008, 09:58 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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I got 45/46 on the Europe one and all 50 states.
I forgot Monaco though... but its not a country, its a principality! 
I was thinking Kosovo and was surprised when it didn't work.
Last edited by Thunderball; 03-31-2008 at 10:01 PM.
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03-31-2008, 10:02 PM
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#49
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Not doing so good with US Presidents... 26/43.
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03-31-2008, 10:20 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter12
Not doing so good with US Presidents... 26/43.
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I didn't do much better... 27/43.
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03-31-2008, 10:24 PM
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#52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderball
I didn't do much better... 27/43.
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That's probably extremely impressive given the probable averages in both Canada and the US. I bet most Canadians and Americans couldn't get past 10.
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03-31-2008, 10:31 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter12
That's probably extremely impressive given the probable averages in both Canada and the US. I bet most Canadians and Americans couldn't get past 10.
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I hate to admit it, but I remembered most of the obscure ones from Simpsons and Family Guy.
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03-31-2008, 11:40 PM
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#54
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I got 6 PMs. Never been a history guy...
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04-01-2008, 12:08 AM
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#55
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Scoring Winger
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20 - can't believe I missed the Dief. But man that was hard.
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04-01-2008, 12:39 AM
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#56
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Scoring Winger
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I would have done better on Europe but couldn't spell Bosnia and Herzegovina for the life of me. I kept entering it wrong over and over again. The other one I couldn't place was Moldova? Isn't that the generic stand in country from bad novels or soap operas?
"He's very handsome and wealthy, the Prince of Moldova I understand! "
Those were the two I missed.
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04-01-2008, 01:11 AM
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#57
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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My grandmother says I'm 1/64th Moldovan. I don't know if its true, but people seem to think its interesting I trace my ancestry back to a place they don't know exists.
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04-01-2008, 01:22 AM
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#58
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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46/48 on the Asian country list.
Missed Timor and Brunei. Brunei was right at the tip oof my brain, but I just couldn't think of it in time.
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04-01-2008, 01:30 AM
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#59
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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59/118 on the periodic table. Way harder than I thought it was going to be.
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