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Represent your country in these Olympics!

http://www.geographyolympics.com/challenge.php
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Nice quiz!

I'm a little disappointed with my preformance :oops:

YOUR RESULTS!!
Your Score
70.00%

Poland's Previous Score
61.159%

Poland's New Score
61.162%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.003%

POST YOUR SCORES! :D
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Your Score
90.00%

Portugal's Previous Score
64.674%

Portugal's New Score
64.697%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.023%

:D
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100% = You are now officially a fully-fledged geography expert. Congratulations are in order. :twisted:

Netherlands's Previous Score: 65.891%
Netherlands's New Score: 65.910%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.019%
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Here is how the Eurozone countries are doing!!

1. Finland (of course ;))
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. Belgium
5. Greece
6. Netherlands
7. Spain
8. Portugal
9. Ireland
10. Austria
11. Luxembourg
12. France
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Nice, I've just helped Portugal overtake Vatican City :P (there sure are a lot of people from there...)
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Your Score 100.00%

Italy's Previous Score 77.163%

Italy's New Score 77.168%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.005%
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Good jaysus, how do all you people get 100%? The best I have managed is 80%. If it was just a test of Europe I would be ok, but I have no idea about African countries...
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fjon wrote:Good jaysus, how do all you people get 100%? The best I have managed is 80%. If it was just a test of Europe I would be ok, but I have no idea about African countries...
Well, I think it just depends on your luck. I've done the test a few times. Sometimes i get really easy ones and then i get 90-100% and sometimes i get a few countries i have barely ever heard about!

Maybe the test would be a little more fair if it had more questions and always a fixed number of countries from each continent.

Also - I hope no one's cheating here! :D Post your first score, not your best one! 8)
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I know the position of all the countries of the world: I'am a "human atlas" :D
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Your Score 100.00%
Italy's Previous Score 77.044%

Italy's New Score 77.049%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.005%
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Your Score 100.00%
Italy's Previous Score 77.050%

Italy's New Score 77.054%

Your impact:
Congrats, you have increased your country's score by 0.004%
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Post by groentje »

I used to be very good, but while playing (I played 3 times) I missed Equatoria Guinea (I took Guinea Bissau) and Fiji (took some Vanuatu). Still, I improved the Belgian score with 0.07% with those 3 games.
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ART wrote:I know the position of all the countries of the world: I'am a "human atlas" :D
This is very cool! Impressive. I'd like to be able to claim the same sometime in the future. I'm working on it!! 8)

Until now I still haven't mastered Africa and some parts of Asia... :oops:
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I'm a total disaster on island states, especially in the Caribean. The rest is ok, I like to think. :wink:
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Post by micdab »

Oh yeah... and all the little island coutries in the Pacific Ocean... :x

Like the Pitcairn! :) Haven't seen any notes registered there!
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