US vs UK in Online Geography Cup

December 14th 2006 | General

North Americans fed up with being ribbed over their geographical incompetence are trying to get even — pitting their skills against Britain in a transatlantic geography quiz.

Two geography enthusiasts from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean designed the 2006 Geography Cup after numerous surveys highlighted the geographical ignorance of both Americans and Britons. A survey in May this year, for example, found less than four in 10 young Americans could find Iraq on a map.

Open to anyone in the United States and UK, the online quiz (http://www.geographycup.com/) gives contestants two minutes to place 13 randomly selected countries on an interactive political map.

Reuters

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US vs UK in Online Geography Cup
Published in: General on 2006-12-14