GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
(No Googling until after you vote)
Q: What is Tasmania?
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Apologies to my Aussie and Kiwi friends, who will think "Who the f**k doesn't know this??" until they (probably) see from the results that most people not from there (probably) don't know.
ReplyDeleteI'm so distraught "home of the Tasmanian devil" isn't a choice Craig Froehle
ReplyDeleteAnthony Barber They're extinct, brah. Edit: I was thinking "tiger" instead of "devil" for some reason.
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle You made me google it, and thankfully you are wrong on that one, they are a protected species but they are still around ^_^
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
ReplyDeleteI was wrong. On the bright side, I learned something new.
ReplyDeleteLinda Tewes That's what being wrong is all about. BTW, I know the US is horrible at world geography so I don't feel too bad about not knowing things like this. I do sit around and look at globs and maps, however, so I'm a little surprised I got this one wrong.
ReplyDeleteLinda Tewes That (the 2nd part) is exactly why I post these. :-)
ReplyDeletePatrik Hanson "Island" doesn't mean it can't be any of the things above also.
ReplyDeleteJuan Valencia You are right...I saw "Tasmanian devil" and my brain read "Tasmanian tiger" for some reason. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy Aussie friends have taught me well. But I still googled it, just in case they were pulling my leg, shining me on, taking the piss, etc. Nice to know they weren't.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Bigscrod wants cake. I live too close to Louisiana and know that even within a country some places are categorized differently for not reason other than that's what someone wanted to call it. I knew where it was and who governed it, but not what it was called. Thanks for the lesson.
ReplyDeleteAck. I was wrong. So Australia has one of those messed up systems with different names across the country for the same level of government organization? Like most of the US calls the sub-parts of States "counties" but Louisiana calls them "parishes"? Weird.
ReplyDeleteJennifer Freeman Louisiana uses Napoleonic Law. Which explains a lot.
ReplyDeleteA cartoon?
ReplyDeleteI'm getting horrible flashbacks of 'Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?'.
ReplyDeleteDammit. I remembered what Ozzie divisions were incorrectly. =(
ReplyDeleteFor extra credit, what was it known as before it was renamed to Tasmania?
ReplyDeleteFor extra extra credit, what's a Map of Tassie?
an island
ReplyDeleteJennifer Freeman this will be a good read for you, it explains the structure of our States and Territories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia
ReplyDeleteFWIW, we don't have "sub-parts of States" as you called them. There's just States. Seperate to those are the Territories, only two of which are part of mainland Australia (the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory).