Give your brain a good work out

[PaulB]

Try some of these quizzes; I recommend the US States one, the countries of Europe one, the countries of Africa and the bands where you are given their first names. There's a few real crackers. Let's know how you diddly, diddly do! http://www.sporcle.com/

 

[PaulB]

Just to remind everyone; this game is addictive! Go on, give it at least ONE go!

 

[rich p]

I like it!
Commonest English words - I only got 55

44 of the countries of Europe was a bit better!

 

[ianrauk]

34/47 for European countries
35/50 USA States

 

[iLB]

what the hell do you have to put for England, Scotland and Wales? it doesn't seem to like anything i put Great Britain, G.Britain, British Isles or the individual country names :S

damn ran out of time, United Kingdom...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

what the hell do you have to put for England, Scotland and Wales? it doesn't seem to like anything i put Great Britain, G.Britain, British Isles or the individual country names :S

damn ran out of time, United Kingdom...

Properly it's "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

NEVER England

 

[Arch]

what the hell do you have to put for England, Scotland and Wales? it doesn't seem to like anything i put Great Britain, G.Britain, British Isles or the individual country names :S

damn ran out of time, United Kingdom...

Yeah, that got me.

Did quite well on kings and queens, 40 of 41, once I'd worked out how they wanted them typed - edward i etc...

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Got 46 of the U.S States... should have gotten them all as I learnt them a few years ago as something that would likely turn up in the pub quiz we were doing regularly.

Not got time to so any others... should be doing an OU assignment now! Naughty me!

 

[661-Pete]

I had a go at the US states. Done that in a quiz before (can't remember where or when - some sort of pub quiz) except that, that time, we had to place the states in the correct locations on an 'empty' US map, not just name them. More difficult!

So - perhaps I have an unfair advantage (despite not knowing my way around USA - only been there once for the briefest of visits).

Anyway. Got all 50. But with only about 2 minutes left. Which one, then, was the one that gave me the most trouble - the one I spent about half my allotted ten minutes trying to think of...?

Arkansas. WTF?

 

[shippers]

Did a few, and was shocking at the all.
Good job I'm only a teacher...

 

[Maz]

43/50 for the US states. I was kicking myslf when I realised which ones I didn't get!

 

[Yellow Fang]

29 US states out of 50
35 European countries out of 47
23 African countries out of 53

 

[PaulB]

34/47 for European countries
35/50 USA States

You must be mightily relieved after Chelsea scraped to the narrowest possible win against Villa on Saturday. What happened; were you behind 1-0 until the 89th minute when you were gifted just the seven?