After watching a video of a bunch of American Zoomers (Generation Z, born 1997 - 2012 & currently aged 10-25) who were totally unable to answer incredibly simple questions like "Can you name five American states? (some couldn't manage two!) I started wondering how many I could name.
Despite living on the other side of the globe (I'm not sure how that works for flat earthers) even here in New Zealand we are constantly exposed to all things American, so I thought I could do a lot better.
How many states could I name? Straight off, only 20, and even after having a think about it for a few minutes I only came up with another five, so rather appallingly I could only name half the 50 American states.
And then having a crack at Canada I only managed two of the 13 provinces & territories.
For a real challenge I tried Germany but could only name one of the 16 states, and that was a lucky guess.
But I did a lot better on New Zealand, naming 12 of the 16 regions
Australia was also a lot easier, but I only managed six out of seven states, totally forgetting Victoria. (Australia is actually more confusing that that, because they have both states and territories, so officially there are only six states, but I'll call Northern Territory a state here for simplicity)
Ok so I didn’t look at the map and scrolled past super quick let’s see how many I can do, some of these might be wrong tbh and not even states
Alabama
Texas
California
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Winsconsen
Florida
Hawaii
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Arizona
San Fransisco
Washington
New York
Illinois
Washington
Nevada
Georgia
Mississippi
Alaska
I think I’m about done now
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I love quizzes! How about counties in England or Ireland as we don't have states.
England has 48 - I would have got 5 I think
Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Isle Of Wight, & Warwickshire,
https://www.adducation.info/earth-general-knowledge/england-counties/
But Ireland has 32 - how many of them would I have got - only 3!
Cork, Dublin, and Limerick
https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-32-counties-of-ireland-an-epic-island-overview/
OK I'll have a go
Donegal
Leitrim
Sligo
Mayo
Galway
Claire
Kerry
Wicklow
Waterford
Killarney
Fermanagh
Tipperary
and your three not counting N.Ireland
Ulster
Antrim
(not very good with the North and the middle obvs)
I wouldn’t even get all of england I doubt we call
Them counties not states tho here our whole countrY is probably the size of one American state lol
American states. State of decay, state of confusion.
This is a fun way to check your knowledge on the US map:
The U.S.: 50 States - Map Quiz Game
https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3003
Jesus the ones I can name instill dont think I can locate lol maybe east or west coast at best lol
Yep, it's surprisingly difficult~!
I guess I'm a bit of a map geek~!
Are you American though? As I could have a good stab at the Uk
I'm a bit of a 'hybrid' My father was Irish, my mother is Scottish, I was born in Luton in the UK and then transplanted to the USA when I was 11 years old back in 75... Started out in NYC and then moved to the Appalachian Mountains of WV until I finished getting kicked out of high schools~! 🖖