This Is A Test - ASIA

xoxoxoBruce · 08-07-2005, 03:37 AM

Asia ~ you know the routine.

melidasaur · 08-07-2005, 09:30 AM

72%... not too knowledgeable on asian countries.

Radar · 08-07-2005, 01:24 PM

That's pretty cool. I got 29/32, but that's probably because I've been to Asia so many times.

elSicomoro · 08-07-2005, 01:53 PM

29/32, missing Uzbekistan, Bhutan and Brunei.

smoothmoniker · 08-07-2005, 04:31 PM

26/32.

Back when I took geography, West Asia was much less complicated. It was pretty much USSR, India, Pakistan.

Trying to locate all of the new "gurkistans" is impossible. Also, because I don't care much.

08-07-2005, 10:08 PM

26/32 or 81% Better than I expected to do, actually.

LCanal · 08-08-2005, 05:38 AM

75% Error 98 miles. Kazakstan was so close and I got Armenia first.

BigV · 08-08-2005, 05:43 PM

24/32 75% 133 miles avg error. poor.

Silent · 08-08-2005, 06:31 PM

31/32 Avg. error: 9 miles.
Better then I thought condsidering all the shit republics that came out of the USSR.

wolf · 08-08-2005, 06:52 PM

24/32 75% avg error 192 miles

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2005, 09:57 AM

27/32 84% 86 miles on the 2nd try...not very good.

LCanal · 08-09-2005, 08:01 PM

Until I did the Asia test I'd never heard of Turkmenistan. Yesterday on TV I discovered the country has a weird government along the lines of North Korea. Posters and statues of President For Life Niyazov where, officials, teachers etc all spouting the "official" line, everyone with a pained expression telling the reporter how happy they are and how wonderful the president is, elaborate choreographed North Korean style public ceremonies. There is even a golden revolving statue of Niyazov that always faces the sun. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com

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He runs parliament like a medieval court and making new laws on a whim. I.e. It is unlawful for women TV presenters to wear makeup because Turkmenistan women are pretty enough already!! As he is an orphan he built a grandiose state run orphanage where the kids get a decent education while the rest of the nation are barely taught enough to be literate.

It's almost to strange to be true

but it is.

http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/t...sbio.htmlevery

wolf · 08-09-2005, 10:31 AM

How much better than your first try was that, though?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2005, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

How much better than your first try was that, though?

Oh shit, I didn't post the first one, did I?

It was under 70%.

glatt · 08-09-2005, 12:21 PM

First time: 28/32, 88% correct with a 39 mile error. Better than I thought I would do. Much of this test is simply visual - matching shapes. I should have gotten a 50% score or so.

08-07-2005, 03:37 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This Is A Test - ASIA Asia ~ you know the routine. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-07-2005, 09:30 AM	#2
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	72%... not too knowledgeable on asian countries. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

08-07-2005, 01:24 PM	#3
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	That's pretty cool. I got 29/32, but that's probably because I've been to Asia so many times. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

08-07-2005, 04:31 PM	#5
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	26/32. Back when I took geography, West Asia was much less complicated. It was pretty much USSR, India, Pakistan. Trying to locate all of the new "gurkistans" is impossible. Also, because I don't care much. __________________ to live and die in LA

08-08-2005, 05:38 AM	#7
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	75% Error 98 miles. Kazakstan was so close and I got Armenia first. __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

08-07-2005, 01:53 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	29/32, missing Uzbekistan, Bhutan and Brunei.

08-07-2005, 10:08 PM	#6
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	26/32 or 81% Better than I expected to do, actually.

08-08-2005, 05:43 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	24/32 75% 133 miles avg error. poor. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-08-2005, 06:31 PM	#9
Silent Romanes Eunt Domus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 702	31/32 Avg. error: 9 miles. Better then I thought condsidering all the shit republics that came out of the USSR.

08-08-2005, 06:52 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	24/32 75% avg error 192 miles __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-09-2005, 09:57 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	27/32 84% 86 miles on the 2nd try...not very good. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-09-2005, 08:01 PM	#12
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	Until I did the Asia test I'd never heard of Turkmenistan. Yesterday on TV I discovered the country has a weird government along the lines of North Korea. Posters and statues of President For Life Niyazov where, officials, teachers etc all spouting the "official" line, everyone with a pained expression telling the reporter how happy they are and how wonderful the president is, elaborate choreographed North Korean style public ceremonies. There is even a golden revolving statue of Niyazov that always faces the sun. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o:p></o:p> He runs parliament like a medieval court and making new laws on a whim. I.e. It is unlawful for women TV presenters to wear makeup because Turkmenistan women are pretty enough already!! As he is an orphan he built a grandiose state run orphanage where the kids get a decent education while the rest of the nation are barely taught enough to be literate. It's almost to strange to be true but it is. http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/t...sbio.htmlevery __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

08-09-2005, 10:31 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	How much better than your first try was that, though? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-09-2005, 12:21 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	First time: 28/32, 88% correct with a 39 mile error. Better than I thought I would do. Much of this test is simply visual - matching shapes. I should have gotten a 50% score or so.

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