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Can You Name a Country? (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 OP
I watched that video some time ago. SamKnause Jun 2020 #1
Me me me I love naming countries! I hereby name Russia "vodkastan" unblock Jun 2020 #2
Holy shit. They didn't know the names of countries??? IDIOTS. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #3
I can't believe they couldn't name evenONE country. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #4
It is truly horrifying, regardless of their political leanings. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #5
I'm sure that's cherry picked. plimsoll Jun 2020 #6
They really confused them by putting the eastern hemisphere on the left side of the map... GopherGal Jun 2020 #8
I'll give you that. plimsoll Jun 2020 #11
They cheated! That was a map of Mars! tclambert Jun 2020 #7
So pathetic! Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #9
OK, keep cutting funds to public edication. BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #10
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. I can't believe they couldn't name evenONE country.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jun 2020

Unbelieveable. It makes sense that they vote for republicans.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
5. It is truly horrifying, regardless of their political leanings.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:31 PM
Jun 2020

No one could even go the easy route and point to the United States and name it.

I mean, I could fill in perhaps 70 percent of a world map. Maybe more, but I wouldn't take bets. It would actually be kind of fun to do.

plimsoll

(1,664 posts)
6. I'm sure that's cherry picked.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:54 PM
Jun 2020

I mean it wouldn't be funny if they got some of them right, but how can you not know where the USA is.

GopherGal

(1,998 posts)
8. They really confused them by putting the eastern hemisphere on the left side of the map...
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 12:27 AM
Jun 2020

we're mostly accustomed to having the "split" be at the dateline, with western hemisphere on the left, eastern hemisphere on the right.

I would think the one that thought India was Mexico might have gotten it right if not confused by the hemispheres.

But you'd think some would have been able to point out "USA" even if they couldn't figure out what Australia was...

plimsoll

(1,664 posts)
11. I'll give you that.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:31 AM
Jun 2020

I've had trouble with polar projections, everything looks wrong. But that was some sort of Mercator projection so stuff had the customary shapes.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
9. So pathetic!
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:01 AM
Jun 2020

I worked with two Republican "boomer" women who didn't know George Washington was our first President, or even that his portrait was on the $1 bill!

Another coworker (from Georgia, the country) was studying for her citizenship exam. I asked to look at her study book of possible questions, and I laughed over how they were so easy.

A Vietnamese-American coworker overheard me, then pointed at those two white women and proclaimed they couldn't answer ANY of those questions. " I guarantee with you, they not know anything!"

I replied, "They wouldn't know how many stars are on the flag?! Or why there's that many stars?! Yeah, right!"

So I asked those two women some of those citizenship questions during lunch-break, and the Vietnamese guy was proven right! That's when I asked them even easier questions about George Washington, not included in the study booklet, and they couldn't answer those either (as mentioned earlier)! I said, "His name is printed underneath the portrait!"

One of the women finally replied, "Stop! We're not in school anymore!"

So I sheepishly returned to the Vietnamese guy and he smiled as he said, "See? I tell you!"

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