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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
As I look out the window and see four inches of new snow in the yard, my thoughts drift away to sunny islands in the warm ocean. What better time for an identify-the-island quiz?
It’s easy: There are outlines of ten well-known islands on the left, and you match them up with the island name on the right. Click to take our Eye-lands quiz, then return here to post your score in the comments.
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10 for 10
posted by Rob on 2-13-2008 at 10:56 am
Yay! 100%. If only my useless knowledge were good for something… (irony intended)
posted by Sean on 2-13-2008 at 11:03 am
10 out of 10! Woo-Hoo!
posted by Marta on 2-13-2008 at 11:10 am
70% - not great, but considering how geographically challenged I am at times pretty good!
posted by Roger on 2-13-2008 at 11:11 am
Yea haw, 10 for 10! However, I do work in the Travel industry, so I should know my islands…
posted by Karl on 2-13-2008 at 11:21 am
I knew that geography degree would come in handy. 100%!
posted by jenny on 2-13-2008 at 11:23 am
10 big ones! *pride* This was a toughy, though. I can’t claim total knowledge. 9 and 10 came down to an only mildly sure guess.
posted by steve-o on 2-13-2008 at 11:29 am
OK. How many did this from memory? Don’t lie to your self.
posted by Russ on 2-13-2008 at 11:36 am
I agree with Russ. I did it from memory and only got 5/10. I do love that my island (England) was included, since most people don’t really see it that way.
posted by Tricia on 2-13-2008 at 11:49 am
I correct myself. Great Britain, not just England.
posted by Tricia on 2-13-2008 at 11:50 am
6 for 10 grrr…
posted by TMo on 2-13-2008 at 12:50 pm
10 of 10 too! Good old process of elimination… Some were only guesses based on eliminating other choices.
posted by Julia on 2-13-2008 at 1:04 pm
purely from memory, I was 8-10. Not too bad, as I only mixed up Jamaica and New Guinea, which do look fairly similar.
posted by Karen on 2-13-2008 at 1:07 pm
10 of 10, woo hoo! I heart maps! though I dont heart being so bored at work that I’m taking island quizzes.
posted by Sambo on 2-13-2008 at 1:23 pm
10 for 10…..whats up with sicily’s flag? The land of the 3-legged race?
posted by Terry on 2-13-2008 at 2:01 pm
80% I guess that’s pretty good!
posted by Angela on 2-13-2008 at 2:17 pm
10 / 10
Jamaica and New Guinea were the hardest. My little sister would not have had that problem, as Jamaica is her third hume.
posted by Randy MacDonald on 2-13-2008 at 2:17 pm
I’d like to thank the World Traveler IQ application on Facebook for my 10/10 score.
(I’m terribly addicted, and now know tons of useless geography)
posted by Laura on 2-13-2008 at 2:18 pm
10/10
It’s about time I got one right.
posted by gus on 2-13-2008 at 2:20 pm
Yes, 100% without off-site Internet assistance.
The toughest for me were Tasmania and Hawaii.
posted by Caleb on 2-13-2008 at 3:13 pm
8 out of 10 - I confused Tasmania and Hawaii, which are quite similarly shaped.
I was also thinking Madagascar might be the Isle of Man until I realized that was the Sicilian flag…
posted by muffy on 2-13-2008 at 3:19 pm
10 for 10!!
posted by Fran on 2-13-2008 at 3:54 pm
Woot! The geography teacher got 100%! (Phew.)
posted by Sarah on 2-13-2008 at 5:00 pm
9 of 10. Shoot!
posted by Jay on 2-13-2008 at 5:29 pm
10 for 10, to easy!!! All the islands were oriented with north up. Tasmania only looks like Hawaii if you flip it on it’s side.
posted by dude on 2-13-2008 at 6:32 pm
10/10 in less than 30 seconds with no help, go Geography Major…
posted by Jack on 2-13-2008 at 6:36 pm
100 percent first try
posted by Coxbox on 2-13-2008 at 7:55 pm
10/10 from memory.
Isn’t this an old quiz?
posted by Jack da Bomb on 2-13-2008 at 7:59 pm
Yo! 10 out of 10. This shows the old geo. classes worked.
posted by Andre on 2-14-2008 at 7:26 am
Yay! 100%! I know my geography.
posted by Mortal Light on 2-16-2008 at 10:24 am
wow–10 of 10!!!!!! i shocked myself!!
posted by elizabeth on 2-18-2008 at 11:40 am