The Angry Young Man

I only scored 228,000 and have an iq of 98 at level 7 . . . I'm an amateur . . . and that's not so good for someone who's been to 5 continents and lived in 7 foreign countries. Damn, I'm really an intellectually-challenged American.

577,276. In yo' face.

Okay, this morning after a good night's sleep I awoke and retook the quiz. I scored ~480,000 and completed level 10. I only had one duplicate question (Gettysburg) and I still put it a couple hundred kilometers too far to the South.

I knew Hunty would beat both of us:

564,371; level 12; IQ 132

But just barely, Joe. I got incredibly lucky on a few of them. I'd say the difference among our three scores isn't statistically significant.

488,800 Level 11.

Joe -
If it's any consolation, Van der Fah Fah took the test after watching me do it, so he knew where at least Palau was because of my efforts. Still, his knowledge of Africa and island nations is impressive. I couldn't remember which side of Africa Mauritius was on and Cape Verde? Forget it. I'd say that anyone who got to Level 11 is geographically well informed. Even Shane - who should have done much better than all of us considering what he's studying at his totally-not-an-Ivy League university...

Plus, that map was so tiny it was really difficult to get close to the right location. Van der Fah Fah did get within 4 km of like Tokyo or somewhere though. On average, I was between 20 and 175 km off - except for Mauritius, of course.

That map is small and I kept fucking up on those Pacific island nations. Where in the hell are the Solomon Islands? I'm gonna take it again tonight - I thought it was fun.

It wasn't necessarily island nations (and definitely not Africa) that did me in -- it was all those frickin cities of the Росси́йская Federation and those "minor" burgs of China (those with a mere 5 million people)! And damned Norwegian outposts in the Arctic Ocean.

Krasnoyarsk? Kunming? Whatever.

And yeah, that map was very tiny. I was ready to schedule an appointment for cataract removal afterward, that's how blind I felt. Austria was like the size of a pubic louse and yet it was asking me to pinpoint the precise location of Innsbruck. More than once I was screaming, "Where's the fucking ZOOM IN button!" And then it has the nerve to throw up snarky comments like "You're selecting locations on earth, right" when I was like 2000km off from Rapa Nui.

Still, I congratulate vander Fah Fah.

I'm gonna take it again and beat that machine!

No whammies!

No whammies! Stop!

And AYM? I knew where Palau was back when it was called Belau and was part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, so you can talk to the hand!

504,018 - I knew after class I'd do a lot better. That score of Huntingtons is amazing. I bow in awe.

507,993, level-11, travel IQ of 126. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm kind of a ringer b/c most of my clients are from all of the offbeat African countries that trip up most Americans.

507,993, level-11, travel IQ - 126. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, I'm kind of a ringer b/c most of my clients are from African countries that trip up most Americans.

PS: Damn your blog, and its effect on my productivity!!!