Happy Geography Awareness Week!

11/18/08  Print This Post Print This Post    5 Comments      Written by Eva Holland
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A little bird over at National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel Blog tells me that this week is Geography Awareness Week.

This excites me, because I’m a big fan of geography. I was a pub quiz regular back in my wild youth, and I’m not too modest to tell you that I won a few gift certificates in my day.

To celebrate, I’ve pulled together a few of my favourites from the vast number of online travel/geography quizzes out there.

Give them a try! And hey, let us know how you did in the comments.

How Many Countries Can You Name in Five Minutes? tests both your knowledge and your typing skills. [Via Vagabondish]

TravelPod’s Traveler IQ Challenge offers a whole range of quizzes, with escalating levels of difficulty. How Well Do You Know Your World? is the classic, but World Capitals and UNESCO Sites are both fun, too.

Finally, over at Gadling Aaron Hotfelder has an ongoing Tuesday Travel Trivia game – here’s today’s installment, but check out the archives to see how you fare with them, too.

Have fun! Happy Geography Awareness Week!

Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL (Creative Commons)


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Eva Holland is a contributing editor to the Matador Network. She recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of quitting her day job to write and travel full time.

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  • Julie replied on November 18, 2008

    I met Aaron last week and it's true: he is the master of trivia. Ask him almost any world capital, and he can tell you without thinking.

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  • Muka replied on November 18, 2008

    Wow! Nice map! Congratulations for your blog.

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  • Hal replied on November 18, 2008

    Great! There goes any work I was hoping to get done today. Thanks a lot, Eva! ;)

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  • Eva replied on November 19, 2008

    Ha! Sorry, Hal. :P

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  • Turner replied on November 19, 2008

    I got stuck for 20 seconds wondering why it wouldn't accept Scotland or England… stupid!

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