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The other day Meg pointed to this little game where you try to name all the American states in under 10 minutes. I went 45 for 50, which I think is fairly respectable for a Canadian. I’d be a little worried if I knew all fifty.

Much trickier, however, is naming all 53 African nations. I got just 30. The job is all the more difficult because those countries change names on a fairly regular basis. I’d never even heard of a couple of the countries I missed. I was, for example, entirely unaware that there was an island nation between Madagascar and mainland Africa.

How did you fair? I’d like to try Europe and Asia as well.

UPDATE: Here’s the uber-quiz. How many of the 192 UN member states can you name in 10 minutes? I managed 102 on my first try. How could I forget Greece? Of course, I could never forget Poland.

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