I can't see the options, is this a poll? Or just freestyle? I want to see the answers!
it's yes or no essentially...you either know it or ya don't!!
And yes, I do, lol. And the capitals of all the provinces too. Having only 10 plus 3 territories helps. I think I can only name the capitals of about 10 states.
I used to be so good at worldwide capitals. My degree is in international business so I took a lot of geography and 'world' issue courses. I really thought it was Montreal. So I fail at my LYFE.
Post by onomatopoeia on Dec 20, 2013 13:26:57 GMT -5
lol, I knew this. But I'm a Canadian transplant so I had an edge. I used to get irritated at how little people here (in the US) usually know about Canada until I downloaded an app called "Stack the Countries" (great app, btw) for my kids. I've never felt so geographically ignorant.
This is actually hysterical to me. When I was in about 7th grade our teacher had us learn the capitals of like the 50 most populous/"important" countries.
I DO remember someone thinking NYC was the capital of the US.
I also had classmates (in Canada) who thought Toronto was the capital of Canada.
I voted no. I had no idea (I did google after voting no).
I don't know the capitals of half the states in the U.S., either, even though I had to memorize them in first, second, third, and fourth grade. I haven't needed them since.