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Spot the American!
Internet commenters often try to "Spot the American" by identifying our unique propensity for excessive tipping, gun crime, and non-metric measurement systems. In each group of four, can you spot the one that comes from NORTH OR SOUTH America?
Having Lagos as an option is questionable considering it's not a capital. Obviously it wouldn't be an answer anyway, but doesn't exactly fit the category. What about Lomé?
When I was a kid, Mad Magazine ran a parody of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" called "Believe It Or Don't" that stated "You can boil eggs in the water of Lake Titicaca."
In smaller print below it said "Of course you have to boil it first."
Cool Quiz. As someone living in the Americas, but also pretty uncultured, I didn't have much of a chance when music or actors were brought in. The rest were easy.
The quiz description doesn't make sense. I was expecting questions relating to the USA going off the description but it encompassed all of the Americas.
Very creative idea :)
(Yes I know what some of these are but they're clearly the least famous to me)
In smaller print below it said "Of course you have to boil it first."
I've been using that joke for the last 60 years.
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