Very easy. Though some of these could have multiple right answers it's usually obvious what you're going for. Only one that's a bit iffy I'd say is Michigan.. the picture is more centered on Lake Michigan than the state of Michigan, and there's almost as much of Wisconsin in frame.
Iffy in what way? Only part of Wisconsin is on the far left of the view, while the entire state of Michigan is showing and is centered, just like the answer to every other square in the quiz.
"All"? There are three answers in the USA (Michigan, Washington, and San Francisco). Baja California is part of Mexico; the Black Sea and the Red Sea are just northwest and southwest (respectively) of the Middle East; Tibet/Himalayas is a region in Asia. Maybe you are also referring to the Gulf of Mexico, which borders the US? But it also borders Mexico and various Caribbean nations. (All the ones I didn't mention are sovereign countries, by the way.)
but the black and red sea werent hard. Neither is himalayas hard to guess, only so many (famous) mountainranges it could be.
(and maybe they meant the americas and not just usa, or assumed the california one was part of the usa, not a weird assumption given the name (I know.. baja is in front of it, but well, if you dont know the place you wouldnt have known that either ;) )
Michigan should be easy because of its distinctive shapes - the lower peninsula looks like a mitten and the U.P. (land of the yoopers) looks like the back end of a dog jumping into Wisconsin. (See the tail, bottom, and hind leg?)
They're not hard though. At least not harder than some of the countries. Michigan and Washington are fairly easy due to shape and geographical location. Considering USA is size of Europe it's only fair to include states just as countries in Europe were included. Except for Baja California which isn't even in the US was easy/medium difficulty
I just had a big duh moment. I recognized exactly where the Red Sea was, but didn't know what it was called. As soon I saw the name, I realized duh, what sea is between Egypt and Israel that the Israelites would have passed through? Knew my Bible stories and geography, but couldn't put them together, apparently.
If anyone was dumb enough to put Vatican when it asked for the country......... they deserve to get it wrong..... I suppose for the Australian question you went for East Timor ..... Gordon Bennet!
Most non americans will have not seen a satelite picture from san francisco. Hard to compare to cuba, italy or australia. Not common knowledge worldwide.
And the last two because somehow I thought I already reached the end ( was distracted by a demanding kitty here) probably would ve gotten himalayas, (if it wasnt alps or andes it would ve been my 3rd answer I guess, or maybe after pyrenees however you write it in english first)
hahaha i didnt know that one peninsula in california, but i thougt one of the pictures is "Bahamas" so i typed in Baha and slided with my finger from "h" to "j" so it went baja and i guessed it lol
Why are we expected to know administrative subregions of the USA but no other country? Cornwall? Brittany? Chelyabinsk Oblast? Even Sicily or Crete or Hokkaido or Zanzibar? But no, it's only ever the USA that's considered important enough. So egotistic.
To state the manifestly obvious, no one here "expects" you know know anything. There are also quite a number of quizzes in which Crete, Sicily, Zanzibar, and other islands/areas are answers.
What an ignorant statement! Has Jetpunk never asked you to identify the Isle of Wight? I'd have thought that would have been easy enough for you to guess. Here's a thing, on the counties of England Quiz, last time I took it, Cornwall was the most guessed, so your example fails straight away: clearly jetpunk quizzers are very likely to be able to identify Cornwall.
I don't agree with your "egotistic" part of the comment, since this is part of the quiz and I'm happy to take it, and anyone with other creative ideas should start more quizzes themselves.
However, this isn't an "ignorant" statement. Perhaps the Quizmaster or anyone making another quiz could include more diversified regions? Because every time I take a quiz, I find it near impossible to guess USA states or cities, since I myself have not ever studied the states unless it is for an answer or a badge. It would be generous of people if they could make quizzes that, at least, show more parts of the world. Has anyone made a quiz with an image of, say, Luanda or Karachi? If so, it wouldn't be as popularised as quizzes that feature Chicago or San Francisco. I just want to point out that this comment has a point, and people could consider more diverse answer criteria next time they make a quiz, instead of adding Idaho or Ohio or places that are less known to other people around the world.
Note that this isn't justifying the comment or anything that might seem offensive. I just want to say that this person has a point, that quizzes don't include oblasts of Russia or provinces of Japan half as much as American states are mentioned here. Yes, I understand that people here take an interest in the USA more than other parts of the world, but it would be challenging enough for everyone if we were to answer Hokkaido or Sumatra, if we were to identify which province or oblast instead of states every time.
Another point not made in the thousand character limit was the replies to comments above. Please don't use rudeness to combat rudeness, and a person declaring someone "egotistic" doesn't grant people the right to lash back with "ignorant" and other sarcasm. It (1), doesn't help the situation, (2), cuts off all discussions, and (3), doesn't put you in a superior position. It isn't cool, and being behind a digital screen really, really doesn't grant you the right to be mean.
Pompey, often times the U.S. is kind of “praised” and given special attention in this quiz because a good portion of the population (You may think 4% of the global population is small, but unless you’re in China and India, you can’t say anything), and although I don’t know the statistics, the chances are the quantity of Americans in here (I will say, including me) outnumber those living in other countries. This is because 1) not to brag, but we are generally more technologically advanced than other countries (that’s just the way it is), therefore knocking out those who don’t have access to the internet, and 2) often times the American Population don’t want to do quizzes that aren’t based off of the U.S. Based on the very minor experience I have in Quizmaking, the quizzes I’ve made (and often deleted) that was U.S. focused had way more takes (like 3x more, from like 5 to 15...) than the ones which are relative to other countries.
We’re often lazy (no offense to those successful and/or busy ones) and don’t feel like learning about places like Kanos, the Pitcairn Islands, Belmopan, The Seine, etc. I guess by this comment we are often egotistical because we want to feel smart by knowing only about our country (no offense to those Geography Geniuses out there), and when we create quizzes that’s not seldom the main topic. Plus, it may be good for you to learn about us for those interested or in the Geo Bee like myself. Adding onto TheQuizzler’s post, you aren’t “expected” to know anything. In your comment, you’re practically saying that we think you should have to know about our country yet not know about anything about other countries. Thankful that Quizmaster didn’t add that deletion of the “technically” comments, technically (here we go), it says that we’re expecting you to know ONLY about our country and our country alone. Just a point of view of mine, so correct me if I’m incorrect.
(I copy/pasted San Francisco for this post).
(and maybe they meant the americas and not just usa, or assumed the california one was part of the usa, not a weird assumption given the name (I know.. baja is in front of it, but well, if you dont know the place you wouldnt have known that either ;) )
I was trying all the things but I'd search for long, "lower", "south", "low", "under" x)
And the last two because somehow I thought I already reached the end ( was distracted by a demanding kitty here) probably would ve gotten himalayas, (if it wasnt alps or andes it would ve been my 3rd answer I guess, or maybe after pyrenees however you write it in english first)
It really makes no sense (specially for Spanish speakers), since it just means "lower".
To me it's just like having South as a type-in for South Dakota.
However, this isn't an "ignorant" statement. Perhaps the Quizmaster or anyone making another quiz could include more diversified regions? Because every time I take a quiz, I find it near impossible to guess USA states or cities, since I myself have not ever studied the states unless it is for an answer or a badge. It would be generous of people if they could make quizzes that, at least, show more parts of the world. Has anyone made a quiz with an image of, say, Luanda or Karachi? If so, it wouldn't be as popularised as quizzes that feature Chicago or San Francisco. I just want to point out that this comment has a point, and people could consider more diverse answer criteria next time they make a quiz, instead of adding Idaho or Ohio or places that are less known to other people around the world.
Another point not made in the thousand character limit was the replies to comments above. Please don't use rudeness to combat rudeness, and a person declaring someone "egotistic" doesn't grant people the right to lash back with "ignorant" and other sarcasm. It (1), doesn't help the situation, (2), cuts off all discussions, and (3), doesn't put you in a superior position. It isn't cool, and being behind a digital screen really, really doesn't grant you the right to be mean.
Didn't get San Francisco