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QUIZ: Can you tell these countries from the air?

Time to recall all that geography you learned in the two weeks before the Leaving Cert!
8.00pm, 4 Jan 2015
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TIME TO RECALL all that geography you learned in the two weeks before the Leaving Cert!

Can you tell these countries from the air? Do you spend a lot of time on Google Maps? Will I ever need this knowledge in the “real world”?

Let’s start…

This is...
Indonesia
The Philippines

Bali
Malaysia
This is...
New Zealand
Malaysia

Bali
Tasmania
This is...
Malta
Corsica

Sicily
Sardinia
This is....
Oman
Yemen

Qatar
UAE
This is part of...
Russia
Canada

USA
Ireland
This is...
Iceland
Greenland

Lapland
Faroe Islands
This is...
Brazil
India

China
South Africa
This is...
Argentina
Brazil

Chile
Bolivia
This is...
Norway
Finland

Sweden
Denmark
This is...
Malta
Gibraltar

Andorra
Monaco
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
You are a satellite
You're constantly staring at Earth from this angle. It's terrifying that you are sentient enough to access and complete a quiz like this. We don't know whether to fear to adore you.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You are a very clever crow.
You're used to flying over these places everyday so identifying them is old hat to you. Well done on mastering the English language and figuring out how to use a computer.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You live in a tall house.
And the house is in one of these countries. And you have looked out your window at least once. It's time to whip out an atlas and get studying.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet
It seems like only yesterday you compiled the very first Ordnance Survey map in 1825. How time flies! Things have changed a lot since then so it's okay that you got a couple wrong.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You got a B3 in Leaving Cert Geography, didn't you?
A couple of the curve-balls threw you, which is a pity since you did so well in the mocks.
Share your result:

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