This week is Geography Awareness Week so an international online competition between residents of the U.S. and residents of the U.K. has begun! Called the Geography Cup, this online challenge tests the geographical knowledge of Americans versus the British. As of this posting, the United States was actually ahead - shocking! The contest runs until December 31 so good luck!
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a real BAD. Hundreds of thousand of Americans living out side CONUS can’t take part? WHY??? The US Military would like to know.
There should be an opportunity for Latin America to participate.
As a teacher, a geography enthusiast (and former Briton) I’m disappointed not to be able to participate in this type of cerebral activity! I’ll keep hoping that you will expand the range of participants.
haha US… in geography challenge! 70% of US residents in the middle states don’t know which ocean is to the east and which to the west, ha! Do you make any difference between Bolivia, Belgium and Bulgaria? English should be ashamed – to be second behind such people. Poor guys.
It is a shame that some of us who now live outside the USA are not able to participate in this challenge. As a world traveler, I am very much interested in geography. Go USA!
Africans and other nations, I dare will compete for winning the game if the questions are put in a global context. Please think of expanding the matter to include all earth inhabitants for you to ess the results dearest Rosenberg
Hi folks! Thanks for your comments! I do hope that you understand that I am not involved in the Geography Cup and I thus don’t control who has access to it. I have asked a representative to respond to your concerns, however.
What about a Canada /USA geography cup challenge?
Your neighbour almost entirely to the north….
Hello All (from the creator of the Geography Cup),
I completely understand that there are many Americans outside of the US that would like to participate. And I apologize that the Cup is currently set up that way. Although not full proof, the only quick way to confirm a contestant’s validity is through a digital location check. Without this confirmation, believe it or not there would be widespread cheating. This has been proven in previous competitions. However, I stay open-minded. If any can suggest a better approach to validation, I am all ears.
Roger Andresen
It would be nice if the site server for http://www.geographycup.com/ would respond.
The server at:
http://www.geographycup.com/ is down presently. I am ready to take those Brits down!
It’s not responding! I’m ready to prove that my education has been worth something.
Thanks for your comments! I will contact the site owners and let them know of the problems!
Not fair…I want to help determine a resounding win for the uk but can’t get in.
It’s working, put apparently Wisconsin doesn’t count as part of the USA. I know we like the cold, worship Favre, and eat brats, but to declare us not part of the US?
Alaska is apparently not part of the US either, but we’re used to that.