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Post #443,808 by pwhysall 1/1/24 1:38:45 PM 1/1/24 3:57:48 PM Reply	Naming cities So I did this quiz where you name cities in a country. I did the US and got to 125 before I ran out of patience. https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa/share/1369221 By comparison, I got to 280 for British cities before I got bored. https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/uk/share/1369464 Edited by pwhysall Jan. 1, 2024, 03:57:48 PM EST Expand All History
Post #443,809 by boxley 1/1/24 5:28:58 PM 1/1/24 5:28:58 PM Reply	your boredom threshold is extremely high "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #443,813 by pwhysall 1/2/24 2:08:08 AM 1/2/24 2:08:08 AM Reply	Such is the nature of New Year's Day Also, it was an interesting thought exercise to see how much of the geography of the US had permeated my brain due to the US's overwhelming cultural dominance of the English-speaking world, for better or worse. "Quite a lot", is the answer. It was also interesting to note how one goes "place blind", where you just can't think of any more places. I looked at the list of "what you missed", and was familiar with most of it. So, I suspect if I'd parked this overnight and returned to it, I'd get a lot more than 125. It was sheer boredom for the UK - I could just keep going forever there. Also, "What's the state capital of Montana?" is a great question for a UK pub quiz.
Post #443,826 by CRConrad 1/3/24 10:57:53 AM 1/3/24 10:57:53 AM Reply	Bozeman?
Post #443,827 by pwhysall 1/3/24 2:47:29 PM 1/3/24 2:47:29 PM Reply	You might think that... ...and you'd be wrong.
Post #443,847 by CRConrad 1/4/24 4:57:09 AM 1/4/24 4:57:09 AM Reply	Still think that's there, though... Isn't it? And hey, I'll count remembering that as half a win. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,848 by pwhysall 1/4/24 5:21:57 AM 1/4/24 5:21:57 AM Reply	Oh, it's a real place. But the state capital of Montana is Helena.
Post #443,861 by CRConrad 1/9/24 5:32:27 AM 1/9/24 5:32:27 AM Reply	Ah, good thing I didn't present my next guess, then. Because that would have been Billings, and I'm not even sure that's in Montana. (Maybe Minnesota?) -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,811 by a6l6e6x 1/1/24 9:32:18 PM 1/1/24 9:32:18 PM Reply	You got the one that was my house's city for 35 years. I just crossed the state border for the unincorporated town to the current house. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov

Naming cities - (pwhysall) - (8) - Jan. 1, 2024, 03:57:48 PM EST

your boredom threshold is extremely high -NT - (boxley) - (6) - Jan. 1, 2024, 05:28:58 PM EST

Such is the nature of New Year's Day - (pwhysall) - (5) - Jan. 2, 2024, 02:08:08 AM EST

Bozeman? -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - Jan. 3, 2024, 10:57:53 AM EST

You might think that... - (pwhysall) - (3) - Jan. 3, 2024, 02:47:29 PM EST

Still think that's there, though... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Jan. 4, 2024, 04:57:09 AM EST

Oh, it's a real place. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 4, 2024, 05:21:57 AM EST

Ah, good thing I didn't present my next guess, then. - (CRConrad) - Jan. 9, 2024, 05:32:27 AM EST

You got the one that was my house's city for 35 years. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 1, 2024, 09:32:18 PM EST

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