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How Much Geography Have I Forgotten?
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Apr 2, 2025
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How much geography have I forgotten
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Over the last three years on this channel, I have learned so much geography stuff
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But there's a lot of geography out there where I learned something for a video, but I didn't keep revising it
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So today we're just going to see what has stayed in my head, starting with US capitals
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It has officially been over two years since I learned all 50 US states
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And since then, I've played a couple more times, but I've definitely not kind of kept up to it in the way that I kept up with learning all the countries
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According to Sparkle, the last time I got all 50 was February 2022, which was like nearly two years ago in itself
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So we'll just give ourselves the default 10 minutes. Let's see how many I can get
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California. See, do you think I can get all 50? I feel I can get pretty close
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I'm just going to name the big dogs to begin with. Idaho. Yep, the biggest of big dogs
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Utah. Actually, I'll try and kind of go from left to right if I can
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So Montana's up there. What's this one? That's Washington, isn't it? Yes, and then underneath Washington
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Oh, God, it's already falling apart. Just move past it. Nevada, Nebraska
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There we go. We'll also grab New Mexico. Let's do all the news
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Get them out of the way. New Jersey, New York, and then what else is there
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I think, is there another new? I don't think there is. Okay, Connecticut. We'll do the little fellas
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Connecticut is spelled like that. Connecticut. Then we'll do Massachusetts, which might be difficult to spell
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Oh, no, we got it. And we've also got Maryland and then come on, come on, come on
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I'm going to be honest. I thought this one was Maryland. That's not great for me. Let's do the compass one
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So we'll do North Dakota. There you go. And we'll do South Dakota as well
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Easy. And then West Virginia. And then we can also just do Virginia
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Tennessee while I'm here. Then we'll do North Carolina and also South Carolina
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Okay, it's looking good. We've got nearly half and it's been less than two minutes
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I've not done Florida yet. apparently okay there you go uh alabama and uh what's the mississippi m-i-s-s-i-s-i-p-p-i
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nailed it uh above texas is oklahoma i think is that right yes and then what's this for colorado i
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think colorado there you go and then next to new mexico california what's that one i can't remember
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oh god right we're officially over half though but that's still quite a lot to get why are you
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So this isn't too bad considering it's been nearly two years since I've done this quiz
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Oh, I've just thought this is the little Do you remember I did that stupid maps video where there was the chef that was holding the plate of Kentucky
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I always say them so clearly every time I look at a US map So let's get Kentucky written down. There you go. And then with Kentucky, we also have Indiana
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Indiana like that. No, what is it? Indiana There you go. Oh, Ohio, Ohio
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um, Iowa. I don't think I've got Iowa as well. And then is there another I? I don't think so
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I think that's them all. Oh, Arizona. That's what this fella is. Arizona. There you go. And then
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we've also got Alaska to all of the S's. No, all of the A's. Arkansas. Arkansas. That's how it's
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pronounced. There you go. Okay, that's 34 out of 50. This is going quite well, but what are we
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missing That still quite a few you know Alabama Mississippi and come on What is it Another really southern state Alabama Mississippi I can remember That so annoying Okay I not done Hawaii yet so let just get that out
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of the way. 35 of 50. Come on, Jack. Is there one called... It's not New Delaware, is it? No
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wait, it's Delaware one by itself. Delaware. It is. Very nice. Rhode Island. Oh, yeah
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it's just come to me. That's 37 of 50. How do I not have this one up here? What is that? And then
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this fella as well i think that begins with w but i just can't remember wyoming wisconsin wisconsin
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there you go oh i was wrong this is the wisconsin one right we're gonna have to do the alphabet so
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a alaska arizona yeah i think we've got all of the a's b i think we've got all of them c colorado
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uh d delaware g georgia georgia there you go that's another one oh we're gonna get to 40 that's
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It's going to be nice. B-C-D-E-F-G-H. I don't think so. I-J-K. Is there a K
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There might be a K. There, there is. It's Kentucky. I've already got it. I think there's another M
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Montana. Vermont. I was doing the alphabet. Vermont. Okay. Oh, I know what this one is
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That's Pennsylvania, isn't it? Pennsylvania. Oh, look at that. I have remembered the spelling because I distinctly remember two years ago, I really struggled
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to spell Pennsylvania. There's only nine that I'm missing. It's not that many. That's quite good
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I reckon that's probably above average for a British person. Okay, I've just sat silently for a minute and a half
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and I cannot think of a single other one. So we're about to run out of our 10-minute timer
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41 out of 50 is okay. I am also going to compare this to my original score two years ago
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Congratulations if you know the nine that I cannot think of. I'm sure I will definitely kick myself
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And what were you missing? Minnesota, Michigan, I knew it. Kansas, Oregon
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I just completely forgot about Oregon. New Hampshire was just totally out of my head
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Louisiana, okay. I knew there was some more M's out there. But that's not bad
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I'm a bit disappointed about Kansas, I'll be honest. All right, so go back two years ago. This was my very first attempt at naming U.S. states
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And to be honest, we've got 20 out of 50. I feel like we should give up and call this our first attempt
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because I just don't really know what else to do. So I'm going to go for it. Oh, of course
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Yeah, 2021, Jack got 20. A 2023 jackpot of a double that with not much practice
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So I'm pleased with that. But now it's time for our next challenge, which is European capitals
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And I think I should be able to get all of these
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Oh, it's going to take some brain power. Last time I did this was one year ago, as opposed to two years ago
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So in theory, this should be better than the US capitals. But do you know what
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I'm starting to doubt myself already. Let's just see what happens. Enter the capital of Monaco
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I think that's just Monaco. Poland is Warsaw. See, this is nice, this, because it kind of prompts you by giving you a specific country to think about
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Albania. See, um, Tirana. Oh my god, I'm a genius. Okay, Lisbon. Netherlands is Amsterdam. Luxembourg is Luxembourg City, I think
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Let's just try it. Yes, Latvia. Ooh, I think Lithuania is villainous, and Latvia is something like, um, don't tell me, do not tell me
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I'll get it. I'll get it. I'll get it. It similar to Tirana but it not Tirana is it I going to come back to it I might get it Montenegro Oh God What have I done I can skip Romania I can do that one right
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It's not Sofia. That's Bulgaria. Romania's Bucharest. Bucharest. There you go. Belgium is Brussels
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I knew that one before we started. Moldova is Chisinau, I think
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That's a really obscure one. Give me credit for that one. That's good. United Kingdom is, of course, London
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Eh, Liechtenstein is Vaduz, I think. I don't think it's pronounced Vaduz, but it's spelled Vaduz
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Faduts. Faduts. Totally different. Germany is Berlin. Norway is Oslo. Sweden is Stockholm. Italy is Rome. Spain
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is Madrid. France is Paris. North Macedonia is, um, I had mnemonics that I'd come up with for all
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these north macedonia oh my god i have no idea i'll come back to it it might come to me slovakia
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is that the hard one or is that the easy one i think slovakia is bratoslava bratoslava so let's
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try it yes it is belarus is minsk lithuania is villainous like no oh well in that case maybe
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Latvia is villainous villainous I think I must have it slightly spelled wrong okay we won't worry
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about it Estonia I think it begins with an A let me come back to it because I don't have much time
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Hungary is Budapest there you go Russia is Moscow spelled with a C Malta Valetta Valetta
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there you go Denmark is uh Denmark's an easy one Jack think Jack think it's Copenhagen it came to me Copenhagen
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Spelled spelled something like that. There you go. We got it. Switzerland is burn Bosnia
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Oh, i'm gonna have to come back to it. Slovenia. It's lubiana, but it's spelled the job
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Lejana that's a good answer Serbia, ah, it's like prista. It's something like that pristine now or something pristine
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Pristine dammit pristine like that. Oh, it's something really close to that, but i'll have to move on and dora is and dora
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There you go Finland is just Helsinki, Bulgaria, Sofia, Vatican City is just Vatican City. Iceland is Reykjavik
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Reykjavik Reykjavik there you go Croatia. I think that's a greb. Yep. Cyprus is
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Ankara there we go. No, no, that's Turkey, isn't it? I could get it
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It's like it's not Bosnia, but it's like a word similar to that. It is Nikosia Nikosia
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There you go. Turkey. Ankara. There we are. San Marino. Just going to try San Marino
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Yeah, there we go. Athens. Ukraine. Kiev. Czechia. Prague. There you go
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Austria. We've got 37 or 47. I've only got two minutes left. I should know Austria
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Oh, it's Vienna. It's Vienna. Vienna is in Österreich. Vienna. There you go. Kosovo
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That's Pristina. Pristina. I got it mixed up. That's why it didn't work
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Okay, now we've just got the seven that I've skipped. Right what is Lithuania Why is it not Vilnius It that just worked I must have just spelled it slightly wrong last time Okay never mind I see I feel like that similar to the Tirana one It like Tallinn with two yes there we go
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We got there. There's a, there's a J, but I think it's pronounced as a Y or something
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The North Macedonia one. Skopje, Skopje. Oh my God. I'm so close to get them all
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but I'm not gonna get these last four. Serbia, that's something to do with
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oh, I'm running out of time. Go on, what are they? Riga, okay. Belgrade, I'd forgot that one
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I remember really, really struggling with and Sarajevo. That's the one I was talking about with the pronunciation of J being as a Y
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But to be fair, that's all right that actually, isn't it? 91%. But it's all downhill from here because now we're doing British overseas territories
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This is a video I also did about a year ago. But as soon as the video was recorded, I never looked at them again
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So there's only 14, but I also only have four minutes. I don't think this is going to go very well
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But I can get Gibraltar, which is the one that I already knew back then
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There we go. Monserrat. Mon, mon, oh, I don't know any of the spellings
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Monserrat, like that? Is it? Oh, God. I'll come back to it. Let's do the ones that have the word territory in their name
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because there's British Indian Ocean Territory. Territory, is that one? I think so
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Yes, there you go. And then there's another one, but I can't remember what it is. There's St. Helens, I think
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No? Ascension Island? Oh, my God. What's going on? Falklands is one
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Falkland Islands? Oh, God. Oh, there you go. I just spelled it wrong
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There's Bermuda. That's one. Pitcairn Islands has just come to me. I thought I would spell any of them
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There we go. We got it. There's a one around Cyprus and Turkey, but I have no idea
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It's a really tricky spelling, so we'll just move on. Come on. What else is there? There's a bunch around this Caribbean area
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I'm confused that St. Oh, it's not St. Helens. It's St. Helena. There we go
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We got that. An Ascension. Right, fine. Come on. If we get one more, that's half of them
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I know that Monserrat is one. Monsterrat. Is it pronounced like that
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Is it spelled like this? Is it with two R's? Don't waste your time, Jack. Keep going
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There's definitely... Virgin. I've just shouted the word virgin. Virgin Islands. There you go
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I think, is it British Virgin Islands? Yes, it is. That's officially half of the British overseas territories
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So what are the others? Look at that. One minute left already. Fair play if you've remembered these
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because it is quite obscure geography knowledge. The Antarctica one. Is it just called British Antarctic Ocean Territory
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I don't think so, British Antarctic Territory. We got one in the final 20 seconds
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Right, I've got eight seconds left. There is definitely a one around Turkey. There is one or maybe two here
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And then I think there's two more here as well. Yeah, there we go. Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat
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That's the one that I just was struggling to spell. South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands
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Yes, of course. And then the one near Turkey that I could not spell. and Crotiri and Tecilia
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So we did not nail that one. However, if we watch the original from last year, there's also Bermuda
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And at that point, I don't think I know anymore. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to give up
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I only knew two. So we've come a long way. Four is a lot better than two. Thank you very much for watching
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I am going to start revising all of these again so that everything sticks in my head
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until one day my head swells so much that it just explodes
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