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The Geography Cup is an online, international competition taking place between 12 November and 31 December2006.[1] It was created by geography enthusiasts from America and Britain. The competition was created to determine whether Americans or Britons know more about world geography. Any citizen of the USA or the UK is eligible to participate.[2] The quiz consists of 13 random, geography related questions that must be answered in a total of 2 minutes. The first 10 questions consist of placing randomly selected countries onto a blank political map. The final 3 questions consist of geography related questions that are answered by selecting the correct country on the map.[3] Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams), attempt to answer questions correctly. ... This article describes country as a type of geographical or political entity. ... A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. ...
As of 13:46 GMT on 24 December 2006, the USA was winning with an average accuracy of 56.482 with the UK not far behind with a score of 54.101.[4] For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ...
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"2006 Geography Cup." The Geography Cup - The Official Site of the First Geography Cup Challenge. 12 Nov 2006. 21 Dec 2006 <http://www.geographycup.com/>.
Paronen, Lars. "It's US vs UK in online geography battle", Reuters, 2006-12-14. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
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