Australia poll, Uber-triv

[slemslempike]

[Poll #1268597]

I eventually won a game of Uber-triv. In subsequent games we substituted "Silver Screen" (very difficult movie questions) for "Book Lover". The experience has inspired me to buy more sets on ebay - so far I've won Globetrotter, and have my beady little eyes on 1980s.

Comments

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

I'm "maybe" because it's familiar as a kind of General Knowledge thing and a quiz answer but I'm not sure if I was actually taught it. I don't think I was taught Australasia either, but then I too did Integrated Studies at age 11 and what Geography I did after that was mostly about oil rigs.

I love your Trivial Pursuit icon.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I do get quite cross if they don't match up properly. And so handy to work out what you still need!

I wonder if it is still taught now. I am quite surprised, as I'd half thought that it was something that would have stopped after people, well, thought about it a bit, but there are people younger than me in the poll who were taught it.

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

I do get quite cross if they don't match up properly

So do I. And yet some people find this irritatingly pedantic...

My daughter was taught a song at school that goes

"North America, South America,
Europe, Asia, Africa.
Don't forget Antarctica
Don't forget Australasia
North America, South America,
Europe, Asia, Africa."

but I'm not sure how much is there for Geography and how much for the rhythm of the thing.