And I'm impressed that so many did so well!

and it's OUR country.
Let Americans try to label European countries and beyond...

That would not even be funny. I am so sorry to feel that way.

I absolutely love it. Love Sweden and Norway, and Sicily.

and the last one is correct: maybe one American in a million could name even 5 counties in the UK, let alone locate them.

p.s. the movies/tv shows was the best! Even if he/she did misplace Fargo.

(I agree with the last one: could anyone in the US identify UK counties)

Northex, southex, Eastex.

I think Kent in next to Narnia.

so naming counties in England is a little bit like being able to name counties in Louisiana - even people in Louisiana probably cannot do that. Although my dad says that as a kid in Wisconsin, he had to learn all of the counties of Wisconsin.

It's a hundred and some odd total and don't forget the six counties of Northern Ireland as well.

I wouldn't do very well filling out a map of UK counties, I'll admit--I'd be proud if I could find a third of them, on a good day...

Of course not! But it dosen't matter because the USA is the center if the world anyway, right?
Actually I know where Cornwall is as I have relatives there.

Four Yorkshires? And I thought two Dakotas was excessive...

Merseyshire wasn't a separate county when I was a kid, and i don't think Bristol was either. I got about a quarter of them.

than Americans do.

I was delayed 24 hours on my corneal transplant because the tissue bank sent it to Mexico!

checks take a different deposit proceedure"
I started to pull up a map on Google, when her manager came to her rescue.
She still didn't appear convinced later.

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Huh, I had no idea!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Cookies

http://www.burtonsbiscuits.com/our-company/our-history/

It's the middle bits that got short shrift.

I find this reassuring!

It's not New England, and it's not the South, so by default it's the middle of the Atlantic seaboard. Just not that far south.

I liked the response that listed movies made it each state!

that did not do as good as most of these

Thank you!
I'll have to print out a blank map, and see how my friends from overseas do, just for laughs!

of ours. I'd say the Brits done pretty good.

I couldn't name or place the counties in the UK. I used to know several, but it has been so long. I had friends from England, Scotland, and Ireland...and I love Torchwood and (the original) Being Human, so I know some Welsh locations. Of course, I know Americans who couldn't name and place all 50 states, so I don't really expect foreigners to know them.

When they were overseas playing for the world championship, a reporter snottily asked him if he knew where Slovakia was. Boogie asked him if he knew where Alabama was.
Touché Boogie.

It's right next to Czechia. Duh.

I miss the old days though, when the capital of Norway used to be in the middle of them.

At least Dublin is still the world's largest city.

And East Russia.