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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!

Miss Teen South Carolina flubbed her answer. But it was the question that did real damage.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 02:01 PM

    Two things

    First, Anon. Duh. Its been this way for a while. I don't mind it, why do you?

    Second, sweet post. I remember that Natl. Geographic article, piece, whatever it was, about young Americans and their geography. They even had a "Take your own" quiz on the Middle East, and boy was I sweating that. But I did pretty well, only missed a few. UAE maybe. The thing is I didn't really know the countries exactly, but if you reckon that big peninsula is Saudi Arabia, and Iran borders Afghanistan, and Jordan is on the Med. Sea (because I surely can't spell that off the top of my head)....

    Oh wait, Jordan doesn't border the Med. Sea. I must have missed that one too...

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