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eye in the sky

QUIZ: Can you tell these international cities from satellite photos?

Think you learned nothing from geography?
7.30pm, 2 Jan 2015
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TIME TO RECALL all that geography you learned in the two weeks before the Leaving Cert!

Can you tell these cities from the air? Do you spend a lot of time on Google Maps? Will I ever need this knowledge in the “real world”?

Let’s start…

This is....
Vancouver
Ottawa

Toronto
Edmonton
This is...
Boston
New York

Detroit
Chicago
This is...
Paris
Madrid

Rome
London
This is...
Paris
London

Berlin
Rome
This is...
Rome
Dubrovnik

Berlin
Venice
This is...
Bangkok
Tokyo

Beijing
Shanghai
This is...
Jakarta
Tokyo

Kuala Lumpur
Beijing
This is...
Sydney
Melbourne

Canberra
Brisbane
This is...
Los Angeles
San Diego

Seattle
San Francisco
This is...
Madrid
Seville

Bilbao
Barcelona
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
You are a satellite
You're constantly staring at Earth from this angle. It's terrifying that you are sentient enough to access and complete a quiz like this. We don't know whether to fear to adore you.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You are a very clever crow.
You're used to flying over these places everyday so identifying them is old hat to you. Well done on mastering the English language and figuring out how to use a computer.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Ferdinand Magellan
You used to travel around a lot, but things have changed, so you missed a couple.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You got a B3 in Leaving Cert Geography, didn't you?
A couple of the curve-balls threw you, which is a pity since you did so well in the mocks.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You were in a plane. Once
Eh....not great.
Share your result:

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