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August 30, 2006

Oman? Oh, man!

T
hink you know northern African and Middle Eastern geography?

You sure?

(Thanks to my brother David, who knows this stuff cold, for the pointer.)

Posted by Eric at August 30, 2006 1:45 PM

Comments

I did great on all the countries that existed at the time I graduated from college. Does that count for anything?
-Mark Chilton (UNC, BA Geography 1993)

Posted by: Mark Chilton at August 30, 2006 2:34 PM

Mark! All of those countries (w/ the exception of Palestine, perhaps) existed when you graduated, if you graduated in 1993! Which ones are you thinking of?

Posted by: Matt at August 30, 2006 9:09 PM

Tucker got 100 percent working quickly just now while waiting for the carpool. He says he got lucky.

Posted by: Sally at September 1, 2006 7:51 AM

I did get lucky on the -stans. I can't tell Uzbekistan from Tajikistan normally.

Posted by: Tucker at September 1, 2006 3:43 PM

Well, Matt, you are right. But Geography 20 is a freshman course . . . so that was 1989 . . .

Posted by: Mark Chilton at September 4, 2006 12:36 PM