My, it’s been quite some time since I put up a new geography post. Since then, we’ve had the Miss Teen USA Pageant, which gave a new face to geography. And that was way back in the summer! I posted a list of links about Miss South Carolina and her internet fame at Miss C Recommends, in case you missed any of it, or want to relive those golden memories. But don't worry too much about Lauren Caitlin Upton, she's landed on her feet, so to speak, and has signed a contract with the Trump Modeling Agency. Maps might even be a perk in that job. Meanwhile, I’ve come across some really neat articles and quizzes about this marvelous world of ours, and how to find it.



Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? No.

Kelly Pickler shows off her dumb on TV. Jeff Foxworthy came across as quite the asshole in this one.

Imaginary Geography. Find your way around places that ain’t there.

Blog of the Day: The Map Room.

Some Texas geography tidbits from Big Shot Bob.

Maps will never be the same.

US Obesity rate maps 1985-2004. (via Fark)

You can now generate a map of all the countries in the world you’ve visited. Mine is pretty stark. (via Dump Trumpet)

Herman and Candelaria Zapp drove from Argentina to Alaska in their 1928 Graham Paige Model 610 touring car. The car’s top speed is about 35 mph. The trip took almost three years, covered 43,717 miles, and produced a son.  (via Grow-A-Brain)

The Strangest Sights in Google Earth.

Map of Strange.

Maps for Us is a site where readers can submit maps for Americans who don’t have maps. It doesn’t matter what kind of map. (via the Presurfer)

"One-third of British adults so stupid when it comes to geography that they think Mount Everest is in Europe instead of Africa." Every geography joke you’ve ever heard is somewhere in this Fark thread.

Here’s a webpage where you can learn what is the largest island, the largest lake, the largest lake on an island, the largest island in a lake, the largest island in a lake on an island, the largest lake on an island in a lake, the largest lake on an island in a lake on an island, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake, and the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island. Which is Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon. (via Fark)

NOW FOR THE TESTS

How well do you know landmarks? In this quiz, you must guess what famous site you’re looking down on from overhead. I scored 90%! (via Bits and Pieces)

How well do you know your world? Try this global geography quiz, and remember, speed counts in this one!

Do you know your Imaginary Nations? I scored 100%!

Tetris+US map= Statetris. Now THIS is the way to making learning geography fun!

Miss S.C. Teen USA's Geography Pop Quiz. (via the Presurfer)

State Mottos

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Alaska: Jeez, it's cold.
Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don't Own It Yet
Delaware: Everything is smaller here!
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes. Well Okay, Not Really, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: Whores and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Hampshire: Just like Old Hampshire, but newer
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan
Ohio: Where one of your dad's friends lives
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl - It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Educashun State
Texas: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family - Really!
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wisconsin: Come Smell our Dairy Air
Wyoming: Where Men Are Men (And The Sheep Are Scared)

Previously at Miss Cellania: Geography, Geography 2, Geography 201, and Geography Test.

Thought for today: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. But if you’d have taken a map, you could’ve gotten there in only 156 miles.

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