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#4120966 - 05/16/15 09:57 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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13, most of them were easily recognisable for us Brits. The 'Iberia' one was the most inaccurate. surprised they had none from the Mappa Mundi; too well known I suppose.



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#4120973 - 05/16/15 10:26 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: BD-123]  
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12! smile

But, probably because of this -
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......most of them were easily recognisable for us Brits....

#4120975 - 05/16/15 10:40 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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14 out of 15. Got N6 wrong.


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#4121207 - 05/17/15 07:02 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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11 out of 15, not too bad considering I know no Latin except lorem ipsum biggrin

#4121208 - 05/17/15 07:18 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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14 of 15. Not bad, the last one was impossible to say.


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#4121268 - 05/17/15 02:17 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: Zero Niner]  
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Originally Posted By: Zero Niner
I know no Latin except lorem ipsum biggrin


Lorem Ipsum? I think I went to school with him. I didn't know he was Latin, though.


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#4122004 - 05/19/15 05:19 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
If the test would have been fill in the blank instead of multiple choice I wonder how well we would have done? smile

I would have gotten the Black Sea and nothing else.


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#4122026 - 05/19/15 07:11 AM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4122090 - 05/19/15 12:35 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: vonBaur]  
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Originally Posted By: vonBaur
Missed three. Would've been four if Mudcat hadn't mentioned the Orkney Islands. No Latin knowledge at all, but it's not difficult to extrapolate what some of those words refer to.


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#4122138 - 05/19/15 01:48 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Of course, how would this knowledge ever be of any use?



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#4122143 - 05/19/15 01:52 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
Of course, how would this knowledge ever be of any use?



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There is none beyond just having fun doing a quiz on an internet forum which was the original intent anyway. What's truly bad are those people who spend thousands of dollars to get a degree in art history or psychology.

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#4122147 - 05/19/15 01:57 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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There's something to be said for not allowing a 17 yr old to pick their major.



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#4122149 - 05/19/15 01:59 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
Of course, how would this knowledge ever be of any use?


What if an all-star team of freelance terrorists led by a cartography obsessed German baron take everyone in the white house hostage and only you and a series of medieval maps stand between them and world domination?

Unlikely but you never know... I'll call Nic Cage.

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#4122150 - 05/19/15 02:00 PM Re: Medieval Map Quiz [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Ah, the plot of the first of the National Obscure Knowledge films.



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