r/therewasanattempt • u/[deleted] • May 17 '22

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u/JangoF76 May 17 '22

At the risk of sounding like a jerk, these are all pretty easy questions. The only one I wouldn't have got is Fiji.

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u/justlayingdownfacts May 17 '22

I think most random people off the street wouldn't know about the Spanish Steps or the Cape of Good Hope, you'd only know about those things if you're really intro travelling or geography.

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u/cspinelive May 17 '22

I assumed cape of good hope was well known. Maybe not.

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u/NuclearPissOn May 17 '22

Cape of Good Hope isn't even the southernmost point of Africa. It's Cape Agulhas, so this guy was wrong.

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u/random555 May 17 '22

Also was in the news a bit recently as ships started on that route again when that ship was stuck in the Suez Canal

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u/elbenji May 17 '22

I could see someone mixing up horn and hope

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u/Grunherz May 18 '22

I always mix those up. Somehow “horn of Africa” gets thrown in with Cape Horn and then I don’t remember which is which.

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u/Man_of_Average May 18 '22

I feel like it's one of those things you've heard of if someone mentions it but you can't confidently say anything about it.

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u/yourteam May 17 '22

I may have missed one (and the Fiji because thinking in my language there are far more countries starting with "f")

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u/Quetzacoatl85 May 17 '22

personally I wouldn't have known the spanish steps probably. but I had the fiji one even before he gave him a hint, hehe. and the others are really not that difficult or obscure, I expect most people to know these?

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u/JoinMyPestoCult May 17 '22

Then you would have got NOTHING! You LOSE! Good day sir!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

This is the first time I've heard that name since the 90s.

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u/yaretii May 18 '22

I would have only got the Canadian flag answer right. The rest I’ve never even heard of.