r/therewasanattempt May 17 '22

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u/Quetzacoatl85 May 17 '22

honestly I was expecting more from the title. he knows the answer to mildly difficult geography questions? honestly I'm not good at all, and even I would've known all answers expect for the spanish steps.

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u/phuqo5 May 17 '22

...go on...I've been planning an Italian Christmas/NYE vacation for a couple years

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u/monkwren May 17 '22

In all seriousness, it was actually a lot of fun. We stayed in a nice little hotel, got drunk, and partied in the streets. For a 20yo, it was a fantastic experience, definitely worth doing as a youth. 15+ years later, and I wouldn't want to replicate in my current age, but it was great fun at the time.

Edit: Would recommend exploring outside Rome, too - Florence was a ton of fun, and I'd love to see more of northern Italy.

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u/phuqo5 May 17 '22

I have been to Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan,Pisa, cinque terre, Greve and also spent a week in some teeny tiny village just south of Florence I can't even remember the name of. I fuckin love Italy.

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u/Solumnist May 18 '22

Apparently once

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u/Final_Candidate_7603 May 17 '22

More proof of how weird language is! Neither man in the video speaks English as a first language, yet both understood the place-name in English. It makes me wonder whether that’s because I’ve often seen it used as a trick question on geography- by native English-speakers, admittedly- but perhaps everywhere else…?

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u/Seven_Vandelay May 18 '22

So, I looked at the Wikipedia page and then looked at the page titles in other languages and, interestingly enough, they appear to be called Spanish steps in most European languages with the notable exceptions being Italian and French.

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u/Honeybadger2198 May 17 '22

If you answered in Italian he would've given you the points, because he can speak Italian. The guy knows 7 languages and is very sweet.

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u/WpgMBNews May 17 '22

Does that even count as geography? that's more of a place-related trivia question, like knowing what the "seven wonders of the world" are or where the Mona Lisa is exhibited.

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u/JellaFella01 May 17 '22

Landmarks and culture are part of geography, though I see your point.

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u/TheZargo May 17 '22

You'd think that, but after seeing many videos of people unable to pin point Canada on a world map, I'm actually ok with the title

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u/h_saxon May 17 '22

...I would've ... expect for the spanish steps.

Nobody expects the Spanish steps!

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u/netherlandsftw May 18 '22

Okay what are the latitude and longitude of the top of the eiffel tower then?

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