Finding The 48 Counties on a Blank Map of England

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Lost in the Pond

Lost in the Pond

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@bonecanoe86
@bonecanoe86 6 жыл бұрын
Next up: Finding the 3142 counties of the United States on a blank map.
@TheCsel
@TheCsel 6 жыл бұрын
I probably can only name/locate about 1/4 of the ones in my state
@theresag1969
@theresag1969 6 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Haybalemelonhead
@Haybalemelonhead 6 жыл бұрын
I know zero
@washingtonradio
@washingtonradio 6 жыл бұрын
Just the counties of Texas and Georgia would be enough.
@blindleader42
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
At least counties in the US don't keep changing their borders and even going in and out of existence like some in the UK.
@jonadabtheunsightly
@jonadabtheunsightly 6 жыл бұрын
The shape of that map is throwing me off something awful. I am definitely not used to thinking of Wales and Scotland as part of the ocean.
@futurez12
@futurez12 6 жыл бұрын
That threw me a bit too. My family is from Merseyside but without Ireland and Wales as reference points, I struggled to locate it for a second.
@jcortese3300
@jcortese3300 6 жыл бұрын
As an American viewer -- are you kidding? I knew TWO of them: Cornwall since it's the sticky-outy bit, and Isle of Wight since I've been there and it's ... well ... an isle.
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
Janis Cortese lol I knew Cornwall because I wanted to know where pasties were from(I’m a Michigander btw)
@agirlwholovesjesus
@agirlwholovesjesus 6 жыл бұрын
They're from the U.P. of course! 😉
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
agirlwholovesjesus well yes the good one are but I wanted to know where the original recipe came from
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
agirlwholovesjesus are you a yooper or a michigander?
@Yung_Mango
@Yung_Mango 5 жыл бұрын
They good ones are from Cornwall
@gegu8802
@gegu8802 6 жыл бұрын
41 / 48. I'm German, but lived in Bedfordshire and London for about 2 years when I was younger. Thank you for all your wonderful videos! They are super interesting and helpful!
@marygebbie6611
@marygebbie6611 6 жыл бұрын
I am American, but I have to say, I think part of the reason the US states might be easier is because they have very distinct shapes, save a few of them. Many of the counties to me seem like even if you know the approximate area it should be in, it would be easy to accidentally pick one of the shapes next door.
@ddemaine
@ddemaine 6 жыл бұрын
@Edwin Cheesecake The current set-up with ceremonial counties harks back to before 1974-1996; prior to that era, there was a distinction between geographical counties and council areas. "Ceremonial counties" in England are so called, because they are legally the lieutancy areas for the crown in the nation. They are also serve as the de facto geographical counties of England (somebody from Runcorn would they are from Cheshire rather than Halton; or a person from Rochester would say Kent, rather than Medway). As such, local authority areas often take their names from the ceremonial counties, even being co-extensive with them.
@callumsherratt5436
@callumsherratt5436 4 жыл бұрын
ddemaine ayyy I live near Runcorn, Widnes and Halton - I live in Warrington 😄
@callumsherratt5436
@callumsherratt5436 4 жыл бұрын
ddemaine also how on earth do you know this 😂
@Nekiplex
@Nekiplex 4 жыл бұрын
Trust me. Im british. From Devon and i dont know where to start with that mess. Although i dont know jack about our counties
@Istrianprincess
@Istrianprincess 4 жыл бұрын
You can tell Staffordshire cause it has a weird dingly bit
@amandag417
@amandag417 6 жыл бұрын
I got one correct! And that's only because the dot was obviously for London. Please be kind to me, I've never been to England.
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 5 жыл бұрын
Most people don't really know them so its fin
@tobeytransport2802
@tobeytransport2802 4 жыл бұрын
amandag417 did you know it’s the city of London or Greater London, they’re different, things like parliament and Buckingham palace are actually not in the city of London but rather in neighbouring London boroughs, specifically the City of Westminster in this case
@callumsherratt5436
@callumsherratt5436 4 жыл бұрын
Togo bit rich coming from you
@vanessafrigillana6775
@vanessafrigillana6775 4 жыл бұрын
Well at least you don't live in england for 10years and have no flipping clue where half of them go... Im a dumb ass );
@coreywilliams9861
@coreywilliams9861 4 жыл бұрын
@@vanessafrigillana6775 me to
@thebestian
@thebestian 6 жыл бұрын
for some reason you got put on my front page and I'm glad I clicked! Another witty englishman to enjoy. Sidenote : We're both in Chicago, small world!
@sheilas1283
@sheilas1283 6 жыл бұрын
Berkshire!!!!! And you’re a Brit! You must know it’s pronounced ‘Barkshire’?
@heyitsalex99
@heyitsalex99 6 жыл бұрын
Ennit
@blindleader42
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
That struck me, too (American). On the other hand, Brits themselves can't agree on most pronunciations (though they usually don't admit it). Take a group of Shropshire residents and ask each of them to pronounce Shrewsbury. Stand back if a significant amount of alcohol has been consumed.
@ChrisPage68
@ChrisPage68 6 жыл бұрын
@@blindleader42 They get shrewish.
@blindleader42
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
PageMonster, Or shrowish.
@eddiejeffery7015
@eddiejeffery7015 5 жыл бұрын
yeahhh
@frankendragon5442
@frankendragon5442 4 жыл бұрын
As a Virginian, I was pleasantly surprised to see how many were named after places in our Commonwealth.
@frankendragon5442
@frankendragon5442 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I am kidding!
@bonecanoe86
@bonecanoe86 6 жыл бұрын
As a resident of Pennsylvania it's always fun to see how many Pennsylvania counties are named after English counties.
@brynroberts9880
@brynroberts9880 6 жыл бұрын
I think Pennsylvania has a few counties in common with Welsh towns and counties too, I seem to remember Gwynedd being one.
@bonecanoe86
@bonecanoe86 6 жыл бұрын
@@brynroberts9880 Yes, and Bryn Mawr
@eviltwin2322
@eviltwin2322 6 жыл бұрын
I think Connecticut in particular has a lot.
@jameshorn270
@jameshorn270 6 жыл бұрын
@littlesmew Not a county, the town in which the college is located. The original founder of the state was a Quaker, and early county names were either English or Indian. Some of my ancestors came over in the first year of the colony; They were Quakers from Devon, but you go back a few more generations and suddenly we've got a bunch of Welsh. At that point genealogy goes sideways, since you're getting back to a time when there were no last names and everyone was something ap (son of) someone, or verch (daughter of) someone, and they all seem to be named either Llwellyn or Evan. Frontier during the Revolution was just over the Susquehanna River, so there are western counties named after Adams, Washington, Franklin, etc.
@MrMushStudios
@MrMushStudios 6 жыл бұрын
The east coast has a lot of copied names from Britain. Looking at a map is quite interesting, you've got Manchester, Dover, Norfolk, Belfast as well as all the places starting 'New'. I guess at the start, you yanks weren't too good at coming up with names 😂😂
@ChrisPage68
@ChrisPage68 6 жыл бұрын
"Bark", not "Berk" . You've been away too long.
@eddiejeffery7015
@eddiejeffery7015 5 жыл бұрын
ikr
@airqx2808
@airqx2808 4 жыл бұрын
you're a berk
@tobeytransport2802
@tobeytransport2802 4 жыл бұрын
PageMonster he is a northerner so we can forgive him
@callumsherratt5436
@callumsherratt5436 4 жыл бұрын
Ikr 😂
@callumsherratt5436
@callumsherratt5436 4 жыл бұрын
Tobey Transport I’m a northerner and I know it 😄
@guybythedoor88
@guybythedoor88 6 жыл бұрын
It ended up looking like a bad liver scan.
@suesylvester7075
@suesylvester7075 6 жыл бұрын
Two vlogs in one day! You’re spoiling us. Now maybe spike that eggnog and enjoy your tree lights or a Christmas movie...
@Sköldpadda-77
@Sköldpadda-77 6 жыл бұрын
1/48, and that was either a total lucky guess or due to watching so much Doc Martin.
@mat7279
@mat7279 6 жыл бұрын
After watching this I got 42/48. (I'm Northern Irish)
@themaggattack
@themaggattack 5 жыл бұрын
So you have 6 counties missing from England. Fair play to ye. See how THEY like it! 😤😉
@howtubeable
@howtubeable 6 жыл бұрын
I knew Devon and Shropshire from the Farm Videos. So I have Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langland to thank for that.
@ninny65
@ninny65 3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you made the obligatory 10 year statement required by all UK citizens to properly memorise the administerial makeup of the Her Majesty's Kingdom
@angietyndall7337
@angietyndall7337 6 жыл бұрын
O.k.,so I thought of My Fair Lady when, you started with the haertford and Professor Higgins was having Eliza Dolittle about huricanes with counties with "H"names in England: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" and "In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen" lol😁 One of my favorite classics.
@angietyndall7337
@angietyndall7337 6 жыл бұрын
Next quiz should be name places in the U.S. are named for places in the U.K. or people from it [i.e. Virgina, Raliegh,N.C.; etc.]
@Sophie.S..
@Sophie.S.. 6 жыл бұрын
Good idea.
@caphillpoz
@caphillpoz 6 жыл бұрын
I had no idea about which county was which. So it was nice to see you put names on the map. Thanks!
@carlh429
@carlh429 6 жыл бұрын
Youve been away too long mate.
@johna1160
@johna1160 6 жыл бұрын
Fellow Americans take note... it's pronounced wuhster-sure, then just add "sauce"
@chrislyne377
@chrislyne377 6 жыл бұрын
I'd say it's more like wooster-sher
@jobshadow
@jobshadow 6 жыл бұрын
I say that... and then add 6 syllables because I can.
@michaeljones7465
@michaeljones7465 3 жыл бұрын
Wor-stuh-sheer will be the precise UK pronunciation. Wor-stuh-shy-uh is also a acceptable, but less common.
@darklightuk2
@darklightuk2 6 жыл бұрын
One Englishman to another. Damn good job. I only got 37
@mgreene1409
@mgreene1409 6 жыл бұрын
Cool, my idea got picked!
@Tarv1
@Tarv1 6 жыл бұрын
I remember in my 7th grade state history/geography class we had to remember all 95 Tennessee counties and their county seats, at that time I was the only one in my whole grade to get it 100%, I say today I'd be lucky to remember 50%
@Kikilang60
@Kikilang60 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I like how you reason it out, and don't go for the easy ones.
@Tbird761
@Tbird761 6 жыл бұрын
I correctly guessed London and Greater London, but that is the extent of what I could do. heh Good work, you've beat me.
@sststr
@sststr 6 жыл бұрын
There's an old Bugs Bunny cartoon "The Shropshire Slasher". Never occurred to me Shropshire was a real place... ;-) Next up, the duchies! Duchies are still a thing in the UK, yes?
@chrislyne377
@chrislyne377 6 жыл бұрын
There are only 2 these days: the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall. The former is the private estate of the monarch who is the Duke (not Dutchess) of Lancaster. The latter is the private estate of the Prince of Wales and provides him an income so as to not be reliant on the Crown. Both duchies are held in trust and so the assets and incomes are not technically the property of whomever holds these positions. There are many other Dukedoms but these are ceremonial titles not tied to lands in the same way as the duchies.
@Velociter
@Velociter 6 жыл бұрын
My last name, Poole, is also the name of a town in Dorset. Glad you got that one right. That's where my ancestors were from.
@TheGreatBandoodler
@TheGreatBandoodler 6 жыл бұрын
Did you compose that outro music? It's always my favorite part...
@dianethoroughman9541
@dianethoroughman9541 6 жыл бұрын
You did awesome! I didn't know any of them. Granted, I have never been to England nor have I studied the geography of other countries. Thank you for this vlogmas, well done mate! 😁
@iceynova
@iceynova 6 жыл бұрын
First! Also I got a 0 out of 48
@SuperDrLisa
@SuperDrLisa 6 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@captaintrips8786
@captaintrips8786 6 жыл бұрын
I got London
@jameshorn270
@jameshorn270 6 жыл бұрын
23, but I am a map fiend, history lover, and fan of Golden Age British Mysteries.
@juliestockmeyer5871
@juliestockmeyer5871 6 жыл бұрын
Well done, for not having been there in 10 years!! Good on you! Cheers!!
@liamfletcher2572
@liamfletcher2572 5 жыл бұрын
I’m in Wiltshire and I just wanted to scream 😂
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
I knew Cornwall because I wanted to know where pasties were from
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
Jason Voorheese pasties are like a food from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which originally came from Cornish immigrants to that area which I found out that why I know what Cornwall is
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
Jason Voorheese lol what’d you think I was talking about
@Diskode48
@Diskode48 6 жыл бұрын
Jason Voorheese lol ok definitely was not talking about that
@bajasummit6209
@bajasummit6209 6 жыл бұрын
The size of the US just slammed me in the face, I just realize that the UK has less counties that colorado
@Ratchet4647
@Ratchet4647 6 жыл бұрын
bajasummit well that's just England. It's missing Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
@bajasummit6209
@bajasummit6209 6 жыл бұрын
Ratchet4647 yeah but it’s still crazy to think about cause we are used to (for me at least) taking upwards of 15 hours to get from one end of the state to the other, and that’s with an average speed somewhere around the 65-70 mph mark
@Fater4511
@Fater4511 6 жыл бұрын
what state takes 15 hrs to get across from one end to the other going 65-70? certainly isn't Colorado. Even Texas only takes 12 hrs.
@bajasummit6209
@bajasummit6209 6 жыл бұрын
Raymond Fate we’ll Colorado, now that I think about it it definitely can take up to 15 hours from one corner to the other because we only have 2 interstates and they are almost always at a stand still somewhere where ever you are, for some reasons any amount of weather such as rain causes EVERYONE to drive 40 on the interstate for some obscure reason and most of the county roads aren’t the most well kept
@tobeytransport2802
@tobeytransport2802 4 жыл бұрын
They abolished humberside and replaced it with a load of unitary districts (districts with county powers) and split the ceremonial county between Lincolnshire and E R of Yorkshire
@Alan_Mac
@Alan_Mac 6 жыл бұрын
Oooft...as a Bucks-dwelling Scot that was painful! You even got the easy bit of the map. God knows where you'd have placed Fermanagh or Kirkcudbrightshire!!
@eviltwin2322
@eviltwin2322 6 жыл бұрын
Considering his pronunciation of Berkshire I'd love to hear him have a go at Kirkcudbrightshire! It's kind of raw with me because I have a colleague who ouright refuses to pronounce Kirkcaldy properly! Really winds me up, and I'm English!
@jameshorn270
@jameshorn270 6 жыл бұрын
I think I know where Kirkcudbrightshire is. Looked Kirkcudbright once because it is the setting of the Dorothy L Sayers myster Five Red Herrings.
@YoloMenace001
@YoloMenace001 3 жыл бұрын
How to remember where Nottinghamshire is(from and actual Nottinghamian) Step 1: Nottingham hates Derby Step 2:Nottingham hates Leicester Step 3: Nottingham hates South Yorkshire Step 4: locate the one in etween all of yhe ones from step 1-3
@theresag1969
@theresag1969 6 жыл бұрын
A new trivia Question: How many contiguous counties are in England? Answer: The same as with American states, 48.
@Zadster
@Zadster 6 жыл бұрын
The Isle of Wight isn't contiguous though. Nor is it a county really, it is traditionally part of Hampshire. This is more administrative areas as it includes Bristol as it's own area. It is all down to the reorganisation in 1974.
@theresag1969
@theresag1969 6 жыл бұрын
@@Zadster So how many are there, really?
@Zadster
@Zadster 6 жыл бұрын
@@theresag1969 I believe the official number is 40. But that excludes things like the 3 Ridings of Yorkshire, and the area of York itself, which at one time was a legally separate area. It also excludes Cumberland and Westmorland and groups them together to form Cumbria.
@kevinmccarthy8746
@kevinmccarthy8746 2 жыл бұрын
I am studying the post Roman Britain in the South East of England. All the very interesting kingdoms that developed in this predominating Danish area.
@chrisfreemesser5707
@chrisfreemesser5707 6 жыл бұрын
Well, I knew where London was. Before this morning I didn't even know how many counties were in England, and I daresay the majority of my fellow Americans didn't either.
@willhoren9200
@willhoren9200 6 жыл бұрын
I know Dorset and Essex. That's probably better than most Americans.
@WG55
@WG55 6 жыл бұрын
As an American visitor to England, I managed to get exactly one that you missed: Derbyshire. As for the rest, I only guessed about five.
@morgainnetaar
@morgainnetaar 6 жыл бұрын
I knew a few and cringed every time you nearly chose Surrey. Given you've been away ten years I think you did quite well.
@morgainnetaar
@morgainnetaar 6 жыл бұрын
@Jason Voorheese I said he did well. Ugliness not necessary. Merry Christmas.
@alanhindmarch657
@alanhindmarch657 4 жыл бұрын
Why do people insist on calling my home County “Durham.” DURHAM is the City and the county is COUNTY DURHAM. Its the only county on the UK main lane to start with the word COUNTY.
@michaeljones7465
@michaeljones7465 3 жыл бұрын
Only just! Back in 1974, Hereford & Worcester came close to being known as County Malvern.
@thewordshifter
@thewordshifter 6 жыл бұрын
I was total crap but thanks for finally clarifying how you actually say all these place names!!!
@ThomasWilliams89
@ThomasWilliams89 5 жыл бұрын
he pronounced Berkshire wrong. Pronounced Barkshire.
@someguy9362
@someguy9362 6 жыл бұрын
From Lincolnshire and don't know where Notts is? How is this possible? And you pronounced Berkshire wrong.
@SiriusMined
@SiriusMined 6 жыл бұрын
I did reasonably well for a foreigner. About half. I've been to England multiple times, and have driven a total of about 2500 miles across all of my visits, so I've seen a lot.
@belleobscurytee
@belleobscurytee 6 жыл бұрын
I wasn't terrible at it, but not as good as you. I actually credit the game Crusader Kings with my working knowledge of the counties
@johnalden5821
@johnalden5821 6 жыл бұрын
I knew the West Country, the far southern counties, East Anglia, and the northern counties. Like you, I got mixed up a bit in the Harts, Hants, Bucks, etc. Where is Monmouth? Is that actually in Wales?
@ChrisPage68
@ChrisPage68 6 жыл бұрын
Herts.
@Sophie.S..
@Sophie.S.. 6 жыл бұрын
Monmouth is in South Wales
@JulieB-qh6xx
@JulieB-qh6xx 6 жыл бұрын
Good job! I got a much lower score on my first attempt. I use the heck out of the "Next" button to find the easy counties first. Process of elimination helps improve my score. This reminds me of 7th grade. We had to memorize the 95 counties in Tennessee, and I CANNOT remember most of them now.
@mauruhkatigaming4807
@mauruhkatigaming4807 5 жыл бұрын
I studied abroad in England for a semester, so I was able to manage 32/48. The Midlands were, uh, not my strong suit.
@eddiejeffery7015
@eddiejeffery7015 5 жыл бұрын
im practicing and now i think i know every county
@kayedal-haddad
@kayedal-haddad 7 ай бұрын
If you had say 10 regions in England - would some regions have more than one County Council?
@sm1else
@sm1else 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, have you thought of maybe a travel series where you visit the American namesakes of prominent British places? I'll help you get started. Manchester, NH: A lot of fun! London, KY: Meh. Stafford, VA: Skip it. Norfolk, VA: A good time!
@margefoyle6796
@margefoyle6796 3 жыл бұрын
I will watch this several times until I know them all. I probably would have gotten... maybe 5?
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 5 жыл бұрын
Yay you got Northamptonshire and Norfolk!
@LLLLLLLLLucas
@LLLLLLLLLucas 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely a product if the university of Lancaster. Ive said all i need to say.
@ddemaine
@ddemaine 6 жыл бұрын
Lincolnshire is the second-largest ceremonial county in England. "Berkshire" is pronounced "bark-shuh" (along the lines of Derby and Clerkenwell). Humberside ceased to exist as a geographic ("ceremonial") county in 1996; southern half was absorbed by Lincolnshire, northern half and Goole became East Yorkshire. Being a saddo, I've been to every one of those counties.
@jillshort9241
@jillshort9241 6 жыл бұрын
I do well with the southwest, north, and west counties, where I spent most of my time when traveling there. Get confused by the central, eastern and southeastern ones. Spookily, I seem to have traveled where my English genes come from...
@katewc
@katewc 4 жыл бұрын
Guessing Warwickshire was where worcestershire is, then guessing worcestershire was by London broke my heart 😅
@christinedorman3383
@christinedorman3383 6 жыл бұрын
@LostinthePond Thanks for another interesting and fun video. Another impressive job on the quiz as well. At least you didn't have to type or spell this time, but doing a running commentary while taking a timed quiz is quite a feat. I do have a question though. You mentioned East Riding County. I thought that I've read about North Riding. If it exists, is it in North Yorkshire County? I, of course, have to go research that myself now. Happy vlogmas!
@gryphonpol
@gryphonpol 4 жыл бұрын
The map includes modern boundaries, after several reorganisations since county boundaries began being altered in the 19th century. Yorkshire was the largest traditional county. It was sub-divided, for some purposes, into three ridings - north, west and east. The ridings became administrative counties in 1889. In 1974 a new system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties moved things around and there were further changes in 1996 when Humberside was broken up and an East Riding of Yorkshire re-emerged. The precise boundaries of areas, even with the same or similar names, were not necessarily the same over time.
@robertwilloughby8050
@robertwilloughby8050 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact - Bedfordshire is the only county to be double landlocked in England.
@robertwilloughby8050
@robertwilloughby8050 4 жыл бұрын
And Northamptonshire would be if it didn't have about 200yds of shared border with your home county.
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 4 жыл бұрын
@@robertwilloughby8050 Aka the shortest ceremonial county border in England
@danielleporter1829
@danielleporter1829 4 жыл бұрын
I just took the sporcle quiz that you type in the name of the counties and got 65% , for a tank, I'm pretty proud of myself. Well in full disclosure, I did look up a map of English counties on my tablet. Bit I did know where many of them were like I knew Tyne and Wear is where Newcastle is and Durham and that Berkshire is where Windsor Castle is and it's outside of London.
@RandomlySet
@RandomlySet 6 жыл бұрын
I'm in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.... I was wondering what that tiny county was. Never realised Bristol was also a county.
@ChrisPage68
@ChrisPage68 6 жыл бұрын
It isn't. The county is Avon.
@RandomlySet
@RandomlySet 6 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisPage68 that would make more sense.
@someguy9362
@someguy9362 6 жыл бұрын
Avon hasn't existed for 22 years! And was only invented in the 70s. Bristol is a unitary authority and is its own ceremonial county.
@fishyface3940
@fishyface3940 6 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisPage68 Bristol is it's own county
@michaeljones7465
@michaeljones7465 3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisPage68 Avon is now abolished. For some reason, Avon was not a popular county. Would be nice if it came back one day, just like Rutland.
@laughingdog185
@laughingdog185 6 жыл бұрын
Jolly good chap, cheers
@Nekiplex
@Nekiplex 4 жыл бұрын
0:45 proud to be a devoner! Raised here! I love it here
@Jack-xi8ji
@Jack-xi8ji 6 жыл бұрын
Blimey, I was really willing you on there - screaming at the screen. Unfortunately that was just a little bit crap. Never mind; well done. Poor old Middlesex has been squeezed entirely off the map.
@jwb52z9
@jwb52z9 6 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've seen a map of England with the county divisions on it. I knew a lot of the names of the counties, but no idea how they were arranged.
@ButacuPpucatuB
@ButacuPpucatuB 6 жыл бұрын
Very well done!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@andrewclayton4181
@andrewclayton4181 4 жыл бұрын
I know most of the south and west ones but would have struggled with those in the old Danelaw area. Which is opposite way round to you Lincolnite. Good game though.
@deormanrobey892
@deormanrobey892 6 жыл бұрын
Worcestershire is in bottle at the store.
@piolit06
@piolit06 5 жыл бұрын
I would say I could have probably gotten half of these from playing strategy map games.
@Mreffs101
@Mreffs101 6 жыл бұрын
Having only visited England once when I was 12 years old, I was pleasantly surprised that I got 16 correct and I knew the right area for most of the others.
@tonyberardi3829
@tonyberardi3829 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from Chicago and as such, there's no way I could name any of these counties. I know where London and Liverpool are at and that's all.
@richdobbs6595
@richdobbs6595 6 жыл бұрын
I got 28 out of 48, after watching you take the quiz. This shows how poor my short-term memory is. The Yorkshire's and *Folks and *sexes were comparatively easy.
@richdobbs6595
@richdobbs6595 6 жыл бұрын
Repeatedly took the quiz for an hour until I got a perfect score. I presume that about 90% of it will stick. Need to read some more novels like in the Last Kingdom series to deeply embed more of the geography.
@simonbutterfield4860
@simonbutterfield4860 6 жыл бұрын
@@richdobbs6595 You get a like as I love those books too
@STho205
@STho205 6 жыл бұрын
Pretty good having been away. Now do Indiana! Make it harder, also note which counties are in Eastern Time Zone, which are in Central time, and which do not recognize Daylight Savings Time in the summer. Or did Indiana finally fix that chaos?
@meeting_meghan
@meeting_meghan 6 жыл бұрын
Never been to England and don't think I would have gotten any, but I think you should do a map of Canada next!
@WormsEyeView
@WormsEyeView 6 жыл бұрын
Great job. I would have found that tricky!
@SuperDrLisa
@SuperDrLisa 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, so many counties. Counties, right? Long names for tiny areas. It makes my State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations look huge at 47x38 miles! Depressed I couldn't find Derbyshire, Mr. Darcy's home shire.
@historygeekslive8243
@historygeekslive8243 6 жыл бұрын
I got three right which is pretty good. Isle of Wight, London LOL and Warwickshire. My husband and I just recently took a trip to the UK. We were visiting some British friends in Wales for the first time. They showed us around to all the castles in the area and Tenby beach. While we were there i got the chance to do some of my own family history research. Warwickshire is a county that one of my ancestors are from so im familiar with it after looking it up on a map and then going there to Solihull. They came to the American colonies in 1648. You should do a video on place names from the UK and the United States. When we were with our friends they were surprised to learn how many place names in the US are named after UK place names. Not only are there alot in New England but also the South and in Alaska where I currently work. The most Western city of the mainland United States is Wales, Alaska. I find the location names fascinating. I learned while I was in the UK that there is a Hollywood, England which blew my mind !
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 5 жыл бұрын
Did you know that William Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire?
@aev5656
@aev5656 5 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the only ones I definitely knew were Kent cause I visit every year, and Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland because they all surround where I live
@TimShred
@TimShred 6 жыл бұрын
quite interesting , now if I could only a map of Norfolk, South Creake to be specific ,ancestrial home of the Shred family.
@victoriaj2129
@victoriaj2129 6 жыл бұрын
A companion game for Americans: name a state containing a town/city with the same name as the British county. I may have an advantage by living in Massachusetts tho.
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 5 жыл бұрын
I know some states that have a county named Northampton (Virginia does, as well as North Carolina
@jonnyitguy
@jonnyitguy 6 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard some of the names from food items and things like that. That’s about it for me.
@rustyrelicsfarm2406
@rustyrelicsfarm2406 6 жыл бұрын
Wow your subscriber numbers a surging like crazy. Not bad for being away from home for 10 years.
@Alan_Mac
@Alan_Mac 6 жыл бұрын
I think it's simple: It's a really nice channel.
@nicholasbenjamin3826
@nicholasbenjamin3826 6 жыл бұрын
I got like 38%. The corners were fine, I got Norfolk, and the far north (grandma was Scots, so that helped). But the Midlands/Wales border/home counties that aren't London were something of a problem.
@KompridiCR
@KompridiCR 5 жыл бұрын
Oof Northamptonshire
@lamp8112
@lamp8112 6 жыл бұрын
I did not know many places except Nottinghamshire and the City of London and Greater London because those are the only places we have visited in England. My son married his now ex-wife in Nottinghamshire. It is a beautiful area and the wedding was exceptionally beautiful. Unfortunately it did not work out for him and his ex. Even so, I enjoyed my visit to England very much! :-) Always look on the bright side of life! (Monty Python!)
@WelshDdraig
@WelshDdraig 6 жыл бұрын
Got 40/48 - not bad considering I'm Welsh and have only lived in Devon for university :)
@makersmark5607
@makersmark5607 6 жыл бұрын
Well if we're gonna do counties then you should start with a blank map of all 3007 counties in the US.
@Aramis419
@Aramis419 6 жыл бұрын
So much for all my bluster about “I’m more English than the English are!” - I failed abysmally. There’s nothing left but to shut myself in the basement and read Kipling until Wordsworth rises from the grave.
@fishyface3940
@fishyface3940 6 жыл бұрын
shut yourself in the cellar rather, then you'll get there!
@curtbarnes4294
@curtbarnes4294 6 жыл бұрын
educational! more fun than doing the research myself, you may be sure. I would have guessed Cornwall correctly, period.
@gregorythoman8281
@gregorythoman8281 6 жыл бұрын
I got London right. It had a dot on it. Missed all the rest.
@ThatOldBiddy
@ThatOldBiddy 6 жыл бұрын
I heard so much about the "Isle of Man". Is that not have the same status as "Isle of Wright"? Thanks this was fun.
@simonbutterfield4860
@simonbutterfield4860 6 жыл бұрын
No the Isle of Wight is part of England, Mann is a Crown Dependency and doesn't belong to any of the 4 UK states. Jersey and Guernsey and the rest of the Channel Islands have the same status where the queen is the Duke of Normandy.
@ThatOldBiddy
@ThatOldBiddy 6 жыл бұрын
@@simonbutterfield4860 thank you!
@Haybalemelonhead
@Haybalemelonhead 6 жыл бұрын
Woo Norfolk
@ideasmatter4737
@ideasmatter4737 6 жыл бұрын
I didn't even attempt this! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do as well on the counties of my state, but I'm going to try it!
@ideasmatter4737
@ideasmatter4737 6 жыл бұрын
Just did my own state. Lived here most of my life. Only got 21/93! But of those, only 1 was a guess. I knew the other 20, whoop-dee-doo! ( I also had no idea there were 93 counties in my state!)
@josephcote6120
@josephcote6120 6 жыл бұрын
Many of the county names were familiar. I might have got London, but not likely any of the others except on pure luck.
@jen43072
@jen43072 6 жыл бұрын
Now that you've schooled me once, I'll go try and report back! Ha
@jen43072
@jen43072 6 жыл бұрын
24/48 but to be fair, this was the first pass after one view of your video and having next to no idea where anything but London and Yorkshire might be! Ha.
@daveelliott5855
@daveelliott5855 3 жыл бұрын
Just done it and missed one the City of London, gutted man I'd of put Middlesex before that
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