Inspired by Buzzfeed, I've decided to quiz my sisters on geography, just for un. Printed some unlabeled maps for them to label, and then played a game of "what do you know about this country?" Got some entertaining results. Since we were all playing this aloud and in the same room, there aren't any repeated answers. Youngest first, and the older ones had to add something new, and NO novel-writing was allowed, or else my 15 year-old sister would have written novels for a lot of these countries. (Needless to say, the five year-old couldn't really think of anything.) Some of these answers are quite amusing...
England:
8 year-old: It's rainy there, they speak British, and they go on the wrong side of the road.
11 year-old: They do NOT speak British. They have a big tower called Big Ben. They still have kings and queens.
15 year-old: Stonehenge and the Tower of London are there. There's the confusing Town of London vs. City of London thing.
Ireland:
7 year-old: There's Irish people there. There's a church there.
8 year-old: Lots of sheep are there. Ireland has lots of potatoes. They play bagpipes there. Most of them have red hair there.
11 year-old: We're from there. It used to be a very sort of Catholic Christian place, especially because of St. Patrick. They speak Irish.
15 year-old: The High King was called the Ard Ri. Brian Boru was the first king of the united Ireland. Ulster's part of England.
Scotland:
8 year-old: Most people have red hair there, also.
11 year-old: It is very much like Ireland because they have kilts there and bagpipes. And Merida's from there.
15 year-old: There are highlands in Scotland. And the Stuart lines started with King Adrian, who was the first Christian king of Scotland.
France:
7 year-old: There's lots of French people and they speak French. Yes in French means oui. French people say oui for yes. The Eiffel Tower.
8 year-old: They mostly use butter there. French is a Romantic language.
11 year-old: Remy. Monsieur means Mr. Mademoiselle for Miss. There were a lot of Catholics there. Lafayette-- the very good friend of George Washington-- was French. They kiss you for greeting.
15 year-old: They eat croissants. Napoleon was French. He was born in Corsica. They say that they [the French] get real close to you [when speaking to you].
Spain:
8 year-old: Queen Isabel was the queen of Spain when Columbus asked her for a ship. They dance, Spanish people.
11 year-old: They speak Spanish. There were conquistadors from there. When they came to America, they got lots of gold from there, but their ships sunk in the middle of the ocean.
15 year-old: Spain is on the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal and is south of the Pyrenees. Spain used to be divided into Castile and Aragon until the rule of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
Switzerland:
7 year-old and 8 year-old: There's lots of Swiss Guards there.
11 year-old: There are the Swiss Alps there. And they're up north, because they have mountains.
15 year-old: Zürich is where zu rich people live. [facepalm] Matterhorn is one of the mountains there. Klink likes to go skiing there. Swiss cheese.
- - - - - - - - - - And that's as far as we got during lunch. Up next, I hope to continue with Italy, Vatican City, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, etc. And quiz the brothers as well...
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