Despite living on the other side of the globe (I’m not sure how that works for flat earthers) even here in New Zealand we are constantly exposed to all things American, so I thought I could do a lot better.

How many states could I name? Straight off, only 20, and even after having a think about it for a few minutes I only came up with another five, so rather appallingly I could only name half the 50 American states.

And then having a crack at Canada I only managed two of the 13 provinces & territories.

For a real challenge I tried Germany but could only name one of the 16 states, and that was a lucky guess.

But I did a lot better on New Zealand, naming 12 of the 16 regions

Australia was also a lot easier, but I only managed six out of seven states, totally forgetting Victoria. (Australia is actually more confusing that that, because they have both states and territories, so officially there are only six states, but I’ll call Northern Territory a state here for simplicity)