Brave effort. My favorite label is "no one lives here" for New York state.

I'm not sure a lot of Americans would be surprised given that so few know the answers themselves beyond their own area. But kudos to the Brit for even knowing our state names.

lol. The Brit probably did as well as would most Americans. Our public education system is appalling in its effectiveness.

Well, how well would most of us do labeling countries in Europe? I'd probably throw in Transylvania for Halloween, and lord knows what else.

Whoa

An American asked a foreigner how come he knew so much about America and the foreigner opened fire with a volley of answers.

I'm surprised that Quebec is not listed.

Seriously?
Why would you waste good brain space by accurately memorizing the exact names & state shapes if you do not desire to go there?
Furthermore it has virtually nothing to do with geography. As I've said it is an exercise in memory. Few if any of the names are geographic to north America & have more to do with history having been brought from foreign places like most of the inhabitants.

And why should someone from another country care? Dividing the country into states has not really worked out that well.

You sure it wasn't a British friend who asked an American to fill it out?

He knows lots of place names in America and he got lots of things right. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Americans could not do as well.

He did awful. It looks more of a joke to me. I consider myself somewhat decent at geography. (I like maps history and like to know population density) I could do better with Europe than he did the us