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Quiz: How good are your geography skills?

ByDave Stopher

Aug 24, 2018 #Quiz, #travel

Millions of Brits struggle with basic geography knowledge – with more than one in five unaware Europe is a continent, a study has found.

Researchers found two thirds have no idea the world is made up of seven land masses, with one in four wrongly believing there are only five.

And three per cent – or the equivalent of 1.5m people – even think Great Britain is its own continent.

Another one in four don’t know Antarctica is home to the south pole.

The poll was commissioned by British Airways Holidays as A level and GCSE students receive their results.

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