Quiz time
Kyiv, Bucha, Snake Island, Borodianka, Chernihiv, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Izium, Odesa, Kherson, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Slovyanska, Sevastapol, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Sumy, Bakhmut, Balakliia, Horlivka, Melitopol, Hostomel.
26 locations in Ukraine.
How many of these places have you heard of?
How many had you heard of before 24.2.22?
I’d heard of three of them: Kyiv (I spelled it Kiev then), Sevastapol (which I spelled Sebastapol), and Odesa (which I spelled Odessa).
Why? Because they are key moments in the Ukraine war.
Why not before? There was no Ukraine war before.
Teheran, Saqqez, Sanandaj, Divandarreh, Baneh, Bijar, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Sabzevar, Qom, Amol, Babol, Isfahan, Kerman, Shiraz, Tabriz, Rasht, Sari, Karaj, Chalus, Nowshahr, Tonekabon, Arak, Ilam, Kish Island.
26 more locations, this time in Iran.
How many of these places have you heard of?
How many had you heard of before 24.2.22?
I’d heard of one of them: Teheran.
Why? Because it's the capital city of Iran.
Why not before? Because they’ve only been in the news since the recent riots started in Iran. Now, I’ve heard of them.
Port William, Whithorn, Aberystwyth, Dewsbury, Northallerton, Aberfan, Newport Pagnell, Chichester, Cleckheaton, Rest And Be Thankful, Inveraray, Prince’s Risborough, East Grinstead, Haslemere, Alfold Crossways, Runnymede, St Neots, Haddenham, Littleport, Bearsden, Partick, Auchenshuggle, Burton Latimer, Litchfield, Kettering.
The final 26 locations are in the United Kingdom.
How many of these places have you heard of?
How many had you heard of before 24.2.22?
I’ve heard of all of them.
Why? Because I’ve been to them.
Why have you not heard of them? Because either you’ve never been to them or they’ve not recently been involved in a war, or riots.
When riots or wars break out in your neighbourhood, I may never have heard of many of the places that are mentioned. But I will learn quickly.
It’s good if you don’t know any of the places in the UK. It’s not so good, but understandable if you don’t know the places in Iran. And it’s about time you got up to speed if you’ve never heard of the places in Ukraine. Seven months is enough time to recognise 26 hellholes.