[Scottish] Thursday Night Update

[Kevin McDermott]

* Graeme Mathieson <mathie+slug@wossname.org.uk> [Oct 09. 2002 09:49]:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:50:11AM +0100, Ian Drake, IT, CIR, SE Dunbartonshire wrote:
> > Oceania? Isn't that a group of islands from the continents of Asia and
> > Australasia?
> 
> OK, how many continents are there and what are they?  The only useful
> thing Google turned up[1] was that only 15% of people in the UK are able to
> name all seven continents.  It neglected to say what they were.  I get
> America, Europe, Asia, Antartica and Africa.  I'd thought Oceania was a
> sixth but I'm reliably informed that it and Asia are Australasia (unless
> you're American).  And from the look of the world map on the wall in the
> office[2], there is is a ridge connecting Australia to Asia so that
> sounds reasonable.
> 
> So, what's 6 and 7 then? :-)
> 

Ok...

A _very_ quick Google turns up http://www.worldatlas.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm

CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD 

CONTINENTS (by size) 

#1 Asia - (44,579,000 sq km) 
#2 Africa - (30,065,000 sq km) 
#3 North America - (24,256,000 sq km) 
#4 South America - (17,819,000 sq km) 
#5 Antarctica - (13,209,000 sq km) 
#6 Europe - (9,938,000 sq km) 
#7 Australia/Oceania - (7,687,000 sq km) 

Kevin