I was horrible at geography too so I wont throw a stone. I think it is a subject one pays attention to as the grow older, but that's just my take on it.
I love the fact that the kid was just naming countries like they were ice cream flavors. The only things I missed is I could not name a single country in Africa, South America, and Russia, and just like other people on there I wasn't paying close attention and I mentioned Africa and South America.