Can you name the Shipping Forecast Areas?

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	Tony:	Dec 16th, 2008 at 08:49 GMT	0 points
	I didn't get any, I live in America, I've never heard of these.

	OscilatingGibbon:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 18:13 GMT	6 points
	27/31. It's amazing how many of these I've picked up by just listening to radio 4 in the background. Most have sensible names (e.g. Humber, Biscay, German Bight) so guessing a few more was quite easy. Still tough to get close to them all. Good quiz.

	fishmonkey:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 00:14 GMT	3 points
	What happened to Finnisterre?

	kevincrumbs:	Feb 10th, 2009 at 12:37 GMT	1 point
	I got three, which isn't bad considering that all I know about these is from Blur's song "This is a Low".

	sjorford:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 16:05 GMT	3 points
	@fishmonkey: Finisterre was renamed FitzRoy in 2002.

	Kaytayyyyyyy:	Apr 4th, 2009 at 21:32 GMT	2 points
	I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but what's a Shipping Forecast Area?

	TimW:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 09:06 GMT	7 points
	@ Katie the shipping forecast is just a weather forecast for ships at sea. BBC Radio 4's long wave broadcast can be picked up quite a distance away from the shore but as it is audio only the sea around the UK is divided up into areas to make the explanation easier. This has been going on for so long that the shipping forecast has enter a more mainstream consciousness.

	marky:	May 1st, 2009 at 13:41 GMT	9 points
	I love the shipping forecast. you can be all snuggled up in bed and the rain lashing at the window and its strangely comforting to know someone is looking out for all the fishermen around our islands

	Sausage:	May 27th, 2009 at 20:47 GMT	5 points
	Poetry, sheer poetry

	Kinitawowi:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 13:31 GMT	0 points
	God bless This Is A Low. :D

	fatshow:	Jul 7th, 2009 at 12:51 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz. Knowledge that I will never use anywhere in my life. Superb!

	DENelson83:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 22:20 GMT	1 point
	I can name them all in order.

	jUNKIEd:	Jul 24th, 2009 at 02:55 GMT	1 point
	Do Brits actually know this? I'm impressed if they do. I got two by guessing random spots in the UK. Then again I live in the states.

	GeoExpert:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 08:41 GMT	0 points
	Not sure what this one was looking for. Took a few guesses.

	rockhopperlad:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 01:55 GMT	1 point
	I got fourteen, mostly from remembering the Master Singers' weather forecast in Anglican Chant.

	rhebus:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 17:15 GMT	2 points
	I think "faroes" should be allowable for faeroes. I know the BBC website spells it the second way, but the islands can be spelled the first...

	anarresti:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 14:27 GMT	2 points
	Fun quiz, thanks! For North Americans and other non-brits, the Shipping Forecast is broadcast several times daily on BBC Radio 4, the main serious non-music channel. As sausage suggests above, it has a rhythmic, evocative quality that one hears and imbibes irrespective of involvement with the sea or seafaring. Most Brits who've ever spent time listening to R4 would be able to get 30-40% of these at least, I'd say