"The people of Peru deserve better," Dick Cheney declared in a 2007 speech in Dallas, criticizing Hugo Chavez, the president of... Venezuela. Well, at least he didn't confuse Iraq and Afghanistan. Oh wait...
Top 10 Geography Blunders
While cartographic whizzes from schools across the country compete in National Geographic Bee Finals in Washington on May 20, TIME takes a look at 10 people who could use some remedial lessons.