How Good is Your Geographic? [4]

**schmenke** · 23rd May 12, 23:17

Thanks Doc.

I can't think of anything challenging, so I'll throw in this quickie...

Where can the Comoros Islands be found?

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 24th May 12, 04:08

Wild guess; Aegean Sea

**Storm** · 24th May 12, 06:09

Is that the one with the Comoro Dragon (that giant monitor lizard) - I have seen it too many times for my liking on Discovery

I think it is somewhere near Indonesia

**gadjo_dilo** · 24th May 12, 07:25

Just checked a map. If Comoro is what we spell Comore then they're in the Indian Ocean, close to East Africa and Madagascar.

If not, I don't know.

**Caroline** · 24th May 12, 07:55

Ohhhh, arrived too late! Yes, I agree....I think it's near Madagascar too. Although I can't imagine many people know a great deal about the place other than its location.

**Storm** · 24th May 12, 13:39

Originally Posted by Caroline

Ohhhh, arrived too late! Yes, I agree....I think it's near Madagascar too.

jssboobled it...
I was dumb enough to confuse it with Komodo island and Komodo dragons which are indeed in Indonesia

Komodo (island) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

..and hello there carrie!

**schmenke** · 24th May 12, 15:46

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

Just checked a map. ....

Um...

Yes, the Comoros Islands are located in the Indian Ocean, between the northern tip of Madagascar and the African continent.

You all can squabble for the next Q...

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 24th May 12, 22:03

OK I'll throw out another easy one:
What is the oldest continually occupied Euopean-established city in the US?

**schmenke** · 24th May 12, 23:26

Not sure I understand the Q, but I'll guess Boston.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 24th May 12, 23:47

It is not Boston. This is not a complicated question. The US as all of us know was explored by several European countries, Spain, England, Portugal, France, and I'm probably leaving someone out.
These countries had settlements. I'm looking for the one that is the oldest and continually occupied into the present. Does that clear things up?
The reason I say European-established is because
Acoma Pueblo or "Sky City" in New Mexico has been continually occupied since roughly 1,000 CE
But it is not a city in the sense that we usually consider.
It was, and is more of a community.

**janvanvurpa** · 25th May 12, 00:23

St Augustine Flar-duh.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 25th May 12, 02:03

That is the one

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 25th May 12, 14:58

Originally Posted by schmenke

Thanks Doc.

I can't think of anything challenging, so I'll throw in this quickie...

Where can the Comoros Islands be found?

How funny, I was watching "The National Geographic Bee" on the Nat. Geo. Station last night, and there was a question about the Comoros Islands. Thanks to this thread I got it right

And handlers brought two species of wildlife—a southern ground hornbill from southern Africa and a red-ruffed lemur from an island near Madagascar—onstage before habitat questions were asked

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...aphy-nagvekar/
Jan’ it is your Q!

**D-Type** · 25th May 12, 23:32

Originally Posted by schmenke

Thanks Doc.

I can't think of anything challenging, so I'll throw in this quickie...

Where can the Comoros Islands be found?

I felt very tempted to reply "On a stamp" but that's the Turks and Caicos Islands

**janvanvurpa** · 26th May 12, 06:30

Somebody else can ask a question if they want. I've been too buried to think of one.

And poof I just did..Ain't that how it goes?

Motorsport related.. real motorsport---
Founded by Royal Decree in 1689

Won World Championships in 1969, '60, 2 x in '62, 2 x in '63, '67, '69' 70, 74, 76, 79, 93, 98 and 99....

Emblem was stylized iron sight.
Engineering Department was 1 engineer and one tool and die guy and a handful of mechanics.

Name the town that is named after the factory.

**Lousada** · 26th May 12, 15:54

Husqvarna?

**janvanvurpa** · 27th May 12, 04:16

Originally Posted by Lousada

Husqvarna?

Did you know that or were you a sneaky bastid and looked it up?

Is looking things up OK in the rules now?

**Lousada** · 27th May 12, 13:03

Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

Did you know that or were you a sneaky bastid and looked it up?

Is looking things up OK in the rules now?

Didn't have to look it up, I just know you

You only consider two motorsports real, rally and motorcross, and rally didn't have a world champion before 1973. So a bike manufacturer that also makes other stuff, probably from Sweden since you lived there for a while, well that could only be Husqvarna.

**janvanvurpa** · 27th May 12, 17:59

Originally Posted by Lousada

Didn't have to look it up, I just know you

You only consider two motorsports real, rally and motorcross, and rally didn't have a world champion before 1973. So a bike manufacturer that also makes other stuff, probably from Sweden since you lived there for a while, well that could only be Husqvarna.

Well you're close.
I only consider 2 motorsports "sports" and in rally mainly gravel or snow only.

Actually Motor Division ----which was bikes and chainsaws and lawnmowers in 1976 was 3% of company sales.
they made about 6500 bikes in '76
And "Vappe" ("vapenfabrik" ) was around 49 largest Swedish Company in terms of turnover,

So motorsports was part of a household products company (sewing machines, stoves, waffel irons, etc) that also made bikes.

And I lived there for around 7 years--quite a while.

So you got the bike, what's the name of the TOWN