How Good is Your Geographic? [4]

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 7th Mar 12, 19:13

Your turn Starter!

**schmenke** · 7th Mar 12, 19:52

Studiose...?

**EuroTroll** · 8th Mar 12, 05:59

Ok!

Now, it's been 20 years since the break-up of Yugoslavia. Let's see how well we can identify the new republics on the map.

Please put a country name to each number.

NB! 5 and 5b are one country.

**Lousada** · 8th Mar 12, 08:45

Originally Posted by studiose

Ok!

Now, it's been 20 years since the break-up of Yugoslavia. Let's see how well we can identify the new republics on the map.

Please put a country name to each number.

NB! 5 and 5b are one country.

1. Bosnia
2. Croatia
3. Macedonia
4. Montenegro
5. Serbia
6. Slovenia

Bonus: 5b: Vojvodina

**EuroTroll** · 8th Mar 12, 08:52

And 5a is of course Kosovo, which I'm sure you know, but forgot to mention.

Well done Lousada, I'll count that as a correct answer.

Your turn.

**Lousada** · 8th Mar 12, 15:07

In 1960 there was a quadripoint in Lake Chad between Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and a remaining British Colony. A quadripoint is where 4 borders meet in a single point.
In modern history (since the 19th century) there has been one other quadripoint (that was not disputed). The question is, where was it located? The question is specifically about countries.

**schmenke** · 8th Mar 12, 18:25

Wild guess:

Eastern Europe, including:
Austria
Croatia
Italy
Slovenia

But your Q is posted in past tense so perhaps the quadripoint you're after no longer exists today:

**Captain VXR** · 8th Mar 12, 19:46

The only one I can think of is at the borders of Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, but that is disputed

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 8th Mar 12, 19:59

This is a very difficult question. Perhaps you qould give us a hint (like what hemisphere its's in)? At any rate I'm going to stick with Schmenke's theme of central Europe I'll guess
Austria
Hungary
Slovakia
Czech Republic

**Lousada** · 8th Mar 12, 23:02

It is in Europe yes. The trick in this question is the fourth part. This fourth country was conceived at the Vienna convention in 1815 and dissolved at the treaty of Versailles in 1919. The border point still exists, but it's now between three countries.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 9th Mar 12, 13:40

The Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Prussia
Switzerland
France

I think at least one of these borders may have ben contested'

**Breeze** · 9th Mar 12, 17:17

Thanks for the Clue. My answer is Prussia, Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia.

**EuroTroll** · 9th Mar 12, 17:31

I'll go with Austro-Hungary, Prussia, Poland and Russia. I think the point may be in modern-day Poland.

**Lousada** · 9th Mar 12, 18:53

No your all wrong. Mr. Alcatraz is the closest. The reason they formed the extra country there was because of they couldn't agree on the ownership of a zinc mine. The compromise was to make the zinc mine an independent country.

EDIT: Okay I see where I might have made the mistake:

Originally Posted by Lousada

It is in Europe yes. The trick in this question is the fourth part. This fourth country was conceived at the Vienna convention in 1815 and dissolved at the treaty of Versailles in 1919. The border point still exists, but it's now between three countries.

In 1815 the first two countries formed a third country as explained above. Some time later they were joined at the border point by a fourth country. Later at Versailles the third country was dissolved, so only country 1, 2, 4 remained. Now I'm just giving the answer away I think.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 9th Mar 12, 19:26

I am disqualified because I took a peak at a period map. Obscure (not to be taken negatively)Euopean history is not a strong point for me.
Good luck y'awl

**Lousada** · 9th Mar 12, 21:44

I'm sorry, I didn't know it was that obscure. I think lots of people in my country at some point went on a schooltrip/holiday to the borderpoint and got the inevitable question about the four slices in the memorial there. As it was the only actual quatripoint in modern history I thought other people might have known about it too. Sorry if I made it too difficult.

**Lousada** · 9th Mar 12, 22:03

Okay I shall give the answer and ask a new question: it is the three border point between Belgium, Holland and Germany. Belgium was the most important mining and industrial area in the nineteenth century. And of course the Ruhr area over the border was and is also an important industrial area. That is why it was so important to control the mines. I think Belgian companies are still among the worlds leading zinc producers, but the mines have been long since closed obviously.

Okay new question:
This famous borderpoint between Belgium, Holland and Germany, is also the highest point of Holland. How high is it?

**schmenke** · 9th Mar 12, 22:44

Originally Posted by Lousada

Okay I shall give the answer and ask a new question: it is the three border point between Belgium, Holland and Germany. Belgium was the most important mining and industrial area in the nineteenth century. And of course the Ruhr area over the border was and is also an important industrial area. That is why it was so important to control the mines. I think Belgian companies are still among the worlds leading zinc producers, but the mines have been long since closed obviously.
...

So what was the 4th country?

**EuroTroll** · 10th Mar 12, 05:53

Originally Posted by Lousada

Okay new question:
This famous borderpoint between Belgium, Holland and Germany, is also the highest point of Holland. How high is it?

About 50 m above sea level?

**Lousada** · 10th Mar 12, 17:38

Originally Posted by schmenke

So what was the 4th country?

Neutral Moresnet.

Originally Posted by studiose

About 50 m above sea level?

No.
By the way I mean highest point in mainland The Netherlands. The official highest point of the Dutch kingdom is on the carribean island of Saba, which tops at 877m. The highest point of The Netherlands is the Vaalserberg or "Mountain of Vaals"

. This is less than 877m and more than 50m.