How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[BleAivano]

Botswana

[gadjo_dilo]

There are only 2 double landlocked countries ( it was a previous Q about them ), Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan. I'll let you figure out which one is the biggest.

[anfield5]

erm.... I would guess, well Liechtenstein has the most letters and is really difficult to spell

[Gregor-y]

But they have the most teeth.

[donKey jote]

Liechtenstein isn't really considered a proper country though surely... It's barely more than a rock where people go to hide their monies from the taxman :devil:
(Or am I getting mixed up with Gibraltar? :p)

[anfield5]

Liechtenstein is a sovereign nation. In 1719 it was granted the title of sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1806 when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved it became totally independent.

And yes you were getting it confused with Gibraltar

[Rollo]

Gadjo_dilo has already demonstrated that he knew then answer. Liechtenstein is tiny whist Uzbekistan is much bigger.

[D-Type]

I think that gadjo_dilo should post the next question as she effectively answered this one.

[steveaki13]

that he knew then answer

Don't let Gadjo hear you say this. :eek: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

I think that gadjo_dilo should post the next question as she effectively answered this one.
Sorry guys but you know I'm not currently on the mood to follow the game. Since I love this thread and I don't want to stop it I beg one of you to ask a new Q.

[BleAivano]

[quote="D-Type":3arhdf2v]I think that gadjo_dilo should post the next question as she effectively answered this one.
Sorry guys but you know I'm not currently on the mood to follow the game. Since I love this thread and I don't want to stop it I beg one of you to ask a new Q.[/quote:3arhdf2v]


OK I have a question/challenge:

sort these countries after area size, with the biggest first;

Finland
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

[schmenke]

Spain
Germany
Poland
Sweden
Finland
Romania
Portugal
Hungary
UK

?

[steveaki13]

Germany
Spain
Poland
Romania
Finland
Sweden
Hungary
United Kingdom
Portugal

?

[BleAivano]

neither of you are correct to 100%.

[D-Type]

Germany
Spain
Poland
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Sweden
United Kingdom
Portugal

??

[BleAivano]

Partially correct results so far is that Spain indeed is the biggest of these countries and Portugal is the smallest.

[D-Type]

How about:

Spain
Germany
Poland
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Sweden
United Kingdom
Portugal

[BleAivano]

Nope, some countries like Sweden and Romania is way off.

[D-Type]

I've looked up the answer now. The answer was very surprising! I didn't realise how relatively large and small some countries are. And of course the order by population is totally different

[BleAivano]

Ok to get this moving again, I will reveal some more correct places.


Spain[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
Finland[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
Romania[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
[/*:m:2vu27ai6]
Portugal[/*:m:2vu27ai6]

[Storm]

2. Germany
3. Sweden

5. Poland
6. Hungary

8. UK

[BleAivano]

Poland is correct but the other three are not.

[donKey jote]

10. The Netherlands

[BleAivano]

10. The Netherlands

Yes very good guess except that NL is not on the list. ;)

[donKey jote]

Sweden is bigger than Germany
2. Sweden
3. Germany

[BleAivano]

Sweden is bigger than Germany
2. Sweden
3. Germany

Yeah that is right.

This means that we now have it like this:


Spain[/*:m:3didf37e]
Sweden[/*:m:3didf37e]
Germany[/*:m:3didf37e]
Finland[/*:m:3didf37e]
Poland[/*:m:3didf37e]
[/*:m:3didf37e]
Romania[/*:m:3didf37e]
[/*:m:3didf37e]
Portugal[/*:m:3didf37e]

[anfield5]

erm... where did country number 9 come from ? :laugh:

I would guess UK sits just above Romania, although I think they are almost identical size wise

[BleAivano]

erm... where did country number 9 come from ? :laugh:

I would guess UK sits just above Romania, although I think they are almost identical size wise

last post on previous page.

And the UK is indeed just slightly bigger then Romania which means Hungary is at nr8.

The correct list:


Spain 505,992 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Sweden 449,964 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Germany 357,050 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Finland 338,145 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Poland 312,685 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
UK 244,820 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Romania 238,392 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Hungary 93,030 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]
Portugal 91,568 km2[/*:m:2n69y96r]

So Donkey's answer is the best with two correct places so the question is yours Donkey.

[anfield5]

erm... where did country number 9 come from ? :laugh:

I would guess UK sits just above Romania, although I think they are almost identical size wise

last post on previous page.

And the UK is indeed just slightly bigger then Romania which means Hungary is at nr8.

The correct list:


Spain 505,992 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Sweden 449,964 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Germany 357,050 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Finland 338,145 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Poland 312,685 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
UK 244,820 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Romania 238,392 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Hungary 93,030 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]
Portugal 91,568 km2[/*:m:1h4shn7z]

So Donkey's answer is the best with two correct places so the question is yours Donkey.

My humblest appologies, I counted only 8 in the origional question, and thought a ninth one had some how appeared as if from no where :crazy: I will now go away and learn to read and then learn to count.

[D-Type]

I don't see why you had a counting problem - after all you didn't have to take your shoes and socks off! :laugh:

[anfield5]

Or maybe I did?

[BleAivano]

It seems Donkey aren't going to ask a new question so I guess the question is free then.

[anfield5]

Fair enough - so how about, what part of the land on earth is the lowest?

[BleAivano]

Fair enough - so how about, what part of the land on earth is the lowest?

Do mean part as in country or so and surface or subsurface?

Anyway my guess for lowest surface is Azerbadijan (i don't know how to spell) there is some lake
there that is supposed to be very low.

[Starter]

Fair enough - so how about, what part of the land on earth is the lowest?

Do mean part as in country or so and surface or subsurface?

Anyway my guess for lowest surface is Azerbadijan (i don't know how to spell) there is some lake
there that is supposed to be very low.
Either that or perhaps Death Valley in California which is below sea level.

[schmenke]

Is it not somewhere in Eritrea?

[Storm]

Dead Sea?

[anfield5]

Fair enough - so how about, what part of the land on earth is the lowest?

Do mean part as in country or so and surface or subsurface?

Anyway my guess for lowest surface is Azerbadijan (i don't know how to spell) there is some lake
there that is supposed to be very low.

Not Azerbaijan - but Azerbaijan does have the lowest Cap city in the world Baku is 90+ m below sea level.

[anfield5]

Death Valley is at it's lowest about 80m below sea level

The shores of the dead sea in places are over 400m below sea level, this is the lowest point on land, although the valley below the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica is recorded at 2.8km below sea level, but as it is covered in ice this doesn't count.

Tour question Storm

[Storm]

yes!

oh crap, I have to ask a Q now... :erm:
List the so called Eight Thousanders (mountains with a height of more than 8000m)
If this is too obscure - atleast the top 5 and their location.

[gadjo_dilo]

I know only Everest and K2. The others are probably in the same area but I have no clue.

[Storm]

Yes all are in the Himalaya or there abouts...and Everest and K2 are P1 and P2 respectively.

[BleAivano]

I wouldn't be surprised if there are other 8000m+ high peaks called K3, K4, K5 and etc...

[Storm]

No K2 is the only one like that, all others have proper names.

[BleAivano]

No K2 is the only one like that, all others have proper names.

Ok, like gadjo. K2 and Mt Everest is the only two I have ever heard about.

[Storm]

ok, 3 more to go then. Also care to speculate on their locations? rough location (country/area of that country)

[BleAivano]

ok, 3 more to go then. Also care to speculate on their locations? rough location (country/area of that country)

IDK but Nepal probably is a good guess.

[donKey jote]

Nepal is where the Banannapurna is :)

[steveaki13]

Bhutan?

[Storm]

Nepal/China border for Everest. K2 is not in Nepal. Annapurna certainly is (and also another 8000er) but not in the top 5

[anfield5]

Everest
K2 (Chhogori) China-Pakistan
Kangchen - Nepal and possibly India
Oyu - Nepal

can't think of any more

[Storm]

1 Everest - Nepal/China (Tibet)border
2 K2 - PoK/Pakistan/China
3 Kangchenjunga (India - Sikkim)

Cho Oyu is one of the 8000ers but not in the top 5
Well if nobody else is attempting I will give it to you anfield?

4 Lhotse - basically the mountain next to Everest
5 Makalu

[BleAivano]

1 Everest - Nepal/China (Tibet)border
2 K2 - PoK/Pakistan/China
3 Kangchenjunga (India - Sikkim)

Cho Oyu is one of the 8000ers but not in the top 5
Well if nobody else is attempting I will give it to you anfield?

4 Lhotse - basically the mountain next to Everest
5 Makalu

The full list of 8000ers:




EVEREST 8848 Np/Chn [/*:m:2438nqzx]
K2 8611 Pk/Chn (Sk)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
KANGCHENJUNGA 8586 Np/Ind[/*:m:2438nqzx]
LHOTSE 8516 Np/Chn (Tb)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
MAKALU 8485 Np/Chn (Tb)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
CHO OYU 8188 Np/Chn (Tb[/*:m:2438nqzx]
DHAULAGIRI I 8167 Np[/*:m:2438nqzx]
MANASLU 8163 Np[/*:m:2438nqzx]
NANGA PARBAT 8125 Pk[/*:m:2438nqzx]
ANNAPURNA I 8091 Np[/*:m:2438nqzx]
GASHERBRUM I 8080 Pk/Chn (Sk)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
BROAD PEAK 8051 Pk/Chn (Sk)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
GASHERBRUM II 8034 Pk/Chn (Sk)[/*:m:2438nqzx]
SHISHA PANGMA 8027 Chn (Tb)[/*:m:2438nqzx]


http://www.8000ers.com/cms/en/8000ers-mainmenu-205.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thou ... housanders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander#List_of_eight-thousanders)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Featur ... eterPeaks/ (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/8000MeterPeaks/)
http://highest-mountains.findthebest.co ... thousander (http://highest-mountains.findthebest.com/d/d/Eight-.-thousander)

[anfield5]

Which 1-word national Capital city/s is/are the longest (using the English derivative of the name please)

[schmenke]

Ihavenofookingideawhydoyouasksuchafookinghardquest ion.



:p:

[BleAivano]

Which 1-word national Capital city/s is/are the longest (using the English derivative of the name please)

I would guess that the country is in Africa so maybe Kongobrassavile?

[D-Type]

I can think of Washington, with 10 letters, but I'm sure there's a longer one?

[gadjo_dilo]

Antananarivo (Madagascar)

[anfield5]

Antananarivo (Madagascar)

That is one, there is one other 12 letter one.

[anfield5]

Ihavenofookingideawhydoyouasksuchafookinghardquest ion.



:p:

The problem here is that that is only the unofficial cap city of East Scusemeforthinkingyouknewstufsodontblamethequestio nsetterifyoudont
:D

[donKey jote]

Bolloxnoidea? :dozey:

[BleAivano]

Antananarivo (Madagascar)

That is one, there is one other 12 letter one.

ooobbaddouubabllououou?

[gadjo_dilo]

Antananarivo (Madagascar)

That is one, there is one other 12 letter one.

ooobbaddouubabllououou?

Do you mean Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )? :confused:

[BleAivano]

Do you mean Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )? :confused:

I don't know, I just had a weak memory of a city starting with O and that had a ouu in it
so I just entered a bunch of random letters.

[steveaki13]

Do you mean Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )? :confused:

I don't know, I just had a weak memory of a city starting with O and that had a ouu in it
so I just entered a bunch of random letters.

:laugh: I would say close enough then. :p

[anfield5]

That is one, there is one other 12 letter one.

ooobbaddouubabllououou?

Do you mean Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )? :confused:

Correct Gadjo - 2 from two.

Your turn please :lips:

[gadjo_dilo]

That is one, there is one other 12 letter one.



Do you mean Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso )? :confused:

Correct Gadjo - 2 from two.

Your turn please :lips:
Ouagadougou has only 11 letters.... :rolleyes:

[steveaki13]

Ouagadougou has only 11 letters.... :rolleyes:

:laugh: :laugh: That really made me laugh Gadjo. Well done. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

There's only one country in the world whose name is beginning with this letter.
What's the letter and what's the country?

[BleAivano]

There's only one country in the world whose name is beginning with this letter.
What's the letter and what's the country?

Qatar?

[gadjo_dilo]

That's a possibility but not the one I had in mind ( meaning that I'm so stupid I didn't realized there are also other letters to match my Q) :p

[Starter]

At first I thought Zanzibar, but I don't think that's a country. How about Oman.

Edit -- Just thought of another one - Yemen?

[gadjo_dilo]

Oman was my choice ( also could have been Yemen).
Now Starter can start a new Q.

[BleAivano]

At first I thought Zanzibar, but I don't think that's a country. How about Oman.

Edit -- Just thought of another one - Yemen?

It's not (belongs to Tanzania) and there is both Zambia and Zimbabwe.

[anfield5]

Ouagadougou has only 11 letters.... :rolleyes:

:laugh: :laugh: That really made me laugh Gadjo. Well done. :)

In my defence I have previously stated that counting is not necessarily a strong point of mine :disturb:

[anfield5]

Qatar is tho only Q
Yemen is the only Y
Oman is the only O

[Starter]

OK, how about this one? There are three countries in the world which are completely surrounded by another country. name them.

[anfield5]

San Marino, surrounded by Italy
Vatican City, surrounded by the city of Rome
Lesotho, surrounded by South Africa

[Starter]

Too easy. You're up.

[anfield5]

Which country has the highest population density i.e. the most number of people per square kilometer?

[Starter]

Monaco

[Storm]

Singapore?

[steveaki13]

I would have said Monaco or Singapore.

So in case its not I will say Vatican. Its quite small and has 500-600 I think.

[BleAivano]

Great Britain?

[anfield5]

Correct it is Monaco with over 18000 people per square kilometer

[Starter]

Correct it is Monaco with over 18000 people per square kilometer
Oh man, now I have to come up with a new question. Give me a few moments.

[Starter]

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

[donKey jote]

the west of the americas

[D-Type]

The greater Himalayas

[BleAivano]

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

Andes in South America?

[steveaki13]

Andes in South America?

All the answers have been taken. So Danbury Hill?
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/lachen/laughing-smiley-005.gif

[Starter]

None have it so far.

[anfield5]

The 'Mid Ocean Ridge' is an undersea range that is 65,000 or so km long

[Starter]

The 'Mid Ocean Ridge' is an undersea range that is 65,000 or so km long
Close but not quite.

[BleAivano]

The 'Mid Ocean Ridge' is an undersea range that is 65,000 or so km long

Isn't it called mid-atlantic ridge?

[anfield5]

Isn't it called mid-atlantic ridge?

All of the mid oceanic ridges are joined together, they are all one entity with different names given to different parts depending on where they are

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/World_Distribution_of_Mid-Oceanic_Ridges.gif/800px-World_Distribution_of_Mid-Oceanic_Ridges.gif

I answered before I checked on the evil wiki, but here is the map to back up my point of view

[Starter]

Isn't it called mid-atlantic ridge?
Mid Atlantic Ridge is it. At 16,000 km long its the longest mountain range. FYI, the longest above water mountain range is the Andes at 7,000 km.

Your turn.

[BleAivano]

Mid Atlantic Ridge is it. At 16,000 km long its the longest mountain range. FYI, the longest above water mountain range is the Andes at 7,000 km.

Your turn.

Yes I know, that was my first answer. ;)

---

The new question is: Serengeti, Masai Mara and Etosha. These are three world famous national parks, in which country/countries are these located?

[gadjo_dilo]

Masais live in Kenya so I guess Masai Mara is in Kenya.

[BleAivano]

Masais live in Kenya so I guess Masai Mara is in Kenya.


Yeah that is right.

[Starter]

The Serengeti is in Tanzania. (I know that because a friend of mine went on a photo safari there once.) I have no idea where Etosha is.

[BleAivano]

yep Serengeti is indeed in Tanzania.

[steveaki13]

Etosha? Angola?

[anfield5]

Etosha is in Namibia. Again I have learnt something from watching Top Gear

[BleAivano]

Etosha is in Namibia. Again I have learnt something from watching Top Gear


Namibia is correct.

So we now have three posters who all have one correct answer, so I don't know how to decide who the winner is.

[steveaki13]

First come first severed?

[BleAivano]

First come first severed?

Yeah ok.

Gadjo the question is yours.

[gadjo_dilo]

OK even if life made me understand that Last come first served....

Name all. the countries beginning with letter C.

[D-Type]

China
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
Chile
Cyprus
Cape Verde Islands
Canary Islands?
Comoros
Crimea (currently)
Congo
Central African Republic
and?

[BleAivano]

you missed Cambodia+Cameroon and Canary Islands belongs to Spain,.

[BleAivano]

oh and you forgot Czech Republic too.

[steveaki13]

Cook Islands?

[BleAivano]

Chad also needs to be included and Crimea is not independent since it's neither recognized as an independent sovereign state or as a part of Russia.

[anfield5]

Cook Islands?

The Cook are administered from New Zealand.

But you did forget Cape Verde.

Full list
Czech Rep
Croatia
Cyprus
China
Cambodia
Comoros
Cape Verde
Cote d'Ivoire
Cameroon
Chad
Central African Republic
Canada
Costa Rica
Colombia
Cuba
Chile
You could include the two Congo's Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa) but they are usually known as Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo

[BleAivano]

But you did forget Cape Verde.



He didn't, Cape Verde Islands is nr7 in his list. ;)

[anfield5]

He didn't, Cape Verde Islands is nr7 in his list. ;)

Oops I did it again

[gadjo_dilo]

OK. Now D-Type who says many of them or Anfield5 who listed all of them may ask a new Q.

[steveaki13]

OK. Now D-Type who says many of them or Anfield5 who listed all of them may ask a new Q.

I suggest a http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sport/sport-smiley-008.gif to see who asks the next question. :p

[BleAivano]

I suggest a http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sport/sport-smiley-008.gif to see who asks the next question. :p


Yeah I agree. http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/images/smilies/fight.gif

[D-Type]

I'm going away for a couple of days so I'll wimp out and leave Anfield5 to ask the next one.

[BleAivano]

Anfield haven't been around for several days so I'll ask a question in the meantime.

The new question is is:

Which countries is the river Donau (Danube) passing by (either trough or along a border of a country) on it's way from it's source to it's mouth in the Black sea?

[gadjo_dilo]

Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine

[anfield5]

Anfield haven't been around for several days so I'll ask a question in the meantime.

The new question is is:

Which countries is the river Donau (Danube) passing by (either trough or along a border of a country) on it's way from it's source to it's mouth in the Black sea?

Sorry team, I knocked my computer off a table and it stopped working (the hard drive took a dislike to being dropped)

[BleAivano]

Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine

Yep this is correct.


Sorry team, I knocked my computer off a table and it stopped working (the hard drive took a dislike to being dropped)


"Good thing" that it was the hard drive only that got damaged.

[anfield5]

Yep this is correct.




"Good thing" that it was the hard drive only that got damaged.

And the screen which is now resembling crazy-paving DOH!

[Spafranco]

Funny. I have four laptops and only one will switch on.

[gadjo_dilo]

Let's stay on the Danube. Tell us the capitals where The Danube is flowing.

[anfield5]

Sorry Gadjo do you mean the Capitals of the countries it flows through or the actual capital cities it flows through?

[gadjo_dilo]

Sorry Gadjo do you mean the Capitals of the countries it flows through or the actual capital cities it flows through?

Capitals of the countries

[anfield5]

If you are after the actual capitals the river is in , I think they are Budapest; Bratislava, and possibly Belgrade, but I think Belgrade is on or near the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, so it could be on either one

[gadjo_dilo]

Budapest? No.......It's definitely Bucharest.(just kidding).You know 3 but you need one more. The most famous.

[anfield5]

possibly Vienna, but I always thought the Wien river gave Vienna its' name

[gadjo_dilo]

possibly Vienna, but I always thought the Wien river gave Vienna its' name

Great! That's the fourth.
Now it's your turn,

[anfield5]

What country has this as its' national flag
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg

It is the only national flag with an assault rifle on it

[Starter]

Vatican City?









I had no idea so I looked it up. Interesting. There are several African or Middle Eastern countries I would have picked first.

[anfield5]

Vatican City?









I had no idea so I looked it up. Interesting. There are several African or Middle Eastern countries I would have picked first.
And there are several others with weapons on, but none as modern as an AK47

[D-Type]

Angola?

[Storm]

Looks like an African flag but...from Starter's post I see it perhaps is an Asian country? no idea though.

[BleAivano]

Botswana?

[steveaki13]

99 % sure its Mozambique. I am normally good at flags.

[anfield5]

99 % sure its Mozambique. I am normally good at flags.

It is Mozambique.

Over to you Steve

[Starter]

Looks like an African flag but...from Starter's post I see it perhaps is an Asian country? no idea though.
I didn't want to give part of it away by being specific on the continent.

[steveaki13]

Ok here we go.

Its a population question.

I have split the world into 8 Continents or Regions

Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Central America and Caribbean

So the question is rank these 8 in order of population size. Largest to Smallest population. My answers are 2013 UN estimates.

I guess everyone will get the biggest. It maybe quite easy with a bit of thought.

[gadjo_dilo]

Where's Antarctica? :confused:

[Starter]

Most to least:
1) Asia
2) North America (You are counting Mexico as part of N America, right?)
3) South America
4) Europe
5) Africa
6) Oceania
7) Central America
8) Caribbean

[D-Type]

My guess:

1. Asia
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Central America (including Mexico?)
5. Europe
6. North America
7. Caribbean
8. Oceania
(9. Antarctica ;))

[anfield5]

Asia
Africa
South America
North America
Central America (again assuming Mexico is in this region)
Europe
Oceania
Caribbean

[gadjo_dilo]

Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Oceania ( Australia included?)
Antarctica - bonus

[BleAivano]

Mexico is per definition part of North America and Australia is indeed a part of Oceania.

[steveaki13]

Mexico is per definition part of North America and Australia is indeed a part of Oceania.

Indeed. Sorry I should have made that clear.

[steveaki13]

Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Oceania ( Australia included?)
Antarctica - bonus

Spot on Gadjo.

We have a winner. Circa guide by UN estimates

Asia - 4,298,723,000 - I haven't counted every person. :p
Africa -1,110,635,000
Europe - 742,452,000
North America - 472,800,000 (Including Mexico)
South America - 406,740,000
Central America - 45,200,000 (Excluding Mexico)
Caribbean - 42,517,000
Oceania - 38,304,000 (Including Australia)
Antarctica - Loads of bloody penguins :look:

Your go Gadjo

[steveaki13]

The only thing the Mexico confusion would have changed is South America 4th ahead of North America.

Once again sorry about not making it clear. The source I saw put Mexico as North America.

[anfield5]

Spot on Gadjo.

We have a winner. Circa guide by UN estimates

Asia - 4,298,723,000 - I haven't counted every person. :p
Africa -1,110,635,000
Europe - 742,452,000
North America - 472,800,000 (Including Mexico)
South America - 406,740,000
Central America - 45,200,000 (Excluding Mexico)
Caribbean - 42,517,000
Oceania - 38,304,000 (Including Australia)
Antarctica - Loads of bloody penguins :look:

Your go Gadjo

Well if you can't be bothered researching your question before you ask it, how can we trust the answer :p

[gadjo_dilo]

Spot on Gadjo.

We have a winner.

How can a loser ever win? :confused:


Now let's see the countries beginning with T

[D-Type]

Tanzania
Togo
Turkey
Thailand
Turks and Caicos islands
Trinidad
Turkestan
Tunisia
Tristan da Cunha
Tuvalu

and I'm sure there's more

[steveaki13]

Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos
Turkey
Tunisia
The Gambia?
The Bahamas?
Togo
Tanzania
Tuvalu
Tonga
Taiwan
Thailand
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Tibet?

[anfield5]

Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos
Turkey
Tunisia
The Gambia?
The Bahamas?
Togo
Tanzania
Tuvalu
Tonga
Taiwan
Thailand
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Tibet?

Turks and Caicos is a BOT and Officially Tibet is still part of China


My list would be
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu.
if you use the accepted method of listing titles and exclude "The" I wouldn't include "The" Gambia and "The" Bahamas, but if you don't I would

[BleAivano]

Turks and Caicos is a BOT and Officially Tibet is still part of China


if you use the accepted method of listing titles and exclude "The" I wouldn't include "The" Gambia and "The" Bahamas, but if you don't I would


Imo "the" is not considered part of the name and should be excluded so no Gambia or Bahamas.

[steveaki13]

Turks and Caicos is a BOT and Officially Tibet is still part of China


My list would be
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu.
if you use the accepted method of listing titles and exclude "The" I wouldn't include "The" Gambia and "The" Bahamas, but if you don't I would


Imo "the" is not considered part of the name and should be excluded so no Gambia or Bahamas.

I didn't think those were needed either, but I put the extras on the list just in case

[gadjo_dilo]

I think Anfield named them all.
On my list was also Tokelau but I'm not sure. He should know better as it's supposed to belong to New Zealand.

It's Anfield's turn.

[steveaki13]

Grrrrr...... Damn Timor-Leste

[D-Type]

I suppose really the criterion of "What is a country?" is whether it is a UN member.

[steveaki13]

I knew Tibet and Turks and Caicos were not officially independent nations, but put them in just in case.

Same goes for the two countries beginning with THE

Sadly I got them all except Timor Leste, because my mind has it as East Timor. Otherwise I was there.

[anfield5]

Sorry about the delay, have been having problems getting on to site, but it all seems good now.

What is the longest river on each continent
i.e.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania, and Antarctica?

[anfield5]

Sorry about the delay, have been having problems getting on to site, but it all seems good now.

What is the longest river on each continent
i.e.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania, and Antarctica?

[gadjo_dilo]

Europe - Volga
Africa - Nile
Asia - Yangtze
South America - Amazon

Just dicovered I don't know any river in N. America -shame!!!!!!
Oceania and Antarctica - have no clue

[BleAivano]

As for North America my guess is the Mississippi river.

[Storm]

^yeah I think so too

Oceania/Aus - Murray/Darling?

[anfield5]

ASIA - Yangzee
AFRICA - Nile
EUROPE - Volga
SOUTH AMERICA - Amazon
Well done Gadjo

NORTH AMERICA - Mississippi system
Well done BleAivano

AUSTRALIA - Murray system
Well done Storm

Just the Antarctic left, If no one gets it today I guess gadjo with four right gets the next question.

Here is a clue it is 15km (yes just 15km) long and is named after a semi-precious stone.

[anfield5]

ASIA - Yangzee
AFRICA - Nile
EUROPE - Volga
SOUTH AMERICA - Amazon
Well done Gadjo

NORTH AMERICA - Mississippi system
Well done BleAivano

AUSTRALIA - Murray system
Well done Storm

Just the Antarctic left, If no one gets it today I guess gadjo with four right gets the next question.

Here is a clue it is 15km (yes just 15km) long and is named after a semi-precious stone.

Ok the longest river in Antarctica is the Onyx RIver, it is a melt water stream that flows 15km from the Wright Glacier to the Ross sea.

Over to you gadjo :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Name at least three ( cos I don't know more :laugh: ) titles of literary works that contain mountains names

[janvanvurpa]

Name at least three ( cos I don't know more :laugh: ) titles of literary works that contain mountains names

Treasure of the Sierra Madres
Snows of Kilamanjaro
The Eiger Sanction

[anfield5]

Brokeback Mountain :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Treasure of the Sierra Madres
Snows of Kilamanjaro
The Eiger Sanction

Good. It's your turn now.

Snows of Kilimanjaro was also on my list. The others two were:

The castle from the Carpathians by Jules Verne
From Apennines to the Andes by Edmondo de Amicis

[janvanvurpa]

Good. It's your turn now.

Snows of Kilimanjaro was also on my list. The others two were:

The castle from the Carpathians by Jules Verne
From Apennines to the Andes by Edmondo de Amicis

There's also a really great book or 2 by a remarkable fellow who wrote a number of amazing books, Eric Newby:
"A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_Walk_in_the_Hindu_Kush

and his misadventures dropping into Italy as a British commando and getting captured by the Nazis and escaping and about freezing to death and being saved by a brave Italian farmer---and he ends up marrying the farmers daughter:
Love and War in the Apennines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_War_in_the_Apennines.

OK Name a noble prize winner's novel that has a river's name in it which the area and peoples are a currently hot topic..

Hint: the river was considered the border between 2 continents

[BleAivano]

I have no idea really but there is supposed to be a river in South America which is supposed to be the border between
Central (belongs to North) America and South America. I definitely don't know who the author is.

As for the river I guess is that there is a river named Rio Grande and that it, is the said border river between North and South America.

[anfield5]

I would guess the countries are Russia and Ukraine, which would be the Dnieper river, still wracking my brain to see if I can recall a novel with Dnieper in the title though.

[janvanvurpa]

"was" and "continents".. And Tavarich Anfield is close but no cigar...wrong river.

Och det är inte Slussen

Rio Grande is border for 2 countries part if the way but Mexico is in North America.

Besides what's the TITLE of the book with the name of this river in the title.

I bet zako85 knows in a heartbeat..

[anfield5]

There is the River Don that flows into the Sea of Azov at the head of the Black Sea through Rostov, is there a novel with this in the title?

[janvanvurpa]

There is the River Don that flows into the Sea of Azov at the head of the Black Sea through Rostov, is there a novel with this in the title?

Why yes there IS a river called the don which flows quitely to Azov mori...

What's the book? (Ferfawkssake how many hints do i need to bash you silly sods over the head wif? 8) )

[anfield5]

Why yes there IS a river called the don which flows quitely to Azov mori...

What's the book? (Ferfawkssake how many hints do i need to bash you silly sods over the head wif? 8) )

:) Hints are good, but if we cant use google to help, they are possibly not quite good enough.

In the back of my befuddled brain there is a book set in the Russian Revolution that has possibly got "Don" in the title, but I would have to cheat to find it I can picture the cover, with a Revolutionary soldier on it. I think it was ? ? Flows the Don. I would be guessing at the first two words, and I can't guarantee the correctness of the other three either

[janvanvurpa]

:) Hints are good, but if we cant use google to help, they are possibly not quite good enough.

In the back of my befuddled brain there is a book set in the Russian Revolution that has possibly got "Don" in the title, but I would have to cheat to find it I can picture the cover, with a Revolutionary soldier on it. I think it was ? ? Flows the Don. I would be guessing at the first two words, and I can't guarantee the correctness of the other three either

I'm such a nice guy that the key word was buried quietly somewhere above 8) Bonus points for naming the author..
And for a bit of insight on the whole Ukraine and Russia and Crimea and Tartar thing....read the book.

Bonus Bonus points for the name of the other book by same author with the river in the name.

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm such a nice guy that the key word was buried quietly somewhere above 8) Bonus points for naming the author..
And for a bit of insight on the whole Ukraine and Russia and Crimea and Tartar thing....read the book.

Bonus Bonus points for the name of the other book by same author with the river in the name.

Mihail Sholohov - Tikhiy Don- And Quiet flows the Don. It's a shame I didn't read it but I know it's a movie based on it and made the connection.

[janvanvurpa]

Mihail Sholohov - Tikhiy Don- And Quiet flows the Don. It's a shame I didn't read it but I know it's a movie based on it and made the connection.

Ding! Ding!
Тихий Дон literally "Quiet Don"

Great series of books about a crazy period in history..and as we see the tragedy continues...history and geography have such deep and intertwined roots, eh?

You got that.

Do you want to go for double or nothing? The name of the other book I so broadly hinted was ........?

You win twice as much or maybe nothing...Go for it!

[gadjo_dilo]

Ding! Ding!
Тихий Дон literally "Quiet Don"

Great series of books about a crazy period in history..and as we see the tragedy continues...history and geography have such deep and intertwined roots, eh?

You got that.

Do you want to go for double or nothing? The name of the other book I so broadly hinted was ........?

You win twice as much or maybe nothing...Go for it!

I don't know. I owned a book by Sholohov called "Virgin Soil Upturned", never read it cos I associated it with the communist literature. Threw it away last summer when I cleaned the house.
I also know about "The fate of a man" cos a great movie directed by the famous Serghey Bondarciuk was based on it.

Looks like I won nothing but I'm used to sc*ew it.

[janvanvurpa]

I don't know. I owned a book by Sholohov called "Virgin Soil Upturned", never read it cos I associated it with the communist literature. Threw it away last summer when I cleaned the house.
I also know about "The fate of a man" cos a great movie directed by the famous Serghey Bondarciuk was based on it.

Looks like I won nothing but I'm used to sc*ew it.

I love the movie "Fate of a man" and love the line when the ex-soldier (Bondarchuck himself) and the old guy have to wait for the ferry "Have some of mine, It's hell to smoke alone"


Well you won the big Prize to ask the next question, better hurry before those guys come round and start lecturing you and telling you you're not welcome...and moaning.

You didn't get the extra points ---the other GEOGRAPHIC related book title was "The Don flows on the the SEA" but don't feel bad...Almost nobody under 50 in "the West" remembers anything....

[gadjo_dilo]

Now I'm angry for not being able to get extra points so I'll ask a dull Q:

What countries start their name with E?

[Gregor-y]

Ding! Ding!
Тихий Дон literally "Quiet Don"

Great series of books about a crazy period in history..and as we see the tragedy continues...history and geography have such deep and intertwined roots, eh?
There's also Mikhail Bulgakov's White Guard, set in Kiev during one of the many times it changed hands between 1919 and 1920.

[Starter]

Ecuador
Estonia
Egypt
Eritrea
El Salvador
East Timor
Ethiopia

I'm probably missing a couple here.

[steveaki13]

Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
England
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
East Timor

[donKey jote]

España :bandit: :andrea:

[steveaki13]

Eire :vader:

[gadjo_dilo]

Ελλάδα

[gadjo_dilo]

East Timor was on the T list.
England counts as UK

And there's one more that wasn't mentioned yet.

[donKey jote]

Elephant & Castle

[steveaki13]

Equatorial Guinea

[anfield5]

I haven't looked at the other answers, so forgive me if someone has answered them all already.

Estonia
Eire (commonly known as either the Republic of Ireland or just Ireland)
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Ecuador
El Salvador

East Timor (but its' correct name is Timor-Leste)

As far as I can remember these are the only sovereign nations starting with E, there are others that are administered by other countries

[Tazio]

Euranus? :alien: :angel:

[janvanvurpa]

how could we know if you meant "Begins with E when the Eglish people couldn't be troubled to learn the local name" or "That they call their country themselves that begins with "E" or its analogue..

Cause if the latter we can't include Egypt or

How could you all skip Euskal Herria...Basque Country..."under occupation", but to them a obvious country.

[gadjo_dilo]

Jan, come on.....
You're taking this thread too seriously....:laugh:

Equatorial Guinea was the last.
So Steve may ask a new Q.

[steveaki13]

Name all the countries beginning with S? I will only count official nations, but feel free to go nuts and post anything beginning with S too.

[steveaki13]

I will add I am including "Saints".

There is also one that can be a S or not. so either with or without. I will except

Also there are quite a few. Sorry :D

[gadjo_dilo]

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia(?), Sao Tome&Principe, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Samoa, Seychelles............ :crazy:

[steveaki13]

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia(?), Sao Tome&Principe, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Samoa, Seychelles............ :crazy:

That's 20 Gadjo. Good effort

There are still 7 left.

Including Saints:)

[BleAivano]

Saint Kittis & News (spelling ?) and Saint Lucia is two of them

[gadjo_dilo]

There are still 7 left.

Including Saints:)

I don't want to repeat the saints experience with the first Q of this thread.
Maybe St. Martin......

[steveaki13]

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia(?), Sao Tome&Principe, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Samoa, Seychelles............ :crazy:


Saint Kittis & News (spelling ?) and Saint Lucia is two of them

Yup

22 of 27

5 more

[Starter]

how could we know if you meant "Begins with E when the Eglish people couldn't be troubled to learn the local name" or "That they call their country themselves that begins with "E" or its analogue..

Cause if the latter we can't include Egypt or

How could you all skip Euskal Herria...Basque Country..."under occupation", but to them a obvious country.
Perhaps because this is a predominately English speaking board and it is the language which the vast majority of posts here are in? In which case we ARE using the "local" language.
:p

[Tazio]

San Marino




Santa Cachucha :p:

[D-Type]

Not sure about these:
El Salvador
St Helena
Southern Sudan
Surinam

[steveaki13]

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia(?), Sao Tome&Principe, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Samoa, Seychelles............ :crazy:


Saint Kittis & News (spelling ?) and Saint Lucia is two of them


Not sure about these:

Southern Sudan
Surinam

Well done Gadjo, BleAviano and D-Type. That's 24 out of 27.

3 more. :)

[A FONDO]

South Ossetia

[Blitzerflitzer]

Scotland, Singapore, Solomon Islands, St. Vincent & The Grenadines :crazy: ups thats four...

[steveaki13]

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Saudi Arabia(?), Sao Tome&Principe, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Samoa, Seychelles............ :crazy:


Saint Kittis & News (spelling ?) and Saint Lucia is two of them


Not sure about these:


Southern Sudan
Surinam


Scotland, Singapore, Solomon Islands, St. Vincent & The Grenadines :crazy: ups thats four...

That's the 27 plus Scotland which I was counting as UK, but that's all 27 fully recognised states. :)

Gadjo got most, but the final 3 answers were Blitzerflitzer.

Not sure on the regs but I guess its the last correct answer over the most? So ask the next question Blitzerflitzer.

The next question please

[Storm]

Most should get preference, unless gadjo defers to Blitzerflitzer (sr member? is this another name changer?)

[Blitzerflitzer]

That's the 27 plus Scotland which I was counting as UK

Do not say that to a scotsman!


Gadjo got most, but the final 3 answers were Blitzerflitzer.

I only had the fortune to be the last! I'll let Gadjo go first!

[Blitzerflitzer]

(sr member? is this another name changer?)

I'm not a name changer, maybe it's the length of the membership.

Your turn, Gadjo

[gadjo_dilo]

No. Not me again.....
I'll let Blitzerflitzer to ask the new Q.

[steveaki13]

Fair enough. I agree Gadjo done the best job.

Ask a question Blitzerflitzer.

[Blitzerflitzer]

ok. i try it with a short one: Krungthepmahanakorn amornrattanakosin mahintara ayuddhayamahadilok popnopparatrachathaniburirom udomrachaniwetmahasatan amornpiman awatansathit sakatatayawisanugamprasit is the home for how many people?

[BleAivano]

Several millions. ;) I assume the city is Bangkok?

[anfield5]

I was contemplating using this name as a question, so I know what this particular city is known as, to people in the west. So I was goingl sit back and let others have a go first, but since my friend BleAivano has already pointed out that we know it (incorrectly) as Bangkok, I will submit that as far as I can remember its' population is about 6.5 million

[Blitzerflitzer]

i knew, it is a short one. Anfield5 is right, the answer of BleAviano is wrong. But you are also not correct, we search for are another number....

[anfield5]

Maybe my memory is a bit fuzzy, so instead of 6.5 million, I will guess at 5.5 million

[Starter]

Just want to make sure the question is correct. Did you spell check it? :p:D

[Blitzerflitzer]

Just want to make sure the question is correct. Did you spell check it? :p:D

yes, this is what it sound like: City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest :tweetie:


Maybe my memory is a bit fuzzy, so instead of 6.5 million, I will guess at 5.5 million

sorry, but the last census give us a higher number

[anfield5]

how specific do you want. To the nearest 100,000, or more exact?

5.8 million

[Blitzerflitzer]

Ok, since you're the only one who thought tries to answer, we solve for your third attempt:
According to the Census of 2010 living in Bangkok 8,280,925 inhabitants.

Anfield5 has the next Question. ;)

[anfield5]

Ok, since you're the only one who thought tries to answer, we solve for your third attempt:
According to the Census of 2010 living in Bangkok 8,280,925 inhabitants.

Anfield5 has the next Question. ;)

Wow that's way bigger than I remembered :)

Question:
There are 3 national flags that are made up of a plain coloured disc on a single coloured background
eg http://condition1industries.com/images/Japan%20Flag%20BW.jpg
What are these three countries

[BleAivano]

Japan is one, (red disc, white background), then there a flag with green background and red disc but I don't remember what country it is.

[gadjo_dilo]

One is Japan. Red disc on white background.

[Blitzerflitzer]

Second One is Bangladesh, Red on Green

[D-Type]

Japan,
Korea,
Brunei

[steveaki13]

Palau has a Yellow spot on blue background but I don't think its central.

Does that count?

[anfield5]

We have them all.
Japan is a red disc on a white field
Bangladesh is a red disc on a green field
Palau is a yellow disc on a light blue field

as for the others
South Korea has a blue and red disc on a white field
Bunei is a red crescent and praying hands on a yellow field with diagonal black and white bands

So I guess it is you steve

[steveaki13]

NOT including French Guiana.

Name the 12 Capitals of South America, without use of google :smash:

Argentina-
Brazil-
Uruguay-
Colombia-
Paraguay-
Bolivia-
Chile-
Peru-
Ecuador-
Venezuela-
Suriname-
Guyana-

Go ahead. :D

[anfield5]

Argentina - Buenos Aries
Brazil - Brasilia
Uruguay - Montevideo
Colombia - Bogota
Paraguay - Asuncion
Bolivia - La Paz
Chile - Santiago
Peru - Lima
Ecuador - Quito
Venezuela - Caracas
Suriname - Paramaribo
Guyana - George Town

[Storm]

I knew most except Suriname (which I had heard of but forgotten), oh well...anfield's Q ?

[steveaki13]

I knew most except Suriname (which I had heard of but forgotten), oh well...anfield's Q ?

Yes. Good effort Anfield5. Go ahead

[anfield5]

What country is bordered by the most other countries?

[gadjo_dilo]

Russia?

[BleAivano]

China?

[steveaki13]

I would have said Russia too.

I count 12 or 13 countries its borders at least.

[anfield5]

The answer is Russia and CHina both have 14, so BleAivano, or Steve it's over to you.

[steveaki13]

er.... gadjo or me, but Gadjo got in first.

Go ahead Gadjo:kiss:

[gadjo_dilo]

er.... gadjo or me, but Gadjo got in first.

Go ahead Gadjo:kiss:
I'm sorry, I can't ask a Q now. Maybe BleAivano who also matched a good answer would do it.

[BleAivano]

I'm sorry, I can't ask a Q now. Maybe BleAivano who also matched a good answer would do it.

sure thing. I'll do a question.

Name the great lakes that are located at or around the border between USA and Canada and sort them by size.

[janvanvurpa]

sure thing. I'll do a question.

Name the great lakes that are located at or around the border between USA and Canada and sort them by size.


If you meant The Great Lakes then everybody knows Superior , Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario...

But if you meant some great lakes Waterton Lakes on the Alberta -Montana border are really great lakes, Lake Champlain on the Vermont-Quebec border is great, too.. Very pretty.
Lake of the Woods on the border of Minnesota-Ontario-Saskatchewan is pretty great for canoe adventures. Shoreline is incredible with millions of bays..

[BleAivano]

If you meant The Great Lakes then everybody knows Superior , Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario.

yep those are the ones and your order are correct as well.

[schmenke]

If you meant The Great Lakes then everybody knows Superior , Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario...

But if you meant some great lakes Waterton Lakes on the Alberta -Montana border are really great lakes, Lake Champlain on the Vermont-Quebec border is great, too.. Very pretty.
Lake of the Woods on the border of Minnesota-Ontario-Saskatchewan is pretty great for canoe adventures. Shoreline is incredible with millions of bays..


Lake of the Woods is a sizable body of water.

And yes, Lake Champlain is very pretty. I used to swim at the public beach near Plattsburg.

Nearby is Lake Memphramagog, smaller, but just as pretty.

A couple of other notable cross border lakes:
Lake Osoyoos on the British Columbia – Washington border.
Lake Kookanusa (although technically a reservoir) on the British Columbia – Idaho border. A popular lake for boating and nearby camping.