How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[schmenke]

It's a loch? :p:

[anfield5]

technically, according to the definition of loch, and only if you are Scotts, then yes it could be, but since you are Canadian, NO IT ISN'T :)

[D-Type]

Wrong side of Africa for me. Is this lake the one that produces poisonous fumes sporadically?

[anfield5]

nope :)

[Storm]

no idea

[gadjo_dilo]

Supernatural creatures leaving there. :confused: :angel:

[steveaki13]

It has no water in it?

[schmenke]

Is it the one that's extremely acidic?

[anfield5]

still no, but strangely gadjo is possibly the closest yet.

It is the only natural lake in the country of Ghana, but this sin;t the answer I want, there is something really uniquely interesting about it

Steve - sorry it IS full of water and Schmeke - sorry it is just water

[anfield5]

Clue: Think about why it is there - considering it is A) natural, not man-made, and B) It is the only natural lake in the country.

[Storm]

meteorite impact crater?

[schmenke]

It's saline?

[anfield5]

meteorite impact crater?



YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! It was formed from a major meteor impact and eventually filled with water to become the only lake in Ghana

[Storm]

:D
Let me come back with a question, if anyone has a quick one ready go ahead!

[Storm]

nobody?
well, name the 3 youngest countries in the world...bonus points for year when they came into existence.

[Starter]

The youngest would be I.S.I.L., assuming a Caliphate counts as a country. Not sure about the next two newest.

[Storm]

nah, internationally recognized, not internationally reviled :p:

[schmenke]

South Sudan
East Timor
???

[anfield5]

South Sudan - mid 2011
Timor Leste - gained independence from Indonesia inthe early 2000's
Palestine (reconised as independent state in 2012 by UN)

[Storm]

SS yes the youngest to the list I referred to...
There are 2 younger than East Timor though...
Palestine isn't one of them (atleast in that list!)

[anfield5]

Kosovo - this one is slightly questionable as it is not recognised by quite a few UN members i think this was in 2008 or 2009

Maybe Serbia or Montenegro as they were one state that split in half not sure of the date but possibly in the mid 00's

[Storm]

Serbia & Montenegro it is...anfield well done.

[gadjo_dilo]

Anfield always knows the right answers.....:s

[anfield5]

What, where and how big in area is the world largest airport?

[D-Type]

Could it be Edwards Air Base, California which has an area of 470 square miles? Or is there a bigger one in Russia or China?

[anfield5]

Not Edwards, the one I have in mind is much much MUCH bigger

[schmenke]

I assume you mean largest commercial airport?

In terms of area (hectares), I believe Denver International in Colorado is largest.
In terms of annual passenger volume I would have thought Heathrow, but that sounds too easy :mark: .

[anfield5]

Denver is only 140 square kms. (14000 hec)

The one I want makes Denver look like a lego model

[anfield5]

I assume you mean largest commercial airport?

In terms of area (hectares), I believe Denver International in Colorado is largest.
In terms of annual passenger volume I would have thought Heathrow, but that sounds too easy :mark: .

Not really looking for traffic volumes but the worlds busiest is apparently Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta

[Storm]

Baikonur Cosmodrome? :p:

[schmenke]

Beijing (Peking)?

[anfield5]

not anywhere in Russia or China. I will add a clue shortly.

[D-Type]

South Pole - with no marked boundaries it's technically the whole of Antarctica. ;)

[anfield5]

oooh clever dicky!

Clue time then:

The south polar region is really really cold, the location of this airport is the polar opposite of this - think sand and camels

[anfield5]

clue 2 it takes up 77800 hectares or 778 km squared

[schmenke]

Baghdad?

[anfield5]

not Baghdad

[Storm]

Mongolia - Gobi desert?

[anfield5]

no.

Next clue it is named after somebody

[gadjo_dilo]

Henri Coanda - Book a Rest :laugh:

[anfield5]

Henri Coanda - Book a Rest :laugh:

Oooohhh so very close :)

Let me know if we want the answer and a different question, or some more clues - I don't want things to stagnate too much

[Storm]

clue would be good (although previous clues haven't seemed to make much diff :p: )

[schmenke]

... think sand and camels


Oooohhh so very close ...

??? :s

[Storm]

Riyadh or Jeddah airport? I think they are named after the king?

[anfield5]

Riyadh or Jeddah airport? I think they are named after the king?

Close enough. The answer is King Fahd International Airport, in Saudi. It's area is an astonishing 778 square km.

Take it away Storm

[Storm]

close enough, so its not at those locations?

found it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Fahd_International_Airport

ok, I got the country but that was due to the name + sand thing :\\

[Storm]

Ok, a quick question

name the busiest ports in the world - cargo and passenger both.

[gadjo_dilo]

Rotterdam?

[Storm]

I would have thought that too but its not.

[Starter]

Hong Kong or perhaps Los Angeles?

[schmenke]

I think Starter has it. Long Beach is the busiest in terms of cargo. Passenger volume, I would have thought Miami.

[Storm]

Miami has the most cruises coming in/out...Hong Kong used to be the busiest cargo port but not anymore.

[anfield5]

Europort is the biggest in area, but not in terms of traffic though.

Cargo maybe Alexandria (Suez Canal)

Passengers - New York

[schmenke]

I remember viewing a television show about the construction of a new deep sea port off the coast of China, near Shanghai, I believe. It was built on reclaimed land off an existing island where a mountain was blasted away to provide the fill. It was a huge project, but don’t know if this is now the largest port.
I have no idea what it was called.

[anfield5]

If passengers is not New York. How about the Dover Ferry hub in the UK? Hundreds of crossings to all parts of Southern Europe depart from there every day, and the same number arrive as well?

[Storm]

schmenke: Shanghai it is for cargo!

anfield: Dover for passengers!

Miami for cruises (which although I hadn't asked schmenke said so perhaps he should get the next one :) )

[schmenke]

The photo below is from my most recent scotch whisky club event, featuring the Benromach distillery.
I really like whisky. Most whiskies are distilled from malted barley. Much of the world's barley production is used for producing beer and spirits.
Name the top 10 barely producing countries, in terms of annual tonnes (source from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) :)


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/15112226344_4598d993b1_c.jpg

[Tazio]

too late!

[Storm]

top 10 "barely" producing? ;)

I'm thinking India will be on most agriculture/grains lists but barley isn't the top crop here.

Germany
Russia
USA
UK

[D-Type]

Russia
China
Canada
USA
Poland
Brazil
Argentina
South Africa
Rumania
Ukraine

All a blind guess.

[schmenke]

1. Russia
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


The following have been correctly mentioned but not in the right order.
Germany
UK
Canada
Argentina
Ukraine


Mentioned but not in the top 10:
USA: 12
Poland: 13
Brazil: Not in top 25
South Africa: Not in top 25
Romania: 26

[gadjo_dilo]

If Russia is the first Ukraine must be the second.

3.UK
4Germany
5France
6Spain
7Italy
8Canada
9Argentina
10Australia

[D-Type]

[QUOTE=schmenke;1024857]1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3. Canada
4. Belarus
5. UK
6. Germany
7. Ireland
8. Argentina
9. Austria
10. China

[schmenke]

1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3.
4. Germany
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


Mentioned, but not in correct order:
UK
Canada
Argentina
Spain
France
Australia


Others mentioned:
Belarus: 17
Ireland: 23
Italy: Not in top 25
Austria: Not in top 25
China: Not in top 25

[D-Type]

1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3. France
4. Germany
5. Spain
6. Canada
7. Argentina
8. Australia
9. UK
10. Netherlands

[schmenke]

1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3. France
4. Germany
5. Spain
6.
7.
8.
9. UK
10.

Still not in the correct order:
Argentina
Canada
Australia

Netherlands:
Not in top 25.

Still one country not mentioned (hint, it's no. 8 ;) ). Not fussed about the order any more. Just name the last country.

[D-Type]

6. Argentina
7. Canada
8. Ireland? Well, they make whiskey so they must grow some barley
10. Australia

[Storm]

Poland?

[schmenke]

1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3. France
4. Germany
5. Spain
6. Australia
7. Canada
8.
9. UK
10.Argentina


Ireland: 23
Poland: 13

No. 8 took my somewhat by surprise.

[gadjo_dilo]

Iran?

[schmenke]

Good guess, but Iran is no. 11.

No. 8 borders Iran though.

[gadjo_dilo]

Turkey?

[schmenke]

Yep!

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_barley_production

Have a go gadjo.

[gadjo_dilo]

Why me? :s

Don't know what to ask. Let's continue with agriculture. Name the first ten rice producers.

[schmenke]

Wild guess:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Indonesia
5. Vietnam
6. Philippines
7. USA
8. Italy
9. France
10.Japan

[anfield5]

China
India
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Thailand
Vietnam
Myanmar
Philippines
Japan
Cambodia

[gadjo_dilo]

1 China
2 India
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 Japan

Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Philipinnes are correct but in other order

[gadjo_dilo]

1.China
2 India
3Indonesia
4
5Thailand
6
7
8Philipinnes
9
10 Japan

Bangladesh and Vietnam are correct but in other order

[schmenke]

1.China
2 India
3 Indonesia
4 Malaysia
5 Thailand
6 South Korea
7 Bangledesh
8 Philipinnes
9 Vietnam
10 Japan

[anfield5]

4. Vietnam
6. Bangladesh
7.
9. Brazil

[anfield5]

Are you sure Myanmar (Burma) isn't there?

[gadjo_dilo]

1. China
2 India
3Indonesia
4Vietnam
5Thailand
6Bangladesh
7
8Philipinnes
9 Brazil
10 Japan

7?
(Definitely not Cristiano Ronaldo :p)

[gadjo_dilo]

Sorry, no 7 is Burma.

Anfield or Schmenke, any of you may ask a new Q.

[anfield5]

There are only 6 Absolute Monarchies in the world - please name them.

[schmenke]

Hmm... Good Q. Off the top of my head, I'll take a stab at:

Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Qatar
Brunei
um... :erm:

[anfield5]

Good start Schmenke.
Saudi Arabia IS
Qatar IS
Brunei IS

Jordan ISN'T - it is a constitutional Monarchy

3 down - 3 to go

[gadjo_dilo]

United Arab Emirates?

[gadjo_dilo]

Oman?

[anfield5]

UAe - ISNT, it is a collection of individual Emirates

Oman IS number 4, two to go

[Storm]

Luxembourg?
Bhutan?

[D-Type]

Saudi
Qatar
Brunei
Oman
+
Tonga?
Swaziland?

[anfield5]

Swaziland IS
Tonga ISN'T - it is a constitutional monarchy

5 down 1 to go. The remaining one is a wee bit strange in that it is an Absolute Monarchy, but the monarch is elected by people from outside of the actual country and the Monarch is not a resident of the country in question (with clues that big it should be easy enough to figure out :))

[D-Type]

:idea: The Vatican

[anfield5]

:idea: The Vatican

I thought the ermmm...clue might help.

Yes it is Vatican city. It is a an Ecclesiastical sacerdotal monarchical absolute monarchy

Take it away D-Type

[anfield5]

D-Type

[D-Type]

Sorry, I forgot about this.

The African Rift Valley contains many lakes. Most are saline or alkaline. There are only two that are described as being fresh water. Can you name them?

[schmenke]

Is Lake Victoria one of them?

[anfield5]

Tanganyika?

[D-Type]

I've cocked this up. I misread my source document - it was concerned with Rift Valley lakes in Kenya only. There are actually three if you count one that's on a border.
Lake Victoria is not in the Rift Valley. Lake Tanganyika is, but it's not in Kenya.
There are numerous freshwater lakes in the sections of the Rift Valley outside Kenya - too many to list, so I'll have to rephrase the question to say

Name the three Kenyan freshwater Rift Valley lakes

Hint: flamingoes like alkali lakes so there aren't any flamingoes on these three. But you will find fish in all of them and maybe crocodiles or hippos.

[anfield5]

Dont know much about Kenyan lakes. There is one that starts with a B and ends with an o - Bekino or something similar, don't know if it is fresh, but I think it is in Kenya?

[D-Type]

Lake Baringo is one of the three. Probably the least well-known.

[anfield5]

sorry D-Type that's all I have got

[D-Type]

Sorry, this has proved too obscure. So it doesn't stall, everybody feel free to look up the answer.

Lake Baringo and Lake N are definitely fresh water
Lake T is brackish and is sometimes classified as an alkali lake rather than a fresh water one
I can't say much more without naming the lakes

[anfield5]

I cheated - lake turkana

[D-Type]

Lake Turkana is the lake on the border with Ethiopia. The water is drinkable but only just so it is sometimes classed as freshwater, brackish, saline or alkali. As there are fish like Nile perch, hippos and Nile crocodiles there which are fresh water animals I would class it as fresh water.

One to go now. It's in the central part of the country and is near enough for a day out from centres like Nairobi and Nakuru.

[anfield5]

Naivasha

[D-Type]

You've got there in the end.

Sorry the question was such a stinker. I thought my source said these three lakes were the only ones in the whole Rift Valley system, rather than just the only ones in Kenya, which should have been easier to answer.
Generally the Rift Valley lakes are in depressions and don't have outlets so the water evaporates leaving behind the alkali that has been leached from the ground - eg Lakes Nakuru, Elementaita, Rukwa, Natron and Magadi. The three fresh water lakes have underground outlets so the concentration doesn't occur.

Your question anfield5

[anfield5]

Ok a simple one.

What are the most Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western States in the USA?

[anfield5]

Ok a simple one.

What are the most Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western States in the USA?

[Tazio]

North, east, and west are Alaska, and Hawaii is furthest south IIRC. :idea:

[anfield5]

I had a feeling that would be easy :)

over to you Taz

[Tazio]

Here is another easy Q:

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-back.JPG

The album cover of "Houses of the Holy" is a collage of enhanced photos taken at this landmark, in what country?

[schmenke]

Ireland?

Great album, btw ;)

[Tazio]

Northern Ireland, now give me the name of this location!

[steveaki13]

Is it the Giants causeway?

[Tazio]

That's correct Steve. Whoever chimes in first between you and schmenke has the next Q.

[steveaki13]

OK I will go. Could be one thats already been done before. Hope not though.

Name the 5 countries that have the most airports in the world.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Tazio]

Hey McMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! it's my responsibility tokeep this thread going, and if ya' 'awl boys are abstainicatin', someone else ask one , or I'ls I'll have to ask another!~~~~~~~~~~~.

[steveaki13]

You been at the Newcastle again Taz?

[Tazio]

:angel: Yup!

[Tazio]

I'll say:
Canada

[steveaki13]

1.
2.
3.
4. Canada
5.

Well done Tazzie

[Tazio]

:stareup: Newcastle Ont. Canada :beer:

[gadjo_dilo]

USA, Russia, China, Japan

[Tazio]

USA, Russia, China, Japan
If she's wrong I'm saying: "spanky" :dork: :sailor:

[steveaki13]

1. USA
2.
3.
4. Canada
5. Russia

Gadjo - 2
Taz - 1

[schmenke]

Australia
Brazil

[steveaki13]

1. USA
2. Brazil
3.
4. Canada
5. Russia

Gadjo 2
Taz 1
Schmenke 1

[gadjo_dilo]

Gadjo 2
Taz 1
Schmenke 1


http://youtu.be/L8RCFqwv8wg

:cool:

[gadjo_dilo]

Germany?

[D-Type]

China?

[steveaki13]

Nope

The one left surprised me to be honest

[D-Type]

Given the number of WW2 airfields, is it the United Kingdom?

[anfield5]

Indonesia?

[Starter]

Argentina, Chile, Mexico

[steveaki13]

[QUOTE=Starter;1027461 Mexico[/QUOTE]

1. USA
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. Canada
5. Russia

Gadjo - 2
Starter - 1
Taz - 1
Schmenke - 1

Fight it out guys

[gadjo_dilo]

I surrender. As usual.....

[Starter]

I surrender. As usual.....
That means you'll take the question, right? :D

[gadjo_dilo]

That means you'll take the question, right? :D

Noooooo......
Men first.
It's a men's world.:laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

Now wait a minute.....I'm a man too :eek:
So:
Name ten cities from Absurdistan ( apart from the capital )

Many of you love football and if you can name a football team from every specific city it will be a bonus. :devil:

[anfield5]

erm.... what?

[anfield5]

or is Russia ok?

Moscow - CSKA, Lokomotiv, Spartak, Torpedo
Vladivostok - Spartak
Vladikavcas - Spartak, Alania
St Petersberg - Zenit
Novgorod - Volga
Kazan - Rubin Kazan
Volgograd
Krasnodar - FK Krasnodar
Makhachkala - Anzhi
Tomsk (not sure about football, but Tomsk was a Womble)

[gadjo_dilo]

Whaaaat? Do you think I'm Russian?!!!!!!!! :eek:

[schmenke]

erm.... what?

That's what I was thinking... :s

[gadjo_dilo]

Look at my location.....:s

[schmenke]

I thought this was a thread on geography, not cryptology :s

[gadjo_dilo]

With so many smart guys here I thought it would be fun.:s
Glad to see that it's a Q that anfield-knows-all couldn't answer.:devil:
(Sorry anfield, I'm just jealous :kiss:)

[schmenke]

With so many smart guys here I thought it would be fun.:s ...

For who? :mark:

[gadjo_dilo]

For me of course . Why should I care about the others? :devil:

[anfield5]

Whaaaat? Do you think I'm Russian?!!!!!!!! :eek:

No my friend you are Romanian, but there is a book called Absurdistan, set in Russia, so I thought you might be referring to that :)

[anfield5]

So Romania cities

Bucharest - Steaua Bucuresti
Cluj - CFR Cluj
Constanta - unsure but I think it is something like Vitorula
Timisoara - Politehka ?
Craiova - Univesity ?
Ploiesti - Petrolul

that's all Iv'e got

[Tazio]

For me of course . Why should I care about the others? :devil:Still fun for me also sweetie :angel:

Giurgiu - Astra ;) sorrrrrrrry :dork:

[gadjo_dilo]

Giurgiu - Astra ;) sorrrrrrrry :dork:
Sorry for what? Used to be your fav team....... :laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

Bucharest - Steaua Bucuresti - no, cos the capital was excluded

So, what we have so far:

Anfield -5:

Cluj - CFR Cluj
Constanta -Viitorul
Timisoara - Politehnica -has no more licence
Craiova - Univesitatea
Ploiesti - Petrolul

Tazio - 1
Giurgiu - Astra

Still 4 to come. No need to mention the football team. I asked that as a bonus cos I realised I know most of european cities due to their football teams :devil:

[Tazio]

Sorry for what? Used to be your fav team....... :laugh:
They still are, after Cruz Azul that is. I just meant, sorry after we spanked your boys in the Super Cup. :rolleyes: sorry :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Aaa....You meant the Star Wars.....

[Tazio]

:kiss: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Well...Looks nobody want to give a new try so let's skip this q. Anfield, Tazio or anybody else may ask a new Q.

[anfield5]

sorry gadjo, I don't know any other cities in the fine nation of Romania :(

Possibly been asked before but...

What 3 mountains can rightly lay claim to being the tallest mountain in the world, and why?

[Tazio]

Sorry Annie, I have a q I tried to post and lost connection with the site


Well...Looks nobody want to give a new try so let's skip this q. Anfield, Tazio or anybody else may ask a new Q. When combined two active members have screen names that spell the name of a famous battle ground in 20th century warfare.
Name please? :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

When combined two active members have screen names that spell the name of a famous battle ground in 20th century warfare.
Name please? :angel:

I'll think about that tomorrow.....:angel:





Just kidding.:laugh:
I'll think of this at work risking to lose my job. I'll probably get some new material for the "whatever happened to'' thread.....
One should be anfield but with Tazio's questions you'll never know....:devil:

[gadjo_dilo]

What about Stormfield? :angel:

( definitely not, just combined 2 of my best friends here :p )

[Tazio]

.....or Anzio? :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

:eek: Narcissistic again.....

Just remembered that that once upon a time when I was young ( but still unpretty :p ) we had a thread about How good is your History?

Now you have to ask again a question........:devil:

[Storm]

Yeah the history thread was cool too....

[Tazio]

A history thread would be cool, because subjects would be discussed from many different national and regional perspectives. I love history, I'm no authority, although better than current events :confused:
I tend to romanticize history, and that makes in more fun.
This is a link that I posted on facebook (I've also posted it on this forum) in an Italian speaking forum, granted they were mostly hot bimbos, with a number of Romans (hot), and none had even heard of it. If I had something like this in my country that was near by I'd know about it, even with everything else in that proxcimity from antiquity worth seeing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_ships

[gadjo_dilo]

This is a link that I posted on facebook (I've also posted it on this forum) in an Italian speaking forum, granted they were mostly hot bimbos, with a number of Romans (hot),

:eek: "Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are''.......

Interesting way to impress the "ladies'' , Taz....A big improvement in comparison with your old smoked receipt of sending PM's with the lower part of your ''narcissistic picture''.:devil:

Time for a geography Q guys....

[Tazio]

:eek:
PM's with the lower part of your ''narcissistic picture''.
:devil:



In your dreams :angel: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm safe at least for 2 reasons:
1.My dreams never come true
2. I'm not your friend
:laugh:

[Tazio]

I'm safe at least for 2 reasons:
1.My dreams never come true
2. I'm not your friend
:laugh:

http://i.imgur.com/eLuFvaB.jpg

[gadjo_dilo]

:confused:

[Tazio]

That's Donkey, and Billy, with Billy's missus driving!

[gadjo_dilo]

What has this love triangle to do with my dreams?

And where is the Q of geography?

[Tazio]

Edit: Withdrawn. :devil:

[gadjo_dilo]

[

All the armies of Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Red Bull or make a track on the Monza circuit, in a trial of a thousand years." :crazy: :eek: :confused: :devil:

Sorrrrrrrryyyyyyy.......
Good night.
Happy Thanksgiving.

[Tazio]

Brilliant!!! your q Gadji :kiss:

[gadjo_dilo]

No way. I didn't answer your Q so if I ask a new one it would be like cheating. And cheating is the thing I hate the most.

Anybody is free to ask the next Q or to give the right answer to the question above.

( I can bet nobody will until anfeld comes back :s)

[anfield5]

How about the one I asked last week....

There are three mountains on Earth that can quite correctly claim to be the highest mountain in the World. What are they and how can each of them stake this claim?

[Tazio]

No way. I didn't answer your Q so if I ask a new one it would be like cheating. And cheating is the thing I hate the most.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooywzkwL38

[Starter]

How about the one I asked last week....

There are three mountains on Earth that can quite correctly claim to be the highest mountain in the World. What are they and how can each of them stake this claim?
One is Everest. Another might be K2. and the last I don't know the name of, but the base is below the surface of the ocean.

[gadjo_dilo]

The third is in India but I can't remember its name. I'm sure Storm knows it.

[anfield5]

everest - is the highest above sea level so it is one of the three

[Tazio]

The peak of Chimborazo is the furthest from the center of the earth..... mate ;)

[steveaki13]

What Taz said. Because of the shape of the earth its top is actually further from the centre of the earth than Everest. I believe its in Ecuador or Bolivia isn't it.

This obviously is not an attempt at an answer, just hoping I am thinking of the right one.

[Tazio]

;) Steve! :sailor:

[anfield5]

The peak of Chimborazo is the furthest from the center of the earth..... mate ;)

Correct - Chimborazo is another that can claim the highest mountain claim. It is not as high above sea level as Everest, but since it is on the equator (not quite but close enough) and the Earth is squashed and not round, Chimborazo's peak is further from the centre of the Earth

[anfield5]

so we have

Everest - highest above level
Chimborazo - furthest point from the centre of the Earth
Starter did mention a fact about number 3 i.e. starts under water and is therefore tallest from base to peak, but what is is called?

[Tazio]

I'll guess it is one of the Hawaiian Islands??? :dork:

[Storm]

Mauna Kea

[Tazio]

Uranusmauipoopoo

[D-Type]

How about the one I asked last week....

There are three mountains on Earth that can quite correctly claim to be the highest mountain in the World. What are they and how can each of them stake this claim?

Everest - the highest point above mean sea level
Mt Kilimanjaro which is the highest above the surrounding land
The one in Ecuador which is furthest from the centre of the earth (It's further than Everest because of the earth's bulge at the equator)
The Pacific island which is the greatest height from base to peak.
Can't name the last two without looking them up

[anfield5]

Mauna Kea

Correct Storm. The Hawaiian island of Mauna Kea. It's peak is 4000+ metres above sea level, but it's base is 6000 metres blow sea level giving it a height of 10000 metres a full 1.4 kms more than everest

[anfield5]

In conclusion we have

Everest - Starter
Chimborazo - Tazio
Mauna Kea - Storm.

Over to which ever of you three wishes to set the next challenge

[Starter]

I'll pass. Someone else take it.

[Tazio]

I'll take it mate.
Here is one that Steve probably will get if someone like Storm, Schmencks', or Gadji don't get to it first :champion: :dork:

This ancient site that legend tells us was formed by a witch's curse, is also the title of a most righteous song (imo) from this album:
http://www.musicdirect.com/images/product/large/131224.jpg

[gadjo_dilo]

Nahhhh......This should be something near Steve's place. Definitely in England.

Come on Steve.....Show ol' Tazio that you can more than some Italian bimbos! :kiss:

[Storm]

don't know it :s

[Tazio]

:kiss:
:kiss: :sailor:

[gadjo_dilo]

:kiss: :sailor:

Save your kisses for your bimbos. :laugh:

[Tazio]

Save your kisses for your bimbos.


http://johnrieber.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/raquel-welch-as-sexy-nun.jpg?w=700



:kiss: :devil: :kiss: :kiss: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Raquel Welch????!!!!!!????

You wish! :laugh: :laugh: .........endless :laugh:


( used to be my fav actress. Before I understood that cinema is still an art......:angel:.)

[Tazio]

Went to see a standing stone
Some in circles, some alone
Ancient, worn and weather torn
They chill me to my very bone
Many of these can be seen
In quiet places, fields of green
Of hedgerow lanes with countless names
But the only thing that remains are the ******** ******

[schmenke]

Well, this used to be my favourite thread :s

[gadjo_dilo]

:laugh:

Stop complaining schmenke...
Just think what ******** ****** might mean.:p

[Tazio]

Another clue lads, and ladies:

The ********* ****** reside in, and just across the border of the county that also is home to what is generally considered the oldest English speaking university.

Headmaster (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714878/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): An ancient ruin did you say, my dear? Sutterwick (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048468/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): [upon seeing Katie] This isn't a joke, is it?
Headmaster's Wife (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499315/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Chippings lost all sense of proportion.
Headmaster (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714878/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Some people might think he'd found it.

[gadjo_dilo]

I bet anfield will know the answer. :devil:
He always knows.......

[gadjo_dilo]

County....Oxford?????
Still don't know the place.

[anfield5]

ok In Oxfordshire there is a stone circle called the Roll Right Stones. Legend has it they are a petrified King and his courtiers turned to stone by a local witch. The stones themselves are much smaller and less uniform in shape than many stone circle groups. In the area known as the Roll Right Stones there are actually 3 stone monuments, the info boards and brochures say that they were built over a period of about 2000 years or so - Yes I have been there :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Hey......If you're right I won the bet. :p
You live in NZ. When the f had you time to visit that place?:confused:

[anfield5]

Hey......If you're right I won the bet. :p
You live in NZ. When the f had you time to visit that place?:confused:

I live in NZ, was born in Liverpool and all but immediate family are still in England.

[schmenke]

...
You live in NZ. When the f had you time to visit that place?:confused:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Air_New_Zealand_B747-400_ZK-SUI_at_LHR.jpg/1280px-Air_New_Zealand_B747-400_ZK-SUI_at_LHR.jpg

:mark:

[Tazio]

ok In Oxfordshire there is a stone circle called the Roll Right Stones. Legend has it they are a petrified King and his courtiers turned to stone by a local witch. The stones themselves are much smaller and less uniform in shape than many stone circle groups. In the area known as the Roll Right Stones there are actually 3 stone monuments, the info boards and brochures say that they were built over a period of about 2000 years or so - Yes I have been there :)

As usual you nailed it Anfield :champion:

[anfield5]

What is recognised as being the coldest sea on Earth?

[schmenke]

Beaufort Sea?

[Tazio]

I'd say it , but Gadji would murder me! :eek: :devil: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

I have a healthy sense of humour so all you'll risk is to be spanked. :angel:

[Tazio]

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/999ktdy.com/files/2012/07/Spanky-Spanky-396x630.jpg


....................................:angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Who cares what some old farts think? Not me. Just look at their dumb faces........A woman who marries such an idiot really deserve a good spank. :p
But once again I bet that if a woman posted something degrading on men you would be the first to get inflammated and to protest. Sorrrrrrryyyyyyyy................................. .......

I'm not angry. Your a*s is safe....:kiss:


Back to geography. Barents?

[Tazio]

Who cares what some old farts think? Not me. Just look at their dumb faces........A woman who marries such an idiot really deserve a good spank. :p
But once again I bet that if a woman posted something degrading on men you would be the first to get inflammated and to protest. Sorrrrrrryyyyyyyy................................. .......

I'm not angry. Your a*s is safe....:kiss:


Back to geography. Barents?

Sorrrrry if that offended you, that news clip is from 1943.
I only believe in consensual spank,spanky :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm not offended at all.
It's not important that it's an old article. Men's mentality hasn't changed much over the centuries. The idea of "beating comes from Heaven" has deep roots.


I only believe in consensual spank,spanky
Tazio, you old pervert.......:devil:

[Tazio]

Tazio, you old pervert.......:devil:

Thank you mistress may I have another? :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

You're permitted only another attempt to answer the question about the coldest sea.
Don't push our patience to the limit.

[steveaki13]

I guess at the Norweigen sea, I know it will be wrong cause there are other seas further north that must be colder.

Is there any sea's around Antarctica? I thought it was all Southern Ocean, but maybe there are small sea's down there too.

I guess you could say I don't know :D

[schmenke]

...Is there any sea's around Antarctica? I thought it was all Southern Ocean, but maybe there are small sea's down there too.
...

Yeah, I thought about that too, but without looking at a map, for the life of me I can't think of any cold "seas" in the southern hemisphere :s .

There are several in the north though. In addition to those already mentioned, what about the Berring Sea or the Greenland Sea? There are probably several more around Russia but I can't think of them :mark: .

[anfield5]

Not the Norwegian Sea or the Beaufort Sea.

The one I have discovered this factoid about has an annual average temp of -2 degrees centigrade.

It is not part of the Southern ocean around Antarctica.

[anfield5]

Ok no takers - The coldest sea in the world is the White Sea in Russia, its' yearly average temp is -2 degrees centigrade.

[Storm]

another question for us dummies?

[steveaki13]

I forgot about the question, otherwise I may have got it after looking at my Atlas.

Oh well.

[anfield5]

another question for us dummies?

Ok geo for us dummies :)

What town has the shortest place name in the world and where is it?

[gadjo_dilo]

We have a village in Romania called Ip but I don't think that's what you want.

[anfield5]

Ip is certainly a short name but not the shortest.

[schmenke]

Å, in Norway.

[Tazio]

Y, Alaska. United States of America!

[Storm]

schmenke that's just the short form of the unit of length , ångström :D ;)

[anfield5]

Å, in Norway.

This is the one I knew of. Y in Alaska is probably also correct so Schmenke or Tazio, if you please.

[janvanvurpa]

schmenke that's just the short form of the unit of length , ångström :D ;)

å is a stream or a creek in Swedish...ström is ''stream''

And for fun ö is ''island''....and i is ''in''
This leads to sentances like Ö
I en å på en ö ....

[steveaki13]

If its a one letter answer then lets just list A to Z lol

[anfield5]

Å is a small village and a parish in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden. It has a population of about 200. There are also at least 12 other places in Sweden called Å, most of them only a farm or a few house

[schmenke]

According to my “extensive” googling there are only two golf courses in the world that straddle an international border. Name the two pairs of counties that share a golf course.

[anfield5]

USA and Canada - I have heard this somewhere
UK and Republic of Ireland - Total guess

[schmenke]

Yeah, I figured Canada and the US would be an obvious guess:
The Aroostook Valley Country Club on the New Brunswick (Canada) and Maine (USA) border. The peculiarity of this course is that even though it’s technically entirely on the Canadian side, Canadians have to pass through the border for access because both the parking lot and pro shop are on the American side.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=aroostook+valley+country+club&hl=en&ll=46.799913,-67.784657&spn=0.02124,0.053172&gbv=2&hq=valley+country+club&radius=15000&t=h&z=15


The other two countries are not as obvious. Not the UK and the Republic of Ireland

[anfield5]

trying to think of bordering countries that get along well enough for this to happen. European Union countries seem obvious but if it were Europe, I think I might have heard of it...

Switzerland and Austria?

[Tazio]

I'll guess Haiti and Dominican Republic
South Africa and Mozambique :crazy:

[Storm]

Brasil and Argentina?

[steveaki13]

Ireland and the USA. There is just one hell of a water hazard on that course. :p :stareup:

[schmenke]

[QUOTE=anfield5;1029450]trying to think of bordering countries that get along well enough for this to happen. European Union countries seem obvious.../QUOTE]

Think harder ;)

[Tazio]

Germany and Austria :idea:

[Tazio]

Norway, and the Kingdom of Sweden :)

[Tazio]

Spain and England! :champion:

[Tazio]

Amigo!! :)