How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[anfield5]

tongue firmly in cheek - North and South Korea?

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm sorry guyz but I can't understand this question....Although I've tried it for days....
Too dumb and too low knowledge of english......:s

[schmenke]

Norway, and the Kingdom of Sweden :)

Closest so far...

[Tazio]

Sweden and Finland??????

[AndyL]

I think I found it:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Maastricht+International+Golf/@50.8551999,5.6422263,474m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1e360b63c4539da

[schmenke]

Sweden and Finland??????

Yes, that's the other one that I was able to find:

Green Zone Golf. The course is on a small island that splits Sweden and Finland. The front nine holes are in Finland while the back nine are in Sweden:

http://www.haparandatornioinswedishlapland.com/en/activities/green-zone-golf-3/

https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=65.861776,24.144859&spn=0.025377,0.106344&t=h&z=14

[schmenke]

I think I found it:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Maastricht+International+Golf/@50.8551999,5.6422263,474m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x1e360b63c4539da

Good find AndyL. I didn't consider that one, but my googling wasn't exactly exhaustive :uhoh: :p: .

[anfield5]

After this was answered I googled and found one shared by Vietnam and Cambodia

[schmenke]

Okay, okay, I get the hint... My questions suck :p:

[Storm]

nah this one was good although golf sucks (I say that because I wanted to play and never got a chance) :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

Who'll ask a new q? :confused:

[schmenke]

Well, Taz got the answer I was looking for, but both Anfield and AndyL also found answers, so I'd say one of the three can have a go.

[Tazio]

I'm having trouble finding one, and I'm not sure I have the answer correct, but here is something to work on.
What countries have territory in the Sahel?

[gadjo_dilo]

Algeria, Nigeria, Sudan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali.......

[anfield5]

plus South Sudan, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Niger?

[Tazio]

Still two more.

[Storm]

Ethiopia?

[Tazio]

Not Ethiopia, but you are very close!

[gadjo_dilo]

Eritreea?

[Tazio]

Yes that is it! One little one left!

[anfield5]

Equatorial Guinea?

[Tazio]

Too far south!
Here is a hint:
It is the smallest country on the mainland of Africa.

[anfield5]

The Gambia?

[steveaki13]

Djbouti

[Tazio]

The Gambia? Winner, winner. Chicken dinner! :dork:

[Storm]

where's anfield? still on holiday I guess....someone else got a Q?

[gadjo_dilo]

OK....Actually I named more countries than the guy who was proclaimed the winner so I'll ask a new Q. :devil:

What are the countries that start with an I.
That's easy......

[Storm]

India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Iceland

off the top of my head...let me think if there are more..

[Tazio]

Ivory Coast, Ireland, Italy, Israel

[gadjo_dilo]

One more.

[gadjo_dilo]

Well, after the last "edited post" I think we have all of them.

Storm or Taz to continue...
( or maybe they both can colaborate to ask a Q :devil:)

[Tazio]

I don't have one, and I'm going back to sleep, bye! :wave: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Sweet dreams! :kiss:


Storm?

[Storm]

There is still one to go right?

[gadjo_dilo]

No. Taz edited/added Israel and now we have them all.
You may ask a Q in case you don't also go to sleep. :devil:

[Storm]

I tried searching for one, but couldn't...If I get one I will be back, if somebody else has a quick one go ahead.

[schmenke]

Where in the world can this dramatic landscape be found? The vast area is unique in that it is made up of almost entirely pure white chalk.

[Storm]

Lovely photo, I'll hazard a guess - Turkey

[schmenke]

No, not Turkey.

[gadjo_dilo]

Ex-Yugoslavia?

[schmenke]

Nope.

[Tazio]

Iraq??

[anfield5]

arizona

[Storm]

I thought of AZ or NM too, but then for some reason thought it was too obvious

[D-Type]

China - somewhere in the Gobi Desert?

[gadjo_dilo]

Egypt?

[Tazio]

Libya? :angryfire

[schmenke]

China ...

Geographically closest. At least, this country borders China.
I had not heard of this unique place until watching a documentary about it on the Discovery Channel.

[gadjo_dilo]

Mongolia?

[schmenke]

Not Mongolia.

[Storm]

Don't tell me this is in India :eek: Although it does remind me of some photos of More plains in Ladakh.

Maybe it is Uzebekistan

[schmenke]

...

Maybe it is Uzebekistan

Even closer...

[Tazio]

Area 51 (UFO in upper right hand corner of image)! :dozey:

[Storm]

This is Pak-occupied-Kashmir (somewhere close to Ladakh)?

[Tazio]

Tajikistan?

[schmenke]

No, but it is a "...stan" country.

[Storm]

Wakhan corridor in Afghanistan?

[gadjo_dilo]

Absurdistan ? :eek: :devil: :angel:

[schmenke]

It's a rather large "stan".

[Tazio]

:stareup: Uranustan :angel:

[steveaki13]

Kazakhstan

[schmenke]

Kazakhstan

Yep!

http://aboutkazakhstan.com/blog/nature/boszhira-unearthly-landscape-in-shades-of-white-chalk/

Have a go Steve.

[anfield5]

erm steve.......

[steveaki13]

Sorry guys, been busy lately. Hang on a sec

[steveaki13]

This may be easy, but can you tell me which country has the two officially marked shortest rivers in the world? Bonus points for the two names.

[Tazio]

I just read about this, but my memory sucks so bad that I've already forgotten, :(
but I think one was in the USA, either Washington, Oregon, Alaska, or Hawaii!
I think Alaska! :confused:

[steveaki13]

Correct Taz. Both are in the USA actually. Not Alaska though.

I did not have much time to plan a very good question. Have a go Taz or we can try and guess one or both of the locations/names.

I dont mind. Sorry guys.

[Tazio]

Keep going I have to split. If no one has contributed anything else when I get back I'll ask a q! :)



OK I'm back. Where on gods green earth will you find this formation?458

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't know. :laugh:

[Tazio]

:rolleyes: :dork:

[gadjo_dilo]

Could it be Babele ( the old women) from Bucegi mountains, in the Carpathians ( Romania) ?
:confused:

[Tazio]

Very good Gadji, your q! :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Really? :eek:

I suppose this makes me smarter ( but probably not better :devil: ) than your regular italian bimbos.....:angel:


What other spectacular natural rock shaped by the wind is located in the proximity of Babele?

[anfield5]

don't know what it is called, but I think there is a rock formation that looks like a face, or the head of some one?

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes. And it's called like a very famous monumental sculpture.

[anfield5]

the sphynx is the only thing that I can think of that looks like a sculpted head, that is famous, but I thought it had a more human name?

[Tazio]

David? (naked) :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

David is represented like a perfect man so nature can't make such a statue.

It's the sphynx from Bucegi and anfield may ask a Q

http://youtu.be/bXMiQyz62f0

[anfield5]

guessing the name was pure luck. I had seen pics of the wind sculpted head and only remembered it as the Carpathian Head, but I suppose it almost looks like the Sphynx head with no nose and a head dress.

looking for a question that is worthy...brb

[anfield5]

What is the oldest official city in the USA?

[gadjo_dilo]

San Diego ? . :angel:

[anfield5]

not San Diego, the one I want is almost exactly 200 years older (foundation - not city status)

[Tazio]

St. Augustine Fla.

[Tazio]

Unless you're counting the Native American one that I think still has a couple people still inhabiting. I think that one is called Chacca Sky City or something like that!

[Tazio]

Or maybe Pueblo something, something. :crazy:

[schmenke]

St. Augustine Fla.

If we're talking the oldest incorporated city in the USA, I believe St. Augustine is correct.

[anfield5]

St. Augustine Fla.

That's the one I had. It was founded in 1565 and has been continually inhabited ever since.

[Tazio]

461



What are we looking at, and where is it located? :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

A sea cave in Scotland. Fingal's cave. :p

[anfield5]

A sea cave in Scotland. Fingal's cave. :p

No point answering as I am sure you are correct Gadjo :)

[Tazio]

A sea cave in Scotland. Fingal's cave. :p

Easy money. You go gurl! :kiss: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Let's continue with the caves.
I think it's an easy one: What and where is the longest cave in the world?

[Tazio]

I'm pretty sure we've had this one before, it is in Kentucky, but I can't remember its name. :angryfire

[gadjo_dilo]

Kentucky is correct.
And some lechitin would certainly improve your memory. :kiss:


Still waiting for the name.

[Tazio]

:angel: Scary Movie Cave, starring billy's missus? :confused:

[gadjo_dilo]

:angel: Scary Movie Cave, starring billy's missus? :confused:

No. That cave is famous for its ancient writings on the walls:
Billy's missus + Taz = LOVE :love:

:angel:

[Tazio]

:angel: Roses are red, our planet is earth,
Little Laura and you were separated at birth. :dork:

[gadjo_dilo]

So. :angel:

[Tazio]

:pimp: ;) :kiss:

:angel:

[Starter]

Mammoth cave

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes. Starter you can start a new Q.

[Starter]

There is a waterfall with an odd coloration. What is it called and where is it?

[anfield5]

There is one that looks like blood coming from the end of the Taylor glacier in Antartica

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/05/15/blood_falls_a_bleeding_glacier_is_a_natural_time_c apsule_containing_a_unique/bloodfalls.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg.

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/05/15/blood_falls_a_bleeding_glacier_is_a_natural_time_c apsule_containing_a_unique/BLOOD_FALLS.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg

It is known as 'Bleeding Glacia Falls or Blood Falls'

[Starter]

That's the one. You're up.

[anfield5]

what and where is this

http://i.imgur.com/aVT6Itg.jpg

[gadjo_dilo]

Yellow sea?. :devil:

[anfield5]

not the Yellow Sea

[Starter]

The mouth of the Amazon.

[Storm]

^that sounds very plausible
I was thinking about some kelp or sea algae :s

[steveaki13]

Is it not where two rivers meet somewhere and as they merge to get this distinct change in colour.

[Tazio]

Red tide off the coast of Florida?

[D-Type]

River Ganges?

[Tazio]

:angel:

[anfield5]

Steve is the closeset with the meeting of rivers, but what rivers and where?

[anfield5]

The mouth of the Amazon.

Not the MOUTH of the Amazon

[steveaki13]

Is it the blue and white Nile?

[steveaki13]

In Sudan or South Sudan?

[anfield5]

not the Blue and White Nile.
http://depot.library.wisc.edu/repository/fedora/1711.dl:D4UUAG3OWZMM28H/methods/1711.dl:SDefineImageWithDefaultRes/getLarge

Remember the clue I gave to Storm. i.e. not the MOUTH of the Amazon

[steveaki13]

Ah good clue :p

Somewhere that is not the mouth of the Amazon.

[D-Type]

Where the Rio Negro meets the Amazon?

[anfield5]

Where the Rio Negro meets the Amazon?

We have a winner!!!!!

The Rio Negro (Black River) runs it to the Amazon, and because of the salinity etc of the water, they dont mix together fully for tens of miles, it is really freaky looking:)

[Starter]

Dang! I knew it had something to do with the Amazon.

[gadjo_dilo]

D-Type? Will you ask a Q? :confused:

[D-Type]

:confused: trying to find one.

[anfield5]

:confused: trying to find one.

keep on trying D... it'll happen :)

[gadjo_dilo]

D-Type, you think too much.....
If you can't decide you may pass the q.

[schmenke]

keep on trying D... it'll happen :)

That's what Billy's missus said...

[Tazio]

D-Type, you think too much.....
If you can't decide you may pass the q.
Ruminating excessively is problematic for many Homo Sapiens.
I also have issues in this arena, however I know where to draw the line.
I stand four square with other Americans against
Rumination without representation
I believe it's a principal upon which my great country was founded :confused: :dork:

[Tazio]

That's what Billy's missus said...

:angel:

[Starter]

Ruminating excessively is problematic for many Homo Sapiens.
I also have issues in this arena, however I know where to draw the line.
I stand four square with other Americans against
Rumination without representation
I believe it's a principal upon which my great country was founded :confused: :dork:
Why would any red blooded, gun toten American male want to decorate a room? Especially with fancy words?

[anfield5]

TO keep things moving I'll pretend to be D-Type, if no one minds too much.....

Question:

What and where is/are these strange natural structures?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1501/SevenStrongSky_sergei_960.jpg

[schmenke]

Looks similar to the famous "snow ghosts" at Whitefish, Montana.
That photo doesn't look like Montana, though.

[anfield5]

no the snow covered trees in Montana. THese things are up to 40m tall.

[Storm]

fantastic shot of the Milky Way especially...no idea where this might be :(

[Tazio]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark, and say Norway?

[gadjo_dilo]

Is it a reason to visit Russia? :angel:

[Starter]

There's no good reason to visit Russia these days.

[gadjo_dilo]

Why? I'd like to visit those rocks ( in case they are in Russia). And Hermitage Museum. And the Red Square. And Kremlin. And Lenin's mummy ( if still available :p). And St. Basil's Cathedral. And for many many other such reasons......
:crazy:

[schmenke]

I'd like to visit Vyborg

[anfield5]

Is it a reason to visit Russia? :angel:

They are in Russia, in the Ural Mountains. They are known as The Seven Strong Men.

Over to you Gadjo :)

[anfield5]

Why? I'd like to visit those rocks ( in case they are in Russia). And Hermitage Museum. And the Red Square. And Kremlin. And Lenin's mummy ( if still available :p). And St. Basil's Cathedral. And for many many other such reasons......
:crazy:

She will be long dead by now, as will his Daddy :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Anfield, you did a good job pretending to be D-Type. Now can you pretend you're me and ask the next question? :p
I really don't know what to ask and I'm not a thinker......

[gadjo_dilo]

She will be long dead by now, as will his Daddy :)

:arrows: :angryfire:

[steveaki13]

There's no good reason to visit Russia these days.

Give it a while and in some places Russia may decide it will visit you. :p

[Starter]

Yeah, that's the problem.

[gadjo_dilo]

Seriously, any of you may ask a q on my behalf.

[Starter]

What is the smallest sea in the world?

Signed,
gadjo_dilo (http://www.motorsportforums.com/member.php?12556-gadjo_dilo)

[anfield5]

I know the North Sea is quite small, but there is probably a smaller one?

[Rollo]

What is the smallest sea in the world?




The Sea of Dirac.

It explains anomalous negative-energy quantum states of relativistic electrons - and also predicts the positron.
In quantum mechanics we can only talk about the probability of finding an electron; that gives us position and zero size.

The smallest sea in the world is 0.0nm across.

[Starter]

The Sea of Dirac.

It explains anomalous negative-energy quantum states of relativistic electrons - and also predicts the positron.
In quantum mechanics we can only talk about the probability of finding an electron; that gives us position and zero size.

The smallest sea in the world is 0.0nm across.
That's a very ingenious answer, I'm impressed (and would not have thought of it in this context myself). Unfortunately it is not a real sea but a theoretical model and I'm looking for a real one.

[Rollo]

Unfortunately it is not a real sea but a theoretical model and I'm looking for a real one.

The Sea of Galilee can't be any bigger than about 65 square miles.

[Starter]

The Sea of Galilee can't be any bigger than about 65 square miles.
Not that one, smaller.

[schmenke]

The Aral Sea? With the amount it has shrunk over the last few decades it must be tiny (if non-existent) by now.

[Tazio]

The Sea of Cortez?

[D-Type]

TO keep things moving I'll pretend to be D-Type, if no one minds too much.....

~


Sorry. I'd forgotten I was supposed to be finding a question. :(
Thanks for keeping things going

[Starter]

None of the above. Keep trying.

[anfield5]

Japan's Inland Sea?

[anfield5]

To clarify Starter does it have to have the word 'Sea" in the name, or do you consider the Gulf of California as a sea?

[schmenke]

None of the above. Keep trying.

I see.

[Starter]

To clarify Starter does it have to have the word 'Sea" in the name, or do you consider the Gulf of California as a sea?
Yes.

[anfield5]

yes it has to have 'sea' in the title

OR

yes you consider the Gulf of California as a sea?

[rayh_mx]

Dead Sea

[Starter]

yes it has to have 'sea' in the title

OR

yes you consider the Gulf of California as a sea?
I see you didn't see my sea. It's sea in the title.

[anfield5]

Inland Sea

[Starter]

Inland Sea
I need the name.

[Rollo]

Inland Sea

Inland Sea?

The Inland Sea is connected by the Cash Flow to the Inland Re'venue and the Accountan Sea.

The famed ship the Crimson Permanent Assurance was the first to charter the wide Accountan Sea.

https://patrickaudley.com/images/blog/yarr-Crimson_Permanent_Assurance.jpg

I don't know if it ever sailed through the Bangkrupt Sea

[anfield5]

Starter my friend. It IS called the Inland Sea

http://www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home1/cyberfair/cf98_file/imageGIF/Inland%20Sea136.gif

[anfield5]

Inland Sea?

The Inland Sea is connected by the Cash Flow to the Inland Re'venue and the Accountan Sea.

The famed ship the Crimson Permanent Assurance was the first to charter the wide Accountan Sea.

https://patrickaudley.com/images/blog/yarr-Crimson_Permanent_Assurance.jpg

I don't know if it ever sailed through the Bangkrupt Sea

Thanks for that Rollo. It was erm.......... helpful......, No not helpful, the other thing? :)

[Starter]

It's hard for me to tell from that map where it is. Could you please tell me what part of the world it is in?

The place I am using for the question is sometimes called the Inland Sea, but has a real name too. It's the actual name I'm looking for. I'll buy your answer though if the sea is in the correct location.

[Tazio]

To clarify Starter does it have to have the word 'Sea" in the name, or do you consider the Gulf of California as a sea?
The Gulf of California is aka The Sea of Cortez :rolleyes:

[Tazio]

Starter my friend. It IS called the Inland Sea

http://www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home1/cyberfair/cf98_file/imageGIF/Inland%20Sea136.gif


The Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海, Seto Naikai? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets)), often shortened to Inland Sea ;)

[Starter]

"Seto Inland Sea"

That's the wrong body of water. If no one gets it by the end of the day. I'll give the answer.

[Tazio]

How about The Salton Sea, even though it is really a lake. It also stinks to high heaven. :spinhead:

[Starter]

Not that one either.

[D-Type]

The one under the ice in Antarctica? It's too new to be in my Atlas

[Rollo]

Is it "The Sea"?

The Sea is a basin in some synagogues for the ablution of the priests and rabbis. I'm pretty sure that The Sea in the Great Synagogue in Sydney is probably no bigger than about 2 square feet at most.

[Starter]

Nope, none of the above again.

[rayh_mx]

What about.... Sealand

0,0005 km²

PRINCIPALITY OF SEALAND
http://www.sealandgov.org/images/logo.png

[Starter]

Nope.

[Rollo]

The Sea of Rains?
The Sea of Cold?
The Sea that has Become Known?
The Sea of Vapours?
The Sea of Tranquility?
The Sea of Foam?
The Sea of Serenity?

The amount of water which covers those seas is 0km².
They're all on the moon.

[rayh_mx]

Smaller than 550 m²? Wow!!

The only clue i have is Seat Arosa

[rayh_mx]

Repeat

[Starter]

Ok, enough time has gone by to give the answer. It's the Sea of Marmara. Located between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea in Turkey. There is some question as to what is truly the smallest sea, but according to my search several sources agree it's Marmara.

Looks like Gadjo has all of you stumped. Someone else take the next question.

[Tazio]

Good shooting' Tex, you stumped the panel. ;)

[Storm]

The Sea of Dirac.

It explains anomalous negative-energy quantum states of relativistic electrons - and also predicts the positron.


I missed this sea question but liked this answer :cheese: :crazy:

[Rollo]

Someone else take the next question.

I was doing some research for a blog spot... and this is pure spun gold.

What is the highest numbered street address in the world?

I live at 3 Eden St - which is an extremely low number.

[Tazio]

5 digit addresses are quite common in San Diego, however I'm going to guess it is much higher, say 16 digits. :crazy:

[Rollo]

5 digit addresses are quite common in San Diego, however I'm going to guess it is much higher, say 16 digits. :crazy:

Tee hee hee...

That would look like 5,478,214,112,256,775 Front St.
If Front Street was that long, you might end up going through Canada and out the other side.

[Tazio]

Or end up on Uranus! :angel:

[anfield5]

not sure of the number, but I know there is a street in Toronto called Yonge Street, that is the longest street in the World, so I would guess it is on the cul-d-sac that is on the end of Yonge Street; Toronto

[Rollo]

not sure of the number, but I know there is a street in Toronto called Yonge Street, that is the longest street in the World, so I would guess it is on the cul-d-sac that is on the end of Yonge Street; Toronto

I thought I'd do a Google Maps search.
Yonge Street ends in a T-intersection and the last address on that street is only 20461 Yonge Street.

Only 20461... HIGHER :D

[anfield5]

87,342 :)

[Tazio]

301-501 :idea:

[Rollo]

301-501 :idea:

301,501 sounds ridiculous... but... HIGHER :D

[anfield5]

301502 :)

[schmenke]

301503 :dozey:

[steveaki13]

13? :d

[gadjo_dilo]

403257?

[Rollo]

Higher than 403257.

[anfield5]

Rollo - something just came to me in a fit of enlightenment. Does your question mean the highest actual street number i.e. the commonwealth style of numbering starts at 1 and counts until there is no more land left on said street. Or does it include the U.S. urban system that includes the block number before the building number eg 34512 South 5th Street would mean block 345 to the South of the dividing line on 5th street, letter box number 12

[Starter]

I have no idea what the number is. I think I remember reading something about a road some where in Mongolia or some such place which was ridiculously long. Don't know any details though.

[Tazio]

The Silk Road? :angel:

[Storm]

^:D

[schmenke]

The International Space Station

[anfield5]

The International Space Station

The Hotel at the End of the Universe - Mahankal Mandir, Nagarkot, Bhaktapur, Nepal

[Rollo]

The International Space Station

As weird as that sounds....
http://gizmodo.com/5910475/whats-the-mail-address-of-the-international-space-station
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit asked himself that very same question during his stay up there:
It occurred to me that my address should be:
Node 2, Deck 5
ISS
LEO 51.603
- via Gizmodo, 15th May 2012

NASA's mailing address is:
Name/Title
Office (Division, Branch, Section, Unit)
Office ID
NASA Headquarters
Washington DC 20546-0001

Hint:
The Address is an unassuming place in Canada.

[anfield5]

To be honest we could be guessing numbers between 100,000 and ten million until hell freezes over, so as the Dragon's from Dragon's Den say "for that reason I'm out" :)

[Tazio]

9,999,999?

[steveaki13]

7837290790734-9370937403270937209473207309730732975-093759237-9723597-975-92375-97597235970937492570973936498649723649764982364982 648927942470270247057097025970297






? :p

[Rollo]

It's six digits... and in Canada... and a real place... which sometimes appears in lists of humorous place names.

[schmenke]

Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[Tazio]

I thought Dildo was near French Lick, o
or am I thinking of Phuket? :confused:

[anfield5]

Is that where the 'Horny Devil" lizard lives?

[Rollo]

It's been a week... I don't know if anyone will get this.

I think that it's this barn:
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B97XMFzCcAAoxhH.jpg

986075 Perth-Oxford Rd
Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, Canada... The highest numbered address in the world?

Someone else can take over... I just wanted to see Punkeydoodles Corners in this thread :D

[gadjo_dilo]

Let's continue.
What and where is this?

[Tazio]

That is where freaking' Rapunzel let down your golden hair?

[gadjo_dilo]

Not a fairy tale land.
And not Germany either. :laugh:

[anfield5]

Aiguihle, in central France. The rock is an ancient volcanic plug. If I remember it is the Church of St Mark (or Saint Micheael)?

[gadjo_dilo]

Anfield, you really know all the answers.....:eek:
It's your turn now.

[anfield5]

Anfield, you really know all the answers.....:eek:
It's your turn now.

The world fasinates me, and I organise and run trivia/quiz nights, so I am always looking for weird things to add into them - much like this...

http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZSaRT_AV5oo/UTWEofLneBI/AAAAAAAAl_k/8BGOiLeM0Qk/lake-hillier-1%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800

what is this, where is it and can you explain why it is pink? - hint it is a natural lake, and not the result of any industry.

[Starter]

It's pink because it's a girl?

Or because it's filled with tiny crustaceans? I have no idea where it is.

[anfield5]

as far as I know it's not a girl (let me know how you can tell :)). It is not tiny crustaceans that make it pink, but you are kind of on the right track.

[Storm]

Is it some kind of algae?

[steveaki13]

I have a feeling it is some kind of bacteria that exists in the lake. Can't remember why. Maybe due to a high mineral level or something.

As for where. Can't think right now.

[anfield5]

It is thought to be due to an unusual algae that lives in the lake in large numbers, it is completely harmless, but it makes the lake look kinda cool (in a pinkish girly sort of way). The lake is called Lake Hillier and is located on a small island off the south coast of Western Australia.

Take it away Storm.

[Tazio]

It's a bunch of freakin' Flamingos :idea:

[Storm]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwAGDchkNTwtnlifNo6aiNs-6bYhNUV_1nM0GkekKn_jMlb3R-6Q
Where is this? bonus for what book features this prominently ?

[schmenke]

Okay, let's get rid of the obvious answer first.

Somewhere in South America (Venezuela?), and the book is The Lost World by Doyle?



:dozey:

[Storm]

no and no

[anfield5]

South East Asia - maybe Cambodia

[Tazio]

Great question Sorm. Too bad I had to look it up :idea:

[Storm]

anfield no&no. But if I was betting I had money on you to get the answer incl the bonus q ;)

[schmenke]

Indeed a good Q, but I have no idea as to the answer.
Shot in the dark: perhaps somewhere in Africa? DRC?

[anfield5]

If it was in Europe or the Pacific, then maybe...

The problem I have is the photo is way small and I can't make out the detail (getting old and blind :)).

I will come up with more excuses later

[anfield5]

The jungle still looks asian to me (judging by the yellow-green colour), maybe India or Sri Lanka?

It looks similar to the backdrop for an old Simon LeBon music video, can't remeber what song, or where it was filmed though (so that's no real help)

If it does turn out to be Sri Lanka, then the book would most likely be written by Arthur C. Clarke

[Storm]

SriLanka it is.
If IIRC, Simon LeBon is the Duran Duran guy? then yes to that as well...the video was shot here.
the book? you got that in one too - The Fountains of Paradise by Clarke where this is the so-called demon rock.

The actual place is Lion's Rock or Sigiriya or Simhgiri in the middle of SL

I knew anfield would get this due to the sci-fi connection and being a geo wiz anyway :|
good stuff!

[anfield5]

didn't really get the answer, had a vague idea and narrowed the location down to an area od about 1/7 total land mass of the Earth :). The only reason I guessed at Clarke was because he spent most of his writing life living in Sri Lanka

[anfield5]

What is this and where is it?

http://www.shortstoryflashfictionsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Great-Blue-Hole.jpg

[schmenke]

Is that the great blue hole off the coast of Belize?

[anfield5]

why yes it is schmenke :)

[Storm]

:eek:

[schmenke]

why yes it is schmenke :)

Thanks. I have a colleague who was diving there recently.


O.k., anfield, answer this, then have another go.


Where is Ebeye and what is its significance?

[anfield5]

I think it is an Island in the central Pacific, either part of Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall group. Not too sure, as to significance, I am guessing at the lowest island above sea level?

[anfield5]

.... or the Americans used it as a nuclear bomb test site?

[Storm]

Wasn't that Bikini atoll?

[schmenke]

I think it is an Island in the central Pacific, either part of Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall group. Not too sure, as to significance, I am guessing at the lowest island above sea level?

Yes, it's the most populous island in the Marshall Islands.
It's significance, at least what I was looking for, is that it's the most densely populated region of any US area, even more so than Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeye_Island

[anfield5]

Yes, it's the most populous island in the Marshall Islands.
It's significance, at least what I was looking for, is that it's the most densely populated region of any US area, even more so than Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeye_Island

Never would have guessed that. I am assuming it is simply an airfield with a USAF base attached to it?

[anfield5]

What and where

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1502/ToadSky_Lane_2400.jpg

[Storm]

Turkey? Milky Way too :p:

[anfield5]

It is the Milky way, but not close to Turkey. The rock pillars have a specific name.