How Good Is Your Geography?? [3]

[Georgeboi999]

Israel

[jso1985]

USA-Mexico border?

[quicksilver]

Australia?
Yes, but I was looking for something a small bit more precise?

[schmenke]

I have no idea where exactly it is. All I know is that the fence was erected to protect sheep from the wild dingos.

[quicksilver]

Ok I'm logging off now so I'll give it to you for getting the country right anyway, it is in Queensland by the way.

[fly_ac]

THat is more History than Geography!!!

That's why I gave it as correct since the answer were geographically correct. :D

[edv]

Waiting for GruppoB, or schmenke....

[schmenke]

Well I certainly don't have a Q ready. I'll defer to GruppoB...

[CarlMetro]

bump!

[Caroline]

Bump bump!

[schmenke]

Ah, quit yer bumping!
I honestly don't have the time right now to research a Q, so unless Gruppo has one ready why doesn't somebody else have a go :)

[Schultz]

Okay. Easy one.

What two countries inhabit the island of Hispaniola?

[Mark in Oshawa]

Haiti and Dominican Republic

[Schultz]

Yeh, I thought it was easy.

[BrentJackson]

Dam, I was gonna answer that one.

OK, I got a good geographic question (well, sorta history, but anyhoo....)

The United States was the first independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, on July 4, 1776. What was the second and when?

[walrus81]

It should be Mark in Oshawa's turn to give a question.

To yours, I'll guess Paraguay in 1811.

[BrentJackson]

It should be Mark in Oshawa's turn to give a question.

To yours, I'll guess Paraguay in 1811.

Close but a bit off.

[CarlMetro]

BUMP!

[Mark in Oshawa]

I have no question I can offer up and supply an answer to before I go back out on the highway again....so I will defer and let Brent go with his question. My guess would be Brazil.....

[Storm]

Colombia (or Gran Colombia) ? same year?

[CarlMetro]

Haiti 1804

[jso1985]

I think Carl has the right answer
anyway I think we're assuming only the Americas are in the western hemisphere, actually the first independent nation in the western hemisphere was Spain and the second was Portugal ;)

[schmenke]

So is there a new Q, or are we waiting for BJ (why do I giggle every time I write that?) to confirm?

[Breeze]

How about this, then? Which was the first Euoropean country to adopt a "modern" (e.g., like the US) Constitutional Democracy?

[Storm]

France?

[Gannex]

Iceland?

[Breeze]

Nope, not France and not Iceland.

[Breeze]

And by the way, Hi Storm, Hi Gannex, long time no chat. :wave:

[Caroline]

Denmark?

[schmenke]

Hey Breeze, welcome back, although I notice a distinct absence of dark plumage ;) :p :

Um, Switzerland?

[Captain VXR]

Britain?
Poland?

[Breeze]

Nope, not Denmark, Switzerland, Britain or Poland. This one will likely surprise you!
Hi Caroline (nee CarrieM) and Schmenke! :wave: You too, Cap'n.

Edgar the Crow is on vacation. Always goes south in February. ;)

[Gannex]

And by the way, Hi Storm, Hi Gannex, long time no chat. :wave:
Indeed. Good to see you on the board. But I'm bummed that it wasn't Iceland. I was sooooooo sure!!

[Breeze]

Sorry Gannex, too late to the party for Iceland. Here's a hint for you. That democracy didn't last much more than a dozen years, and that land is no longer considered an independent nation.

[Captain VXR]

Double post :evil:

[Captain VXR]

Sweden, hi Breeze :wave:

[Breeze]

Nope, not Sweden.

Let's try that hint again:
That democracy didn't last much more than a dozen years, and that land is no longer considered an independent nation.

[schmenke]

Malta?

[Schultz]

South Vietnam.... I have no idea about this one.

[Daniel]

I will say the Ottoman Empire

P.S If I'm right let Caroline choose a question.

[Storm]

Is this somewhere in the Balkans?

Good to see you around Breeze :)

[Gannex]

No longer an independent nation? Hmmmm. The Basque country?

[Breeze]

Nope, nobody has it yet, though schmenke could be on to something with Malta?? ;)

[Gannex]

Corsica?

[Breeze]

DING DING DING DING! Winner, winner chicken dinner!
Corsica it is Gannex, and in 1755 predating both the USA and France!

[Gannex]

OK. Here's a question.

In Britain, you can never be far from the coast. What's the furthest away you can get? Which town or city (meaning a place with more than 50,000 inhabitants) is furthest from the sea?

[LotusElise]

I've been told it's Northampton.

[Captain VXR]

Milton Keynes?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I'd guess Coventry :s

or Rugby

[CarlMetro]

Lutterworth in Leicestershire is as far from the coast as you can be in the UK, aproximately 71 miles.

[Gannex]

Right, Jon Brown! Coventry it is.

How far away, approximately, are you from the coast when you're in Coventry?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

About 120 miles :?:

[Gannex]

No. Less than 120 miles.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Depends if the tide is in or not! :p :erm:

[Caroline]

60 miles?

[Gannex]

I'll give you that, Caroline, as sixty miles. The truth is, it depends what you call the nearest point on the coast. If you call the eastern end of the Bristol Channel part of the "sea", then sixty miles is about right.

So by my reckoning, the winners are Jon Brown and Caroline. Do either of you have a question?

[Caroline]

I'll jump in as long as I am not treading on anyone's toes.

Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer and geographer of sorts, tried to prove that Polynesia was originally populated with the peoples from South America. He made it a fair distance on the raft 'Kon Tiki' with minimal supplies but crashed on a reef in the Pacific Ocean.

Which group of Islands did he reach?

[Captain VXR]

Tristan De Cunha?

[Tomi]

tuamotu ?

[Caroline]

Correct Tomi :)

Over to you.

[Tomi]

I did visit an interesting place a few weeks ago called, Angkor Thom, what is it and where is it?

[Caroline]

Um.. am thinking it is in SE Asia, possibly Cambodia. Is it an ancient city?

[Tomi]

Um.. am thinking it is in SE Asia, possibly Cambodia. Is it an ancient city?

Im impressed Caroline, its in Siem Rep, Cambodia, part of Angkor Wat.

[Caroline]

Ah I wondered if it had some connection to Angkor Wat. I bet that was a great place to visit. Definitely on my list of places to go. So nearly got there a few years back but had a few safety issues to consider and never made it. Have regretted it ever since.

[Tomi]

Ah I wondered if it had some connection to Angkor Wat. I bet that was a great place to visit. Definitely on my list of places to go. So nearly got there a few years back but had a few safety issues to consider and never made it. Have regretted it ever since.

Yes, i recommend highly, incredible place, if you pm your e-mail i send you some pics if you want.

[Rod Ennde]

Is this a singles bar or a quiz show?

[schmenke]

Neither :mark:

[CarlMetro]

Both :p :

[edv]

Ah, I see that carrie_m is schooling us yet again. :)
I am back in Africa and ready to take up the challenge.
Hello Breeze!

[Storm]

Carrie a new Q then? or Jon Brown?

[Caroline]

New Q then..

Where is the capital city of Nouakchott?

By the way I forgot to say......Hi Breeze! :)

[Schultz]

New Q then..

Where is the capital city of Nouakchott?

By the way I forgot to say......Hi Breeze! :)

It's got to be one of those small pacific nations. Maybe Tuvalu?

[gadjo_dilo]

Mauritania?

[Caroline]

Mauritania?

Correct!

Are my questions too easy?

[gadjo_dilo]

Correct!

Are my questions too easy?

I don't know. I knew the answer cos back in my student years I had a colleague who was living there. :laugh: Besides, I am very good with african capitals because Ceausescu was always visiting those countries and we were flooded with news and documentaries about his " missions of peace and friendship ". So Mogadiscio, Kinshasa, Ouagadougou, etc., had become quite familiar places. :laugh:

I can't be here next days so it's fair to let somebody else to ask a new question.

[schmenke]

O.k. here's a quick 'n easy...

For what is the James Caird famous?

[Gannex]

I reckon the James Caird must be a boat, otherwise why do you call it "the" James Caird. If it's a boat, I'm guessing it's a British merchant vessel, because the boat was named after a Scot, by the sound of the name. Now what could make a British merchant vessel famous? Hmmmm. It was the first ship to be powered by nuclear energy. Or it was the first to be captained by a woman. Or, if I'm allowed three guesses, it was the boat which gave rise to the myth of the Bermuda Triangle when it sank in that area, never to be seen again.

[schmenke]

Well Gannex, you got the "boat" part right... :p :

[Breeze]

Was it the first to successfully navigate the fabled Northwest Passage?

[schmenke]

Nope. Nice try Breeze.

[Gannex]

Well Gannex, you got the "boat" part right... :p :
A famous boat. Is it some feature of the boat itself that makes it famous?

[Mark in Oshawa]

The first boat to land people at Antarctica?

[CarlMetro]

Was it the boat that took Admunsen (sp?) to the North Pole?

[Caroline]

Was it the last British Whaling ship to be used?

[A Scotsman]

It was the name of the boat used by Shackleton after the Endurance sank in Antarctica.. There was a TV film about it a few years back. If I remember correctly it's still around.

[schmenke]

The Scotsman gets it :up:

It's the name of the 22ft lifeboat that Shackleton and his crew of five used to sail from Elephant Island to the tiny South Georgia Islands. A remarkable feat of navigation, 800 miles, considering all they had was a sextant and a compass.

[A Scotsman]

Yay !! OK here's an easy Scottish one for you...

What's the name of the road that Terry Wogan's good friend (now deceased) Mrs Mackay keeps clear of snow every winter?

[CarlMetro]

Its the Cotbridge to Tomental road, not sure if I spelt it right and I don't know the road number either.

[A Scotsman]

Close enough... It's Cockbridge to Tomintoul... Next time I'll ask for the Gaelic translation :D

[CarlMetro]

The UK has a worldwide reputation for drinking tea, and rightly so because we consume 2.3kgs of the stuff per person per year, but we are not the only tea drinkers in the world, in fact it's quite popular in many other countries too, although the UK is the No1. Please name the next five countries for tea consumption, per capita.

1. UK
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

[edv]

Yemen?
India?
Saudi Arabia?
Syria?
Iran?

[Storm]

2. China - green/herbal thingie?
3. Bhutan
4. Sri Lanka
5. India (although we might not be per capita since our huge population makes it difficult to have any significant per capita value :\ )

[Daniel]

1. UK
2. India
3. Egypt
4. China
5. Iran
6. Syria

Caroline, not Daniel, having a guess....oops.

[harsha]

UK
China
Sri Lanka
India
Iran
Egypt

[Captain VXR]

UK
China
Poland
India
USA
Japan

[Breeze]

Singapore
Nepal
Japan
China
India

[CarlMetro]

USA scrape into the top 20, but only just at 16th place. The only country guessed correctly so far is Japan at No4. Don't forget that this is consumption per capita so countries such as India and China will not feature because of their population size.

Keep guessing.

1. UK
2.
3.
4. Japan.
5.
6.

[schmenke]

Complete guesses here...

1. UK
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. Japan
5. Russia
6. Turkey

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Where is tea grown? ;)

[CarlMetro]

Complete guesses here...

1. UK
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. Japan
5. Russia
6. Turkey

Not bad for guesses :up:

1. UK
2.
3. New Zealand
4. Japan.
5.
6. Australia

[schmenke]

O.k. then, another stab-in-the-dark...

1. UK
2. Canada
3. New Zealand
4. Japan.
5. South Korea
6. Australia

[fandango]

1. UK
2. IRELAND
3. New Zealand
4. Japan.
5. CHINA
6. Australia

[Mark in Oshawa]

1.UK
2.Ireland
3. China
4. Japan
5. Canada
6. Iran

[jso1985]

1.- UK
2.- Iceland
3.- New Zealand
4.- Singapore
5.- Japan
6.- Australia

[BrentJackson]

Shooting into the dark here.....

1. UK
2. China
3. New Zealand
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. Australia

[schmenke]

China has already been ruled out.

[CarlMetro]

1.UK
2.Ireland
3. China
4. Japan
5. Canada
6. Iran

Whilst you got Ireland correct, and in the correct place too I might add, I am somewhat surprised that, despite me telling you that New Zealand was No3 and Australia are No6 you still decided to put other countries in those places :\

:laugh:

Just one more then...........

1. UK
2. Ireland
3. New Zealand
4. Japan.
5.
6. Australia

[Captain VXR]

5. France

[schmenke]

Pakistan?

[Breeze]

Or Turkey?

[schmenke]

Turkey too has been ruled out ;)

[Daniel]

Tunisia?

[CarlMetro]

keep guessing.........

[BrentJackson]

1. UK
2. Ireland
3. New Zealand
4. Japan.
5.
6. Australia

#5 - Argentina?

[schmenke]

RSA?

[Caroline]

Netherlands?

[CarlMetro]

Netherlands?

Yep :up:

Fight it out amongst yourselves as to who sets the next one, although schmenke did get two answers correct :D

[Caroline]

As I got a measly one correct answer I'm thinking clever schmenke should pose a Q.

Schmenke, get posing.

[CarlMetro]

Schmenke, get posing.

Conjours up an image of schmenke in nothing but a pair of Speedos, standing in front of a mirror, flexing his beer belly :eek:

[Captain VXR]

Double POST

[Captain VXR]

Conjours up an image of schmenke in nothing but a pair of Speedos, standing in front of a mirror, flexing his beer belly :eek:

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sick015.gif :eek: http://www.driftworks.com/forum/images/smilies/wack.gif

[schmenke]

Conjours up an image of schmenke in nothing but a pair of Speedos, standing in front of a mirror, flexing his beer belly :eek:

O.k., you asked for it...

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Conjours up an image of schmenke in nothing but a pair of Speedos, standing in front of a mirror, flexing his beer belly :eek:

I've seen that on a web cam, however the label on schmenke speedos has the 's' missing.

[schmenke]

...

[Brown, Jon Brow]

What? ;)

[schmenke]

Never mind :mark:

O.k., next Q...

The top five nations with the highest number of MacDonalds outlets are:
1. U.S.A (12,804)
2. Japan (3,598)
3. Candada (1,154)
4. U.K. (1,115)
5. Germany (1,091)

Name the next five.

[edv]

Netherlands
Australia
Belgium
Italy
Spain

[Caroline]

6. Australia
7. Italy
8. Brazil
9. France
10. Mexico?

[Captain VXR]

6. Australia
7. China
8. France
9. Ireland
10. New Zealand

[schmenke]

6. France (857)
7. Australia (701)
8.
9. China (326)
10. Italy (290)

[CarlMetro]

Brazil?

[A Scotsman]

Spain?

[Storm]

I don't like these top 5 thingies...seem to carry on a long time with the last option.

[Captain VXR]

Japan

[schmenke]

Sorry storm :mark:

The Captain has been closest so far with his guesses...

[CarlMetro]

Vietnam

[Captain VXR]

Thailand

[schmenke]

No...

T_____

[Daniel]

Turkey? :mark:

[schmenke]

Ta____

[Captain VXR]

Taiwan :D

[Breeze]

Well schmenke, is it Taiwan or isn't it?

[Captain VXR]

I want to see if I guessed correctly

[schmenke]

Yeah, yeah, Taiwan it is.

Fight amongst yourselves for the next Q...

[Captain VXR]

I bagsey :p
There's a peninsula near Gdansk in Poland . Name it please :)

[sonic_roadhog]

I bagsey :p
There's a peninsula near Gdansk in Poland . Name it please :)

JESUS?!?! Make it hard why don'tcha! ;) :d

[Captain VXR]

Heard of an atlas? :p

[schmenke]

That's cheating.

[Caroline]

An atlas? In a Geo thread? For answering questions?

Nah.

It's a downward spiral you know. Next thing, you'll be googling!

[Tomi]

Could it be called Hel ?

[tony_yeboah]

aiusdsanljfkewoski peninsula?

[Captain VXR]

Could it be called Hel ?

Correct

[Tomi]

ok, whats the name of the consentration camp that is closest to Hel.

[edv]

Trablinka?

[Captain VXR]

Auschwitz? Pretty grim question

[Mark in Oshawa]

Auschwitz?

[oily oaf]

Please disregard any geographical pronouncements from M**K in Oshawa.
This contemptible young jackanapes is wholly incapable of being honest as to his own whereabouts let alone sitting there pontificating on the location of sundry other items.

I say burn him, burn him now before it's too late and he indoctrinates us all with his fiendish geographically innacurate tish tosh and folderol.

FACE DOWN IN HIS CAB! :s anta:

PS As we speak he's in a "specialist" rubber goods emporium in downtown Buenos Aires. (taps side of nose knowingly)

[Mark in Oshawa]

This Jackanape is not into rubber...I am far more into latex.....

[CarlMetro]

BUMP!

[CarlMetro]

Bump Bump!

[Storm]

seriously we need a new question..Tomi probably forgot he posted here?

[Tomi]

seriously we need a new question..Tomi probably forgot he posted here?

Answer is Stutthof, next one make a new question.

[Captain VXR]

Thanks 4 the answer :up: . Now who wants to make a question?

[Caroline]

I will. Taking a break from sanding the kitchen walls, eating Turkish Delight and waiting for the Parcel Force man. Life is just sooo exciting.

Where would I spend a Lari? :)

[schmenke]

Phew, finally. I was beginning to get geo-withdrawls...

A Lari, eh? Total guess... Would I perhaps be purchasing a bootleg DVD copy of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in a bazaar in Nepal?

[Caroline]

You could try schmenke, but would probably fail. Try buying your counterfeit goods elsewhere! :p :

[CarlMetro]

Mongolia?

[Drew]

Laos?

[Caroline]

Sorry, nope.

[Storm]

Somewhere in the Pacific ? <wild guess>

[Captain VXR]

Peru?

[CarlMetro]

Ethiopia?

[Drew]

Uzbekistan?

[edv]

A Lari? So many places have nicknames for their money...I will gues Iran. They had several names for their money, although I cannot remember any of them. There was one official name, but on the street, all denominations were divided by 1,000 and called something else. Probably happens in many countries...

[Caroline]

Keep guessing guys :)

[CarlMetro]

Tajikistan? (sp?)

[Caroline]

Some answers have been in the rightish area but no one has it yet :)

[edv]

Thailand?

[Caroline]

Nope, sorry edv :)

[CarlMetro]

Bangladesh?

[schmenke]

Thailand?

Ah, I remember reposing on a beach in Phuket with a nice frosty bottle of Singha newly purchased with a few Baht :) ...

But I digress :mad: ...

um, clamor... Laos? :erm:

[Drew]

Kyrgystan? (who knows if that's spelt right)

[Caroline]

Sorry :( Keep clamouring...... :)

Drew isn't that far away btw.

[CarlMetro]

Ukraine?

[Caroline]

Sorry Carl.

[Drew]

Surely not Kazakhstan? :p :

[Caroline]

No...surely not. Keep guessing :)

[CarlMetro]

Chechnya

[raybak]

Is it a former Russian republic?

[bowler]

named after george

[Captain VXR]

Georgia

[Daniel]

named after george
Georgia is correct. I think bowler got there first though ;)

[Captain VXR]

he didn't name it though :p

[Caroline]

No he didn't name it. Go ahead if you wish.

:)

[edv]

Ooooo drama in the geography thread....

[Caroline]

Ooooo drama in the geography thread....

.......nearly. But possibly more interesting than my question.

[schmenke]

I'm confoozed. What is the current Q? :confused:

[Daniel]

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[schmenke]

Is the woodchuck in Georgia?

[CarlMetro]

A lot?

[Caroline]

Is the woodchuck in Georgia?

Now I'm confoozed.

[bowler]

want a question?

Kartvelia has one alphabet, and three languages.

What do we call Kartvelia?

[malscar]

That is where the woodchuck lives
/

[schmenke]

Georgia?

[LotusElise]

An area of Finland?

[bowler]

Schmenke gets the prize!!

[schmenke]

Schmenke gets the prize!!

And here I was trying to be a smart@rse... :mark:

Okaydokay then... try this quickie...

Afganistan is the country that currently has the hightest concentration of landmines. What country has the second highest?

[Caroline]

Rwanda?

[schmenke]

Nope.

[CarlMetro]

Iraq?

[schmenke]

No.

[CarlMetro]

Zimbabwe?

[schmenke]

Nope, although right continent...

[donKey jote]

Angola :(

[schmenke]

Angola :(

Yep.
Have a go Donks.

[donKey jote]

Where's the largest diamond mine in the world.

[schmenke]

RSA? :mark:

[CarlMetro]

Oooo! I remember reading about this a few years ago because the area over the top of the mine itself is a no-fly zone because several helicopters have been sucked into it becuase of the huge downdraft.

It's in Mirmy, Eastern Siberia I think?

[donKey jote]

googlywoogly (http://www.google.es/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-25,GGLD:en&q=largest+mine) :up:

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/worlds-largest-diamond-mine.html

[CarlMetro]

Erm...........question coming soon, honest :D

[edv]

...tick tock tick tock...

[CarlMetro]

Gun crime is obviously quite a hot topic at the moment. It may surprise you to learn that the USA is not in the top five countries (only No8) of murders with firearms per capita. So please name the top five.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[edv]

per capita, eh?

hmmm

Iraq
Colombia
Chile
Somalia
Afghanistan

[Captain VXR]

Iraq
Sudan
Afganistan
Colombia
Mexico

[schmenke]

We're talking homicides, right? I assume that deaths caused by a bunch of Iraqis running amok with AK-47's blazing in downtown Bagdad doesn't count?

RSA
Russia
Columbia
Mexico
Brazil

[CarlMetro]

1. South Africa
2. Colombia
3.
4.
5. Mexico

None of the others feature on my info list, many of the former Soviet countries do, although none in the top five. Apart from South Africa no other African nation is featured in the top 32 although I should have pointed out that this is for the year 2000, sorry.

[schmenke]

Finland
Yemen

[CarlMetro]

Nope & nope

[schmenke]

Stupid Eki :mad: :p :

[Mark in Oshawa]

South Africa
Colombia
Bolivia
Uganda
Mexico

[Mark in Oshawa]

PS, glad to see you pick up and cheer for the Flames schmenke...it is for the best....

[CarlMetro]

Keep guessing.......

[Mark in Oshawa]

South Africa
Colombia
Russia
Afghanistan
Mexico

[CarlMetro]

nope and nope

[Caroline]

Page 4 guys! Page 4!

1. South Africa
2. Colombia
3. Thailand
4. Venezuela
5. Mexico?

:)

[CarlMetro]

1. South Africa
2. Colombia
3. Thailand
4.
5. Mexico?

4th on the list is Costa Rica, which probably nobody would have guessed, which is why I'm telling you all :D

Schmenke got 3 straight away, Caoline got Thailand but fight it out amoungst yourselves as to who asks the next Q.

Page 4 :rolleyes:

[schmenke]

Hey Caoline, go ahead, I don't have anything ready :p :

[Mark in Oshawa]

Costa Rica? Yet people say it is a great place.....go figure....

[CarlMetro]

Costa Rica? Yet people say it is a great place.....go figure....

Well I've been to Mexico twice and nobody shot me yet so I guess either I was lucky or it ain't as bad as it sounds?

[Caroline]

Hey Caoline, go ahead, I don't have anything ready :p :

Err thanks schmenke :p

The world's most remote island is Bouvet Island in the Pacific. It was in British hands in the 1800s before being annexed by another country. Question is...who now claims this remote island in the world as part of their kingdom?

:)

[CarlMetro]

USA? If not then give them a week or two if it has oil ;)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Ecuador

[Caroline]

Nope - keep on guessing.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Costa Rica

[Caroline]

Sorry!

[schmenke]

Kingdom, eh?

Tonga :?:

[Caroline]

Kingdom, yeah. :p

Not Tonga schmenke.

[Storm]

Is it Japan? Caoline ?

[Schultz]

Is it France Caoline? why are we all calling you 'Caoline'?

[Storm]

See post #486 :cheese: