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edv
5th December 2006, 16:43
The shiny new forum needs a new Geography Thread!

As usual, the rules are simple: Answer the question correctly and then you are rewarded by posing the next question.
'Googling' typically not allowed, unless the poser says so.

OK Let's start.

Who invented Geography? It is the same guy who figured out the circumference of the Earth to within 100 miles by simply comparing the length of shadows in Greece versus Egypt (knowing the distance) at the same time on the same day. In 240AD, I believe.

lilmelvschilton
5th December 2006, 16:53
i never did like geography lol

viper_man
5th December 2006, 16:54
Bugger, I remember it was called 'writing about the earth' or something but have no idea who it was. Should have paid more attention!

Brown, Jon Brow
5th December 2006, 17:06
Was it Esratothenes? Or someone simalar. I should be reasonably good at this seen as i'm a A-level Geography student. :p :

Lousada
5th December 2006, 17:07
Archimedes? :s

edv
5th December 2006, 17:11
Was it Esratothenes? Or someone simalar. I should be reasonably good at this seen as i'm a A-level Geography student. :p :

...but F-level speller, Jon. LOL

Give me the correct spelling and it's yours.

Brown, Jon Brow
5th December 2006, 17:13
...but F-level speller, Jon. LOL

Give me the correct spelling and it's yours.

:( I don't do English

How about Erastothenes :s

edv
5th December 2006, 17:19
:( I don't do English

How about Erastothenes :s

Well, you do not have to 'do English' since the answer is Greek!

You have the correct answer (Eratosthenes) even if spelled wrong.

Go ahead Jon!

Brown, Jon Brow
5th December 2006, 17:27
Well, you do not have to 'do English' since the answer is Greek!

You have the correct answer (Eratosthenes) even if spelled wrong.

Go ahead Jon!

Ok then I have zero common sense!!

Name the Atmospheric circulatory Cells?

edv
5th December 2006, 18:17
Cumulus
Cirrus
Nimbus
Stratus
?

Daniel
5th December 2006, 18:50
Ok then I have zero common sense!!

Name the Atmospheric circulatory Cells?
Do you mean cells like the Hadley cell or the Roaring Forties? That's all I can think of??

oily oaf
5th December 2006, 19:01
I was in an atmospheric cell once
The desk seargeant put a lovely vase of carnations in the corner and piped a nice bit of Mantovani through the PA.
Which was nice :mad:

Brown, Jon Brow
5th December 2006, 19:48
Do you mean cells like the Hadley cell or the Roaring Forties? That's all I can think of??

Hadley cell is one of them.

Daniel
5th December 2006, 20:15
Hadley cell is one of them.
Tropical cell? Polar cell? Running out of ideas

Brown, Jon Brow
5th December 2006, 20:29
Polar cell, Hadley cell, and one more ;)

Storm
6th December 2006, 12:30
Don't think I have heard of this cell business :s

schmenke
6th December 2006, 16:36
Prison cell?

Azumanga Davo
6th December 2006, 16:46
Mega Cell... :p :

edv
6th December 2006, 22:04
Soft Cell ? (crap now I have that Tainted Love song in my head. arggh)

EuroTroll
6th December 2006, 22:10
Is this in some way related to geography? :p :

Brown, Jon Brow
6th December 2006, 23:01
It's the Ferrel Cell!!!!

Storm
7th December 2006, 09:25
err whatever...go on and ask another question or let Daniel do it.

Brown, Jon Brow
7th December 2006, 10:10
Which 3 Towns make the Italian industrial triangle?

Lousada
7th December 2006, 11:57
Milan, Turin and Genua?

Storm
7th December 2006, 11:59
Torino, Bologna & Modena ?

CarlMetro
7th December 2006, 13:02
Lousada has it correct, even if the spelling isn't ;) (Genoa)

Brown, Jon Brow
7th December 2006, 13:04
Yep! :)

New question?

Storm
8th December 2006, 10:34
bump! we need a question Lousada :)

Lousada
8th December 2006, 19:44
Where does the flattened musk turtle live?

Breeze
8th December 2006, 21:24
Ponds and lakes

Lousada
8th December 2006, 21:29
Wrong. But I mean which area.

Tomski
8th December 2006, 21:38
The U S of A

schmenke
8th December 2006, 21:39
Beneath an ox?

Lousada
8th December 2006, 21:53
The U S of A

Yes, but which state.

cal
8th December 2006, 22:03
Yes, but which state.


Maine

schmenke
8th December 2006, 22:09
Florida?

donKey jote
9th December 2006, 00:27
Beneath an ox?

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

CarlMetro
9th December 2006, 02:03
California?

Lousada
10th December 2006, 00:32
No the turtle likes to mess around in the mud (who doesn't) and lives in a river. Hint: it's habitat is polluted by coal mining.

Schultz
10th December 2006, 13:05
Mississipi?

Tomski
10th December 2006, 15:54
Kentucky

TexasRaceLady
10th December 2006, 15:58
The Black Warrior river system of Alabama.

CarlMetro
10th December 2006, 21:07
Alabama?

TexasRaceLady
11th December 2006, 01:25
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/i/c/sac2t.html

RANGE AND POPULATION LEVEL: The flattened musk turtle occurs in the upper Black Warrior River system of Alabama. Present populations are believed to exist upstream from Bankhead Dam in Blount, Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marshall, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties. Only 15 percent of the Black Warrior system (142 out of 947 stream miles, including impoundments) is thought to support viable populations (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 199O). Historically, the flattened musk turtle was reported as occurring in this river system from the fall line northward. Exact population numbers are unknown. Within the current range, only about 15 percent of the habitat seems to contain healthy reproducing populations. Rangewide the species appears to be declining (Mount 1981; Ernst et al., 1983).

Schultz
11th December 2006, 02:59
It would be a little bit too easy if we all just googled the answer.

TexasRaceLady
11th December 2006, 04:24
Actually, I used the US Fish and Wildlife site --- since the question concerned wildlife.

555-04Q2
11th December 2006, 14:50
Actually, I used the US Fish and Wildlife site --- since the question concerned wildlife.

You're supposed to use your head only. Not Google, not any other form of search, just your head :(

555-04Q2
11th December 2006, 14:51
Who got the correct answer besides you know who :?:

TexasRaceLady
11th December 2006, 15:46
Apologies all around. I did not read closely enough.

Someone please ask the next question. I do not wish to cause conflict.

Brown, Jon Brow
11th December 2006, 22:34
A-level Geography at college is sh!t!!!! It's got nothing to do with geography. People can still get 'A's in pieces of work were thay say Africa is country. :rolleyes:

Anyway, here is a 1500 word report i'm currently doing. (failing)

'Discuss the view that fair trade is the most effective way to reduce the North/South development gap in the world.'

Daniel
11th December 2006, 23:33
Define Geography. It's the age old debate of arts v science. And someone somewhere will feel that a subject just isn't geographical enough.

As for geography in the UK National Curriculum - well it is a bit of a joke. It doesn't address key geographical skills. That's my opinion anyway. Teaching it is a bit depressing really.

Anyway, next Q please :)

PS - Caroline here not Daniel.

Schultz
12th December 2006, 01:46
Well Carl guessed, albeit after the answer was given lol. But I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt.

AndySpeed
12th December 2006, 01:53
Define Geography. It's the age old debate of arts v science. And someone somewhere will feel that a subject just isn't geographical enough.

As for geography in the UK National Curriculum - well it is a bit of a joke. It doesn't address key geographical skills. That's my opinion anyway. Teaching it is a bit depressing really.

Anyway, next Q please :)

PS - Caroline here not Daniel.

I'll step in here (doing a Geography degree).
I would say there are two types of Geography:
Physical, which is definitely more of a science
Human, which involves aspects of sociology and economics.

And as for the curriculum aspect, there are many ways in which it could be improved. GCSE Geography especially.

I'm embarassed to say that even I don't know where many places are, due to my lack of decent traching of this very basic element of Geography through primary and secondary schools. Luckily i'm quite good at the techniques bit!

Anyway, interlude over, on with the quiz...

555-04Q2
12th December 2006, 07:21
Hey Carl. Give us another one of your famous questions mate ;)

schmenke
12th December 2006, 18:03
I believe Carl is away on a business trip for the next few days, so perhaps someone else would like to have a go...

Caroline
12th December 2006, 20:49
Ok - I shall ask one as I am supposed to be sitting here doing some work and it just ain't happening :s

3 facts. Guess the country...

1. Former French Colony
2. Average annual humidity 87%
3. Former member of Comecon but became WTO's 150th member this year.

Happy guessing!

quicksilver
12th December 2006, 20:58
Cambodia? think it was a French colony anyway, and can't think off hand of any other colonies that might have been in Comecon? :erm:

Caroline
12th December 2006, 21:00
Sorry quicksilver, incorrect.

jso1985
12th December 2006, 21:08
Vietnam?

Caroline
12th December 2006, 21:10
Yes indeed. Bit of an easy question, but it has been a looong day and my brain is tired :) Over to you jso1985.

jso1985
12th December 2006, 21:47
ok. identify the country that no longer uses this flag

Caroline
12th December 2006, 21:55
I am rubbish at identifying flags. Total guess - Belize?

schmenke
12th December 2006, 21:55
Macedonia?

Edit: Just re-read the Q, and misunderstood :mark:

jso1985
12th December 2006, 21:56
nope

CarlMetro
13th December 2006, 13:55
Libya?

Mark
13th December 2006, 13:57
Libya?

But only used that particular one for 3 years.

edv
13th December 2006, 15:50
Crikey, just logged on after a few days, and here it's a question about the Libyan Flag! (see my flag)

CarlMetro
13th December 2006, 16:30
I could wait until Javier gets back online to tell me I'm right, but I know I'm right so I'll post another Q now.

Name the top five in the list of countries who suffered from the most car thefts per capita in the year 2000? As a little clue USA isn't one of them ;)

schmenke
13th December 2006, 16:48
Total guesses...

Canada
U.K.
Brazil
RSA
er...um...Venezeula :?:

CarlMetro
13th December 2006, 16:51
1.
2.
3. Uk
4.
5.

edv
13th December 2006, 17:27
Holland
Chile
Greece
Italy

?

Caroline
13th December 2006, 17:45
1. Colombia
2. Germany
3. Uk
4. Mexico
5. Portugal?

CarlMetro
13th December 2006, 17:53
Nope

1.
2.
3. Uk
4.
5.

schmenke
13th December 2006, 17:59
Russia
Spain
France
Australia
:?:

Daniel
13th December 2006, 18:18
South Africa?

CarlMetro
13th December 2006, 18:18
1. Australia
2.
3. Uk
4.
5.

Daniel
13th December 2006, 18:21
Ah Schmenke already posted that :p

Tomski
13th December 2006, 19:55
Netherlands
France
Potugal
Germany

schmenke
13th December 2006, 20:01
You wanna try again Tomski? :p :

Tomski
13th December 2006, 20:07
Iraq?

schmenke
13th December 2006, 21:44
Um, perhaps take a peek at some of the previous posts ;)

jso1985
13th December 2006, 22:04
The flag from the previous question was actually from Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_German_Empire.svg
Didn't know at all that Lybia used also the same flag.

about the current Q:
Argentina
Bolivia
Albania
Lybia
?

schmenke
13th December 2006, 22:09
Um, jso, see post #81 ;)

edv
14th December 2006, 16:23
New Zealand?

schmenke
14th December 2006, 22:05
I'm going Nordic...

Denmark
Finland
Sweden
:?:

CarlMetro
15th December 2006, 10:01
1. Australia
2. Denmark
3. Uk
4. New Zealand
5.

Edv got New Zealand but schmenke was right to go Nordic as number 5 is Norway, with Finland just outside the top ten at number 12. Strangely, Sweden don't figure at all in the top 50, must be all them Volvo's :p :

Schmenke got 3 of the 5 correct so I feel it's only right he should post the next Q...............

Daniel
15th December 2006, 10:05
I object! If only for the fact that Schmenke likes Hillmans :p

edv
15th December 2006, 18:42
< reputation added to Schmenke >

schmenke
15th December 2006, 19:02
< reputation added to Schmenke >

Thanks, although my responses were pure guesses :erm:

Q to follow shortly, unless someone else has one ready...

schmenke
15th December 2006, 19:11
Ah, what's up doc?...

Name the top 5 carrot producing countries (stats as of 2003).

edv
15th December 2006, 21:04
China
USA
Iran
France
Spain
(and Easter Islands....they have to feed the Bunny, you know)

schmenke
15th December 2006, 21:32
1. China
2. USA
3.
4.
5. France

Brown, Jon Brow
15th December 2006, 22:47
1. China
2. USA
3. Mexico
4. Russia
5. France

schmenke
15th December 2006, 22:59
1. China
2. USA
3. Russia
4.
5. France

Brown, Jon Brow
15th December 2006, 23:00
Brazil
Germany

schmenke
15th December 2006, 23:06
Nope
Nope (closer though...)

fandango
15th December 2006, 23:10
Poland?

(Incidently, did you know that the guy who did the voice for Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots?)

schmenke
15th December 2006, 23:13
Poland? ...

:up:

edv had the most correct, although fandango got the last one. I'll let you two duel it out...

Caroline
18th December 2006, 19:16
So....who won the duel ?

:)

schmenke
18th December 2006, 19:19
Who cares :p : . Someone post a Q :D

Storm
20th December 2006, 09:15
c'mon folks?

555-04Q2
20th December 2006, 09:18
Ask a question Stormy. We'll die of old age at this rate :(

CarlMetro
20th December 2006, 09:59
With the way things are going, we'll have another server change before someone asks a new Q :rolleyes:

Storm
20th December 2006, 10:52
ok a quickie....If I was watching a football match at Salt Lake Stadium where would I be ?

Daniel
20th December 2006, 13:20
Utah?

CarlMetro
2nd January 2007, 12:55
BUMP

Halfway down page 5 :s hock:

walrus81
2nd January 2007, 15:47
ok a quickie....If I was watching a football match at Salt Lake Stadium where would I be ?
Kolkata

Storm
4th January 2007, 12:57
I am sorry I wasn't around but walrus you are spot on!
It indeed is football mad Kolkata, India.
Daniel..I knew someone would fall for Utah :p :

Brown, Jon Brow
4th January 2007, 13:03
If you were watching a football match at Brunton Park where would you be?

imull
4th January 2007, 14:02
Brunton Park ;) which is in Carlisle if my memory serves me right

CarlMetro
4th January 2007, 14:05
Yes it does, but has no significance because the next question is Walrus81' s because he answered the last question correctly ;)

walrus81
4th January 2007, 17:17
Which 2 cities would I be travelling between if I was to drive from 1 end of the Ruta José E. Díaz to the other?

jso1985
5th January 2007, 21:46
Mexico City and Acapulco?

walrus81
6th January 2007, 13:55
Mexico City and Acapulco?
incorrect

CarlMetro
6th January 2007, 16:10
Jose Diaz was a Paraguayan general but the only two places I know in Paraguay are Asucion{sp?} and Concepcion ?

Gannex
6th January 2007, 17:19
Macclesfield to Liverpool?

jso1985
7th January 2007, 02:32
Asuncion to Ciudad del Este?

walrus81
7th January 2007, 20:13
Asuncion to Ciudad del Este?
still not right, but you've got the right country

fly_ac
8th January 2007, 11:50
I think Ruta José Díaz is also known as Route 4 in Paragauy, and Route 1 meets Route 4 at San Ignacio Guazo.
Route 4 runs from there to Argentina I think.

Don't know if that is all correct, I guess I'll have to give it some more thought.

walrus81
8th January 2007, 11:57
I think Ruta José Díaz is also known as Route 4 in Paragauy, and Route 1 meets Route 4 at San Ignacio Guazo.
Route 4 runs from there to Argentina I think.

Don't know if that is all correct, I guess I'll have to give it some more thought.
very close

fly_ac
8th January 2007, 13:01
very close

I know Pilar is in Buenos Aires and think that is where Route 4 ends.
But not sure 100%.

At the other side all names that come to mind is San Ignacio Guazo (which is a jesuit mission I am told) and San Ignacio del las Missiones (which I believe must also be a jesuit mission), and I can't think of the city name.

So i'll have to leave it at that.

walrus81
10th January 2007, 03:24
I know Pilar is in Buenos Aires and think that is where Route 4 ends.
But not sure 100%.

At the other side all names that come to mind is San Ignacio Guazo (which is a jesuit mission I am told) and San Ignacio del las Missiones (which I believe must also be a jesuit mission), and I can't think of the city name.

So i'll have to leave it at that.
You have gotten 2 cities confused. There is a Pilar which is near Buenos Aires, but also a Pilar (in Paraguay) on the eastern side of the Rio Paraguay, and at the western end of the Ruta José E. Díaz.

At the eastern end is the city of San Ignacio in the department of Misiones.

your question fly_ac

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 09:29
That was a difficult one.
But in any case here goes...

The top 5 wine producing countries (2005) are France,Italy,Spain,USA and Argentina.
Name the next 5 in the top 10 as it were in 2005?

CarlMetro
10th January 2007, 09:32
Germany
UK
Chile
Portugal
South Africa

Storm
10th January 2007, 10:38
Chile , Australia, South Africa, Greece & Germany?

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 10:55
1. ?
2. Australia
3. South Africa
4. Germany
5. Chile

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 10:57
Should actualy be...

6. ????
7. Australia
8. South Africa
9. Germany
10. Chile

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 10:58
Portugal is at no.11
and
Greece is at no.15

CarlMetro
10th January 2007, 11:19
Austria?

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 11:27
Austria - no. 17

schmenke
10th January 2007, 16:07
Canada?

fly_ac
10th January 2007, 16:51
Canada - no. 32

Tomski
10th January 2007, 16:56
Bulgaria?

schmenke
10th January 2007, 16:56
New Zealand?

CarlMetro
10th January 2007, 20:43
Romania?

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 12:36
Bulgaria - 22
New Zeeland - 23
Romania - 12

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 12:40
6. C???? - produced 1,300,000 tonnes
7. Australia - 1,274,000
8. South Africa - 1,157,895
9. Germany - 1,014,700
10. Chile - 788,551

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 14:33
China?????

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 15:14
Correct
I think since CarlMetro and Storm tie at 4 answers each and you got the deciding answer,
It's YOURS.

schmenke
11th January 2007, 15:41
Sorry, but I've lived in China and I can honestly say that the "grape juice" produced there does not qualify as wine :s

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 15:48
Sorry, but I've lived in China and I can honestly say that the "grape juice" produced there does not qualify as wine :s

I guess someone/some organisation thought it is save for human consumption. :D

schmenke
11th January 2007, 15:53
Believe me, there's much consumed in China that is not necessarily fit for human consumption :laugh:

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 16:24
What was the population of Greater London in 2001, 1951 and 1901 (County of London) ?

schmenke
11th January 2007, 16:29
I hope you will allow for some leeway in the degree of accuracy... :p :

2001: 6,000,000
1951: 3,000,000
1901: 1,000,000

I have no clue :dozey:

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 16:36
I hope you will allow for some leeway in the degree of accuracy... :p :

2001: 6,000,000
1951: 3,000,000
1901: 1,000,000

I have no clue :dozey:

Wrong
Wrong
and Wrong

:p

quicksilver
11th January 2007, 16:46
2001 7,000,000
1951 5,000,000
1901 3,000,000

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 16:52
2001: 4,000,789
1951: 100,789
1901: 21,789

:d

fly_ac
11th January 2007, 16:53
:D

CarlMetro
11th January 2007, 16:59
8,000,000
6,500,000
3,800,000

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 17:05
make sure you put the year next to your number ;)

I'll accept to the nearest 500,000

CarlMetro
11th January 2007, 17:20
2001 - 7,000,000
1951 - 8,000,000
1901 - 6,000,000

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 17:33
2001- 7,000,000
1951- 8,000,000
1901-?

schmenke
11th January 2007, 19:50
1901 - 2,000,000

:?:

Brown, Jon Brow
11th January 2007, 22:20
1901 - 2,000,000

:?:

Nope ;)

A bit more.

Storm
12th January 2007, 09:07
China produces so much wine ?? :|

fly_ac
12th January 2007, 11:18
1901 - 3,500,000 ?

CarlMetro
13th January 2007, 16:34
1901 - 3,600,000 :p :

Brown, Jon Brow
13th January 2007, 18:26
1901 - 3,600,000 :p :

Little more ;)

akv89
13th January 2007, 20:18
1901: 3,800,000
1951: 5,000,000
2001: 8,000,000

Brown, Jon Brow
13th January 2007, 22:51
2001- 7,000,000
1951- 8,000,000
1901- :?:

The closest to 1901 we have had so far is 3,800,000

schmenke
17th January 2007, 00:03
...I'll accept to the nearest 500,000

:confused:

CarlMetro
17th January 2007, 01:29
1901 -4,000,000

Caroline
17th January 2007, 09:16
Didn't think this Q was still rumbling on :s

Hope you got it right Carl ;)

fly_ac
17th January 2007, 09:47
1901 - 4,100,000

:)

Brown, Jon Brow
17th January 2007, 11:20
1901 -4,000,000

It was about 4,500,00 so you are correct :)

schmenke
19th January 2007, 22:31
Bumped up from page 3...

CarlMetro
20th January 2007, 01:56
Eh? What? Me? Oh OK..................

Name the top five countries for highest beer consumption per capita?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

jso1985
20th January 2007, 04:22
1.- Ireland
2.- Finland
3.- Czech Republic
4.- Iceland
5.- Belgium

walrus81
20th January 2007, 05:00
just a guess, in no particular order

Ireland
Germany
Denmark
Paraguay
Belgium

Mark in Oshawa
20th January 2007, 05:03
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Belgium
Ireland

Schultz
20th January 2007, 05:44
Czech Republic
Romania
Australia
Germany
Netherlands

fly_ac
20th January 2007, 09:07
Australia
Germany
USA
Belgium
Austria

CarlMetro
20th January 2007, 14:10
1. Ireland
2. Germany
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Denmark

7. Australia
8. USA
9. Netherlands
10. Finland

Not in the top 20 :

Czech Republic
Iceland
Paraguay
Romania

Both walrus81 and Mark in Oshawa guessed four correct, fly_ac was the only one to guess Austria correctly so fight it out amoungst yourselves as to who sets the next Q ;)

Mark in Oshawa
20th January 2007, 22:01
Since I am new to this, let me give it a go......

A little bit of trivia that I will toss out there. In all the nations, and their parts ( provinces and states), there is only ONE flag (state or province or national flag) that has a Union Jack on it that is part/or is NOT a nation of the British Commonwealth.

So a flag of an area with a Union Jack that has no connection AT all to the British Commonwealth.

Mark in Oshawa
20th January 2007, 22:02
PS I am shocked the Czechs were not in the top 5, my god they have good beer!!!! As for Canada not being there, well we have to choose, Crown Royal or Canadian beer? mmmmm I will have a Guinness while I think about it!!!

schmenke
21st January 2007, 06:35
Since I am new to this, let me give it a go......

A little bit of trivia that I will toss out there. In all the nations, and their parts ( provinces and states), there is only ONE flag (state or province or national flag) that has a Union Jack on it that is part/or is NOT a nation of the British Commonwealth.

So a flag of an area with a Union Jack that has no connection AT all to the British Commonwealth.

Hawaii?

McLeagle
22nd January 2007, 00:01
Yup.

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/images/hi_fi.gif


The eight alternating white, red and blue stripes represent the eight islands of Hawaii. The British Union Jack represents Hawaii's historical relationship with Great Britian as its protectorate. It also represents a stylized puela (a triangular standard laying across two crossed spears called an alia) which is the symbol of the Hawaiian ali'i.

linkage (http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/hi_flag.htm)

Good show!

(Good question, too, Mark!)

Mark in Oshawa
22nd January 2007, 01:18
Schmeke you nailed it. Hawaii never was part of Britain in any way, but it was "discovered" by Capt. Cook. I guess the Royal family of Hawaii adopted the Union Jack, and for whatever reason, they kept it after the Americans took over....figures a Canadian would get that question!!! You Yanks should know these things!!!

schmenke
22nd January 2007, 18:09
Thanks Mark. Don't be so hard on the Yanks... I vaguely remember a similar question here recently... ;) .

O.k., I think this may also have been previously asked but I can't think up of a decent Q right now... :mark: ...

Although the U.S. is the world's largest importer of coffee, it is not even close to being one of the top 5 per-capita coffee consuming nations. Name them (data as of 2001).

jso1985
22nd January 2007, 20:07
1.- Sweden
2.- Luxembourg
3.- Colombia
4.- Belgium
5.- Netherlands

total guessing

schmenke
22nd January 2007, 20:30
1.
2.
3.
4. Sweden
5.

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6.
7.
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10.

CarlMetro
22nd January 2007, 20:41
Italy
Germany
France
Brazil
Canada

schmenke
22nd January 2007, 20:44
1.
2.
3.
4. Sweden
5.

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6. Germany
7.
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Italy

Psst, it's the top 5 that I'm looking for ;) :p :

quicksilver
22nd January 2007, 20:48
Norway
Mexico
Brazil

CarlMetro
22nd January 2007, 21:04
UK
Greece
Czech Republic
Poland
Mexico

jso1985
22nd January 2007, 21:17
Norway
Ireland
Denmark
Sweden
Estonia

schmenke
23rd January 2007, 00:18
1.
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5.

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6. Germany
7.
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Italy

Gannex
23rd January 2007, 01:02
Number one: Austria?
Egypt, maybe, at 5?

edv
23rd January 2007, 03:16
Yes, I would guess Austria, too.
How about Yemen or Brazil?

schmenke
23rd January 2007, 05:21
1.
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Austria

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6. Germany
7.
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Italy

Mark in Oshawa
23rd January 2007, 06:53
Ok since we need all 5, lets try this

1. Czech Rep.
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Austria

IT doesn't amaze me that most of the nations are all northern nations, what gets me is why Canada isn't in that top 10....god knows we have enough chances with coffee shops in every commercial district.

Rollo
23rd January 2007, 06:53
I was in IKEA the other day looking for a lamp and came back with a coffee grinder and a plunger type thing. I think it's called a Polm or a Plom or some such but anyway - the point is that one the label it says:

"The Five Scandanavian Countries Together Make up the Biggest Coffee Drinkers In the World"
So in order they appear on the plunger:
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland

I'm thinking Lebanon for some reason as well. They seem to run all of the best coffee houses around Sydney, and that only comes about with practice.

schmenke
23rd January 2007, 16:41
Rollo, you can thank that Polm/Plom :D

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Austria

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6. Germany
7. Switzerland
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Italy

I think jso got two of the five correct, but I really can't be bothered to check, so someone have a go :D

Gannex
23rd January 2007, 17:22
Finland is number one! Now I know why Eki is so excited about Bush all the time. Too much coffee!

Mark in Oshawa
23rd January 2007, 19:01
Gannex....I think it is what he puts in the coffee that makes him hyper...

Rollo
25th January 2007, 01:06
How many "states" are there in the United States of America?

Gannex
25th January 2007, 01:38
This must be a trick question, but I don't see the trick so I'll say the obvious: 50.

Rollo
25th January 2007, 02:23
There is a trick to this and the obvious is wrong. Not 50.

akv89
25th January 2007, 02:47
49, I guess you're not including District of Columbia.

Rollo
25th January 2007, 03:47
You can't include District of Columbia in the first place. It's not a state; neither is it part of one. District of Columbia is the Federal district as defined by the US Constitution.
It's not 49.

McLeagle
25th January 2007, 06:40
Well let's see... there is upstate (and downstate), state of shock and state of benign neglect, out-of-state and in-state, the state of the weather and the state of your health, and a jillion other states.......... + 50. :s mokin:

McLeagle
25th January 2007, 06:43
How many "states" are there in the United States of America?

Ah... I got it...
you were looking for 1.

United States of America;

But you asked for "states" (no capital), therefore zero.

:s mokin:

edv
25th January 2007, 07:00
Well, there are 4 commonwealths, so I would guess 46 states.

Mark in Oshawa
25th January 2007, 08:37
4 Commonwealths?? I can think of Mass and Virginia.....what would be the other two?

Rollo
25th January 2007, 09:26
Well, there are 4 commonwealths, so I would guess 46 states.

Bingo - Correct! We have a winner.

Virginia was never a state as had itself formally ceeded from Britain on Jun 29, 1776
Kentucky county pertitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia to be known as "free and independent, to be known by the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky." it got this in 1792
The Official Seal of Pennsylvania does not use the term, but legal processes are in the name of the Commonwealth and it is a traditional official designation used in referring to Pennsylvania.

According to the constitution of 1780 Massachusetts is officially named "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts" before this time it was referred to as the Province of Massachusetts Bay and as one of the 13 orginal colonies, it never needed to establish itself as a separate entity with the Continental Congress.

The United 46 States, 4 Commonwealths and 1 Not Really Anything of America just doesn't really have the same ring as the USA, does it?

Mark in Oshawa
25th January 2007, 09:33
For all intensive purposes, they are all States...but I forgot about PA and Kentucky.

At least us Canadians just have plain ole Provinces or Territories....keeps it simple...

edv
25th January 2007, 14:26
4 Commonwealths?? I can think of Mass and Virginia.....what would be the other two?

Mark, I posed a similar question in the old thread, naming the 4 commonwealths. I couldn't remember now the names of them, but I remembered the number of them. :)

Lemme go map-hunting and I'll be back shortly with a Q.

Mark in Oshawa
25th January 2007, 16:20
I haven't done the Geog. thread that much....and once I get working again, likely not a whole lot in the future....

edv
25th January 2007, 22:37
OK.
Here is a pic of a remnant of a temple. The red columns are pretty distinct.
It's from one of my favorite ancient civilisations. (They were the original hippies)
Where is the temple? (Bonus: Name the civilisation)

Gannex
26th January 2007, 17:33
Central America? Inca?

schmenke
26th January 2007, 17:52
Um, total guess... Syria? The Babylonians?

edv
26th January 2007, 18:00
Gannex...wrong continent
Schmenke..getting warmer

sxis
26th January 2007, 19:41
crete the Minoans

Mark in Oshawa
26th January 2007, 20:17
Original Hippies?that is some sort of clue.... The Philostines and the temple is in the Middle east?

sxis
26th January 2007, 20:46
crete the Minoans

sorry forgot to add knossos

edv
26th January 2007, 21:24
crete the Minoans

Correct sxis! It is Knossos in Crete. The Minoans basically lived by a motto akin to Make Love Not War. Lots of drinking and topless women. It was the earthquakes that did them in.

Your Q sxis

schmenke
26th January 2007, 21:27
Correct sxis! It is Knossos in Crete. The Minoans basically lived by a motto akin to Make Love Not War. Lots of drinking and topless women. It was the earthquakes that did them in...

So they felt the earth move...?

:dozey:

sxis
26th January 2007, 21:37
Not much good on this computer thingy but here go's How many lakes are there in the English Lake District [there is a catch in the question ! ]

Mark in Oshawa
26th January 2007, 23:41
Gotta love those minoans, making love and drinking all the time!!

For the Lakes, lets say 14

CarlMetro
26th January 2007, 23:43
0?

sxis
27th January 2007, 00:44
nope & nope

walrus81
27th January 2007, 00:45
1?

CarlMetro
27th January 2007, 00:54
2?

Rollo
27th January 2007, 01:06
If you look at the OS road map, only Bassenthwaite Lake is a lake. The rest are all Waters, Tarns or Meres, there's also a few Resevior as well. In total there's 81 bodies of water though.

Gannex
27th January 2007, 01:43
Clever, Rollo, and I bet you're right according to sxis. But I'd say that Windermere, Ullswater and the rest are also lakes. They don't have "Lake" in their names, granted, but not all towns have "Town" in their name either; doesn't stop them from being towns. Now if sxis had asked how many Lakes, with a capital L, he'd have a better argument that there's only one. But I maintain there are nearly as many lakes in the Lake District as there are bodies of water.

Rollo
27th January 2007, 01:53
Clever, Rollo, and I bet you're right according to sxis.

I'll also bet that I'm probably the only one anoraky enough to have bothered to count them all as well :D
As an aside, it takes 4000 holes to fill the Albert Hall which co-incidentally is the same number of holes as Blackburn, Lancs.

edv
27th January 2007, 02:26
Well, now they how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall....

I guess 10 Lakes

Mark in Oshawa
27th January 2007, 09:15
9 lakes...

sxis
27th January 2007, 19:33
Walrus 81 & Rollo Correct

Mark in Oshawa
27th January 2007, 20:14
A lake is a lake is a lake...silly English...getting hung up on WORDs.

Lets see ya count the number of lakes in Ontario....(hell I have no idea on the answer myself, so don't take this as a question)

sxis
27th January 2007, 21:53
Silly canadians getting hung up on quize's

Rollo
28th January 2007, 05:29
If I wanted to surf on a single wave for the longest possible time, apart from artificial machines, where would I go to do this?

walrus81
28th January 2007, 05:33
the mouth of the Thames?

edv
28th January 2007, 06:33
Yeah I think I saw this on TV once...in England somewhere they showed a guy standing on a board with a tidal bore about 18inches high...he coulda been sipping a cup of tea while surfing. Went for miles and miles.
I'll guess the Severn River?

malscar
28th January 2007, 09:09
The Amazon River

Mark in Oshawa
28th January 2007, 11:07
St. John River in the Bay of Fundy? Somewhere in the Bay of Fundy, home of the world's highest tides.

Rollo
28th January 2007, 11:15
Yeah I think I saw this on TV once...in England somewhere they showed a guy standing on a board with a tidal bore about 18inches high...he coulda been sipping a cup of tea while surfing. Went for miles and miles.
I'll guess the Severn River?

You guessed right.

There are reports of people being on the Severn Bore for as much as 2 hours. By the time the wave hits Gloucester it's barely rideable but people have been known to get there.

edv
31st January 2007, 01:09
This castle has been cited as one of the greatest in the world.
Where can it be found?

CarlMetro
31st January 2007, 01:22
Scotland?

GruppoB
31st January 2007, 01:51
I only know this because Im a huge history buff

The castle is called Krak des Chevalier, located on the eastern slope of the Djebel Ansariya Mountains.

It was an Arab castle but crusaders captured it and made countless additions to it, so its the way it looks today. It overlooked the Homs Pass which was a strategic point on the way to Egypt. It was granted to the venerable Knights Hospitalers.

edv
31st January 2007, 02:27
You got it GruppoB.

GruppoB
31st January 2007, 02:38
I want to go there one day. Funny thing is, almost a thousand years later and the whole region is dealing with almost exactly the same problems. No thanks to the geniuses in control of my country right now.

edv
31st January 2007, 05:34
I've spent a lot of time in Syria, and I can attest that it is home to some of the best architectural antiquities on the planet...and not a lot of people know about them. Like many arab countries, they could make a killing on tourism if they could only get their act together.

fly_ac
1st February 2007, 11:46
I'll have a go and step away when GruppoB post.

Saddam took US$1 billion a day before the war from banks in Irak which is considered as the biggest bank robbery in history, although it is not in the sence of a "normal" bank robbery.

So...

In which country were the biggest "normal" bank robbery to date, and approcimately how much were taken, in US$.

quicksilver
1st February 2007, 21:02
Bit of a long shot but its the only big one I can think of ........ Was it the bank robbery in London in 1987? think it was about £50million pound sterling or so at the time but I've no idea what that would be worth nowadays!

fly_ac
2nd February 2007, 11:51
Bit of a long shot but its the only big one I can think of ........ Was it the bank robbery in London in 1987? think it was about £50million pound sterling or so at the time but I've no idea what that would be worth nowadays!

They took £40 million (equivalent to roughly US$66 million at the 1987 exchange rate) at the time, If you were using the 2005 exchange rate you would be correct (£63.6 million --$111 million-- as of 2005), but then again they "only" took £40 million at the time of the crime.

The country is correct but not the amount at the time of the crime.

fly_ac
2nd February 2007, 11:56
Since you got the country right I'll give it to you, but it was actually the robbery at Securitas Cash Management Ltd depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge, Kent they took £53,116,760 (about US$92.5 million or €78 million) in bank notes on 22 February 2006.
After all this is the How Good Is Your Geography? Thread. :D

Mark in Oshawa
2nd February 2007, 17:15
THat is more History than Geography!!!

quicksilver
5th February 2007, 20:12
The longest fence in the world is 3,437 miles long. Where is it?

schmenke
5th February 2007, 20:27
Australia?