OK
Here's a map of an important river in the news.
Name the river.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ed...misc/river.jpg
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OK
Here's a map of an important river in the news.
Name the river.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ed...misc/river.jpg
Rubicon? Oh wait that's old news! :stareup:
The Dnieper River in The Ukraine - spun around so South is at the top.
That didn't take long!Quote:
Originally Posted by Firstgear
I spent about a week on a river cruise from Kiev to Odessa a few years ago, so the wide hook in that image looked familiar.
I couldn't resist answering, but unfortunately don't have a question ready.
If someone has one, please fire away.
Ok here is a question regarding a coat of arms.
The Coat of arms below belongs to a province in which European country?
Bonus points if you can nail the name of the province as well.
http://www.ladda-upp.se/files/2014/b91396.jpg
Looks Swedish, but a check of provinces doesn't show anything like that.
Google ImageSearch found it, but that's cheating.
Looking at the blue and yellow made me think of Asturias in Spain, but the shape of the crown at the top looks more british
Not Sweden, not Spain, not GB (although GB is a very good guess).
France?
When you said GB was a good answer, I thought of Gibraltar.
Then though I thought maybe it was a trick and the fact we are known as Great Britain & Northern Ireland, so maybe its Northern Ireland or Rep Ireland?
Nope not Gibraltar, not NI or Rep Ireland.
I don't want to say why GB was a good guess since I might use that as a question later on. :p ;)
Ireland? Although the only county in Ireland I can think of with blue and yellow colours is Waterford, but that has ships on its' banner
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Originally Posted by anfield5
Oops started typing then had to answer the call of nature, hence I didn't see the above post :D
I know some of the Polish provinces have blue and yellow arms, probably due to the fact that they were invaded and administered by Sweden 700-1000 years ago
Not Poland but you are getting closer.
Also our wars against Poland were only 300-400 years ago.
One of the provinces in Northern Germany that was once part of the Swedish Empire.
Nope still not correct.
I was never much good at telling the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
On the same track then how about Lithuania. I know that some of the Lithuanian provinces were under Swedish control a few hundred years back
No not Lithuania either but we're getting closer.
If you mean geographically closer then it really leaves Denmark Norway and Finland. of these three Finland would seam the most obvious. I think (and again sorry if the dates are out) Sweden annexed Finland in the 12th or 13th century and ruled until about 200 years ago, many towns and provinces would have coats of arms going back to that time, so Finland would be a complete, but hopefully not completely uneducated guess. As for the province, I don't have the faintest idea I can't even tell you what province Helsinki is in! All I know that Lapland is in the North, but is not a Finnish province as it also stretches across Sweden, Norway and Russia. And the Fins call FInland Soumi
How about Estonia?
Yeah Finally Anfield, Finland is correct.
Province is called Finland Proper (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi, Swedish: Egentliga Finland)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Pr ... rovince%29
It's good we finally finished that one, :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Boo! :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Part of Pomerania was Swedish for a century or so. The city of Stargard seems to be one of the few places to have kept its name after becoming part of Poland. Just about everything else in the area was renamed.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Poo :stare:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Sorry about the delay in asking a new question (I was away from a computer all weekend)
Question:
Where in the world is this
http://fightingtheboredom.com/wp-con...ad-20-5291.jpg
in the Andes
Specifically Peru?
not Peru... specifically el camino de la muerte, with Phil Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke :bandit:
Is that the same place the Top Gear Gang drove along? :) :sailor:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
might be :sailor: :p
Netherlands?Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
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Originally Posted by BleAivano
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Originally Posted by donKey jote
Correct is is in Bolivia
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Originally Posted by steveaki13
Yes they did
'You there donKey?
might be :D
couldn't be donkeyed looking for a good one, so here's a quicky:
How high above sea level is Europe's highest capital city? :dozey: