How Good is Your Geographic? [4]

Sri Lanka? :erm:

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

Well, could the missing country be Greece, then? :)

And... between 10,000 and 15,000 km? :)

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yep :D :up:

14300 km according to Breeze's Crowflyer Site

Cool. :cool:

Now I'm not sure it's my question, but I'm just gonna be an arse and ask one. I hope you don't mind. :)

Seven sovereign states have made eight territorial claims to land in Antarctica south of the 60° S parallel. Name those seven countries, please. And, which country has made the largest claim?

Argentina, New Zealand, US, Chile?

3/4 correct, Storm. :cool:

France, UK, Norway, Argentina, Russia, US, Australia, New Zealand, Ican'tcountland ?

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

France, UK, Norway, Argentina, Russia, US, Australia, New Zealand, Ican'tcountland ?

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6 correct. :cool: But which might be the largest claim?

Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, UK

Argentina the largest?

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

6 correct. :cool: But which might be the largest claim?

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Australia ?

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Originally Posted by D-Type

Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, UK

Argentina the largest?

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Also 6 correct. :) Rather surprisingly, neither the USA or the Soviet Union have ever claimed territory in Antarctica, although both have reserved a right to do so under the Antarctic Treaty.

Argentina is not the largest.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Australia ?

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Correct! :up:

Now if I could just have a list of the seven.. ;)

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

Rather surprisingly, neither the USA or the Soviet Union have ever claimed territory in Antarctica

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:o :crazy:

my six + chile or Dtype's 6 + France

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

:o :crazy:

my six + chile or Dtype's 6 + France

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Is correct. :up:

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/...antarctica.jpg

The gray area is unclaimed.

Your Q, Donks. :up:

Can I pass on this one? :)

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Can I pass on this one? :)

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Sure. :cool:

D-Type, would you ask a question?

I think the grey area used to be the US Dependency until they withdrew their claim - I'm not sure why

I'll try and think up a question. If anybody else has one, please feel free to post it.

OK, here we go.

First one for donKey jote only - where is there a restaurant that the locals call "Don Quick Shot"?

And for everyone: In what three European countries would you hear the same national anthem played?

pass! :p

Close enough. It was in Cairo - There was a restaurant called Don Qixote, I think serving Spanish food. When we pronounced the name correctly our Egyptian cplleagues hadn't a clue what we were talking about. :)

:laugh:

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Originally Posted by D-Type

And for everyone: In what three European countries would you hear the same national anthem played?

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Easy. Scotland, Ireland, Wales.

Certainly not Ireland :eek: :laugh: :arrows:

And I doubt it's Scotland, England, Wales either... if the Rugby matches are anything to go by, they all have their own national anthems :andrea:

Estonia, Finland, Latvia??

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Estonia, Finland, Latvia??

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Was just about to post much the same, but I was going to say Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Estonia and Finland do indeed have the same anthem, but Latvia and Lithuania have different ones.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Certainly not Ireland :eek: :laugh: :arrows:

And I doubt it's Scotland, England, Wales either... if the Rugby matches are anything to go by, they all have their own national anthems :andrea:

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In this context, these three plus Northern Ireland are one country - the United Kingdom

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Originally Posted by wiruwiru

Estonia and Finland do indeed have the same anthem, but Latvia and Lithuania have different ones.

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Thanks for the clarification - I wasn't thinking of Baltic states

Balkanic states?

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No!

Caucasic states? :p :andrea:

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:laugh: :laugh:

what was the question again? :bandit: :andrea:

I'm intrigued to find out the answer to this excellent question. :up:

If it's not in the Balkans, could it be among the very small nations of Europe? Let's say Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican.

Greece, Cyprus and Macedonia?
Or is God Save The Queen still used in some former colonies?

I'll compose the following guess:

Ukraine
Belarus
Moldova

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Greece, Cyprus and Macedonia?
Or is God Save The Queen still used in some former colonies?

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No, although Cyprus and Greece are the same (tune and words), Macedonia is different.

Depends what you mean by "former colony". God Save the Queen is still the anthem in the last remnants of the empire and former colonies that were never given their independence are now called British Overseas territories.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

I'll compose the following guess:

Ukraine
Belarus
Moldova

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Again, not that I know of. I would expect them to have their own anthems.

D' are we talking about melodies and lyrics? If only melodies it may surprise some people that "My country Tis of Thee" which is sung to the same melody as "God Save The Queen" was the National Anthem of the US well into the 20th century, which is not a guess as it was replaced with “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Here sung by "the first lady of soul"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NqszdLiJxg

Melody

It seems noone has a clue, so perhaps you'd give us one, D-Type? :cool: