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not Seoul.
To keep this moving and to avoid people becoming bored, here is another clue. It is in Inner Mongolia and is more than quarter of a million square km in size.
If nobody can get it by the end of today (tomorrow morning Northern Hemisphere) I will put up the answer and invite someone else to pose a question :)
Chengdu?
no but getting closer and closerQuote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
As promised this morning (evening or whatever :))
The largest city in the world – based on surface area, is Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia which is 263,953 km squared.
Somebody else is quite welcome to pose the next question if they would like to
What is the total population of Hulunbuir (not counting sheep and goats)?Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
From what I saw about 2.5 million. Anfield5 might have a different source.
Close, but get to the closest 100K.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
Didn't realise this was the next Q. I thought Starter was asking out of curiosity :dork:
O.k. I'll guess 2.0 million.
Colder.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
It actually was intended as a joke, but it'll work as a question too.
Me too. Thats why I googled that answer. Sorry about thatQuote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Hugely difficult to answer. When I posed the question I did some research on the area. Population estimates are between 2.4 and 2.7 million, depending on the source. It is impossible to be more accurate because out side of the metro area of the city there has been no accurate census done. The best I found last week was 2.71 million in 2004Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
And that's the winning answer to a really bad question. Back to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
Not a Q, but I thought I'd sare this (didn't want to post it under a new thread). Live earth images from the ISS. I think it's pretty cool.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/
Not a really bad question Starter, just difficult to be accurate with:)
Question:
How many islands make up the Philippines?
215?
I think the answer is in the thousands. 6,000?
6,001?
Low tide, high tide or both?Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
All of the ones that are considered to be islands. 6001 is the closest so far Taz, but this is still a considerable amount short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Nearest 100 gets the prize
13k in Indonesia..or was it Philippines...I say 10,400
11215?
10,999?
13825.684?
Taz is the closest so far, but has overestimated by about 30%.
To keep things moving and to stop boredom setting in the answer is semi-officially 7100.
Over to you taz
http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/u..._photos/13.jpg
This satellite image is a section of the coast of which country?
Norway?
anfield, how is 10,999 closer to 7100 than 10,400? (which I edu-guessed)
Storm you have been cheated mate. :mad::confused::(:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Storm
No, but not a bad edu-guessQuote:
Originally Posted by Storm
:sailor: Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry :monkee:Quote:
anfield, how is 10,999 closer to 7100 than 10,400? (which I edu-guessed)
I withdraw my question, your Q Storm! :dork:
hah!
this is a nice Q...lets carry on. :ninja:
Denmark?
Alright then! :) Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Storm you may have been thinking about an image that looks more like this:
http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/u..._photos/44.jpg
Getting closer :angryfire :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
The Netherlands?
Sure looks like it to me (the Delta Works in particular)Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
6001 on the previous page was the closest anyone came :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Looking at the top of the picture, you can see the edge of a harbour, so I would agree with Schmenke it seems to be a picture of the land just to the south of Rotterdam.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
You got it, take it away schmenke!
The following represent very similar latitudes of four major cities. Name them. Hint, two are in North America, one in Europe and one in Asia.
40°24′N (Europe)
39°57′N (North America)
39°54′N (Asia)
39°44′N (North America)
I think I missed this geographic lesson.....
Well if we can get one, then that will help work out the others.
Not that I have a clue really. I will wait for someone to get one of them and work from there. :p
39°57′N (North America) - Philadelphia?
39°44′N (North America) - Denver?