How Good Is Your Geography?? [3]

Not to ask a question but to answer Markabilly:
Favourite close restuarant: Henry's South in Midland. Right on the water at Doral Marine and serve great fresh Pickerel (aka Walleye). Reasonable house white.
When at Mosport: Captains in Lindsay 35K north of track. Great menu but I love the Jambalya. Also have single malt Scotch and reasonable house red (Sawmill Creek).
Open for breakfast at 7 and large servings at reasonable price. Time to eat and get to track before action starts.
I stay in Lindsay anyway.

Sorry guys but I don't have any questions, so who has one just post it, thanks :)

Ok, here's one.

On the South American continent (excl. Panama), there are 13 independent countries. 10 of these have a border with Brazil. Name the 2 that don't.

PS. jso1985 is pre-disqualified. ;)

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Originally Posted by studiose

Ok, here's one.

On the South American continent (excl. Panama), there are 13 independent countries. 10 of these have a border with Brazil. Name the 2 that don't.

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Honduras & Ecuador?

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

Honduras & Ecuador?

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Nope.

Perú and Mexico ? :p :

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Originally Posted by pino

Perú and Mexico ? :p :

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Want me to disqualify you too? :p :

I can't think of both, but one is Chile,
which just happens to have one of the snapiest Anthems I've had the pleasure to here!
I rate it at the top right behind La Marseillaise, and Oh Canada! :)

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I can't think of both, but one is Chile,
which just happens to have one of the snapiest Anthems I've had the pleasure to here!
I rate it at the top right behind La Marseillaise, and Oh Canada! :)

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I won't comment on your partial answer, but I do think the Chilean anthem is actually quite rubbish. :p : My two faves in the whole wide world are the Brazilian (which should be familiar enough to all motorsports and footie fans) and the Swedish. :up:

Here's the Swedish:

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I am pretty sure Chile is one. I suspect Ecuador is another. I cannot think of a third unless you go to Central America or Islands.

I rate Brazil near the top! Sweden’s does nothing for me!
Let's agree to disagree! ;)

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I am pretty sure Chile is one. I suspect Ecuador is another. I cannot think of a third unless you go to Central America or Islands.

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Well, since I said there were two, and that they were "on the South American continent (excl. Panama)", there's no need to look for a third, especially in Central America or the islands. :)

Chile and Ecuador is right! :up:

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I rate Brazil near the top! Sweden’s does nothing for me!
Let's agree to disagree! ;)

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Certainly! ;)

I think the Chilean one reminds of Italy's Anthem, very perky and quick. Sweden's reminds a bit more of my own...

Not sure if I have a favourite anthem outside of my own or not. If pushed, I would have to say I love the French one and if the Star Spangled Banner is done right (which seems to be rarely done) in the right atmosphere, it can be electrfying. Wayne Messmer was an opera singer who used to do the anthems for the Black Hawks when they played at the old Chicago Stadium. Hearing his version of O Canada followed by the roar of the madness that went with his anthem and that giant pipe organ was just electrfying. You didn't have to be an American to appreciate it that is for sure.

Sadly, Messmer doesn't do the Hawks anthems no more, and the Chicago Stadium with its world's largest pipe organ are long gone....

Never mind the jingoism, just the sheer volume of emotion and enthusiam can be heard on the video on You Tube of the anthem at the NHL All Star game during the first Gulf War.....

One of them should be Chile.
The other I guess to be Ecuador.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

I think the Chilean one reminds of Italy's Anthem, very perky and quick. Sweden's reminds a bit more of my own...

Not sure if I have a favourite anthem outside of my own or not. If pushed, I would have to say I love the French one and if the Star Spangled Banner is done right (which seems to be rarely done) in the right atmosphere, it can be electrfying. Wayne Messmer was an opera singer who used to do the anthems for the Black Hawks when they played at the old Chicago Stadium. Hearing his version of O Canada followed by the roar of the madness that went with his anthem and that giant pipe organ was just electrfying. You didn't have to be an American to appreciate it that is for sure.

Sadly, Messmer doesn't do the Hawks anthems no more, and the Chicago Stadium with its world's largest pipe organ are long gone....

Never mind the jingoism, just the sheer volume of emotion and enthusiam can be heard on the video on You Tube of the anthem at the NHL All Star game during the first Gulf War.....

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As an American I respect and honor my National Anthem! Musically I find it rather awkward,
and have an issue with the melody coming from an old British Drinking/Pub Song! :mark:
Francis Scott Key Got the lyrics right! But in light of the current state of affairs,
and in the interest of honest disclosure, I think the last two lines need to be changed to:

“Oh say does that Star - Spangled Banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the gullible and the home of the greedy?

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Originally Posted by Tazio

“Oh say does that Star - Spangled Banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the gullible and the home of the greedy?

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Doesn't rhyme! :p :

The vast majority of Canadians do not sing the correct version of our anthem.

The English or French version? :D
They have changed the English lyrics so often most people have lost track!

Anyway my question.

North America was 'discovered' by Europeans long before Columbus.
Settlements were basically on the East Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador with some further South.
However there was at least one settlement hundreds of miles inland.
Name the known settlement (current town) and general location as well as the European people that settled there.

Any one with decent knowledge of North American history should get this one.

vikings
there was news article about this recently the claim that it was close to keninston Minn. but others calim it was fake evidence, so I do not know, there are "rumors" of welsh and irish showing up before Columbus as well...nothing absolutely verified

Vikings or Norsemen is correct.
Now the current town and area of NA. It is nowhere near an ocean coast.
I did not see the recent article or would have asked a different question.
No hints yet.

Maybe Wade91 can answer this one.

the article was about minn site--stones were discovered many many years ago, thought to be carved by vikings, but later many experts think they were fakes, then something happenned or discovered that started speculation all again that this was a real settlement in the area.....but nothing like the other settlement along the coast,

Funny Markabilly. When I started my last post only part of your post had appeared. It is not in Minn.
The settlement I am talking about is pretty well confirmed by qualified researchers.

yes i forgot part of your question so i edited--there are some areas i know that have been 'confirmed' far further EAST and as i say, the minnie deal is still very debated

i believe the same can be said about either the irish or welsh, but one of those ( i don't remeber which) showed up long before the vikies, if the legends are to be beleived

Personally, I believe Irish sailors were landing in america for years before and after the vikes, as I know how those people are, and then add in a little alcohol, and they could end up anywhere.... :beer:

I think I know the place you're thinking of.

Seeing it's so close to home, I don't really want to answer, but I'm finding it difficult not to offer a little hint.

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Originally Posted by Firstgear

I think I know the place you're thinking of.

Seeing it's so close to home, I don't really want to answer, but I'm finding it difficult not to offer a little hint.

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Wheelie-ing, West Virginia :confused:
:p :

Nope. Markabilly was a way closer.

I read a fiction book once that made reference to Viking rune-stones in Missouri. So that would be my guess.

Sorry no. If nobody gets it by tomorrow night I will start dropping hints.
I thought this would be any easy one!

Hint:
There is a drag strip and a road racing track of the same name nearby the town.

Yeah, when I started trying to find the latest about minnesota as to whether it really has some serious support for the finds (or whether it is as some say-and probably most true, a fraud or just something else,) I think I came across what Easy is talking about, but unlike donKey, I will leave it to others cause I think it might be cheating....

Of course, I do remember mine that went on and on, even for days after I asked do you need another hint about the horse latitude question until the donKey cheated..........

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Originally Posted by markabilly

i believe the same can be said about either the irish or welsh, but one of those ( i don't remeber which) showed up long before the vikies, if the legends are to be beleived

Personally, I believe Irish sailors were landing in america for years before and after the vikes, as I know how those people are, and then add in a little alcohol, and they could end up anywhere.... :beer:

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I think you are referring to St Brendan who went sailing across the Atlantic in the 6th century. In the seventies (maybe early eighties) a group got together and recreated his voyage. They proved that the technology of the time was capable of such a journey.

Sorry, I don't know the name of the town you are looking for.

Drifter, I am going to say Brainerd Minnesota....but I personally doubt the Vikings getting that far. That said, if they got into Hudson bay and came up the river systems inland up into Lake Winnipeg and the Red, there is no limit to where they may have ended up...

Close. You went past the place.
Think of a certain Boeing 767 with the nickname the ----- Glider.
There were quite a few Blonde, Blue eyed Indians in the area when the first trappers arrived centuries later.
An aquaintance when racing there in the 70's asked about wine in the best restuarant in town.
The waitress replied 'Do you want the red or the clear?' :eek:

I thought that last hint was a real giveaway.
Discovery Channel have done a story on the plane on 'Mayday', although not totally true.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

Close. You went past the place.
Think of a certain Boeing 767 with the nickname the ----- Glider.
There were quite a few Blonde, Blue eyed Indians in the area when the first trappers arrived centuries later.
An aquaintance when racing there in the 70's asked about wine in the best restuarant in town.
The waitress replied 'Do you want the red or the clear?' :eek:

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I know that the airline in question was Air Canada...

I think this locatiuon is more legend than fact....sort of like Minnesota....so when you tell us the name of the g.........airliner, please cite sources that demonstrate reliability....please!!!!
or I will tell some more jokes about your house and dogs...

The Gimli Glider. An Air Canada 767 totally ran out of fuel and literally glided in. The TV story has Drag Races going on. It was Sports Car races and the track marshalls put out the fire on the brakes. There is a drag strip there too.
The remains of a Norse settlement have been unearthed near Gimli, Manitoba on the shores of Lake Winnipeg and authentized by at least one University research team. National Geographic also reported on it several years ago. I saw the article but don't remember when it was written.
I think the most miserable race I was ever at was at 'Grimli' as the Formula Atlantic teams called it. It was late June and just above the freezing point. High winds and just pouring rain. No matter what you wore you were soaked and half frozen. No shelter from the wind or rain during the race.
It was Gilles Villeneuve's first Atlantic win and he spun about 7 times! Everybody else spun even more often. Huge puddles all over the track and you couldn't get any heat in the tires. I think we finished 7th with about 14 spins in 80 laps. Despite a plastic cover my electronic stop watch crapped out from water and I had to rely on my 3 old analog watches. One of the very few times I was not able to keep the race positions in my head.
I have been at races where it snowed but that was the most miserable. Being
late June nobody had winter type clothes. Never made that mistake again but all other years after were nice! So had the earlier years.
I was flying back to Toronto (the only one on the team who was). One of the other drivers gave me a lift and we went to his motel first where we both had hot showers and dry clothes. Our team towed with and stayed in a Winnie.
Their showers were get wet, soap and rinse, before the water ran out! No furnace either.
Over to you Markabilly.

here is toughie---name the racetrack where, if ever, easy won his first race???????????????
and as a bonus where nicky hayden, kevin schwantz and colin edwards won their first road races on a paved racetrack.....Hint-the latter is the same track, but as to easy??????????????????????

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Originally Posted by markabilly

here is toughie---name the racetrack where, if ever, easy won his first race???????????????
and as a bonus where nicky hayden, kevin schwantz and colin edwards won their first road races on a paved racetrack.....Hint-the latter is the same track, but as to easy??????????????????????

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I'm going to take a couple wild guesses!
You may have given away the latter part on another thread. So I will say Oakhill.
As for Easy......I will guess The Roman Coliseum! :burnout: