How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[Storm]

Malaysia? or could be Korea, but the green cover makes me think Malaysia as being more likely?

[schmenke]

Malaysia it is!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langkawi_Cable_Car

Over to you Storm.

[Storm]

^lotsa clues needed to get it :s

http://www.prochile.gob.cl/int/belgium/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2014/01/foto-torres.jpg

simple I think, don't look at the link

[gadjo_dilo]

Tian Shan.
Probably not but it makes we think of a photo in one of my childhood games.

[Storm]

nope

[Rollo]

New Zealand? Is it Mount Doom?

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

[Storm]

:D

no

[Mekola]

Mount Etna?

[anfield5]

strange angle of the Matterhorn?

[Rollo]

strange angle of the Matterhorn?

Even I know that that's not the Matterhorn.

That's nowhere near Tomorrowland or Fantasyland. It's not even Big Thunder Mountain Railroad either. :D

[Storm]

No correct answers yet. anfield doesn't know it? :eek:

But it is a different angle of something else...or rather the thingies in the background are the ones usually seen in common photos of this place.

[anfield5]

I don't have a clue, so it is random guess time

Thinking the Andes looking at the peaks, so Anconcagua

[Storm]

Andes it is but not the highest Aconcagua.

[Rollo]

Andes it is but not the highest Aconcagua.

It's not where Uruguayan Flight 571 crashed and all the footballers who survived ate each other is it?

[Storm]

I don't know if that happened here.

- this is a famous tourist spot, obviously for trekkers/hikers and nature lovers. I read about this location in a travelogue and have been dreaming of going there forever(along with similar places in Himalaya, Alps and Alaska :s )

If no answer by tonight, I'll give it up.

[anfield5]

Matchu Pichu or the mountains behind it from the back?

[Rollo]

Matchu Pichu or the mountains behind it from the back?

I know!

Someone has taken a camera and put it up to Abraham Lincoln's head at the Lincoln Memorial. I always thought that his head was full of caramel corns but I guess that it's actually a dimensional portal to another world.

[Storm]

:rolleyes:

Should I give the answer?

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes!
And ask a new one.

[Storm]

I'm not gonna ask a Q, someone else needs to have a go...

That photo was from the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile..specifically of the Cuernos del Paine (the background peaks are the actual Towers = Torres)

[Rollo]

OKAY.

Which famous person could look out of the windows of his house and notice that he has a Foggy Bottom?

[gadjo_dilo]

To my knowledge Foggy Bottom is in Washington.
Could it be Mr Obama?

[anfield5]

To my knowledge Foggy Bottom is in Washington.
Could it be Mr Obama?

No point answering as well ;).
Foggy Bottom is the area of Washington that the Whitehouse is situated in

[Rollo]

To my knowledge Foggy Bottom is in Washington.
Could it be Mr Obama?

It would be Mr Obama.

FLOTUS might complain about POTUS' FLATUS; he'd blame his Foggy Bottom.

[gadjo_dilo]

:eek:
I have to look up in slang dictionary again......

[Rollo]

POTUS - President Of The United States
FLOTUS - First Lady Of The United States
FLATUS - noun - a fart

[gadjo_dilo]

Where is this spectacular road?706

[Storm]

seen it somewhere before, Denmark?

[gadjo_dilo]

Not Denmark but you're close.

[Storm]

Sweden then :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

Not Sweden but you're close. :laugh:

[Storm]

:| Norway?

[gadjo_dilo]

Yessssss!!!!!! Your turn now.

[Storm]

No!!!

[gadjo_dilo]

Why not? :p

[anfield5]

Atlantic Road in Norway?

[gadjo_dilo]

yes. If Storm doesn't want to ask a question, anybody is free to do it.

[anfield5]

Ok... Name the 10 biggest wine exporting countries in the World

[Rollo]

Weapons of Mass Speculation :D

USA
China
France
Italy
Spain
Australia
...
...
...
Saudi Arabia :D

[gadjo_dilo]

+ Portugal?

[Storm]

what ? :erm:

[anfield5]

1 France - Rollo
2 Italy - Rollo
3 Spain - Rollo
4 USA - Rollo
5 China - Rollo
6........
7 Australia - Rollo
8........
9..........
10........

Sorry gadjo not Portugal and Rollo Saudi is only at number 254

[Storm]

Chile must be in there somewhere, perhaps Argentina too?

[gadjo_dilo]

Russia?
Romania? :p

[Rollo]

1 France - Rollo
2 Italy - Rollo
3 Spain - Rollo
4 USA - Rollo
5 China - Rollo
6........
7 Australia - Rollo
8........
9..........
10........

Sorry gadjo not Portugal and Rollo Saudi is only at number 254

Saudi Arabia is a dry country :D

Also... there are probably only about ~200 countries depending on what your definition of a country is.

[anfield5]

Saudi Arabia is a dry country :D

Also... there are probably only about ~200 countries depending on what your definition of a country is.

197 countries with their own sovereigntry Rollo, that includes the likes of Palestine that is not recognised by all. I know Saudi is dry, hence it is ranked 254th out of 197

[anfield5]

Chile must be in there somewhere, perhaps Argentina too?

Argentina is 6th
Chile is 8th

[anfield5]

Russia?
Romania? :p
Russia is 10th

[anfield5]

Just number 9 to find

[Rollo]

It's not New Zealand is it?

[anfield5]

Correct... It is not NZ

[schmenke]

Canada?

[Firstgear]

Has anyone said Germany? Rhine & Mosel Rivers, lots of wine there.

[anfield5]

Sorry Schmenke it is not you Canadians nor the Germans First gear. Clue - it is a quite obvious country, they mainly produce very good white wines

[schmenke]

Austria?

[anfield5]

Not Austria.

Clue... This country used to have a GP and has produced one World Champion.

[Rollo]

This country used to have a GP and has produced one World Champion.

Process of elimination time:

Only three countries have produced lone F1 World Champions.

Post #2304 eliminated Canada.
Post #2301 eliminated New Zealand.

All that's left is...
Braaivleis, Rugby, Sunny Skies and Chevrolet... they go together, all across the RSA.

South Africa - land of Robots.

[anfield5]

Correct Rollo, the Republic of South Africa is the missing link

[Rollo]

Which line of longitude to the nearest degree passes through the greatest number of countries?

[schmenke]

Good Q. I would guess it's just east of the prime meridian, that passes through many of the European countries, continuing on south through most of the African ones.

How about 20 deg. East?

[Rollo]

Good Q. I would guess it's just east of the prime meridian, that passes through many of the European countries, continuing on south through most of the African ones.

How about 20 deg. East?

By my count 20°E passes through 19 countries.

We can do better than that :D

[Storm]

I'm going to say 35 deg E, maybe passing through tonnes of East Europe/Balkans and then eastern Africa.

[Rollo]

I'm going to say 35 deg E, maybe passing through tonnes of East Europe/Balkans and then eastern Africa.

35°E only passes through 15 countries. Oh pooh pooh pooh.

[anfield5]

I think Schmenke and Storm are close. So I will day 25 east, through the middle of Europe and Africa

[Rollo]

I think Schmenke and Storm are close. So I will day 25 east, through the middle of Europe and Africa

25°E passes through 20 countries.

It's the best so far but we can still do a little better.

[anfield5]

26 east

[Rollo]

26°E also passes through 20 countries.

20 is good but wait, there's more.

[anfield5]

27 east, trying to get Lesotho as well as South Africa to score 21

[Rollo]

27 east, trying to get Lesotho as well as South Africa to score 21

We have a winner!

You could have also had 28°E as well... because of Lesotho

[anfield5]

Slightly odd question - What time is it at the South Pole?

[gadjo_dilo]

The same as at the North Pole. :angel:

[anfield5]

You would expect so, but which North Pole?

[Rollo]

Slightly odd question - What time is it at the South Pole?

I've been internalizing a really complicated situation in my head bro. The Pakehas at the Beehive decided that the South Pole should be the same time as them and the munters in the great white chilly bin said "Hard bro, Hard."

What time is it at the South Pole? It's same time at the South Pole as it is in Wellington... so it's about 1973. :D

The time is whatever John Key says it is.

[anfield5]

I've been internalizing a really complicated situation in my head bro. The Pakehas at the Beehive decided that the South Pole should be the same time as them and the munters in the great white chilly bin said "Hard bro, Hard."

What time is it at the South Pole? It's same time at the South Pole as it is in Wellington... so it's about 1973. :D

The time is whatever John Key says it is.

It has nothing to do with the grinning Key idiot, we don't mention his name in polite company, or even here.

Clue it is by convention a particular time at the South Pole all the time, I.e the time never changes, but what time is it?

[gadjo_dilo]

Any time......:angel:

[anfield5]

Technically it is all times, but there is a specific time it is set to be

[gadjo_dilo]

Gmt?

[anfield5]

No, Because GMT changes every second, the time at the pole does not

[Rollo]

No, Because GMT changes every second, the time at the pole does not

Time:
http://www.timegenie.com/city.time/aqams

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/plr/images/prss/spstation_flags.jpg
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/plr/support/southp.jsp

Officially, since all flights to Antarctica go through McMurdo Station which is owned by NZ, the time at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is co-ordinated with McMurdo and is +12:00 UTC for NZST or +13:00 UTC in NZDST.

I remember this because when I was still working for the Commonwealth Law Courts, there was a wedding that we had to do a hookup for and needed to know the time at the South Pole.

Unless the actual South Pole has a different time; in which case TIL...

[anfield5]

Time:
http://www.timegenie.com/city.time/aqams

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/plr/images/prss/spstation_flags.jpg
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/plr/support/southp.jsp

Officially, since all flights to Antarctica go through McMurdo Station which is owned by NZ, the time at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is co-ordinated with McMurdo and is +12:00 UTC for NZST or +13:00 UTC in NZDST.

I remember this because when I was still working for the Commonwealth Law Courts, there was a wedding that we had to do a hookup for and needed to know the time at the South Pole.

Unless the actual South Pole has a different time; in which case TIL...

south Pole does have a different time. Since all time zones converge at the pole it is in effect in all time zones, the convention says the it is always 12 noon at the pole.

[gadjo_dilo]

So if I live on the South Pole time wouldn't pass. :laugh:

[anfield5]

So if I live on the South Pole time wouldn't pass. :laugh:
No my friend, you wouldn't age and would live for ever. I am consider ing moving there so O am alive when Liverpool wins a Premiership title

[gadjo_dilo]

:laugh:

[Rollo]

No my friend, you wouldn't age and would live for ever. I am consider ing moving there so O am alive when Liverpool wins a Premiership title

Move to Adelaide.

Every day in Adelaide seems like an eternity.

[gadjo_dilo]

Every day in Adelaide seems like an eternity.

Then having a job in Adelaide would be a nightmare for me.....:laugh:

[anfield5]

Who is Adelaide?

[Rollo]

Who is Adelaide?

Who is Adelaide? Queen Adelaide was William IV's wife and George IV's mum.

What is Adelaide? A city of about 1 and a bit million people, the capital of South Australia and the fifth largest city in Australia.

[anfield5]

The city of churches and erm........? To be honest though I preferred it as the venue for the Aus GP, rather than Melbourne

[Storm]

Every possible time

Did a d type

[D-Type]

:mad: :fasttalk: :angryfire

It's D-Type!

[Rollo]

Q: How many North Poles are there?

[D-Type]

I reckon there's four:
(1) The true Geographic pole - the point at 90 degrees north where all lines of longitude meet
(2) The Magnetic North Pole
(3) There must be a third and fourth or the question wouldn't be subtle enough - is it the location of the "North Pole" scientific research station.
(4) The point where the earth's axis of rotation meets the surface. It differs from (1) because the earth is not a perfect sphere.

Then of course there's Santa's home which is debatably either at the North Pole or somewhere in Greenland.

[Rollo]

I reckon there's four:
(1) The true Geographic pole - the point at 90 degrees north where all lines of longitude meet
(2) The Magnetic North Pole
(3) There must be a third and fourth or the question wouldn't be subtle enough - is it the location of the "North Pole" scientific research station.
(4) The point where the earth's axis of rotation meets the surface. It differs from (10) because the earth is not a perfect sphere.

Then of course there's Santa's home which is debatably either at the North Pole or somewhere in Greenland.

1 - is good
2 - is good
3 - there is a subtle answer
4 - that answer is nominally the same as 1.

There could also be the most northerly Polish Person :D

[Storm]

:D

btw I did not understand the logic for #4? They should not be wildly different even due to the oblate nature of earth..
anyways is 4th the celestial north pole?:p:

[Rollo]

btw I did not understand the logic for #4? They should not be wildly different even due to the oblate nature of earth..
anyways is 4th the celestial north pole?:p:

Earth is an oblate spheroid which means that it is flattened at the poles and bugles at the middle. The geographic pole of bodies (and indeed earth) IS the axis of rotation and in practice, it varies no more than a few metres.
Earth is not a perfect sphere but even if it was shaped like a chihuahua its rotational axis would still define the geographic poles.
The celestial north pole is directly above geographic north pole (azimuth)

[Storm]

Thats what I meant rollo that they should not be different as per D-Type's suggestion.


correct, the celestial NP is directly above, basically the same imaginery line stretched to cut the so called celestial sphere...But then the geo NP and celestial NP become TWO different points on the same line eh? ;)

[anfield5]

I remember hearing the number 7 as an answer for this

[D-Type]

Every planet, satellite and asteroid in the Solar System has a North Pole, so there are thousands of them. But I think the question relates to places on Earth.
Are you including places named "North Pole" or are you looking for a third geographical North Pole?

[Rollo]

I reckon there's four:

I'm going to give this.

1. Geographic North Pole - Defined from the point of rotation
2. Magnetic North Pole - The point where magnetic lines of forces enter vertically
3. Geomagnetic North Pole - which is where where the axis of the best-fitting dipole intersects the Earth's surface, if the earth was a giant magnet.
4. North Pole of Inaccessibility - Which is the furthest point from any land mass

[D-Type]

OK, I'll try and find a question.
If anyone has a good question, feel free to post it.

[D-Type]

It's difficult to find a new question so I'll repeat an old one

Name 3, no make that 4, claimants to the title of "World's highest mountain" and explain the justification for each claim.

[anfield5]

Everest - highest point above sea level
Chimbarazo - furthest point from centre of earth (closest point on earth to the moon)
Kilimanjaro - highest point above its surrounding plain
Manu kea - tallest from base to summit

[Rollo]

Olympus Mons - depending on how you measure it towers at least 69,000 ft. When you said "World's highest mountain" you didn't specify which world.
Rheasilvia - is probably 72,000 ft tall; it's on Vesta which isn't even a planet but it might be a world.

[Storm]

^ :rolleyes: but I still bow down to your astronomical knowledge ;)
did not know about the Vesta one!

[D-Type]

On the nose, Anfield 5, 4 out of 4. Your question next.

[anfield5]

On the nose, Anfield 5, 4 out of 4. Your question next.

Kinda feel like I am cheating, as it was origionally my question....

[D-Type]

Just find a flaming question to ask!

[anfield5]

Just find a flaming question to ask!

Sorry D. Been really busy with my degree and am getting forgetful .

Question: What country has the tallest average height, what country has the shortest average height of its' male population?

[Storm]

Tallest - Sweden?
Shortest - perhaps a central African country with significant Pygmy population...

[D-Type]

Rwanda for both, with the Tutsi being the tallest and the Pygmies the shortest

[Storm]

wouldn't that make the average height of that country, well average out? :s

[Rollo]

The tallest is probably Tonga. I've seen some really massive islanders.
I'm guessing Peru for the shortest. I think that high altitude might have an influence on smaller lung sizes.

[AndyL]

I'm sure the tallest must be the Dutch. Shortest I would guess North Korea.

I assume the Dutch have evolved to be as tall as they are to keep their heads above water when the tide comes in.

Edit: actually I must be way off on North Korea. Apparently Kim Jong Un is 5'9", and when you see those photos of him pointing at things, the other people around are mostly as tall as he is.

[Rollo]

Edit: actually I must be way off on North Korea. Apparently Kim Jong Un is 5'9", and when you see those photos of him pointing at things, the other people around are mostly as tall as he is.

Pointing at things... looking at things!


Looking at things are the best tumblrs.


http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

http://tonyabbottlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

http://billshortenlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

[anfield5]

Tallest is the Dutch Andy, ave height of fully grown males is 6 feet. Shortest is not North Korea - quite close though Geographically speaking

[Storm]

Japan.

[anfield5]

not Japan

[D-Type]

South Korea?

[anfield5]

Not South Korea

[steveaki13]

Mongolia

[gadjo_dilo]

Thailand

[anfield5]

not Mongolia or Thailand, it is in SE Asia

[Storm]

Png?

[gadjo_dilo]

Philippines?

[Grundo Farb]

I live in Indonesia and people here are pretty short!

[D-Type]

Vietnam?

[gadjo_dilo]

Brunei?

[Koz]

Burma?

[steveaki13]

In the spirit of naming random nations lol...

Laos :D

[anfield5]

Vietnam?

Firstly sorry for the delay - have been way busy with my degree work etc :(

According to my data the shortest people are from Vietnam. Well done D Type

[D-Type]

Sorry - I've been away for a few days. So a nice simple topical question

Name four countries that are competing in the Rugby World Cup that have a greater population of sheep than people?

[anfield5]

Australia, NZ, Wales, Scotland

[gadjo_dilo]

Lol. Had to Google rugby world cup cos I didn't know the competitors apart from Romania.

Australia, NZ, Uruguay, Georgia

[D-Type]

By my list, you've both got three correct.

[Mintexmemory]

Australia NZ Wales Georgia

[D-Type]

Still three

[gadjo_dilo]

Let's try a compilation:

Australia, NZ, Uruguay, Wales

[D-Type]

That's four I was thinking of. Your question.

It's not that easy to verify as different websites have different figures. You could also have had Ireland or Namibia

[D-Type]

Anfield5 My apologies. I've just found that Scotland also have more sheep than people

I suggest we call it a draw between you and gadjo. Whoever thinks of a question first puts it up.

[gadjo_dilo]

Name the Capital Cities beginning with T.

[Storm]

Tbilisi, Tehran, Tashkent, Tokyo, Tunis, ?

[gadjo_dilo]

All good but there are more.

[D-Type]

How many do you want?

[steveaki13]

How many do you want?
Too many :D

Sent from my GT-I9301I using Tapatalk

[gadjo_dilo]

I know about 11. That`s not much. :p

[schmenke]

Tallinn

[Storm]

Tirana!

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes. 4 More.

[steveaki13]

Are you counting Anguilla? Cos the capital of that is The Valley?

[gadjo_dilo]

No.

[steveaki13]

No.

:p

[gadjo_dilo]

:angryfire:

[steveaki13]

:angryfire:

:(

[gadjo_dilo]

:(
http://www.pic4ever.com/images/Vishenka_11.gif

[Storm]

Something major got missed out I think and some minor island thingies?

[gadjo_dilo]

No minor islands.

[D-Type]

Toronto?
Tuvalu?
Taipei?
Timbuktoo?

[gadjo_dilo]

Toronto?
Tuvalu?
Taipei?
Timbuktoo?
Only Taipei is correct.

3 more to guess.....
Where's anfield? :p

[janvanvurpa]

Tripoli
Tegupcigalpa Honduras
Timpoo Thimbu/Thimpoo I don't know spelling

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes. These are the last three.
Anybody is free to ask a new Q

[Storm]

^^Thimphu. Bhutan has been on my travel list for quite a while...now its postponed along with other places.

[janvanvurpa]

Yes. These are the last three.
Anybody is free to ask a new Q

This is a Motorsport forum, it is even called Motorsportforum.
Once again I will combine motorsport and geography.

Why is
Strakonice

http://files.jihocesky-kraj2014a.webnode.cz/200000044-d2ab2d3a51/strakonice-jpg.jpg
a notable town for motorsport fans?

[gadjo_dilo]

My motorsports knowledge is poorer than the geography one so I only may guess.
In my mind Czech Republic is associated with motorcycle.
So is Strakonice the place for a motorcycle race? :confused:

[Rollo]

Something to do with CZ handguns?

[donKey jote]

Couldn't resist butting on my favourite Geography thread to share this amazing idea with you Geobuffs:
http://what3words.com/

Now... back to locating donkey donkey donkey :p
http://developer.what3words.com/batch-conversion-tool/

:bandit:

[janvanvurpa]

Something to do with CZ handguns?

Motorsport, man , motorsport.

[janvanvurpa]

My motorsports knowledge is poorer than the geography one so I only may guess.
In my mind Czech Republic is associated with motorcycle.
So is Strakonice the place for a motorcycle race? :confused:

Not famous for a race with motorcycles...but...oh you are so close....

[gadjo_dilo]

Not famous for a race with motorcycles...but...oh you are so close....

Now I have to think if I'm close about the race thing or the motorcycles thing. :p :confused:

In fact i really don't know and can`t imagine. But I`m sure that if anfield comes around ( BTW, where is he ? ) he`ll have the good answer. :p

[schmenke]

Is it home to a factory that manufactures motorcycles???

[janvanvurpa]

Is it home to a factory that manufactures motorcycles???

"Well if you don't know why should I tell you?" ....
.................................................. ..........Pippi Långstrump when asked by teacher what 7+5 was

[D-Type]

Combining everyone else's ideas: is it the location of the CZ motorcycles factory?

[anfield5]

Is it where Skoda is based

[gadjo_dilo]

Is any of these answers correct? :confused:

[D-Type]

I think J-V-V must have started his hibernation early. :snore:

[janvanvurpa]

Combining everyone else's ideas: is it the location of the CZ motorcycles factory?

Winner. (Sorry been away to say bye to me 89 year old mum who is not long to live)

CZ--multiple World Championships in 250 and 500cc. Riders such as the great Belgian Joel Robert
from Charleroi,
http://66.84.0.143/~ahrmanwc/CZ09.jpg


Paul Friedrichs from the old DDR,
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xap1/t51.2885-15/e15/1515975_771150283005927_2139908293_n.jpg

countless wins with Roger DeCoster, the great and friendly (and for me very helpful) Englishman Dave Bickers from Coddenham, 20km from Ipswich (I walked that distance one December night in 1970 when I was 17.Got poor Dave out of bed at 0220 in the middle of the night).

And who can forget the great battles of CZ rider Jaroslav Falta against the mighty KTM team full of Russian ganging up---Kavinov, Churavay, Ovichinnikov, and Rulev all blocking and ramming--and costing Falta the 1974 250cc Crown..
Rooskie ramming Falta Swiss GP 1974
http://rx.iscdn.net/2012/04/28199_f120425863_600.jpg

Much like Skoda, CZ was a amazing little company fighting effectively the giants...

Best transmission I ever knew..100% reliable and good for full throttle upshifts with no clutch. wiggle your toe and it would shift...full gas...
Falta again
http://steelpro.cz/shop/sites/default/files/falta05.jpg

[D-Type]

Sorry to hear about your mum, John.

[D-Type]

Ok, here's the question: "Which country makes the most false teeth?"

(The website I got this from did not say "China" which I would have expected)

[Rollo]

I bet that this is one of those questions which plays on national stereotypes and then turns out to be true anyway...

BRITAIN :D

I've heard that the baker uses his false teeth to scallop the edges of his pies. :s
What does he use to put the hole in his donuts? :eek:

[schmenke]

Switzerland

[Storm]

India?

[D-Type]

None of these.
Hint: The country in question will also be the biggest exporter of false teeth.

[schmenke]

Hmm... certainly a question to chew on.

[anfield5]

Liechtenstein? - I am sure it was once mentioned on Top Gear on one of the 'challenges'

[D-Type]

Spot on Anfield5 - Your question

[anfield5]

Name the countries that have the SAME name for both country and cap city (not including ones with 'city' after the name eg Guatemala and Guatemala City)

[Rollo]

Name the countries that have the SAME name for both country and cap city (not including ones with 'city' after the name eg Guatemala and Guatemala City)

Is the answer the Principality of Sealand and the Principality of Wy?

It rules out San Marino then because Republic of San Marino and City of San Marino. It also rules out the Principality of Monaco and Monaco. It also rules out the Vatican City State and the Vatican City.

[D-Type]

Difficult as 'city' is often added unofficially to differentiate. Having said that, how about
Luxembourg,
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Sharjah
Oman
Jamaica
Trinidad
Panama
Djibouti

I think Mexico is ruled out

[schmenke]

^

The capital of Luxembourg is Luxembourg City
The capital of Oman is Muscat
The capital of Jamaica is Kingston
The capital of Trinidad and Tobago is Port of Spain
The capital of Panama is Panama City

Sorry, other than that I have nothing else to offer :mark:

[schmenke]

I just thought of Singapore.

[Rollo]

I just thought of Singapore.

The capital of Singapore is the Civic District.

[Storm]

Brasil - Brasilia counts?

[gadjo_dilo]

Djibouti?

Kuwait?

Andorra?

[Rollo]

Djibouti?

Kuwait?

Andorra?

Djibouti City (nope)
Kuwait City (nope)
Andorra la Vella (nope)

I think that that answer is none.

[D-Type]

What about Guinea-Bissau, Bisau?
Or
Tunisia, Tunis and Algeria, Algiers which may be the same in another language.

[anfield5]

What about Guinea-Bissau, Bisau?
Or
Tunisia, Tunis and Algeria, Algiers which may be the same in another language.

I only want the ones that are identical, Guinea-Bissau and bissau are not the same, neither Brazil and Brasilia, not anything CITY.

[anfield5]

I feel a bit guilty because there ar actually none that are the same. The usual 5 that are claimed are Djibouti but the country is the Republic of Djibouti, Monaco - Principality of Monaco, San Marino - Republic of San Marino, Singapore - Republic of Singapore and Vatican City, but they are state and city.

So D-Type is on the mark.

[D-Type]

I don't think I answered correctly either. Now that I have checked, I find my two atlases and Wikipedia all disagree over which countries are officially "Republic of ...", "Kingdom of ... ", "Emirate of ..." and which capitals officially have "city" in their names.

Anyway, I've found a nice one with a definite but unexpected answer - Which country has the most time zones?

[Rollo]

Anyway, I've found a nice one with a definite but unexpected answer - Which country has the most time zones?

When our clocks went forward not too long ago, the news was at pains for point out that there were six time zones on the Australian mainland. When you add Lord Howe Island, Christmas, Norfolk, the Keeling & Cocos islands and Casey, Davis, Mawson and Macquarie Island stations in Antarctica, that might be another six.
I think Australia has twelve.

This throws me:
a definite but unexpected answer

I think that this has part of the answer:
http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/horse-2008-longest-domestic-flight-in.html
Air France flies from Charles due Gaulle in Paris to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean; which is a distance of 9,375 km. Réunion is a very curious case because being one of the last vestiges of empire, a unique solution was found for it.
- Horse 2008 - The Longest Domestic Flight... In The World, Rollo, 15th Aug 2015


France has places like Réunion, New Caledonia & Martinique which aren't overseas territories like Australia's but legally parts of France with members in l'Assemblée Nationale. I have no idea how many there are but if it's "definite but unexpected" then it's probably France.
France has 14 maybe? Knowing the French, I bet they have 25; which includes uninhabited islands like America has under its Guano Islands Act.

My guess is France.

[Storm]

:eek:

[anfield5]

I don't think I answered correctly either. Now that I have checked, I find my two atlases and Wikipedia all disagree over which countries are officially "Republic of ...", "Kingdom of ... ", "Emirate of ..." and which capitals officially have "city" in their names.

Anyway, I've found a nice one with a definite but unexpected answer - Which country has the most time zones?

As France considers its dependent countries at departments of France rather than dependent countries, that could be the answer I think it has 10 or 11 when these departments are included, but if you want just the 'mother country' in which case I would offer Russia simply because it is the largest country East to West, so logically more time zones must run through it

[Rollo]

This isn't a trick question is it?

ENGLAND :D - the answer is Loads and loads

So far, I've found thirteen:

-23:39 Belfast Time
-17 Truro Time
-13 Barrow Time
-11 Carnforth Time
-9 Liverpool Time
-7 Manchester Time
-6 Leeds Time
-5 Oxford Time
-3 Boston Time
+0 Greenwich Time
+7 Norwich Time
+14:10 Bristol Time
+30 Sandringham time (Edward VII said so)

Some places still show their defiance to the House of Commons and pooh-pooh their imposition of time:

The Bristol Corn Exchange:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8522/8496908051_c1e777d46e.jpg

There are two different minute hands showing both Greenwich Mean Time (in black) and Bristol Time.

[D-Type]

The answer is France because they consider all their overseas territories to be part of France.

See the Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones_by_country

So, it's your question, Rollo.

[Rollo]

The answer is France

BOOOOOOO!!! BOOOOOO!!! :angryfire

New question:
What is the smallest distinct territory that all of the US Constitution applies to?

[Grundo Farb]

American Samoa

[schmenke]

Washington D.C.?

[Storm]

Rollo you forgot "Fergie Time" ? :D

Samoa is my guess too.

[anfield5]

Midway Atoll

[Rollo]

American Samoa - Unincorporated Unorganized Territory... not all the constitution applies.
Midway Atoll - Unincorporated Unorganized Territory... not all the constitution applies.


Washington D.C. - Maybe all the constitution applies? But at 68.3 square miles, there's still something smaller.

[Grundo Farb]

Guantanamo

[Rollo]

Guantanamo - is Cuban soil and subject to a lease to the United States. Some Cuban law applies, Some US law applies; not all the constitution applies

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/dip_cuba003.asp

Nope.

[D-Type]

Long Island?

[Rollo]

Long Island is part of the state of New York. It's not a distinct territory.

[Grundo Farb]

OK, Palmyra Atol

[Rollo]

OK, Palmyra Atol

We have a winner!

Although Palmyra Atoll in unorganized (meaning that it has no formal government), it is an incorporated territory.

It's only 4.6 square miles in size.

Palmyra Atoll was annexed for the second time in 1911 which meant that it was incorporated but when Hawaii became a state it was excluded.

http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf
It is not at issue that the Constitution applied in its entirety to Palmyra between 1900 and 1959. There is no clear reason why the Constitution would not continue to apply today.
...
It had been subject to theConstitution, and was a part of the United States. The Constitution had attached to it irrevocably. There are steps which can never be taken backward.
- GAO, Application of the U.S. Constitution

OK asylum seekers. If you want your kids to become US citizens under the 14th Amendment, just have them be born there. Just remember that you have to get a bunch of officials out there to confirm that this was actually true and that the nearest thing in the wide blue nothingness is Napari in Kiribati which is 230 miles away.

[Grundo Farb]

Ok, next question then.

What are the names of the two original Spice Islands which were the only places where nutmeg, cloves and mace were traded?

[Rollo]

What are the names of the two original Spice Islands which were the only places where nutmeg, cloves and mace were traded?

Scary and Baby :D

[Grundo Farb]

Scary and Baby :D

Sadly no.

[D-Type]

Java and Sumatra?

[Grundo Farb]

Java and Sumatra?

Close but no. The area is right.

[Grundo Farb]

C'mon people, the English traded the Dutch for some island called Manhattan over these islands...

[anfield5]

Maluku Islands in Indonesia

[Grundo Farb]

Maluku Islands in Indonesia

That's the group of Islands that were traded but there were two original islands (both starting with T) one held by the Portuguese and One by the Spanish.

BIG clues.

[anfield5]

I know one island in the group is called Tanimbar

[Rollo]

Maluku Islands in Indonesia

Meka leka hi, meka hiney ho?

Malakas Hellas (μαλάκας Ελλάς)?

[Grundo Farb]

So, no-one here has the answer? Another day and I will give the answer and ask a different question if this is too hard.

[anfield5]

Trinidad and Tobago

[Grundo Farb]

Trinidad and Tobago
No, but you did get the malukku islands. So I guess you are the winner.

Funny, nobody knows Tidore and Ternati. These two islands were the powerbase of the spice trade and source of conflict between Portugal, Spain, England and the Dutch. The group of islands were the only place in the world that cloves, mace and nutmeg came from. Such was their value, the Dutch traded New Amsterdam for these islands of the British but the british had already transferred most of the trees off the islands and shipped them to India.

So Anfield5 I guess it's you...

[Rollo]

The group of islands were the only place in the world that cloves, mace and nutmeg came from

Oh... is it Britain then?

Cloves
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/496xn/p02k41w9.jpg

Mace
https://culturalconcubine.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/common-mace.jpeg

Nutmeg!!!
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimage/1.4428081.1333745450!image/244652516.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/244652516.jpg

[Grundo Farb]

I like it.

[anfield5]

How big, when and where was the largest recorded earthquake?

[D-Type]

The asteroid impact on the Yucatan Peninsular in prehistoric times that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs has been estimated at magnitude 13.

[anfield5]

The asteroid impact on the Yucatan Peninsular in prehistoric times that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs has been estimated at magnitude 13.

But the question was for the highest RECORDED. There were not too many people around with measuring equipment in prehistoric times :)

[Grundo Farb]

9.1 South America.

[Rollo]

This is a football question.
The 1962 World Cup in Chile which should have had 8 venues only had 4 four because an earthquake ruined most of them 2 years earlier.

1960 Chile. I know nothing else.

[anfield5]

It was Chile 1960 well done Rollo, the magnitude wasn't 9.1 but 9.5

[Rollo]

What is the shortest river, which is named... in the world?

[Storm]

We had this question and it was like 2 feet or something... :s

[D-Type]

I would think this hinges on definition, such as where does a river start and finish and even what constitutes a river.
One of the shortest "proper" decent-sized rivers must be the Niagra.

[Rollo]

I would think this hinges on definition, such as where does a river start and finish and even what constitutes a river.


A river is a natural water course which has a source and ends at a mouth (a lake/mere, reservoir or ocean/sea)

[D-Type]

Where does a river finish and the sea begin? Taking a well-known example, does the Thames end at Gravesend or Southend? There must be some sort of geographers' agreement.

[Rollo]

Where does a river finish and the sea begin? Taking a well-known example, does the Thames end at Gravesend or Southend? There must be some sort of geographers' agreement.

Southend - or to be precise Shoeburyness; which sounds to me like an adjective.

A river ends at the imaginary line where it meets the sea. In the case of the Amazon, that line is more than 300km across.

[D-Type]

Yes, but ......
.........what are the criteria for drawing that imaginary line?

I'm not trying to pick an argument. I'm genuinely curious to know how 'they' - whoever they are - set the rules/criteria. Sometimes you can easily draw an imaginary line continuing the general run of the coast but sometimes it isn't so easy where the river has a funnel-shaped mouth that gradually transitions. To flog this dead horse into a heap of dog food cans: why Shoebury Ness and not Foulness Point - Shell Ness, which also looks good on the map? Is salinity level a criterion?

[anfield5]

The Onyx in Antarctica is (depending on the time of year) between 5 and 20 miles long

[Rollo]

Yes, but ......
.........what are the criteria for drawing that imaginary line?

I'm not trying to pick an argument. I'm genuinely curious to know how 'they' - whoever they are - set the rules/criteria. Sometimes you can easily draw an imaginary line continuing the general run of the coast but sometimes it isn't so easy where the river has a funnel-shaped mouth that gradually transitions. To flog this dead horse into a heap of dog food cans: why Shoebury Ness and not Foulness Point - Shell Ness, which also looks good on the map? Is salinity level a criterion?

I love this question.

They wouldn't let me take a book out of the reference section of the library; so I had to copy it.

A river mouth ends, where there is a free connection with the open sea; where the flow derived from land drainage measurably dilutes sea water.
- International Geographical Union, Field Handbook (2004).

Like IUPAC, the IGU's website is mostly rubbish: http://igu-online.org/

I suspect that the definition is pretty loose though. Water from the Amazon is still detectable as being from the Amazon, many hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic.

[janvanvurpa]

Yes, but ......
.........what are the criteria for drawing that imaginary line?

I'm not trying to pick an argument. I'm genuinely curious to know how 'they' - whoever they are - set the rules/criteria. Sometimes you can easily draw an imaginary line continuing the general run of the coast but sometimes it isn't so easy where the river has a funnel-shaped mouth that gradually transitions. To flog this dead horse into a heap of dog food cans: why Shoebury Ness and not Foulness Point - Shell Ness, which also looks good on the map? Is salinity level a criterion?

That salinity cannot be too big a factor---the 2 places I have lived longest, Seattle in the pacific North West on Puget Sound and Stockholm in Sweden are both on bodies of water of very low salinity due to the enormous amount of fresh water pouring in...

I wondered about tidal influence but depending on how much tide action that can go miles and miles upstream---around here it is often many many feet---15-30 feet miles from river "mouth"..

Little half question while you guys hammer out what maybe can't be answered.
What is the meaning of the common "ness" in all those names?...
What are the French and general Nordic cognates of ness?

Bonus points for other meanings of "ness"...

[Storm]

Maybe it's a type of cape - but inside a bay/estuary rather than the open sea?

[D-Type]

My dictionary says a headland. from Old English or Old Norse. Related to nose.

But we're all dodging Rollo's shortest river question. I can't answer as I looked it up.

[anfield5]

Onyx haven't been told no yet to this answer from Monday

[Rollo]

Onyx haven't been told no yet to this answer from Monday

No.

At 20 miles, it's not even close.

[Grundo Farb]

I had no idea and looked it up as well. You will either know it instantly or not.