How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[schmenke]

Bump...

Thanks for this information ....................

[schmenke]

...crickets chirping...

[donKey jote]

43 ?

[D-Type]

43 ?
Spanish liqueur?

[steveaki13]

I am launching a Bid to resurrect the Geography Thread. :)

We have been posting about it in the Word Games Forums.

I am not good at setting questions, but for the fun purposes of getting it off the ground I will post a question.

Don't remember exactly what the rules were, but I assume its about people trying to be honest and posting there answer if they can without looking it up.

Anyway not an in depth question to start with.

Who's Flag is this

http://flagpedia.net/data/flags/ultra/gq.png

[gadjo_dilo]

A country of Central America?

[steveaki13]

Nope. Guess again. :D

p.s I haven't posted much here in the past. Tell me if I am getting the rules wrong. :)

[D-Type]

Nope. Guess again. :D

p.s I haven't posted much here in the past. Tell me if I am getting the rules wrong. :)
In the first post the rules are stated as

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The rules of this game are:
- The forumer who answers a question correctly asks the next one,
- No boobling!

As simple as that. :)

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At one time there was another rule that said that the owner of the question could relax that and allow people to use Google to finish one off

[steveaki13]

OK.

[anfield5]

The flag is Equatorial Guinea. A country on the West coast of Africa. As far as I can remember it was a Spanish colony until the 60's and was known as Spanish Guinea.

[steveaki13]

Correct. Take it away Anfield.

[anfield5]

still thinking about flags. There are two countries with identical national flags, who are they?

[gadjo_dilo]

Definitely one is Romania but I can't remember the second.
Definitely not Moldova who has the same "tricolor" but with an emblem on the middle.

[steveaki13]

If Gadjo is correct, is it Romania and Chad.

[D-Type]

Poland and Monaco?

[BleAivano]

Poland and Monaco?

Very similar but not the same (they are mirrored).

[donKey jote]

colombia venezuela and ecuador ?

[anfield5]

If Gadjo is correct, is it Romania and Chad.

Correct Steve. Monaco and Indonesia have the same colour design - red over white (Poland is white over red), but the flags are a different shape.

Romania and Chad's flags are identical in both colour and shape.

[steveaki13]

A simple process of working down the list.

Which Country has the Worlds 7th Largest Population?
(Based on UN estimates) No peaking, just work through. The first 5 I would say are logical. So can you work out the 7th?

[BleAivano]

If Gadjo is correct, is it Romania and Chad.

Correct Steve. Monaco and Indonesia have the same colour design - red over white (Poland is white over red), but the flags are a different shape.


Monaco and Indonesia are also almost identical to the Flag of Hesse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hesse).

[D-Type]

A simple process of working down the list.

Which Country has the Worlds 7th Largest Population?
(Based on UN estimates) No peaking, just work through. The first 5 I would say are logical. So can you work out the 7th?
Bangladesh?

[gadjo_dilo]

Nigeria?

[BleAivano]

Brazil?

[steveaki13]

Nigeria?

Well done Gadjo.

You are correct. Nigeria has the worlds 7th highest population according to UN estimates at just over 176,000,000

Your turn. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

What capital city is at the highest altitude?

[BleAivano]

What capital city is at the highest altitude?

A good candidate would be Quito in Ecuador.

[steveaki13]

La Paz?

[anfield5]

Bugger! That was what I was going to say :)

[gadjo_dilo]

La Paz is correct.
Time for a new.Q Steve.

[steveaki13]

Obviously the further North and South it will decrease, but What is the distance between lines of Longitude at the Equator? KM or Miles whichever you prefer.

I will give the correct answer with 5 KM/Miles to start with and see how it goes.

[donKey jote]

I guess the answer depends on how far apart the lines of longitude are :sailor:

360° apart would be 0km
10° apart would be roughly 40000km / 36
1° apart would be roughly 40000km / 360
1' apart would be above/60

:)

[steveaki13]

So what is exactly is the answer you have given? KM/miles?

Cause nothing I can see quite matches the answer. :p Right way of working, just not quite the answer.

[BleAivano]

So what is exactly is the answer you have given? KM/miles?

Cause nothing I can see quite matches the answer. :p Right way of working, just not quite the answer.

I don't know but I will make a guess that it is 100km.

[steveaki13]

Not quite. Closer than Donkey mostly because I understand your guess. ;)

[D-Type]

Before the revolution the French measurement system was chaotic. For example they reputedly measured distance in 'shouts' - how far a shout could be heard. So they rationalised things.

Angles were to be measured in gradians with 100 to a right angle or primary compass point and 400 gradians to a complete circle. They then decided that a metre should be related to the circumference of the earth. 10000 metres made up the distance from pole to equator. Or if you prefer, 100km made up a gradian, or 1km a centigrade, or 1m a myriograd. But they couldn't measure the globe too accurately so it is slightly out.

But the rest of the world didn't like radians (probably because they were a French idea) and stuck with 360 degrees so a degree of longitude is 400/360 x 100 km making it 111km to the nearest km.

I didn't really cheat - I worked it out from Donkey~'s numbers then checked I'd remembered it right.

While looking it up, I also found out that a nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude, making a degree is 60 nautical miles .

[donKey jote]

While looking it up, I also found out that a nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude, making a degree is 60 nautical miles .
a degree latitude is 60 nautical miles, but a degree of longitude depends on where you are ;)

[BleAivano]

Before the revolution the French measurement system was chaotic. For example they reputedly measured distance in 'shouts' - how far a shout could be heard. So they rationalised things.

But the rest of the world didn't like radians (probably because they were a French idea) and stuck with 360 degrees so a degree of longitude is 400/360 x 100 km making it 111km to the nearest km.

I didn't really cheat - I worked it out from Donkey~'s numbers then checked I'd remembered it right.

I agree, 111km like you and Donkey have claimed should be the correct answer for longitudes that are 1 degree apart.

That is what is says here (http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/lat_long.html) as well.

[steveaki13]

Yes well done, all. 111km is the distance given to the nearest KM.

Next Question please D-Type

[D-Type]

Here's an easy one.

I walk 10 miles north
I then walk 10 miles east
I then walk 10 miles south
I end up back where I started.

What animal could I definitely not have seen on my little journey?

[BleAivano]

Yes well done, all. 111km is the distance given to the nearest KM.

Next Question please D-Type

In all fairness, surely Donkey was the first one to provide the correct answer?
Even though was in form of an equation. "1° apart would be roughly 40000km / 360" -> 40000km / 360 =111km.

[steveaki13]

Maybe. I was too dumb to understand all that equation stuff. :p :o

[steveaki13]

Here's an easy one.

I walk 10 miles north
I then walk 10 miles east
I then walk 10 miles south
I end up back where I started.

What animal could I definitely not have seen on my little journey?

Polar Bear? I assume you started at the South Pole and ended at the South Pole.

[steveaki13]

If and when I next answer a question correct. Donkey can have my go if I did him a wrong.

Sorry Donks. Your equation was to advanced for me. :crazy: :(

[steveaki13]

If and when I next answer a question correct. Donkey can have my go if I did him a wrong.

Sorry Donks. Your equation was to advanced for me. :crazy: :(

Also now a double post. :rolleyes:

[D-Type]

Here's an easy one.

I walk 10 miles north
I then walk 10 miles east
I then walk 10 miles south
I end up back where I started.

What animal could I definitely not have seen on my little journey?

Polar Bear? I assume you started at the South Pole and ended at the South Pole.
Correct. That's what I had in mind.
After I posted the question, I realised you could have had any animal as nothing lives at the South Pole - apart from a community of misguided scientists

Your question - which I agree should be given to Donkey as I stole his answer anyway

[steveaki13]

Yep. Donkey where ever you are. Post the next question.

[Storm]

damn I could have answered D-Type's Q...donks c'mon with another easy one?

[gadjo_dilo]

Donks always refuse to ask questions. :mad:

[steveaki13]

Well I will ask another flag question until Donkey turns up.

Which Country does this flag represent?

http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/tuvalu-flag.gif

[gadjo_dilo]

Don't have a clue but it makes me think of Falkland ( Malvinas? ) Islands.....:devil:

[Tazio]

I use to fly the flag of Tuvalu as an avatar, too easy mate!

[steveaki13]

I use to fly the flag of Tuvalu as an avatar, too easy mate!

I intended it to be quick. Oh well still no sign of Donkey, so post away Taz. :)

[Tazio]

Four States of The USA were sovereign states before they joined the Union, name them.

[BleAivano]

I have no idea really but I would guess that Hawaii is one of them as for the other three my guess
are Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.

[Mintexmemory]

BleAivano is halfway there - Hawaii and Texas. The others are California (technically 2 different republics successively joined to form the modern state) and Vermont.

[Tazio]

Hawaii, and Texas is correct :up:Two to go!
Very good Minty, take it away!!

[Mintexmemory]

Well Taz your location was a bit of a cluette.
Ok which city has the second largest Polish population after Warsaw?

[BleAivano]

Well Taz your location was a bit of a cluette.
Ok which city has the second largest Polish population after Warsaw?

Hmm I should almost know this given my interest in Speedway.

I know of lots of cities in Poland but a wild guess is Leszno.

[gadjo_dilo]

Cracovia (Krakow)

[D-Type]

Well Taz your location was a bit of a cluette.
Ok which city has the second largest Polish population after Warsaw?
Is this a trick and the answer is somewhere outside Poland - Berlin?

[Tazio]

Well Taz your location was a bit of a cluette.
Indeed, but I thought Vermont would be the tough one. :bulb:

[steveaki13]

Well Taz your location was a bit of a cluette.
Ok which city has the second largest Polish population after Warsaw?
Is this a trick and the answer is somewhere outside Poland - Berlin?

That's my thought too. I don't really know where most Polish people head for.

Berlin would be a good guess.

I will say London. :o

[Storm]

I guess it is outside Poland (else Krakow would be the easier choice) and most likely Germany so Berlin sounds logical too...

[gadjo_dilo]

What about Katowice?

[Mintexmemory]

Ok, no correct answers so far, and although it seems like more, London's Polish population is nowhere near the 1M - 1.4M (estimates vary) of the correct city. It has widespread Polish architecture and many Polish cuisine food shops

[gadjo_dilo]

Chicago

[Mintexmemory]

Chicago

We have a winner!!! What search term did you use? Chicago Metropolitan Area has 1.1M persons of Polish ethnicity. Areas of the City have Polish names and Polish festivals are part of the public calendar.

Your question g :)

[gadjo_dilo]

I've read some time ago that Chicago has a massive polish community ( reading about an american movie with poles ) but never thought it's the second in the world. That's why I said Krakow or Katowice as I know these are the biggest cities after Warsaw. I said Chicago at random but if you want some research let's see some intertesting facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles
Looks like Chicago was the second in 1960......

Q : Name ALL the european capitals whose names start with a "B". No google allowed!

[steveaki13]

I will name as many as I can and see how close I am.

Belfast (Probably not including this one. Just in case though) - Northern Ireland
Brussels - Belgium
Berlin - Germany
Bern - Switzerland
Budapest - Hungary
Bucharest - Romania (I dare not forget this one Gadjo)
Belgrade - Serbia

I am probably missing an obvious one, but I have gone blank for now so this will be my guess.

[gadjo_dilo]

There's one more.

[steveaki13]

Typical. ermmmm......


Bratislava - Slovakia

[gadjo_dilo]

Right. Your Q Stevie....

[steveaki13]

On a similar thread.....


Without Google again.

There are 19 self governing nations in the world beginning with the letter B.

17 of these fully independent Countries and 2 are self governing British territories but both are to all intents and purposes countries.

So can you name the 17 official nations beginning with B coupled with 2 British Territories?

Get thinking :p

[gadjo_dilo]

Bolivia, Brazil, Barbados, Bermuda, Bhutan, Burma( if it counts), Bulgaria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Botswana, Benin, Burkina Faso,Bangladesh, Brunei, Burundi.

I need one more but I don't know it.

[steveaki13]

The total is 19 I'm afraid. 17 Countries and 2 British Territories.

You have 1 of the Territories correct. Bermuda.

You have 14 Countries correct (Burma = Myanmar I'm afraid)

So you have 15 of the 19.

I will give you one clue. One of the Countries is a Two worded name, but the first word is not the one beginning with B.

[gadjo_dilo]

+Bahamas
+Belize

[Storm]

Burundi (its hard to keep track of what gadjo already said ...aargh...its last on her list)

steve, don't tell me that is Great Britain? ;)

I guess a few of the remaining ones are some of the Pacific/Carib islands?

Bahamas?

edit: while I was typing this (reading that 14 list and again going through my mental globe!!!!!) gadjo ninjaed me again!

[steveaki13]

No. Not including Britain.

Gadjo. You now have 17 of 19.

Countries:
The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & H, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi & ???

British Territories (I am not including British Antarctic or Indian Ocean Territories)
Bermuda & ???

One of each left to get. Who can get those last two. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Guinea Bissau
Bora Bora

[gadjo_dilo]

Barbuda

[BleAivano]

nervermmind-

[gadjo_dilo]

nervermmind-
Correction: Neverland :devil:

[steveaki13]

Nope. Anyone want geographical clues?

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't. :p

[steveaki13]

I don't. :p

OK. I would say though.

One that's been missed is a well known country.

The other British Territory is a bit tougher. You were along the right lines with your last guess though.

[gadjo_dilo]

This is the result of learning geography on different schools..... :angryfire

[BleAivano]

I think I can see which countries are is missing now. One is a F1 country and the other a very "female" country.

[gadjo_dilo]

Good God.....But Bahrain was on my list and I forgot to tyoe it.....

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't. :p

OK. I would say though.

One that's been missed is a well known country.

The other British Territory is a bit tougher. You were along the right lines with your last guess though.
Do you mean Antigua and Barbuda?

[steveaki13]

Nope.

You have added Bahrain to your list. So 18 of 19.

Your in the correct Region.

The last is a bit tougher. You are in the right area of the globe though. It has an American Cousin ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

British Virgin Islands :uhoh: :confused: :( :rolleyes: :angryfire :mad: :o :erm: ;( :crazy: ;( :angryfire :erm: :hmh:

[BleAivano]

British Virgin Islands :uhoh: :confused: :( :rolleyes: :angryfire :mad: :o :erm: ;( :crazy: ;( :angryfire :erm: :hmh:

Yeah. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Really? :stare:

[gadjo_dilo]

. One is a F1 country and the other a very "female" country.
Why "female" :confused:

[steveaki13]

Well done Gadjo. Got there.

Do you hate me now? ;(

Ask away. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Do you hate me now? ;(

Nooooooo......... :kiss:

I'm too exhausted to think of a new Q. Maybe BleAviano who guessed the last 2 has one.

[steveaki13]

You did well. 19 states to remember is tough. Especially some that are not well known.

[BleAivano]

OK Gadjo, I have one.

Which two capital cities are furthest apart?

[steveaki13]

Good one. I assume they are going to be opposite sides on the globe and far north and far south.

hmmmm. Wellington and Reykjavic?

[D-Type]

Maybe both on the equator - Panama and Singapore?

[steveaki13]

Maybe both on the equator - Panama and Singapore?

Good idea actually.

[Storm]

Colombo and Quito?

[BleAivano]

no correct answers so far, although Steve is closest-

[steveaki13]

hmmmmm....

Don't know if I am allowed 2 guesses at once

Wellington and London?

Canberra and London?

[BleAivano]

Nope those are also wrong and not as close as your previous answer.

Also you have to think three dimensional and not two dimensional the earth is not flat but spheric.

[D-Type]

I've looked at a map - so I'm sitting back and watching things pan out :cool:

[gadjo_dilo]

This Q was asked before but I forgot the answer (how good is my memory? :confused:)

[gadjo_dilo]

Can't believe this. I found the old thread, I found the right answer but I'm too dumb to understand it .

[anfield5]

Well New Zealand and Spain are antipodal opposites, so I would suggest that it will be Wellington and Madrid

[BleAivano]

Well New Zealand and Spain are antipodal opposites, so I would suggest that it will be Wellington and Madrid

Yeah that is correct.

Reykjavik/Wellington might seem as the logical answer but it is so far north that it benefits
from the earth's "narrowness" so far north,


Here is a comparison with all the answers:

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=MAD-WLG%2C ... 80&SU=mach (http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=MAD-WLG%2C+KEF-WLG%2C+LCY-CBR%2C+LCY-WLG%2C%0D%0APTY-SIN%2C+UIO-CMB%2C&MS=wls&DU=km&SG=.80&SU=mach)

[anfield5]

Name the highest mountain on each of the 7 continents (i.e. Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceanea)

[BleAivano]

Asia (and world) Mount Everest.
Africa Mount Kimilanjaro
Europe; Mont Blanc
North America Mount McKinley?

Oceania, Antarctica and S.America no idea.

[anfield5]

Asia - yes
Africa - yes
Europe - no (Blanc is the tallest in Western Europe)
North America - yes

[Storm]

Finally something I know well enough...apart from Australia/Oceania
Europe - Mt Elbrus in caucasus
S America - Aconcagua
Antarctica - Mt Vinson (?)
Oceania - knew this but cannot remember :\

[gadjo_dilo]

Europe - Mt Elbrus in caucasus

Is Caucasus in Europe? :confused:

[Storm]

I think so because it is definitely not in Asia....it is actually the border between Eu/Asia
Mt Blanc is the highest in W Europe if you exclude Russia from Europe.

[steveaki13]

No idea on this question.

[BleAivano]

Europe - Mt Elbrus in caucasus

Is Caucasus in Europe? :confused:


I think so because it is definitely not in Asia....it is actually the border between Eu/Asia
Mt Blanc is the highest in W Europe if you exclude Russia from Europe.

Imo it is not but it depends on who you ask and where and how you define the borders of Europe
so in my opinion it's not 100% indisputable that Ebrus his the highest peak in Europe and
therefore both Mount Ebrus and Mont Blanc should be acknowledged as correct answers.

[schmenke]

I remember recently watching a Nat Geo documentary on Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea which I believe is the tallest in Oceania.

[anfield5]

Finally something I know well enough...apart from Australia/Oceania
Europe - Mt Elbrus in caucasus
S America - Aconcagua
Antarctica - Mt Vinson (?)
Oceania - knew this but cannot remember :\

Europe - Yes (mt Elbrus is on the European side of the Caucasus)
Sth America - Yes Aconcagua is the tallest of the Andes mountains
Antarctica - Nearly Vinson Massive is the highest mountain.

[anfield5]

I remember recently watching a Nat Geo documentary on Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea which I believe is the tallest in Oceania.


Right country, wrong mountain the one I am after is 300m taller than Wilhelm

[steveaki13]

So has anyone got everyone correct yet. I have lost track.

[BleAivano]

So has anyone got everyone correct yet. I have lost track.

I don't know but it depends on how you define the borders of Europe and the borders of Russia/Georgia.

The definition of Europe's border have changed and have been moved more south then it
previously have been. I'll stick with my opinion that Kaukasus is just as "much" European
as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

[anfield5]

So has anyone got everyone correct yet. I have lost track.

I don't know but it depends on how you define the borders of Europe and the borders of Russia/Georgia.

The definition of Europe's border have changed and have been moved more south then it
previously have been. I'll stick with my opinion that Kaukasus is just as "much" European
as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia and Azerbaijan.


Firstly - still looking for the Oceania mountain that is 300m taller than Mt Wilhelm, but is also in PNG.

we have Europe - Elbrus (but Blanc has also been mentioned)
North America - McKinley
South America - Aconcagua
Asia - Everest
Africa Kilimanjaro
Antarctica - Vinson Massive.

Secondly - I used the continental shelf boundary to seperate Europe and Asia, meaning Elbrus is on the European side of the divide. If others have used a different (and there are a few) way to define Europe and Asia. Mt Blanc is ok, it is the tallest mountain away from the disputed area.

[Storm]

I think it should be Vinson Massif (?)

[anfield5]

I think it should be Vinson Massif (?)

Oops - you are absolutely correct, I think I should learn to spell :)

[anfield5]

So has anyone got everyone correct yet. I have lost track.

I don't know but it depends on how you define the borders of Europe and the borders of Russia/Georgia.

The definition of Europe's border have changed and have been moved more south then it
previously have been. I'll stick with my opinion that Kaukasus is just as "much" European
as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia and Azerbaijan.


Firstly - still looking for the Oceania mountain that is 300m taller than Mt Wilhelm, but is also in PNG.

we have Europe - Elbrus (but Blanc has also been mentioned)
North America - McKinley
South America - Aconcagua
Asia - Everest
Africa Kilimanjaro
Antarctica - Vinson Massive.

Secondly - I used the continental shelf boundary to seperate Europe and Asia, meaning Elbrus is on the European side of the divide. If others have used a different (and there are a few) way to define Europe and Asia. Mt Blanc is ok, it is the tallest mountain away from the disputed area.

If there isn't an answer on Oceania by today, I will throw the floor open to whichever of you got the most right, which would be BleAivano with 3 plus My Blanc

[D-Type]

My 2010 Times Concise Atlas of the World gives Mt Elbrus as the highest in Europe

[anfield5]

Oceania is Punkac Jaya on Papua New Guinea.

The floor is yours BleAivano

[BleAivano]

Oceania is Punkac Jaya on Papua New Guinea.

The floor is yours BleAivano

Oh Me again?

Does anyone have a link to the old threads (i have searched for them but not found them)?
I don't want to ask the same questions again.

[gadjo_dilo]

Why not? Those who knew the answers in the past should know the answers today. Otherwise we'll have the proof they googled.

[BleAivano]

Why not? Those who knew the answers in the past should know the answers today. Otherwise we'll have the proof they googled.

Yeah perhaps you are right. ;)

Stockholm is the Swedish capital but which province is it located in?

[steveaki13]

Where is Mia when you need her?

[janvanvurpa]

Why not? Those who knew the answers in the past should know the answers today. Otherwise we'll have the proof they googled.

Yeah perhaps you are right. ;)

Stockholm is the Swedish capital but which province is it located in?


Södermanland says the guy who still has Södersnacket i the head.

But I concede the right to ask the next question. Last time I won and posed an easy question all the Americans complained....both of them.

[BleAivano]

Why not? Those who knew the answers in the past should know the answers today. Otherwise we'll have the proof they googled.

Yeah perhaps you are right. ;)

Stockholm is the Swedish capital but which province is it located in?


Södermanland says the guy who still has Södersnacket i the head.

But I concede the right to ask the next question. Last time I won and posed an easy question all the Americans complained....both of them.

Not 100% correct.

[schmenke]

I boubt anyone will answer this Q. Suggest you post the answer Ble, and move on, unless we want this thread to lapse into another void :mark:

[steveaki13]

I have cheated and Googled it. Just wanted to find out.

[BleAivano]

I boubt anyone will answer this Q. Suggest you post the answer Ble, and move on, unless we want this thread to lapse into another void :mark:

Yeah it was perhaps a bit too difficult.

The correct answer is that Stockholm is a divided city situated in both Uppland and Södermanland provinces.

[janvanvurpa]

Stockholm is the Swedish capital but which province is it located in?



Not 100% correct.

Yeah yeah I know, there is part of Uppland oxo, hell I even lived at Hagvägen 59, Upplands Väsby, trained with UVMK at Vikbanan, worked at Sollentuna Svets o Smide, but everybody I knew was from Södra sidan av Stockholm and they all agreed that anywhere past second stop North of Centralen was not really Sweden anymore..

So Södermanland and Uppland..(om du vill vara nitisk!)

[BleAivano]

So someone ask a new question. Mr Accident was closest but he ceded his turn and Donkey is nowhere to be found...

[steveaki13]

Ok.

10 Random countries.

Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Germany, Vietnam, Japan, DR Congo, Egypt and Mexico.

Put them 1 to 10 in order of biggest population size to smallest.

1.
2.
3.
4.
etc....

No googling try to see if you can get them in the correct order. No need to estimate populations. Just want the order.

[BleAivano]

01. Russia
02. Japan
03. Congo
04. Egypt
05. Thailand
06. Mexico
07. Philipines
08. Vietnam
09. Germany
10. Pakistan

[steveaki13]

Nope. Hate to say this but not one is in the correct place. :o

It might be a bit tricky actually. I will give It a few days and see if anyone gets near.

[anfield5]

I think Ble has Japan too high and Mexico too low, and Pakistan should probably be at the top

my semi educated guess is
1 Pakistan
2. Russia
3. Mexico
4. Japan
5. Philippines
6. Vietnam
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. Thailand
10. Dem Rep Congo

[steveaki13]

I think Ble has Japan too high and Mexico too low, and Pakistan should probably be at the top

my semi educated guess is
1 Pakistan
2. Russia
3. Mexico
4. Japan
5. Philippines
6. Vietnam
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. Thailand
10. Dem Rep Congo

Great effort Anfield5. You are quite close. You have two pairs around the wrong way round. Otherwise they are all generally in the correct order.

[anfield5]

Swap Mexico and Japan, I think their populations are quite close and maybe Egypt and Germany

so
Pakistan
Russia
Japan
Mexico
Philippines
Vietnam
Germany
Egypt
Thailand
DRC

[steveaki13]

Closer. Top 6 are correct.

[anfield5]

so based on the previous answer, I should re-swap Egypt and Germany.
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. DRC
10. Thailand.

I would guess though that the population of the Congo is only an estimate as I can't see a census being accurately carried out in the interior regions of the country.

[steveaki13]

so based on the previous answer, I should re-swap Egypt and Germany.
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. DRC
10. Thailand.

I would guess though that the population of the Congo is only an estimate as I can't see a census being accurately carried out in the interior regions of the country.

We have a winner. :p

[anfield5]

Ok a simple question to keep things moving.

Measured from base to summit what is the highest mountain on Earth?

[BleAivano]

I read about a couple of days ago but I don't remember so I'm guessing on Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

[anfield5]

Not Kilimanjaro

[janvanvurpa]

Ok a simple question to keep things moving.

Measured from base to summit what is the highest mountain on Earth?

Denali aka Mt Mckinley.

EDIT if you are speaking of the height above the surrounding ground.
If speaking of from the base of the ocean to the top maybe Kilauea or Mauna Loa however it is spelled. in Hawaii.

[anfield5]

From base to summit the tallest mountain in the world is 10.1 km tall (Everest is 8.8km tall) and its name is Mauna Kea - 6 km of it is under water, it raises up directly from the North Pacific seabed.

Your question - janvanvurpa

[steveaki13]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?

[D-Type]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?
In fairness, if someone isn't prepared to play the game fully and ask a question then see it through, they shouldn't be answering should they?

[D-Type]

To keep things going: When Owen Falls Dam was built another set of falls was submerged. What falls, what river?

[BleAivano]

To keep things going: When Owen Falls Dam was built another set of falls was submerged. What falls, what river?

Owen Falls has a quite English sound to it however I doubt you have any falls in Britain
so I guess it is somewhere in North America, probably somewhere in the USA.

I have absolutely no idea what falls it is so lets call it the Wilson Falls in the Missouri river.

[anfield5]

this rings a vague bell is the Owen falls dam in Central/East Africa? Something is relating it to the top reaches of the White Nile near lake Victoria? It may have been mentioned on Top Gears finding the source of the Nile. As to the name of the falls it obliterated/replaced, I have no idea :)

[steveaki13]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?
In fairness, if someone isn't prepared to play the game fully and ask a question then see it through, they shouldn't be answering should they?

I agree.

Twice he has answer and left the new question part. :dozey:

[BleAivano]

this rings a vague bell is the Owen falls dam in Central/East Africa? Something is relating it to the top reaches of the White Nile near lake Victoria? It may have been mentioned on Top Gears finding the source of the Nile. As to the name of the falls it obliterated/replaced, I have no idea :)

Without saying too much (I've looked it up now that I have posted an answer) and you are
way closer then me, thats for sure.

[janvanvurpa]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?

Hey I don't live on this Chit chat forum and quite frankly there are some real bossy types who get all bitter when they can't have their way, D Type. Last visit 23 Feb 2014 22:14 . Time currently 22.29 one day later almost exactly...

Maybe you should learn to play by the rules and quit butting in ahead--and complaining...

See I work--and work long days taking care of kids and manufacturing motorsport parts... I don't live at a desk or work at a desk--except work correspondence...

We are in different time zones many of us and don't all have the chance to fock off at work playing games...

But whatever, I guess you Dtype and Steveaki run this game and just decide to run it any way you want.
jeezuz.

[steveaki13]

But I concede the right to ask the next question. Last time I won and posed an easy question all the Americans complained....both of them.

I assume based on this, that you wouldn't be asking the next question. Sorry Janvavurpa :)

[D-Type]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?

Hey I don't live on this Chit chat forum and quite frankly there are some real bossy types who get all bitter when they can't have their way, D Type. Last visit 23 Feb 2014 22:14 . Time currently 22.29 one day later almost exactly...

Maybe you should learn to play by the rules and quit butting in ahead--and complaining...

See I work--and work long days taking care of kids and manufacturing motorsport parts... I don't live at a desk or work at a desk--except work correspondence...

We are in different time zones many of us and don't all have the chance to fock off at work playing games...

But whatever, I guess you Dtype and Steveaki run this game and just decide to run it any way you want.
jeezuz.
I don't claim to run the game. I simply remind people of the rules occasionally.

The game is
(1) Someone finds a geographical question and posts it.
(2) Others then answer it, without looking up the answer.
(3) The person who posted the question then tells people if their answer is correct, maybe gives hints and if necessary liftsthe ban on Googling. In short administers it.

(2) is the fun part. (1) and (3) are the price you pay to play the game. So, if you are not prepared to go to the trouble of researching a question, asking it and fielding the responses then the answer is simple - don't answer.

[D-Type]

On the Owen Falls question.

It's not in North America or in Britain (we do have some waterfalls but they are small ones with little hydro potential). The Owen falls hydro-electric scheme is in a country where English is not a native language but is one of the official languages.

[janvanvurpa]

I don't think they like asking questions and are not around much. Someone else got a question who had a go at answering the last?

Hey I don't live on this Chit chat forum and quite frankly there are some real bossy types who get all bitter when they can't have their way, D Type. Last visit 23 Feb 2014 22:14 . Time currently 22.29 one day later almost exactly...

Maybe you should learn to play by the rules and quit butting in ahead--and complaining...

See I work--and work long days taking care of kids and manufacturing motorsport parts... I don't live at a desk or work at a desk--except work correspondence...

We are in different time zones many of us and don't all have the chance to fock off at work playing games...

But whatever, I guess you Dtype and Steveaki run this game and just decide to run it any way you want.
jeezuz.
I don't claim to run the game. I simply remind people of the rules occasionally.

The game is
(1) Someone finds a geographical question and posts it.
(2) Others then answer it, without looking up the answer.
(3) The person who posted the question then tells people if their answer is correct, maybe gives hints and if necessary liftsthe ban on Googling. In short administers it.

(2) is the fun part. (1) and (3) are the price you pay to play the game. So, if you are not prepared to go to the trouble of researching a question, asking it and fielding the responses then the answer is simple - don't answer.

I signed up on this forum way back in the early 00ies, have always like geography, traveled all around the world---racing---as a way to see what what I had read about since i was a kid with my nose stuck in maps...and i developed a good memory...

The game has lain dormant to dead for weeks at a time several times in the time interval since the early 00ies.

I have seen numerous people, NUMEROUS, including some i consider good guys, answer questions and for whatever reason, not pose a question...

NONE were ever lecture, scolded and told, in essence to leave.
NONE were lectured and scolding in your step by step way, when they won, and knowing they didn't have a question graciously passed the baton on...

Prior to you and whassis name complaining and breaking the rules because i didn't instantly pose a question..
You may--or may not---notice that I tend to look in LATE at night--when I'm tired, or early in the morning when peeking in while fixing brekkie and getting my girls off to school...
Those aren't exactly times I can concentrate on posing a question.....but I know what I know..
Whatever...
Obviously you want to run this game and you only want 2-3 people playing..Have at it, boss.

(ever wonder why it lays dormant for months and years at a time? :stareup: )

[steveaki13]

I signed up on this forum way back in the early 00ies, have always like geography, traveled all around the world---racing---as a way to see what what I had read about since i was a kid with my nose stuck in maps...and i developed a good memory...

The game has lain dormant to dead for weeks at a time several times in the time interval since the early 00ies.

I have seen numerous people, NUMEROUS, including some i consider good guys, answer questions and for whatever reason, not pose a question...

NONE were ever lecture, scolded and told, in essence to leave.
NONE were lectured and scolding in your step by step way, when they won, and knowing they didn't have a question graciously passed the baton on...

Prior to you and whassis name complaining and breaking the rules because i didn't instantly pose a question..
You may--or may not---notice that I tend to look in LATE at night--when I'm tired, or early in the morning when peeking in while fixing brekkie and getting my girls off to school...
Those aren't exactly times I can concentrate on posing a question.....but I know what I know..
Whatever...
Obviously you want to run this game and you only want 2-3 people playing..Have at it, boss.

(ever wonder why it lays dormant for months and years at a time? :stareup: )

Already said sorry Janvanvurpa :( Didn't mean to jump in. I saw you post earlier about not wanting to post questions. :)

[D-Type]

J-V Grow up!

Nobody has asked you to leave the forum. All we have asked is that you (and others) don't answer questions if you are not prepared to go to the trouble of posting the next one. (Have you not noticed how the game stalls when someone does that)

(And I am fully aware that when pointing a finger at someone you are pointing three at yourself - I accept I have also ducked out of posing a question)

[anfield5]

this rings a vague bell is the Owen falls dam in Central/East Africa? Something is relating it to the top reaches of the White Nile near lake Victoria? It may have been mentioned on Top Gears finding the source of the Nile. As to the name of the falls it obliterated/replaced, I have no idea :)

Ahem! :)

[D-Type]

Sorry, my response got lost in answering our aggressive friend.
You're on the right lines.
Any idea on the river?
The submerged falls are upstream of the Owen Falls dam?

[anfield5]

I am guessing that the original falls were named after ans explorer from the past, so a wild guess would either be Stanley Falls, or Livingstone Falls or maybe the Speke Falls?

[anfield5]

Is the river in question a tributary of the White Nile? If so it might be known as the Victoria Nile?

[D-Type]

Yes, it is the Victoria Nile.

Speke named the falls after an obscure politician. Go on - google the last bit of the answer to close this one out.

[janvanvurpa]

Sorry, my response got lost in answering our aggressive friend.
You're on the right lines.
Any idea on the river?
The submerged falls are upstream of the Owen Falls dam?

I was not aggressive and I find it amazingly insulting that you characterize my answer as such....
You clearly intend to drive people away and you have accomplished that but you do not need to slander them and lie about what they said.

[schmenke]

For God's sake, this was meant to be a light hearted enjoyable thread :rolleyes:


Oh well, we tried...

[steveaki13]

For God's sake, this was meant to be a light hearted enjoyable thread :rolleyes:


Oh well, we tried...

Don't give up hope Schmenke. :(

[anfield5]

For God's sake, this was meant to be a light hearted enjoyable thread :rolleyes:


Oh well, we tried...

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :)

[anfield5]

Ripon Falls - I would never have guessed that, I have never heard of George Robinson - 1st Marquess of Ripon.
Good question D-Type!.

Where in the world is this
http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/zhangye-danxia-china-1.jpg

[D-Type]

On reflection, maybe Ripon Falls was a bit too obscure an answer. It's difficult to know where to draw the line

Is that a genuine photo or are the colours artificially enhanced?

[anfield5]

it is 100% natural, the hills look like this immediately after rain, when they are dry, the colours are still there but slightly duller.

[schmenke]

Somewhere in Arizona?

[anfield5]

Somewhere in Arizona?

Nope

[Storm]

some mineral rich hills...wild guess, Australia?

[BleAivano]

Storm already said Australia so I'm going with Kenya.

[edv]

Ah..the Rainbow hills in China. My coffee table books are good for something!

[schmenke]

Books, eh? The only thing typically on my coffee table are my feet :dozey:

[anfield5]

some mineral rich hills...wild guess, Australia?

Nope

[anfield5]

Ah..the Rainbow hills in China. My coffee table books are good for something!

Absolutely!! The picture is of the painted hills known as Zhangye Danxia in Northern China

[janvanvurpa]

Ah..the Rainbow hills in China. My coffee table books are good for something!

Absolutely!! The picture is of the painted hills known as Zhangye Danxia in Northern China

those are in Northern Guangdong province...not terribly far from Shaoguan---where Asia Pacific Rally Chinese round ran till a few years back..My wife too her driver's licence in Shaoguan and recognized them..(third time was the charm :stareup: )

Guangdong Province is er um South, bumps up against New territories of Hong Kong...

And of course its nearly impossible to find a photo where the colors are not cranked up to max contrast and saturation..


Uh oh, better run before somebody complains about adding some details... :disturb:

[edv]

OK
Here's a map of an important river in the news.
Name the river.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ed_trudy/misc/river.jpg

[Tazio]

Rubicon? Oh wait that's old news! :stareup:

[Firstgear]

The Dnieper River in The Ukraine - spun around so South is at the top.

[edv]

The Dnieper River in The Ukraine - spun around so South is at the top.

That didn't take long!

[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.

[BleAivano]

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

[Gregor-y]

Looks Swedish, but a check of provinces doesn't show anything like that.

Google ImageSearch found it, but that's cheating.

[anfield5]

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

[BleAivano]

Not Sweden, not Spain, not GB (although GB is a very good guess).

[schmenke]

France?

[steveaki13]

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?

[BleAivano]

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 ;)

[anfield5]

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

[anfield5]

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


Oops started typing then had to answer the call of nature, hence I didn't see the above post :D

[anfield5]

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

[BleAivano]

Not Poland but you are getting closer.

Also our wars against Poland were only 300-400 years ago.

[D-Type]

One of the provinces in Northern Germany that was once part of the Swedish Empire.

[BleAivano]

Nope still not correct.

[anfield5]

Not Poland but you are getting closer.

Also our wars against Poland were only 300-400 years ago.

I was never much good at telling the time.

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

[BleAivano]

No not Lithuania either but we're getting closer.

[anfield5]

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

[Starter]

How about Estonia?

[BleAivano]

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Proper_%28historical_province%29)

[Starter]

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Proper_%28historical_province%29)
It's good we finally finished that one, :D

[schmenke]

...It's good we finally finished that one, :D

Boo! :p:

[Gregor-y]

One of the provinces in Northern Germany that was once part of the Swedish Empire.
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.

[Tazio]

...It's good we finally finished that one, :D

Boo! :p:
Poo :stare:

[anfield5]

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-content/uploads/2008/06/07-death-road-20-5291.jpg

[donKey jote]

in the Andes

[Starter]

Specifically Peru?

[donKey jote]

not Peru... specifically el camino de la muerte, with Phil Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke :bandit:

[steveaki13]

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:

[donKey jote]

might be :sailor: :p

[BleAivano]

Sorry about the delay in asking a new question (I was away from a computer all weekend)

Question:

Where in the world is this

Netherlands?

[D-Type]

Sorry about the delay in asking a new question (I was away from a computer all weekend)

Question:

Where in the world is this

Netherlands?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[anfield5]

not Peru... specifically el camino de la muerte, with Phil Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke :bandit:


Correct is is in Bolivia

[anfield5]

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:


Yes they did

[anfield5]

'You there donKey?

[donKey jote]

might be :D

[donKey jote]

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:

[BleAivano]

1285m

[steveaki13]

I say somewhere between 1 and 894933673687537654m above sea level. :p

[schmenke]

1,459m

[anfield5]

Amsterdam is in some ways Europes highest cap city, and that is almost at see level

[anfield5]

or if you mean altitude wise, I think it is Madrid at about 620 metres, or something close to that?

[edv]

ehhh Geneva/Zurich? Whatever the Swiss Miss calls her capital?

[schmenke]

ehhh Geneva/Zurich? Whatever the Swiss Miss calls her capital?

Bern :p

[Rollo]

or if you mean altitude wise, I think it is Madrid at about 620 metres, or something close to that?

Andorra would be higher than that. It's up in the Pyrenees. Belle and Sebastian taught us that.

[donKey jote]

Madrid (666 :devil: ) is 100m higher than Bern.

But if you really want to count Andorra as being a proper country and Andorra la Vella as being a city instead of a little village (does it have a cathedral for it's 22000 inhabitants ? :p ) then it's Rollo for the next question :up:

[Rollo]

But if you really want to count Andorra as being a proper country

What is a "proper country"?

Andorra has a place at the UN, the EBU, and FIFA.

[donKey jote]

It's all relative of course, but for this donkey Catalonia would be more a "proper country" than a bunch of smugglers in a mountain village :sailor: :p

[anfield5]

I still say Amsterdam is the highest Capitol city

[Starter]

I still say Amsterdam is the highest Capitol city
Perhaps of a country, but Denver can give them a run for their money.
:D :p :D

[Mintexmemory]

Lima or Lhasa

[anfield5]

But if you really want to count Andorra as being a proper country

What is a "proper country"?

Andorra has a place at the UN, the EBU, and FIFA.


Sorry Rollo, is your question "What is a proper country?"?

If so I would say one that has sovereignty of itself, but even then places like Kosovo and even Palestine would confuse the issue, not to mention Taiwan

[BleAivano]

But if you really want to count Andorra as being a proper country

What is a "proper country"?

Andorra has a place at the UN, the EBU, and FIFA.


Sorry Rollo, is your question "What is a proper country?"?

If so I would say one that has sovereignty of itself, but even then places like Kosovo and even Palestine would confuse the issue, not to mention Taiwan

Or Tibet....

[anfield5]

shortly even Scotland

[Rollo]

Sorry Rollo, is your question "What is a proper country?"?

If so I would say one that has sovereignty of itself, but even then places like Kosovo and even Palestine would confuse the issue, not to mention Taiwan

er no. Though I had a blog post on that - http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/ ... nyway.html (http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/horse-1624-so-what-is-country-anyway.html)

My question is...

"What is the biggest doubly landlocked country... in the world?"

[Starter]

Sorry Rollo, is your question "What is a proper country?"?

If so I would say one that has sovereignty of itself, but even then places like Kosovo and even Palestine would confuse the issue, not to mention Taiwan

er no. Though I had a blog post on that - http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/ ... nyway.html (http://rollo75.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/horse-1624-so-what-is-country-anyway.html)

My question is...

"What is the biggest doubly landlocked country... in the world?"
I assume you mean in sq miles/kilometers and not population?

[Rollo]

Either, or. It wins either way.