How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

[Caroline]

Accra

[Caroline]

...and Abuja :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Very good. But bring more.

[Storm]

Tashkent
Ankara

[gadjo_dilo]

Yes.
More.

[schmenke]

Warsaw

[gadjo_dilo]

We need 3 more.

[donKey jote]

Warsaw
You mean Warszawa?

[Storm]

yeah if you go by local spellings we might lose a few and perhaps gain a few?

[gadjo_dilo]

http://www.iwp.put.poznan.pl/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/4.jpg

I think Donks was speaking about this Warszawa. :p

[airshifter]

I think those flames are what is happening to everyones brain cells Gadjo. We are still 3 cities short of the total answer. The ones I knew are already picked.

Hint time? :)

[gadjo_dilo]

I was about to post them yesterday but I forgot them myslef. :p

They're:
Asmara ( Eritreea) Astana ( Kazahstan ) and Apia (Samoa )

People seem to lose interest in this thread so I won't name a certain person to continue. Anybody's free to do it.

[Starter]

Everybody is over on the World Cup thread.

[schmenke]

Here's a quickie:

Name the 5 countries that are in two continents.

Bonus points if you name the 6th that is debatable.

[gadjo_dilo]

Definitely Russia and Turkey.
Possible Armenia, Israel, Cyprus, Georgia, Azerbaijan

[donKey jote]

turkey colombia russia egypt

[steveaki13]

Mexico?

That is sometimes viewed as North America or Central America

[Gregor-y]

Is India the questionable one?

[Storm]

Huh?

India is a sub-continent - sub of Asia

Panama? - does the canal break it into NA and SA?

[schmenke]

Mentioned so far:

Russia
Turkey
Georgia
Egypt
???

Questionable: ???

[donKey jote]

Do the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla count as Africa? :andrea:

How could I have forgotton the strategic Perejil Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perejil_Island_crisis (http://Perejil Island)) too :rolleyes:

[schmenke]

Many good guesses, but not according to my source.

Hint:

Russia - Europe and Asia
Turkey - Europe and Asia
Georgia - Europe and Asia
Egypt - Africa and Asia
??? - Europe and Asia

Questionable: ??? - North America and Europe

[D-Type]

Netherlands and France - as they consider their territories in the Carribean (America) part of the mother country

[schmenke]

No. Tbh, I was not considering territories or enclaves.

[steveaki13]

Palau? Might be Oceania or Asia.

erm..........

Azerbaijan?

[steveaki13]

Denmark? As it has Greenland with it?

[schmenke]

...Azerbaijan?

Close.

[schmenke]

Denmark? As it has Greenland with it?

Close, to the bonus Q.

[steveaki13]

Close, to the bonus Q.

UK and Bermuda?

Kazakhstan -

[donKey jote]

Iceland?

[schmenke]

...Kazakhstan -

Yep. That's the fifth I was looking for.

[schmenke]

Iceland?

And that's the answer to the bonus Q. Geologically speaking Iceland straddles the mid-Atlantic ridge, with one side on the North American tectonic plate and the other on the Eurasian.

[gadjo_dilo]

Hey, nobody willing to continue this wonderful thread?
I think Schmenke sbould have named the person for the new Q.....

[schmenke]

I don't think anyone cares as long as someone posts a Q.

[donKey jote]

JanVan? :devil: :andrea:

[gadjo_dilo]

What's missing on this map?


http://teste.haios.ro/sim_images/teste/2010_04/09564430012721592404bd39c08e9822700928313.jpg

[airshifter]

What's missing on this map?


http://teste.haios.ro/sim_images/teste/2010_04/09564430012721592404bd39c08e9822700928313.jpg

Everything. I can't see a map. So that MUST qualify as a correct answer...... :laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

Then you MUST ask a Q.:laugh:

[janvanvurpa]

JanVan? :devil: :andrea:

What?
What did I do now?

OOOoooooOOOOH, you being naughty! reminding us of how cheeky I was to ask a motorsport related geography question on a motorsport forum's chit chat section..
Yeah, that was pretty cheeky whuddnit?

[donKey jote]

:wave: :andrea:
Give us a fråga then :D

[bhaktib]

I am liking this... go on guys (n gals if any) ;)

[steveaki13]

I am liking this... go on guys (n gals if any) ;)

Hi. Welcome aboard. What are you liking?

[schmenke]

To quote Billy’s missus, "Have another quickie":

What’s the significance of Mount Thor (sometimes known as “Thor’s Peak")?
Bonus kudos for guessing its location.

[airshifter]

To quote Billy’s missus, "Have another quickie":

What’s the significance of Mount Thor (sometimes known as “Thor’s Peak")?
Bonus kudos for guessing its location.

I had the general geography right, but had no idea of the significance. I already Googled and took myself out of the running. :)

[anfield5]

A guess - is it the highest mountain on an island? as to location I seem to remember it being on one of Canada's islands

[schmenke]

A guess - is it the highest mountain on an island? as to location I seem to remember it being on one of Canada's islands

It's not the highest mountain on an island (I don't think, anyways. I would have thought that claim would belong to either Indonesia or the Phillipines).
You are correct, it is in Canada, though. But what makes it unique in the world?

[anfield5]

still think along the height lines - longest (tallest) face?

[schmenke]

still think along the height lines - longest (tallest) face?

Yeah, close enough anfield. Mount Thor, located on Canada's Baffin Island, claims the world's greatest vertical drop at over 4,100ft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Thor

Have a go! :)

[anfield5]

thanks schmenke.

Not sure if this has been asked already, so appologies if it has.

There are only 2 doubly-landlocked countries in the world i.e. a country surrounded by landlocked countries.
What are they?

[Storm]

has been asked before...

[D-Type]

Liechtenstein and erm, Azerbaijan?

[steveaki13]

Kazakhstan

[anfield5]

liechtenstein is correct. The second one is not azerbaijan, or kazakhstan, but somewhere in that area

[steveaki13]

Uzbekistan? or maybe Kyrgyzstan

[Storm]

Kyrgyz sounds okay.

[anfield5]

Uzbekistan? or maybe Kyrgyzstan

It is Uzbekistan Steve.

The floor is yours.

[steveaki13]

Right a nice simple format.

The Philippines is made up of how many islands? I wont give a "within" bracket. I will see how we go, someone probably knows the answer straight off.

[steveaki13]

The Philippines Archipelago I should add

[schmenke]

Shot in the dark... 500?

[anfield5]

7200

[Gregor-y]

2500

[anfield5]

I still stand by my 7200 answer, but this figure can change drastically during different tidal phases i.e. far fewer at high tide

[Starter]

Over 10,000

[steveaki13]

Anfields closest so far. I guess within 50 wins

[anfield5]

Another numbers game. How many bridges are crossed by the Trans-Siberian railway?

[Storm]

no idea so a wild guess, 200?

[D-Type]

There must be lots of rivers and valleys between Moscow and Vladivostok. 10,000?

[Storm]

err D-Type is always 1 post late eh? Anfield thought steve said he had got it when he hadn't aparently, he already posted a Q which I lamely attempted but D is right there answering things out of sequence :p: :)

[D-Type]

The usual failing to notice there's another page :(

I've edited my post to give my guess for Siberian bridges as 10,000.

[Storm]

If indeed there are 10k bridges, my guess is going to look so dumb :(

[steveaki13]

Anfield was quite close, but not quite within 50, but it was close enough

Anyway I am sure I have read this recently.

I want to say about 1,750?

[schmenke]

I'm confused :crazy: . What question are we on? :p:

[Storm]

Bridges on the Trans-Siberian line.

[anfield5]

Don't need to too exact, to the nearest 100 will do fine!

[D-Type]

To avoid confusion I'll repeat my guess of 10,000 bridges crossed by the trans-Siberian Railway.

[anfield5]

To avoid confusion I'll repeat my guess of 10,000 bridges crossed by the trans-Siberian Railway.

Sorry D. I must have missed your guess amoungst the other erm confusion.

10,000 is a wee bit too high.

[D-Type]

Really! the railway is 9,289 km (5,772 mi) long and that's approximately 1 bridge per kilometre. Or is the statistic you have only for major bridges?

[anfield5]

Really! the railway is 9,289 km (5,772 mi) long and that's approximately 1 bridge per kilometre. Or is the statistic you have only for major bridges?

The info I have simply states that there are ---- bridges on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Here is a direct quote from the info site I use (with the number crossed out :))

Trans-Siberian railway crosses exactly ???? bridges

I think the problem arises where the railway divides off into 3 different routes
*Moscow-Vladivostok *Moscow-Ulaanbataar *Moscow-Beijing

My source was answering for the Vladivostok route alone :(

So if you take all three routes into account the answer would be close to 10 000

[Storm]

what happened here?

[edv]

Howzabout 6500 bridges?

[anfield5]

On the Vladivostok rout there are 3901 bridges. But as d-type pointed out there are nearly 10,000 if you include the Ulaanbataar and Beijing routes as well.

So I guess D-Type is due the next question.

[steveaki13]

I hope D Type won't mind but as the threads been dormant for a few days I will post a new Question

This is flag no longer in use. Any Idea what/who its the flag of?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_the_West_Indies_Federation.svg/1280px-Flag_of_the_West_Indies_Federation.svg.png

[Storm]

seems like a Pacific island country?

[steveaki13]

Nope

[schmenke]

Ahem... :stareup:

[steveaki13]

Oh yer..... Damn that sucks.

Go ahead Schmenke :p

[steveaki13]

Or you could not cheat ;)

[schmenke]

Nah, someone else can figure it out... :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

I think it's of a football club.
Marconi Athletic? :devil:

[steveaki13]

I think it's of a football club.
Marconi Athletic? :devil:

Yes your righ........................oh no actually its not. Bad Luck :p

[Storm]

It should be some island country.. something in the Indian Ocean ?
wait I figured what you and scmonke are talking about..or atleast I can guess...but I am no cheater :p:

[steveaki13]

Closer Storm.

Its something to do with Islands, but not the Indian Ocean

[steveaki13]

For those who do not want to cheat it is not a nations flag. Its quite obscure so we will see how it goes

[anfield5]

Looking at the colours, ie blue sky, white waves and yellow sun, is it related to independant Caribbean nations

[Storm]

Not a nation's flag..so it is like a commonwealth flag? but islands? Caribbean?

[steveaki13]

Looking at the colours, ie blue sky, white waves and yellow sun, is it related to independant Caribbean nations


Not a nation's flag..so it is like a commonwealth flag? but islands? Caribbean?

Both very close.

Anfield has all but got it.

Can you get the title of the organisation?

[Storm]

West Indies? as in the cricket team?

[steveaki13]

Between you you have it.

It was the flag for the West Indies Federation.

Anfield or Storm post away

[Storm]

no idea about any fed apart form their (now) rubbish team.
anfield have a go will you ? I won;t be online for a few hours

[anfield5]

no idea about any fed apart form their (now) rubbish team.
anfield have a go will you ? I won;t be online for a few hours

will do. Should be one up in the next hour or so

[anfield5]

http://bandmhut.yolasite.com/resources/NPL%203.jpg

Where in the world is this?

[schmenke]

I'll hazard a guess and say somewhere in New Zealand? :p:

[anfield5]

ermm that kinda narrows it down to an area larger than Great Britain

[edv]

In the far distance it looks like Mt Ruapehu.
I know this place...just up the road from Whanganui. (I love to say 'Whanganui', LOL)

[anfield5]

In the far distance it looks like Mt Ruapehu.
I know this place...just up the road from Whanganui. (I love to say 'Whanganui', LOL)

If the picture was half a cm wider you would be able to see my house:)

[anfield5]

If the picture was half a cm wider you would be able to see my house:)

No it's not Wanganui. Wanganui is ugly.

[Storm]

wake up people.

[Tazio]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark; New Plymouth NZ :rolleyes:

[anfield5]

I'm going to take a shot in the dark; New Plymouth NZ :rolleyes:

It most certainly is :)

[gadjo_dilo]

So? No new question?

[Tazio]

So? No new question?Ok, here is a really mature one. :sailor:
I'm thinking of a rather impressive place with a name that phonetically sound like the combination of English slang terms for poo, and a part of the human anatomy, name it please.

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm not able to answer mature questions.
Besides, I don't know/speak slang English......:angel:

[Tazio]

Sorry sweetie, the answer is Lake Titicaca!~ Don't tell anyone k? :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Slang English = Romanian :confused:

[Tazio]

Da! :cool:

[gadjo_dilo]

Now you have to ask another q.:devil:

[Tazio]

Can I ask a Natural Science Q? :devil:

[gadjo_dilo]

Don't ask my permission and ask anything you want. Questions are for everybody on the forum. I'm sure there were some people who could answer the previous q. :p

[Storm]

Science yes!

[gadjo_dilo]

Science yes!
Beware of his Q when it's about NATURAL science. :devil:

[Starter]

Beware of his Q when it's about NATURAL science. :devil:
As opposed to UNnatural science?

[gadjo_dilo]

As opposed to political, social, administrative, economic, etc. sciences.......
:crazy:

Come on......
We need a new Q.

[Tazio]

Beware of his Q when it's about NATURAL science. :devil:

Good call Gadji, it was really perverted, disgusting, and retarded. :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Then come with a decent one.
I know it's hard for you but not impossible. :p

[anfield5]

This is getting boring guys!

Either ask a question or don't.

[Tazio]

:stareup: I'll pass annie'

[steveaki13]

Which is the most northerly city with more than 1,000,000 people?

[anfield5]

either Helsinki or maybe somewhere in Canada

[steveaki13]

Helsinki is correct.

Good to get the thread on track again

[anfield5]

Helsinki is correct.

Good to get the thread on track again

Iwas thinking maybe Edmonton, but that must have less than 1 million people.

Question:
Name the 5 largest (by population) cities in the world.

[steveaki13]

Mexico City
Mumbai
Beijing
Tokyo
Cairo

[anfield5]

Beijing is 2nd with 21.15 million

the others don't make the top 5
Mumbai is 8th at 12.6
Mexico City is 21st at 8.8
Tokyo is 20th at 9.1
Cairo is 11th at 12

[donKey jote]

(R) Seoul ?

[Tazio]

i'm going to the store naked andv drunk!

[gadjo_dilo]

Shanghai?
Delhi?

[Storm]

LoL Mumbai isn't there ?...what is the definition of city used? Is it the Municipal limits only or a Metro region since for cities like Mumbai the whole metro region will probably have the most people in the world!

NYC
Sao Paolo
Moscow


Tazio: if you aren't going to add anything worthwhile to this thread I think you shouldn't post here (I think most regulars here are feeling the same way but haven't been so blunt about it)

[Starter]

Bejing
Singapore
Rio
Mexico City
New York

Storm's observation is correct.

[Tazio]

Shanghai
Jakarta
Delhi
Seoul
NYC

[anfield5]

Good question storm. In the research I have Mumbai is listed as 8th with 12.7 million and is described as a municipal corporation.

We have the top 4
Shanghai - 24.2
Beijing - 21.2
karachi - 19.5
New Delhi - 17.8
????? - 17.1

[Tazio]

Tazio: if you aren't going to add anything worthwhile to this thread I think you shouldn't post here (I think most regulars here are feeling the same way but haven't been so blunt about it) Sorry meat, but you must be confusing me with someone that gives a ---- about your, any other regular, or irregulars opinion in this matter when I drinking heavily. :laugh:

[D-Type]

Is No 5 Paris by any chance? I have seen very high numbers as they include all the surrounding towns - effectively the whole county!

[anfield5]

Not Paris - according to my sources Paris is not in the top 85

[Tazio]

What about Sao Paulo mate?

[anfield5]

Sorry Taz Sao Paulo is 12th with a mere 11.8 million

Clue it is in Africa, but not South Africa

[steveaki13]

Lagos or Dhaka?

[anfield5]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS. GOAL, GOAL, GOAL, GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5th on the list is Lagos with 17.06 million people.

That's all of them.
Shangai - 24.1
Beijing - 21.15
Karachi - 19.50
New Delhi - 17.84
Lagos - 17.06

[steveaki13]

Gadjo and I got 2 each then.

Mind if I go Gadjo?

Ok good.

Name the 10 smallest independent countries by population as given by UN

The UN list 196 countries. I am not including extra territories such as Cook Islands and Macau etc.

Just UN listed countries. I will give popuations

187. ------------------- 72,003
188. --------------------54,191
189. --------------------52,634
190. -------------------37,831
191. --------------------36,925
192. --------------------31,448
193. --------------------20,918
194. --------------------10,051
195. --------------------9,876
196. --------------------799

Quite hard probably. See if you can guess any

[anfield5]

Nauru, Tuvalu, Micronesia, Palau, Solomon Islands, Maldives, Seychelles, Comoros, Cape Verde, St Lucia?

[steveaki13]

187. ------------------- 72,003
188. --------------------54,191
189. --------------------52,634
190. -------------------37,831
191. --------------------36,925
192. --------------------31,448
193. Palau -------------20,918
194. Nauru ------------10,051
195. Tuvalu -----------9,876
196. --------------------799

Solomon = 164th
Micronesia = 182nd
Maldives = 171st
Seychelles = 184th
Comoros = 162nd
Cape Verde = 167th
St. Lucia = 178th

[anfield5]

San Marino
Vatican City
Monaco
Malta
St Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas
St Vincent and the Grenadines

[steveaki13]

187. ------------------- 72,003
188. St. Kitts & Nevis -54,191
189. --------------------52,634
190. Monaco-----------37,831
191. --------------------36,925
192. San Marino-------31,448
193. Palau -------------20,918
194. Nauru ------------10,051
195. Tuvalu ------------9,876
196. Vatican------------799

Malta = 168th
Bahamas = 170th
St. Vincent & G = 179th

[gadjo_dilo]

Monaco, San Marino, Lichtenstein

[steveaki13]

Good one Gadjo

187. ------------------- 72,003
188. St. Kitts & Nevis -54,191
189. --------------------52,634
190. Monaco-----------37,831
191. Liechtenstein-----36,925
192. San Marino-------31,448
193. Palau -------------20,918
194. Nauru ------------10,051
195. Tuvalu ------------9,876
196. Vatican------------799

Two more

[Starter]

Grenada, Marshall Islands?

[gadjo_dilo]

Gibraltar

[steveaki13]

Marshall Islands?

Well done Starter

187. ------------------- 72,003
188. St. Kitts & Nevis -54,191
189. Marshall Islands--52,634
190. Monaco-----------37,831
191. Liechtenstein-----36,925
192. San Marino-------31,448
193. Palau -------------20,918
194. Nauru ------------10,051
195. Tuvalu ------------9,876
196. Vatican------------799

One more to get

Gibraltar doesn't seem to count on UN stats. I guess it has links with the UK

Grenada = 180th

[D-Type]

Liechtenstein

[donKey jote]

Andorra?

[schmenke]

Brunei?

Good Q btw.

[Starter]

Bikini? That's gotta have a low population. :D

[anfield5]

Bikini? That's gotta have a low population. :D

Yeah but its full of absolute tits :D

[schmenke]

And I hear it's a cracking place :p:

[steveaki13]

No one has the magical place yet.

[schmenke]

Cyprus?

[steveaki13]

Nope.

Let me know if anyone wants some clues.

[anfield5]

no clues, I am just thinking through Pacific and Caribbean islands, then other island nations.

[anfield5]

Dominica?

[Starter]

And I hear it's a cracking place :p:
While you all have good answers to Bikini (I do appreciate good puns if you hadn't noticed) you've missed the use of the place in the 50s. ;)

[anfield5]

while you all have good answers to bikini (i do appreciate good puns if you hadn't noticed) you've missed the use of the place in the 50s. ;)

it's da bomb!!!

[steveaki13]

Dominica?
We have a winner

187. Dominica--------- 72,003
188. St. Kitts & Nevis -54,191
189. Marshall Islands--52,634
190. Monaco-----------37,831
191. Liechtenstein-----36,925
192. San Marino-------31,448
193. Palau -------------20,918
194. Nauru ------------10,051
195. Tuvalu ------------9,876
196. Vatican------------799

[Storm]

I missed a good question and finally this place came alive.

[steveaki13]

Now Anfields gone :D

[steveaki13]

Anyone who got a right answer can post a question though I guess. Go ahead

[anfield5]

sorry for the delay, busy weekend.

Question.
What is the only country (as with Steve's last question only include self governing countries, not dependencies etc) that has no official capital?

[steveaki13]

Wow. Good one.

Erm....... It might have a capital of the same name, but could it be Vatican City? (UN class it as a country)

[anfield5]

Vatican City is both a country and an official capital City, as is Singapore

[Brown, Jon Brow]

South Africa? It has separate legislative, juridical and administrative capitals.

[anfield5]

good answer, but South Africa has 3 official capital cities (Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein) as you said, and Myanmar has 2 (Naypyitaw, Yangon). The nation I want has no official capital city/town

[D-Type]

Taiwan. The government consider they are a "government in exile" for the whole of China so, if they named an official capital they would in effect be withdrawing their claim to the Chinese mainland.

[anfield5]

not Taiwan - Taipei is reconised by the UN and is listed in the CIA World Fact Bookl

[Storm]

This is a tricky one...are we guessing small countries but infact its a bluff and it is a big country that nobody has thought of? :erm:

[anfield5]

Clue: Population of this place is under 10,000 (as from July 2010)

[steveaki13]

Tuvalu

[anfield5]

Tuvalu

Tuvalu's Capital is Funafuti.

Getting warmer though, and the population of my country is exactly the same a s that of Tuvalu (to within 450 at least)

[steveaki13]

Nauru then :p

[anfield5]

Nauru then :p

We have a winner!!!!

Nauru has no Capital town, it has a Capital region called the Yaren District in the Southern part of the Island, but no actual town

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nauru-districts-fr.svg/540px-Nauru-districts-fr.svg.png

[steveaki13]

How bizarre.

Let me think of a good question

[steveaki13]

Without cheating and including Metropolitan areas, can you name and rank the top 10 largest Cities in South America by population? (Only counting the 10 countries of South America, not central)

I have seen a few stats giving slightly different numbers, so I can be flexible.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Good Luck:p

[anfield5]

Rio - Brazil
Sao Paula - Brazil
Lima - Peru
Buenos Aries - Argentina
Brasilia - Brazil
Caracas - Venezuela
Bogota - Colombia
Monte Video - Uruguay
Santiago - Chile
Manaus - Brazil

[steveaki13]

Great effort Anfield, firstly you have 7 of the top 10.

Brasilia is surprisingly 17th, Montevideo is way down in about 35th. Uruguay only has a tiny population generally. Manaus is 32nd.

So Rio, Sao Paulo, Lima, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Bogota, Santiago are all correct. 3 to get first up which are 7th, 9th and 10th on the list

You have the top 4 correct but wrong order slightly. Very good first effort though.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

[anfield5]

1. Sao Paulo
2. Brasilia
3. Lima
4. Bogota
5.Buenos Aires
6. Santiago
7.
8.
9.
10. Caracas

trying to think of other big Brazilian Cities for one or two of the other three

[anfield5]

maybe Belo Horizonte and Curitiba

[steveaki13]

1. Sao Paulo
2. Brasilia
3. Lima
4. Bogota
5.Buenos Aires
6. Santiago
7.
8.
9.
10. Caracas

trying to think of other big Brazilian Cities for one or two of the other three

Brasilia is not in the top 10.

Belo Horizonte is though

[anfield5]

ummm

Salvador - Brazil (as opposed to San Salvador)

I always though Brasilia and Buenos Aires had the same population (about 3 million) :(

[Storm]

Rio isn't in the top 10?

Rio de Janeiro
Bogota

[gadjo_dilo]

Quito
Fortaleza
Belo Horizonte

[steveaki13]

What we have so far

1. Sao Paulo
2. Buenos Aires
3. Rio
4. Lima
5. Bogota
6. Santiago
7. Belo Horizonte
8. Caracas
9.
10.

Two left and they are the more tricky two of the 10. So you are not missing anything easy :)

[Storm]

Recife

[steveaki13]

1. Sao Paulo
2. Buenos Aires
3. Rio
4. Lima
5. Bogota
6. Santiago
7. Belo Horizonte
8. Caracas
9.
10. Recife


Well done Storm.

One more to get

[gadjo_dilo]

But Fortaleza has more inhabitants than Belo Horizonte.....:confused:

[Storm]

Okay now I am guessing -
Rosario
Medellin - from where comes our dear lost friend race aficionado....

edit: gadjo, steve has his own list ok? :stare:

[steveaki13]

Thats the trouble.... I saw 3 different lists and they had 3 different top 10s.

My list includes suburbs, districts and out skirts.

If y'all want to give up I can tell you.

Don't want to cause confusion. :(

[anfield5]

1. Sao Paulo
2. Buenos Aires
3. Rio
4. Lima
5. Bogota
6. Santiago
7. Belo Horizonte
8. Caracas
9.
10. Recife


Well done Storm.

One more to get

How about Medellin in Colombia?

[steveaki13]

Nope.

Medellin is 19th on my list

[anfield5]

Guayaquil - is Ecuador's largest city, so maybe ...

[Storm]

Porto Alegre/Natal, Brasil

Valparaiso, Chile ?

[steveaki13]

1. Sao Paulo
2. Buenos Aires
3. Rio
4. Lima
5. Bogota
6. Santiago
7. Belo Horizonte
8. Caracas
9. Porto Alegre
10. Recife


Well done Storm.

Thats them all.

[Storm]

phew. who gets the q? anfield got a lot I suppose.

[steveaki13]

I guess so, but if anyone who got an answer right wants a go, I am sure he won't mind.

[anfield5]

Ok I'll go, but Storm, you were more then welcome :)

What city is reconised as being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?

[D-Type]

Is it Damascus?

[anfield5]

Why - yes it is :)

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence

[Storm]

that was quick!

[D-Type]

Some you know, some you don't :cool: Actually I tossed a coin between Damascus and Jericho.

A 3-part railway question regarding the so-called "Lunatic Line"?
(1) Where is it?
(2) what gauge is it?
(3) What animal is associated with it?

[Storm]

steve might know this...
I have no idea..but I will hazard a guess, South America?

[anfield5]

Iv'e heard this somewhere.

I am picturing Africa and people lining the train tracks trying to leap onto a moving train.

I would guess Rwanda or Uganda, but it is just as likely to be in Switzerland up the side of a mountain?

[steveaki13]

Sadly I have no idea actually.

Vietnam?

[D-Type]

Africa is correct but you need to be more precise. It was reputedly described as "The Lunatic Railway" by the newspapers at the time it was being built

[anfield5]

I seem to remember it was built by the Brits, and was on Africa's East coast, so Uganda, through Kenya to the sea?

Gauge - wouldn't even know how to guess (but 00 gauge is small model trains)

Animal - i would guess at either a lion, or maybe a snake. A lion because... well... it is Africa, or a snake because it winds it's way across the country like a metal snake?

[D-Type]

(1) Kenya-Uganda Railway
(2) We still need the gauge
(3) Lions is correct - the Man-Eaters of Tsavo which delayed construction of the Tsavo Bridge by eating the workforce.

Edit: Lion-Eaters corrected to Man-Eaters

[Storm]

you mean the Man-Eaters of Tsavo :D

Or did Lions build a natural bridge and ended up being eaten by humans? that would be a Lunatic Line :crazy:

[steveaki13]

hmmm..... I assume its not going to be standard gauge of 4 foot 8.5 inches.

So Its either going to be broad gauge (i.e wider) or Narrow Gauge.

Unlikely to be Broad Gauge so I am guessing Narrow Gauge of 3 foot something

[D-Type]

Yes, 3ft something but not normally expressed that way.

[steveaki13]

true, but it depends if you know it or not.

Complete guess 3 foot 6 inch gauge?

[D-Type]

3ft 6in still mentions feet and inches. Think of something about 3ft 3 7/8 in but not measured in Imperial units.

[anfield5]

1.25 metres

[D-Type]

Right unit. Wrong number.

[anfield5]

1.2 metres? or using the usual conversion ratio 1.181 metres?

[D-Type]

Y-a-w-n. Get a measuring tape and see what 39 3/8 inches is in metres!

[anfield5]

I thought this was a geography thread, not an archaic measurment to modern measurement conversion thread :)

[anfield5]

1.000125 meters

[Tazio]

Think of something about 3ft
billy's missus' noes hairs! :angel:

[Starter]

I thought this was a geography thread, not an archaic measurment to modern measurement conversion thread http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Yes, please don't use those obsolete meters and such anymore. :D

[D-Type]

Let's call it a day. The gauge was 1 metre. This was part of the lunacy as it didn't match the counties either side - the South African, Rhodesia and Nyasaland system on one side and Sudan on the other which both had a 3ft 6in gauge so international running would never be a possibility.

Your question, anfield5

[anfield5]

A simple one to get things moving.

What is the only sea on Earth with no coastline?

[Tazio]

Billy's missus' hoochie :stareup:

[schmenke]

Billy's missus' hoochie :stareup:

I hear it's quite deep too :stareup: :uhoh:


Seriously, perhaps the Arctic Ocean?

[D-Type]

Sargasso sea?

[anfield5]

Not the Arctic OCEAN - plus it has a coastline around Antartica.

It is the Sargasso sea in the middle of the Atlantic

[D-Type]

Let's have a nice simple one:

Scotland has many sea lochs and freshwater lochs. Name it's only lake (excluding artificial lakes).

[gadjo_dilo]

I know only Loch Ness.

[anfield5]

interesting question D-Type. I have only heard of the Lake of Mentieth, but something is telling me this is actually a sea loch, which would mean that even though it is called a lake, it isn't actually a lake at all.

[Tazio]

Loch Lomond ???????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6vYKJerstg

:angel:

[schmenke]

I'm confused. Does loch not simply mean lake?

[D-Type]

Anfield 5 has it - the answer is the Lake of Mentieth, the famous one. It is a freshwater lake. According to Wikipedia some artificial lochs/lakes are named "Lake whatever" and it hints there may be other Scottish "Lakes" but Mentieth is the famous one.

schmenke, "Loch" means "Lake" in Gaelic so all Scottish lakes are called "Lochs", like Loch Lomond and Loch Ness. They also use the word for "enclosed bodies of seawater" or "sea lochs" such as Loch Long.

[schmenke]

Sorry, I'm still confused :p: . So why is Lake of Mentieth not called Loch Mentieth?

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm also confused. How come that anfield always knows the right answers? :crazy:

[D-Type]

Sorry, I'm still confused :p: . So why is Lake of Mentieth not called Loch Mentieth?The story is on Wikipedia. Apparently it goes back to a misunderstanding or mistranslation by Dutch cartographers in the 16th Century.

[anfield5]

I'm also confused. How come that anfield always knows the right answers? :crazy:

Absolutely NOT always, but geography is one of my 'egg-heads' topics.

[anfield5]

Keeping with lakes, what is significant/special about lake Bosumtwi in Ghana?