Geography Quiz

[Warluster]

This is like the History Quiz,

1.Ask a question

2.People guess

3.Who get's it right ask the next question

Simple. Ask questions about where countries,Cities, that sort of stuff are.
Any Questions? there will be soon! Also there can be no Multiple guess's in one post! One Guess-One SPot, but you can ost more times!
Rules
1.Now make them Capital Cities,Countries, MAIN CITIES. But no small cities, only like, for example
Berlin,Frankfut,Hamburg. You can ask where that is but no small town around where you live or something, they can only be BIG CITIES. New York,Hong Kong, that sort of thing

2. please do not drag on the question, if no one seems to be gettign the answer, then you amy reveal, unless they ask you not to.

3.No arguring, if you think an answer is not right, then we will go with majority.

4.If you have any suggestions for other rules, then go suggesting (by PM to me)

5. And also you can not guess multiple time in one post, you can't go paris,London,Berlin, as it covers more places and you have a higher chance, so everyone just one guess per post.

5.Also do not suggest a continet unless specifed to in the question, if not said do not go Asia or EUrope.
First Question- Where is Stockholm?

[Cangrande]

Sweden...and the beer's bloody expensive!

[Innocentius]

Sweden...and the beer's bloody expensive!

And it's darn fine too:yes:

[Cangrande]

Assuming it's not a trick question, and Sweden is the answer, my question is this:

In which city did the lovers take their lives after the two gentlemen?

[Sarmatian]

Verona?

[Cangrande]

Well done! But damn! I thought that might have been tougher...

mind you, if you choose 'Cangrande' as a nick....:)

[Sarmatian]

Ok, easy one.

European city. It's celtic name was Sindidun...

[Motep]

Belgrade?

[Sarmatian]

Belgrade?

As I said, an easy one.

Ok, Motep, your turn...

[Motep]

Which European city holds the Kaptol?

[Sarmatian]

Zagreb?

[Motep]

yep. I realize that was easy to, but its the best I could coome up with in a couple of minutes.

Your turn Sarmatian

[Sarmatian]

Ok, we're moving away from eastern europe.

Which city has the highest number of bridges in Europe?

[Motep]

That, I do not know...

Vinice...Rome...Paris or London would be my guesses...

[Sarmatian]

I think that multiple answers shouldn't be allowed so I am going to answer only on the first one.

Venice - no.

[Fisherking]

Something in the back of my head says it is Amsterdam

[Sarmatian]

No.

This city has more bridges than venice and amsterdam together...

[Stig]

Hamburg has loads of bridges I've been told

[Warluster]

Paris?

[Sarmatian]

Hamburg has loads of bridges I've been told

Correct.

Venice (about 400) is known for it's bridges, and amsterdam is known as "venice of the north/northern venice" although it surpasses venice in number of bridges (around 1200), but hamburg rules supreme.
Almost 2500 bridges...

[Justiciar]

Birmingham? :laugh4:

edit: Gah, that was bad timing.

[Motep]

Correct.

Venice (about 400) is known for it's bridges, and amsterdam is known as "venice of the north/northern venice" although it surpasses venice in number of bridges (around 1200), but hamburg rules supreme.
Almost 2500 bridges...

Damn...I should have known that one...

[Peasant Phill]

and amsterdam is known as "venice of the north/northern venice"

I've heard that description given many times to a city, but it wasn't Amsterdam. Every single time I hear "the Venice of the north" it refers to Bruges

[Cangrande]

So what's the next question?

[Sarmatian]

I've heard that description given many times to a city, but it wasn't Amsterdam. Every single time I hear "the Venice of the north" it refers to Bruges

Could be. I heard several times that amsterdam is called that way...

[Warluster]

Oi Stig its your question

[Stig]

I know, didn't have time yet:
So what's the highest mountain of flat Holland? [/no inspiration]

[Sarmatian]

Vaalserberg.

Glorius 321 m...

[Sarmatian]

I'm pretty sure that I'm right, unless it is a trick question, so I am going to ask a new one, to keep the game going.

Egypt is known as the gift of the Nle. What asian country shares similar conditions (inhospitable land and fertile river plain)?

[Geoffrey S]

China, Yangtze delta.

[Stig]

It's right Samartian, the trick was the part about "mountain", it would be easier if I asked for "hole"

[Sarmatian]

China, Yangtze delta.

Nope...

You are right about the fertile river plain part, but I wouldn't call rest of the china inhospitable...

[Conradus]

Iraq, the Tigris and Eufraat, without them, no Mesopotamian culture.

[Sarmatian]

No...

Hint: A bit more to the east...

[Kagemusha]

Pakistan and Indus river?

[Sarmatian]

Pakistan and Indus river?


Yes.

The area of present-day Pakistan was the cradle of the earliest known civilization of South Asia, the Indus Valley civilization (2500?-1700 bc).

The Indus River is the lifeline of Pakistan. Without the Indus and its tributaries, the land would have turned into a barren desert long ago.

[Kagemusha]

Ok.I guess its my turn then to ask the question.~:cool: This is really easy.What is the largest lake in Europe?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Lake Ladoga

[Warluster]

Caspian Lake?

[Kagemusha]

EMFM was right.Yep its Ladoga.Now its your turn maniac from mars.:smash:

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Which two countries does the Elbe run through?

Really easy one.





Caspian Lake?
That's in Asia.

[Warluster]

it runs throguh the Cezech Rebulic and Germany

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Yes

[Warluster]

yay! my first one right!

Where is the City of Riga?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Latvia.

Where is the Fraser River Valley? (Name the general location)

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Southern British Columbia/Northern Washington State.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Correct. Couldn't have everything be European, ya know.

CR

[Motep]

Correct. Couldn't have everything be European, ya know.

CR

I acctually kne that one...

[Marshal Murat]

Alright next one.

[Sarmatian]

Come on, EMFM, it's your turn...

[Motep]

Hurry up damnit!

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Sorry, someone else can go.

[Motep]

Which town is famous for having its mob in the furniture business (this was in the thirties)

[Warluster]

Chicago?, Al Capone?

[Motep]

Nope...try a little further west (hint hint)

[Warluster]

Las vegas?

[Motep]

Las vegas?

too far west

[Warluster]

Lincoln?

[Motep]

Lincoln?

Didnt even know that was a town....

[Warluster]

Des Moines?

[Motep]

Des Moines?

gettin warmer....

[Cangrande]

St Louis?

[Motep]

St Louis?

noo....

[Sarmatian]

:idea2: Now is the right time for some hints...

[Craterus]

:elvis: Memphis?
:hanged: Salem, Massachussets?
:batman: Gotham City?
:cowboy: Dallas?
:punk: New York?
:sombrero: Mexico?
:sultan: Arabia?
:egypt: Egypt?

[Warluster]

Denever? Madison?

[MilesGregarius]

Kansas City?

[Motep]

compiled hints so far...Its in Illinois.

[MilesGregarius]

Peoria? Joliet? EAST St. Louis?

[Motep]

Peoria? Joliet? EAST St. Louis?

Peoria and Joliet are so close It hurts. whats the city middle of those two? (hint)

[MilesGregarius]

Bloomington? Urbana? Springfield? Kanakee? Peru?

[Motep]

Bloomington? Urbana? Springfield? Kanakee? Peru?

I was thinking of the wrong place when I read Peoria. Its still farther north (my mistake)

[MilesGregarius]

Evanston? Rockford? DeKalb?

[Motep]

Evanston? Rockford? DeKalb?

It is one of them.

But, which of them will you choose?

[Warluster]

Rockford!

[Motep]

Rockford!

:grin2:

(incase you missed that, The answer was Correct!)

[MilesGregarius]

WOOHOO!

Here's a gimme for any world travellers:

The OTHER City of Angels.

[Motep]

WOOHOO!

Here's a gimme for any world travellers:

The OTHER City of Angels.

if its LA, I will throttle you in your sleep...

[MilesGregarius]

No. The OTHER "LA".

[Warluster]

Las Vegas?

[Craterus]

Is it Bangkok?

[Sarmatian]

Rockford was the correct answer, right?

[Tribesman]

The OTHER City of Angels.
SE of Conception in Chile

[Justiciar]

Methinks Craterus is right. I recall it having some uber-long name which, in short hand, meant City of Angels.

[MilesGregarius]

Is it Bangkok?

Bingo.

The Thai name for Bangkok is Krungthep-something-something-something.
It's apparently one of the longest words in any language and means something like "The Most Exalted City of the Angels where..."

You're up, Craterus.

[Justiciar]

Bingo.

The Thai name for Bangkok is Krungthep-something-something-something.
It's apparently one of the longest words in any language and means something like "The Most Exalted City of the Angels where..."

You're up, Craterus.
"Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīrāmasya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi" :dizzy2:

[Sjakihata]

It is in fact the longest name in the world.

[Craterus]

Yeah, remembered reading it somewhere. LA also has a really long name.

Erm... :undecided:

What is the distance (let's say, to the nearest hundred) from Nairobi airport to London Heathrow in miles?
Whoever is closest by this time tomorrow wins. Only one guess each though. :scholar:

EDIT: this edit was just to clarify the airports...

[Justiciar]

Wild stab in the dark.. 6000? :dizzy2:

[Motep]

Id say its about 4,000 miles.

[Warluster]

id say 5000

[Sarmatian]

I'd say, 6200 km...

[Cangrande]

It is in fact the longest name in the world.

Really? Until fairly recently this was credited to Llanfair PG in Wales, which apparently now has the longest domain name.

[Sarmatian]

I'd say, 6200 km...

I've just seen that it was supposed to be in miles. That is about 3900 miles...

[Craterus]

Just a reminder. You've got 3 and a half hours to get your guesses in.

[MilesGregarius]

4200 miles/ 6800 km?

[Craterus]

Well, no-one's getting closer than that to the nearest hundred. So, MilesGregarius, it's your question.

[MilesGregarius]

"Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīrāmasya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi" :dizzy2:

Which is all the funnier when you realize that the Thais speak an essentially monosyllablic language but use Sanskrit and Pali tongue-twisters for their proper names.

[MilesGregarius]

Well, no-one's getting closer than that to the nearest hundred. So, MilesGregarius, it's your question.

OK.

What four great rivers all originate within a few miles of each other in China's Yunnan province?

[MilesGregarius]

No takers?

Here's a hint:

One exits through China, one through Vietnam, and two through Burma.

[Sjakihata]

are you sure they originate in the yunnan province?

[Sarmatian]

Mekong, Salween, Red river, Xi Jiang?

[Sjakihata]

The Mekong runs from Tibet through the Yunnan province. It doesn't originate from the Yunnan province.

[Sarmatian]

The Mekong runs from Tibet through the Yunnan province. It doesn't originate from the Yunnan province.

Salween also, but I don't know any other major rivers in yunnan, except yangtze... I am not sure what milesgregarius wanted to ask.

[Sjakihata]

Salween also, but I don't know any other major rivers in yunnan, except yangtze... I am not sure what milesgregarius wanted to ask.

Exactly, that's why I asked:


are you sure they originate in the yunnan province?

[MilesGregarius]

Salween also, but I don't know any other major rivers in yunnan, except yangtze... I am not sure what milesgregarius wanted to ask.

Sorry. My mistake. The Salween, Mekong, and Yangtze originate in Tibet, but run parallel to each other in Yunnan. The fourth, the Irrawady, upon further review, originates in Kachin State, but one of its tributaries starts in Yunnan. (Dons dunce cap and sits in corner).

Sarmatian, your go.

[Sarmatian]

Ok. Easy question.

I discovered the strait between Asia and North America and my name is... ?

[Motep]

...Vitus Bering...

[Sarmatian]

...Vitus Bering...

No...

[Conradus]

Well, I don't know the name of the first North Americans to cross it, but wasn't Semyon Dezhnev the one who first 'discovered' the Bering Strait?

[Sarmatian]

Well, I don't know the name of the first North Americans to cross it, but wasn't Semyon Dezhnev the one who first 'discovered' the Bering Strait?

Yes...

Your turn conradus

[Conradus]

Easy one, the capital of Bolivia?

[Cangrande]

La Paz?

[Cangrande]

I love it when we 'Europeans' talk about discovering places...usually with the help of the people who've been living there for millennia :)

[Conradus]

No, not La Paz

[Sjakihata]

If it isn't La Paz then it's Sucre.

What is the second largest natural lake in Norway?

[Cangrande]

No, not La Paz

Eh? La Paz is NOT the capital?

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bl.html

[Motep]

...Actaully...It depends on how you think on it. La Paz is the administrative capitalof Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital.

[Conradus]

Idd, Sucre is Bolivia's capital. Tanzania has the same thing with 2 capitals. As the Netherlands, it's goverment sits in The Hague, but the capital is Amsterdam.

[Motep]

Than that would make it Sjakihat's turn.

[Warluster]

He posted up the question, Read the rest of his post!

[Sjakihata]

What is the second largest natural lake in Norway?


Hate quoting myself.

[Cangrande]

He posted up the question, Read the rest of his post!

Who's that in reply to? If me, why the attitude?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Tsk, Røssvatnet of course. Common knowledge.

Back in elementary school, they made us remember the names of the ten largest lakes in Norway: Mjøsa, Røssvatnet, Femunden, Randsfjorden, Tyrifjorden, Snåsavatnet, Tunnsjøen, Limingen, Øyeren, Blåsjø.

Next we started on the ten highest mountains of Peru, in Quechua. :yes:

[Sjakihata]

Tsk, Røssvatnet of course. Common knowledge.

Back in elementary school, they made us remember the names of the ten largest lakes in Norway: Mjøsa, Røssvatnet, Femunden, Randsfjorden, Tyrifjorden, Snåsavatnet, Tunnsjøen, Limingen, Øyeren, Blåsjø.

Next we started on the ten highest mountains of Peru, in Quechua. :yes:

Not correct. Pay attention to the question. The second largest natural lake.

You did mention it in the line-up though

[Louis VI the Fat]

You editted that in afterwards, didn't you!!!!11!!1!!!? :furious3:

Uh, Femunden?

[Sjakihata]

No, I didnt. Take a look at post #116, you can see it is last edited the 20th.

And yes, it is indeed Femunden. Your go Monsieur Fatlington.

[Louis VI the Fat]

No, I didnt. That's what they all say! :no:


(I'm just pulling your leg, Sjakihata)

Question, uhm, let's see, hmm...Okay: we all know that Gaul / Gallia was named after the Celts.

Question: Please name three other large areas of Celtic settlement whose name was a derivation of 'Celt'. Like 'Gaul', these areas may be historical.
Please also add name the countries where these areas are located.

[Sjakihata]

That's what they all say! :no:


(I'm just pulling your leg, Sjakihata)



Ah, that's why I have a hard time keeping my balance. :idea2:

[MilesGregarius]

Question: Please name three other large areas of Celtic settlement whose name was a derivation of 'Celt'. Like 'Gaul', these areas may be historical.
Please also add name the countries where these areas are located.

Galatia - modern Turkey
Celtiberia - modern Spain/Portugal
Gallaecia, now Galicia - modern spain

[Louis VI the Fat]

Galatia - modern Turkey
Celtiberia - modern Spain/Portugal
Gallaecia, now Galicia - modern spainCeltiberia I believe is a name historians use to denote the mixed Celtic-Iberian civilisation or period. It is not a geographical name in itself. Similar to 'Norman England'.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong though. :yes:

Anyway, well done, (at least) two out of three! :2thumbsup:
If you can come up with a third, it's yours.

[Sjakihata]

He can have mine. Celtica the place from where the Celts originated, somewhere in southern Spain.

[MilesGregarius]

I've occasionally seen references to "Celtiberia", though I admit it's far more common to see "Celtiberian" as in the Celtic civilization/people in the Iberian Peninsula.


He can have mine. Celtica the place from where the Celts originated, somewhere in southern Spain.

Thanks. I wasn't sure if that counted because I've only seen it in Pliny.

Also, I believe Caledonia (modern Scotland) is a corrupted form of the same root word from which Celtic derives.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Also, I believe Caledonia (modern Scotland) is a corrupted form of the same root word from which Celtic derives.Maybe, it is what the Latins called Britain. The Celts refer to it as Albion.

The names I had in mind were Galicia in Poland / Ukraine, Galitia in Turkey and Galicia in Northwest Spain / Portugal. Others must count as correct too.

By all means, its yours. :yes:

[MilesGregarius]

The names I had in mind were Galicia in Poland / Ukraine

Ack. I should have remember that one.

OK, curious to see who knows what I'm talking about in my profile, so:

What's west of the Shannon? South of the Yalu?

[Louis VI the Fat]

What's west of the Shannon? South of the Yalu?A golf course amidst gently sloping green hills? A forest filled with harp playing leprechauns? A pub called the Red Lion where they serve Jameson by the pint?

[MilesGregarius]

A golf course amidst gently sloping green hills? A forest filled with harp playing leprechauns? A pub called the Red Lion where they serve Jameson by the pint?

Right neighborhood for part A.

Jameson by the pint? Remind me not to play quarters with you.

[Duke Malcolm]

Connacht (sp)?

[MilesGregarius]

Connacht (sp)?

That's part A.

South of the Yalu?

[Don Corleone]

Isn't the Yalu river the border between China and North Korea?

[MilesGregarius]

Duke Malcolm has what's west of the Shannon; Tom Hagen has what's south of the Yalu (though I was just looking for Korea as a whole). Whoever gets here first can post the next question.

[Motep]

Easy one for you: Where is the Country that Cyrus was born in now?

[Sarmatian]

Didn't miles said that duke malcolm or tom hagen can post the next question, depending who get's here first?

[MilesGregarius]

Didn't miles said that duke malcolm or tom hagen can post the next question, depending who get's here first?

Yeah.

[Conradus]

Didn't miles said that duke malcolm or tom hagen can post the next question, depending who get's here first?

Depends on how you interpret his question :scholar:

@ Lord Motep, that country's still at the same place not? Iran ?
Just to answer that question.

Miles, why is Korea the answer to your question, or was it just a double question?

[Cangrande]

I'm still trying to figure out why La Paz isn' t the capital of Bolivia :D

[Conradus]

Because it's Sucre, Sucre's the constitutional capital.

[Motep]

Didn't miles said that duke malcolm or tom hagen can post the next question, depending who get's here first?

Oh...sorry bout that. They can go...

[Motep]

@ Lord Motep, that country's still at the same place not? Iran ?
Just to answer that question.



Also: Wrong Cyrus.

[Don Corleone]

No worries, Lord Motep. I still don't understand how one can be in Connaught AND Korea at the same time. :dizzy2:

In any case, I guess I'll give a quick one (though I hope it hasn't been asked already, my apologies if it has):

Name the world's two doubly-landlocked countries...

[Motep]

world's two doubly-landlocked countries...

and what exactly does that mean?

[Warluster]

That would be Europe and Asia, or Africa and Asia, or Africa and Europe, or Sotuh America and North AMerica

[MilesGregarius]

Miles, why is Korea the answer to your question, or was it just a double question?

Two part question. Sorry for the confusion.


I still don't understand how one can be in Connaught AND Korea at the same time. :dizzy2:

Family ties to both.

[Sarmatian]

world's two doubly-landlocked countries...

and what exactly does that mean?

Same question

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Lichtenstein and Turkmenistan?

[ajaxfetish]

I'll agree with Liechtenstein, but take Uzbekistan over Turkmenistan.

Ajax

[Cangrande]

...and La Paz is the administrative capital :laugh4:

Someone had better tell the CIA, they think it's La Paz as well :book:

No, what I meant was, if Bolivia, like the Netherlands has 2 capitals, Sucre and La Paz, how come La Paz is wrong? lol

[Conradus]

You'll have to blame my teacher for that :surrender:
Once he asked me the same question and I answered La Paz, just wanted to do the same thing here.

What do you mean by landlocked? No way to the sea? There are many countries then eg Liechtenstein, San Marino, Cita del Vaticano, Bolivia, Paraguay,...

[Don Corleone]

Ajax got it. Double landlocked means not only is the country landlocked, all it's neighbors are too. You'd have to go through 2 countries to get to the ocean/sea.

[Conradus]

Ah I see, nice question

[Sarmatian]

Ajax got it. Double landlocked means not only is the country landlocked, all it's neighbors are too. You'd have to go through 2 countries to get to the ocean/sea.

I've got it, but it was to late. Really interesting question...

[ajaxfetish]

Well, if it's my turn, I'll do another one about countries and their neighbors.

What country shares the most land borders with others, and how many neighbors does it have?

Ajax

[Conradus]

China and Russia have 14 neighbours

[ajaxfetish]

Very nice Conradus. It's all yours.

Ajax

[Conradus]

What's the world smallest island state and the only one without an official capital?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Sealand? :inquisitive:

[Conradus]

No, try the Pacific

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Micronesia.

[Cangrande]

What's the world smallest island state and the only one without an official capital?

It can have La Paz seeing as Bolivia's not using it :idea2: :laugh4:

[Conradus]

Unfortunately Micronesia isn't as small as the name suggests, try another.

Lol @ Cangrande

[MilesGregarius]

Palau?

[Motep]

Tivalu?

[Conradus]

Noone has guessed it yet, but there aren't that many island states left:scholar:

[Motep]

Pitcairn Islands?

[Conradus]

Are they independent?
No it's not them either.

[Motep]

Are they independent?
No it's not them either.

oh...no...it appears they are not...I could have sworn...


hmm....Niue?

[Conradus]

Two of those letters are correct, though not exactly on the rigth place

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Vanuatu?

[MilesGregarius]

Nauru?

[Conradus]

Finally MilesGregarius gives the rigth answer, your turn.

[MilesGregarius]

What's the deepest lake in Central America?

[Motep]

Argentino?

[MilesGregarius]

Argentino?

Central, not South, America.

[TevashSzat]

That would be Lake Nicaragua also known as Cocibolca or Granada

[MilesGregarius]

That would be Lake Nicaragua also known as Cocibolca or Granada

That's the largest, but not the deepest.

[TevashSzat]

Really? I am pretty sure that nicaragua was the deepest lake in Central America.

[Sarmatian]

I also thought nicaragua was the deepest... Gatun lake maybe?

[Motep]

Oh....than would it be Lago de Attlan?

[MilesGregarius]

Oh....than would it be Lago de Attlan?

Lord Motep's got it.

Atitlan's at least 340m deep (though it hasn't been fully sounded). As far as I know, Nicaragua's only about 40-50m at its deepest.

[Motep]

Yay! :grin2:


...what is the worlds smallest volcano?

[Sarmatian]

You didn't specify active or inactive.

I think cuexcomate in mexico, but I am not sure...

[Motep]

active

[Tran]

Taal Volcano in Phillipine?

[Motep]

Taal Volcano in Phillipine?

That would be the one

[Tran]

All right, I'll just post easy question since I can't think anything better at the moment...

What's the country that possesses large numbers of territory on three out of ten biggest islands on Earth?

[ajaxfetish]

I'm going to have to go with Indonesia, which includes all of Sumatra (#6), most of Borneo (#3), and half of New Guinea (#2).

Ajax

[Tran]

See, that was easy.

You may proceed.

[ajaxfetish]

Two American states share cities of the same name. In both these states, this city is the largest city in the state, yet it is not the state capital. What is the cities' name?

Ajax

[Lord Winter]

Portland OR. and Portland Maine?

[ajaxfetish]

Looks like I'm gonna have to start planning ahead to come up with some harder ones. It's all yours, Destroyer.

Ajax

[Marshal Murat]

Why not Kansas City MO and Kansas City Kansas?

[Lord Winter]

What is the most pollouted river in the US?

[Csargo]

Mississippi?

[Lord Winter]

You got it,
Your turn Ichigo

[Csargo]

Someone else can have my turn I don't have any good questions.

[Motep]

Where are most of the worlds active geysers?

[Lord Winter]

Yellowstone?

[Marshal Murat]

Iceland

[Motep]

Yellowstone?

another one hit kill....your turn Destroyer

[ajaxfetish]

Why not Kansas City MO and Kansas City Kansas?
A quick look at Wikipedia says that Kansas' largest city is Wichita. Anyhow, there may be other correct answers, and if someone had posted one first I would have checked it and given it to them. The Portlands are the ones I know.

Ajax

[Lord Winter]

What is the highest peak in the lower 48?

[Tran]

Peak of Mount Whitney?

[Motep]

Damn...he beat me to it

[Lord Winter]

Peak of Mount Whitney?
Yep you got it

[Tran]

He is an unique island. His name resembled most of his populations, some people refer them as 'the remnants of living dinosaurs' although this is not entirely true. What island is him?

[ajaxfetish]

Komodo?

Ajax

[Tran]

Dude, you again got it right. Your turn :duel:

[ajaxfetish]

Blast. I still have no great ideas in mind.

How about the longest mountain range on earth?

Ajax

[Justiciar]

Andes?

[Lord Winter]

Rockys?

[ajaxfetish]

You could make an argument for the Andes, but I have something else in mind. Keep trying.

Ajax

[Csargo]

You could make an argument for the Andes, but I have something else in mind. Keep trying.

Ajax

Can you do that?

[Marshal Murat]

Himalayan Mountains

[Justiciar]

It's not going to be Antarctica or something, is it? :dizzy2:

[ajaxfetish]

Not in Antarctica, but the out-of-box thinking is good.

Ajax

[Lord Winter]

longest how? in start from the northern most point to the southern most point? Or amount of Area?

[Motep]

Mid-Atlantic ridge? (or something like that)

[Redleg]

He is probably referencing the Sea Range in the Pacific

http://www.platetectonics.com/book/page_11.asp

Are you looking for the East Pacific Rise

[Marshal Murat]

That's what I was thinking that he didn't specify sea-level and above mountains, or mountains in general, allowing it open to interpretation.

[Redleg]

If one really wanted to get creative in their thinking about Mountain Ranges. One could attempt to contect the Mountains that are in Alaska and attempt to connect them to the tip of South America. But I think an actual geologists would argue against that since I believe at least three plates are involved in those ranges.

[ajaxfetish]

The Mid-Atlantic ridge is what I had in mind. So unless anyone wants to prove me wrong and show me a longer one (which is entirely possible:tomato2:), I'm gonna pass it off to Lord Motep.

Ajax

[Motep]

yippie! I knew I knew that (I remembered seeing it on national geographic a while ago) Ill get you a question later...

[Motep]

Which part of the world was known for thousand foot high floods in the ice age?

[Tran]

Missoula Floods/Columbia River gorge?

[Motep]

Missoula Floods/Columbia River gorge?

You named both parts I was looking for...your question

[Tran]

Nice.

This large area comprised of few countries. Its name was taken from part of animal, which uniquely, not common in the area. What is the name of this area?

[Sarmatian]

How about a hint? No one even tried to guess for a long time...

[Csargo]

Nice.

This large area comprised of few countries. Its name was taken from part of animal, which uniquely, not common in the area. What is the name of this area?

Siberia maybe?

[Tran]

How about a hint? No one even tried to guess for a long time...
If only some more people try to guess, I'll give a hint. Maybe ppl are going holiday? ~;)


Siberia maybe?
Nope. And AFAIK it consists only one country, Russia.

[Csargo]

Well I'm drawing a blank

[Conradus]

Sahara?

[Sarmatian]

Guiana?

[Tran]

None of those

[Sarmatian]

Ivory Coast? :dizzy2:

Come on, give us a hint... Which continent? :help:

[MilesGregarius]

Horn of Africa?

[Tran]

Horn of Africa?

Correct. Tell me Miles, are you using Wiki, Google, or just a genius? :grin:

Horn of Africa, also known as Somali Peninsula, consists of four countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti. The term 'Horn' is taken from rhino's part, which is not common in the area, but south of it, like Kenya and Tanzania.

[MilesGregarius]

Correct. Tell me Miles, are you using Wiki, Google, or just a genius? :grin:

Just a guess. I couldn't think of any other areas named after animal parts.

As to the next question:

This place is a putative nation-state along the Salween and Moei Rivers that has been fighting Rangoon for independence for more than fifty years. What's it called?

[Conradus]

The Kayin state: Karenpeople?

[MilesGregarius]

The Kayin state: Karenpeople?

Kayin State is the name of the present-day province in Myanmar; what's the Karen name for their hoped for country?

[Conradus]

Kawthoolei, the land without evil?