The most isolated isle is Bouvet, but I think none really lives there. The most isolated archipelago is Tristan Da Cunha, and on the main island there do live some people, so my guess is Tristan Da Cunha.
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The most isolated isle is Bouvet, but I think none really lives there. The most isolated archipelago is Tristan Da Cunha, and on the main island there do live some people, so my guess is Tristan Da Cunha.
Good guess, Conradus. I just asked it because my name is Tristan, though.
Hmm was lucky once :)
So my next question'll be easy enough since I don't have much time now. The Galapagos are a part of which country?
Ecuador?
Of course, sorry I didn't make it any harder ;)
Your turn, tristuskhan.
Mmmm, something tougher, so... What is the second freshwater lake (talking about volume, not surface).
And now I'm gonna try to check wether I have the right answer or not...
Edit: the one I thought about is.... 16th!
So I'm changing my question right now: how many countries have no seashore? Caspian and Aral excluded.
42 ?(including Kazakstan, Azerbeidzjan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Serbia)
Asia: Nepal, Buthan, Laos, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Kirguizstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaidjan, Armenia, erh....
Africa: Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Botswana, Rwanda and Burundi, Uganda, Chad, Niger,Burkina, Mali, Ethiopia. Swaziland?
Americas: Bolivia and Paraguay.
Europe: Belarus, Hungary, Szech republic and Slovakia, Moldavia, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Macedonia. Do we count microstates or do I forget someone?
Does Serbia still have a coastline? Can we say Irak has a coastline? Slovenja has a very short one.
Microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Vatican, San Marino.
Let's have a look on Wiki (damn too easy by the way...).
They say 43... Where is my mistake? Forgot Central African Republic. Serbia is landlocked, not Irak. Ah! Malawi!
Ok, Ok, I answered my own question....
So here's a new one, and I really don't know the answer:
Where the hell is Springfield? Yes, the one with a nuclear power plant and odd citizens.
I though none knew the answer on that. There must be 30 Springfields in the USA and Matt never said that his Springfield resembles one of those.
There is a Simpson's episode which shows a map of the USA, however, someone always contrives to be standing in front of it, or waving something to obscure it, whenever anyone points out where Springfield is. That is to say, it's deliberately nowhere specific.
Not to mention other ways that they explicitly make it non-specific, such as an episode (dang it I can't remember the details of the backstory) where some minor character asks someone leaving on a train where they're from, and they answer 'Springfield.' The questioner then follows up with, 'Which state?' and the answer is lost in the noise and increasing distance of the train. They're unhelpful with geographical clues as well, since Springfield is a port city, a frontier city, a mountain and skiing city, a plains/farming city, etc. It's representative of the whole of America.
Ajax
ok, ok, forget Springfield...
The ancient greeks nicknamed that island "the sleeping whale". What island am I talking about? Beware: this one is a bit tricky!
Crete?
Actually, there's only two states in the U.S. which don't have a city named Springfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by tristuskhan
Also, as for the most recent question: Rhodes?
Somebody Else and Greaterkhan: wrong answers, it's really tricky this time. I'll accept english name, official name and (if someone knows it, but that's VERY unlikely) local name.
I let you guess a bit more and will give some hint if necessary.
Levitha?
First hint, it's not a greek island, so not Levitha.
Sicily?
Not at all... Second clue, the nickname was probably borrowed from the Carthaginians...
Is it an actually a whale?
Of course not:laugh4: Population today: 932.
Gozo?
Not Gozo.... I think I found a wikiproof and googleproof question here. Another clue: my source was long contested and many historians still believe it's full of legends and lies.
No guess ... what a pity! One more clue: three naval battles occured there in the end of the 18th century. I'll be away till sunday evening, so good luck guys!
Finally I think I found it. Is it Ushant. Fits the clues, 3 naval battles and 932 population.
You got it.... very far away from the greek world, isn't it? It was described by Pytheas of Massilia in his journey's notes. Ushant, french Ouessant, breton Enez Eusa.
Congratulations, it was a nasty one, your turn now!
Yeah, I still couldn't find anything on the whale part, though...
How many countries border this sea, which gets it's name from either a type of bacteria or the mountainous region around it. Where the name is from is also thought to have come from the cardinal direction which it represents?
I tried to come up with something cool, but am limited by my knowledge.
The Baltic?
9 countries border the Baltic /East Sea (including Russia and Finland)