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Is it Bangkok?
Rockford was the correct answer, right?
SE of Conception in ChileQuote:
The OTHER City of Angels.
Methinks Craterus is right. I recall it having some uber-long name which, in short hand, meant City of Angels.
Bingo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craterus
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
It is in fact the longest name in the world.
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...
Wild stab in the dark.. 6000? :dizzy2:
Id say its about 4,000 miles.
id say 5000
I'd say, 6200 km...
Really? Until fairly recently this was credited to Llanfair PG in Wales, which apparently now has the longest domain name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjakihata
I've just seen that it was supposed to be in miles. That is about 3900 miles...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
Just a reminder. You've got 3 and a half hours to get your guesses in.
4200 miles/ 6800 km?
Well, no-one's getting closer than that to the nearest hundred. So, MilesGregarius, it's your question.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justiciar
OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craterus
What four great rivers all originate within a few miles of each other in China's Yunnan province?
No takers?
Here's a hint:
One exits through China, one through Vietnam, and two through Burma.
are you sure they originate in the yunnan province?
Mekong, Salween, Red river, Xi Jiang?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjakihata
Exactly, that's why I asked:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
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are you sure they originate in the yunnan province?
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
Sarmatian, your go.
Ok. Easy question.
I discovered the strait between Asia and North America and my name is... ?
...Vitus Bering...
No...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Motep of Kendermore
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
Your turn conradus
Easy one, the capital of Bolivia?
La Paz?
I love it when we 'Europeans' talk about discovering places...usually with the help of the people who've been living there for millennia :)
No, not La Paz
If it isn't La Paz then it's Sucre.
What is the second largest natural lake in Norway?
Eh? La Paz is NOT the capital?Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...k/geos/bl.html
...Actaully...It depends on how you think on it. La Paz is the administrative capitalof Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital.
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.
Than that would make it Sjakihat's turn.
He posted up the question, Read the rest of his post!
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Originally Posted by Sjakihata
Hate quoting myself.
Who's that in reply to? If me, why the attitude?Quote:
Originally Posted by Warluster
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by luigi VI di Fatlington
You did mention it in the line-up though
You editted that in afterwards, didn't you!!!!11!!1!!!? :furious3:
Uh, Femunden?
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.
That's what they all say! :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjakihata
(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.
Ah, that's why I have a hard time keeping my balance. :idea2:Quote:
Originally Posted by luigi VI di Fatlington
Galatia - modern TurkeyQuote:
Originally Posted by luigi VI di Fatlington
Celtiberia - modern Spain/Portugal
Gallaecia, now Galicia - modern spain
Celtiberia 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'.Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
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.
He can have mine. Celtica the place from where the Celts originated, somewhere in southern Spain.
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.
Thanks. I wasn't sure if that counted because I've only seen it in Pliny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjakihata
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
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:
Ack. I should have remember that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by luigi VI di Fatlington
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?
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
Right neighborhood for part A.Quote:
Originally Posted by luigi VI di Fatlington
Jameson by the pint? Remind me not to play quarters with you.
Connacht (sp)?
That's part A.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
South of the Yalu?
Isn't the Yalu river the border between China and North Korea?
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.
Easy one for you: Where is the Country that Cyrus was born in now?
Didn't miles said that duke malcolm or tom hagen can post the next question, depending who get's here first?
Yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
Depends on how you interpret his question :scholar:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
@ 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?
I'm still trying to figure out why La Paz isn' t the capital of Bolivia :D
Because it's Sucre, Sucre's the constitutional capital.
Oh...sorry bout that. They can go...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarmatian
Also: Wrong Cyrus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
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...
world's two doubly-landlocked countries...
and what exactly does that mean?
That would be Europe and Asia, or Africa and Asia, or Africa and Europe, or Sotuh America and North AMerica
Two part question. Sorry for the confusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
Family ties to both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom_Hagen
Same questionQuote:
Originally Posted by Lord Motep of Kendermore
Lichtenstein and Turkmenistan?
I'll agree with Liechtenstein, but take Uzbekistan over Turkmenistan.
Ajax
...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
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,...
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.
Ah I see, nice question