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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.