Hmm...I already know the country where the city is located but I don't know which city in the country, given the differences I got here...and I'm not even going to spoil it ~;p
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Hmm...I already know the country where the city is located but I don't know which city in the country, given the differences I got here...and I'm not even going to spoil it ~;p
I'm betting it's some tedious city that people keep fighting over. Perhaps a focal point for some lunatic cultists. I would say somewhere warm, but not quite on the coast. Somewhere that kings died trying to reach...Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Am I close?
Should I continue in my crusade to find the right answer?
No, please take it away. This question has been enough of a cross to bear for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Somebody Else
@Tran, given that I rounded down the distances, I would've allowed Tel Aviv or any other city within a close radius. But it was more fun for everybody this way, without you spoiling it twenty minutes after I posted the correct question.
If you insist... Deus lo vult, don't you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
For my question, this city is was the seat of a half-chinese, half-scottish spymaster, famed for his hospitality. He was one of the players in a great game against his slavic counterparts.
I think we could use a hint. ~;)
Time to get this quiz going again.
It's on a great trading route...
Let me try a wild guess then: Samarkand?
No. But close.
It's a Great Game this...
If this quiz ain't dead, I'll venture Tashkent.
Big clue... it's in China. And a very long way from the sea.
Wulinmuchi?
No again...
It sounds like a place you'd need money readily available.
Gaochang?
Bayangolin?
Next wrong answer, I'll give it away anyway.
The British spy master, as with his Russian counterpart, were both also the official representatives of their governments.
Kashgar or Taxkurgan, maybe....
Say Kashgar, so... I've been there times ago...very nice place, indeed...
That's the one. For somewhere as isolated as it is, I've been a couple of times. Lots of fun to be had in the Taklamakan, and along the Karakorum highway.Quote:
Originally Posted by tristuskhan
Yeepee, my turn so...
What is the most isolated human settlement?
MIR space station?
Pitcairn Island?
Elephant Island?
Pitcairn is a good guess but... well I'm not sure about anymore. Seems it is not, Mururoa is not so far away (one thousand miles!). And there is no settlement on Elephant island...
Marshall Murat, MIR space station lies deep in the pacific for something like five years now!:laugh4:
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)
Baltic? Nooo, everything is so flat around, what a bore, I'd rather suggest 5, around the Caspian (because of the caucasus and mount Kazbek -though this last sounds rather turk). But Caspian bacterias are unknown to me (uh, I'm fond of vegetal biology instead):beam:
No one is right.
Has this quiz died?
Seems so: the last question was really tough and with no clue... that can last long!Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
Maybe someone should just post a new question unless the previous person posts a hint or something
What city is the capital of Denmark?
Easy, Copenhagen
And what is the capital of Assyria?
Alright, it's not my turn:shame:
Correct Conradus. I want this game to get rolling again, so I go easy.
Conradus please post a question.
tristuskhan, the answer to your question would be Assur.
I'll ask an easy one since I've just finished exams and a 1,5day movie session...
I'm looking for a Swedish-speaking archipelago, that joined the EU on January 1 1995 and whose autonomy was recognised in 1921.
Faeroe or however you spell it? (Féroé in french, we know them well since they usualy give nighmares to the french football team!)
edit: I'm wrong... let everyone guess now...
Aland islands?
Yes, Marshal Murat, you're correct. Thank God, I thought none would answer this. Your turn.
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily?
Sicily
EDIT: Dang he beat me
shlin28 is correct.
Can't think of a good one....
Which type of plate boundaries creates mountains?
continental-continental or continental-oceanic and you get small hilly islands and underwater mountains when oceanic plates collide. Or did I misunderstand the question?
You got the types of plates right, but what kind of boundary is it?
Its a convergent boundary most of the time or divergent in the case of the mid atlantic ridge.
correct (it can also be called destructive though)
This ties history into geography
Name all the continents that the Seven Years war was fought in/on
North America (French & Indian War) plus various islandsQuote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius of the Drake
Asia - India (Third Carnatic War) and the Philippines
Africa - Senegal
Europe, particularly Poland and Silesia
That is correct. Take it away Miles.
Having lost a war to a neighbor, this country also lost its access to the sea when forced to cede territory to its adversary. A second neighbor gifted a small stretch of beach to the loser in a show of solidarity, thereby "restoring", at least symbollically, the loser's access to the sea.
What country is this, and who are its neighbors?
Uruguay, Chile, Peru?
Close, but not quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
Paraguay?
Bolivia - now landlocked, lost its coast to Chile. I guess it must be Peru that gave some back to them...