The all-new geography quiz

[Sarawak]

Well, if you have a good question, go ahead :)

[ciderman]

oh drat. well not at the moment... I'll have a thunk.

[Sarawak]

Well, here's one then.

Where is the northernmost point of land in the world? (Don't count gravel bars that move about.)

[jokergirl]

Franz Josef Land?

;)

[jokergirl]

Nope, that was of Europe. I googled it but that's no fair :)

;)

[geonuc]

According to the map of the world on my wall here, it would be Kap Morris Jesup, Greenland.

[jokergirl]

Henrik should know this one as it's technically in Denmark :)

[Sarawak]

According to the map of the world on my wall here, it would be Kap Morris Jesup, Greenland.

There is a point two minutes of latitude farther north.

[geonuc]

Hmmm ... OK, I guess we're talking about that little island that lies just to the north: Kaffeklubben Island.

My map does show a little island, but it is Oodaaq, a gravel bank. Why Kaffeklubben doesn't show is a mystery.

[Sarawak]

Hmmm ... OK, I guess we're talking about that little island that lies just to the north: Kaffeklubben Island.

Good enough for me!


My map does show a little island, but it is Oodaaq, a gravel bank. Why Kaffeklubben doesn't show is a mystery.

There's some debate about whether Oodaaq still exists above the ocean surface.

[geonuc]

Good enough for me!



There's some debate about whether Oodaaq still exists above the ocean surface.
Yes, I saw that Oodaaq might be no more. Perhaps some intrepid BAUTzen will go up and check for us. :)

[geonuc]

A combo history and geography question and I hope I haven't screwed it up.:

The year is 2005 and you are located at the point on earth where an event took place that would cause Hans Langsdorff to take his own life just a couple of days afterwards.

From that point, please travel to the exact opposite point on the globe.

Now, go to the nearest national capital.

After a brief respite, if you must, start off in a southerly direction and travel precisely 102.10 degrees of latitude.

Now turn to the east and travel 10.89 degrees longitude.

Where are you?

The correct answer will not be the proper name of the place, nor will it be styled in the fashion of your starting point (a reference to an historical event).

[Arneb]

Tough. I am stooped by the year you give.

Hans Langsdorff took his life in 1939 after he had sunk his own ship off Montevideo, saving about 1,000 crewman ("I'll rather have 1,000 young men alive than 1,000 dead heros", which didn't go down well with the Nazis - they reduced on his wife's widow's pension as a penalty. The *******s).

Starting off from Montevideo you get to the antipode in the Yellow Sea, where the next national capital is Seoul. Doing the South and East journey you prescribe, you end up at about 64.6 S, 138.9 S in the midst of the Southern ocean with nothing around. I doubt you wanted to lead us there. :)

Another point is the exactness of your geographical shift data. Sureley, a national capital will be extended over more than 0.01° lon and lat (Seoul certainly is) - So what is the point of going exactly 102.10° South and 10.89° E from something that isn't a point but an extended structure :think: ?

I guess what we have to find out is: Where did a self-sinking of a warship in battle take place in 2005? The rest should be, well, not trivial but possible...

[geonuc]

If you read carefully, you will note that I did not say the event in question took place in 2005. I said you are starting from the location of that event in 2005. I have a reason for starting this journey in 2005 (not a very good one, but a reason nonetheless). As to the coordinates of the national capitol, I admit the precision is somewhat silly, for the reason you state. I used the coordinates given for the city with a Google search.

Perhaps I should expect a collective groan after this is answered. :(

[Arneb]

In that case, I am really stumped. The event(the self-sinking of the Admiral Graf Spee in 1939) took place 3 nm off Montevideo harbour, so what would be the difference to this place "in 2005"?

MMMh, have to get my lateral thinking chip repaired....

[geonuc]

In that case, I am really stumped. The event(the self-sinking of the Admiral Graf Spee in 1939) took place 3 nm off Montevideo harbour, so what would be the difference to this place "in 2005"?

MMMh, have to get my lateral thinking chip repaired....
Perhaps the difference lies not with the starting point? :rolleyes:

[jokergirl]

Uuuuhhh...

Technically, in Norway I should read a map correctly, France? Or in international waters?

;)

[Eroica]

South Magnetic Pole.

[geonuc]

South Magnetic Pole.

You are correct. :)

I threw in the 2005 time frame because the pole moves and I had info on where it was then and didn't want soemone to complain that it had shifted to a position away from my directions. Plus, it added some mystery.

Arneb, you followed the leads to the right point, but once you got there, you assumed you had erred because it was not on land but in the Southern Ocean.

Good thing my turn doesn't come up very often, eh? :)

[geonuc]

Uuuuhhh...

Technically, in Norway I should read a map correctly, France? Or in international waters?

;)
Ehhh, say what?

[jokergirl]

The French part of Antarctica, I meant :D Somewhat off the coast, but in their slice of the place.

;)

[geonuc]

The French part of Antarctica, I meant :D Somewhat off the coast, but in their slice of the place.

;)
Uh huh, sure you did jokergirl. Sure you did. ;)

I obviously didn't do a good job with this question, but I do like the concept of marrying history and geography. Maybe our more talented quizzers can do better? :)

[Eroica]

What did Hardy call Reading?

[jokergirl]

What did Hardy call Reading?

Poor, if it was about peace. :lol:

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

;)

[Arneb]

Good thing my turn doesn't come up very often, eh? :)

Quite the opposite. a) I have left this and other quizzes without appropriate questions more than once for lack of a new one :( and b) I try to be the kind of sportsman that is more interested in the game than in the score. As the great Sir Simon Rattle remarked, "ever failed? Try again. Fail better". :)

[Arneb]

What did Hardy call Reading?

Aldbrickham, in "Jude the Obscure"

[Eroica]

Aldbrickham, in "Jude the Obscure"
:clap: That is correct.

[Arneb]

What is the name of the fictional village in which a certain play by a certain Austrian playwright is set, telling us about a raving, megalomaniac theatre buff who imagines himself as one of the great figures of theater but is in reality just a second rate director`?

[jokergirl]

Utzbach? But I think the guy was an actor, not a director.

;)

[Arneb]

Very true, jokergirl, and your turn :clap:

AFAIR, he was both. Director, lead actor, and suppressor of his family. But I only saw the play once, long ago. How is it called in English, btw? And what are Frittaten?

[jokergirl]

Frittaten are thin pancakes cut into strips, eaten in beef broth. It's a quite tasty pre-dish/soup.
No clue what the play is called in English. :D

Hmm... let's see then. I'll go back to real places... although this should be easy.

The Celtic word for which commodity is responsible for many place names across Europe?
Hint: Two names for some Celts as well as a form of the commodity are also derived from that word.

;)

[Arneb]

Ah sorry - I do know what Frittaten are, my question was, do they have a name in English? :D

As for your Celts :think:

[chrissy]

Ah sorry - I do know what Frittaten are, my question was, do they have a name in English? :D

Just savoury “pancakes”, cut into strips and the name we normally use is frittata! (Italian I think)

[Arneb]

Ah. Nice, aren't they?

[pghnative]

The Celtic word for which commodity is responsible for many place names across Europe?
Hint: Two names for some Celts as well as a form of the commodity are also derived from that word.

;)Is the commodity an animal, a vegetable, or a mineral?

[jokergirl]

That would be too easy... :D *hint hint*
Naw, it's not alive.

;)

[Eroica]

The only commodities I can think of are salt and water. Am I warm?

[geonuc]

No more geo quiz?

[hhEb09'1]

No more geo quiz?Make a guess. :)

[geonuc]

Make a guess. :)
I am so clueless, it's not funny. :(

[Eroica]

I've made two guesses - without any response!

[pghnative]

I've made two guesses - without any response!I'd propose that unless jokergirl responds in 24 hrs, that the baton be passed to Eroica.

[Sarawak]

Your deadline has come and gone.

[Eroica]

OK, I'll take over, though I would still like to know what the answer is.

In what country does the word for province mean fifth, even though the country does not have five provinces?

[Sarawak]

I'm thinking Ireland.

[Eroica]

:clap: And you would be right. The word in question is cúigiú, though there are only four provinces in Ireland. It goes back to the early Middle Ages, when there were five "overkingdoms".

[Sarawak]

:clap: And you would be right. The word in question is cúigiú, though there are only four provinces in Ireland. It goes back to the early Middle Ages, when there were five "overkingdoms".

I got this by luck, I was at a party a couple of years ago where someone mentioned this. I think I was one of the only people at the party who wasn't Irish, which was odd, because the party was in Canada :) But he said the president likes to refer to the fifth province.

So, now it is my turn. Some background, from Wikipedia:

[quote]In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory.[1]

An exclave, on the other hand, is a territory legally attached to another territory with which it is not physically contiguous.[q/uote]

Within a country (call it X), there is an enclave, which is also an exclave of another country (call it Y). Within this enclave/exclave, there is yet another enclave, which is also an exclave of the first country X.

What are the countries?

[Eroica]

Do foreign embassies qualify as enclaves/exclaves?

[PraedSt]

Within a country (call it X), there is an enclave, which is also an exclave of another country (call it Y). Within this enclave/exclave, there is yet another enclave, which is also an exclave of the first country X.

What are the countries?

Oooo...think I've been there. There's a Belgian town in Holland that's got bits of Holland in it. Is that it? It's mad!

Or are you looking for embassies, as Eroica says?

[Arneb]

Eroica, you won't need those :)

I'll try a solution - but I am not sure if this is what the Drinking Man has in mind. The countries are India and Bangladesh.



"along the border between the Indian State of West Bengal and Bangladesh there are 198 closely spaced exclaves, 106 of them belonging to India, and 92 belonging to Bangladesh. 21 (!) of the Bangladeshi exclaves lie within Indian exclaves, three Indian ones within those of Bangladesh. The biggest Indian exclave of the region, Balapara Khagrabari , surrounds a Bangladeshi exclave, Upanchowki Bhajni, inside of which, in turn, lies another small Indian enclave, the only third order enclave in the world."

So, Potator, there's the conondrum: I may have missed what you had in mind, but I have bested you by one order. OTOH, I bested you by the unfair means of having access to the more in-depth Wiki article :silenced:

Do I get a cigar now?...:confused:

Here (http://geosite.jankrogh.com/enklaver/CoochBehar_Annotated.jpg)'s a map, for those who want to go really deeply into this.

[Halcyon Dayz]

Oooo...think I've been there. There's a Belgian town in Holland that's got bits of Holland in it. Is that it? It's mad!

That would be Baarle-Hertog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog).

And it's the Netherlands, NOT Holland. :mad: :lol:

[PraedSt]

That would be Baarle-Hertog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog).

And it's The Netherlands, NOT Holland. :mad: :lol:
Sorry! :lol: The Dutch don't like 'Holland'? I didn't know.

But yeah, that's the town.

@HB. Have I won, or what?

Hmm, maybe not. I see Arneb seems to have a better answer...

[Arneb]

The annoying thing being that may German Wikipedia list of ex-/enclaves DOESN'T mention Baarle-Hertog...

[geonuc]

Wow. In looking at Baarle-Hertog on the map, I wandered around a bit. The border between Belgium and Holl ... er, The Netherlands is really messy! I had no idea.

[Susannah Dingley]

Sorry! :lol: The Dutch don't like 'Holland'? I didn't know.
Holland is just part of the Netherlands, not the whole country.

[Sarawak]

Wow, what a lot of answers, some of the quite surprising.

Eroica, as others have said, there is no need for embassies or other extraterritorial entities, and the place I had in mind was not such a case. None of you have come up with the place I was thinking of, which involved the United Arab Emirates and Oman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahwa). When I asked the question, I thought this location was unique, but it is now obvious that it is not.

But the question did not ask for one specific case, it asked for any example. It looks to me like PraedSt was first, citing an example, but not naming it, and referring to one of the two countries as "Holland." Arneb then cited an example involving India and Bangladesh, and Halcyon Dayz provided the name of PraedSt's example, and corrected the name of one of the countries.

At first, I though PraedSt's answer perhaps should not count, because no name of the region or any of the enclaves was given. But then I reread my question, and it does not ask for this, it asks for the names of the two countries. So it seems the question is whether we would accept PraedSt's answer of "Holland" as a substitute for the Netherlands. If so, then PraedSt is the winner. If not, then it would be Arneb.

Being the injured party, I think I will let Halcyon Dayz be the judge. If someone from the Netherlands accepts "Holland" as a substitute country name, then PraedSt wins. Otherwise, it goes to Arneb.

[Halcyon Dayz]

Wow. In looking at Baarle-Hertog on the map, I wandered around a bit. The border between Belgium and Holl ... er, The Netherlands is really messy! I had no idea.
Most of the borders in the Americas and Africa are lines drawn on a map.
The borders in the Old World grew more, hmm... organically.
It took several hundred lives lost in battle and 9 years of negotiating before the Dutch-Belgian border became what it is today.



Holland is just part of the Netherlands, not the whole country.
It's like calling the UK England.
Annoys the Scots, the Welsh, and the Northern Irish to no end.



Being the injured party, I think I will let Halcyon Dayz be the judge. If someone from the Netherlands accepts "Holland" as a substitute country name, then PraedSt wins. Otherwise, it goes to Arneb.

Even the government does it. Name recognition is good for trade.
Damn Hollanders, damn furriners. :mad:

Guess PraedSt has it. :lol:

[PraedSt]

It's like calling the UK England.
Yeah, I just read about this. And to think I've been calling the Netherlands 'Holland' all my life. :(

Ok, my turn. I'll need some time.

[PraedSt]

The scene near a famous battle. Where?

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6770/quiz1.th.png (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=quiz1.png)

[mike alexander]

Midway Atoll?

[PraedSt]

I just have no luck with this quiz. :wall:

Take it away Mike.

[mike alexander]

Just luck. From My reading about the war I know what Midway and Sand Islands look like.

OK, I'll find sompthin'.

[mike alexander]

Where and when?

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3842/fireydc.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fireydc.jpg)

[Sarawak]

Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

The "when" part is the difficult one, because there have been several fires there. I'm going to guess 22 June 1969.

[PraedSt]

Just asking: Is that spilled fuel on water burning?

[Sarawak]

Just asking: Is that spilled fuel on water burning?

I think it is oil-soaked garbage, but not completely sure.

We need to hear from mike alexander here.

[mike alexander]

Homo Bibiens gets it, in my opinion. Which is the one that counts.

The photo shows the much bigger fire on the mighty Cuyahoga in 1953. After doing some searching, I found that, at the time, the 1969 fire caused so little immediate interest that no photos deemed newsworthy were published. I know that I was in the general vicinity that year and don't recall it from the time.

[Sarawak]

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, measured by distance above sea level. However, Mauna Kea rises higher above its base, which is below the ocean surface.

What is the highest mountain in the world, measured by distance from the center of the earth?

[geonuc]

We've already done that one.

[mike alexander]

"A Good Cast Bears Repeating"

[geonuc]

Fly fishing words of wisdom? :)

Well, people can have a go at the question - just don't cheat and search on this thread. :D

[Sarawak]

Oh :( Maybe that is where I got the idea.

I will try to think of another question, but if anyone has a good question, just go ahead and ask, you can take my turn.

[pghnative]

What is the highest mountain in the world, measured by distance from the center of the earth?

We've already done that one.

Well, since I was the one who asked that question (http://We've already done that one.) previously, I'll volunteer to ask the next one.

Which country's timezone covers the widest area (measured in degrees longitude)?

[Sarawak]

I'm going to guess that it is the time zone that includes China.

If that's not it, then I'm going to think very far north and very far south, since lines of longitude are closer together there . . .

[pghnative]

I'm going to guess that it is the time zone that includes China.
It's not China.

If that's not it, then I'm going to think very far north and very far south, since lines of longitude are closer together there . . .
You are on the right track, but there is a bit of a trick to this question. I've edited the question slightly for clarity on the answer I'm looking for.

[Eroica]

Iceland?

[pghnative]

not iceland -- you are about as far away from the answer as possible

[PraedSt]

Does a country with several timezones count?

If not, New Zealand. If so, the UK.

[pghnative]

Does a country with several timezones count?

If not, New Zealand. If so, the UK. New Zealand is correct, since it's time zone is used by the researchers (most, if not all) based in Antarctica, regardless of what longitude they happen to be at.

[PraedSt]

Excellent.

[Sarawak]

Tricky!

[Arneb]

That was a beautiful one.

[Sarawak]

You're up, PraedSt.

[PraedSt]

Gone out for the weekend. Back on Monday. :)

[Sarawak]

Hmm. This one is so subtle, I can't even detect the question.

[PraedSt]

Lol!

Ok, where's this?

Clues: Now a school. Has an old royal Spanish connection.

No replies from me till Sunday evening.

[Sarawak]

Perhaps a clue?

[PraedSt]

You already have two!

[PraedSt]

Ok. Third clue.

[PraedSt]

No one? Ok, fourth clue: Sir Henry Montagu.

[pghnative]

Hmmm.... the picture in question looks a bit like this drawing of Kimbolton Castle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbolton_Castle), which, according to wiki, is now a school, and has a connection to the Montagus.

[PraedSt]

Correct! How on Earth did you find the answer? :)

[Arneb]

So where does the Bloody Mary fit in?

[Eroica]

Catharine of Aragon's daughter (the future queen Mary Tudor) was called Bloody Mary on account of her persecution of the Protestants. I guess she must have lived for a while in Kimbolton, if that was where her mother died.

[PraedSt]

So where does the Bloody Mary fit in?
As Eroica said.

That's my school btw! :)

[pghnative]

Correct! How on Earth did you find the answer? :)just did a wiki search on Sir Henry Montagu. Kimbolton wasn't mentioned on his wki page, but found it by following some links (via his father, I believe)

[pghnative]

Next question (apologies for the US-centric nature of it).

Many US states names begin with the same two letters as their US postal abbreviation. (e.g. CA for California, etc...). How many states names contain their postal abbreviation?

[Sarawak]

Do they have to be consecutive?

[pghnative]

Do they have to be consecutive? yes

[Arneb]

I count 19:
ALabama
ARkansas
CAlifornia
COlorado
DElaware
FLorida
IDaho
ILlinois
INdiana
MAssachusetts
MIchigan
NEbraska
OHio
OKlahoma
ORegon
UTah
WAshington
WIsconsin
WYoming

[Arneb]

Shucks!
ConneCTicut
KentucKY

So, it's 21

[pghnative]

Shucks!
ConneCTicut
KentucKY

So, it's 21I expected those two (especially Connecticut) to trip people up, though I was hoping for longer than 5 minutes.

(actually, when I thought of the question, I was really annoyed that there isn't an RI hidden in the offical name of our smallest state: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations --- had there been, then this question could have gone on for quite a while, or at least until hheb.. poked his head back in here.)

[Arneb]

I made a conscious effort not to overlook any RI in Rhode Island and Providence plantation :) I was also worried I would overlook something in "Commonwealth of" and "State of", but I got lucky.

[Edit: Come to think of it, the State of Tennessee contains its abbreviation twice. Does that make it 22? :shifty:

[geonuc]

[Edit: Come to think of it, the State of Tennessee contains its abbreviation twice. Does that make it 22? :shifty:
I don't see it even once. TN

[Arneb]

Islands...

This one shares the name with a geological formation found in many places in the Solar System.

[jokergirl]

Creta? :lol:

;)

[Arneb]

Aaah, the paiiiin!

:lol:

No, seriously, no puns involved.
(You stretched my linguistic abilities here; took me about five minutes of brooding before I started to lol)

[jokergirl]

Fine, fine, I guess we're not talking about The Rock either then...

...I'll get my coat.

;)

[Arneb]

How about staying and solving the riddle instead...:whistle:

[PraedSt]

Mare Island.

[DonM435]

Q: Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which country became the largest (in terms of area) in the world?

[thoth II]

Q: Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which country became the largest (in terms of area) in the world?

I'll guess Russia

(an educated guess because I have the impression that Russia constituted most of land area of USSR)

[DonM435]

You got it.

Most people guess China or Canada.

[thoth II]

I guess I should wing a question now off the top of my cabasa :

"approximately where is Palmyra atoll located" (just cite how many miles approx. and direction from a well known site)

[Arneb]

DonM435, thothII, we still have an open question running :)
(see last page; we usually have the poster who anwered the last question successfully ask the new one).

But I dare say Palmyra Atoll is near the equator; it looks like it is situated right in the middle of the Pacific, so I'd say "in the middle of nowhere" would be a good description, even though Washington Island (if that's anything well known) is just a spit distance away (225 km).

PraedSt, I wasn't looking for Mare Island. I don't know on how many worlds have "giant impact basins later flooded by basaltic volcanism" exist, but to the best of my knowledge, they are only called maria on the Moon. So it doesn't quite fit.

Hints
The geological term is generic, and the island is named after that very geological structure (i.e., its name says what it is).

It is, howeever, not Isola di Vulcano although that would fit the bill perfectly.

The island is small.

It is in Europe.

[PraedSt]

Dune Island, Germany

[DonM435]

Sorry about that. Well, it didn't take very long.

[Arneb]

Dune Island, Germany

The one and only! (although it's Düne :) ).
Yours to take, PraedSt :clap::clap::clap:

[PraedSt]

Thanks Arneb. :)

I almost put that down first, but I thought that Mare sounded more "spacey" and Dune sounded a bit, well, terrestrial.

[thoth II]

But I dare say Palmyra Atoll is near the equator; it looks like it is situated right in the middle of the Pacific, so I'd say "in the middle of nowhere" would be a good description, even though Washington Island (if that's anything well known) is just a spit distance away (225 km).





That is close enough. It is considered an easy sail about 1000 km south of Hawaii because you'd be riding with the trades. It is a US territorial possession.

[Arneb]

Thanks Arneb. :)

I almost put that down first, but I thought that Mare sounded more "spacey" and Dune sounded a bit, well, terrestrial.

Well that was the intention, of course :lol:.

And thanks, thothII. Must that be a lonely place! Washington Island isn't exactly bustling, either...

[thoth II]

And thanks, thothII. Must that be a lonely place! Washington Island isn't exactly bustling, either...

A geology professor who sailed there wrote in his diary: "Palmyra, a world removed from time, the place where even vinyl rots.. Palmyra will always belong to itself, never to men. It is a very forbidding place"

[Arneb]

Folks, not his way, please. I took some photographs with this quizz in mind, so don't let it die on me!

PraedSt is the one to set the next question. If he doesn't chime in, I'll give you one of those photos!

[chrissy]

I think you should take it on Arneb, PraedSt has been very busy of late.

[Arneb]

I was standing on and overlooking a well known geologic feature when I took this picture on a balmy summer afternoon, the Sun being behind and to the right of me.

What is the generic name of the feature, and on which specific example am I standing?

[Arneb]

OK, someone else, then.

[Eroica]

A hint might be in order. You seems to be somewhere in Europe - Switzerland, Austria?

As for the geologic feature, all I can think of is mountain!

[hhEb09'1]

As for the geologic feature, all I can think of is mountain!And, it's not a monadnock :)

[Arneb]

A hint might be in order. You seems to be somewhere in Europe - Switzerland, Austria?

As for the geologic feature, all I can think of is mountain!

Hint 1: Yes Europe
The photo shows more than a mountain. The configuration tells a lot, and I think it can be gleaned from the photo. And to add
Hint 2: Mountains are also to the left and to the right of me.

[Eroica]

Well, there's a valley meandering its way down to a plain.

[Arneb]

Plain...good.
And beyond that?

[Never Talk to Strangers]

It looks like a glacial carve out.

[jokergirl]

Looks a bit like a view down into Bavaria from the alps in, say, around Salzburg?

;)

[Selenite]

Looks a bit like a view down into Bavaria from the alps in, say, around Salzburg?

;)

Same here. It reminds me a great deal of the view north from Berchtesgaden. Not quite as high though.

[geonuc]

Well, if you're standing on a mountain, looking across a plain at a mountain and you have mountains to the left and right, I'd say you're overlooking a giant bowl. Perhaps a caldera. A very big caldera.

[Eroica]

A very big caldera.Or an impact basin, perhaps. I couldn't find a European example of either to match the photo.

[geonuc]

Or an impact basin, perhaps. I couldn't find a European example of either to match the photo.
Neither could I.

I can't imagine it being an impact basin; not at that size.

[Arneb]

Eroica, and geonuc - I think your idea would be the most plausible alternative. OTOH, you cannot see in the photo, can you, where the two mountain ranges meet...or not.

[jokergirl]

Hm well, if it's not Bavaria I have a sneaking suspicion the range in the background might be the Jura.

;)

[geonuc]

Eroica, and geonuc - I think your idea would be the most plausible alternative. OTOH, you cannot see in the photo, can you, where the two mountain ranges meet...or not.
OK, that implies they don't meet. In rereading your hints, you merely said there are mountains to left and right of you.

So, perhaps two parallel ranges (the one you're standing on and the one in the field of view), separated by a wide valley. Like a rift zone, or a transform plate boundary (like the San Andreas or Dead Sea). I know of none in Europe, however.

[geonuc]

Wait a minute. There's the Rhine Rift valley. If that's it, we're looking at the Rhine graben.

[Eroica]

A Graben? The Rhine Graben?

D'oh! Beaten to the punch by geonuc!

[Arneb]

Well, Eroica waited a few minutes to long...:)

It is indeed the Rhine graben, and the cigar goes to geonuc.

I'll spare you the search for my actual position:

I was standing on its Western "shore" of the valley, the beautiful Alsacien Vosges mountains. The dark mountain band across the valley is the Black Forest. I was at an altitude of almost 1200 m when I shot this photo, the Rhine being at a mere 200. There are vantage points from where, had I taken and stitched a panorama, the parallel course of the two mountain ranges would have been strikingly obvious. I admit that this is masked by the way I took the photo.

On to you, geonuc. :clap:

[geonuc]

I defer to whoever has a good quiz question.

[crazzycat]

Whats the second name of Holland?
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[Arneb]

I suppose you mean "the Netherlands", but contrary to common usage in several languages, they are not synonymous (http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Holland_position.svg&filetimestamp=20070114153449).

[geonuc]

Well, it seems crazzycat may have posted a hit and run. As the one who last answered a question correctly, I'd say that anyone who wants to have a go should do so.

[crosscountry]

hi guys, long time no play.


I'll ask an easy one to get back into things:


I just changed the clutch in my cage vehicle (cage is automobile name for motorcycle riders). The VIN is 1GCCS195218161075

What is it and where was it made?

[pghnative]

hmmm --- easily found using a particular web service. I think I'll defer to anyone who's smart enough to figure it out without help.

[crosscountry]

I realized after posting that I may have done this one before.

I wouldn't know what those numbers were without looking them up.

[Skorad]

The VIN is 1GCCS195218161075

While you're at it, could you please post your full name, address, date of birth, and social security number? Thank you!

[crosscountry]

I'd be happy to, but that's not related to this thread :D

[crosscountry]

I guess it was too hard. Anyone want to ask a question?

[jokergirl]

I could google it as well, so I'm not answering :)

[crosscountry]

I just wanted to ask an easy one. maybe I should answer it myself :(

[pghnative]

Is it a 2001 Chevrolet S10 pickup, with a Club cab, a 2.2L four cylinder engine built in the good 'ole USA?

[crosscountry]

very good, but you can get the plant that made it from that VIN.


I didn't realize that carfax gave those "Free Reports" which actually tell you nothing about the condition of the vehicle. And why are there 13 records!? I've never had it in to a shop. Of course it was used

[crosscountry]

Is it a 2001 Chevrolet S10 pickup, with a Club cab, a 2.2L four cylinder engine built in the good 'ole USA?

Ok, you win. I'm going to Rome for a week and am afraid I'll forget about this thread.



The truck was made in Shreveport, LA.

Your turn:cool:

[Eric Vaxxine]

Do the school children living in Los Angeles receive lessons
about tectonics?

[DonM435]

If you buy land there, it's your own fault.

[crosscountry]

Is it a 2001 Chevrolet S10 pickup, with a Club cab, a 2.2L four cylinder engine built in the good 'ole USA?

it's your question.

[jokergirl]

Hijacking due to nonactivity...

http://joker.mirar.org/P?loc=fotojunk/DSC04155.JPG&get=s

Where's this? (Hint: It's where I was this weekend. :D)

;)

[pghnative]

it's your question.sorry, been away for a bit. As it turns out, I didn't have a question at the ready, so I'm glad jokergirl took over.

[pghnative]

Hijacking due to nonactivity...

http://joker.mirar.org/P?loc=fotojunk/DSC04155.JPG&get=s

Where's this? (Hint: It's where I was this weekend. :D)

;)Hmm --- looks like a bridge. I'll guess the bridge (I think there's one) between Michigan and the UP.

[jokergirl]

Nope, quite wrong.

;)

[geonuc]

As a SWAG, I'd say it's in Sweden or Austria.

[jokergirl]

Nope and nope.

;)

[crosscountry]

I'll try Italy

[jokergirl]

Not Italy either. :P
I'm not always that predictable!

;)

[geonuc]

I, for one, welcome our new ...

Wait, that's not what I wanted to say.

I, for one, would really like to know where that picture was taken.

[starman2k10]

up on a hill in san fransisco

[Jens]

Somewhere in the south of the US?