The all-new geography quiz

[Sean Clayden]

Not by the records that I have........ "City" not country I have is nearly twice that of Monaco..

[hhEb09'1]

Do you mean that your records disagree with the ones I cited, or do you mean that there is another city that hasn't been listed uet?

[Sean Clayden]

Not disagree, but your countries link not "cities" sited is not the "city" than the one in mind that has higher population density by far...........

Think population density rather than city area and population........

[geonuc]

Think population density rather than city area and population........

Ordinarily, I think of population density as being equal to population/area. But you seem to be suggesting something else.

Population/volume?

[JMV]

How about Malé in Maldives?

[hhEb09'1]

Ordinarily, I think of population density as being equal to population/area. But you seem to be suggesting something else.
I think he's suggesting that there is a population density spike within a city, not encompassing the entire city, perhaps

[Sean Clayden]

How about Malé in Maldives?


No.......

Think highest population density..........

Clue..........

Type of envelope.....................

[Sean Clayden]

I think he's suggesting that there is a population density spike within a city, not encompassing the entire city, perhaps


Not spike, but highest concentration (density) of population.............

[hhEb09'1]

Type of envelope.....................:)

Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila,_Philippines), listed at 41014/km2

[Sean Clayden]

:)

Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila,_Philippines), listed at 41014/km2


Correct.

With a population of 1,581,082 and a land area of 38.55 km², it has the highest population density of any major city in the world with 41,014 people/km² (with district 6 being the most dense with 68,266, followed by the first two districts (Tondo) with 64,936 and 64,710, respectively, and district 5 being the least dense with 19,235).[citation needed] A million more transients are added during daytime as students and workers come to the city.[

[JMV]

Malé had a population of 81,600 in 2004 and has an area of just over 1.77 square kilometers. That gives a population density of over 45,000/km2.

[Sean Clayden]

In 2004 that may have been the right answer.......

[JMV]

Your population figure for Manila is even older from year 2000. According to Encyclopædia Britannica the total population of Maldives has grown from 289,000 in 2004 to 305,000 in 2007. Some sources say even 369,000 by 2007 estimate. Is it likely that the Malé's population would have decreased in the same time period by more than 9%?

Also your source says "any major city in the world". Perhaps Malé with a population of less than 100,000 is not considered a major city.

[Sean Clayden]

[QUOTE=JMV;1199539]Your population figure for Manila is even older from year 2000. According to Encyclopedia Britannica the total population of Maldives has grown from 289,000 in 2004 to 305,000 in 2007. Some sources say even 369,000 by 2007 estimate. Is it likely that the Male's population would have decreased in the same time period by more than 9%?

Manila information from 2007, major event in 2004 decreased Maldivian population, Maldives is a amalgamation of individual islands and does not constitute a city..........

[JMV]

Manila information from 2007,
The number you quoted, 1,581,082, is from May 2000 (http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2002/pr02175tx.html).

major event in 2004 decreased Maldivian population,
Estimated death toll in Maldives as a results of the tsunami is 108. Not even half a promille of the total population.

Maldives is a amalgamation of individual islands and does not constitute a city..........
The 45,000/km2 figure was for the capital, Malé, not the whole country.

[Sean Clayden]

Male' is an atol not a city. Question posted was largest population for "city" density not capital See wikipedia

Demographics

[edit] Population density
With a population of 1,581,082 and a land area of 38.55 km², it has the highest population density of any major city in the world with 41,014 people/km² (with district 6 being the most dense with 68,266, followed by the first two districts (Tondo) with 64,936 and 64,710, respectively, and district 5 being the least dense with 19,235).[citation needed] A million more transients are added during daytime as students and workers come to the city.[citation needed]

Manila's population density dwarfs that of Paris (20,164 inhabitants per km²), Shanghai (16,364 people/km², with its most dense district of Nanshi's 56,785 density), Buenos Aires (2,179 people/km², with its most dense inner suburb Lanus' 10,444 density), Tokyo (10,087 people/km²), Mexico City (11,700 people/km²), and Istanbul (1,878 people/km², with its most dense district Fatih's 48,173 density).

But when accounting for the entire urban area, Metro Manila drops to 85th place with 12,550 people/km² in a land area of 1,334km², behind even Cebu City, which ranks 80th.[4]

Male' is a capital not a city

Major city or city may a factor ???????????

[JMV]

Male' is an atol not a city. Question posted was largest population for "city" density not capital
The wiki page for Malé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9) uses the word city many times.


See wikipedia

Demographics

[edit] Population density
With a population of 1,581,082 and a land area of 38.55 km², it has the highest population density of any major city in the world with 41,014 people/km²...
Again, those numbers are older than the ones I provided for Malé.

Major city or city may a factor ???????????
Yes, the wikieditor who added that population density entry into the article about Manila might not have considered Malé a major city and hence not important enough to warrant a mention.

[Sean Clayden]

You want to have a go then ?

I went with the wikipedia information.........

Your choice ...........

hhEB09'1 had the answer I was after

[crosscountry]

You want to have a go then ?



how was it I suspected something like that from you?

[JMV]

You want to have a go then ?

I went with the wikipedia information.........

Your choice ...........

hhEB09'1 had the answer I was after
Nah. I don't have a question right now.

hhEb09'1 can continue from here.

[crosscountry]

oh man, I read that wrong.

[hhEb09'1]

I understand that a country printed a 10 million dollar bill last month, worth about four USAn dollars. Which country?

[Sean Clayden]

oh man, I read that wrong.

Don't worry about it.........

[Sean Clayden]

Zimbabwe...........Burgers cost 15 million dollars..

[hhEb09'1]

Zimbabwe...........Burgers cost 15 million dollars..You want fries with that? Your turn

[Sean Clayden]

Which country has most available fresh water ? (Not Ice)

[Eroica]

China?

[chrissy]

Canada with 3000,000 lakes!

[toejam]

Fresh water, fresh men, fresh women, we have everything :)

[crosscountry]

I think my geology book says the great lakes in the USA have the largest non frozen storage of water. Plus all the aquifers we have here makes it a lot of water.

[toejam]

Great. So we waon't be Iraqued any time soon? :)

[Sean Clayden]

None of the above......Carry on

[toejam]

None of the above......Carry on

Then it must be Russia. Lake Baikal itself has 20% of the world's surface fresh water.

[geonuc]

If not Russia, then we're quickly running out of candidates. I think we can safely rule out the itty-bitty countries, as well as Australia, The Sudan, Chad, etc.

I hear tell of a really big river down in Brazil.

[Jay200MPH]

Finland... Finland Finland! Land of 60 000 lakes.

Am I right?

- J

[Sean Clayden]

A nut may crack this place........

[hhEb09'1]

A nut may crack this place........geonuc mentioned Brazil already... :)

[chrissy]

the UK

[toejam]

the UK

forget that. even vancouver gets more rain. :D

[Sean Clayden]

geonuc mentioned Brazil already... :)

Then he wins.

Brazil is home to 14 per cent of the world’s freshwater, the vast majority of which flows down the mighty Amazon river. The country is also host to the planet’s largest continental wetland – the Pantanal. Yet Brazil has a water
crisis. Almost nine million families have no access to drinkable water and around 70 per cent of all hospital admissions are caused by water-related diseases.

[Sean Clayden]

If not Russia, then we're quickly running out of candidates. I think we can safely rule out the itty-bitty countries, as well as Australia, The Sudan, Chad, etc.


I hear tell of a really big river down in Brazil.
:clap:

Your turn

[geonuc]

Ta. That was a sneaky one. I would have bet on Canada, without thinking that 'available' water meant a constant, flowing source, not just a bunch of relatively static lakes.

...

Although recent geological and archaeological evidence seems to be tilting against the idea, scientists think (or once thought) that a tremendous volcanic eruption in the Pleistocene epoch may have radically altered the course of human history, in fact, almost wiping out our species.

Name that volcano, and its location.

[Eroica]

Tamboro, somewhere in Indonesia I think?

[geonuc]

Tambora is indeed a worthy guess, but not the one I'm thinking of.

Tambora, located in Indonesia, erupted/exploded in 1815, killing a whole lot of people. More, perhaps, than any other eruption in recorded history.

But the one I have in mind erupted in a much more devastating fashion. And much earlier (Pleistocene).

[Eroica]

I was confusing Tambora with Toba (in Sumatra)...

[geonuc]

Toba would be correct. :clap:

http://tobavolcano.googlepages.com/

Although not mentioned on the page I linked (I don't think), I recall my volcanology professor saying that, along with the 'volcanic winter' effect this eruption caused, which others think may have made the African tropical region the sole remaining human-occupied territory, the shear destruction of the area on Sumatra may have significantly slowed the migration of humans down the Indonesian peninsula.

Toba is also the answer to another geo-quiz we've had somewhere on BAUT: the site of the largest island in a lake on an island.

[Eroica]

Where is this?

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6510/bautol3.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bautol3.jpg)

[Jay200MPH]

That'd be the Devil's Postpile in California. A beautiful columnar basalt outcrop.

- J

[geonuc]

You sure? Columnar jointing is very common around the world.

[Jay200MPH]

I know that (I studied columnar joints during my undergrad), but it looks like other photos of the Postpile that I've seen. I could be totally wrong though.

- J

[geonuc]

And you could be right. :)

What little we see of the vegetation matches that area of California. However, most photos of the postpile show a different view that includes where the columns are not overlain by dirt/rocks.

[Eroica]

I could be totally wrong though.
I'm afraid you are totally wrong, Jay... :wall:

[hhEb09'1]

My first thought was that it was sagebrush, so Yellowstone or the Columbia, but I've seen those and I don't think that's it. I'm going to guess the Snake River Hell's canyon.

[Eroica]

That'd be the Devil's Postpile in California. A beautiful columnar basalt outcrop.
On this point Jay was totally correct. It is a columnar basalt outcrop, but it's not in the US.

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the vegetation....

[geonuc]

Well, I can't speak for others, but as I pointed out earlier, this type of formation is very common in the world and I would need more clues before guessing.

It might be Ireland, which has some fantastic columnar basalt (no pictures I've seen look like this, however), Italy, New Zealand, China ... the list is virtually endless.

Now I want to visit Ireland. :sad:

[ggremlin]

Basalt columns Boyabat, Sinop Province, Turkey "Black Sea Region"? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boyabat.jpg)

The vegetation doesn't look right.

[Eroica]

It might be Ireland, which has some fantastic columnar basalt...
Near the Giant's Causeway there is such a feature, known locally as the Organ Pipes, for obvious reasons.

But they're not as spectacular as the ones in my photo, which are not in any of the countries mentioned so far.

[Eroica]

Basalt columns Boyabat, Sinop Province, Turkey "Black Sea Region"? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boyabat.jpg)
Wrong hemisphere!

[chrissy]

then it is in Victoria the Organ Pipes National Park, AUSTRALIA!

The lava plain extends from the foot of Mount Macedon to Williamstown and Laverton and is part of the third largest lava plain in the world, that of the Western District Victoria.

[ggremlin]

Wrong hemisphere!

Which ones? North/South | East/West:think:

[Eroica]

then it is in Victoria the Organ Pipes National Park, AUSTRALIA!
:clap: I was wondering whether anyone would notice that hint.

Here's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_Pipes_National_Park) where I nicked the image from.

[chrissy]

ok, thanks Eroica.


Can anyone tell me what this is and where it is?

[Sean Clayden]

Is it the UK ?

[chrissy]

yes

[Sean Clayden]

Lizard Point Cornwall ?

[chrissy]

close

[Sean Clayden]

Lizard Peninsula Cornwall

[chrissy]

nope

[Sean Clayden]

Lands end, cornwall

[chrissy]

nope. how come you changed it from Devon to Cornwall?

[Sean Clayden]

ok cornwall it is then

[Sean Clayden]

Sandy Mouth Cornwall

[chrissy]

nope freezing cold (thought i might add that in)

[Sean Clayden]

Horse's Head

Edgemont Point

Baggy point

All in Devon (mucked it up with Cornwall)

[Sean Clayden]

Night,,,try again tomorrow.......

[chrissy]

nope its not in devon either I said it was close

[Maksutov]

It's at Charmouth, Dorset, a part of the stretch known as the "Jurassic Coast" (which also includes Lyme Regis), a great place to hunt for fossils.

[chrissy]

:clap: yes Mak that is correct DORSET your up!:dance:

[Sean Clayden]

There is another "picture" trivia thread.............

[Maksutov]

:clap: yes Mak that is correct DORSET your up!:dance:Thank you for that.

This peak was named Le Lion Couchant by Samuel de Champlain in 1609.

[Eric Vaxxine]

What is a cuesta?

[chrissy]

camels hump ?

[Maksutov]

camels hump ?Camel's Hump is correct. Over to you.

:clap:

[chrissy]

thanks Mak.


What is geologically unique about Edinbrough?

[Jay200MPH]

Its Devonian volcanic plugs?

- J

[chrissy]

Its Devonian volcanic plugs?

- J

yes ! A bonus point for the one in particular.. :)

[Jay200MPH]

Can't name names but I know Edinburgh Castle is built on one.

Let's see, my turn:

Where is the location of the Western Interior Seaway?

- J

[crosscountry]

North America

[Jay200MPH]

Yep. Didn't expect that one to go that fast.

- J

[crosscountry]

from the Kentucky coal mines to......


where is next?

[geonuc]

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun.

[crosscountry]

there you go.

[geonuc]

That's a great song.

What town is known for a remarkably successful campaign to prevent an erupting volcano from destroying their harbor?

[geonuc]

Hmmm... well, it's been a couple of days and no one has bit, so I guess there's either a geo-quiz burnout or you didn't like the question. So I'll answer it myself and let someone else jump in if they wish.

In 1973, the Eldfell volcano on the island of Heimaey erupted, threatening the nearby town of Vestmannaeyjar and its harbor, which was understandably very important to the fishing economy. Heimaey is part of Iceland - just off the southern coast.

With the help of others, the townspeople managed to save the harbor by spraying massive quantities of water on the lava, directing the flow. This was a long term effort and one which many said was doomed from the start.

That remarkable achievement is chronicled in John McPhee's book, Control of Nature.

The geo-quiz is now open to anyone with a question.

[chrissy]

ooooooooooooooh! I knew that >whistles and walks away< I couldn't think of it.

[geonuc]

Of course you did, dear. Of course you did. :)

[chrissy]

I did just brain wouldn't release the info, I'd seen it not so long ago grrrrrrrrrr angry with myself now, normally had good memory, shouldn't go on the important information thread it removes the memory! :)

[hhEb09'1]

shouldn't go on the important information thread it removes the memory! :)Would you mind repeating that, in other words? :)

[chrissy]

Would you mind repeating that, in other words? :)

Qo!

[Sean Clayden]

Where is the worlds tallest bridge ?

[crosscountry]

walking or driving?

Milau France for driving at 343m (top of highest post)
http://photos.crosscountryadventures.us/albums/Europe%20Road%20Trip/highlights/DSC07585.jpg

for walking the Royal Gorge Bridge at 321m. This bridge actually puts you higher above the water below.

http://delargy.com/images/2004_7_Colorado/royal%20gorge%20bridge.jpg


I've been to both.

[Sean Clayden]

The Milau France, must have been wicked to be there.

Nice shot. :clap:

Your turn

[crosscountry]

it was an amazing day for me. Rode there on my motorcycle towards the end of a month long trip to Denmark, Poland, Germany, France, and Spain. Had already been to Belgium and England/Wales the month prior.

sticking with Europe -

What is this and Where was this photo taken?

http://photos.crosscountryadventures.us/albums/Europe%20Road%20Trip/france%202/DSC07447.jpg

[Sean Clayden]

You will make Ewan McGregor jealous..........lol

[Sean Clayden]

Le Puy-en-Velay St Michaels Church ?

[crosscountry]

I think that's the name. I remember St. Michaels.:clap:


oh, I've been a few more places than that. he's still got me beat though.

[Sean Clayden]

What lake is the result of the largest volcanic eruption 75,ooo years ago ??????

[geonuc]

What lake is the result of the largest volcanic eruption 75,ooo years ago ??????
Hmmm ... a vaguely familiar subject matter.

(post #1546) :)

[Sean Clayden]

Hmmm ... a vaguely familiar subject matter.

(post #1546) :)

Sorry.

Where is this 7590

[Sean Clayden]

Hmmm ... a vaguely familiar subject matter.

(post #1546) :)

Watching discovery today re Lake Toba, very interesting.........:lol:

[geonuc]

Watching discovery today re Lake Toba, very interesting.........:lol:
No problem - I like volcanoes. We can talk about them all day.

[Sean Clayden]

No problem - I like volcanoes. We can talk about them all day.

Where is this ??????? Answer 2 either picture will do...........

[Eroica]

Where is this 7590
St Mark's Basilica, Venice?

[mike alexander]

My guess on the rock is the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

(edit) 'racetrack' rocks are also seen in the playas in California.

[hhEb09'1]

(edit) 'racetrack' rocks are also seen in the playas in California.Because of its footprints, I'm guessing Race Track Playa in Death Valley CA USA. They have their own website: www.slidingrocks.com

[Sean Clayden]

Because of its footprints, I'm guessing Race Track Playa in Death Valley CA USA. They have their own website: www.slidingrocks.com

Congratulations.......:clap:

Had a thread about this a few months ago, incredible place..

Your turn

[Sean Clayden]

St Mark's Basilica, Venice?

Also correct.......:clap:

Gave the latter to hheB

[Sean Clayden]

hhEb09'1

Your turn.

[hhEb09'1]

Where on Earth (or under it) was the ninth circle of hell?

[Maksutov]

My mother-in-law's house....;)

[hhEb09'1]

bada-boom

[Eroica]

Cocytus? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocytus)

[hhEb09'1]

Yes, where is it?

Actually, I think I would accept two different answers.

[Sean Clayden]

a frozen river, cant remember where


may have to google

[hhEb09'1]

You can use Eroica's link :)

[geonuc]

I don't know about everyone else, but I need a hint. Or two.

[hhEb09'1]

As a hint, I can tell you that I have found references on the web that ascribe a particular epicentral spot to the location of hell during Dante's time, as well as another location that pinpoints the location of the ninth circle. As I said earlier, I'd accept either location.

[crosscountry]

Goma?

[crosscountry]

Dante's Hell is shaped like a funnel that extends all the way to the center of the earth. It is situated underneath the city of Jerusalem, which is at the center of the northern hemisphere. Opposite Jerusalem, at the center of the southern hemisphere is the mountain of Purgatory. Lucifer is immobilized at the bottom of Hell, where he fell after the defeat in his rebellion against God.

http://hhhknights.com/curr/human/2/hellinferno.html

[hhEb09'1]

Dante's Hell is shaped like a funnel that extends all the way to the center of the earth. It is situated underneath the city of Jerusalem, which is at the center of the northern hemisphere. That's both of them!

You're up, crosscountry

[crosscountry]

ok, thinking along the lines of my last elevation question:


what place on earth has the lowest gradient for the longest distance? Kansas comes to mind, but I bet there is some place that has a lower gradient that lasts longer.

[geonuc]

I guess saying the Pacific Ocean would be out of line?

[hhEb09'1]

I guess saying the Pacific Ocean would be out of line?The surface? that's a pretty good line :)

[Sean Clayden]

Bonneville salt flats

[mike alexander]

The Central Valley of California?

[crosscountry]

ok - non liquid answers please.

Bonneville and Central Valley are not right.

[geonuc]

Nullarbor Plain?

[mike alexander]

Can't be Kansas, it's all outwash from the Rocky Mountains.

I would think an infilled river basin might do the trick. Perhaps the Amazon basin?

[crosscountry]

Nullarbor Plain?

that's bigger than the one I was thinking of.

Let's keep searching before I pass on the question. I bet there is something even larger.

[Eroica]

Antarctica?

[mike alexander]

The Salar de Uyuni salt basin on the Bolivian Altiplano? I remember reading about it in Science News.

[geonuc]

ok - non liquid answers please.
Arctic ice sheet? :D

[crosscountry]

Antarctica?




good answer. I wonder just how many million square miles those flat spaces take up

[crosscountry]

The Salar de Uyuni salt basin on the Bolivian Altiplano? I remember reading about it in Science News.

very large, and my first thought. NullArbor, as Geonuc mentioned, is larger by a long shot. and the winning answer as far as I can tell.


Antarctica is probably flatter over a larger range, but I suppose the measurements haven't been made yet to tell us exactly how large.



Unless Eroica can show dimensions it is Geonuc's turn.

[chrissy]

Eastern Gobi desert steppe
Here the surface is extremely diversified, although there are no great differences in vertical elevation. Between Ulaanbaatar (48° N 107° E) and the little lake of Iren-dubasu-nor (43°45′N, 111°50′E ) the surface is greatly eroded, and consists of broad flat depressions and basins separated by groups of flat-topped mountains of relatively low elevation (150-180 m), through which archaic rocks crop out as crags and isolated rugged masses. The floors of the depressions lie mostly between 900-1000 m above sea-level. Farther south, between Iren-dutiasu-nor and the Hwang-ho comes a region of broad tablelands alternating with flat plains, the latter ranging at altitudes of 1000-1100 m and the former at 1070-1200 m. The slopes of the plateaus are more or less steep, and are sometimes penetrated by "bays" of the lowlands.

[crosscountry]

Eastern Gobi desert steppe
Here the surface is extremely diversified, although there are no great differences in vertical elevation. Between Ulaanbaatar (48° N 107° E) and the little lake of Iren-dubasu-nor (43°45′N, 111°50′E ) the surface is greatly eroded, and consists of broad flat depressions and basins separated by groups of flat-topped mountains of relatively low elevation (150-180 m), through which archaic rocks crop out as crags and isolated rugged masses. The floors of the depressions lie mostly between 900-1000 m above sea-level. Farther south, between Iren-dutiasu-nor and the Hwang-ho comes a region of broad tablelands alternating with flat plains, the latter ranging at altitudes of 1000-1100 m and the former at 1070-1200 m. The slopes of the plateaus are more or less steep, and are sometimes penetrated by "bays" of the lowlands.

I don't see 150-1200m as flat. But if you can show a dimension larger than the NullArbor one you'll win.

[chrissy]

Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe : 281,800km square, (108,804 sq mi)
or I could go for the Mongolian - Manchurian grassland which covers an area of 887,300 sq km ( 342,600 sq mi) this crescents the Gobi Desert!

[crosscountry]

yea, but you're talking about 1100m in elevation change. the others are less than 5m.

[geonuc]

Chrissy - are you still poring over your topo maps? Not sure where we are here. I said the Nullarbor plain, but didn't provide any elevation data to back it up.

Crosscountry - when this question is considered answered, don't forget to tell us what you were thinking.

I don't have another question in mind at the moment, anyway. I'm not very imaginative. :(

[crosscountry]

The Salar de Uyuni salt basin on the Bolivian Altiplano? I remember reading about it in Science News.

This is what I was thinking of, and it is very large compared to the Bonneville Salt Flats. But NullArbor Plain is much larger and considered almost completely flat.

[Maksutov]

This is what I was thinking of, and it is very large compared to the Bonneville Salt Flats. But NullArbor Plain is much larger and considered almost completely flat.So, once again, who has the correct answer?

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/a015.gif

[crosscountry]

Geonuc.


I was hoping to find a larger flat portion on Antarctica, but so far no answer.

[geonuc]

Oh, man. I hate asking questions. Mine are all dumb. :(

OK, here it is:

The Big Island of Hawaii comprises five coalescing shield volcanoes. Name them. Hint: Loihi isn't one of them.

[Arneb]

Kohala
Hualalai
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
Kilauea (I suppose Pu'u O'o counts as a crater of Kilauea, otherwise it would be six).

Holy Haleakala, that was hard to memorise...

[geonuc]

You got it.:)

I thought perhaps Hualalai might not be that easy to guess (absent googling, of course).

[crosscountry]

Arneb's turn?

[mike alexander]

Arneb's Turn is is a switchback on a very narrow mountain road in southern Lichtenstein, made famous by the Lichtensteiner Formula 1 driver Arneb Luxembourg who was able to take it in a four wheel drift at over 60 km/hr.

[crosscountry]

the road? the switchback?

[hhEb09'1]

Arneb's Turn is is a switchback on a very narrow mountain road in southern Lichtenstein, made famous by the Lichtensteiner Formula 1 driver Arneb Luxembourg who was able to take it in a four wheel drift at over 60 km/hr.Hmm, 36 mph. Mr. Luxembourg was driving a school bus?

[Sean Clayden]

Switchback mountain......(didn't they make a movie about that) .......lol

[mike alexander]

Very short radius turn, high crown, 1,500 foot straight drop outboard, loose gravel. Even in a Formula 1 it's hairy. And this was in 1955, remember.

[crosscountry]

I've driven that turn, directly in front of the prince's house.

[hhEb09'1]

Of course. I'd forgotten.

[mike alexander]

I'm surprised Arneb didn't mention it before; it's only about 75 miles from Aachen.

Has anybody seen Arneb? I hope the turn didn't get him.

[geonuc]

Arneb's turn?
Yes, Arneb's turn.

[geonuc]

Yes, Arneb's turn.
Not sure what the rules are, but as Arneb seems to have absented himself for time being, and as I was up last, I'd say the quiz is open to any who might care to pose a new one. :)

[mugaliens]

Ok. What's the name of a small city in Louisiana that you can spell by punching some numbers into a calculator then read by turning the calculator upside down?

I'll give you a hint: There are seven letters in the name of the city.

[hhEb09'1]

There's only one? impossible :)

PS: OK, I'm convinced. The letters that result from inverted numbers are I Z E H S G L B O, right? From these lists of cities/towns in LA, I found none that could be inverted. Here are the few seven letter ones:
Louisiana Bigger Cities (over 6000 residents) (http://www.city-data.com/city/Louisiana.html)
Bastrop
Crowley
Estelle
Gardere
Hammond
Harahan
Lacombe
Laplace
Marrero
Oakdale
Reserve
Slidell
Sulphur
Zachary
Cities, towns, and villages in Louisiana between 1000 and 6000 residents (http://www.city-data.com/city/Louisiana2.html)
Baldwin
Bernice
Berwick
Cameron
Carlyss
Chauvin
Clinton
Deville
Elmwood
Gueydan
Jackson
Killian
Lafitte
Livonia
Lutcher
Mansura
Mathews
Oberlin
Paradis
Poydras
Supreme
Vidalia
Towns, and villages in Louisiana with fewer than 1000 residents (http://www.city-data.com/city/Louisiana3.html)
Anacoco
Ashland
Belcher
Cankton
Chatham
Clayton
Doyline
Florien
Gilbert
Grayson
Hessmer
Hosston
Mangham
Maurice
Natchez
Norwood
Pollock
Rodessa
Sarepta
Simpson
Tickfaw
Varnado
Wallace

[Eroica]

The letters that result from inverted numbers are I Z E H S G L B O, right?
Surely there's a Boghill somewhere in Louisiana. Ireland is full of them! :)

[Maksutov]

Surely there's a Boghill somewhere in Louisiana. Ireland is ful of them! :)Ask Shirley, she'll know. Unless you've discovered an hhEb09'1 nickname we're not aware of.

Meanwhile, beware of the Red Stick!

[hhEb09'1]

But that's not important right now. Baton Rouge is the capital, but not all the inverted letters are capitals.

Maybe a Beige Log. And, there's Boise.

[hhEb09'1]

mugaliens, I guess we need a hint here :)

[pghnative]

Odd, I thought I had replied to this thread several days ago. Post must not have taken.

Anyway, it occurs to me that one could claim that a zero looks like a capital D (inverted or not!), in which case "SLIDELL" alone fits the requirements. Someone above already listed Slidell, so don't give me the credit (which is another way of saying "I don't have a good question...)

[hhEb09'1]

Anyway, it occurs to me that one could claim that a zero looks like a capital D (inverted or not!), in which case "SLIDELL" alone fits the requirements. Someone above already listed Slidell, so don't give me the credit (which is another way of saying "I don't have a good question...)I marked Slidell in red because it was one of two towns that were missing just one letter. An old friend of mine was from Slidell, as well.

I don't think zero looks like a D at all, but that is a possibility. I'll wait for mugalien's call.

[mugaliens]

mugaliens, I guess we need a hint here :)

SLIDELL.

I used to live there.

Is that enough of a hint?

LOL!

- Mugs

[hhEb09'1]

SLIDELL.

I used to live there.
So that explains it! :)

What English-speaking country can you get by punching in numbers and turning them upside down?

[Eroica]

Belize?

[hhEb09'1]

Belize?Yes, your turn!

[Eroica]

Complete this Sequence:

Kansas, Delaware, ?, USA.

[crosscountry]

Ohio

[Eroica]

OhioNot what I have in mind...

[pghnative]

Complete this Sequence:

Kansas, Delaware, ?, USA.

Oklahoma

(city, county, state, country)

[hhEb09'1]

Oklahoma

(city, county, state, country)Very good! I was trying to shoehorn it into Delaware County in Kansas, which has part of Kansas City in it, apparently. But that would be Kansas City, Delaware, Kansas, USA, right? :)

PS: to make it even more confusing, it appears that Kansas, OK, has streets named after Kansas, Deleware, and yep the great state of Main :)

[Eroica]

Oklahoma

(city, county, state, country)
:clap: That's it!

[Eroica]

I was trying to shoehorn it into Delaware County in Kansas ...According to my Rand McNally there is no Delaware County in Kansas (or Missouri). :think:

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_%28disambiguation%29#Counties)

[hhEb09'1]

According to my Rand McNally there is no Delaware County in Kansas (or Missouri). :think:I misremembered. It seems it's a township. Two of them, in Kansas, apparently.

[pghnative]

:clap: That's it!

Which of the 50 US states* has the longest name?

(*Keep in mind that some of them are commonwealths!)

[crosscountry]

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations


old Trivial pursuit question.

[pghnative]

Correct!

Was hoping that that'd be more of a trick question --- oh well...

[crosscountry]

darn my memory!


give me a few to think of a question

[crosscountry]

what was the largest country on earth in 1750?

[ggremlin]

If the question is directly controlled land area, the answer would be the same as today, "Russia".

If the question is land empire at that time of 1750, the answer is probably still "Russia" with Spain a close second, followed by France and then a throw-up between Great Britain and Portugal.

[crosscountry]

If the question is directly controlled land area, the answer would be the same as today, "Russia".

If the question is land empire at that time of 1750, the answer is probably still "Russia" with Spain a close second, followed by France and then a throw-up between Great Britain and Portugal.

Can you supply some evidence? I thought the English Empire was larger.

[ggremlin]

If the question was for 1850, you would be correct, however in 1750, England did not yet have the extensive overseas control they would get over the next 100 years.

In 1750:
France still controlled Canada and the middle section of the United States.

Spain controlled all of Central America, most of South America except Brazil, A large area of the South Western US. the Philippines Islands and most of the Caribbean islands.

Portugal controlled Brazil, the Azores, had colonies in Africa and Asia.

England controlled most of the Eastern US to the Mississippi River, which at the time was their largest overseas claim. They did not control India at this point in time, nor was Australia colonized or claimed.

Russia controlled most of the same territory they do today, plus in 1750 areas in Eastern Europe, the area of Alaska and parts of the west coast of Canada and US.

Except for Portugal, there was not much European activity in Africa at that time.

I did some figures in land area, but I left them in the office. Historical data on exact area isn't easy to come back, but I think my rundown is accurate.

[crosscountry]

sounds good to me. Your turn.

[crosscountry]

unless I should ask another question.

[ggremlin]

How many mountains are higher than 10,000 meters above sea level?

[hhEb09'1]

How many mountains are higher than 10,000 meters above sea level?None? :)

[crosscountry]

next question... :lol:

[ggremlin]

None? :)
Correct, say the spider.:dance:

[crosscountry]

aren't there mountains on Mars that are greater than 10,000 meters above our sea level? And why limit it to just Mars?

[ggremlin]

As the thread is Geography and the definition of the word is study of the earth and it's features, I apply the axiom that the questions would be restricted to Earth itself. However, as there is currently no defined sea level of Mars, the question shouldn't apply there either.

[crosscountry]

there's no sea on Mars!



ok, study of earth.....

[ggremlin]

there's no sea on Mars!

As far as we know, so far ..... ;)

[hhEb09'1]

Correct, say the spider.:dance:OK.

The USA would lose more than half of its share of which important natural resource, if it lost Alaska?

PS: there could be more than one answer to the question, but I'm looking for the one that nobody thinks of :)

[ggremlin]

Timber Wolfs!

[crosscountry]

caribou



Timber.

[Maksutov]

Seafood

[pghnative]

OK.

The USA would lose more than half of its share of which important natural resource, if it lost Alaska?

PS: there could be more than one answer to the question, but I'm looking for the one that nobody thinks of :)Guess 1: Salmon. Guess 2: Crab

edit: ooh, possibly beaten by Mak by 1 minute. Should have stopped reading wiki and just posted!

[pghnative]

Guess 3: gold

[hhEb09'1]

Timber Wolfs!I thought it was wuffs. But not what i'm thinking of.
caribou probably much more than half?

Timber.sorry
Seafood
Guess 1: Salmon. Guess 2: CrabAll close
Guess 3: goldNot a mineral. Hint, it is often clear.

[Fadingstar]

water?

[chrissy]

jobs!

[ggremlin]

Fresh air.

[man on the moon]

oil?

[Maksutov]

ice

[Maksutov]

baked alaska

[Maksutov]

earthquakes

[Maksutov]

Alaska's ability to hold 12.32 North Carolinas.

[pghnative]

Hint, it is often clear.
Water?

Ice?

The other ice? (diamonds)

A bell? (think about it....)

Steroids? (of the Barry Bonds/Balco variety)

Dark skies?

[Jay200MPH]

Bears!

He only said it's "often" clear. And if you think about it, everything suddenly becomes clear when you're about to get your butt kicked by bears.

- J

[crosscountry]

ice up there ain't clear.

maybe air was right since Alaska is a huge portion of our surface area.


mountains - but that's not exactly a resource nor clear

[chrissy]

perspex!
glass!
gas!

[crosscountry]

transparent aluminum.

[chrissy]

hot air. ;)

North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre . ( north atlantic drift.) :) yes there is such a thing.

[Maksutov]

gimbaling gyroscopes

[Maksutov]

methane

[Maksutov]

National Geographics

[chrissy]

no entry signs?

[Maksutov]

Midnight suns.

[Maksutov]

gin and vodka

[crosscountry]

Eskimos?

[ggremlin]

Breath taking views?

[crosscountry]

King Crab

[hhEb09'1]

water?close :)

A bell? (think about it....)
Keep going in that direction out of the box

mountains - but that's not exactly a resource nor clearpersonally, I consider mountains an important natural resource, but that's not the answer I'm looking for
gin and vodkaDidn't know Alaska had that much, but hey I'm there

Not the answer though

[ggremlin]

Ahh, drinkable water.

[hhEb09'1]

Ahh, drinkable water.Good answer probably, not what I'm thinking of, which is partly characterized by an absence of water.

[chrissy]

shares.
ACES (Ankaras Clear Equity Shares). or something like that.

[Maksutov]

sour grapes

[man on the moon]

Something that's as clear as a bell perhaps. Does it have to do with noise?

Or auroras? They sometimes make noise, and are somewhat clear at times.

[hhEb09'1]

Something that's as clear as a bell perhaps. Does it have to do with noise?

Or auroras? They sometimes make noise, and are somewhat clear at times.Not bad :)

What I meant by going in that direction: some other metaphor or simile using "clear" :)

Actually I just noticed that the answer is within the first few lines of the Alaska wiki page Geography section...

[chrissy]

coastline

[crosscountry]

seas? bodies of water?

The state is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

[hhEb09'1]

coastlineYep. The coast is clear. You can go next.

[chrissy]

Yep. The coast is clear. You can go next.


thanks hhEb09'1.

here's one for you all, where in the world is this? And what is it?

[Jay200MPH]

Vegas? And it's a fountain.

- J

[ciderman]

The hillside in the background looks quite green to me, which makes me think Vegas is unlikely, & oh, there is quite a bit of cloud there as well.

The style of the columns could be quite a clue, a peruse of this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_order , makes me wonder if they are Roman rather than Greek, due to the slenderness of the columns & the details of their bases & tops (if I'm not completly off target here..).

Which in turn makes me wonder if that is not just a hill or mountainside in the background but the slopes of a volcano..

So my WAG would be Roman baths (originally entirely roofed over), Pompeii, Italy with Mt Vesuvius in the background. :)

[ggremlin]

At first I thought it a memorial given the square object in the background looks like a plaque. But the more I looked at it, the background I took for a lake at first now looks more like a wall with a door in it. :)

[crosscountry]

At first I thought it a memorial given the square object in the background looks like a plaque. But the more I looked at it, the background I took for a lake at first now looks more like a wall with a door in it. :)

I saw it as a wall first until I your reply. Now I'm pretty sure it's a lake, but you made me look very close the second time. Check out the top 1/5 of it and you'll see a wake from a boat (or reflection of a cloud)

[hhEb09'1]

I saw it as a wall first until I your reply. Now I'm pretty sure it's a lake, but you made me look very close the second time. Check out the top 1/5 of it and you'll see a wake from a boat (or reflection of a cloud)and I was pretty sure that wake was the shadow of the fold in the magazine photo that they scanned! :)