Cumulative Geography quiz #4!!!

Az · Oct 2, 2001

Duke of York has asked:

Question #1: What is the full name for the part of the world with the highest population density?

I would personally say the "Principaute de Monaco" which IS the statewith the highest density.

G-Man · Oct 2, 2001

Manhattan?

stormerne · Oct 2, 2001

I said Monaco already at the end of the last quiz Az.
Though I didn't use the fancy name.
And if you want to be pedantic, you missed out the accent, without which the pronounciation would be totally different.
So I restate my answer, this time in fancy dress: La Principauté de Monaco

JBearIt · Oct 2, 2001

How about that island that the Aztecs founded Tenochitlan (sp?) on that now is in the middle of Mexico City?

G-Man · Oct 2, 2001

It's immposible to answer it when you say "place". I can say it's my seat - it's currently 100% populated by me.

duke o' york · Oct 3, 2001

No, according to my source, Monaco has a density of 16,252.8 and the place I'm thinking of has almost 22,000. Aren't I kind - now the lazy can look it up on search engines!

stormerne · Oct 3, 2001

Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da Republica Popular da China

duke o' york · Oct 3, 2001

Correct! I'm shocked that it took so long.
For everyone else, this is where I got it:
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/density/g_population.html
I apologise for putting little or no effort into the question and promise to try harder next time, but it was a rushed job anyway.
Stormerne, though, will no doubt bamboozle us again.

stormerne · Oct 3, 2001

What is the connection between the following?

Cumberland Hill (RI, USA)

Quincy (MA, USA)

Amber and blue/grey semi-precious stones

An incurable lung disease
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Magnus · Oct 3, 2001

Granite. Radon poisoning. I live here.

stormerne · Oct 4, 2001

Wow, sorry to hear that Magnus.

Can't give it to you though. There's no way that granite can be thought of as a semi-precious stone (though I happen to like it).

OK some clues. Magnus is on the right track. The answer is the name of a mineral. That mineral is found at several locations worldwide, two of which are listed in the question. Two related varieties of that mineral make the two semi-precious stones, both of which have a two-colour lustrous sheen. A third variety of that mineral can cause the disease, but not because of any gas contained.

JBearIt · Oct 4, 2001

Iron?

Magnus · Oct 5, 2001

OK stormerne, for some reason I thought there was a precious stone that was formed from granite, but I realize that its quartz I was thinking of which can be very valuable but is only a COMPONENT of granite.

I have lived in Quincy twice (a total of 3 years), and currently live a stone's throw from Cumberland RI - should I worry? :confused:

I am thinking this has something to do with asbestos, but that's as far as I am getting.

stormerne · Oct 5, 2001

No I don't think you should worry Magnus. That's quite a coincidence though!

You're getting very close. The lung disease is in fact asbestosis. Asbestos is a variant form of this mineral. Very few people realise that several other rather safer variants exist, and that a popular brown and amber semi-precious stone so often found on pendants is another quite safe variety.

The brown and amber version is, if I remember rightly, an oxidised version of the blue/grey one, and I've also seen a deep red variety. The brown and amber version of this mineral is in particular very well known and has an evocative name (a name that retains a common theme for other colours of this stone).

If you can tell me the name of the mineral and at least one of the names of the semi-precious stone Magnus, I think you should have this one.

stormerne · Oct 5, 2001

Hmmm... another 12 hours and no answer...
OK I'm rolling up this one.

The answer is the mineral Riebeckite.

Some notable places where this is mined are: Socotra Island, South Yemen; Transvaal, South Africa; Schirmeck, Germany; Langesund, Norway; Krivoi Rog, Ukraine; Hamersley Range in Western Australia; Scotland; Madagascar; Quincy, Massachusetts; St Peter's Dome, El Paso County, Colorado; California; Oregon and Cumberland Hill, Rhode Island, USA.

The semi-precious stones are tiger's eye and hawk's eye. Strictly speaking a variety of riebeckite called crocidolite is "pseudomorphed" by quartz - a sort of atom for atom replacement - until there is no actual original riebeckite left.

The incurable disease is asbestosis and unmorphed riebeckite can be used as asbestos.

So I'll set a new - much easier - one!

stormerne · Oct 5, 2001

Where is Flamsteed? And which ocean is nearest to it?

JBearIt · Oct 5, 2001

Flamsteed is a crater on the moon and its in the Oceanus Procellarum.

stormerne · Oct 5, 2001

Spot on!

Flamsteed is indeed on the moon, a prominent feature towards the edge of the Ocean of Storms.
(I couldn't resist the mischief - even for an easy one)

Your turn to set the next question JBearIt.

JBearIt · Oct 5, 2001

Are questions on the moon even geography? Shouldn't they be considered lunagraphy?

Anyway, here's the next question:

What part of the US was renamed, thanks in part, to Humphrey Bogart? Please provide both the old name and the new name.

G-Man · Oct 5, 2001

Another American asking another question about America... Someday I'm gonna get to ask the question... And then I'll put a question about Israel so tough that even I wouldn't know the answer!!! :mad:

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