Cumulative Geography Quiz #3

[Az]

Time for a new one! (other has reached 200 replies and question is answered.)

Question 1 now belongs to willem since he's right and answered first.

These are the questions of the previous quiz...

Az: Question #1:Why does Japan apears to have two ways of measuring its total aerea? Which territory do the Japanese add to the total area of their country to increase it??

Andu Indorin: How about Islands of Kuril Archipeligo (Kunashir, Iturup, etc). I believe there are still claimed by the Japanese and held by the Russians.

Andu Indorin: Question 2: Named for an historical personage of the pre-Independence era, what is the name of Mexico's fifth highest mountain.

N/A

Magnus: Question 3: what was was the very last holding of the Eastern Roman (sometimes incorrectly called Byzantine) Empire? And who took possession of it? (extra credit )

Andu Indorin: (after 11 false guesses from others): Venice seems a more probable candidate; however, likely candidates Monemvasia, Naupactus/Lepanto, Preveza, etc, just don't fit the criteria.

Magnus: Monemvasia is the answer!

In 1461 this fortress at the tip of the Laconian coast was ceded to the Pope. It was taken by the Venetains in 1463 or 1464 depending on what sourse you read.

Andu Indorin: Question 5: From what region in Europe does The Kalevala (or, Songs of the Kaleva District), come from?

Magnus: My Answer: Finland/Karelia

Magnus: Question #6: What was Austria-Hungary's only imperial colony?

Andu Indorin: Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, (aka, Franz Josef Land).

Andu Indorin: Question #7: What was the first German settlement founded in Africa?

N/A

willemvanoranje: Question8: Where did Adolf Hitler build a vacation building, meant for the German people, that is 1-3 km long, and was later used as barracks?

Unknown soldier: think I finally found something that is related to the question. I'm not sure cause all the information is in German, and except Guten Tag I don't know anything from german. Well from what I understood, the city should be Prora or Ruegen or maybe the translator just couldn't translate those one.

Unknown soldier: Question9: What will be the next name of the highest mountain in Canada (munt Logan)?
Magnus: Mount Trudeau???? Say it aint SO!!!!
(Yes it is! <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>)
Magnus: For who or what are the Canary Islands named?
Az: The Islands are named after the many dogs (canes) of great size that live there...
That's probably the emblem of this spanish state is held by two black dogs...
Magnus: tres bien Az! thou art next.....

Az: Question #10: Ok now something I just realise I don't know and of what I should be ashamed of ....
Where did the name of ......GREECE come from....!
(I only know it's latin and that the Romans used it first)
Since I don't know the answer someone has to answer correctly! (please)
Andu Indorin: From the OED, 1933:
... adoption of Latin Graecus, pl. Graeci, the name applied by the Romans to the people who called themselves 'Ellenes. ...
The Latic Graeci is adverbial Greek Graichoi, said by Aristotle (Meteor. I, xiv) to have been the prehistoric names of the Hellenes in their original seats in Epirus. ... Recent scholars think the name may have been brought to Italy by colonists from Euboea, where there is some evidence of its having existed. ...

Andu Indorin: Question 12: In the Great War of the Pacific (1879-1883), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia. In seizing and annexing the Bolivian provinces of Tarapaca and Antofagasta, the Chileans obtained what valuable natural resource found in abundance in that region(excluding precious metals)?
Az: It was during the "pacific war". Chile bet Bolivia and took her access to the sea and her major port: Arica
The ressources were "nitrate" and "cuivre".
(I don't remember the names of these in English)
Az: Sory guys I'm leaving foer 5 days...
So next question to anyone wh arrives here first!
willemvanoranje: That's me!!!!

Question 13:What is the highest point in the Netherlands and what is the lowest. I want name of the area plus the height.
Unknown soldier: Ok easy about the highest peak :Vaalserberg is the answer with 321 meters.
Now, about the lowest, it could be the hill in the backyard you were talking some days ago, if Prora can fill in there, why not a beautiful small hill . Seriously the answer is Prins Alexanderpolder 7 m. Hope that's ok.
willemvanoranje: Well, you made a small mistake. See, the Prins Willem-Alexander polder is beneath sea-level. So it is negative. Besides, my head tells me it's -6 meters. But ok. Next question for you.

Unknown soldier: Question 14: Why is the capital city of Canada was named Ottawa and what was the original name?
N/A

Magnus: Question #15: Name the place where dawn first strikes the United States of America (mainland).
After many tries....
Magnus: think high!
Magnus: Think coastal - coastal!
Magnus: Think..... Big American Car.....
Az: Pontiac beach?
Cadillac beach?
Andu: Specifically, the Roosevelt International Memorial Bridge between Lubec and Campobello Island. (High + Coastal + Automobile)
Magnus: <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/lol.gif" border=0> LOL - try Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National PArk. It is right on the sea and is 1500 feet high. I was up there last May and remember it saying that (about dawn) on a placard.
I dunno who is next, but it aint me!

Andu Indorin: Question 16: What is considered the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world?
Jamb: Aleppo and Damscus both claim to be the oldest still inhabited cities of the world..

Jamb:Question 17: In which country is spoken the most languages and how many are spoken there.
N/A (it was papua new guinea with 750)

Az: Question. 18: Which country is oficially called the "Most Serene Republic of..." ?
willemvanoranje: San Marino

Graeme the mad (asking out of the blue): Question 19: Where is the smallest (land area) country in the world?
Aristonico: Vatican City?
Graeme the mad: No its not, vatican comes 2nd - muhahahahahah - youll never get it
Az: Greame this is just spam! The Vatican IS the smalest independent and recognised state in the world.
Graeme the mad: Hey now im hurt: in fact the smallest country in the world is not the vatican city.
Aristonico: You mean Sealand... I am sorry but it has not been recognized as independent country by anyone. The same happens with a place in Italy that have elected a king... In fact, the Holy See, or Vatican City, is the smallest independent and recognized as such country in the World with its 0,44 sq.km.
There is an independent republic located on an oil rig of the East coast of Britain (if only I could remember its name - but I will find out)
Its run by one man and his wife and does most of its trade with the United kingdom
Andu: Question 19: Excluding small, sovereign states (Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, etc.), which European country has an enclave that is entirely surrounded by one other country? And how did this situation come about?

Aristonico: After the teasing of the Vatican City...

Only 1 case? I know 5 enclaves in european territory!!!. Choose which one you prefer:

-Baarle
-Büsingen
-Campione d'Italia
-Llivia
-Sankova Medvezhe
-Vennbahn

SO! Andu is the undeniable winner of Cumulative Geography quiz #2!

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[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by Az:
Question 1 now belongs to willem since he's right and answered first.

Actually, first question to Aristonico, who answered before Willem:

Originally posted by Aristonico:
Only 1 case? I know 5 enclaves in european territory!!!. Choose which one you prefer:

-Baarle
-Büsingen
-Campione d'Italia
-Llivia
-Sankova Medvezhe
-Vennbahn

I was thinking of Llivia; didn't know about Baarle and Busingen. My atlas doesn't even have entries for Sankova Medvezhe and Vennbann; and Campione d'Italia -- which I did know about -- does border Lago di Lugano.

So, the next question is yours.


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[Aristonico]

Thanks a lot...
Here it is

Which Spanish province was created in 1958 and ceased to exist as that in 1969

Have fun

 

[Az]

Just so that the other quize's questions don't go to waste I thought that while reading them again (which I would have done anyway) I could copy paste them somewhere so that they don't get lost...

Go to the first post of this thread and you'll find them.

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[Andu Indorin]

Out of the blue, I'm going to say Gibralter.

 

[Jamb]

Ifni?

 

[Aristonico]

Jamb, all yours

...
Yes the right answer was Ifni, or Sidi-Ifni, an Spanish enclave in Morroco, that was returned (well, never has been before) to their soverignity.

So Jamb can post the next question!

 

[Jamb]

ok, so here it is

What four places were named after and by Magellan during his trip around the world?

 

[stormerne]

Originally posted by Jamb:
What four places were named after and by Magellan during his trip around the world?

Montevideo (He is supposed to have said "I see a mountain")
Straits of All Saints (as named by him, later named after him as Straits of Magellan)
Pacific Ocean (named by him)
Isles of the Ladrones ("Thieves", named by him, later renamed to Marianas")

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[Jamb]

Well, the answers I had in mind were The Pacific Ocean, Land of Fire, the Strait of Magellan (Strait of all Saints) and Patagonia... but if youre sure that Montevideo and and Isles of the Ladrones are also right, then you have the next question.

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[stormerne]

Magellan named lots of places. After emerging from the Straits of All Saints into the Pacific and leaving Tierra del Fuego behind, he also came across two small islands which he named "The Unfortunate Islands".

Montevideo: Magellan believed he had already found the Spice Islands (the Moluccas, now Melaka) when from afar he said "I see a mountain", but it turned out only to be land bordering the Rio de la Plata.

Ladrones: The natives' idea of mutual gift exchange was interpreted by Magellan as thievery. They 'stole' one of his small boats so he burnt down 50 of their houses and called it the Isle of Thieves, later becoming the Marianas.

Next question: How many time zones are there?
(a) in theory, and
(b) actually in use.

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[Lefty Scaevola]

Theoretically, 24, 15* of longitude wide, what with daylight savings, double daylight savings, some country setting the time zone 30 minutes different, and large regions, including lefty's Autonomous Castle, using local astronomical time, the real number is not really available.

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[stormerne]

The de jure theoretical number is indeed 24, and it was the original number officially mooted. However, the de facto theoretical number is not 24. It is something larger and despite the discrepancy it is still internationally recognised. But how much larger is it? And how many of this larger number of theoretical time zones are actually used? Ignoring daylight savings time (which I'm regarding as still being within the same time zone) the number should still be available.

Clue: Where is the easiest place to find a list of all the world time zones?

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[Juize]

31? I checked dis' one from my old geography book. But thats propably what u mean for
easiest place...

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[stormerne]

31 is not correct. I'll answer my own part (a), but I'll leave answering part (b) to everyone else.

Originally, 24 International Time Zones were set up on the hour boundaries. This is the de jure standard and they're all in use.

However, in some countries, this wasn't good enough for them, and local regulations have set the time zone on the half-hour or quarter-hour boundaries. The de facto theoretical maximum for the number of time zones is therefore 96 - using all hours, half-hours and quarter-hours.

The answer to part (b) - how many time zones are <u>actually</u> in use - is somewhere between those numbers 24 and 96. It's a fairly low number but it's not 31!.

So now I've answered part (a), I'll modify part (b) to say please include a list of the odd ones (the ones NOT on full hour boundaries).

By the way, the easiest place for nearly everyone on Civ Fanatics to find the list of (nearly) all the time zones in use is a phone book!



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[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Is it 40?

You guys must have better phone books than I do.

 

[stormerne]

I think you're guessing because you haven't listed where those extra 16 time zones are in force! But no Eohippus, it's not 40.

The British Telecom phonebooks has an "international direct dial" section, listing all the major cities of all the countries in the world, and it has the relevant time zone(s) for each listing. Takes a while to scan through but (nearly)all the info is there.

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[Jamb]

37

 

[Juize]

Oh jesus, I hope we would have as good phone books as u...

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[Aristonico]

Originally posted by stormerne:

Originally posted by Jamb:
What four places were named after and by Magellan during his trip around the world?

Pacific Ocean (named by him)

The Pacific Ocean was named by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Spanish "conquistador" that was the first one that crossed the Panama Istmus. The name "Pacifico" means quiet or calm, as his first view was a calm extension of sea... When Magalhaes/Magallanes/Magellan arived, the sea was properly known, in fact he was looking for a practicable passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific!
The city at the exit of the Panam Channel to the Pacific is named Balboa, after the "dicoverer. Also the currency of Panama is called "balboa".
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