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Cumulative Geography Quiz #3
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Now you're getting further away again. <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
allan
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The shadow of Mount Everest?
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allan
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Actually, fitting with the altitude hinted at (and other elements of the question), the flight ceiling of the 747?
OK Allan, I'll give it to you, even though the geographical name is clearly nothing to do with 747s! You have certainly decoded the puzzle. <img src="graemlins/goodwork.gif" border="0" alt="[Good Job]" />
The answer to question 13 is The Tropopause.
The lower layers of the atmosphere are called the troposphere. This is where all our weather takes place. As you rise from the earth's surface, the temperature falls on average by about 2°C per 1000ft. At a certain altitude, the temperature stops falling, remains steady(ish) for a bit, and then starts rising again as you move into the area called the stratosphere.
The average height of the tropopause in the temperate zones is about 36000ft (11km). Its average temparature approaches -60°C. It's lower and warmer at the poles; it's higher and even cooler at the equator.
The "life on the wing passing through to warmer climes" is of course medium and long haul aircraft, full of people, which usually cruise in or around the tropopause. It's vast because it encompasses the whole earth and is actually slightly bigger than the entire earth's surface.
Question 14 is yours Allan.
The answer to question 13 is The Tropopause.
The lower layers of the atmosphere are called the troposphere. This is where all our weather takes place. As you rise from the earth's surface, the temperature falls on average by about 2°C per 1000ft. At a certain altitude, the temperature stops falling, remains steady(ish) for a bit, and then starts rising again as you move into the area called the stratosphere.
The average height of the tropopause in the temperate zones is about 36000ft (11km). Its average temparature approaches -60°C. It's lower and warmer at the poles; it's higher and even cooler at the equator.
The "life on the wing passing through to warmer climes" is of course medium and long haul aircraft, full of people, which usually cruise in or around the tropopause. It's vast because it encompasses the whole earth and is actually slightly bigger than the entire earth's surface.
Question 14 is yours Allan.
allan
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14. How did the term "Horse Latitudes" get its name, and where are they?
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Answer to question 14:<br />The Horse Latitudes are the two areas, north and south of the equator, which lie between the westerlies and the trade winds. They lie over the oceans at roughly 30° north and south, and are known for their light winds and occasional calms (similar to the Doldrums).
Allegedly they got their name from the cargos of horses that were shipped between Europe and the West Inidies. These ships were sometimes becalmed in mid-ocean with the result that their voyages were made much longer. When their fresh water supplies ran low, the crew would throw the horses over the side.
Give me a while and I'll think of question 15.
Allegedly they got their name from the cargos of horses that were shipped between Europe and the West Inidies. These ships were sometimes becalmed in mid-ocean with the result that their voyages were made much longer. When their fresh water supplies ran low, the crew would throw the horses over the side.
Give me a while and I'll think of question 15.
Question 15:<br />Where is the "Town of Peacocks"?<br />In what way is it linked to a 9th century English king?
allan
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Mylapur, India, which is thought to be the last place the Apostle Thomas ministered before he was martyred. It became a center for Indian Christians.
Alfred the Great sent an emissary there in the 9th Century, that's about the only "connection" I can think of....
Alfred the Great sent an emissary there in the 9th Century, that's about the only "connection" I can think of....
allan
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Assuming I answered right, and I think I did, here's question #16:
What popular international nightlife district has a name that means "six trees"? In what city is it located?
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What popular international nightlife district has a name that means "six trees"? In what city is it located?
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Answer to question 16: Roppongi in Tokyo.
Question 17: What do these places have in common?<br />* Belle Isle (Canada)<br />* Arnhem (Netherlands)<br />* Falkland Islands (South Atlantic)<br />* Oxfordshire (England)<br />* Irkutsk (Siberia)
Question 17: What do these places have in common?<br />* Belle Isle (Canada)<br />* Arnhem (Netherlands)<br />* Falkland Islands (South Atlantic)<br />* Oxfordshire (England)<br />* Irkutsk (Siberia)
Large Copper deposits. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
No, sorry, wrong line of thought.
Massive amounts of fog. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
No! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[LOL]" /> For example, I know from personal experience that Oxfordshire is no more plagued in that way than most places.
The answer is simpler than that, and it doesn't involve knowing massive amounts of information about each place.
The answer is simpler than that, and it doesn't involve knowing massive amounts of information about each place.
They are all islands. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
BTW, Belle Island, as well as St. John's get about 200 foggy days a year!!
BTW, Belle Island, as well as St. John's get about 200 foggy days a year!!
No. Arnhem, Oxfordshire and Irkutsk are not islands.
I have a photograph I took of Belle Isle, flying over it on a clear day early one year in the early 80s. The sea is full of ice blocking the straits, and the snowy cliffs of the island itself are spectacular. In fact it was that chilly view that caused me to put a similar quiz question all those years ago, of which this is a variation.
I have a photograph I took of Belle Isle, flying over it on a clear day early one year in the early 80s. The sea is full of ice blocking the straits, and the snowy cliffs of the island itself are spectacular. In fact it was that chilly view that caused me to put a similar quiz question all those years ago, of which this is a variation.
TheDuckOfFlanders
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It are places where battle's have occured?
#17<br />52 degrees of lattitude, 4 of them north, one of them south.
Absolutely right Lefty! <img src="graemlins/goodwork.gif" border="0" alt="[Good Job]" /> They are all the same distance from the equator, and indeed all lie exactly on the 52nd parallel. The Falkland Islands is 52°S. Everything else is 52°N.
The reason for the original question back in the 80s was that I then lived close to Oxfordshire - a very mild temperate place in late Winter/early Spring with temperatures in the 10s°C/50s°F - and I was amazed to find that ice-locked Belle Isle was on the same latitude. In other words, just as near to the North Pole as I was. Thank goodness for the North Atlantic Drift.
Your question Lefty. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
The reason for the original question back in the 80s was that I then lived close to Oxfordshire - a very mild temperate place in late Winter/early Spring with temperatures in the 10s°C/50s°F - and I was amazed to find that ice-locked Belle Isle was on the same latitude. In other words, just as near to the North Pole as I was. Thank goodness for the North Atlantic Drift.
Your question Lefty. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
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