Cumulative Geography Quiz #3

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I saw through your ruse! :beer:

I've lost track of the numbers, but who cares. Here's one a little different :)

Which name and what commodity links the following:
* Bow (the area in East London)
* India
* Goldings
 
The commodity is indeed India Pale Ale!

This is a beer first brewed in the 1790s to try and survive the journey from England to India, something that no beer upto then could reliably do. Goldings is a variety of hop that was added in huge quantities as a preservative, and the alcohol content was heightened for the same reason.

Bow is important because it was first brewed at the Bow brewery in East London and shipped from there to India. But who by?

(You're so close that you should have first shot at it Duke)
 
As a wild stab in the dark, I suggest that the British East India Company brewed their own, or had a subsidiary that supplied their workers and soldiers abroad. Otherwise, I would have thought that it would be a brewery that is still running, but can't think of the major London brewers at the moment. It'd be a good excuse to go the pub for some research though. Cheers Storm :beer:.

[Well, I looked the answer up, and I was wrong. Even had I trotted down to one of the local real ale pubs, I'd have been wrong. I'll post my answer a bit later to give someone else who didn't have to cheat a try, but apart from Shadowdale then there won't be that many who'll get it. I think I'll still do some much-needed research :beer:!]

[edit again!: I've decided to just give the answer as I found it, because I'm about to leave work and so whoever gets to this thread first can ask the next geography question! It was a Charles Hodgson whose company produced India Ale for export. Good luck with the next questions :).]
 
Full marks Duke! :goodjob: :beer:

Since no one has posted a question in the last five hours, here's a really easy one for someone.

Which of the following is the odd one out? And why?
  1. Central Park
  2. Mungo Park
  3. Hyde Park
  4. Bois de Boulogne
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Mungo Park is a national park (in Australia), whereas the other parks are city parks. Right?
 
Okay, next question.

What "size 8" city has a name that means "the nose of the squash", and in what language is that name?
 
Allan's response to my question was not a good enough answer (as you would agree if you knew the answer). I'm still waiting for the correct answer.
 
Of course it's that easy! :lol:

Yes Mungo Park was first and foremost an explorer - of Africa 200 years ago as it happens. Park was his surname and hence that was the catch, to "hide a tree in a wood". The others are not explorers. They are ALL parks of one kind or another but that's hardly helpful is it? I said it was really easy. :)

You get bonus points for the lake thing - which is brilliant - but I'd have given it to you for just 'explorer'.

Without wishing to upset Allan, in my estimation it's your go Duke (though I'll not be able to answer now till this evening which will give plenty of chance for others to have a go).
 
"Without wishing to upset Allan, in my estimation it's your go Duke (though I'll not be able to answer now till this evening which will give plenty of chance for others to have a go)."

No worries, Duke answered my question correctly anyway.... But technically I WAS also right, there is a national park in Australia called Mungo Park, and the other parks are NOT "national" parks. There was more than one correct explanation for the answer, though you may not have realized it. Carry on, Duke....
 
But there's no end to the technically right answers. For example, Mungo Park is the only one which has the letter "m" in it and doesn't have the letter 'e' in it! :) But I suspect if you'd known the answer I wanted you'd have said that one first as it's more obvious.

Anyway, it gives a chance for us 'knowledgable types' a chance to chat about an interesting subject. Which is what it's all about isn't it? So on with the quiz...

[Edit]
I think the largest national park is still Etosha in Namibia. Estimates vary, but the biggest number I've seen is 23175 square kilometres (5.7 million acres) though this is only a quarter of its size pre 1960s.

(There is also a protected area four times the size of Etosha around Canada and Alaska but it's a conglomeration of smaller areas hence technically it's not a single park in a single nation.)
 
The beer was of course there deliberately and a wink to the wise. :)

As for the national park, how about this new one in Tibet, size 60,000 square kilometres?
 
I feel an idiot! OK the country we're talking about is Greenland. And the area we're talking about is 972,000 square kilometres. (For our US friends that's bigger than Texas!)

Sorry it took so long. :rolleyes:
 
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