Cumulative Geography quiz #4!!!

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Ah, the Lena is probably longer than those other two--just noticed that one on the globe. And, just out of curiosity, is that fourth river the Red/Nelson River chain in the US and Canada (starting in Browns Valley, Minnesota and ending in the Hudson Bay)?

Anyway, to my question:

What do the city pairs Anchorage/St. Petersburg, Minneapolis/Calcutta, and Ottawa/Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) have in common?
 
Originally posted by allan
Ah, the Lena is probably longer than those other two--just noticed that one on the globe. And, just out of curiosity, is that fourth river the Red/Nelson River chain in the US and Canada (starting in Browns Valley, Minnesota and ending in the Hudson Bay)?
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Correct! Actually, the 4th river is the Nile :)
 
Are they sister cities? That friendship thing where every major city in the world was assigned another city to be its sister.
 
No, at least not to my knowledge. I'm not sure of what kind of hint to give without giving it away, but bear with me as I might think of one....
 
Nope--I don't believe Anchorage is at the mouth of any major rivers (maybe a creek), and Minneapolis is not a port, at least not for seagoing vessels--too far inland. And it is on the Mississippi, FAR from its mouth in New Orleans.

Anyway, that's not what I had in mind, and the commonality is in the PAIRS of cities, not the individual ones. The poster who asked if these pairs were all "sister city" relationships was a good guess along those lines, but that wasn't it.



On edit: I see that you said "in each pair, there is one city that is" a port on a river. So technically you are right, but that's not the answer. The cities in each pair have a certain "relationship" if you can call it that, and so how the relationship between Calcutta and Minneapolis is the same as that between Anchorage and St. Petersburg, and that between Ottawa and Saigon, is what I am looking for. And no, the relationship is not that of being in separate countries--the countries they are in don't have anything particular to do with it.
 
If everyone's stumped after 12 hours or so, I will give a hint that will make it a LOT easier (it may give it away)--but I want to see if anyone can guess it on their own first.
 
OK, this is a wild guess. Each pair of cities was formerly under the control of one govt. Anchorage, St Petersburg were once under the Russians; Minneapolis, Calcutta were under the British and Ottawa, Saigon were under the French?
 
I'll give it to Magnus (as for SKM's reply, Minneapolis wasn't a city before American independence, and was I believe actually in the area controlled by the French (part of the Louisiana Purchase) I'm not sure Anchorage was around either when the czar owned Alaska--Sitka was though).

Anyway, the answer I had in mind was that the "great circle" routes connecting the cities in the pairs all pass very close (within 50 miles or so) to the North Pole. Which is close enough to what Magnus said (being exactly opposite longitude-wise) to give him the next question.
 
Hmm... Well my guess is Israel, for no better reason than most current flags are relatively new, and Israel has been to war lots so they've had ample opportunity to display this sort of feature.
 
Well... I am not sure this country has even BEEN at war (except civil war) in its existence (it is a colony liberated during the 20th century), so, as far as I know, it is more a law on the books rather than something that has been actually put in practise.
 
Yeah, but it doesn't change the Star spangled banner does it? I suppose that if they did really badly in a war then they might have to lose a few stars :). Anyway, Magnus said the country hasn't ever been at war, and America is at war at the moment!!

The New Zealand army has a special "war flag", with the Southern cross constellation at an angle, which is only flown at war time, but I don't know if this is adopted by the whole nation.
 
The Philippines flag has a blue stripe on the top during times of peace and a red stripe on top during wartime. I don't think they have officially been to war since 1946, though.
 
Originally posted by Magnus
The Philippines flag has a blue stripe on the top during times of peace and a red stripe on top during wartime. I don't think they have officially been to war since 1946, though.
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Doh! I was just about to guess...Congo.

Someone needs to ask the next question! :)
 
Today's Sunday Chicago Tribune Travel section has the Trib's 12th Annual Geography Challenge. There's about 3 pages of geo questions. A number of them use maps or photos so I don't know if they were able to translate it to their website or not.
 
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