General Knowledge Quiz

[Steph]

Easy question

That's San Francisco, with the Golden Gate at the top of your red circle. The body of water to the west is the Pacific, and to the right it's the San Franciso bay.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.817311,-122.472539&spn=0.02824,0.044889&t=k&z=15

Been there, done that, got the T shirt.

Pictures taken by my wife in 1999 during our honeymoon.

Well, actually, I did not bought a T shirt in San Francisco

 

[Olav]

Very good Steph. The area I mentioned is Bay Area.

Been there, done that, got the T shirt.

You don't sound very impressed.

Your turn!

 

[Olav]

Come on then, Steph!

 

[Steph]

Give the 5 countries with the largest Exclusive Economic Zone, including territorial waters, with their approximate size.

 

[Ozbenno]

I would have a stab at...

Russia, Canada, USA, Australia, Brazil

 

[Steph]

Some are in the top five, some are not.

And you did not get an approximat size.

I'm not after the exact size, but I'm more interested by the relative size.

Something like the first is twice as big as the second, etc.

 

[Ozbenno]

No idea about relative size, was banking on largest coastlines being right

 

[Steph]

Well, it's not enough...

 

[Olav]

Well, a month with no activity is enough for me, so here's a new question.

In what city do you find this building?

 

[Ozbenno]

Barcelona?

 

[Olav]

Nope, not Barcelona... but you're on the right continent.

 

[Ekolite]

Paris? ..................

 

[Olav]

No. The city is in a german-speaking country.

 

[nonconformist]

Wien ?

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Aachen????

 

[Olav]

You nailed it, noncon. It's the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna.

 

[nonconformist]

Okay:

Who, where, and what was the name of the occasion?

 

[nonconformist]

No guesses?

 

[Tee Kay]

Looks like something from the Eastern Side of the Iron Curtain.

 

[Olav]

Well, it's not my turn, but I give it a shot: The man is Willy Brandt, and I think it's in front of some monument from WWII. I don't know what the name of the occasion is, though...