General Knowledge Quiz

[philippe]

Yeah, China's the other with 14 neighbours! The missing nation in your list is Afghanistan.

Over to you, philippe!

argh, your sig is confusing, it took me two minutes to figure out, you haven't said "I don't know it"

 

[Steph]

Obviously, It's Lesotho, not Sethetho...

And Russia has a short border with North Korea (less than 20 km long).

China also has 14 neighbours.
North Korea
Russia
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tadjikistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Bhoutan
Burma
Laos
Vietnam

and if we count South Ossetia and Abkhazia for Russia, we could count Macau and Hongkong for China.

And we could argue that the EU has 19 neighbours .

But surprisingly, the next country is... France!

BTW, how many neighbours does France have and who are they? (Side question to keep us busy).

 

[Olav]

argh, your sig is confusing, it took me two minutes to figure out, you haven't said "I don't know it"

Fixed, in a way.

Don't forget to post a new question.

Edit, at Steph's question. Hmmm: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain and Andorra. That's 8... must be many more.

 

[philippe]

ahum, Gentlemen, messieurs:

I have to get going so here is my question:
What is the world's deadliest conflict since world war II?

Vous êtes en ******, Steph


(****** in the french language, Amerikaantjes. )

oh and i'll answer the France question too, before i'm away: Belgium, luxembourg, germany, switzerland, andorra, monaco, italy, spain

 

[Steph]

Second Congo war, with around 4,000,000 casualties?

 

[philippe]

Second Congo war, with around 4,000,000 casualties?

we have a winner.

It's still very unfortunate, the world really has paid any attention to this devastating conflict that is still raging in certain parts of congo.

 

[Steph]

Bah, it's all the fault of teh Belgians anyway.

So, back to the question : How many neighbours does France have and who are they?

 

[Catharsis]

Uhh, Spain, Andorra, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Suriname? That's 11.

 

[Steph]

Congrats, you got them all.

It's funny to see that tiny France is 3rd, after the Russian and Chinese giants

 

[Izipo]

While waiting for Catharsis (congrats btw), we can also try to guess how many land borders the UK has...

 

[Olav]

Hmm... Scotland, Irland and Spain?

 

[Snerk]

..and Narnia.

 

[Izipo]

Cyprus too. They have possession here that give them two other borders.
And that's about it out of the top of my head. I remember spending hours researching that question when I was an editor in a quiz site.

So, Catharsis, how is the state of the floor ?

 

[Catharsis]

Alright then...

What are the three most-visited webcomics on the WWW? And I want them in order, too.

 

[Izipo]

I'm just giving my favorites, so I'm sure to be way off.

XKCD
Ctrl+Alt+Del
And that one with the Legos... can't remember the name.

EDIT : Irregular webcomic, that's the one.

 

[Catharsis]

You have one correct and in the right place, but none correct and in the wrong place.

 

[Snerk]

Penny Arcade
Ctrl+alt+del
Happyness and cyanide

Very unsure about the last one.

 

[Catharsis]

You have none correct and in the right place, but two correct and in the wrong place.

 

[Mise]

XKCD
Penny Arcade
Cyanide & Happiness

Or

Penny Arcade
Cyanide & Happiness
Irregular

Or

Cyanide & Happiness
Penny Arcade
Irregular

 

[Catharsis]

One correct and in the right place, and two correct and in the wrong place.