Last Cumulative Quiz: Geography (I hope)

[Håkon]

This can just be closed if any Moderator wants it to be closed, but I felt the need for a Geography Quiz (just like the History Quiz)

Question 1:
What is the capital of The Central African Republic?

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forever!!

 

[fruitfly]

yeah go figure it's the latest CFC fashion...

a1 is Bangui, right?

so my q2 is: name the ten most populated countries in the world.

knock yourself out.

 

[GenghisK]

Bangui...
Perhaps I'm not spelling it correctly in English but it's how we say in French.

BTW, glad to see you again here Håkon. Feared you were gone for ever

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[Mongol Horde]

1 China
2 India
3 United States
4 Indonesia
5 Brazil
6 Russia
7 Pakistan
8 Bangladesh
9 Japan
10 Nigeria

Next Question:
Name the highest mountain, longest river, largest lake/inland sea on every continent except antarctica.

 

[animepornstar]

europe:
mount: most people think it´s montblanc but it´s elbrus.
river: donau?
lake: the black sea

africa:
mount: kilimanjaro
river: the nile
lake: the victoria lake?

asia:
mount: mount everest
river:huang he or ob?
lake: oxero bajkal

america:
mount: n mc kinley/ s ojds del salado
river: n mississippi/ s amazonas
lake: n lake superior? / s lago titicaca

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mount: mount cook
river: darling (got a stupid smile there)

lake: lake eyre?

can someone with an atlas check this, please?



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[animepornstar]

if i where right, the next question is: where in sweden is örnsköldsvik?

 

[andycapp]

Originally posted by animepornstar:
if i where right, the next question is: where in sweden is örnsköldsvik? <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

Ornskoldsvik is on (near) the coast (Gulf of Bothnia) between kramfors and Umea. You can accuse me of being pedantic

animepornstar but Mount Cook is in New Zealand not on the continent of Australia (Mount Kosciusko is the highest).

Next question, what are the names of the most southerly, northerly, easterly and westerly pieces of land on the Australian mainland (start with an easy one)?

 

[Andu Indorin]

I can make a couple of corrections:

Originally posted by animepornstar:
europe:
river: donau --> VOLGA
lake: the black sea --> CASPIAN

asia:
mount: mount everest
river:huang he or ob? --> CHANG JIANG (YANGTZE)
lake: oxero bajkal --> or CASPIAN

america:
mount: s ojds del salado --> ACONCAGUA
river: n mississippi --> MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI

australia:
lake: lake eyre? -->DO ANY OF THEM HAVE WATER IN THEM???

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[andycapp]

Andu, Lake Eyre rarely has water in it although we do have many other lakes that have water all year round. Australia (I'm not suggesting you meant this) is a lot more than just arid outback - it has every climatic environment (except polar) there is.

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[Wolf Lord]

Originally posted by andycapp:
Andu, Lake Eyre rarely has water in it although we do have many other lakes that have water all year round. Australia (I'm not suggesting you meant this) is a lot more than just arid outback - it has every climatic environment (except polar) there is.
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I australia the largest inland sea ages ago does not have a name but it covered the whole middle of australia around coober pedy

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[andycapp]

Welcome Wolf Lord,

good to have another Aussie around these parts - now how about answering my question. Name the land extremeties east, west, north and south of the Australian mainland?

 

[Archbob]

Guys, can I post the quizzes from now on? I mean its silly to have like 80 of these threads at once. But, I have started a trend!!

 

[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by andycapp:
Andu, Lake Eyre rarely has water in it although we do have many other lakes that have water all year round. Australia (I'm not suggesting you meant this) is a lot more than just arid outback - it has every climatic environment (except polar) there is.

Agreed. And I know that. But trying to decide which lake in Australia is the largest when the only Atlas that you have shows a lot "lake beds" in central Australia. But as a question, the original question "name everything" is simply not a question but a veritable test! And Animepornstar did rather well. By the way, what is the largest lake in Australia? And if we exclude the Caspian Sea, what is the largest natural lake in Europe? (I think that one of the reservoirs on the Volga ranks as the largest man-made lake in Europe). For Europe, off the top of my head, I would have to guess that Lake Garda is the largest in Europe excluding the Caspian Sea. But I seem to recall that Sweden has some sizeable glacial lakes.

P.S. I did give serious thought about applying to the University of Queensland for my postgraduate degree.

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[andycapp]

My atlas says that lakes Ladoga and Onega in Russia are the largest in Europe. The largest fresh water lake in Australia that is permanently full of water, is probably Lake Corangamite in western Victoria (I could be wrong).

ps. Andu, what are you studying?

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[Andu Indorin]

Yeah, that's right: Ladoga and Onega are significantly larger. (I still have to remember that for some reason they stick Russia in the "Asia" section of the Atlas!)

 

[andycapp]

I'm still waiting for an answer to my question about the names of the extremeties of the Australian mainland north, south, east and west? If I don't get one soon I'm gunna stamp my feet and

 

[Az]

You mean the states or the name of the places.?

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[andycapp]

The place names eg. Cape Byron is the most easterly point on the Australian mainland.

 

[Az]

Ok

so

East: Cape Byron
North: Tores islands
South: Tasmania...hum...Cape horn...nonono this is in argentina....well I don't know the exact name. Is Tasmania ok?
West: Brisbane must be the town that is at the western edge...

Is this concidered as a valuable answer? Can I ask a question?

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[andycapp]

Hang on Az, I had already given you Cape Byron, and I'm prepared to be magnanimous and give you "Torres Islands" even though in the north it's Cape York (remember I said "the Australian mainland" - that does not include ANY islands - including Tasmania). But Brisbane in the west!!! *shakes his head in disbelief*
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