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catson52
gh wrote: 7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
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Daisy
catson52 wrote: gh wrote: 7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
So Darjeeling and/or India must be correct.
I am heading to Wales this summer and I'm excited to ride their new (to me) narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. When I was a kid we used to walk through the abandoned tunnels looking for fools gold.
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gh
<<7. Darjeeling, India.>>
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8. Most of this nation drives on the right, but two of its most densely populated parts drive on the left. Which country?
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Daisy
gh wrote: 8. Most of this nation drives on the right, but two of its most densely populated parts drive on the left. Which country?
Kenya?
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jeremyp
Daisy wrote: catson52 wrote: gh wrote: 7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
So Darjeeling and/or India must be correct.
I am heading to Wales this summer and I'm excited to ride their new (to me) narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon. When I was a kid we used to walk through the abandoned tunnels looking for fools gold.
Are you Welsh? My mother was.
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Conor Dary
Daisy wrote: gh wrote: 8. Most of this nation drives on the right, but two of its most densely populated parts drive on the left. Which country?
Kenya?
Ghana?
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gh
neither Kenya nor Ghana
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Daisy
jeremyp wrote: Are you Welsh? My mother was.
Not Welsh but we spent every summer in Snowdonia. It feels like a second home.
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Daisy
gh wrote: neither Kenya nor Ghana
Somoa?
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LopenUupunut
China?
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Tuariki
Yes, china. Hong Kong and macau
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gh
<<8. China drives on the right, except for the former British colony of Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony of Macau, which drive on the left. (The latter because it used to import most of its cars from the former.)>>
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9. Which nation issues a banknote with Mount Everest on one side and a pair of yaks on the other?
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Daisy
gh wrote: 9. Which nation issues a banknote with Mount Everest on one side and a pair of yaks on the other?
So is this one Nepal?
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Tuariki
Bhutan
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mump boy
Daisy wrote: catson52 wrote: gh wrote: 7. Where can you ride the narrow-gauge "toy train" past tea plantations with views of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain?
One terminus of the train is Darjeeling, India. Rode the train in 2004.
So Darjeeling and/or India must be correct.
I am heading to Wales this summer and I'm excited to ride their new (to me) narrow gauge railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon.
I've been on that train, i think it was really interesting but i was SO hung over (or maybe still drunk) so i don't remember very much
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gh
not Bhutan
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dj
Tibet? Does a government in exile have currency?
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mcgato
I'm guessing that Daisy's guess of Nepal is correct.
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catson52
gh wrote: not Bhutan
Everest lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet, it should be one of those two countries. Does Tibet issue its own currency? - I do not think so. But, the Chinese claim the northern face of Mt Everest as part of their territory.
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gh
yes, I didn't catch his post as the last on an old page.
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10. Officially called "Liberty Enlightening the World," this French-built monument grew out of a plan for a lighthouse at the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal. After the Egyptian sultan balked at the notion, where did it end up?
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mcgato
USA as the Statue of Liberty?
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mump boy
New York
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gh
<<10. In New York Harbor, where it is more commonly known as the Statue of Liberty.>>
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11. Where can you find the only North American walled city north of Mexico?
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Conor Dary
Montreal?
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Daisy
Conor Dary wrote: Montreal?
Or Quebec City?
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Conor Dary
Daisy wrote: Conor Dary wrote: Montreal?
Or Quebec City?
My second guess.
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Daisy
Conor Dary wrote: Daisy wrote: Conor Dary wrote: Montreal?
Or Quebec City?
My second guess.
I remember a gate in a wall there, but I don't recall if it is a 'walled city'.
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mcgato
Definitely Quebec City. I had a great time there with my family a few years ago. I would highly recommend it, along with Montreal.
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gh
<<12. What freshly minted country joined the United Nations last year?>>
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Pego
South Sudan?
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mump boy
Pego wrote: South Sudan?
My friends dad is a minister in the govt of South Sudan and she invited me to the independence celebrations. For some reason which is unfathomable to me now, i didn't go
but i'm certainly going for a visit one day
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