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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:19 pm
<<10. In New York Harbor, where it is more commonly known as the Statue of Liberty.>>
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:19 pm
11. Where can you find the only North American walled city north of Mexico?
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by Conor Dary » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:25 pm
Montreal?
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by Daisy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:26 pm
Conor Dary wrote: Montreal?
Or Quebec City?
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by Conor Dary » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:27 pm
Daisy wrote: Conor Dary wrote: Montreal?
Or Quebec City?
My second guess.
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by Daisy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:28 pm
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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by mcgato » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:29 pm
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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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:15 pm
<<12. What freshly minted country joined the United Nations last year?>>
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by Pego » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:19 pm
South Sudan?
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by mump boy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:25 pm
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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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:26 pm
<<12. South Sudan, which split off from Sudan in July 2011.>>
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:27 pm
13. Through what capital city does the River Liffey flow?
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by Per Andersen » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:36 pm
gh wrote: 13. Through what capital city does the River Liffey flow?
That would be Dublin
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:31 pm
<<13. Dublin, Ireland.>>
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:32 pm
14. Does any part of the continental U.S. extend south of the Tropic of Cancer?
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by mcgato » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:33 pm
I think that Key West is the southernmost point of the continental US, but I'm not sure where the Tropic of Cancer ends. I'll guess, yes, Key West is south of that.
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by Daisy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:44 pm
mcgato wrote: I think that Key West is the southernmost point of the continental US, but I'm not sure where the Tropic of Cancer ends. I'll guess, yes, Key West is south of that.
May be this is a trick question? Does Key West go that far south?
EDIT, I just realised this is a yes/no answer. So I'm going with a no.
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by Conor Dary » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:55 pm
The Tropic of Cancer is 23 degrees N, so I say no.
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:37 pm
<<14. No. The Tropic of Cancer runs a few miles north of Havana and Cabo San Lucas.>>
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:37 pm
15. Alaska and Hawaii were the last states to join the Union, but they didn't join at the same time. In fact, they joined 7 1/2 months apart. So which one was actually last?
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by mcgato » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:41 pm
Oh, come on, it is Hawaii Five-O for a reason.
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by Daisy » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:29 pm
mcgato wrote: Oh, come on, it is Hawaii Five-O for a reason.
Cool, I never knew that.
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by tandfman » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:40 pm
I never knew, until I went to Hawai'i for the first time, that Hawaii Five-0 is not what the local police call themselves. It is strictly the name of a tv show.
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:16 pm
<<15. Hawaii, on Aug. 21, 1959.>>
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by gh » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:16 pm
16. Sixty percent of the world's active geysers are located in one place. Where?
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by lonewolf » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:44 pm
Yellowstone?
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by gm » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:21 pm
I was gonna say Palm Beach...but then I realized it said "geysers"
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by pakillo » Tue Dec 25, 2012 2:37 am
Iceland
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by gh » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:35 am
<<16. Yellowstone National Park.>> (I would have guessed near Rotorua in New Zealand)
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by gh » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:36 am
17. What's the largest country (in terms of land mass) entirely south of the equator?
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by mcgato » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:42 am
Australia? Just thinking about this, I wonder how many countries are entirely south of the equator...
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by Daisy » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:42 am
gm wrote: I was gonna say Palm Beach...but then I realized it said "geysers"
good one.
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by Conor Dary » Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:31 am
mcgato wrote: Australia? Just thinking about this, I wonder how many countries are entirely south of the equator...
That seems too obvious. I will go with something like Chile.
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by highjumpfan » Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:45 am
Argentina. Why not, It certainly is bigger then chile and all in the Southern Hemisphere.
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by Conor Dary » Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:48 am
highjumpfan wrote: Argentina. Why not, It certainly is bigger then chile and all in the Southern Hemisphere.
Yea, I would go with that. Chile is pretty skinny.
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