the annual geography quiz

[pakillo]

(in my language Vienna begins with B).

Igivup. What language is that?

Serbian. Беч or Beč (Bech) Same in some other countries in the region. Btw, Slovenian name for Vienna is interesting- Dunaj(Danube).

[Tuariki]

Bosnia? Croatia? Serbia? Hungary? Romania? Turkey? Bulgaria?
Bec or Bech?
Of course, I cheated and googled it.

[Pego]

(in my language Vienna begins with B).

Igivup. What language is that?

Serbian. Беч or Beč (Bech) Same in some other countries in the region. Btw, Slovenian name for Vienna is interesting- Dunaj(Danube).

From your previous postings, I had an impression you are Ukrainian .

[pakillo]

(in my language Vienna begins with B).

Igivup. What language is that?

Serbian. Беч or Beč (Bech) Same in some other countries in the region. Btw, Slovenian name for Vienna is interesting- Dunaj(Danube).

From your previous postings, I had an impression you are Ukrainian .

Probably because of my grammar

[gh]

gh is now off on a road trip (road trip!!!!).... the quiz sections will lie fallow for much/most of the rest of the day.

[DoubleRBar]

Highway 101

[Daisy]

California State Route 1

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46. What city has been called the Manchester of Japan?

(and no, I don't think it has anything to do with a soccer club)

bump

(somebody was supposed to ansewr this while I was gone!)

[Dutra5]

Let me apologize for the board.

Osaka

[gh]

<<46. Osaka. Each is the third-largest city in its nation and, at the time the nickname caught on, both were heavily industrialized.>>

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47. What nation's flag used to have a yarn-spinning wheel in the center but now has the Buddhist Ashoka Chakra, the wheel of law?

[mcgato]

Hey, we're back up.

Wild guess to keep things moving: Sri Lanka. I will now go off to check.

Oh, and I bought a new car today. Yay me!

[Conor Dary]

Not Nepal. Bhutan?

[gh]

all wrong

[tandfman]

The only other country in that region that I can think of is Sikkim.

[Tuariki]

India

[tandfman]

India

Why would India have a Buddhist symbol on its flag?

[dj]

India

Why would India have a Buddhist symbol on its flag?

India is correct. The Ashoka Chakra represents the laws of Dharma, represented in both Hinduism and Buddhism, both of which began in India.

[Tuariki]

India

Why would India have a Buddhist symbol on its flag?

I had no idea I just guessed that the wheel on the Indian flag was the one GH was referring to.

Anyway, I have now looked it up and discovered that Gandhi designed the original spinning wheel flag but that was not acceptable to the Indian Congress.

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The only other country in that region that I can think of is Sikkim.

And that will most definitely be wrong because Sikkim became a state of India in 1975!

[tandfman]

I was wondering about that. (How could there be a real nation that was not an IAAF member?) But I just didn't think it was likely that a predominantly Hindu nation would have a Buddhist symbol on its flag and I couldn't think of any other possibilities in that region.

[Tuariki]

I was wondering about that. (How could there be a real nation that was not an IAAF member?) But I just didn't think it was likely that a predominantly Hindu nation would have a Buddhist symbol on its flag and I couldn't think of any other possibilities in that region.

Don't worry. I didn't have a clue either. I just guessed the thing in the middle was a wheel and the words Ashoka Chakra sounded Indian to me. Or is it that Hindu? Or is that Buddhist? Or am I taking a risk here and opening up another Anthony Treacher like discussion topic.

[dj]

Sanskrit.

[mcgato]

Since gh seems to be mostly offline, and there are only a few questions left, I'm taking the liberty of continuing this quiz forward.

<<47. India.>>

[mcgato]

48. Which is farther north - Cannes, on the French Riviera, or Milwaukee?

[DoubleRBar]

Cannes.

[mcgato]

<<48. Cannes is about 10 miles farther north than Milwaukee.>>

[mcgato]

49. What nation's prime minister went for a swim in the ocean on Dec. 17, 1967, and was never seen again - an event residents of this black-humored nation sometimes refer to as "the swim that needed no towel"?

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[quote="mcgato"]Since gh seems to be mostly offline, and there are only a few questions left, I'm taking the liberty of continuing this quiz forward.




Yes as noted elsewhere my laptop died and I reduced using an iPad which is problematic with long chunks of copy. Thanks muchly

[DoubleRBar]

I don't remember his name, but I remember the incident in Australia.

[mcgato]

<<49. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. Melbourne later named its municipal swimming pool after him.>>
It only asked for the country, so I'll accept that. I did giggle at naming a swimming pool after him.

[mcgato]

Last one.
50. Where is the "Wine Dark Sea," and who originally called it that?

[dj]

<<49. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. Melbourne later named its municipal swimming pool after him.>>
It only asked for the country, so I'll accept that. I did giggle at naming a swimming pool after him.

About as silly as naming a line of luggage for Amelia Earhart!

[gh]

Last one.
50. Where is the "Wine Dark Sea," and who originally called it that?

Ooo ooh! I get a chance to play. It's the Med. Homerian, no?

[mcgato]

The Homer part is correct. Wrong sea, though.