Wat_Tyler
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:40 PM
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Nerdy Lounge Geography Quiz. |
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Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 09:43 PM by Wat_Tyler
I'll start with a couple of questions, you can come up with some yourself, should you wish to display your own special nerdiness.
1. Paris is the largest city in the world with a French name, but what are the second and third largest cities with a French name?
2. What is the largest city with a Dutch name? And the second?
3. What is the largest city with a Native North American name?
4. What is the largest city with a Scottish name?
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:42 PM
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2. New York City? (I mean Bronx, Brooklyn...)
3. Chicago?
4. I don't know.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:42 PM
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2. 1's half-right, 3's right. |
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4 - I doubt anyone will get it, it's actually quite a hilarious one.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:44 PM
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:47 PM
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9. No. I'll give clues later. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:49 PM
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14. No that is the second largest |
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maffia city after Naples.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:44 PM
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1. Montreal, Quebec and New Orleans, Louisiana?
2. Amsterdam?
3. Chicago?
4. Edinburgh?
I suspect there will be some unexpected surprises.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:48 PM
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11. 1. It's not New Orleans - 2. No, 3. Yes 4. No. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:49 PM
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15. I am happy I got #3 right |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:54 PM
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22. No one will get #4 - It's completely insane. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:45 PM
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5. 1) Port Au Prince and Quebec |
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2) Manhattan
3) Tallahassee
4) Haggisberg ???
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:46 PM
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I had Port Au Prince, then I edited it out because I wasn't sure if it was bigger than New Orleans or not.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:47 PM
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10. I once took a holiday in Haggisberg. T'was a smelly place. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:49 PM
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13. Nope. Haggisberg is fourth largest, IIRC. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:50 PM
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17. What of the others???? |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:52 PM
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:53 PM
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21. I have never hated you more than right now |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:55 PM
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25. So, no C-Loving for me tonight? |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:46 PM
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I was going to guess Algiers and Manhattan.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:47 PM
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b. Chicago
2. a. Amsterdam b. New York
3. Seatlle 4. edinboro
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:49 PM
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:49 PM
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12. 1. Port-Au-Prince and New Orleans? |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:51 PM
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18. OK - The French name is open to debate. |
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Montreal is second largest - I had Detroit for third, as it was named that when under French ownership - but that may be a native name. Anyone able to clear that up?
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:55 PM
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24. According to my French dictionary |
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"détroit" is French for "strait."
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:56 PM
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27. Works for me - Detroit it is. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:55 PM
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The lands around Detroit were known by the French as le detroit, or the straits.
from a nasa page i'm too lazy to link
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:52 PM
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20. 1. Montreal and Marseilles? |
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2. Johannesburg? Rotterdam? 3. Chicago would have been my guess, too. No! Really! 4. I bet it's someplace in Australia or New Zealand. Perth?
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:55 PM
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23. Johannesburg it is - that and Vancouver are the two largest cities with |
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Dutch names. Chicago is right too.
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Thu Jan-06-05 09:58 PM
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1. Paris, Montreal, Detroit
2. Manhatten NY, Johannesburg South Africa
3. Chicago, Il
4. Houston Tx, then Dallas, Tx
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:00 PM
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29. You know, I'll have to check Houston and Dallas |
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That's a very good point - I may have totally forgotten about them.
1 is right, as is 3.
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:04 PM
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33. Houston was named in honour of General Sam Houston |
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and it is a Scottish last name - so it's debatable. Maybe it qualifies. Anyway, that's not the city I had in mind.
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:04 PM
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:09 PM
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41. True - but it's indirect through a guy's name, like Dallas is. |
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I'm looking for one with a direct Scottish name.
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:01 PM
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:02 PM
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31. Damn! That's the second largest. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:05 PM
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35. Well, if you're answering for the Dutch category - yes. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:07 PM
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38. I was expanding on the 'burgh' idea |
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:05 PM
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< http://www.mongabay.com/cities_pop_01.htm>Rank Pop City 31 5,006,513 Toronto 62 2,871,499 Chicago
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:07 PM
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39. I went by metro pop - Chicago is bigger than Toronto. |
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That's a weird poll - it takes the metro pop of Toronto, but not that of Chicago - Chicago's metro pop is 7.9m
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:24 PM
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43. actually Chicago is bigger than Toronto both city and metro |
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:06 PM
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1. Montreal and Nice
2. (1) Amsterdam and (2) Rotterdam
3. Ottawa
4. Edinbourgh
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:08 PM
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40. 1. - half right - 2. no, 3. no, 4. no. |
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Ottawa doesn't count anyway - I'm convinced it doesn't really exist.
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:14 PM
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42. Anyway - I've got to pop off for a few minutes - the answer is.... |
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:25 PM
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Great quiz... hope there is more of the same soon.
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Thu Jan-06-05 10:28 PM
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45. Maybe - I may have shot my wad with this lot. |
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I mean, there's only so many large African cities with Celtic names, aren't there?
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