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Wednesday 16th July 2003, 23:23
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Geography Quiz - Identify these countries.
Have a go at these, I'll put the answers up... some time.
I think 1 to 6 are easy (mind you, I know the answers!), but 7 is a stinker, while 8 is tricky, but you might get it straight away. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 |
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Wednesday 16th July 2003, 23:29
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1 - ? Belgium, upside-down
2 - 3 - Denmark 4 - 5 - Croatia, rotated 90° anti-clockwise 6 - Mexico, upside-down 7 - Nepal, upside-down 8 - Turkey Done without referring to an atlas Michael
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Wednesday 16th July 2003, 23:40
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Two might be Nicaragua and four maybe Borneo, inside-out, but you're giving me a headache, Birdman, at 6:30 a.m.
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 00:44
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1. England, alone -- withOUT Wales and Scotland.
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 00:45
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Uhhhh....maybe......
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 05:26
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OK, then FOUR is Nicaragua and TWO is Borneo, back-to-front... or Tasmania with a hangover..
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 10:38
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It's no fair--Michael already got the ones I recognized, Mexico and Croatia. I've seen Two before somewhere-- isn't it in Central America? Wasn't it liberated by Simon Bolivar? Four, I'm sure, is a third world country, and may even be uninhabited...
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 10:42
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Is 4 Spain upside-down?
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 10:48
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Yep, Andythomas is right with #4 - don't know how I failed to spot that one!
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 11:04
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2 South Africa upside-down. I thought that was a lake to start with.
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 12:23
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Brazil, of course.
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 12:50
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.. and I didn't check an atlas, my head just drooped to my right shoulder.
Kind of quiet tonight. While you're in quiz mode, how about giving me a hand finding some language riddles suitable for mixed audiences of non-English speakers? What I'm looking for are additions to a collection I have started which includes such as: (1) How far can a bear walk into the woods? Answer: Half way-- after that he's walking OUT of the woods. (2) A man has two coins totalling sixty cents, but one of them is not a 50-cent piece; what are the coins? Answer: a 10-cent piece and a 50-cent piece-- the OTHER one is a 50-cent piece! (3) (a verbal conundrum) "A farmer has twenty-six (twenty sick)sheep and one dies; how many are left?" Answer: the opposite of whatever the student guesses, 25 or 19. All play on the English language, but are not too erudite for beginning students. Any of that sort in your repertoire, B'man?
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 13:07
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Here's a good one,
You're driving a bus along a route. You have twenty passengers. At the first stop, 6 passengers get off and 4 get on. At the second stop, 1 passenger gets off and 3 get on. At the third stop 8 passengers get off and 2 get on, one with a dog. At the fourth stop, no passengers get off, but 2 get on. What's the name of the driver? |
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 14:41
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 14:47
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here is a good question
What is the name of that little peice of geography that looks like a lake that is in the middle of South Africa? Using an Atlas is cheating. |
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 14:47
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Hi Charles,
Re: question 1. I agree that if there bear only walks half way into the woods then the rest of the way he is walking out, but if he only walks half of the way in to the woods (and therefore only a quarter of the overall distance) he has as far again to walk before he is walking out.......confused meself now...... |
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 14:55
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I think somebody already did that with Achilles and a turtle.. Hey, there's a couple of good ones in there, thanks! Any more? I really use these things to teach with.
Tell us quick, will you, Rile? I've already exhausted my intellect. I know it's one of those 'homelands', but there are several, aren't there? Basutoland? Swaziland?
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Thursday 17th July 2003, 14:58
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Actually, Charles, it's Lesotho, which I think used to be called Basutoland.
Interesting (?) Lesotho factoid - it is the country with the world's highest lowest point. Anyone care to guess the country with the world's lowest highest point? |
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