GeoQuiz Championship 2003

[Lepton]

The Geoquiz, an infamous GL game, is based on basic geographical knowledge. You don't need to remember your high school geography courses, nor do you need to have travelled the world.

Rules:

The player with the fewest points at the end of the scoring wins. For each question, you get one point for every person that sends in the same answer as you (if 2 others send, you get 3 points). For any incorrect answers, you get 10 points. If you get the bonus for any question, 1 point is taken from your score for that question. You are not permitted to use outside sources for this game.

The Questions:

1. Name a country whose capital city share the country's name.

2. Name a country whose capital city is also the country's most populous city.

3. Name a country whose flag features an isoceles triangle attached to one side. Bonus for the most triangles attached to a side. If this isn't clear, I'll post an image here

4. Name a country whose flag uses at least 4 colours. Bonus for most colours.

5. Name an African country that lies due south of some part of Russia. Bonus if answer is the same as #6.

6. Name an African country that lies due east of some part of South America. Bonus if answer is the same as #5.

7. Name a nation that was created in the past 10 years (since April 1993). this can be ambiguous, so I'll mark it with an open mind

8. Name a nation that bordered the USSR that does not border Russia.

9. Name one of the 1993 World Refugee Survey's 6 principal sources of refugees. (more than 700 000 refugees cumulative)

10. Name a continental (non-island) country whose 1994 population did not exceed one million.

11. Eight cities had a projected population density for 2000 in excess of 100 000 persons per square mile. Name one. Bonus for highest density, and partial points for a close answer.

12. To make up for those last couple toughies, name a country with a funny name. The 10% least funny names will be considered "incorrect", so a brief explanation of the humour in your country's chosen name might be wise.

Bonus:

Some of the GeoQuiz regulars might remember a question about the capital of South Africa on a past quiz. With that in mind, name as many capitals of the following countries as you can. Most correct capitals gets the bonus of Negative Ten Points!
-Bhutan
-Bolivia
-Ivory Coast
-South Africa
-Sudan
-Switzerland

Send whatever answers you can come up with to flawedconceptions@yahoo.ca

The Deadline is April 27th at GL midnight. The winner will be crowned GL GeoQuiz Champion for 2003.

I encourage anyone who hasn't yet to make their own geoquiz, and anyone who has to do so again. hehe

[Sparticus]

#3 is rather unclear. Could you post that image?

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In my dice bag, I've got dice you've never even heard of. I have a d5, d7, d14, d16...I think I've even got a d1.

[Quailman]

Sent, using the assumption that the design of the flag includes an isosceles triangle whose base is along an edge of the flag.

[pingus_dolphin]

For number 9 do you want a country or region?

[Vinny]

Sent.

Shooting for highest score =)

[pingus_dolphin]

Sent

[Agamemnon®]

Just a very brief piece of historic information......

.....Lepton is the current reigning 2002 Geo-quiz champion, beating some of the greatest Geo-quiz players on the GL in the process.

Thanks for listening, carry on.

[ML]

Sent. Hoping not to finish too poorly.

[Lepton]

For #9: Countries were used for the survey, however, bear in mind that the survey was over a long period of time up to 1993. What am I hinting at? Basically, either a country or a former country would be an acceptable answer.

#3

(Hy rocks, btw)



[This message has been edited by Lepton (edited 04-17-2003 03:25 PM).]

[Sparticus]

Good, that's what I was hoping you meant. Preparing answers now...

[Sparticus]

sniff sniff

[Qaqaq]

Sent. Man, I hate flag questions.

[Lepton]

Entries thus received from:

Quailman
Deth
Vinny
ML
Pingus_Dolphin
Qaqaq
Sparticus

All look rather good.

[CrystyB]

Does a

code:

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flag feature 2/4 isosceles triangles?

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 04-18-2003 02:00 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

/in

[Courk]

/sent. Feel free to laugh.

[T McAy]

Dispatched

[Lepton]

CB:
I'd consider that as one. I suppose I should have been more specific about that.

I'll take one side of your chosen flag and construct one triangle for each colour "layer". So the St. Andrew's Cross (a blue flag with a white x) would have one blue triangle and one white triangle.

Entries received from:
Quailman, Dethy, Vinny, Dolphin, ML, Sparticus, Qaqaq, Taflinel, DP, Mole, Courk, and T McAy

NB: If there is a question where the score awarded to a correct answer is at or above 10, the penalty for an incorrect answer will be increased accordingly.

[Courk]

Can I change one of my answers in response to the answer you gave CB regarding the flags?

[Lepton]

Yes.

You can also ask me in that IM screen that I have open.

[pingus_dolphin]

5. Name an African country that lies due south of some part of Russia. Bonus if answer is the same as #6.

6. Name an African country that lies due east of some part of South America. Bonus if answer is the same as #5.

I thought all African countries are south of Russia and east of South America.



[This message has been edited by pingus_dolphin (edited 04-19-2003 02:20 AM).]

[dethwing]

I think it means directly south of Russia. As in going straight down.

[Lepton]

Yeah, using those oft-disregarded lines of latitude and longitude.

[cuban smoker]

I have sent a response

[Sparticus]

JAB (just a bump)

[Lepton]

More responses received.

A certain Limey teetotaler has not yet sent his entry...

[edit]Okay, now he has.[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Lepton (edited 04-23-2003 03:34 PM).]

[ML]

bumpDid I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win? Did I win?

[Lepton]

Apr. 26, 2400 minus Apr. 24, 1710 equals
2 days, 6 hours, and 50 minutes, give or take

[Tahnan]

Lepton was nice to me in email, so: sent. This should be, er, painful.

[Lepton]

w00t! and w00t again, for the knowledge that there's someone else awake at this ungodly hour.

[Lepton]

The Results:

There were 18 entrants. That makes for a very large table.
You can find the individual answers Here. Individual scores are listed below.

Everyone did very well, I'm happy to say. If I messed up any additions or whatnot, feel free to point it out.

Question #9 was struck from the results. As of 1993, the six principal sources of refugees were Afganistan, Palestine, Mozambique, Yugoslavia, Burundi, and Liberia. Bonus points (-7) go to Taflinel, Kevin, and Agamemnon for correct submissions (Yugoslavia).

The correct answers for #11 are Bombay, Jakarta, Lagos, Hong Kong, Dhaka, Shenyang, Ahmadabad, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Quailman: 6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7, 5, 4, 10, 1
Dethwing: 3, 2, 10, 1, 2, 2, 1, 10, 5, 10, 1
Vinny: 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 10, 10, 10
pingus dolphin: 1, 1, 4, 5, 2, 2, 10, 2, 5, 10, 1
ML: 6, 3, 1, 10, 3, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2
Sparticus: 3, 2, 10, 2, 2, 2, 1, 10, 3, 10, 2
Qaqaq: 4, 1, 10, 5, 3, 3, 1, 3, 5, 10, 1
Taflinel: 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 10, 1, -7
Dragon Phoenix: 6, 3, 4, 5, 1, 0, 7, 5, 2, 2, 2
mole: 6, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 7, 2, 3, 10, 1
Courk: 3, 1, 2, 5, 3, 3, 10, 10, 3, 10, 2
T McAy: 6, 1, 10, 5, 0, 0, 7, 3, 3, 3, 1
Kevin: 4, 1, 10, 1, 2, 1, 7, 5, 2, 10, 1, -7
Cuban Smoker: 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 7, 5, 3, 10, 1,
Agamemnon: 4, 1, 4, 5, 0, 0, 7, 1, 1, 2, 1, -7, -10
Tahnan: 6, 1, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 10, 10, 10, 1
CrystyB: 4, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1
Psyko: 3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 10, 1

The Countdown:
Courk: 54
Tahnan: 51
Dethwing: 47
Sparticus: 47
Qaqaq: 46
Vinny: 45
pingus dolphin: 43
ML: 40
cuban smoker:39
mole: 39
T McAy: 39
Quailman: 38
Dragon Phoenix: 37
Kevin: 37
Psyko: 37
CrystyB: 24
Taflinel: 20

And the 2003 GeoQuiz Champion, with an unbelievable score of 8, is....

Agamemnon!

Congratulations to everyone who participated.
Thank you, too.



[This message has been edited by Lepton (edited 04-30-2003 12:49 AM).]

[Lepton]

Since you're probably not curious, here are the capitals:

Bolivia: La Paz (admin), Sucre (judicial)
Bhutan: Thimphu, Paro Dzong (admin)
Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (de facto)
South Africa: Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria (admin), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Sudan: Khartoum (executive), Omdurman (legislative)
Switzerland: Bern (admin), Lausanne (judicial)

[kevinatilusa]

Not that it'll put me within striking distance, but did I get my 7 point bonus for #9?

Regardless, congrats to Agamemmnon!!

[This message has been edited by kevinatilusa (edited 04-28-2003 06:05 AM).]

[Quailman]

You said you would score number seven with an open mind, and that you did. Not that it would have changed my ranking, but it would have made the champion's spot even more secure.

East Timor 20-May-02
Eritrea 24-May-93
> Ten Years ago:
Czech Republic 1-Jan-93
Macedonia 8-Sep-91
Uzbekistan 1-Sep-91
Ukraine 24-Aug-91
Croatia 25-Jun-91
Republic of Congo 15-Aug-60
Not given Credit:
Pakistan 14-Aug-47
Afghanistan 19-Aug-19

Thanks for running this, Lepton! Of course, Aga's title is tainted somewhat due to that fact that you yourself did not participate.

[Lepton]

Sorry, Kevin. Your score was duly adjusted.
Big-Congo has undergone some governmental transitions, including a name change, in fairly recent years. I guess I should've been more clear on the issue from the outset.

[Tahnan]

Wow, yeah, that was as dismal as I feared. Three tens, man, that'll kill you every time.

[Agamemnon]

I win and all I get is a picture of me being ever so sexy like. Pah!
Oh, btw,
Well done Leppy and thanks for giving your title up to a better contestant.

[VinnyQ]

Yay for AGa!!!

~bows to the Geomaster~

Thanks for the quiz Lepty! Let's do another.

Say, why don't somebody do a History quiz, or a Movie Trivia quiz, or a Science Quiz, or something like that?

[VinnyQ]

say, how does One get 0 point for question 5 and 6?

[T McAy]

Thanks for the quiz, Lepton. Well done, Ag