NationStates Jolt Archive

Out of curiosity, have you heard of these countries? And, if so, would you be able to place them on a map (precisely or even roughly - i.e. say what part of the world they're in)?

I mean without cheating, of course. Just from memory.

Comoros
Vanuatu
St Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Togo
Tonga
Latvia
Bhutan
Kiribati
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar
Georgia
Lesotho
Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda
San Marino
Montenegro
Tanzania
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Slovenia
Brunei
Bahrain
Aotearoa
Palau
Jordan
Zambia

A little (actually, a lot) more difficult, if you want a challenge: can you identify the following countries?

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png)
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png)
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png)
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png)
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png)
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png)
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

For the sake of honesty, I've heard of all the countries I've listed and can place them all, but I would hesitate between several possibilities for some of those maps.

Aotearoa

That's a bit cheeky.

Across the Tasman sea from Errinundera of course.

That's a bit cheeky.

Across the Tasman sea from Errinundera of course.

Well, I had to include at least ONE trick question. ;)

And it is an official name for the country.

Out of curiosity, have you heard of these countries? And, if so, would you be able to place them on a map (precisely or even roughly - i.e. say what part of the world they're in)?

Vanuatu
Suriname
Aotearoa


These are the three I've not heard of yet; the others I have both heard, and most I can place rather accurately, and some at least roughly. What are those three in German?

I'm too lazy to do the maps now, but I'd probably suck somewhat anyway. I keep mixing up neighboring non-European cuntries (to be honest, even South-Eastern European countries).

Aotearoa

Did not know this one, but got 9 from the maps. Kinda chuffed with myself, going to search others.

All of my geography knowledge comes from playing Hearts of Iron, so I can tell you that Country 6 is Bolivia, 8 is Finland and 10 is El Salvador.
I could also tell you which empires the other places belonged to about the middle of the 20th century, but that's about it.

Comoros
Vanuatu
St Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Togo
Tonga
Latvia
Bhutan
Kiribati
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar
Georgia
Lesotho
Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda
San Marino
Montenegro
Tanzania
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Slovenia
Brunei
Bahrain
Aotearoa
Palau
Jordan
Zambia

I don't think I did too bad. That said, if you had asked me to list all the countries I remembered, you probably wouldn't see half of these on the list. I only recognize most of them.

Country 1 = ?
Country 2 = ?
Country 3 = ?
Country 4 = Monaco
Country 5 = Syria
Country 6 = ?
Country 7 = ?
Country 8 = Finland
Country 9 = ?
Country 10 = ?
Country 11 = ?
Country 12 = Sudan
Country 13 = The Philippines
Country 14 = Vietnam
Country 15 = ?
Country 16 = ?
Country 17 = Micronesia

Not sure how well I did there.

Sao Tome e Principe
Togo
Tonga
Latvia
Bhutan
Myanmar
Georgia
Lesotho
Suriname
San Marino
Montenegro
Tanzania
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Slovenia
Brunei
Bahrain
Jordan
Zambia


are the ones i've heard of and most of them i could place somewhere on a map but not that accurate (like Montenegro => balkan)

Comoros - yes
Vanuatu - yes
St Lucia - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - yes
Togo - yes
Tonga - yes
Latvia - yes
Bhutan - yes
Kiribati - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Myanmar - yes
Georgia - yes
Lesotho -yes
Suriname - yes
Antigua & Barbuda - yes
San Marino - yes
Montenegro - yes
Tanzania - yes
Maldives - yes
Marshall Islands - yes
Burundi - yes
Slovenia - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Aotearoa - yes, but not commonly known as such ;)
Palau - yes
Jordan - yes
Zambia - yes


Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) Qatar


Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)

Tajik(i?)stan

Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)

Malawi
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png)

Monaco

Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png)

Syria

Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)

Bolivia

Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)

Fiji

Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)

Finland

Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png)

Algeria

Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)

Costa Rica

Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)

Sao Tome + Principe

Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png)

Sudan

Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)

Philippines

Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)

Vietnam

Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)

Republic of Congo

Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png)

Guyana

Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Aw jeez...Kiribati? Marshall Islands? Micronesia?

edit - I know for sure that it's not Fiji or Tuvalu. *nods*

Did not know this one, but got 9 from the maps. Kinda chuffed with myself, going to search others.

It's the Maori name for New Zealand. It means "Land of the Long White Cloud".

As Ariddia says, it is one of NZ's official names.

These are the three I've not heard of yet; the others I have both heard, and most I can place rather accurately, and some at least roughly. What are those three in German?


In Deutsch, Vanuatu ist auch Vanuatu, und Suriname ist auch Suriname.

"Aotearoa" is the only "trick question". It's the second, less well known official name of Neuseeland.

Country 1 = ?
Country 2 = ?
Country 3 = ?
Country 4 = Monaco
Country 5 = Syria
Country 6 = ?
Country 7 = ?
Country 8 = Finland
Country 9 = ?
Country 10 = ?
Country 11 = ?
Country 12 = Sudan
Country 13 = The Philippines
Country 14 = Vietnam
Country 15 = ?
Country 16 = ?
Country 17 = Micronesia

Not sure how well I did there.

All correct except n°17.

These are the three I've not heard of yet; the others I have both heard, and most I can place rather accurately, and some at least roughly. What are those three in German?
Vanuatu = Vanuatu :p
Suriname = Surinam :p
Aotearoa = Neuseeland ;) (das war die Trickfrage, Aotearoa ist der Maori-Name des Landes, heißt so ungefähr "Land der langen weißen Wolke" o.ä.)

St Lucia
Togo
Tonga - Near New Zealand
Latvia
Myanmar - Near China
Georgia - Near Germany?
Suriname - Near China
Antigua & Barbuda
San Marino
Montenegro
Tanzania
Maldives
Slovenia
Brunei - Middle East?
Bahrain - Middle East?
Palau
Jordan - Near Isreal

It's the Maori name for New Zealand. It means "Land of the Long White Cloud".

As Ariddia says, it is one of NZ's official names.

In Deutsch, Vanuatu ist auch Vanuatu, und Suriname ist auch Suriname.

"Aotearoa" is the only "trick question". It's the second, less well known official name of Neuseeland.

Vanuatu = Vanuatu :p
Suriname = Surinam :p
Aotearoa = Neuseeland ;) (das war die Trickfrage, Aotearoa ist der Maori-Name des Landes, heißt so ungefähr "Land der langen weißen Wolke" o.ä.)

Information overkill, anyone? ;P Thanks, anyway. And I want to say, in order to save a tiny shred of that imaginary honor of mine, that I knew that the Maori name for NZ translated to that "Land of the Long White Cloud" thing.

ETA: Hah! Wooo-hoo! Dance all around! For the first time in my life, I time-warped Witt-Witt! I may die a happy woman now. My life goal is achived. Oh, I rest all of my cases.

In Deutsch, Vanuatu ist auch Vanuatu, und Suriname ist auch Suriname.

"Aotearoa" is the only "trick question". It's the second, less well known official name of Neuseeland.
Gah, guess I didn't actually scroll down to the end of the thread after all. <.<

Countries I have heard of: Comoros, Vanuatu, St Lucia, Sao Tome e Principe, Togo, Tonga, Kiribati, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Antigua & Barbuda, Marshall Islands, Burundi and Palau

All know the general location of all of the above except for Comoros, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Burundi.

Countries I can place on a map: Latvia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Georgia, Lesotho, San Marino, Montenegro, Tanzania, Maldives, Slovenia, Brunei, Bahrain, Jordan and Zambia

The country I had not heard of:
Aotearoa

For the maps, the only ones I couldn't name were the islands, Guyana (I know those set of 3 countries are Suriname, Guyana and the french spelling of Guyana) and El Salvador. I did get stuck on Algeria though, having to name pretty much every other country on the map before I remembered.

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) Qatar

Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)
Tajik(i?)stan

Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)
Malawi

Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png)
Monaco

Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png)
Syria

Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)
Bolivia

Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)
Finland

Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png)
Algeria

Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)
Sao Tome + Principe

Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png)
Sudan

Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)
Philippines

Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)
Vietnam

Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)
Republic of Congo

Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png)
Guyana


Correct on all these. Well done!

The few you got wrong:


Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)
Fiji


It's not Fiji, but you're close, and that's a very understandable mistake... especially on a map where the "borders" aren't drawn in.


Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)
Costa Rica


Costa Rica is quite close, but not exactly there.

And:


Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Aw jeez...Kiribati? Marshall Islands? Micronesia?


Correct on the first try. :) It's Kiribati.

Tonga - Near New Zealand


Well, they're both in the South Pacific, yes.


Myanmar - Near China


Acceptable. ;)


Georgia - Near Germany?


No, sorry.


Suriname - Near China


Wrong continent.

Almost everyone puts Suriname on the wrong continent, though.


Brunei - Middle East?
Bahrain - Middle East?


Bahrain is; Brunei isn't.


Jordan - Near Isreal

Yes.

It's not Fiji, but you're close, and that's a very understandable mistake... especially on a map where the "borders" aren't drawn in.

I had to look that up, and it's Samoa. I probably should have known that, but it was the two recognisable islands that made me think "Fiji"

Costa Rica is quite close, but not exactly there.


I should have got that one too, but I instantly picked my mistake. El Salvador, between Guatemala and Honduras. Costa Rica is south of Nicaragua. I always get the two mixed up for some odd reason.

Wrong continent.

Almost everyone puts Suriname on the wrong continent, though.

Easy. Former Dutch colony in between French Guiana and Guyana. ;)

(ahh, didn't realise we were supposed to place those. I'll do that now)

Countries I have heard of: Comoros, Vanuatu, St Lucia, Sao Tome e Principe, Togo, Tonga, Kiribati, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Antigua & Barbuda, Marshall Islands, Burundi and Palau

All know the general location of all of the above except for Comoros, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Burundi.

Countries I can place on a map: Latvia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Georgia, Lesotho, San Marino, Montenegro, Tanzania, Maldives, Slovenia, Brunei, Bahrain, Jordan and Zambia

The country I had not heard of:
Aotearoa

For the maps, the only ones I couldn't name were the islands, Guyana (I know those set of 3 countries are Suriname, Guyana and the french spelling of Guyana) and El Salvador. I did get stuck on Algeria though, having to name pretty much every other country on the map before I remembered.

Impressive. :)

st lucia is in the caribean neighbouring jamaica no?

I've heard of all of them but can place very few apart from "well, Oceania, duh" or "somewhere in the Caribbean..." etc.. :(

Comoros
Vanuatu
St Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Togo can place
Tonga
Latvia can sorta place but gonna get it mixed up with Lithuania and Estonia :p
Bhutan can place
Kiribati
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar can place
Georgia
Lesotho
Suriname can place
Antigua & Barbuda
San Marino can place
Montenegro
Tanzania can place
Maldives can place
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Slovenia can place
Brunei can place
Bahrain
Aotearoa can place :p
Palau
Jordan can place
Zambia


And I utterly failed with the maps:

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png)
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) Monaco.
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) Bolivia
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) Algeria
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) Sudan. Or Chad. And it's even in the news, argh. >.<
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) I have the feeling I will be really ashamed that I didn't get this one... >.<
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) Vietnam
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) French-Guyana?
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Some years ago I worked in the former Victorian Department of Labour. The Act that mandated what we did was the then Industrial Relations Act of Victoria and we needed to become familiar with it. If we went for promotions we would be grilled about the Act and what various sections of it said.

One day a guy went to an interview and when asked about a particular section of the Act he pulled out his copy and read it out to the interviewers. They asked him about another section and read that out. This went on until he was asked why he was reading out the relevant sections. His response was that, like everyone else in the department, he had a copy of the Act and, so long as he knew where to find the appropriate sections, he didn't need to know them by heart.

He got the job.

So, if you have an atlas and know how to use it, what's the point of this exercise?

Comoros - Eh? I haven't heard of that.
Vanuatu - Somewhere in the Pacific.
St Lucia - In the Caribbean.
Sao Tome e Principe - Islands off Africa.
Togo - Africa.
Tonga - Pacific.
Latvia - Northeastern Europe, near Russia. In the James Bond novels, Auric Goldfinger is a Latvian expatriate.
Bhutan - Asia, near India. Theocracy stuck in the past.
Kiribati - In the Pacific.
St Vincent & the Grenadines - In the Caribbean.
Myanmar - Next to India. Formerly a British colony known as Burma and home to a military dictatorship.
Georgia - Near, and occasionally part of, Russia. Joseph Stalin hails from there.
Lesotho - A monarchy inside South Africa. Formerly known as Basutoland.
Suriname - South America. Formerly a Dutch colony, and if I'm not mistaken, known as Dutch Guiana.
Antigua & Barbuda - In the Caribbean.
San Marino - A tiny mountainous state inside Italy.
Montenegro - Eastern Europe. A tiny country that no longer exists. Part of communist Yugoslavia, and now, The Repulic of Serbia and Montenegro. In the movie Casino Royale, the casino is in Montenegro.
Tanzania - In Africa. Fomerly British colony known as Tanganyika.
Maldives - A collection of islands off India.
Marshall Islands - In the Pacifc. Formerly a possession of Japan.
Burundi - In Africa.
Slovenia - Eastern Europe. Near Slovakia.
Brunei - A Muslim theocracy somewhere near Indonesia.
Bahrain - A country in the Middle East, famous for pearl diving.
Aotearoa - No idea.
Palau - In the Pacific. Former possession of the US. Became free in 1995.
Jordan - In the Middle East. Monarchy. (Their recently deceased king married an American college cheerleader)
Zambia - In Africa, south of Zimbabwe.

Yeah, I know a lot. (Apologizes for showing off). Errinundera, you can't get everything I said from an ordinary atlas.

I had to look that up, and it's Samoa. I probably should have known that, but it was the two recognisable islands that made me think "Fiji".

Yes; as soon as I picked the map I thought the two islands might throw people off. Fiji's a little bit further to the west (being part of Melanesia, ethnically if not culturally, whereas Samoa is in Polynesia).


st lucia is in the caribean neighbouring jamaica no?

It's in the Caribbean, yes (but not near Jamaica).

Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) Monaco.
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) Bolivia
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) Algeria
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) Vietnam


All quite correct. :)


Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) Sudan. Or Chad. And it's even in the news, argh. >.<


Sudan. Chad is smaller and to the west.


Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) I have the feeling I will be really ashamed that I didn't get this one... >.<

Perhaps. ;) It's the Philippines.


Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) French-Guyana?


Wrong Guyana. It's one of the other two. ;)

Comoros - island nation, east of Mozambique
Vanuatu - Island nation, near New Caledonia, Pacific
St Lucia - Carribean island
Sao Tome e Principe - Islands off west africa
Togo - West africa, neighbours Benin and Ghana
Tonga - Pacific island nation
Latvia - Baltic state in between Lithuania and Estonia
Bhutan - Landlocked mountainous kingdom inbetween China and India
Kiribati - Yeah yeah, done that one.
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Carribean islands.
Myanmar - S.E. Asia, neighbours India, China and Thailand (Bangladesh too?)
Georgia - Republic in the caucasus.
Lesotho - Landlocked enclave of South Africa
Suriname - done that. :p
Antigua & Barbuda - Carribean
San Marino - Enclave of Italy
Montenegro - Former Yugoslavia, south of Serbia.
Tanzania - Central-East Africa, includes Zanzibar
Maldives - South of India
Marshall Islands - Pacific
Burundi - South of Rwanda, central Africa
Slovenia - Northern part of Former Yugoslavia, next to Croatia and Italy
Brunei - Surrounded by eastern half of Malaysia
Bahrain - Island next to Qatar
Aotearoa - New Zealand
Palau - Pacific Island
Jordan - Neighbours Israel
Zambia - Neigbours Malawi and Angola

Carribean nations are my weakness. I can recognise a Carribean nation, but I can only place a few of them.

So, if you have an atlas and know how to use it, what's the point of this exercise?

It's fun. :D

And you may not always have an atlas with you.

Besides, there's a difference between knowing roughly where a country is (i.e., "oh yes, Latvia is one of those three"), enabling you to check more precisely by a quick glance, and not having the faintest idea.

So, if you have an atlas and know how to use it, what's the point of this exercise?

Penis size. For nerds. :)

ETA: Hah! Wooo-hoo! Dance all around! For the first time in my life, I time-warped Witt-Witt! I may die a happy woman now. My life goal is achived. Oh, I rest all of my cases. Why, had I known that was your life's goal I would have let you warp me earlier. ;)
Funky, though, seeing how we should be on the same jolt server, really. Hm.

Comoros - yes
Vanuatu - yes
St Lucia - yes
Sao Tome e Principe - yes
Togo - yes
Tonga - yes
Latvia - yes
Bhutan - yes
Kiribati - yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines - yes
Myanmar - yes
Georgia - yes
Lesotho -yes
Suriname - yes
Antigua & Barbuda - yes
San Marino - yes
Montenegro - yes
Tanzania - yes
Maldives - yes
Marshall Islands - yes
Burundi - yes
Slovenia - yes
Brunei - yes
Bahrain - yes
Aotearoa - yes, but not commonly known as such ;)
Palau - yes
Jordan - yes
Zambia - yes


Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) Qatar


Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)

Tajik(i?)stan

Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)

Malawi
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png)

Monaco

Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png)

Syria

Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)

Bolivia

Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)

Fiji

Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)

Finland

Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png)

Algeria

Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)

Costa Rica

Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)

Sao Tome + Principe

Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png)

Sudan

Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)

Philippines

Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)

Vietnam

Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)

Republic of Congo

Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png)

Guyana

Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Aw jeez...Kiribati? Marshall Islands? Micronesia?

edit - I know for sure that it's not Fiji or Tuvalu. *nods*
As usual, I bow before your geographical knowledge. *bows*

And sure enough:

Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) I have the feeling I will be really ashamed that I didn't get this one... >.<
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)

Philippines

*dies*

That's exactly what I was afraid of. But I couldn't for the life of me believe that the Philippines were that far north... <.<

As usual, I bow before your geographical knowledge. *bows*


You may rise...

:p

Cookie to the first person(s) to describe where these are (without cheating):

Anatolia (that one's easy)
Baluchistan
Daghestan
Occitania
Volhynia

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) = Quatar
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) = Tadjikistan ?
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png) = Malawi
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) = Monaco / Monte Carlo
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) = Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) = Bolivia
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) = ?
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) = Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) = Algeria
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) = Costa Rica ??
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) = either the capital island of Equatorial Guinea or Sao Tome
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) = Sudan
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) = The Philippines
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) = Vietnam
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png) = Kongo (the other one...)
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) = either (British) Guyana or Suriname (Dutch Guyana)
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png) = ??

From the list I only don't know Aotearoa...

Comoros - Eh? I haven't heard of that.
Vanuatu - Somewhere in the Pacific.
St Lucia - In the Caribbean.
Sao Tome e Principe - Islands off Africa.
Togo - Africa.
Tonga - Pacific.
Latvia - Northeastern Europe, near Russia. In the James Bond novels, Auric Goldfinger is a Latvian expatriate.
Bhutan - Asia, near India. Theocracy stuck in the past.
Kiribati - In the Pacific.
St Vincent & the Grenadines - In the Caribbean.
Myanmar - Next to India. Formerly a British colony known as Burma and home to a military dictatorship.
Georgia - Near, and occasionally part of, Russia. Joseph Stalin hails from there.
Lesotho - A monarchy inside South Africa. Formerly known as Basutoland.
Suriname - South America. Formerly a Dutch colony, and if I'm not mistaken, known as Dutch Guiana.
Antigua & Barbuda - In the Caribbean.
San Marino - A tiny mountainous state inside Italy.
Montenegro - Eastern Europe. A tiny country that no longer exists. Part of communist Yugoslavia, and now, The Repulic of Serbia and Montenegro. In the movie Casino Royale, the casino is in Montenegro.
Tanzania - In Africa. Fomerly British colony known as Tanganyika.
Maldives - A collection of islands off India.
Marshall Islands - In the Pacifc. Formerly a possession of Japan.
Burundi - In Africa.
Slovenia - Eastern Europe. Near Slovakia.
Brunei - A Muslim theocracy somewhere near Indonesia.
Bahrain - A country in the Middle East, famous for pearl diving.
Aotearoa - No idea.
Palau - In the Pacific. Former possession of the US. Became free in 1995.
Jordan - In the Middle East. Monarchy. (Their recently deceased king married an American college cheerleader)
Zambia - In Africa, south of Zimbabwe.

Yeah, I know a lot. (Apologizes for showing off). Errinundera, you can't get everything I said from an ordinary atlas.

All quite correct... except Montenegro, which is an independent country again now.

Also, the Marshall Islands were a former possession of the United States, after belonging to Japan until WW2.

Comoros is a group of islands to the north of Madagascar.

Anatolia = Asia Minor
Baluchistan = Iran/Pakistan border region
Daghestan = province of Russia in the Caucasus region
Occitania = somewhere in southern France
Volhynia = Ukraina/Poland border region

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) = Quatar
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) = Tadjikistan ?
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png) = Malawi
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) = Monaco / Monte Carlo
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) = Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) = Bolivia
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) = Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) = Algeria
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) = Sudan
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) = The Philippines
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) = Vietnam


Yes.


Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) = Costa Rica ??


Fairly close. It's El Salvador.


Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) = either the capital island of Equatorial Guinea or Sao Tome


*nods* Sao Tome & Principe.


Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png) = Kongo (the other one...)


Which other one? ;)

All right, it's the one that's less talked about. The Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Congo-Brazzaville.


Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) = either (British) Guyana or Suriname (Dutch Guyana)


Right on. It's Suriname.


From the list I only don't know Aotearoa...

That's ok; it was a trick question. It's the other official name of New Zealand.

Wrong Guyana. It's one of the other two. ;)Ah. Spelled it wrong, too. For the record, I only just learned while looking it up that there is such a thing as "the three Guianas". Didn't know Suriname had been a Guiana before, too, so I was all confused what you meant by "one of the other two".

Besides, there's a difference between knowing roughly where a country is (i.e., "oh yes, Latvia is one of those three"), enabling you to check more precisely by a quick glance, and not having the faintest idea.
Oh, if we count that then I have a perfect 100% score on the first list. :p Alright, let's say a perfect 95%. ;)

Baluchistan either you made it up or it's some former Soviet republic, somewhere
Daghestan some former Soviet republic, somewhere
Occitania o.O = The West?
Volhynia o.O I'm not even sure if you're messing with us or if it's some province in the Balkans. :p


None of them are made up. I can give you half a point for Daghestan.

And i'll give you a point for Anatolia, even though it's technically that entire peninsula comprising modern Turkey. :p

Jordan - In the Middle East. Monarchy. (Their recently deceased king married an American college cheerleader)You mean Queen Noor?

Right on. It's Suriname.Hey, it's Guyana. Suriname is the one between Guyana and French Guyana.

from west to east: (British) Guyana - Suriname (Dutch Guyana) - French Guyana (departement d'outre mer of France, and thus EU territory)

Impressive. :)Thank you.

I always remember that Suriname is in the Americas because I used to play a game called colonization. You play either the Spanish, English, French or the Dutch. The object is to build up your colonies and declare independence and then defend your new country from your mother country's expeditionary forces.

The my favourite country to play with was the dutch (trade advantage), and their independent nation was called the Republic of Suriname.

Cookie to the first person(s) to describe where these are (without cheating)

Anatolia (that one's easy) Eastern part of Turkey

That's the only one I knew. :p


Baluchistan either you made it up or it's some former Soviet republic, somewhere
Daghestan some former Soviet republic, somewhere
Occitania o.O = The West?
Volhynia o.O I'm not even sure if you're messing with us or if it's some province in the Balkans. :p



This thread is doing wonders for my self-esteem....:rolleyes:

I had in fact heard of every country on the list; I even got Aotearoa (but then, my housemate is a Maori). That's not to say I know much about most of them, but I know they exist.

Anatolia = Asia Minor
Baluchistan = Iran/Pakistan border region
Daghestan = province of Russia in the Caucasus region
Occitania = somewhere in southern France
Volhynia = Ukraina/Poland border region

You are correct. :p

Cookie for you! *gives cookie*

Baluchistan = Iran/Pakistan border region
Daghestan = province of Russia in the Caucasus region
Alright, guess he didn't make it up...;p

Occitania = somewhere in southern France
Volhynia = Ukraina/Poland border region
Oh my God. I am made of fail.

I even read a long magazine article about Volhynia a few months ago. >.<

None of them are made up. I can give you half a point for Daghestan.

Hey, where's my whole point for Anatolia, McScrooge?

Hey, it's Guyana. Suriname is the one between Guyana and French Guyana.*nods*

Comoros - heard of it, I'm not sure but I think it's a Pacific island
Vanuatu - Pacific island
St Lucia - Caribbean
Sao Tome e Principe - is that the island in the armpit of Africa?
Togo - in sub-Saharan Africa
Tonga - Pacific island
Latvia - Baltic state, west of Russia
Bhutan - in the Himalayas
Kiribati - Pacific island
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Caribbean?
Myanmar - Burma :p
Georgia - old Soviet Bloc, near Azerbaijan etc.
Lesotho - entirely surrounded by South Africa
Suriname - old Dutch colony in northern South America
Antigua & Barbuda - Caribbean island
San Marino - entirely surrounded by Italy
Montenegro - south of Serbia, newest country in the UN
Tanzania - eastern Africa
Maldives - Indian Ocean
Marshall Islands - Pacific island?
Burundi - central Africa
Slovenia - between Italy and Croatia
Brunei - on one of the islands that make up Malaysia
Bahrain - island off the coast of Saudi Arabia
Aotearoa - don't know this one
Palau - Pacific island
Jordan - Middle East, south of Syria
Zambia - southern Africa

Hey, where's my whole point for Anatolia, McScrooge?

I edited that post immediately after.



And i'll give you a point for Anatolia, even though it's technically that entire peninsula comprising modern Turkey. (as Beleriand said, Asia Minor)

Ah, so Anatolia encompasses all of Turkey except the small western part that's on the European continent? See, I didn't actually know that. Although of course "Eastern Turkey" is still totally correct. ;)

Shush, I gave you a point.

Which entitles you to a nibble of a cookie. *breaks off crumbs for you*

I edited that post immediately after.

(as Beleriand said, Asia Minor)

Ah, so Anatolia encompasses all of Turkey except the small western part that's on the European continent? See, I didn't actually know that. Although of course "Eastern Turkey" is still totally correct. ;)

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) - Qatar, I think.
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) - Kyrgyzstan, possibly
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png) - Malawi?
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) - Monaco
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) - Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) - Bolivia
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) - Not a clue
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) - the dark orange one? Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) - Algeria
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) - Guatemala...?
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) - Sao Tome e Principe
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) - Sudan
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) - Philippines
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) - Vietnam
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png) - Gabon?
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) - Guyana (I'll be honest, I checked that one, but that was my first thought. I know the other two little ones there are Suriname (in the middle) and French Guiana, but I often get Guyana and French Guiana confused).
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png) - Not a clue. I'm useless on Pacific islands.

Comoros - heard of it, I'm not sure but I think it's a Pacific island
Vanuatu - Pacific island
St Lucia - Caribbean
Sao Tome e Principe - is that the island in the armpit of Africa?
Togo - in sub-Saharan Africa
Tonga - Pacific island
Latvia - Baltic state, west of Russia
Bhutan - in the Himalayas
Kiribati - Pacific island
St Vincent & the Grenadines - Caribbean?
Myanmar - Burma :p
Georgia - old Soviet Bloc, near Azerbaijan etc.
Lesotho - entirely surrounded by South Africa
Suriname - old Dutch colony in northern South America
Antigua & Barbuda - Caribbean island
San Marino - entirely surrounded by Italy
Montenegro - south of Serbia, newest country in the UN
Tanzania - eastern Africa
Maldives - Indian Ocean
Marshall Islands - Pacific island?
Burundi - central Africa
Slovenia - between Italy and Croatia
Brunei - on one of the islands that make up Malaysia
Bahrain - island off the coast of Saudi Arabia
Aotearoa - don't know this one
Palau - Pacific island
Jordan - Middle East, south of Syria
Zambia - southern Africa

Quite right for the most part.

Comoros are islands north of Madagascar, so part of Africa.

Vanuatu, Sao Tome & Principe, Tonga, Kiribati, Antigua & Barbuda and the Marshall Islands are all located correctly, but they all contain several islands, not just one. ;)

Quite right for the most part.

Comoros are islands north of Madagascar, so part of Africa.

Vanuatu, Sao Tome & Principe, Tonga, Kiribati, Antigua & Barbuda and the Marshall Islands are all located correctly, but they all contain several islands, not just one. ;)
Pedant. :p

Normally I'm content when folks know where Nunavut is...
I had to tell Google Earth....

I V Stalin: right for the most part, except:


Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) - Kyrgyzstan, possibly


Close. Tajikistan.


Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) - Not a clue
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png) - Not a clue. I'm useless on Pacific islands.


Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and Kiribati.


Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) - Guatemala...?
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png) - Gabon?


Again, close. It's El Salvador and the Republic of the Congo.

Pedant. :p

Thank you! :D


Normally I'm content when folks know where Nunavut is...
I had to tell Google Earth....

Yes, I found out a few weeks ago that Google Earth had never heard of Nunavut. I was shocked. ;)

Having said that, GE's images of Nunavut (and northern Canada in general) are quite amazing.

Comoros
Vanuatu
St Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Togo
Tonga
Latvia
Bhutan
Kiribati
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar
Georgia
Lesotho
Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda
San Marino
Montenegro
Tanzania
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Slovenia
Brunei
Bahrain
Aotearoa
Palau
Jordan
Zambia

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png)
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png)
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png)
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png)
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png)
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png)
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png)
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png)
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png)
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png)
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png)
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Not bad, I'd say. I'll do the maps later.

Quiz time from me.

1) Where in the world are the cities of Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku, and which countries are they in.
2) Name the ten member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
3) How many countries in the world have the word 'stan' in their name. What does 'stan' mean?
4) Name the capital of Kazakhstan.
5) Name the country that has declared independence from Georgia, but no country reconises its sovereignty.
6) Name the fake country of a humorous travel guide that sounds similar to an Eastern European country.
7) Name the only two doublely-landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries) countries in the world.
8) Name the capital, or administrative centre, of Myanmar. Which major country disagrees with this answer?
9) Name the newest independent country.

Please excuse the asia-europe centricity.

Why, had I known that was your life's goal I would have let you warp me earlier. ;)
Funky, though, seeing how we should be on the same jolt server, really. Hm.

You're so kind.
If now you could only explain to me just why we "should be on the same server", you get.. some Apfelmus?

For the record, I only just learned while looking it up that there is such a thing as "the three Guianas". Didn't know Suriname had been a Guiana before, too, so I was all confused what you meant by "one of the other two".
Do we get to stage a "who fails more stylishly" contest if I tell you that I (as said before) hadn't know "Suriname", but could have easily told you about the "three Guianas"?

And, as always at these occasions, iPromote this game (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html). I linked you to the Asian part for obvious reasons, but you can choose any other reason via that drop-down menu.
I have to admit that this game is responsible for more than half of my geography-related knowledge.

Quiz time from me.

1) Where in the world are the cities of Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku, and which countries are they in.
2) Name the ten member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
3) How many countries in the world have the word 'stan' in their name. What does 'stan' mean?
4) Name the capital of Kazakhstan.
5) Name the country that has declared independence from Georgia, but no country reconises its sovereignty.
6) Name the fake country of a humorous travel guide that sounds similar to an Eastern European country.
7) Name the only two doublely-landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries) countries in the world.
8) Name the capital, or administrative centre, of Myanmar. Which major country disagrees with this answer?
9) Name the newest independent country.

Please excuse the asia-europe centricity.

1) Tiblisi is in Georgia, Yerevan is in Armenia, Baku is in Azerbaijan
2) are you insane...
3) many, there are also many regions with that ending, that are not sovereign countries
4) Astany (since the 90ies, before that it was Alma-Ata)
5) Abkhasia (spelling?)
6) ??
7) ?? Liechtenstein, ...
8) unspeakable & unspellable name...
9) Montenegro

1) Where in the world are the cities of Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku, and which countries are they in.

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, Yerevan is the capital of Armenia, and Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia.


2) Name the ten member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Oh, goodness. Erm... Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan.


3) How many countries in the world have the word 'stan' in their name. What does 'stan' mean?

"Stan" means place of or country of. Hence Kazakhstan = country of the Kazakh people.

Countries with -stan in them are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Hence, there seven.


4) Name the capital of Kazakhstan.

Ashgabat (sp?). Or has that been moved recently?


5) Name the country that has declared independence from Georgia, but no country reconises its sovereignty.

Crikey... Transnistria?


6) Name the fake country of a humorous travel guide that sounds similar to an Eastern European country.

Are you thinking of Absurdistan? But that's not "eastern European"... No idea. Silly question. :p


7) Name the only two doublely-landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries) countries in the world.


Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan? I'm fairly sure the Central African Republic isn't doubly landlocked... or is it?


8) Name the capital, or administrative centre, of Myanmar. Which major country disagrees with this answer?


It was Yangon (Rangoon) until recently, but has been moved to some small town whose name I can't remember.


9) Name the newest independent country.


Montenegro. Which has also become the 192nd member of the United Nations.

7) ?? Liechtenstein, ...

Tajikistan?

8) unspeakable & unspellable name...

Rangoon (Yangon). I don't know the second part.

1) Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan - all between the Black and Caspian seas
2) Complete guesses, but: Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei?
3) Seven; land?
4) K
5) Don't know
6) Don't know
7) Liechtenstein and somewhere else
8) Don't know
9) Montenegro

I know that one. That's indeed a republic to have declared independence, but it's in Moldova.
And there's a city there called Bender, as immortalised in my location.

Tajikistan?? But china borders Tajikistan...

Rangoon (Yangon). I don't know the second part.Myanmar changed the capital, but the name is a tongue-breaker.

Crikey... Transnistria?

I know that one. That's indeed a republic to have declared independence, but it's in Moldova.

I know that one. That's indeed a republic to have declared independence, but it's in Moldova.

Ah, damn. And then there's Nagorno-Kabarakh (?) in, if I recall correctly, Azerbaijan.

Gah. Failure!! :p

I've got it - Uzbekistan. (Unless we're counting the Caspian sea here as going against "landlocked"...)The Caspian is indeed going against landlocked. :rolleyes:

Comoros - heard of it, off africa?
Vanuatu - in the pacific
St Lucia - caribbean
Sao Tome e Principe - not heard of it
Togo - heard of it, either pacific or africa
Tonga - heard of it, either pacific or africa ^ (i get these two mixed up)
Latvia - on the baltic
Bhutan - edge of the himilayas above india
Kiribati - not heard of it
St Vincent & the Grenadines - caribbean
Myanmar - also known as burma, southwest asia
Georgia - near (or including?) caucasus mountains
Lesotho - in south africa
Suriname - also known as dutch guyana, northeastern south america
Antigua & Barbuda - caribbean
San Marino - principality in italy
Montenegro - part of the balkans
Tanzania - northern africa
Maldives - islands in the indian? ocean
Marshall Islands - pacific, protectorates of either US or NZ?
Burundi - africa (southern?)
Slovenia - part of the balkans
Brunei - next to malaysia and indonesia on the island of borneo
Bahrain - part of the UAE on the persian gulf
Aotearoa - also known as new zealand
Palau - not heard of it
Jordan - middle east, above israel and palestine
Zambia - eastern? africa

Gah. Failure!! :p

I've got it - Uzbekistan. (Unless we're counting the Caspian sea here as going against "landlocked"...)
The Caspian sea isn't linked to any open sea, so I believe Uzbekistan would be doubly landlocked.

Ah, damn. And then there's Nagorno-Kabarakh (?) in, if I recall correctly, Azerbaijan.

Aye. (I have no idea how to spell it either :p)

? But china borders Tajikistan...

Gah. Failure!! :p

I've got it - Uzbekistan. (Unless we're counting the Caspian sea here as going against "landlocked"...)

What's wrong with the order of posts in this thread?

My answers were.

1) The Caucasus (Caucasia)
Tbilisi - Georgia
Yerevan - Armenia
Baku - Azerbaijan

2) Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines

3) Seven (7) - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. '-stan' meaning 'land', or 'land of'.

4) Astana. Transfered from Almaty at the end of 1997.

5) Abkhazia.

6) Molvanîa. Sounds like Moldova.

7) Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein

8) Naypyidaw. The USA does not reconise the military junta as the government of the country, and so neither reconises the change of name from Burma to Myanmar, nor the change of Capital from Rangoon to Naypyidaw.

9) East Timor. Independence reconised in 2002.It appears I am out of date on question 9. The answer is actually Montenegro. Independence reconised in June 2006.

Naypyidaw

THAT's the one! How on earth did you remember that? I've tried, but I keep forgetting.

The Caspian is indeed going against landlocked. :rolleyes:

The Caspian sea isn't linked to any open sea, so I believe Uzbekistan would be doubly landlocked.

Make up your minds. :P

What's wrong with the order of posts in this thread?

Something is up with the forum timestamps. It's happening in all threads.

So again, anyone here who doesn't know Nunavut?

Make up your minds. :P
Wikipedia agrees with me, so I win. :)

So again, anyone here who doesn't know Nunavut?

Naw, that's easy. Try Spitsbergen.

Gah. Failure!! :p

I've got it - Uzbekistan. (Unless we're counting the Caspian sea here as going against "landlocked"...)Uzbekistan is right.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/LocationUzbekistan.png
The Caspian sea can be safely considered a lake as it is endorheic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorheic) (any precipitation that lands in the Caspian basin is isolated from the oceans and can only reach the oceans again by being evaporated and falling outside of the Caspian basin).

Uzbekistan is right.


:)

Wikipedia agrees with me, so I win. :)And you didn't write the wikipedia article yourself? Since the Caspian if of old one of the Seven Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Seas) I consider it as going against the landlocking issue.

A little (actually, a lot) more difficult, if you want a challenge: can you identify the following countries?

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png) qatar..... or UAE, damn
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) uzbekistan?
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png) couldn't tell you
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) monaco
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png) this is really annoying me, i'll guess at paraguay
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) fuck knows, cook islands?
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) algeria
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) damn, i don't know, i'll guess at nicaragua but i don't think that's right
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) don't know
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) sudan, but i have a sneaking suspicion i've got mixed up here.
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) the philipines
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png) vietnam
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png) is that togo?
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) one of the 3 guyanas, i know the eastern one is suriname, i'll guess that is french guyana
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png) not a clue, i'll guess at polynesia but i think that isn't a country, rather a set of islands

.

And you didn't write the wikipedia article yourself? Since the Caspian of old is one of the Seven Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Seas) I consider it as going against the landlocking issue.
Meh. I'm fairly sure the definition of 'landlocked' is not having access to open ocean. Seeing as the Caspian doesn't have access to open ocean, Uzbekistan is indeed doubly landlocked.

And you didn't write the wikipedia article yourself? Since the Caspian if of old one of the Seven Seas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Seas) I consider it as going against the landlocking issue.So you would claim that Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are not landlocked?

Country 1 qatar..... or UAE, damn
Country 2 uzbekistan?
Country 3 couldn't tell you
Country 4 monaco
Country 5 syria
Country 6 this is really annoying me, i'll guess at paraguay
Country 7 fuck knows, cook islands?
Country 8 finland
Country 9 algeria
Country 10 damn, i don't know, i'll guess at nicaragua but i don't think that's right
Country 11 don't know
Country 12 sudan, but i have a sneaking suspicion i've got mixed up here.
Country 13 the philipines
Country 14 vietnam
Country 15 is that togo?
Country 16 one of the 3 guyanas, i know the eastern one is suriname, i'll guess that is french guyana
Country 17 not a clue, i'll guess at polynesia but i think that isn't a country, rather a set of islands

1. Qatar, yes
2. Close. Tajikistan.
3. is Malawi, 11. is Sao Tome & Principe
4. & 5. are correct, as are 8., 9., 12., 13. & 14.
6. is Bolivia
7. is Samoa
10. is El Salvador
15. Rep. of the Congo. Togo is a slip of a country on the south coast of that bump.
16. Close. ;) It's Guyana (the former British one).
17. is Kiribati. Polynesia isn't a country; it's a vast geographical region which includes Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, Hawai'i and several others.

So you would claim that Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are not landlocked?No. The Caspian Sea is called a Sea because it's a Sea. I never understood landlocked as not having access to an ocean. I'd even consider large lakes (Aral, Victoria) as going against landlocked...
But what do I know?

Comoros - islands in the carribean
Vanuatu - no
St Lucia - island in the carribean
Sao Tome e Principe - in africa, I believe
Togo - africa
Tonga - I'm going to guess africa
Latvia - eastern europe
Bhutan - africa
Kiribati - no idea
St Vincent & the Grenadines - islands in the carribean (i've always thought it sounded like a band from the 50's
Myanmar - africa
Georgia - by the caspian sea north of the middle east
Lesotho - south africa
Suriname - carribeans, i think?
Antigua & Barbuda - carribean, definitely
San Marino - no
Montenegro - eastern europe
Tanzania - africa
Maldives - off the east coast of africa, indian ocean
Marshall Islands - pacific, north east of australia
Burundi - africa
Slovenia - eastern europe
Brunei - middle east
Bahrain - middle east
Aotearoa - no
Palau - no
Jordan - middle east
Zambia - africa


I'm a bit of a geography geek

You may rise...

:p

Cookie to the first person(s) to describe where these are (without cheating):

Anatolia (that one's easy)
Baluchistan
Daghestan
Occitania
Volhynia

i only know anatolia - modern turkey

i remember you talking about baluchistan, is it a part of one of the other -stans? turkmenistan? and i'll guess the same for Daghestan, or maybe it's in india?

i'll guess Occitania is an old name for somewhere west of the middle east but i've never actually heard of it. couldn't even hazard a guess at Volhynia.

The Caspian sea can be safely considered a lake as it is endorheic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorheic) (any precipitation that lands in the Caspian basin is isolated from the oceans and can only reach the oceans again by being evaporated and falling outside of the Caspian basin).

in my mind, and body of water that is naturally salty is a sea or ocean, while fresh water is lakes or ponds.

hence: the Dead Sea is a sea, though it is quite small, while lake michigan is a lake.

I've never understood salt lake, utah.

No. The Caspian Sea is called a Sea because it's a Sea. I never understood landlocked as not having access to an ocean. I'd even consider large lakes (Aral, Victoria) as going against landlocked...
But what do I know?
National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1308.html) says it's a saltlake. Just because it's called a sea, doesn't mean it necessarily is. Interesting that you talk about the Aral as a 'large lake' when it's clearly called the Aral Sea...

No. The Caspian Sea is called a Sea because it's a Sea. I never understood landlocked as not having access to an ocean. I'd even consider large lakes (Aral, Victoria) as going against landlocked...
But what do I know?I considered the definition of landlocked from an economic perspective. If you do not have access to the oceans then you are reliant on the goodwill of neighbouring countries for trade access to the wider world.

Comoros - islands in the carribean


Nope, in Africa.


St Lucia - island in the carribean
Sao Tome e Principe - in africa, I believe
Togo - africa

Yes.


Tonga - I'm going to guess africa


South Pacific.


Latvia - eastern europe


Yes. Well, north-eastern (Baltic countries).


Bhutan - africa


Asia. The world's only Buddhist kingdom. Voluntarily cut off from the world until recently. It accepts only a small number of tourists, and only introduced television in 1999.


St Vincent & the Grenadines - islands in the carribean (i've always thought it sounded like a band from the 50's

You're not the only one. ;)


Myanmar - africa


Asia. Formerly called Burma.


Georgia - by the caspian sea north of the middle east
Lesotho - south africa


Yes.


Suriname - carribeans, i think?

Not quite. North coast of South America.


Antigua & Barbuda - carribean, definitely

Yes.


Montenegro - eastern europe
Tanzania - africa
Maldives - off the east coast of africa, indian ocean
Marshall Islands - pacific, north east of australia
Burundi - africa
Slovenia - eastern europe


Yes. Well, the Maldives are quite some distance away from Africa.


Brunei - middle east


No, Asia. Borders Malaysia.


Bahrain - middle east
Jordan - middle east
Zambia - africa

Yes.

Kiribati and Vanuatu are in Oceania; San Marino is in western Europe.

So again, anyone here who doesn't know Nunavut?

i knew about it but had forgotten til someone else mentioned it being northern canada. it's the native american province/state isn't it? is it independant? i remember looking it up a while ago and not being able to find very much on it so at the time i wondered if it had been an april fool's or something. i know better now. but not much better.

National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1308.html) says it's a saltlake. Just because it's called a sea, doesn't mean it necessarily is. Interesting that you talk about the Aral as a 'large lake' when it's clearly called the Aral Sea...I didn't know Aral is called a Sea in English....

i knew about it but had forgotten til someone else mentioned it being northern canada. it's the native american province/state isn't it? is it independant? i remember looking it up a while ago and not being able to find very much on it so at the time i wondered if it had been an april fool's or something. i know better know. but not much better.I had to tell Google Earth that they forgot something in Canada... :D

I didn't know Aral is called a Sea in English....

Yeah, it's a "lake" in German, too.


If now you could only explain to me just why we "should be on the same server", you get.. some Apfelmus? The time warp apparently results from the 4 different jolt servers all being on different times for some reason, and people seemed to be of the opinion that each server served a different "region" (America, Europe, etc.) so I figured we would be dealing with the same server here.

And, as always at these occasions, iPromote this game (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html). I linked you to the Asian part for obvious reasons, but you can choose any other reason via that drop-down menu.
I have to admit that this game is responsible for more than half of my geography-related knowledge. Maybe it'll help... *goes off to play*

The time warp apparently results from the 4 different jolt servers all being on different times for some reason,
Yes.
and people seemed to be of the opinion that each server served a different "region" (America, Europe, etc.)
.. and some people seem to be of the opinion that Italy borders directly on Germany. I mean, I wouldn't know whether different regions have different servers as default setting, but you can switch between them manually.

Maybe it'll help... *goes off to play*
Ooh, she's heeding my advice! *pride*
And I'm very sorry for that deleted post, in case you've seen it.. my stupidity sometimes overwhelms even me.
ETA: Huh? Indeed, how did that happen?

I didn't know Aral is called a Sea in English....
Now that's just confusing.

Now that's just confusing.

What is? The concept of a non-native speaker who may not be familiar with all and every geographical name in English?

From memory...

Comoros - never heard of
Vanuatu - Pacific islands
St Lucia - Caribbean
Sao Tome e Principe - off the coast of Africa
Togo - Western Africa
Tonga - Pacific Islands
Latvia - Baltics, it's in the EU ffs.
Bhutan - Near Nepal and surrounded by India
Kiribati - Pacific islands?
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar - (also known as Burma to some) beside Thailand
Georgia - In the Caucases
Lesotho - Surrounded by S. Africa
Suriname - South America
Antigua & Barbuda - Caribbean?
San Marino - surrounded by Italy (has, or until this year had, an F1 Grand Prix)
Montenegro - Balkans, independence last year
Tanzania - central-ish Africa
Maldives - Indian Ocean
Marshall Islands - south Atlantic?
Burundi - heard of, but don't know
Slovenia - Europe, in the EU
Brunei - east Asia
Bahrain - island in the Persian Gulf, also hosts an F1 race
Aotearoa - never heard of
Palau - heard of, i think, but don't know
Jordan - Borders Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iraq. Possibly also Saudi Arabia
Zambia - Southern Africa

What is? The concept of a non-native speaker who may not be familiar with all and every geographical name in English?
No - the fact that a geographical feature has a different term used for it in two different languages. I'd have thought there would be some international agreement on whether the Aral is a sea or a lake.

No - the fact that a geographical feature has a different term used for it in two different languages. I'd have thought there would be some international agreement on whether the Aral is a sea or a lake.Why? The Dead Sea is also called differently in different languages. Lake, Sea, or just Water(s).

What strikes me more is that the Latin word "mare" (French mer, German Meer) didn't make it into the English language and that Sea is used (from German "die See" (feminine), while German "der See" (masculine) means lake)

No - the fact that a geographical feature has a different term used for it in two different languages. I'd have thought there would be some international agreement on whether the Aral is a sea or a lake.

You don't even seem to agree in your language what exactly constitutes a sea/lake, so why should that be so?

Different languages/countries/.. seem to disagree even on such simple issues as to how many continents there are (yes, I've been taught in school that there are 5, now, most people I talk to in my language these days agree that there are 6, and most of those would laugh at the idea of regarding North and South America two different continents).

That, and I derive endless amusement from the English language calling that thing between Calais and Dover the English Channel, while the only other two languages I know the name of it in agree in calling it "The Sleeve (Channel)"..

Why? The Dead Sea is also called differently in different languages. Lake, Sea, or just Water(s).
As I'm not a linguist, I didn't know that. Forgive my ignorance, but I do find it a little odd that there isn't international agreement on the definition of 'lake', 'sea', 'landlocked', etc.

What strikes me more is that the Latin word "mare" (French mer, German Meer) didn't make it into the English language and that Sea is used (from German "die See" (feminine), while German "der See" (masculine) means lake)
It did actually - the word 'mere' in English is roughly equivalent to 'lake' - as in Windermere (Lake Windermere is technically a tautology).

You don't even seem to agree in your language what exactly constitutes a sea/lake, so why should that be so?

Different languages/countries/.. seem to disagree even on such simple issues as to how many continents there are (yes, I've been taught in school that there are 5, now, most people I talk to in my language these days agree that there are 6, and most of those would laugh at the idea of regarding North and South America two different continents).We do. Perhaps your language simply does not have an equivalent term? It means a large body of salt water. The Caspian Sea, Aral Sea and Dead Sea are all salty. The Dead sea being very salty, and the Caspian Sea being only 1/3 of the salinity of ocean sea water (but still salty enough to taste).

You don't even seem to agree in your language what exactly constitutes a sea/lake, so why should that be so?
Languages rarely agree with reality. Even if an international definition were introduced, people would still call it whatever they felt like. Pluto technically isn't a planet anymore, but I would still call it as such.

Okay, played it all. Here are the results of the German jury :p:

Asia: 89/90 (89 of 90 points)
South America: 39/39
Europe: 114/117 This should rightfully be worse, I just got lucky with the Balkans.
Central America: 41/42 Almost completely educated guesses... I simply cannot remember what is what on that small strip of land.

And the two where I fulfilled my worst expectations:

Middle East: 73/87
and of course
Africa: 108/162 >.<I got a perfect score for the USA... and it wasn't lucky guessing... What a waste of brains cells... I mean... why is it useful that I can pinpoint Nebraska on a map... I don't know anything about the state other than its name and shape.

And, as always at these occasions, iPromote this game (http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html). I linked you to the Asian part for obvious reasons, but you can choose any other reason via that drop-down menu.
I have to admit that this game is responsible for more than half of my geography-related knowledge.

Okay, played it all. Here are the results of the German jury :p:

Asia: 89/90 (89 of 90 points)
South America: 39/39
Europe: 114/117 This should rightfully be worse, I just got lucky with the Balkans.
Central America: 41/42 Almost completely educated guesses... I simply cannot remember what is what on that small strip of land.

And the two where I fulfilled my worst expectations:

Middle East: 73/87
and of course
Africa: 108/162 >.<

We do. Perhaps your language simply does not have an equivalent term? It means a large body of salt water. The Caspian Sea, Aral Sea and Dead Sea are all salty. The Dead sea being very salty, and the Caspian Sea being only 1/3 of the salinity of ocean sea water (but still salty enough to taste).

Don't take me too seriously; I was mostly humorously referring to the bickering over what a lake and/or sea was earlier in this thread.
But if you really must: Why, exactly, does the phrase "salt lake" exist in the English language, if your definition is so absolute?

Languages rarely agree with reality. Even if an international definition were introduced, people would still call it whatever they felt like. Pluto technically isn't a planet anymore, but I would still call it as such.
.. which is probably why there is no internationally set naming.

And I shall, too, if only because our German mnemonic for the names and distance order of the planets gets screwed otherwise. ;]

Comoros-knew of it, unaware it was a country
Vanuatu-couldn't pinpoint it on a map among all the other Island states
St Lucia-same as 2
Sao Tome e Principe-yup
Togo-yup
Tonga-same as 2
Latvia-yes
Bhutan-yes
Kiribati-same as 2
St Vincent & the Grenadines-same as 2
Myanmar-yes
Georgia-yes
Lesotho-yes
Suriname-yes
Antigua & Barbuda-Carib somewhere
San Marino-yes
Montenegro-yes
Tanzania-yes
Maldives-yes
Marshall Islands-same as 2
Burundi-yes
Slovenia-yes
Brunei-yes
Bahrain-yes
Aotearoa-never heard of it
Palau-same as 2
Jordan-yes
Zambia-yes

A little (actually, a lot) more difficult, if you want a challenge: can you identify the following countries?

Country 1-Qatar
Country 2-one of the 4 'stans
Country 3-Malawi
Country 4-Monaco
Country 5-Syria
Country 6-Bolivia
Country 7-some island place-Fiji?
Country 8-Finland
Country 9-Algeria
Country 10-el Salvador
Country 11-Sao Tome and Principe
Country 12-Sudan
Country 13-Philippines
Country 14-Viet Nam
Country 15-one of the Congos
Country 16-Guyana
Country 17-still more islands that will disappear with global warming

It did actually - the word 'mere' in English is roughly equivalent to 'lake' - as in Windermere (Lake Windermere is technically a tautology).Oh, you're right. As a hardcore Tolkien fan I should know Mirrowmere... ;)

Comoros no
Vanuatu yes
St Lucia yes
Sao Tome e Principe yes
Togo yes
Tonga yes
Latvia yes
Bhutan yes
Kiribati yes
St Vincent & the Grenadines yes
Myanmar yes
Georgia yes
Lesotho yes
Suriname yes
Antigua & Barbuda yes but I think it is Barbados
San Marino yes
Montenegro yes
Tanzania yes
Maldives yes
Marshall Islands they are not a country, they are part of Micronesia I
believe

Burundi Rwanda's less known, less crazy neighbor
Slovenia yes
Brunei yes
Bahrain yes
Aotearoa no
Palau yes
Jordan yes
Zambia yes

You mean Queen Noor?

Yeah. Noor-al Hussein. And that's all true.

Asia: 89/90 (89 of 90 points)
Found the Philippines alright? ;P

ETA: 78. It is impossible to find East Timor, and for some reason I really goofed around with those four countries north if Afghanistan.. *shame*
South America: 39/39
Easiest one, if you ask me (well, that's exlcuding the "continents and seas" thing..)

ETA: 39, too :] Though it's always roll of dice whether I confuse Urugay and Paraguay or not.
Europe: 114/117 This should rightfully be worse, I just got lucky with the Balkans.
Fail is me when it comes to that region, too..

ETA: 105. I can do Montenegro/Serbia/Bosnia-H/Croatia, but the rest is.. hazy.
Central America: 41/42 Almost completely educated guesses... I simply cannot remember what is what on that small strip of land.
I had to be educated by my very Central-America-focussed friends, too.
ETA: 42. Hah. That's the first, and probably last, time I beat you. ;P

Middle East: 73/87
My weak point, too.

ETA: 71. God, I mixed up Jordan and Lebanon, and the three little ones south of Russia. Umm.
Africa: 108/162 >.<
For some reason, I always do Africa exceptionally well. I just love the shapes and jumbled sizes and all.. I think.
ETA: 157. Eh, that's been better at some point.

i knew about it but had forgotten til someone else mentioned it being northern canada. it's the native american province/state isn't it? is it independant? i remember looking it up a while ago and not being able to find very much on it so at the time i wondered if it had been an april fool's or something. i know better now. but not much better.

not officially a province, self governing region of predominately native Inuit.

Don't take me too seriously; I was mostly humorously referring to the bickering over what a lake and/or sea was earlier in this thread.
But if you really must: Why, exactly, does the phrase "salt lake" exist in the English language, if your definition is so absolute?It seems in recent weeks I have failed carry off a single 'by the by' post without someone thinking I was being antagonistic. i r teh failure... :(

Well... a sea covers any large salt water body. Whether that be the South China Sea or the Caspian Sea. A lake means a large inland body of water. As you can see the two terms overlap. So if you wanted to specific in refering to the Caspian sea as opposed to Lake Michigan you would call the Caspian Sea a salt water lake, and Lake Michigan a fresh water lake.

Say you have a set of animals - chickens, hawks, wolves and cows. The former two are birds, whereas the latter two are mammals. However cows and chickens can be grouped together as domesticated animals, whereas hawks and wolves are wild animals. Do you see what I mean? That's why the terms, fresh water lake, salt water lake, sea, lake, inland sea and the high seas exist as separate terms.

Found the Philippines alright? ;P Hehe, yeah, that's the good thing about these really humbling experiences: I don't think I'll again forget where the Philippines are any time soon. ;)

For some reason, I always do Africa exceptionally well. I just love the shapes and jumbled sizes and all.. I think.Oh boy, no, I just simply suck at it.

.. which is probably why there is no internationally set naming.

And I shall, too, if only because our German mnemonic for the names and distance order of the planets gets screwed otherwise. ;]
I never learned a mnemonic for the planets (I just learned the names and where they were) and got confused when other people explained it to me. I didn't see why it was easier to learn a 9 word phrase compared to 9 separate words. Still don't really.

Yeah. Noor-al Hussein. And that's all true.Yes. However, she's also of Arab descent. By the Jordanians she was rather seen as a Arabwoman coming home than a stranger. I guess, her popularity is still unbroken...

I've heard of every internationally recognized country and several unrecognized ones like Kurdistan.

Everyone but Comoros and Aotearoa.

Comoros
Vanuatu
Sao Tome e Principe
Kiribati
Suriname
Aotearoa
PalauNever heard of those. Kiribati's a cool name.St Lucia
Bhutan
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar
Lesotho
Antigua & Barbuda
Tanzania
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Burundi
Brunei
Bahrain
Jordan
ZambiaHeard of these, have friends from a couple of them, and can place most on a map without being a thousand miles off.Togo
Tonga
Latvia
Georgia
San Marino
Montenegro
SloveniaBeen to these places.

Vanuatu
Togo
Tonga
Bhutan
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar
Georgia
Antigua & Barbuda
Montenegro
Tanzania
Slovenia
Bahrain
Palau
Jordan
Zambia

Bolded I've heard of, might have a rough idea of where it the rest I could place in the right place on a map(and have obviously also heard of). I deleted what I've never heard of.
Too lazy to took at the other links.

It seems in recent weeks I have failed carry off a single 'by the by' post without someone thinking I was being antagonistic. i r teh failure... :(
Nah, don't worry; I have bitchy tendencies and usually just assume them reflected in everyone else, too..

-snip-

Yes, I understood that alright. But still, under these definitions, a large pool of salty water can be both a lake and/or a sea, and that's exactly what I was getting at in the first place: Even in your language, there is no one single option on how to call a given big pool of salty water, so why should it be the same internationally/in different languages?

Hehe, yeah, that's the good thing about these really humbling experiences: I don't think I'll again forget where the Philippines are any time soon. ;)
Always glad to help. ;P

Oh boy, no, I just simply suck at it.
I'm too lazy to dig out that Sinuhueian quote about honor/brilliance (well, actually, hers was about sanity) by comparison..

And in case you read my edited/updated post, you'll see that you have me beat on many a region, and I'm teh greatest, so.. ;P

I never learned a mnemonic for the planets (I just learned the names and where they were) and got confused when other people explained it to me. I didn't see why it was easier to learn a 9 word phrase compared to 9 separate words. Still don't really.

Well, with the phrase (assuming it makes sense) I don't have to remember the word order of these nine words the same way I have to with nine semantically unrelated words.

Comoros -- Island nation in Indian Ocean near Madagascar
Vanuatu -- Islans nation in South Pacific, formely the New Hebrides
St Lucia -- Island nation in Carribean, north of Trinidad
Sao Tome e Principe -- Island Nation in Gulf of Guinea, off Africa
Togo -- West Africa, between Ghana and Benin
Tonga -- Island nation in South Pacific, south of Samoa
Latvia -- One of the "Baltic States" former Soviet Republic
Bhutan -- in the Himalayas, between China (Tibet) and India, east of Nepal
Kiribati -- Island nation in Pacific, near where equator crosses IDL
St Vincent & the Grenadines -- Island nation in Carribean, South of St. Lucia
Myanmar -- SE Asia, formerly Burma
Georgia -- Caucasus Mts. south of Russia, north of Iran, former Soviet Rupublic
Lesotho -- S. Africa, surrounded by South Africa
Suriname -- N. South America, north of Brazil, between Guyana and French Guiana, formerly known as Dutch Guiana
Antigua & Barbuda -- NE Carribean island nation, east of Virgin Islands
San Marino -- Europe, surrounded by Italy
Montenegro -- Former Yougoslav Republic, on Adriatic between croatia, Serbia, and Albania
Tanzania -- E. Africa, south of Kenya; location of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Maldives -- Indian Ocean island nation, near India
Marshall Islands -- Pacific Ocean island nation, former U.S. possession
Burundi E. Africa, near Tanzania
Slovenia -- former Yugoslav republic, between Austria and Croatia; near Italy
Brunei -- on the island of Borneo, has Malaysia on 3 sides, South China Sea on 4th.
Bahrain -- Island nation in Persian Gulf
Aotearoa -- Maori name for New Zealand (yes, I actually knew this)
Palau -- Island nation in Pacific, former U.S. possession, south of Guam
Jordan -- on the other side of Dead Sea from Israel
Zambia -- S. Africa, between DR Congo and Zimbabwe

Nah, don't worry; I have bitchy tendencies and usually just assume them reflected in everyone else, too..

Yes, I understood that alright. But still, under these definitions, a large pool of salty water can be both a lake and/or a sea, and that's exactly what I was getting at in the first place: Even in your language, there is no one single option on how to call a given big pool of salty water, so why should it be the same internationally/in different languages?Because most of the world has been invaded by an English speaking country in at least one point in their history? >.>

I like English having more than one word for many nouns, verbs and adjectives... It's because English is positional and so being able to use different words allows you to vary your speech easily. It stops things sounding too monotonous. But yeah, you're right... no wait... we have a single term for a large body of salty water - sea. But we don't have a single word for a large inland body of salty water. I am so getting confused.

I just list what I associate

Comoros
Vanuatu: small, pacific island
St Lucia
Sao Tome e Principe
Togo: african country, former German collony
Tonga: island-nation, .to-tld
Latvia: high bandwidth
Bhutan: means 'Kingdom of dragon'
Kiribati
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Myanmar: traditional harp-music, pagodes
Georgia: Tiflis
Lesotho: African nation, poor
Suriname
Antigua & Barbuda: cool flag
San Marino: 0:13 against Germany
Montenegro: Balkan, one Montenegran player played in the Serbian/Montenegran ntl soccer team in 2006
Tanzania: african, holiday-location
Maldives: holiday-location for diving, tropical
Marshall Islands: pacitic, lots of them
Burundi: african
Slovenia: Triglav
Brunei: oil-money, ambititous architectural projects
Bahrain: Arabic nation
Aotearoa
Palau: coalition of the willing, small island
Jordan: next to Israel
Zambia

Could you make the maps bigger? they were hard to look at for me...

Country 1 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7790/country12oj.png)
Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) Bhutan?
Country 3 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/454/country30tf.png)
Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) Monacco
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) Syria
Country 6 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2457/country63ce.png)
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) Samoa?
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) Algeria? Tunisia?
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) El Salvador?
Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) Cabo Verda
Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) Ethiopia?
Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) Japan
Country 14 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6302/country150xt.png)
Country 15 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5184/country161di.png)
Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) Guyana
Country 17 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3729/country184sp.png)

Because most of the world has been invaded by an English speaking country in at least one point in their history? >.>
I suck at history too much to refute that, but I guess many others could.
That, and we're only counting "invasions" that took place early enough to influence the language to a noticeable degree..

I like English having more than one word for many nouns, verbs and adjectives...
I believe every language knows synonyms?
But yeah, you're right... no wait... we have a single term for a large body of salty water - sea.
Ocean? ;P
But we don't have a single word for a large inland body of salty water. I am so getting confused.

..which is what we've been talking about.
Don't worry, just spin around your own axis three times and then stand on your head, that'll make it go away.

I suck at history too much to refute that, but I guess many others could.
That, and we'r eonly counting "invasions" that took place early enough to influence the language to a noticeable degree..Taking me too seriously? ;) It was just a random comment refering to that fact that one form of imperialism was to force the natives of a land to learn the imperial language. But the English suck at destroying languages. For 700 years the English have occupied Wales, yet still the Welsh langauge persists.I believe every language knows synonyms?Yeah, but I've always been told that English has shit loads of them. Basically because we've nicked everyone elses synonyms.Ocean?Nah, Ocean is more specific than Sea. It means the huge body of salty water. Any sub-division of the Ocean is also called an Ocean. All Oceans are Seas, but not all Seas are Oceans...which is what we've been taling about.
Don't worry, just spin around your own axis three times and then stand on your head, that'll make it go away.I did that... and injured myself. Expect a call from my lawyer. :p :D

Oeck, your sig is sickening!

Comoros - islands in the Indian Ocean, IIRC
Vanuatu - Pacific island
St Lucia - ???
Sao Tome e Principe - ???
Togo - West African nation
Tonga - Pacific island
Latvia - Baltic state
Bhutan - Tiny country north of India
Kiribati - Islands somewhere...
St Vincent & the Grenadines - ditto
Myanmar - Next to Thailand
Georgia - One of those teeny Central Asian countries
Lesotho - surrounded by S. Africa
Suriname - South American nation
Antigua & Barbuda - Caribbean islands
San Marino - tiny country surrounded by Italy
Montenegro - Balkan state
Tanzania - African nation south of Kenya
Maldives - island chain south of India (I think)
Marshall Islands - Pacific islands
Burundi - Tiny African country near Rwanda
Slovenia - Balkan state next to Italy
Brunei - Tiny country in SE Asia
Bahrain - Mid-East country north of Saudi Arabia
Aotearoa - WTF?
Palau - Pacific island (and part of the "Coalition of the Willing", IIRC. :p)
Jordan - Mid-East country east of Israel
Zambia - African nation north of S. Africa (wait... wouldn't that be true of most African nations? :p)

A little (actually, a lot) more difficult, if you want a challenge: can you identify the following countries?

1 - Qatar
2 - crap... Azerbaijan?
3 - Malawi
4 - Monaco
5 - Syria
6 - Bolivia?
7 - no clue...
8 - Finland
9 - Algeria
10 - El Salvador?
11 - no idea...
12 - Sudan!
13 - The Philippines
14 - Iraq! No... wait... Vietnam. :p
15 - Gabon
16 - Suriname?
17 - ???

Taking me too seriously? ;)
I now wish I remembered the Latin for "Physician, heal thyself!" It always looked like a useful phrase. ;P

It was just a random comment refering to that fact that one form of imperialism was to force the natives of a land to learn the imperial language. But the English suck at destroying languages. For 700 years the English have occupied Wales, yet still the Welsh language persists.Yeah, but I've always been told that English has shit loads of them. Basically because we've nicked everyone elses synonyms.
I honestly wouldn't know whether the English language is consideable synonyms-richer than any other, but point taken. :]
Nah, Ocean is more specific than Sea. It means the huge body of salty water. Any sub-division of the Ocean is also called an Ocean. All Oceans are Seas, but not all Seas are Oceans.
I know, I know, don't you worry.. I was just messing with adorably confused little you. ;P
I did that... and injured myself. Expect a call from my lawyer. :p :D
You do that, and expect a huge bill from your lawyers for international calls ;P

Oeck, your sig is sickening!

You're welcome.

Meine Oma hat 'nen Nachttopf mit Beleuchtung, Beleuuuchtung..

although I'm rather attached to

Meine Oma hat 'ne Glatze mit Geländer, Gelääänder... too :]

Kiribati's a cool name.

Even more fun is the fact that it's pronounced "Kee-ree-bus".

It's a warping of "Gilbert" into the I-Kiribati language; the country was called the Gilbert Islands when it was a British colony.

Hence Kiritimati Island (in Kiribati), pronounced Kee-rees-mus, and originally called Christmas Island.

Country 2 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/1172/country29dd.png) Bhutan?


No. You're too far east. It's Tajikistan.


Country 4 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1672/country41vl.png) Monacco
Country 5 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/626/country53bb.png) Syria
Country 7 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7310/country78ei.png) Samoa?
Country 8 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png) Finland
Country 9 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2052/country97gf.png) Algeria? Tunisia?
Country 10 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2866/country119lp.png) El Salvador?


Yes on all those. (N° 9 is Algeria. Tunisia is much smaller and directly to the east.)


Country 11 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1987/country129cp.png) Cabo Verda


Too far north. It's Sao Tome & Principe.


Country 12 (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2503/country137wo.png) Ethiopia?


Ethiopia is smaller and to the east. That's the Sudan.


Country 13 (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/9327/country140wv.png) Japan


You're too far north again. ;) It's the Philippines.


Country 16 (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1765/country179ks.png) Guyana


Yes.

1 - Qatar
2 - crap... Azerbaijan?
3 - Malawi
4 - Monaco
5 - Syria
6 - Bolivia?
7 - no clue...
8 - Finland
9 - Algeria
10 - El Salvador?
11 - no idea...
12 - Sudan!
13 - The Philippines
14 - Iraq! No... wait... Vietnam. :p
15 - Gabon
16 - Suriname?
17 - ???

Mostly correct. N°2 is Tajikistan, n°15 is the Republic of the Congo (which I often call "western Congo" to add to the confusion :p), and n°16 is Guyana. You were very close on all of those.

Comoros - duh?
Vanuatu - heard of, got an idea where i *might* be
St Lucia - heard of
Sao Tome e Principe - heard of, got an idea where i *might* be
Togo - I could place that one on the correct continent ;)
Tonga - unsure...
Latvia - that's easy
Bhutan - I should be able to find this on a map... or do I mistake for some other country?
Kiribati - heard of
St Vincent & the Grenadines - heard of
Myanmar - know where
Georgia - know where, more or less
Lesotho - heard of
Suriname - I know the continent...
Antigua & Barbuda - heard of, got an idea where i *might* be
San Marino - I know where
Montenegro - same
Tanzania - know-by-continent
Maldives - know where
Marshall Islands - heard of, got an idea where i *might* be
Burundi - continent known
Slovenia - I could find this one on a map
Brunei - know where, more or less
Bahrain - same
Aotearoa - duh?
Palau - heard... of? maybe?
Jordan - know where
Zambia - continent known

Country 1 -- Qatar
Country 2 -- Tajikistan
Country 3 -- Malawi
Country 4 -- Monaco
Country 5 -- Syria
Country 6 -- Bolivia
Country 7 -- That one's tough. It's either Tonga or Fiji
Country 8 -- Finland
Country 9 -- Algeria
Country 10 -- El Salvador
Country 11 -- Sâo Tomé e Príncipe
Country 12 -- Sudan
Country 13 -- Philipenes
Country 14 -- Vietnam
Country 15 -- Congo Republic
Country 16 -- Guyana
Country 17 -- Kiribati

Country 8


[URL="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/conan-finland-president.jpg"]Of Course I know #8. (http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/4954/country89vd.png)

Of Course I know #8. (http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/conan-finland-president.jpg)

I don't get it. :confused:

I correctly identified every African country. Yay me.

I don't get it. :confused:

The woman on the right is the president of Finland.

Yes i am familiar with all of those countries, however that second part of the equation might take some time but i am 58% confident of placing them all correctly.

Mostly correct. N°2 is Tajikistan, n°15 is the Republic of the Congo (which I often call "western Congo" to add to the confusion :p), and n°16 is Guyana. You were very close on all of those.

I usually refer to the Congos by their capitals (Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa). I wish Congo-Kinshasa would rename itself Zaire. It'd make it a lot less confusing. :(

Country 1 -- Qatar
Country 2 -- Tajikistan
Country 3 -- Malawi
Country 4 -- Monaco
Country 5 -- Syria
Country 6 -- Bolivia
Country 7 -- That one's tough. It's either Tonga or Fiji
Country 8 -- Finland
Country 9 -- Algeria
Country 10 -- El Salvador
Country 11 -- Sâo Tomé e Príncipe
Country 12 -- Sudan
Country 13 -- Philipenes
Country 14 -- Vietnam
Country 15 -- Congo Republic
Country 16 -- Guyana
Country 17 -- Kiribati

All correct except #7 (Samoa).

100% :)

Country 1:
The State of Qatar

Country 2:
Republic of Tadzikistan

Country 3:
Republic of Malawi

Country 4:
The Principality of Monaco

Country 5:
Syrian Arab Republic

Country 6:
Republic of Bolivia

Country 7:
The Independent State of Samoa

Country 8:
Republic of Finland

Country 9:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Country 10:
Republic of El Salvador

Country 11:
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe

Country 12:
Republic of Sudan

Country 13:
Republic of the Philippines

Country 14:
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Country 15:
Republic of Congo

Country 16:
Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Country 17:
Republic of Kiribati

If you people want a real challenge, try this game:

http://www.geosense.net/

It's an on-line game where you challenge someone else to correctly locating countries on the globe as fast as possible.

warning: can be highly addictive.

Out of curiosity, have you heard of these countries? And, if so, would you be able to place them on a map (precisely or even roughly - i.e. say what part of the world they're in)?

I mean without cheating, of course. Just from memory.

Comoros In the western Indian Ocean
Vanuatu In the middle of the Pacific
St Lucia Possibly the Atlantic coast of Africa?
Sao Tome e Principe South of Ghana, in the Atlantic
Togo Next to Benin
Tonga Possibly either African or in the Pacific
Latvia Baltic state, along with Estonia and Lithuania
Bhutan In the Himlayas, north of Bangladesh
Kiribati In the sounth Pacific
St Vincent & the Grenadines off the northern coast of South America
Myanmar Once known as Burma, in SE Asia
Georgia tiny state in the Caucasus
Lesotho small counry that is surrounded on all sides by South Africa
Suriname Northern South America, near St. Vincent ect.
Antigua & Barbuda also close to St. Vincent
San Marino Like Lesotho, only in Italy
Montenegro State in the Balkans, once joined with Serbia
Tanzania Country in southern Africa
Maldives Archipelago south of India
Marshall Islands In the Pacific
Burundi Not quite sure
Slovenia In the northern Balkans
Brunei Tiny state near Indonesia
Bahrain On a peninsula offshoot of Arabia
Aotearoa no idea
Palau Pacific island, near Vanuatu
Jordan opposite the Jordan river from Israel
Zambia in southern Africa



I'm too lazy to name any more