History/Geography Trivia

[fguy64]

I suppose this qualifies as a forum game. Someone who answers a question correctly can ask their own question. You can't use Google or Wiki to help answer a question, although you can use it to help devise a question.

OK. There are only two countries in the world that are completely contained within another country, which means these two countries can't border on an ocean. Name the two countries.

 

[frankfriend]

Vatican City; Republic of San Marino; Andorra; Switzerland; Lichtenstein; Hungary; Czech Republic; Slovak Republic; Lesotho; Botswana; Swaziland etc

Do you mean completely controlled within only one country or within several other countries. The latter is suggested by the ruke that the country must not border on an ocean.

 

[ichwar]

I know the answer, but I'm to lazy to try and remember it.

 

[fguy64]

Vatican City; Republic of San Marino; Andorra; Switzerland; Lichtenstein; Hungary; Czech Republic; Slovak Republic; Lesotho; Botswana; Swaziland etc

Do you mean completely controlled within only one country or within several other countries. The latter is suggested by the ruke that the country must not border on an ocean.

Hey, sorry for the delay, I forgot I made this thread.

The country must be completely surrounded (not controlled, but surrounded) by only one other country, there are only two such countries, and they areboth in the list you have given.

 

[ichwar]

1 is Lesotho.

 

[fguy64]

1 is Lesotho.

you are correct. Here is an interesting fact about the other...

It was founded in the year 301 AD, making it the oldest sovereign state in the world.

 

[ichwar]

Ok, well that's easy, only a republic would last that long, so ummm, let me see, the Republic of SanMarino.

 

[mattura]

well then let's kick this off again - what is the highest lake in the world (altitude)?

 

[ichwar]

the world's highest lake has no name. it lies nestled in the crater of Licancabur, a dormant volcano in the Andes that rises nearly 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) above sea level, straddling the border between Chile and Bolivia.

 

[fguy64]

I would say that the highest lake in the world is Lake Titicaca in Peru

by the way ichwar, San Marino is correct it is completely enclosed within Italy

 

[Twinkie]

Most of you will not get this one at first

Who discovered the number e?

 

[fguy64]

Most of you will not get this one at first

Who discovered the number e?

Euler

There are 15 countries currently in existence that were part of the old USSR, how many can you name.

 

[ichwar]

Russia. duh. sorry.:biggrin:

Poland, ukraine?

 

[fguy64]

Russia is correct. no duh my friend, I did this quiz on another board, nobody thought about Russia. Too Obvious.

Anyways, Poland was behind the Iron Curtain, as was Hungary, Czeckolslvakia, etc, but they were not part of the Soviet Union.

Ukraine yes.

2 down, 13 to go.

 

[ichwar]

slovakia, romania? I'm just throwing out random countries in the vicinity or not so vicinity of russia.

 

[fguy64]

Again, both were behind the Iron Curtain (East Germany is another example), but were not part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

 

[ichwar]

west germany? ummm, georgia?
Edit:
tajikistan? forgive my spelling, I'm just typing stuff from memory.
moldova?
belarus?
Edit:
here's one that I should of remembered sooner since my ggrandfather was from there: armenia.

 

[fguy64]

west germany? ummm, georgia?
Edit:
tajikistan? forgive my spelling, I'm just typing stuff from memory.
moldova?
belarus?
Edit:
here's one that I should of remembered sooner since my ggrandfather was from there: armenia.

You're on the right track now. The ones I bolded are correct. West Germany no. so we now have

Russia
Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
Moldova
Belarus
Tajikistan

Seven down, eight to go

 

[ichwar]

kazakstan, kurgistan, azurbidan?

 

[fguy64]

kazakstan, kurgistan, azurbidan?

All correct, note the proper spelling, 10 down, five to go, for countries that were once a part of the Soviet Union.

Russia
Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
Moldova
Belarus
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan