General Knowledge Quiz

[Calthrop]

Thanks very much

I thought I knew Larkin, just guessed, did not really think it could be him. I obviously need to delve some more into his exploits
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Please arrange these countries/regions in order of population density, highest first (inhabitants per square km)

Eire (the Republic)
Norway
Bangladesh
Macau
Powys

My guess is:

Macau; Bangladesh; Republic of Ireland; Norway; Powys -- am very unsure about the last three...

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Macau, Bangladesh, Republic of Ireland, Powys, Norway?

P.S. Wonder if anyone will get four out of five right on this one?

 

[MotCO]

Macau; Bangladesh; Republic of Ireland; Powys; Norway

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Mcr Warrior got the right order, not sure if 4/5 right is possible

Macau 21 340 people/km2
Bangladesh 1 106
Eire 71
Powys 26
Norway 14

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Continuing the population related quiz theme, in which year was it generally considered that the world total population was last under one billion (1,000,000,000)?

 

[xotGD]

1666

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1666

Nope. Perhaps half a billion then.

 

[Gloster]

It is really quite recent as population growth has increased exponentially. 1960?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

It is really quite recent as population growth has increased exponentially. 1960?

No. Ballpark 3 billion by then.

 

[444045]

1815 ?

 

[SteveM70]

About 1790

 

[Jimbob52]

Continuing the population related quiz theme, in which year was it generally considered that the world total population was last under one billion (1,000,000,000)?

Is this is one of those milestone dates? 1800.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Is this is one of those milestone dates? 1800.

That's very close, so I think I'll let you have a gimme on this.

Wikipedia gives 1804 as the year when the 1,000,000,000 world population figure was first reached, so 1803 would have been the last year when the figure was below that.

Obviously, such calculations can only be, at best, guesstimates.

Over to you @Jimbob52

 

[Mcr Warrior]

1815 ?

Over one billion by then.

About 1790

No, not quite, but not far out.

 

[Jimbob52]

That's very close, so I think I'll let you have a gimme on this.

Wikipedia gives 1804 as the year when the 1,000,000,000 world population figure was first reached, so 1803 would have been the last year when the figure was below that.

Obviously, such calculations can only be, at best, guesstimates.

Over to you @Jimbob52

Thank you. Staying on the theme of population:

It is forecast that at the end of the century the largest city in the world will have a population of 88 million; the second largest a population of 83 million; and the third, 73 million.

Can you name these cities, in the correct order?

 

[Metrolink]

Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Mexico City, Dhaka, Beijing?

One does not know what to think, there is talk of population declining quite soon. Maybe only in certain regions, not the total world population

 

[perryman]

Jakarta, Lagos, Sao Paolo?

 

[Jimbob52]

Jakarta, Lagos, Sao Paolo?

Of the nine cities mentioned so far, only one is forecast to be among the three largest in 2100.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Lagos, Cairo, Bombay?

 

[Metrolink]

Kinshasa, Lagos and ...maybe Delhi?

 

[Jimbob52]

Kinshasa, Lagos and ...maybe Delhi?

Kinshasa and Lagos are correct - though the other way round. Lagos is expected to be the largest city in the world.

Delhi is not forecast to be number 3. That title goes to another African city.

 

[SteveM70]

Kinshasa and Lagos are correct - though the other way round. Lagos is expected to be the largest city in the world.

Delhi is not forecast to be number 3. That title goes to another African city.

Dar Es Salaam?

 

[Jimbob52]

Dar Es Salaam?

Yes, Dar Es Salaam is correct.

It's a fine call but I think Metrolink receives the Thomas Malthus award for two out of three. He takes the floor for the next question.

 

[Metrolink]

So... seeming it’s a running theme I’ll also go population themed question yet again.

In the USA how many state capitals are not the state’s largest city (by population)?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Juneau is one, and Sacramento, Albany (?), I know there are quite a few more
I guess 22 out of 50

 

[SteveM70]

Blimey. Quite a lot, maybe 20?

From ones I’ve been to:
Alaska (capital Juneau, biggest city Anchorage)
California (Sacramento / LA)
New York (Albany / NYC)
New Jersey (Trenton / Newark)
Nevada (Carson City / Las Vegas)
Louisiana (Baton Rouge / New Orleans)
Alabama (Montgomery / Birmingham)
Maine (Augusta / Portland)
Maryland (Annapolis / Baltimore)

Ones I can think of but haven’t been to:
Washington (Olympia / Seattle)
Tennessee (Nashville / Memphis)

Thats 11 there must be loads more

 

[Jimbob52]

So... seeming it’s a running theme I’ll also go population themed question yet again.

In the USA how many state capitals are not the state’s largest city (by population)?

 

[Jimbob52]

I think it is more than half. I would guess 33.

 

[Metrolink]

Wow lucky guess...

your turn @Jimbob52