General Knowledge Quiz

[perryman]

UK
USA
Norway
Australia
New Zealand
Argentina
Chile

7 in total?

6 correct.

 

[perryman]

6 correct.

And you are correct, there are 7 countries in total. You have named 6 of them.

 

[SteveM70]

France are definitely one

 

[perryman]

France are definitely one

Then who isn’t?

 

[MotCO]

Chile isn't?

 

[perryman]

Chile isn't?

Chile is.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I will try a guess at Russia

 

[SteveM70]

I’d say the USA is the wrong one on the first answer listing 7, and France replaces it

 

[perryman]

I will try a guess at Russia

Nyet to Russia but…

 

[perryman]

I’d say the USA is the wrong one on the first answer listing 7, and France replaces it

You say right. The USA has no claim but has bases on other countries land. Ice imitating life, as it were.

Not a Wiki fanboy per se and have other sources but for the time being:

Territorial claims in Antarctica - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

So, @xotGD with 6 correct answers can plant his flag wherever he or she wishes to. Well done.

 

[xotGD]

As I've set a question recently I'll declare Open Floor...

 

[MotCO]

Can I step in with another geography question?

Which country has the greatest number of islands (over 250,000)?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

As a slightly off the wall guess I will try Canada

 

[MotCO]

As a slightly off the wall guess I will try Canada

No, not Canada. It is 4th in the list with only(!) 52,000.

 

[perryman]

Sweden?

 

[MotCO]

Sweden?

Correct. Do you watch Richard Osman as well?

Sweden is first with 267,570 islands (who counted them all? when does a simple rock become an island?) Norway is second at 239,057, Finland 3rd (178,947) and Canada 4th (52,455). UK is 26th with 1,000 islands.

 

[perryman]

Correct. Do you watch Richard Osman as well?

Sweden is first with 267,570 islands (who counted them all? when does a simple rock become an island?) Norway is second at 239,057, Finland 3rd (178,947) and Canada 4th (52,455). UK is 26th with 1,000 islands.

I knew from somewhere it was either Sweden or Finland and I think the one which didn’t have the most islands had the most lakes (which I thought was Finland). Or something like that.

Open floor, please

 

[OhNoAPacer]

If I may jump,in with more geography

There are 14 capital cities in the world more northerly by latitude than London, please name them.

 

[perryman]

Ottawa, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, Stockholm, Seoul, Pyongyang, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Berlin?

 

[perryman]

Maybe Ulan Baator and Beijing instead of the two Korean capitals.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Ottawa, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, Stockholm, Seoul, Pyongyang, Tokyo, Amsterdam,

Not Ottawa, Seoul, Pyongyang or Tokyo

Ottawa, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, Stockholm, Seoul, Pyongyang, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Berlin?

Maybe Ulan Baator and Beijing instead of the two Korean capitals.

Not Ulan Barton nor Beijing

But you have 9 correct answers

 

[Gloster]

Reykjavik. Torshavn, Nuuk?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Reykjavik. Torshavn, Nuuk?

Reykjavik us correct, neither Faeroe Islands nor Greenland are countries, in the strict sense, but let me go away and check Greenland on that.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Just checks, both Faroe Islands and Greenland are autonomous bits of Denmark

 

[perryman]

Warsaw, Minsk?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Warsaw, Minsk?

Both correct, so 11 for you so far

Are you in fact Richard Osman?

 

[perryman]

Both correct, so 11 for you so far

Are you in fact Richard Osman?

I would have got all 14 if I were.

 

[perryman]

Dublin.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Dublin.

Correct Richard, I mean perryman

 

[perryman]

Part of me wants to say Brussels but having rode that train so many times I never got the feeling I was travelling to a city above London. But I can’t think of anything else.