A little history/geography quiz

Ok this is about cities and countries that have changed their name. Some are easy, some not so easy.

1. The city of Bombay, India is now known as

2. The country of Thailand was once known as

3. The city of Istanbul in Turkey was once known as

4. The country called Ceylon changed it's name to

5. The country now known as The Czech Republic, before it was part of Czechoslovakia, was first called

6. The country of Zimbabwe used to be called

7. The city of Beijing China used to be called

8. The country now known as The Democratic Republic of Congo was called

9. Iran used to be called

10. Burma is now known as

11. Ghana, in Africa, used to be known as

I like quizzes ........ how's this for off the top of my head (no cheating!)

1. Mumbai

2. Siam

3. Constantinople (and before that it was Byzantium)

4 Sri Lanka

5. Moravia (?)

6. Rhodesia

7. Peking

8. Zaire

9. Persia

10. Myanmar

11. The Gold Coast

:thankyouthankyou:

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Originally Posted by X

I like quizzes ........ how's this for off the top of my head (no cheating!)

1. Mumbai

2. Siam

3. Constantinople (and before that it was Byzantium)

4 Sri Lanka

5. Moravia (?)

6. Rhodesia

7. Peking

8. Zaire

9. Persia

10. Myanmar

11. The Gold Coast

:thankyouthankyou:

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Perfect score, except maybe for 5. Moravia is a good answer. The quiz I copied had an answer of Bohemia. However a quick bit of googling seems to indicate that it's a toss up area between Moravia and Bohemia, both are regions that currently occupy Czech Republic, historically it is not clear to me which answer is better. So I guess we have to say perfect score, well done.

Bloody hell I only got about 2. But I never did give a shit about geography or history. ;D

Didnt know 10

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Originally Posted by Von Milash

Bloody hell I only got about 2. But I never did give a shit about geography or history. ;D

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I agree Von ...... it's pointless to know where you are and what has already happened ;)

I'm sure there's stuff about this continent I know that you don't. :cool:

Oh yes - dis continent and dat continent ...... but not about being incontinent, I hope ;)

I myself am an expert on the Antarctican continent..... it's cold, windy. lots of snow and fuck all has ever been there or ever happened.

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Oh yes - dis continent and dat continent ...... but not about being incontinent, I hope ;)

I myself am an expert on the Antarctican continent..... it's cold, windy. lots of snow and fuck all has ever been there or ever happened.

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........ a bit like Vancouver really. ;D

Name this Island.

I guess it could be one of thousands of volcanic tropical (?) islands ...
Monserrat, Conception, Stromboli?

Nah, I'm just randomly guessing :(

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Originally Posted by X

I guess it could be one of thousands of volcanic tropical (?) islands ...
Monserrat, Conception, Stromboli?

Nah, I'm just randomly guessing :(

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Well, from this island you can see Monserrat on a clear day. But this is a tough one. Unless you have already seen a pic, it would be hard to just guess.

I have seen it written that Columbus visited this Island in 1493. Also, about 12-13,000 people live here.

Nah .... unless its Easter Island or Rapa Nui, you've got me on this one! Even they are guesses.

Well, don't know Rapa Nui, but Easter Island and Monserrat are thousands of miles apart.

Anyways, the answer is Nevis, in the West Indies, Caribbean.

Where is the longest in Hight Rock Face in the World :confused:

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Originally Posted by Scrap

Where is the longest in Hight Rock Face in the World :confused:

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hmm... the only big rock face I know of is El Capitan, which I think is in the US Rocky Mountains somehere.

Its 7,000 shorter than this one. But love El Cap, climbed it in 73 great peice of Rock ;D

Ohhh my goodness, oh my jolly god Im thinking Ill be knowing this one!

Next to India, part of Kashmir, O0 < black tea towel around head .

hello Im his wife >:bag:.

Was I close?

Karakorum near

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Originally Posted by Andre

Ohhh my goodness, oh my jolly god Im thinking Ill be knowing this one!

Next to India, part of Kashmir, O0 < black tea towel around head .

hello Im his wife >:bag:.

Was I close?

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yeah, I'd have to say Kashmir/Pakistan, but I don't know a specific mountain

In fact Andre two from New Zealand jumped of it

Why?:confused: to die, or for fun with parachutes ?

Im sure cgm will come up with it.

OK I cheated. It's one of these?

edit: ok, saw your rep message

Andre thats what they did base jumped it it frightened the Fucking Life outa me ;D

While we are at it ,:o I cant belive the drops some snow boarders are taking these days. You could imagine people climbing up all pegged in with ropes and helmets etc and some kid in a duffle coat and beenie comes screaming down a snow chute right next to them.

Its the middle one, two of my mates did the first accent in 68 I think. Andre the shutes didnt open until 2000 ft from the deck watching it was unbelievable. One actually hit the rock on the way down :rolleyes:

CGM, that Island looks like Kracatou

Vertical snowboard drop | broadbandsports.com

Vertical snowboard drop - AOL Video


Ok this one works fine.

you have to see this to belive it. BALLS this man has BALLS.

Actually scrap, the Island is Nevis.

Speaking of Rock face, do you know Stawamus Chief, in British Columbia?

Do you still climb?

Brilliant but, thats not as steep as they make out, camara angles helped there.

I know of it mate some friends climbed it years ago, the last time I was there I was 6. Climbed in Greenland theres some monsters there and its cold. Got the Island but it does look like the other one which is rising again I believe. Stopped climbing in 78 Im 65 now.

OK here's one.

This disaster is generally regarded as the biggest/worst ever accidental man made explosion. It was also the biggest ever man made explosion, accidental or intentional, prior to the atomic bomb.

When two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia during WW1?

The meteor strike in Tunguska, Siberia, was the biggest explosion full stop (ie not man made)

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Where is the longest in Hight Rock Face in the World :confused:

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Old Stoneface himself ....... Charles 'Sonny' Liston (he always had a long face - miserable sod, he was)

right you are, X. Here's a little summary I typed up.

The disaster is known simply as the Halifax Explosion. In 1917, a ship laden with 2.6 million kilograms of explosives for use in World War I caught fire after a collision and exploded in Halifax Harbour.

Approximately 2,000 people were killed, 1,600 instantly, and 9,000 people injured. The explosion completely demolished an area of Halifax approx 1.5 square kilometres. A piece of metal debris from the ship weighing over 500 kilograms (1,100 lbs) was found 2.3 miles away.

The size of the explosion is said to be roughly equivalent to 3,000 tons of TNT.

If you google Halifax Explosion, you will find plenty of info and pictures.

Great thread MORE ;D

Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.

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Originally Posted by Scrap

Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.

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Didn't Pategonia used to be populated by giants? Probably it was them ;D

I seem to remember some kind of story about some kind of white migrants of the 16th or 17th century, damned if I can remember what they were called though.

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Who biult all the stone walls in Patagonia.

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The Welsh ?? (there are large areas of patagonia where Welsh is the spoken language - my cousin went to work there once)