A little history/geography quiz

[Mikkel_K]

What is the only country in the world that has an acroynm for a name ?

FYROM?

(Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

[killersheep]

What is the only country in the world that has an acronym for a name?

Pakistan

[CGM]

No idea on the country anagram or the lake with houses on stilts question

[X]

What is the only country in the world that has an acronym for a name?

Pakistan

How the hell did you get that .... well done if you got it without cheating (?)

It was named after the main tribes/ethnic groups in the country. Are you sure you didn't cheat Killersheep??

P unjab A fghan K aschmir I ndus S indh Belutschistan

[killersheep]

What is the only country in the world that has an acronym for a name?

Pakistan

How the hell did you get that .... well done if you got it without cheating (?)

It was named after the main tribes/ethnic groups in the country. Are you sure you didn't cheat Killersheep??

P unjab A fghan K aschmir I ndus S indh Belutschistan

This officially falls into the random shit I've learned over the years for no reason. I didn't cheat, as for your other question I have no idea.........

[X]

Great answer on Pakistan. I would like to rep you, but the computer says I must spread it around and unfortunately I can't be doing that egalitarian communist shit.

The other answer is Venezuela (he named it after Venice, where the houses were also on stilts)

[killersheep]

Great answer on Pakistan. I would like to rep you, but the computer says I must spread it around and unfortunately I can't be doing that egalitarian communist shit.

The other answer is Venezuela (he named it after Venice, where the houses were also on stilts)

interesting.

[killersheep]

Here's an easy one.

What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia?

[Mikkel_K]

Here's an easy one.

What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia?

The Ural mountains.

[X]

Is it the Bosphorus river - hence Istanbul straddling Europe and Asia historically?

[Scrap]

I would have thought the Urals.

[killersheep]

Here's an easy one.

What is the dividing line between Europe and Asia?

The Ural mountains.

That is correct.

[Scrap]

Russia and Sheffield have something in common regarding Rivers what is it. also Rome has something in common with Sheffield regarding Rivers whats that, just came into my Head

[Scrap]

In fact Rome and Sheffield are identical in what two ways.

[X]

Both are built on seven hills (I live near Sheffield). Don't know about the rivers though.