A little history/geography quiz

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A fascinating book on the subject, which I have read a few times, is called Tutenkhamun: The Untold Story, by Thomas Hoving.

But surely by writing the book, he was telling the untold story and thus rendering the book title fraudulent?

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A fascinating book on the subject, which I have read a few times, is called Tutenkhamun: The Untold Story, by Thomas Hoving.

But surely by writing the book, he was telling the untold story and thus rendering the book title fraudulent?

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What is the southmost country in Central America?

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I think Panama is the southernmost country in central America.

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That is correct sire. For bonus points, name the countries directly to the north and south of Panama. For even more points, name a famous variety of marijuana that came from Panama.

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Its the youngest country in the World Panama

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Its the youngest country in the World Panama

Yeah, a quick look says it finally was on it's own in 1903, so that's pretty young. I was gonna say some European countries might be younger, but then I thought many of them were probably countries before they were annexed into the old USSR or Yugoslavia.

Interesting that Panama never had control or ownership of the canal territiories until 1999.

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That is correct sire. For bonus points, name the countries directly to the north and south of Panama. For even more points, name a famous variety of marijuana that came from Panama.

I believe the next country to the south of Panama would be Peru, to the east is Columbia, to the west is Costa Rica I think? Directly to the North is the US. As for the mary jane, um Panama Jack?

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That is correct sire. For bonus points, name the countries directly to the north and south of Panama. For even more points, name a famous variety of marijuana that came from Panama.

I believe the next country to the south of Panama would be Peru, to the east is Columbia, to the west is Costa Rica I think? Directly to the North is the US. As for the mary jane, um Panama Jack?

Not quite what I had in mind, but I see what you mean. OK, Panama is kind of on an angle. To the North and south I meant to the immediate neighbors north and south. More or less to the north of Panama is Costa Rica, more or less to the South is Columbia. Panama is also bordered by the Pacific on the west and the Caribbean on th east.

The marijuana, famous in the 70s, is known as Panama Red. Here's a link. Good old Wiki.

Panama Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia