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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #2792
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    feargale wrote: »
    Their capitals all begin with the letter K.

    Indeedy.


  • #2793
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Same name for their capital?

    Oh For F......!!! Doo'h.


  • #2794
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    What have these landlocked countries in common:

    Austria

    Bolivia

    Ethiopia

    Hungary?


  • #2795
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,757 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    They have no coastlines.








    :D


  • #2796
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,757 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Oh! I know! Wild guess - they each have a navy?


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  • #2797
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    feargale wrote: »
    What have these landlocked countries in common:

    Austria

    Bolivia

    Ethiopia

    Hungary?

    They all lost their coastlines due to war or something along those lines?


  • #2798
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    They each have a Navy, I know but it may not be what you're looking for.


  • #2799
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    They all lost their coastlines due to war or something along those lines?

    I'll take that. They all previously had a coastline.

    Austria by the Treaty of Saint Germain-en-Laye 1919, lost to Yugoslavia.

    Bolivia - lost to Chile ( including Antofagasta ) in the War of the Pacific 1879-1883.

    Ethiopia - lost when Eritrea gained independence 1991.

    Hungary by the Treaty of Trianon 1920, lost to Yugoslavia.

    Hungary must be the only inland country that ever had an admiral as acting head of state, Admiral Horthy between the World Wars.


  • #2800
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What coastline had Austria as the country of Austria as opposed to earlier incarnations?


  • #2801
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What coastline had Austria as the country of Austria as opposed to earlier incarnations?

    The Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had Venice and adjacent parts of Northern Italy until Italan Unification and what approximately corresponds to Slovenia, plus Trieste until the end of World War I.


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  • #2802
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    The Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had Venice and adjacent parts of Northern Italy until Italan Unification and what approximately corresponds to Slovenia, plus Trieste until the end of World War I.

    Yes, I get your point. But that was not Austria, or The Republic of Austria, as it exists today.

    Just me being pedantic.

    :)


  • #2803
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What coastline had Austria as the country of Austria as opposed to earlier incarnations?

    I know that inter-war Czechslovakia, thanks to one of the post WWI treaties (Versailles?) enjoyed sovereignty over a few acres of Hamburg's docklands to which it was connected by the River Elbe. Maybe Austria had something similar. If so I don't know about it. Something where the Danube enters the Black Sea?


  • #2804
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Might as well stick with the theme...

    What do these 4 countries have in common? (Besides the -ia thing)

    Serbia
    Tanzania
    Zambia
    Austria


  • #2805
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    They had, at one time, all been part of bigger federations or national entities.


  • #2806
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    They had, at one time, all been part of bigger federations or national entities.

    Not what I was looking for.


  • #2807
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,318 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Have they all used the Shilling in currency?


  • #2808
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Corkgirl18 wrote: »
    Might as well stick with the theme...

    What do these 4 countries have in common? (Besides the -ia thing)

    Serbia
    Tanzania
    Zambia
    Austria

    Each of them entered a major world sports tournament under one name and/or political status and came home from it with a different name/status.

    Austria qualified for FIFA World Cup finals 1938, was annexed by Germany between the qualifiers and the finals and was part of the Greater Gemany in the finals in which some of the Austrians played for Germany.

    Zambia changed its name and flag between the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Olympic Games. The country entered as Northern Rhodesia, and left as Zambia, a newly independent republic.

    Tanzania was formed in 1964 as "the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar", a union of those two countries, but despite that competed in the Olympics later that year under the name "Tanganyika". By the time the team returned home the country had been renamed Tanzania.

    Serbia and Montenegro declared independence of each other in May 2006 but, having already qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals went ahead and played in the finals as a united team.


  • #2809
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    What coastline had Austria as the country of Austria as opposed to earlier incarnations?

    You never gave the answer to this. A number of landlocked countries have enjoyed port facilities for their merchant navies e.g. the Swiss navy at Genoa. Did Austria have something similar, at Trieste perhaps?


  • #2810
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    feargale wrote: »
    Liechtenstein - It was never ruled by France and uses the Swiss Franc.
    The others were part of the French Empire/Union and their franc ( Rwandan for Rwanda, Central African Franc for the others ) is based on the French franc.

    Correction: Rwanda was never ruled by France. After WWI it passed from German East Africa to Belgium as a League of Nations mandate territory. It got the franc and the French language from Belgium.


  • #2811
    garancafan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭garancafan


    feargale wrote: »
    Each of them entered a major world sports tournament under one name and/or political status and came home from it with a different name/status.

    Austria qualified for FIFA World Cup finals 1938, was annexed by Germany between the qualifiers and the finals and was part of the Greater Gemany in the finals in which some of the Austrians played for Germany.

    Zambia changed its name and flag between the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Olympic Games. The country entered as Northern Rhodesia, and left as Zambia, a newly independent republic.

    Tanzania was formed in 1964 as "the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar", a union of those two countries, but despite that competed in the Olympics later that year under the name "Tanganyika". By the time the team returned home the country had been renamed Tanzania.

    Serbia and Montenegro declared independence of each other in May 2006 but, having already qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals went ahead and played in the finals as a united team.
    Wow. I'm impressed!


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  • #2812
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    You never gave the answer to this. A number of landlocked countries have enjoyed port facilities for their merchant navies e.g. the Swiss navy at Genoa. Did Austria have something similar, at Trieste perhaps?

    Sorry, no, I was looking for clarification in response to the previous answer, as I was unaware of them ever having a coastline as the Republic of Austria which they are now.

    It wasn't another quiz question.

    Apologies for the confusion.


  • #2813
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    feargale wrote: »
    Each of them entered a major world sports tournament under one name and/or political status and came home from it with a different name/status.

    Austria qualified for FIFA World Cup finals 1938, was annexed by Germany between the qualifiers and the finals and was part of the Greater Gemany in the finals in which some of the Austrians played for Germany.

    Zambia changed its name and flag between the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1964 Olympic Games. The country entered as Northern Rhodesia, and left as Zambia, a newly independent republic.

    Tanzania was formed in 1964 as "the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar", a union of those two countries, but despite that competed in the Olympics later that year under the name "Tanganyika". By the time the team returned home the country had been renamed Tanzania.

    Serbia and Montenegro declared independence of each other in May 2006 but, having already qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals went ahead and played in the finals as a united team.

    Sorry for the delay. I WISH this was what I was looking for but unfortunately what I had in mind is much simpler.
    HINT: Look at a map.


  • #2814
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,757 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Ah yes, the map clue gave it away. I lived in Zambia and I knew it was surrounded by 8 countries. And it was a reasonable guess that there were eight around Tanzania -I knew there were a good few - so I checked, and yes - its a fair bet that the other two have eight countries round them too.

    I like feargale's answer though and I defer to his expertise!


  • #2815
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    looksee wrote: »
    Ah yes, the map clue gave it away. I lived in Zambia and I knew it was surrounded by 8 countries. And it was a reasonable guess that there were eight around Tanzania -I knew there were a good few - so I checked, and yes - its a fair bet that the other two have eight countries round them too.

    I like feargale's answer though and I defer to his expertise!

    Correct!


  • #2816
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Good morning.

    If the airport which your flight arrives in, has the three letter code HAH, what city/country would you be in?

    Any takers?


  • #2817
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,757 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I checked that, wouldn't say there is a chance anyone will get it - I lived in the general area and had never heard of it.


  • #2818
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I'd been there and couldn't remember the name of the island. I'd say put people out of their misery.


  • #2819
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Moroni, Comoros Island.

    Never been.


  • #2820
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,757 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    How about you post another question eisenberg, and feargale, and I will post later, dashing out now. Are there any more questions hanging?


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  • #2821
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Oops, nothing prepared.

    Quickie, what's the connection between Godfather three and Raging Bull?


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