Can you name the modern day countries Phileas Fogg would visit if he traveled in straight lines to each destination? by Flick

Can you name the modern day countries Phileas Fogg would visit if he traveled in straight lines to each destination?

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London to Suez

Suez to Bombay (Mumbai)

Bombay to Calcutta

Calcutta to Hong Kong

Hong Kong to Yokohama

Yokohama to San Francisco

San Francisco to New York

New York to London

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	FreakyFlyBry:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 06:38 GMT		8 points
	Accept Myanmar for Burma; Sporcle standard says Myanmar is the official name for the country but Burma is generally accepted too.

	Mogilny:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 06:50 GMT		2 points
	What he said.

	Flick:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:46 GMT		1 point
	@FreakyFlyBry,Mogilny and others. Oops and sorry, I still can't believe I missed that one :(

	dancastro:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 10:56 GMT		1 point
	I was about to report several mistakes (e.g. that Phileas Fogg crossed the Alps by the Fréjus tunnel, and therefore he went directly from France into Italy without passing through Switzerland), but then I noticed the "straight lines" in the title. I must read carefully the headlines before starting. (By the way, a quiz about the countries actually visited by Fogg according to Jules Verne's novel would be much shorter and less interesting, as the majority of the journey was made by sea).

	wanderbygrace:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 15:32 GMT		1 point
	Neat quiz. Totally stumped on the UAE!

	bumfish:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 18:28 GMT		3 points
	I'm not convinced that a straight line between Suez and Mumbai would go through Iran.

	bumfish:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 18:30 GMT		1 point
	And I think that the Calcutta to Hong Kong leg would re-enter India after Bangladesh, before entering Myanmar.

	Brabant:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 18:54 GMT		2 points
	What's more, if he'd move in truly straight lines, he would be traveling underneath the countries. Anyway nice quiz.

	Flick:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 21:08 GMT		1 point
	@bumfish. You are definately correct that the route would re-enter India before entering Myanmar, so I've added it. Gee the Iran one is close! If anyone can be specific on that one I'd be grateful and will change it/or not after a good nights sleep. Thanx for the spot.

	JayZed:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 22:50 GMT		1 point
	As far as I can see (using Google earth) Suez-Mumbai doesn't even go that close to Iran. It cuts straight through the UAE from Sharjah to Fujairah, and stays well south of Iran.

	lugenewalters:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 22:59 GMT		1 point
	Accept United Kingdom for UK.

	Pit_trout:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 00:28 GMT		1 point
	You can plot and look at the lines quite precisely using http://www.acscdg.com/, and as JayZed says, Suez–Mumbai doesn’t touch Iran. (And that site plots actual great circles; a straight line drawn on most standard map projections would be slightly further south still, so definitely wouldn’t meet Iran.)

	djblaze:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 01:02 GMT		1 point
	If you're going for great arcs or something like that then you could maybe make a case for Iran. But on a map I don't think you can justify it (unless your projection is really, really different). For example, if you go on Google maps and straight line it you don't hit Iran.

	Flick:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 06:51 GMT		1 point
	@Iran. Thanx one and all. @Pit_trout the web-site address was very useful.

	rivkid:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 00:24 GMT		0 points
	A little more time would be nice.