Is It In Africa? Quiz

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Is It In Africa? Quiz

by Jeep1964

Created Apr 14, 2012 in Geography
Featured Aug 27, 2012
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	jonesjeffum:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 04:05 GMT		24 points
	Excellent game. Hope to see more in this series

	Everblue:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 05:12 GMT		41 points
	It's funny how 'Zuni' looks a lot like 'Zulu' late at night.

	jefe_:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 05:12 GMT		12 points
	Argh, didn't think of Chad until too late. Great quiz!

	Tommy_C:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:36 GMT		1 point
	So what is the highest waterfall, and where?

	marpocky:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:40 GMT		3 points
	Regarding the Canaries, if every island MUST be assigned to a continent, they go with Africa, but they're not really "in Africa."

	Pogues:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:40 GMT		20 points
	"The last land seen by Columbus before he sailed to the New World in 1492 is the Canary Islands, which is commonly considered as a part of Africa."--I disagree with this statement, only because of the wording. You state "before he set sail to the New World". Technically, BEFORE he set sail would be when he stepped off the dock at Palos de la Frontera in Spain. Once he left this port, he had set sail. Yes, he stopped in the Canary Islands to resupply, but he had already set sail for the New World. Of course, you could argue in 1492 he wasn't setting sail for the New World, he was setting sail for a different route to Asia, and happened to run into the New World. It wasn't really until September 24, 1493 that Columbus set sail for the New World.

	DarkPhalanx:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:40 GMT		7 points
	Salto Angel, Venezuela

	Zak6009:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:42 GMT		2 points
	Oddly I never knew that about Chad, which is weird because I'm on here a lot and knew random obscure things about country-spellings (like Bhutan being the only country to end in -tan that's not a stan). I thought of Chad, but still had trouble believing it was the only one, but still guessed it based on the fact that the 'wrong answers' of this quiz all seem to be things that still actually exist.

	nspyred:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 14:22 GMT		17 points
	I swear it said Togo and changed to Tonga after I clicked.

	Jeep1964:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 15:29 GMT		11 points
	My answer to whoever asks about the Canary Islands & Columbus. This is a GEOGRAPHY QUIZ, the islands are geographically part of Africa, and part of Spain POLITICALLY. Unfortunately Sporcle deleted my note stating the quiz is based on geography when they published it last night. As for Columbus' intent vs. reality, thars a matter of semantics.

	Zak6009:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 16:30 GMT		3 points
	Canary Islands are like Greenland and French Guiana.

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