Trick Geography Questions Quiz

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Trick Geography Questions Quiz

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Created Feb 22, 2011 in Geography
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	awt6:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 20:27 GMT		16 points
	Technically France is, it has an overseas territory which borders Brazil and Guyana

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	Brabant:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 20:34 GMT		7 points
	After I got the first one, the rest was peanuts. I even tried "French Guiana" a few times before realizing that's not the name of the country.

	shiNKorea:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 20:55 GMT		1 point
	clever. @firefoot: french guiana

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 22:25 GMT		14 points
	@awt6, you're right of course, but French Guiana is even more than an overseas territory of France, it's an overseas department of France, that is, an integral part of France, in the same way that Hawaii, an overseas state, is an integral part of the United States. The French Guianese, as part of France, vote in French elections, participate in the EU, vote for members of the European Parliament, and use the Euro for their currency. It may be a trick question, but it's true.

	tahitiwahini:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 22:31 GMT		11 points
	There might be less complaint if the answers were given in the form France (French Guiana), Netherlands (Sint Maarten), Spain (Ceuta, Melilla), and Denmark (Greenland). But there would probably still be some complaint ;-)

	AutonomusPlebian:	Feb 22nd, 2011 at 22:52 GMT		12 points
	I agree, an explanation of each answer would be good

	chriskotx:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 05:24 GMT		5 points
	So, The Netherlands has a higher GDP than the US? (Puerto Rico)

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	eaglesmania:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 06:20 GMT		21 points
	ok buddy, NO need for the whole hiding questions deal. you killed what could've been a very clever quiz.

	RyanBeingManny:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 06:31 GMT		2 points
	ICole: That seems to be the point of the quiz, Countries that have territories in locations you don't immediately think of in certain continents. By that logic Sint Maarten is not a country either, but a territory of The Netherlands.

	cuendillar:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 06:56 GMT		6 points
	The Netherlands do have integral parts of their territory in the Caribbean though. While the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved in 2010, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries. However, several smaller islands there were assigned to the Netherlands proper, meaning they are definitely an integral part of the country.

	Jordan117:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 08:40 GMT		49 points
	midlifecrisis: "Okay, so every answer is a trick question. Lame." The quiz is called "Trick Geography Questions." What exactly did you expect?

	hetisjeboy:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 09:16 GMT		3 points
	Great quiz! No complaints! Had to guess a few times for the first answer but after that I had them all pretty fast!

	Econn04:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 15:12 GMT		5 points
	No parts of Alaska cross the International Date Line. However, if you are going strictly off of the 180 degree meridian than your answer is correct.

	GreatScott:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 15:37 GMT		14 points
	Does anyone really get tricked by Hawaii being the most southern state?

	joebobs:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 18:26 GMT		3 points
	I liked the quiz, but it would be good with the explanation included. You could expand it a lot too, there must be lots of others like this you could use. Largest country (from most easterly/westerly/etc territorial point to most westerly/easterly/etc point) would be (without having checked) France or the UK. As in, territories included, those two cover most of the globe.

	nowaybrah76:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 19:10 GMT		-2 points
	eh

	diving:	Feb 24th, 2011 at 02:51 GMT		1 point
	In this context, the word 'East' is relative to the body you are talking about (the US) rather than an absolute term, there is no point where someone travelling in a straight line stops going East and starts going West like there is with North and South. It is correct to say Alaska is where the US is in the Eastern Hemisphere or has the Easternmost latitude of the US, but not that it is farthest East.

	dtro:	Feb 24th, 2011 at 20:39 GMT		-2 points
	@chriskotx: I think the per capita is what makes it Netherlands.

	TLHKnight:	Feb 25th, 2011 at 14:36 GMT		-3 points
	USA has the highest GDP per capita in the Caribbean per your source, so the USA should be the correct answer, not the Netherlands. The US Virgin Islands are an organized territory of the United States, and there's also Puerto Rico.

	schmollie:	Feb 26th, 2011 at 08:10 GMT		5 points
	@TLHKnight and others - the answers of France, Spain, Denmark and Netherlands all refer to areas of land which form a constituent part of the country, rather than a territory. Those areas (French Guiana; Ceuta & Melilla; Greenland; Aruba, Curaçao, & Sint Maarten) are to their countries as Hawaii is to the USA for example, not territories, such as Puerto Rico is of the USA. The clues could be written to be very specific such as "country which contains territory in..." but it would become obvious what was going on and it would cease to be a trick question quiz.

	Donnie_Most:	Mar 1st, 2011 at 01:47 GMT		-2 points
	Boy howdy what a Noggin Scratcher! France? In South America? They must be using some kind of new map I wasn't able to ever become familiar with, what with juggling a massively successful career as America's favorite folk-hero-actor/songwriter! I don't know that I really believe any of this! This seems like another wackadoo internet thing! But I'll take your word for it, if you'll take my career into consideration! Happy Days! - DM

	LiamAllen:	Mar 1st, 2011 at 20:00 GMT		0 points
	Is the french territory of Guadeloupe not in the caribbean?

	jdm7:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:48 GMT		-4 points
	"Country in South America with the highest GDP per capita?" ???!!!!! I lost my interrest on that quiz after I saw the answer... epic FAIL! P.S. I know about french guyana but still saying France is a southern american country is just so sporclish weird. And now, vote me down, I couldnt care less.

	NyackJohn:	Mar 25th, 2012 at 03:40 GMT		1 point
	You wouldn't accept French Guiana? Yes, I know you said "tricky" but that's simply not correct - the people living in the section of France located in South America do NOT have the highest per capita income in South America - you are using the statistics from the part of France in Europe.

	Razorblade:	May 6th, 2013 at 20:12 GMT		1 point
	I thought Israel was the farthest East US State. (let the downvoting begin)