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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:00 AM
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Geography quiz

Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona?
Tokyo or Seoul?
Mumbai or Kolkata?
Oslo or Stockholm?
Buenos Aires or Montevideo?

Farther west:
Rome or Munich?
Bangkok or Singapore?
Cairo or Istanbul?
Montreal or New York?
Halifax or Caracas?
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:36 AM
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Without cheating:

1) Barcelona for sure
2) They must be pretty close in latitude... I'll guess Seoul?
3) Kolkata for sure
4) Stockholm for sure
5) Montevideo for sure

6) Italy extends southeast, and Munich is pretty far east within Germany, I'll say Rome
7) Pretty sure Bangkok is further west by a hair
8) Cairo, almost certainly
9) Montreal is probably a tiny tiny bit west of NYC, but the I-87 corridor is pretty damn perfectly north-south, so Montreal/Albany/NYC are really damn close in longitude, that's for sure
10) Huh, interesting question. I know Florida's Atlantic coast is surprisingly western in longitude (it's like due south of Northwestern Ontario, IIRC), so as you go north on the East Coast you're also going east by quite a bit, and Halifax is pretty far in the northeast, while Venezuela is south of the Caribbean which isn't that far from FL, so I'll say I think Halifax is further east.

Rather than looking any of them up, you can probably just tell me how I did...? But we shouldn't spoil it for others.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 11:19 AM
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Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona? - Barcelona
Tokyo or Seoul? - Tokyo
Mumbai or Kolkata? - Not sure Kolkata
Oslo or Stockholm? - Stockholm
Buenos Aires or Montevideo? - Montevideo

Farther west:
Rome or Munich? - Munich
Bangkok or Singapore? - Bangkok
Cairo or Istanbul? - Cairo
Montreal or New York? - Montreal
Halifax or Caracas? - Caracas
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 12:51 PM
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Damn, this is a good one!

Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona? Barcelona
Tokyo or Seoul? Seoul
Mumbai or Kolkata? Kolkata
Oslo or Stockholm? Oslo
Buenos Aires or Montevideo? Buenos Aires

Farther west:
Rome or Munich? Munich
Bangkok or Singapore? Singapore
Cairo or Istanbul? Istanbul
Montreal or New York? New York
Halifax or Caracas? Caracas

When do we get to see the answers, too lazy to look them up!

What did I get out of 10, pretty please?
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 4:39 PM
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Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona?
Tokyo or Seoul?
Mumbai or Kolkata?
Oslo or Stockholm?
Buenos Aires or Montevideo?

Farther west:
Rome or Munich?
Bangkok or Singapore?
Cairo or Istanbul?
Montreal or New York?
Halifax or Caracas?
Based on my mental map...

Barcelona
Seoul
Kolkata
Stockholm

Munich
Bangkok
Istanbul
New York
Caracas
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:00 PM
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Here are my informed guesses. Are you planning on grading these????

Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona? Barcelona
Tokyo or Seoul? Tokyo
Mumbai or Kolkata? Kolkata
Oslo or Stockholm? Oslo
Buenos Aires or Montevideo? Buenos Aires

Farther west:
Rome or Munich? Munich
Bangkok or Singapore? Bangkok
Cairo or Istanbul? Istanbul
Montreal or New York? New York
Halifax or Caracas? Halifax
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:07 PM
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I have two favourites I like to pull out that almost everyone gets wrong.

Farther west? Prague vs. Vienna (most guess Vienna, actual answer is Prague)
Farther south? Jerusalem vs. New Orleans (most guess Jerusalem, actual answer is New Orleans)
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:16 PM
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The answer key.

Farther north:
1. Madrid or Barcelona
2. Tokyo or Seoul
3. Mumbai or Kolkata
4. Oslo or Stockholm
5. Buenos Aires or Montevideo

Farther west:
1. Rome or Munich
2. Bangkok or Singapore
3. Cairo or Istanbul
4. Montreal or New York?
5. Halifax or Caracas?

Heh heh, some of these are really tricky if you're not intimately familiar with their geography. Oh, I'll admit to confirming these on Google Maps before setting up the quiz, but I've genuinely pondered over the comparative geographical positions of these cities before.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:16 PM
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^I forgot the Buenos Aires/Montevideo one.

I think Montevideo is further south by a hair, based (and I'm just guessing here) on the fact that the Parana delta is angled in a east-southeast direction, and Montevideo is further east.

It's kind of like the Montreal/New York example. If Montreal is further east, it's not by much. I bet the eastern end of Queens lines up with Pointe Claire, or somewhere like that.

EDIT: Rousseau posted the answers while I was writing this.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:24 PM
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Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona?
Tokyo or Seoul?
Mumbai or Kolkata?
Oslo or Stockholm?
Buenos Aires or Montevideo?

Farther west:
Rome or Munich?
Bangkok or Singapore?
Cairo or Istanbul?
Montreal or New York?
Halifax or Caracas?
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:32 PM
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Next one:

Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh?
2. Winnipeg or Regina?
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi?
4. Casablanca or Cairo?
5. London or Amsterdam?

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw?
2. Dallas or Houston?
3. Auckland or Christchurch?
4. Tehran or Dubai?
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock?
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:35 PM
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Quick guesses

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Farther north:
Madrid or Barcelona?
Tokyo or Seoul?
Mumbai or Kolkata?
Oslo or Stockholm?
Buenos Aires or Montevideo?

Farther west:
Rome or Munich?
Bangkok or Singapore?
Cairo or Istanbul?
Montreal or New York?
Halifax or Caracas?
So 3/5 and 2/5

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Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh?
2. Winnipeg or Regina?
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi?
4. Casablanca or Cairo?
5. London or Amsterdam?

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw?
2. Dallas or Houston?
3. Auckland or Christchurch?
4. Tehran or Dubai?
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock?
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:38 PM
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9/10 Got Singapore wrong.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 5:48 PM
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Scores for first quiz:

lio45
N: 3/5 W: 3/5

VANRIDERFAN
N: 2/5 W: 3/5

mistercorporate
N: 5/5 W: 4/5

hipster duck
N: 4/5 W: 5/5

MonctonRad
N: 4/5 W: 4/5

wave46
N: 3/5 W: 3/5

JHikka
N: 3/5 W: 2/5
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 6:07 PM
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Damn, it's getting harder...

Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh? Moscow
2. Winnipeg or Regina? Regina
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi? Hong Kong
4. Casablanca or Cairo? Casablanca
5. London or Amsterdam? London

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw? Warsaw
2. Dallas or Houston? Dallas
3. Auckland or Christchurch?
4. Tehran or Dubai? Tehran
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock? Stratford
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Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh? Edinburgh
2. Winnipeg or Regina? Regina
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi? Hong Kong
4. Casablanca or Cairo? Casablanca
5. London or Amsterdam? Amsterdam

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw? Warsaw
2. Dallas or Houston? Dallas
3. Auckland or Christchurch? Christchurch
4. Tehran or Dubai? Tehran
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock? Stratford
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 8:13 PM
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I have two favourites I like to pull out that almost everyone gets wrong.

Farther west? Prague vs. Vienna (most guess Vienna, actual answer is Prague)
Farther south? Jerusalem vs. New Orleans (most guess Jerusalem, actual answer is New Orleans)
Farther north, Montreal or Milan? It's an easy one IMO because the mere fact of asking it kind of betrays what the answer is.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 9:37 PM
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Next one:

Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh? Edinburgh
2. Winnipeg or Regina? Regina
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi? Hong Kong
4. Casablanca or Cairo? Casablance
5. London or Amsterdam? Amsterdam

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw? Athens
2. Dallas or Houston? Houston
3. Auckland or Christchurch? Auckland
4. Tehran or Dubai? Dubai
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock? Woodstock
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 9:59 PM
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Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh?
2. Winnipeg or Regina?
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi?
4. Casablanca or Cairo?
5. London or Amsterdam?

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw?
2. Dallas or Houston?
3. Auckland or Christchurch?
4. Tehran or Dubai?
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock?

Assuming, in the last case, that these are the cities in Ontario and not the cities in England. As I have no clue where the English ones are, anyway. After a quick Google search I see that my mental map of Africa is tilted about 10° counter-clockwise.
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Old Posted Apr 29, 2018, 10:09 PM
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Next one:

Farther north:
1. Moscow or Edinburgh?
2. Winnipeg or Regina?
3. Hong Kong or Hanoi?
4. Casablanca or Cairo?
5. London or Amsterdam?

Farther west:
1. Athens or Warsaw?
2. Dallas or Houston?
3. Auckland or Christchurch?
4. Tehran or Dubai?
5. The quirky, artistic gem that is Stratford or the blandly meat and potatoes rural outpost of Woodstock?
1) Edinburgh.
2) They're both pretty damn close to the 49th... Winnipeg by a hair?
3) Hong Kong, I'd say, though I know the Mekong delta is really close to the Chinese border and I'm not sure if the Chinese south coast curves southward as it extends east.
4) Hard to say, they're both a certain distance from the Mediterranean... I think Cairo is further north, again by a hair.
5) Hard to say again. I'll say London... based on my recollection of the angle of the dotted line of the Ostende-Dover ferry on a map of Europe.

6) I think Warsaw. Greece is surprisingly far East - just like extreme Southern Italy is also surprisingly far East, and Vienna too as 1overcosc pointed out.
7) Dallas, with absolute certainty. I'm very familiar with Texas.
8) This one is like flipping a coin. Auckland?
9) I would want to say Dubai, as Iran is pretty far East, but I think it's a trick question as the tip of the Arabian Peninsula goes surprisingly far east too, and Iran is pretty large, so, Tehran.
10) I think I recall Woodstock is in Toronto's orbit while you've been saying that you're going to London for errands if memory serves, so, Stratford?
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