Geography Game

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2860 on:** August 28, 2013, 09:00:56 AM

Torrey Pines is the official PGA Tour Championship golf course of San Diego (i.e. if they ever have PGA in San Diego, Torrey Pines would host.) It's actually two different golf courses, and stated in Escondido, which is just off of San Diego county.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2861 on:** August 29, 2013, 08:15:30 PM

Suriname - A country in South America. Formerly a Dutch colony known as Dutch Guiana, it became independent in 1975. It is the smallest country in South America (French Guiana is smaller, but is not independent). It is also the only independent country in the Americas where Dutch is the official language.

rhombus · **Reply #2862 on:** August 29, 2013, 08:40:54 PM

Essex is a county in England. It became a county of England when the Kingdom of Essex was subsumed into the Kingdom of England.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2863 on:** September 02, 2013, 08:20:53 PM

Xinjiang - The large autonomous region of northwestern China. It's name, given by the Qing Dynasty in the 1880s, means "New Frontier". Despite covering one sixth of the entire country, it is sparsely populated as far as China goes, with a population less than 22 million.

rhombus · **Reply #2864 on:** September 02, 2013, 09:16:12 PM

Guangdong - is a province on the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China. It is the most populous province in China with a population of over 100,000,000 as of 2010. It also has a extremely unbalanced sex ratio, in the 1-4 age group there are over 130 boys for every 100 girls.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2865 on:** September 08, 2013, 04:15:30 AM

Gullywash Gardens is a small farm based in Belle Plain, Minnesota that sells a variety of farm goods like eggs and vegetables. Their mascot is a Jack Russell/Poodle mix named Maggie and they share their name with a popular Team Fortress 2 map.

rhombus · **Reply #2866 on:** September 08, 2013, 07:56:04 PM

Sun City is an unincorporated town in Arizona. It is a retirement community that is famous for being featured in the case Spur Industries v. Del E. Webb Development Co., which is a case commonly featured in law courses (including the introduction to law course that I took in college) to demonstrate the principals of nuisance law and conflicts between industrial and residential interests.

Justin1993 · **Reply #2867 on:** September 12, 2013, 03:43:20 PM

Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is well known as the setting of the Sega game Shenmue.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2868 on:** September 12, 2013, 08:45:23 PM

(Mount) Ararat - At a height of 16,854ft, it is the tallest mountain in Turkey. According to the Bible, it is also the place where Noah's Ark came to rest after the flood. Many expeditions have been made to find evidence of the ark on this mountain, but all of them have been unsuccessful.

rhombus · **Reply #2869 on:** September 12, 2013, 09:08:28 PM

Timbuktu is a town in Mali, situated on the southern edge of the Sahara desert. It was a major center of trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves from the 1300s through the 1600s. Exaggerated descriptions of the city by historians have given the city a reputation for being mysterious. Because of this, it is best known in Western culture as an expression for a distant place. Unfortunately, after the capture of the town by Islamist rebels in 2012, several important historic sites in the town were destroyed including several shrines and burial chambers.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2870 on:** September 16, 2013, 12:19:42 PM

Uruba is a popular beashside tourist attraction and vacation place. It was immortalized (along with many similar places like Bermuda, Jamaica, Bahamas) in the Beach Boys song "Kokamo."

rhombus · **Reply #2871 on:** September 19, 2013, 10:05:54 PM

Attica is a historical region of Greece. The region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which is surrounded by the Aegean Sea. The current administrative region of Attica is much larger than the historical region, although both include Athens and its intimidate surroundings.

Justin1993 · **Reply #2872 on:** September 19, 2013, 10:47:54 PM

Attawapiskat First Nation is an isolated First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada.

rhombus · **Reply #2873 on:** September 22, 2013, 01:52:25 PM

The Niagara Gorge is carved by the Niagara River along the border between the United States and Canada. The gorge begins at Niagara Falls, a collective name for three separate waterfalls, and ends at the Niagara Escarpment, which designates where the falls began several thousand years ago.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2874 on:** September 26, 2013, 04:16:24 AM

Eagle Creek is a moderately large community in Oregon named after a creek that used to run through it. It's notable for having a camping backpack-producing company named after it.

rhombus · **Reply #2875 on:** September 26, 2013, 07:31:30 PM

Krakatoa is a volcanic island between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The current island is famous for being a remnant of a much larger island that was destroyed as the result of a 1883 eruption. The eruption of 1883 was one of the most massive eruptions in recorded history, causing a massive tsunami and a massive emission of dust which reduced the world's average temperature for several years.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2876 on:** October 05, 2013, 05:40:54 PM

Albuqurque is a magical faraway place where the sun is always shining and tye air smells like warm root beer and the towels are oh so fluffy. Where the lepers play their ukeleles all day long and anybody on the street will gladly shave your back for a nickel.

rhombus · **Reply #2877 on:** October 06, 2013, 04:01:42 PM

Ecuador is a republic in South America. It is one of only two countries in South America that do not border Brazil. It returned to civilian rule in 1979 after the country had been governed for eight years under a succession of dictatorships.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2878 on:** October 06, 2013, 07:32:24 PM

Republic of the Congo - Also referred to as Congo-Brazzaville (the second part is the capital city), to help differentiate it from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa. A former French colony until 1960, it was also formerly known as the People's Republic of the Congo from 1970 to 1991.

rhombus · **Reply #2879 on:** October 08, 2013, 05:52:44 PM

Old Trafford is an area of within the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is famous as the site of Old Trafford Football Stadium, which is the home of Manchester United.