Geography Game

Malte279 · **Reply #1080 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:38:39 PM

Xenia, Ohio. In the years before the American Civil War Xenia was an important "station" of the "underground railroad", the abolitionist network to help escaped slaves from the south to get to Canada, where they would face no further persecution.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1081 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:47:44 PM

Alice Springs - Australia

Malte279 · **Reply #1082 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:53:55 PM

Shantytown - No kidding, there is a community of that name in Wisconsin.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1083 on:** February 03, 2009, 06:57:44 PM

New Brunswick - Canada

Sableye · **Reply #1084 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:47:16 PM

Komaki - city in Japan

Malte279 · **Reply #1085 on:** February 04, 2009, 04:29:46 AM

Idaho

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #1086 on:** February 04, 2009, 06:25:36 AM

Malte279 · **Reply #1087 on:** February 04, 2009, 10:45:06 AM

Oregon

The Chronicler · **Reply #1088 on:** February 04, 2009, 06:13:20 PM

Naples - Italy

Malte279 · **Reply #1089 on:** February 05, 2009, 05:26:37 AM

Stabiae - Ancient Roman town near modern day Naples. Of the three towns destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 79AD (the other two being Pompeii and Herculaneum) this is the one that gets the least attention.

I have a suggestion for this game in order to make it a little more than a "rise the postcount" kind of game (similar to word connection / association). My suggestion is that for every place posted here the poster should also provide one trivia fact (if none are known Wikipedia is suitable to look them up). It would make the game more "educational"

What do you think?

The Chronicler · **Reply #1090 on:** February 05, 2009, 06:48:41 PM

Good idea, I'm up for it.

East Timor
A country that very recently gained independence from Indonesia. (2002)

Malte279 · **Reply #1091 on:** February 05, 2009, 08:55:44 PM

Russland - Village in Schleswing Holstein (the northernmost of Germany's "Bundesl‰nder" (Ferderal districts). The funny part about the name is that Russland is actually the German word for Russia.

The Chronicler · **Reply #1092 on:** February 05, 2009, 09:06:40 PM

Delaware
The first state admitted to the United States

Malte279 · **Reply #1093 on:** February 06, 2009, 06:00:08 AM

Eylau - Former name of Bagrationovsk, Russia. On February 7th - 8th 1807 Eylau was the site of a terrible (and indecisive) battle between Napoleon Bonaparte and a Russian / Prussian army. Though he was not really defeated it was the first time Napoleon could not claim victory after a major battle (that included one of the largest Cavalry charges in history).

Sableye · **Reply #1094 on:** February 08, 2009, 11:10:46 PM

Uganda - country in Africa

The Chronicler · **Reply #1095 on:** February 09, 2009, 08:07:10 PM

Antarctica
The last of the seven continents to be discovered by humans. The first human to set foot there was John Davis (American) in 1821.

Sableye · **Reply #1096 on:** February 09, 2009, 10:00:17 PM

Arkansas

The Chronicler · **Reply #1097 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:43:30 PM

St Petersburg - Russia
was the capital of Russia from 1712 to 1918

Malte279 · **Reply #1098 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:31:34 AM

Gelsenkirchen - Germany. If you ever come to the part of the world where I'm living you may find the extreme rivalry between the soccer clubs of my original hometown Dortmund (Borrussia Dortmund) and a club from the town Gelsenkirchen (Schalke 04). It has become kind of a hereditary enmity and I'm sometimes quite glad I'm not much of a soccer fan myself

NeoGenesis005 · **Reply #1099 on:** February 11, 2009, 08:32:32 PM

Kansai Intl., Osaka, Japan.