Geography Game

Noname · **Reply #2560 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:40:17 AM

Alabama, a state in the Southern USA.

Malte279 · **Reply #2561 on:** March 12, 2010, 04:44:30 AM

Altona - District of the town of Hamburg which until the 19th century belonged to Denmark.

Noname · **Reply #2562 on:** March 12, 2010, 04:51:40 AM

Alaska, a freezing cold state, formerly a Russian territory, the largest state in the US by far, with very few people living in it, and another place that begins and ends with the letter A.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2563 on:** March 12, 2010, 09:30:59 AM

Anadyr - Founded on July 21, 1889 as Novo-Mariinsk and renamed on August 5, 1923, it's the easternmost town in Russia. (All settlements further east don't have town status.)

Malte279 · **Reply #2564 on:** March 12, 2010, 10:24:39 AM

Rotenburg - town in Germany that gained recent infamy through a case of "consensual cannibalism" that occured there

Noname · **Reply #2565 on:** March 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM

Grant, Alabama. A town of 665 people, it is part of the Huntsville-Decatur area.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2566 on:** March 13, 2010, 09:01:36 AM

Thimphu - capital of and largest city in Bhutan, a small country in the Himalayas.

Malte279 · **Reply #2567 on:** March 13, 2010, 09:23:25 AM

Uruk - Ancient town on the river Euphrates (modern day Iraq) which played an important role in the ancient empires of Sumer and later Babylon (a period in the bronze age is named after this town). It lost most of its influence relatively early though. It was abandoned entirely in the time of the Islamic conquest.

Noname · **Reply #2568 on:** March 13, 2010, 10:45:15 PM

Kaliningrad, Russia. Formerly the German city of Koenigsburg, Germany (spelling?) If my history is correct, this was the city of famous German philosopher Immanuel Kant.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2569 on:** March 14, 2010, 08:41:00 AM

Delaware - Nicknamed The First State because it was the first state admitted to the United States (December 7, 1787). It is also the second smallest state (only Rhode Island is smaller).

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2570 on:** March 16, 2010, 02:07:12 AM

El Escorial, Spanish royal site

Noname · **Reply #2571 on:** March 16, 2010, 02:49:26 AM

Lappland, a region is FAR northern Scandinavia.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2572 on:** March 17, 2010, 09:26:34 AM

Denver - Founded in 1858 as a mining town, now the capital of and largest city in Colorado.

Malte279 · **Reply #2573 on:** March 17, 2010, 12:00:05 PM

Ravenna - Town in northern Italy that was the capital of the Western Roman Empire for some time in the 5th century :blink:
Later it became the capital of the Ostrogoth kingdom and the siege of the town by the Byzantines gave the basis to the "Rabenschlacht" (litterally raven-battle) which is part of several sagas.

Noname · **Reply #2574 on:** March 17, 2010, 06:41:12 PM

Atlanta- Major city in the American South, and capital of the US state of Georgia.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2575 on:** March 18, 2010, 08:00:29 AM

Anatolia - Also known as Asia Minor, the westernmost region in Asia, takes up about two-thirds of Turkey.

Noname · **Reply #2576 on:** March 19, 2010, 12:33:44 AM

Andorra, a small country in Europe.

The Chronicler · **Reply #2577 on:** March 19, 2010, 07:48:18 AM

Atlas (Mountains) - A mountain range across northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). It is home to many plant and animal species unique in Africa, many of them now endangered and some are already extinct (including the Atlas Bear, the only species of bear in Africa).

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #2578 on:** March 20, 2010, 12:50:26 AM

San Andreas Fault

Noname · **Reply #2579 on:** March 20, 2010, 02:07:00 AM

Tennessee, a state in the American South.