Nerdy Lounge Geography Quiz.

[Wat_Tyler]

I'll start with a couple of questions, you can come up with some yourself, should you wish to display your own special nerdiness.

1. Paris is the largest city in the world with a French name, but what are the second and third largest cities with a French name?

2. What is the largest city with a Dutch name? And the second?

3. What is the largest city with a Native North American name?

4. What is the largest city with a Scottish name?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. 1. Montreal?

2. New York City? (I mean Bronx, Brooklyn...)

3. Chicago?

4. I don't know.

[Wat_Tyler]

2. 1's half-right, 3's right.

4 - I doubt anyone will get it, it's actually quite a hilarious one.

[yardwork]

4. Perth Amboy?

[Wat_Tyler]

9. No. I'll give clues later.

[lenidog]

14. No that is the second largest

maffia city after Naples.

[Zomby Woof]

3. here goes

1. Montreal, Quebec and New Orleans, Louisiana?

2. Amsterdam?

3. Chicago?

4. Edinburgh?

I suspect there will be some unexpected surprises.

[Wat_Tyler]

11. 1. It's not New Orleans - 2. No, 3. Yes 4. No.

[Zomby Woof]

15. I am happy I got #3 right

lol

[Wat_Tyler]

22. No one will get #4 - It's completely insane.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. 1) Port Au Prince and Quebec

2) Manhattan

3) Tallahassee

4) Haggisberg
???

[Zomby Woof]

6. Port Au Prince

I had Port Au Prince, then I edited it out because I wasn't sure if it was bigger than New Orleans or not.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. I once took a holiday in Haggisberg. T'was a smelly place.

[Wat_Tyler]

13. Nope. Haggisberg is fourth largest, IIRC.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. What of the others????

[Wat_Tyler]

19. Sorry, Chav. None.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. I have never hated you more than right now

never

[Wat_Tyler]

25. So, no C-Loving for me tonight?

:o

[Jesus H. Christ]

7. Shoot.

I was going to guess Algiers and Manhattan.

[catbert836]

8. 1. a. Montreal

b. Chicago

2. a. Amsterdam
b. New York

3. Seatlle
4. edinboro

[Wat_Tyler]

16. Nope. Sorry.

[Bok_Tukalo]

12. 1. Port-Au-Prince and New Orleans?

<eom>

[Wat_Tyler]

18. OK - The French name is open to debate.

Montreal is second largest - I had Detroit for third, as it was named that when under French ownership - but that may be a native name. Anyone able to clear that up?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. According to my French dictionary

"détroit" is French for "strait."

[Wat_Tyler]

27. Works for me - Detroit it is.

[democracyindanger]

26. le detroit

The lands around Detroit were known by the French as le detroit, or the straits.

from a nasa page i'm too lazy to link

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. 1. Montreal and Marseilles?

2. Johannesburg? Rotterdam?
3. Chicago would have been my guess, too. No! Really!
4. I bet it's someplace in Australia or New Zealand. Perth?

[Wat_Tyler]

23. Johannesburg it is - that and Vancouver are the two largest cities with

Dutch names.
Chicago is right too.

[Lithos]

28. Guesses

1. Paris, Montreal, Detroit

2. Manhatten NY, Johannesburg South Africa

3. Chicago, Il

4. Houston Tx, then Dallas, Tx

[Wat_Tyler]

29. You know, I'll have to check Houston and Dallas

That's a very good point - I may have totally forgotten about them.

1 is right, as is 3.

[Wat_Tyler]

33. Houston was named in honour of General Sam Houston

and it is a Scottish last name - so it's debatable. Maybe it qualifies.
Anyway, that's not the city I had in mind.

[Lithos]

34. See here:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_houston.htm

[Wat_Tyler]

41. True - but it's indirect through a guy's name, like Dallas is.

I'm looking for one with a direct Scottish name.

[dolo amber]

30. #4 - Pittsburgh?

:shrug:

[Wat_Tyler]

31. Damn! That's the second largest.

http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/apology1.html

[dolo amber]

32. Bah!

:(

Johannesburg(h)...?

:D

[Wat_Tyler]

35. Well, if you're answering for the Dutch category - yes.

Otherwise, no.

[dolo amber]

38. I was expanding on the 'burgh' idea

I got nuthin'. :cry:

[achtung_circus]

36. Toronto for #3

<http://www.mongabay.com/cities_pop_01.htm>

Rank Pop City
31 5,006,513 Toronto
62 2,871,499 Chicago

[Wat_Tyler]

39. I went by metro pop - Chicago is bigger than Toronto.

That's a weird poll - it takes the metro pop of Toronto, but not that of Chicago - Chicago's metro pop is 7.9m

[LDS Jock]

43. actually Chicago is bigger than Toronto both city and metro

Toronto 2,481,494 http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/Details/details1pop.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&PSGC=35&SGC=3520005&A=&LANG=E&Province=35&PlaceName=toronto&CSDNAME=Toronto&CMA=&SEARCH=BEGINS&DataType=1&TypeNameE=City%20%2D%20Cit%E9&ID=6837

Chicago 2,896,016 http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US1714000&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=chicago&_cityTown=chicago&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=

Toronto metro 4,682,897 http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/Details/details1pop.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&ID=6838&PSGC=35&SGC=35535&DataType=1&LANG=E&Province=35&PlaceName=toronto&CMA=&CSDNAME=Toronto&A=&TypeNameE=Census%20Metropolitan%20Area&Prov=

Chicago metro 9,157,540 http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t3/tab03.pdf

[achtung_circus]

46. I sit corrected. nt

[UrbScotty]

37. Okay...

1. Montreal and Nice

2. (1) Amsterdam and (2) Rotterdam

3. Ottawa

4. Edinbourgh

[Wat_Tyler]

40. 1. - half right - 2. no, 3. no, 4. no.

Ottawa doesn't count anyway - I'm convinced it doesn't really exist.

[Wat_Tyler]

42. Anyway - I've got to pop off for a few minutes - the answer is....

Blantyre, Malawi.

[Zomby Woof]

44. amazing

Great quiz... hope there is more of the same soon.

[Wat_Tyler]

45. Maybe - I may have shot my wad with this lot.

I mean, there's only so many large African cities with Celtic names, aren't there?