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Monday, March 23, 2009

The Monday Quiz LXVII

Famous Rivers

1. Flowing through one of the great world capitals, it's the _______.


2. Highlighted in yellow is the _______ River.

3. Separating the old towns of Buda and Pest, it's the _________.

4. Highlighted in blue, it's the _________ River.


5. Plunging from a plain down into a narrow chasm over the mighty Victoria Falls, it's the __________ River.


Submit your answers in the comments.

15 comments:

  1. 4 - mee kong river!!!!!!!!

    oh, and #1 is the Thames, but that's all I got.

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  2. Take me to the River!

    1. Thames
    2. Yukon
    3. Danube
    4. Mekong
    5. Zambezi

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  3. 1. Thames
    2. Yukon
    3. Danube
    4. Mee Kong
    5. Zambezie (Can I have a plane ticket?)

    New photo & new hair cut? (& You thought no one would notice.)

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  4. Ummmm, Maybe if I read in order of posting instead top down...)

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  5. Thames
    Yukon
    Danube
    Mekong
    Zambezi

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  6. 1 / the Thames
    2 / Yukon
    3 / Danube
    4 / Mekong
    5 / ? Congo

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  7. 1. Thames
    2. Yukon
    3. Danube
    4. Mekon
    5. (De)Nile

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  8. Totally unrelated, but...

    http://happyfoody.com/2009/01/28/high-fructose-corn-syrup-bad/

    We knew that already.

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  9. 1 the thames
    2 the yellow river. j/k. it's the yukon.
    3 the danube
    4 the mee kong (sp?)
    5 the nile

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  10. Remember Green River soda? You can't find it every day, but when you do, it's kind of a treat, not unlike coming across a can of Mellow Yellow. Wouldn't you agree?

    I have a crap geography knowledge, but I can sound smart pontificating about soda . . .

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  11. 2. Yukon River. The Nenana River is way cooler though.

    5. The Zambezi River. Do I get extra points for not only knowing that the Nyami Nyami is the Zambezi River god but for also having a Nyami Nyami necklace?

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  12. D'oh! I totally knew 4. was the Mekong too. Not that it matters since the rest of them could all be the Mississippi for all I know...

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  13. 1 Thames
    2 Yukon
    3 Danube
    4 Noh Klu
    5 Albert

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  14. 1. Thames
    2. Bering (no idea, really)
    3. Danube
    4. uffff, it's not the Yangtze... Sorry, don't know.
    5. what's its name??? Zambeze?

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  15. That would be

    1. The Thames
    2. The Yukon
    3. The Danube
    4. The Mekong
    5. The Zambezi


    Which makes this week's winners among our most hardcore geographyheads: Cartophiliac, Calico, and Dug.

    Well done!

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