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WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:59 pm

1. You are swimming in a waterfall wider than any other waterfalls in the world. Where are you now? LAOS
2. You are in a market full of things to be bought. You have selected an item and gave your bill to the vendor. The vendor didn't accept your money so you have to change your bill from dollar to 'ouguiya'. If the monetary bill is 'ouguiya', where are you now? MAURITANIA
3. You are basking in a place where the sun shines its hot rays down and you can't feel anything but dryness and hotness because you're basking in the most arid place on earth. What is the name of this desert in South America? ATACAMA
4. You are wrapped with a thin jacket and getting frozen up with a very cold ambience but you can see lava rapidly flowing in the icy surface of this place and a volcano puking super hot lava in its mouth. This place is known for that. Where are you now? ICELAND
5. You are situated near a big plantation carrying up oils to produce petroleum and gasoline. If you ask me where are you, all I can say is that you are in the smallest oil rich nation. Now, it's my turn to ask. Where are you now? BAHRAIN
6. You're a reporter and you need to ask people some certain questions pertaining to their place but you can't understand them because they are speaking 'divehi'. If their language is 'divehi', where are you now? THE MALDIVES
7. You are lost in the jungle and you can't find your way out because you're located in the heart of the largest rainforest in Asia. Where are you now? INDONESIA
8. You've been sailing for 40 days and 40 nights. No more food left to eat and you're starving when you see something in the horizon. It's a land!.You're getting nearer and nearer and near enough to see the name of the island 'Kerguelen Island'. This island is a territory of which country? FRANCE
9. You're a historian and you're in a place called the 'Fertile Cresent' tracking the time of early civilization that exists between two rivers. Where are you now? IRAQ
10. You are measuring the length of the Nile river. The Nile has certain names in certain countries where it flows. If you are already measuring the 'White Nile', where are you now? SUDAN
11. You are in a place which has more cars than people. You see no-one walking around the streets except you. Where are you now? SAN MARINO
12. You are a slave and you did something that the highest person in the palace don't like so you have been commanded to clean the whole palace which is unfortunately the largest palace in the world. Where are you now? CHINA
13. You are one of the labourers who constructed the most beautiful building in the world as regarded by many because it is a symbol of love and mourning. The emperor built this in memory of his wife. Where are you? INDIA
14. You're working in a television transmitting tower which is the tallest tower in the world. Where are you now? U.S.A.
15. You are praying in a religious garden of a shrine together with the shinto priests believing the shinto 'the way of gods' and your religion is Shintoism. Where are you now? JAPAN
16. You're driving in a public transportation with no wheels. These are boats which are called vaporetti that act like buses. There are also gondolas for hire to cross to other buildings. You can't go anywhere without walking unless you ride in these boats. Where are you now? ITALY
17. You're the only one who luckily survived in a plane crash and you don't know what place are you in. As time passes by you see a small plane up in the air with a flag, a plain green flag. Where are you now? LIBYA
18. You're one of the Arabs who went to this place because this believed to be the final pilgrimage the Prophet Mohammad took before he died. This place has ka'ba, a square building house said to be given by Archangel Gabriel to Patriarch Abraham where all Muslims used to pray. Where are you now? SAUDI ARABIA
19. You are one of the aborigines that made a spectacular series of irrigated rice terraces which are larger in size than any other rice terraces in the world. Native people believed that this is a 'stairway to heaven'. Where are you now? PHILIPPINES
20. You're one of the inhabitants of early civilization of this place which they call 'the city in clouds'. It is still unknown today how they carried many heavy stones up in the mountain and why they left this place, as the Spaniards had no idea about this place. Where are you now? PERU
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby JAS » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:17 pm

Q3 Atacama Desert (spelling :? )
Q4 Iceland
Q5 Brunei
Q13 Taj Mahal in Agra, India
Q16 Venice, Italy
Q18 Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:20 pm

JAS wrote:Q3 Atacama Desert (spelling :? )
Q4 Iceland
Q5 Brunei.......................................INCORRECT
Q13 Taj Mahal in Agra, India
Q16 Venice, Italy
Q18 Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby rogernumber10 » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:21 pm

13 - Taj Mahal, Agra, India
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:22 pm

rogernumber10 wrote:13 - Taj Mahal, Agra, India


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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby Mr66 » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:38 pm

1/ Iguacu or Iguassu - its in Brazil
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby TroyGFC » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:59 pm

5/ kuwait
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby TroyGFC » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:08 pm

14/ Tapai
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby JAS » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:12 pm

Q9 Iraq and maybe a bit of S.E. Turkey between the rivers Trigris and Euphrates.
Q20 Machu Pichu (spelling :roll: ) in errrrr Peru I think.

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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:38 pm

Mr66 wrote:1/ Iguacu or Iguassu - its in Brazil

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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby PhilH » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:43 pm

15) Japan
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:44 pm

TroyGFC wrote:5/ kuwait


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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:44 pm

TroyGFC wrote:14/ Tapai

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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:44 pm

JAS wrote:Q9 Iraq and maybe a bit of S.E. Turkey between the rivers Trigris and Euphrates.
Q20 Machu Pichu (spelling :roll: ) in errrrr Peru I think.

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both correct JAS
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:45 pm

PhilH wrote:15) Japan


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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby Interceptor » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:54 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:14. You're working in a television transmitting tower which is the tallest tower in the world. Where are you now? Toronto
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:56 pm

Interceptor wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:14. You're working in a television transmitting tower which is the tallest tower in the world. Where are you now? Toronto


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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby Pseudo » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:00 pm

17. Libya
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby grant j » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:12 pm

q1 khone falls, loas
q5 bahrain
q6 maldives
q7 indonesia
q8 france
q11 san marino
q14 usa
q19 philippines
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Re: WHERE ARE YOU NOW QUIZ

Postby godoubleblues » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:17 pm

Q5 - Kuwait
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