Tuesday, July 21, 2020

2020, time for a new quiz.  Today's focus:  Islands.

1.  With the UK leaving the European Union, that leaves only two entirely island nations in the EU.  What are they?

2.  Speaking of the UK, its history as a naval power has left it with many overseas territories also on islands.  While they have had large pieces of mainland territory in the past overseas (including Canada, the United States, India, etc), not to mention Calais, they now retain only two overseas territories that are NOT on islands.  What are they?

3.  Of the members of the EU that are not entirely insular, what nation has the largest percentage of its territory on islands.     Okay, now if you only count territory in Europe, what nation has the largest percentage of its territory on islands?

4.  The UK's departure takes the largest EU island, Great Britain, as well as part of the second largest, Ireland.   What is the largest remaining island in the EU (that is in Europe, not going to wrangle over the quasi-status of Greenland)?

5.  As far as the western hemisphere, the two largest archipelagos are the canadian arctic (which I'm going to lump Greenland in with) and the Caribbean.  The next two largest are also in Canada (Newfoundland and Vancouver).   Aside from Canada (and Greenland) and the Caribbean, where will you find the largest island in the western hemisphere?

Sunday, February 2, 2020

here's a fun trivia thing I came up with while looking up something.
Every state has an official motto. e.g., Georgia, where I live, has "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation".
Over half the states, 29, like Georgia, have a state motto in english.
16 more states have state mottos in Latin, e.g., New York's motto is "Excelsior" (latin for "Ever Upward").
That leaves 5 states whose state mottos are not in English or Latin. Without googling, it, anyone care to take a guess on what those 5 states are, and what languages they are in?