Classic Map question to test your memory/geography

[Pedronicus]

Don't look, Don't cheat, just test yourself. vote your answer then go and see how good your memory is.


How many of the 42 territories are countries on the Classic map.


The correct answer is on the first entry of this thread... http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55030

[alster]

Hmm... went for 13. But dunno if I see that in your signature.

[rocky mountain]

i put 16. there is nothing in your sig about this...

[Pedronicus]

Edited the answer out of my sig - because it was visible lol!

answer is here: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55030

[sfhbballnut]

i'm gonna have to call BS on that answer
my count
By continent
South america
-Venezuala
-Peru
-Brazil
-Argentina
Africa
-Egypt
-congo
-South Africa
-Madagascar
Asia
-India
-china
-Japan
-Afganistan
-Mongolia
Oceania
-Indonesia
Europe
-Iceland
-Ukraine
North America
-Greenland
17

[wcaclimbing]

I'm confused... counted 17. looked at the map, its still 17.

Made an image to go with it:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/wcaclimbing/trivia.jpg

Click the link to see it.
matches the list SFH posted, too.

even checked it against wikipedia's list of countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries

[Thezzaruz]

Last time I checked Great Britain was also a real country...

[wcaclimbing]

Last time I checked Great Britain was also a real country...

Wikipedia says its part of the UK, not an indavidual country.

[rocky mountain]

i'm gonna have to call BS on that answer
my count
By continent
South america
-Venezuala
-Peru
-Brazil
-Argentina
Africa
-Egypt
-congo
-South Africa
-Madagascar
Asia
-India
-china
-Japan
-Afganistan
-Mongolia
Oceania
-Indonesia
Europe
-Iceland
-Ukraine
North America
-Greenland
17

I'm confused... counted 17. looked at the map, its still 17.

Made an image to go with it:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/wcaclimbing/trivia.jpg

Click the link to see it.
matches the list SFH posted, too.

even checked it against wikipedia's list of countries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries

GREENLAND is NOT a country!!! i counted the same stuff as you did except for greenland, so i got 16.

wca, the wikipedia thing,: Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) you were right with everything else though

[rocky mountain]

pedronicus is WRONG!!!

[wcaclimbing]

Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)

Ok, I agree with that one.

16, though. still not what Pedro said.

[Robinette]

Quickly in my head i could think of 13....

Which means there is probably 2 or 3 more,
but i just drove 400 miles and my brain is spent...

i'm off to see the answer now...

[FabledIntegral]

I counted 17 in my head yet counted Great Britain... which I thought was interchangeable with the United Kingdom :S.

[AndyDufresne]

Before the XML switched over to using "territory," there were 42 "countries."


--Andy

[Joodoo]

I got 15 because I included Great Britain...
D'oh!

[Incandenza]

So here's the real question: what about siam? T'was once a real country (and still is, just under a different name), and while the terit covers quite a bit more territory than Thailand rightfully should, you could say the same about some of the other terit/countries on the map.

[Joodoo]

then I'm guessing that it only includes modern soverigntys

[Incandenza]

Well, then, if Congo were still called Zaire, would it count?

[Joodoo]

nah , we're very sensitive about the wording and spelling of the nation

[Robinette]

So here's the real question: what about siam? T'was once a real country....

"When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening." -King Mongkut of Siam

[rocky mountain]

Well, then, if Congo were still called Zaire, would it count?

there is still a country called Congo.

Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo[17]
Congo – Republic of the Congo[18]

the africa map shows it too...

[Pedronicus]

damn! - i forgot about ukraine being a country now!

[Incandenza]

Well, then, if Congo were still called Zaire, would it count?

there is still a country called Congo.

Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo[17]
Congo – Republic of the Congo[18]

the africa map shows it too...

Then it could be argued that, instead of representing a given country called "Congo", the Congo terit instead encompasses a larger region that encompasses both Congo nations, plus an unspecified acreage of the Congo River's watershed. Thus, Congo would no more represent a country than Middle East.

[Joodoo]

yeah, if it was called Republic of the Congo or Democratic Republic of the Congo then it would be officially a country.
so just Congo won't count...

[Incandenza]

Thus, since the terit called "China" isn't called "People's Republic of China", China itself could conceivably be disqualified.