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The Friday Quiz: Crazy Fast Geography Friday Afternoon Woohoo!

Today's late-coming brain-pickler: answer as many of the following as fast you can. It's that simple.

1. Name the countries that border Hungary.
2. What country has the largest documented population of Roma (the ethnic group often known as "gypsies")
3. The U.S. National Historic Monument called "Pompey's Pillar" is a sandstone pillar. It acquired its name from the classical nickname of the son of a famous Native American -- bestowed upon him by a famous man of European descent, who also gave the rock formation its name. Who are these two famous people?
4. Name the smallest landlocked nation in Africa.
5. What country's mythological founding patriarch is described here? "Hayk was a handsome, friendly man, with curly hair, sparkling eyes, and strong arms. He was a man of giant stature, a mighty archer and fearless warrior. Hayk and his people, from the time of their forefathers Noah and Japheth, had migrated south toward the warmer lands near Babylon. In that land there ruled a wicked giant, Bel. Bel tried to impose his tyranny upon Hayk's people. But proud Hayk refused to submit to Bel. As soon as his son... was born, Hayk rose up, and led his people back to the land of his forefathers, the land of Ararat. At the foot of the mountains, he built his home, Haykashen."

Best of five wins a copy of Bender Bondage: The Best of Futurama Slash Fiction, Vol. 5. No Googling or asking Globey, the talking globe from Pee-Wee's Playhouse. One guess at each part per comment, but comment as often as you like.

Comments

1. Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia
2. France
3.
4. Congo
5. Nepal


1. I won't say which of those is right and wrong, but there's some of both. You don't have the correct total #.

And nothing on the rest.


1.Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yogoslavia, Austria and somebody up north I can't remember. Russia?

2. Croatia?

3. Lewis and/or Clark; Chief Big Stone?

4. Lesotho

5. Persia


2. United Kingdom
4. Equatorial Guinea
5. Belgium


1. Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic
2. Hungary
3. John Smith; Hiawatha
4. Swaziland
5. Iraq


Having been on a short river trip between Slovakia and Hungary, I'm pretty sure that Slovakia is part of the answer. And that the Czech Republic is not. From there, Ukraine is likely to the north east of Hungary; maybe Austria to the north west, but I'm hazier on that one. I'm no help to the south of Hungary.


Herbivorous is correct on all that he's assayed to guess about Hungarian border-neighbors. But several nations are still to be definitively established.

Still nothing on the Roma (or should that be Romani?)

Bootsy is in violation of the rules by guessing both Lewis and Clark. But it's already Tuesday, so we'll admit that it's Clark, already. The Native American personage has yet to be named.

Swaziland is right! Well done, Art. Anyone care to name Swaziland's two neighbors?

#5 is also interesting in that it is, by some lights, a trans-continental country.


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