The Quiz Thread

[villa4europe]

guam isn't a country, its a yankland territory

[villaajax]

It has its own football and rugby teams

[chappy]

can you name the 10 countries with only 4 letters in the name

 

Laos, Iran, Iraq, Togo, Cuba, Mali, Peru, Chad, Oman

 

just read through the rest of the thread, gutted i missed Fiji!

[legov]

and doesn't ni hao mean hello in one tone of voice and you good? in another, there are 4 tones of voice to every word in mandarin iirc

 

Naught to do with tone in this case. Character-for-word, that is what it translates into.

 

Decent job, regardless

[mjmooney]

When you think about it, there are loads of words and phrases that can be said to mean (effectively) "hello", in many languages. 

 

Hi, how's it going, alright?, etc.

 

So, 'you good?' would make sense, just like 'ça va?', 'wie geht's?', etc.

Edited November 18, 2013 by mjmooney

[Wainy316]

 

and doesn't ni hao mean hello in one tone of voice and you good? in another, there are 4 tones of voice to every word in mandarin iirc

 

Naught to do with tone in this case. Character-for-word, that is what it translates into.

 

Decent job, regardless

 

 

I heard that in Vietnamese the word for 'Hello' has up to 11 meanings depending on tone.  As a language it sounds awful, so up and down.  Still having nightmares of the man on the bunk below me on a night train constantly on his phone.

[legov]

True.

 

 

Anyway, more quizzy questions:

 

 

What is the name of the island Tokyo is located on?

 

Capital of Burma/Myanmar (this is a personal favourite )

 

Capital of.....Kazakhstan

[BOF]

can you name the 10 countries with only 4 letters in the name

Mali

Oman

Chad

Iran

Iraq

Togo

Laos

Peru

Fiji

Can't think of a tenth :?

EDIT : Cuba

[legov]

 

 

and doesn't ni hao mean hello in one tone of voice and you good? in another, there are 4 tones of voice to every word in mandarin iirc

 

Naught to do with tone in this case. Character-for-word, that is what it translates into.

 

Decent job, regardless

 

 

I heard that in Vietnamese the word for 'Hello' has up to 11 meanings depending on tone.  As a language it sounds awful, so up and down.  Still having nightmares of the man on the bunk below me on a night train constantly on his phone.

 

 

No different from Mandarin - but in this case, I was talking about the literal meaning of "hello" as it is written in Chinese.

[Eames]

True.

 

 

Anyway, more quizzy questions:

 

 

What is the name of the island Tokyo is located on?

 

Capital of Burma/Myanmar (this is a personal favourite )

 

Capital of.....Kazakhstan

 

 

Capital of Burma/Myanmar is Naypidaw

[legov]

 

can you name the 10 countries with only 4 letters in the name

Mali

Oman

Chad

Iran

Iraq

Togo

Laos

Peru

Fiji

Can't think of a tenth :?

EDIT : Cuba

 

 

Damn beat me to it!

[BOF]

Capital of Burma/Myanmar (this is a personal favourite )

 

Capital of.....Kazakhstan

It's not fair me doing capitals as it's my forte. The capital of Kazakhstan is Kazakhstani for 'capital' Astana.

Burma/Myanmar is a favourite of mine too. When I were a lad it used to be Rangoon which then became Yangon and then the paranoid military leaders decided that was too coastal and vulnerable so they made a new capital inland which made it easier to rule the local tribes with and called it Naypyidaw.

[mjmooney]

Tokyo's on Honshu, IIRC.

[legov]

 

Capital of Burma/Myanmar (this is a personal favourite )

 

Capital of.....Kazakhstan

It's not fair me doing capitals as it's my forte. The capital of Kazakhstan is Kazakhstani for 'capital' Astana.

Burma/Myanmar is a favourite of mine too. When I were a lad it used to be Rangoon which then became Yangon and then the paranoid military leaders decided that was too coastal and vulnerable so they made a new capital inland which made it easier to rule the local tribes with and called it Naypyidaw.

 

 

Yes. Before the British came in, it was Mandalay, which is located further inland compared to Rangoon.

Good job guys

[BOF]

Yeah that's where Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus. Off she went with a trumpety trump, trump trump trump. She met the head of the herd one night at the silver light on the road to Mandalay

When you think about it, there are loads of words and phrases that can be said to mean (effectively) "hello", in many languages. 

 

Hi, how's it going, alright?, etc.

 

So, 'you good?' would make sense, just like 'ça va?', 'wie geht's?', etc.

'Stoooory bud'.

[mjmooney]

BY THE old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay! "
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay ?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!

'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat - jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,
An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,
An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:
Bloomin' idol made o' mud
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd
Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!
On the road to Mandalay...

When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,
She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!
With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek
We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.
Elephints a-pilin' teak
In the sludgy, squdgy creek,
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!
On the road to Mandalay...

But that's all shove be'ind me - long ago an' fur away
An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells:
"If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else."
No! you won't 'eed nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells;
On the road to Mandalay...

I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones,
An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand,
An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand?
Beefy face an' grubby 'and -
Law! wot do they understand?
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!
On the road to Mandalay...

Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;
For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay,
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!
O the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay !
 

[BOF]

I assume there's a gentleman's (and gentle ladies) agreement that this thread is done without using google yeah?

On that basis, anyone know the capital of Tanzania?

[legov]

I assume there's a gentleman's (and gentle ladies) agreement that this thread is done without using google yeah?

On that basis, anyone know the capital of Tanzania?

 

Dar es Salaam?

 

Am I right?

 

Edit: Nope they changed their capital in 96, according to Wikipedia

Edited November 18, 2013 by legov

[BOF]

Nope You fell into my trap

BTW you can assume if I ask a capitals question that I'm being an arse

[legov]

BY THE old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,

There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;

For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:

"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay! "

Come you back to Mandalay,

Where the old Flotilla lay:

Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay ?

On the road to Mandalay,

Where the flyin'-fishes play,

An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!

'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green,

An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat - jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen,

An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot,

An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot:

Bloomin' idol made o' mud

Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd

Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud!

On the road to Mandalay...

When the mist was on the rice-fields an' the sun was droppin' slow,

She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing "Kulla-lo-lo!

With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin my cheek

We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak.

Elephints a-pilin' teak

In the sludgy, squdgy creek,

Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak!

On the road to Mandalay...

But that's all shove be'ind me - long ago an' fur away

An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay;

An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells:

"If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else."

No! you won't 'eed nothin' else

But them spicy garlic smells,

An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells;

On the road to Mandalay...

I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones,

An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones;

Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand,

An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand?

Beefy face an' grubby 'and -

Law! wot do they understand?

I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!

On the road to Mandalay...

Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,

Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;

For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be

By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea;

On the road to Mandalay,

Where the old Flotilla lay,

With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay!

O the road to Mandalay,

Where the flyin'-fishes play,

An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay !

 

 

What in fack's name