WhatAboutTheFinish Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Don’t know what state it is in but doesn’t Cape Cod stick out a fair bit to the east? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Amity Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Maine is the furthest East. But I get the feeling there's a trick answer? Are US armed forces bases technically given a State and it's one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Maine is the furthest East. But I get the feeling there's a trick answer? Are US armed forces bases technically given a State and it's one of those? Technically , Alaska is the furtherest East , but obviously not nearest to Africa , so I think that would make you correct with Maine There is some US territory at Runnymede near me where they have the JFK memorial , but the UK retains sovereignty and it's not not a State either , but that could have been a decent trick answer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Technically , Alaska is the furtherest East I really want to disagree with this, but it's hurting my brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Kentuckya? Michighana? Maliland? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 5 hours ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Don’t know what state it is in but doesn’t Cape Cod stick out a fair bit to the east? It does, but the eastern edge of Maine wins it. Now, what country in Africa is closest to mainland USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 cape verde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Technically , Alaska is the furtherest East....... There is some US territory at Runnymede near me where they have the JFK memorial , but the UK retains sovereignty and it's not not a State either , but that could have been a decent trick answer Alaska is definitely not East. Even if you consider the international date line to be straight. Runnymede would have be a great trick answer. If Maine is the correct answer then the closest African country has to be in the north west. So it's Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, maqroll said: It does, but the eastern edge of Maine wins it. Now, what country in Africa is closest to mainland USA? based on the answer being Maine I'd imagine its Morocco ? Edit - Too slow Edited July 1, 2019 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Alaska is definitely not East. Even if you consider the international date line to be straight. Runnymede would have be a great trick answer. If Maine is the correct answer then the closest African country has to be in the north west. So it's Morocco. it stretches over the 180 degree line of latitude so that makes it in the Eastern hemisphere by definition the date line isn't straight as you correctly point out for various reasons , but to my mind the date line and 180 degree aren't the same thing , though I may be in a minority of one on this view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 while we are on geography - name the 10 countries that are 4 letters long that's a favourite of mine to remember for some weird reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, villa4europe said: while we are on geography - name the 10 countries that are 4 letters long that's a favourite of mine to remember for some weird reason Oman Chad Fiji Iraq Iran Peru Togo I'm struggling now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) I’ll add in Laos. Edited July 1, 2019 by WhatAboutTheFinish Oh and Cuba seems pretty obvious now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2019 Cuba! Of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 38 minutes ago, villa4europe said: while we are on geography - name the 10 countries that are 4 letters long that's a favourite of mine to remember for some weird reason shouldn't that be 12 countries ? Eire Niue Mali being the 3 missing from the ones given though Eire is cheating I suspect and Mali is officially called the Republic of Mali , which brings its back down to 10 Edited July 1, 2019 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Most of their official names are longer... 'The Sultanate of Oman', 'The Republic of Chad', 'The Republic of Fiji', 'The Republic of Iraq', 'The Republic of Peru', T'he Togolese Republic', #Lao People's Democratic Republic', 'The Republic of Mali'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Yeah eire doesn't count, was expecting someone to throw Guam in Cuba, Peru, Chad, Mali, Togo, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Fiji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: while we are on geography - name the 10 countries that are 4 letters long that's a favourite of mine to remember for some weird reason Mali Laos Chad Togo Peru Cuba Java Iran Iraq Oman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Java is in Indonesia I think Reminded me of another one people usually get wrong - Bali Not an independent country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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