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calvin's quiz #344 - disputed zones

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calvin

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Feb 26, 2014, 5:10:30 AM2/26/14
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I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.

1-2 Golan Heights

3-4 Kashmir

5-6 Gibraltar

7-8 Mont Blanc

9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


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cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Feb 26, 2014, 5:41:41 AM2/26/14
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> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Egypt, Israel. (Alphabetical order.)

> 3-4 Kashmir

India, Pakistan, and I think also China.

> 5-6 Gibraltar

Spain, UK.

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

It sits on the border between France and Italy, but neither one disputes this.

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Argentina, UK.
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Dan Tilque

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Feb 26, 2014, 6:03:21 AM2/26/14
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calvin wrote:
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> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel, Syria

>
> 3-4 Kashmir

India, Pakistan

>
> 5-6 Gibraltar

UK, Spain

>
> 7-8 Mont Blanc

Switzerland, France (had no idea this was disputed)

>
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UK, Norway


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Dan Tilque

Bruce Bowler

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Feb 26, 2014, 10:07:05 AM2/26/14
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:10:30 +1000, calvin wrote:

> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim
> it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel and Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir

Pakistan and India

> 5-6 Gibraltar

Spain and the UK

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France and Italy

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Argentina and the UK

David B

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Feb 26, 2014, 10:18:08 AM2/26/14
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1-2 Golan Heights

Never heard of it/them.

3-4 Kashmir.

India & Pakistan.

5-6 Gibraltar.

UK & Spain.

7-8 Mont Blanc

France & Italy.

9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UK & Argentina.

D

Marc Dashevsky

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Feb 26, 2014, 12:58:35 PM2/26/14
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In article <op.xbvvvsqm2wood3@homepc>, 334...@gmail.com says...
>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel, Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir
India, Pakistan and China

> 5-6 Gibraltar
Spain, UK

> 7-8 Mont Blanc
>France, Italy

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK,

Peter Smyth

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Feb 26, 2014, 1:58:00 PM2/26/14
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calvin wrote:

>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that
> claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights
Israel & Syria
> 3-4 Kashmir
India & Pakistan (& China)
> 5-6 Gibraltar
UK & Spain
> 7-8 Mont Blanc
France & Switzerland
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
UK & Argentina

Peter Smyth

Erland Sommarskog

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Feb 26, 2014, 3:42:13 PM2/26/14
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calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel, Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir

Pakistan, India

> 5-6 Gibraltar

UK, Spain

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France, Switzerland

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Argentina and UK.



--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Rob Parker

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Feb 26, 2014, 6:57:59 PM2/26/14
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> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel, Egypt

> 3-4 Kashmir

India, Pakistan

> 5-6 Gibraltar

Spain, UK

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France, Switzerland

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UK, Argentina


Rob

Jeffrey Turner

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Feb 26, 2014, 10:28:24 PM2/26/14
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On 2/26/2014 5:10 AM, calvin wrote:
>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel, Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir

India, Pakistan

> 5-6 Gibraltar

UK, Spain

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

Austria, Switzerland

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

--Jeff

Pete

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Feb 27, 2014, 1:32:49 AM2/27/14
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.xbvvvsqm2wood3@homepc:

>
> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim
> it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel and Syria

>
> 3-4 Kashmir

Pakistan and India

>
> 5-6 Gibraltar

UK and Spain

>
> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France and Italy

>
> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

New Zealand and Australia

>
>

Pete

Gareth Owen

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Mar 5, 2014, 12:15:44 PM3/5/14
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:

> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel & Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir

India & Pakistan

> 5-6 Gibraltar

Spain & UK

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France & Italy

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UK & Argentina

calvin

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Mar 6, 2014, 4:41:09 AM3/6/14
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:10:30 +1000, calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:


> I nominate a disputed territory, you name the two countries that claim
> it.
>
> 1-2 Golan Heights

Israel & Syria

> 3-4 Kashmir

India & Pakistan
And China for a small section too but no bonus point sorry

> 5-6 Gibraltar

UK & Spain

> 7-8 Mont Blanc

France & Italy
Stretching things a bit here since the dispute only concerns the summit

> 9-10 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

UK and Argentine
Aust and NZ was a nice guess :-)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 TOTAL TB Quiz 344
2 2 2 2 2 10 188 Gareth Owen
2 2 2 2 2 10 188 Bruce Bowler
1 2 2 2 2 9 170 Mark Brader
2 2 2 1 2 9 172 Peter Smyth
2 2 2 2 1 9 172 Marc Dashevsky
2 2 2 1 2 9 172 Erland S
0 2 2 2 2 8 152 David Brown
1 2 2 1 2 8 154 Rob Parker
2 2 2 1 1 8 156 Dan Tilque
2 2 2 2 0 8 156 Pete Gayde
2 2 2 0 0 6 124 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - --- ----------
18 22 22 16 16 94 86%


Congratulations Gareth & Bruce.

--
cheers,
calvin
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