Calvin's Quiz #120

Calvin

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Apr 20, 2011, 7:12:42 PM4/20/11

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Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
no others)?

1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
3 Senegal
4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
6 Costa Rica, Colombia
7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus
8 France, Spain
9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Happy Easter.

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Peter Smyth

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Apr 20, 2011, 7:28:21 PM4/20/11

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"Calvin" <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in message
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> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Zimbabwe
> 3 Senegal
The Gambia
> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya
> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay

Peter Smyth

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Apr 20, 2011, 7:55:44 PM4/20/11

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On 2011-04-20, Calvin wrote:
>
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
> no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Mozambique

> 3 Senegal

Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Honduras

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain

Andora

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay

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Mark Brader

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Apr 20, 2011, 8:39:29 PM4/20/11

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"Calvin":

> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
> no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan.

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Zimbabwe.

> 3 Senegal

Gambia.

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland.

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria.

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panama.

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania.

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra.

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya.

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay.
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Marc Dashevsky

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Apr 20, 2011, 10:21:19 PM4/20/11

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In article <op.vt9er...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, cal...@phlegm.com says...

>
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
> no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Zimbabwe

> 3 Senegal
Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain
Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay

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Joshua Kreitzer

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Apr 20, 2011, 10:36:30 PM4/20/11

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On Apr 20, 6:12 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
> no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia

> 3 Senegal

Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay

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Erland Sommarskog

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Apr 21, 2011, 4:20:51 AM4/21/11

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Calvin (cal...@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia

> 3 Senegal

Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panamį

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay

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

Dan Tilque

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Apr 21, 2011, 5:24:25 AM4/21/11

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Calvin wrote:
>
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia

> 3 Senegal

Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay

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Dan Tilque

swp

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Apr 21, 2011, 11:12:27 AM4/21/11

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On Apr 20, 7:12 pm, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries (and
> no others)?

I concede to Mark Brader's set of answers, he probably nailed this one

swp, who wishes you a happy Easter as well

Pete

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Apr 22, 2011, 1:00:35 AM4/22/11

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Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vt9er...@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:

>
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia

> 3 Senegal

Gabon

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay

>
> Happy Easter.
>

Pete

Rob Parker

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Apr 23, 2011, 3:37:45 AM4/23/11

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> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia (?)
> 3 Senegal
The Gambia

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Estonia (?)
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya (Go Gadaffi, go!)

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay

Rob

Calvin

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Apr 26, 2011, 7:53:32 PM4/26/11

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On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:12:42 +1000, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:

> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India

Pakistan
8/9

> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa

Namibia
5/9
The only tough one as it turns out

> 3 Senegal

"The" Gambia
8/9

> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia

Finland
9/9

> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon

Syria
9/9

> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia

Panama
8/9

> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus

Lithuania
8/9
The Russian border (the enclave of Kaliningrad) didn't stump as many as I
had hoped.

> 8 France, Spain

Andorra
9/9

> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia

Libya
9/9

> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

Paraguay
9/9

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 120
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Joshua Kreitzer
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
8 5 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 82 TOTAL
91%

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cheers,
calvin