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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 08/09/2009 : 16:35:00
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Part of one nation is entirely surrounded by another nation. Geographically, this is called an "exclave."
1. What is the name of Nation "A"?
2. What is the name of Nation "B"?
3. For an extra point, what is the name of the town in the yellow-bordered area in the middle of the image?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 08/09/2009 : 16:51:41 [Permalink]
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1. Texas
2. The United States
The bit of Texas that is not surrounded by these United States is called Flordia. Or Kansas....
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 16:58:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
1. Texas
2. The United States
The bit of Texas that is not surrounded by these United States is called Flordia. Or Kansas....
Don't tell me I don't know nothin' 'bout geeargerfy!
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'Cause you probably drove a truck or rode a hog through there.
Sorry, no points.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 17:14:18 [Permalink]
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Ok, West Berlin and Germany.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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and Crypto-Communist!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 17:44:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Ok, West Berlin and Germany.
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Berlin it's not, sorry.
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 20:12:56 [Permalink]
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| Is it Petoria? |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2009 : 20:21:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Simon
Is it Petoria?
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No. Petoria would be an enclave.
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 00:27:31 [Permalink]
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Mooner.....
The most exhaustive list of true national exclaves I can find is this:
Angola: Cabinda
Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh (disputed)
Azerbaijan: Nakhichevan
Belgium: Baarle-Hertog
Brunei: Temburong
Croatia: Dubrovnik
East Timor: Oecussi-Ambeno
Northern Cyprus: Kokkina (de facto).
Oman: Musandam
Russia: Kaliningrad
Spain: Ceuta, Llívia and Melilla
United Arab Emirates: Nahwa
I Google-Earthed every damn one of them and none even looked anywhere like your map. The closest was Kaliningrad in Russia, but it was a much more metropolitan area.
Is it any of the above?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 01:32:13 [Permalink]
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Finally stumped you for a bit, Bill? I was afraid you'd answer this one right away.
No, this exclave is not on that "exhaustive" list. And this really is an exclave of one nation, within the borders of another nation.
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 05:23:34 [Permalink]
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1. Azerbaijan
2. Armenia
3. Vokepar |
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tw101356
Skeptic Friend
USA
333 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 05:26:46 [Permalink]
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A is Germany. B is Switzerland. The town is Busingen am Hochrhein.
If you want to view a really interesting example of an exclave, check out Baarle-Nassau, Belgium. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 11:32:28 [Permalink]
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Mooner.....
Well, if you hadn't been so bloody evasive in your description, I would have known instantly, as would any reasonably bright fifth-grader, that it was Busingen.
According to Wapedia, Busingen am Hochrhein is actually both an enclave and an exclave. Now, being one of the recognized world authorities on this esoteric subject, I naturally supposed you had picked an example of a true exclave, one without the epistimological hindrances of also being a enclave, so I searched the geography of true sole exclaves. But noooo, you selected an exclave-enclave and knowingly concealed it's enclave nature. This was dastardly unfair and caused me to forfeit the points and unbroken record of success that I formerly held. I have actually lost to a mere neophite amateur geography-guesser! You have made me feel like a fourth-grader. You should be ashamed, Mooner, ASHAMED!!!
I am going to file a formal complaint to Dave, the Oracle of the Occult and repository of all knowledge that is not to be easily known to Man; to the effect that Mooner is knowingly witholding clues in his capacity of puzzlemaster. So there! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 12:36:14 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
1. Azerbaijan
2. Armenia
3. Vokepar
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No, no, and no.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 12:38:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by tw101356
A is Germany. B is Switzerland. The town is Busingen am Hochrhein.
If you want to view a really interesting example of an exclave, check out Baarle-Nassau, Belgium.
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We have a winner! Congratulations, tw101356, you get all three points!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 12:48:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
Mooner.....
Well, if you hadn't been so bloody evasive in your description, I would have known instantly, as would any reasonably bright fifth-grader, that it was Busingen.
According to Wapedia, Busingen am Hochrhein is actually both an enclave and an exclave. Now, being one of the recognized world authorities on this esoteric subject, I naturally supposed you had picked an example of a true exclave, one without the epistimological hindrances of also being a enclave, so I searched the geography of true sole exclaves. But noooo, you selected an exclave-enclave and knowingly concealed it's enclave nature. This was dastardly unfair and caused me to forfeit the points and unbroken record of success that I formerly held. I have actually lost to a mere neophite amateur geography-guesser! You have made me feel like a fourth-grader. You should be ashamed, Mooner, ASHAMED!!!
I am going to file a formal complaint to Dave, the Oracle of the Occult and repository of all knowledge that is not to be easily known to Man; to the effect that Mooner is knowingly witholding clues in his capacity of puzzlemaster. So there!
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I just figured you couldn't handle a problem that involved a place being both an exclave and an enclave, so I tried to keep it simple for you, Bill. My labors are worth every cent SFN gives me. The fine thanks I get...
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/10/2009 15:00:20 |
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What on Earth?: Exclave
