Alert: The Maps Thread

959. Would have been higher but I put Accra where Lagos is.

 

The day with The Hague, I got something like a 983 and intended to retire, but I’m addicted.

I got a 100 for Birmingham, which I’ve never gotten before. I got a 938; I should have gone with my first instinct for Kobe Japan. That cost me a bunch of points.

 

That region of central Kentucky will overwhelmingly have thoroughbred horses. There is a smattering of trotting breeds, but for the most part there will be thoroughbreds. Also, #1 is not surprising since a lot of farms send their horses south to Florida to avoid the winters. So they get a lot from everywhere else.

And I just realized, depending on how, and especially when, the survey was done, this could have skewed the results to Florida. Also, the Texas area will (my guess) be where they have mostly quarter horses.

 

955

This is actually a pretty fun game -- especially for someone like me who prides themselves on knowing where the f they are, LOL

 

I lose all sense [of awareness] in P&CE!

 

I feel confident if you gave me a map of the African continent with the country borders, I could name every one. But then again I spent many years working on DoD counterdrug policy and Africa was one of the regions I had responsibility for.

 

959

I was somehow closer to the last one than I was to St. Louis.

 

997, so close! But Gambia got me in the end, too

 

Ahem -- it's The Gambia

 

Without cheating, does anyone know why it’s called “The Gambia?” And yes, it’s called Gambia due to the Gambian River, but the “The” is for a different reason.

 

From Wikipedia:

"Upon independence in 1965, the country used the name The Gambia. Following the proclamation of a republic in 1970, the long-form name of the country became the Republic of the Gambia.[26]

The Gambia is one of only two countries for which the definite article is commonly used in its English-language name and where the name is neither plural nor descriptive (e.g., "the Philippines" or "the United Kingdom"), the other being the Bahamas.[c][27] The article is also officially used by the country's government and by international bodies. In 1964, shortly prior to the country's independence, Prime Minister Dawda Jawara wrote to the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use requesting that the name the Gambia retain the definite article, in part to reduce confusion with Zambia which had also recently become independent.[28] Some scholars suggest it also emphasizes the nation's connection to the Gambia River, a defining geographical feature."

Sorry, I guess I cheated. FWIW, I did not know, LOL.

 

Yeah, to avoid confusion with Zambia is my understanding.

 

Not to mention Nambia

 

I’m always getting the Congos mixed up.

 

Good question. It seemed to go away after independence.