General knowledge - Quiz

[Dhagax-Tuur]

To distract us from the daily bad news of Somali politics threads which tops the list of threads every day and keep the mind fresh, I thought of this:

 

Rules:

 

1. Don't google the answer, keep the answer spontaneous.

2. You are free to look up books for the answer.

2. The originator of the question must answer or correct the correct entries after about 10 answers.

 

I will start:

 

 

Q: Which are the three least dense (population-wise) countries in the world?

 

 

Keep the ball rolling....

[Ibtisam]

Iceland, Australia and Sahara. I was gonna say Somalia, but I don't think so on second thought. I read a report about Russia, it is near the bottom, but no idea how low.

[Valenteenah.]

Hmmm, good question. I know Mongolia is one of the least populated countries but I have no idea about others. If I hazard a guess, I would say: Australia and New Zealand?

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

would have thought russia, greenland and canada just do to sheer sizes of these countries but that is not the case.

[Abu-Salman]

Canada, Greenland/Danemark and Australia are the three quickest to come to mind (Mauritania too).

 

Sahara is not if one means Western Sahara, separate from Morocco, is not really recognised.

 

Naxar Nugaaleed, with all due respect, Greenland is Danish ruled while Russia is one of the most populated country in the world; thus, if your specialty is in the political field, you should be all the more the last person on Earth to sounds arrogant given your level of intellect/knowledge in any field (your usual Islamists this, Somalis that, Shariah this etc)...

[Abu-Salman]

Could someone explain one of the fascinating communication methods used by a worker bee to indicate a source of nectar to her collegues back in the hive?

 

How does bees plan on contingencies inherent in their communication/naviga tion methods?

[Dhagax-Tuur]

Maasha Allah, Valanteenah, you're pretty much very close. You've mentioned two of the three. Hopefully, it was all from the heart.

 

The answer is (in the order that these countries are least populated):

 

1. Mangolia (vast country, and the fact is, there aren't even that many roads for vehicles so cars usually go over the grass)

 

2. Namibia (I wouldn't have thought, but she comes 2nd)

 

3. Australia (No surprises there. Vast continent with only about 18 - 20 mn people)

[Dhagax-Tuur]

Keep the ball rolling....

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

salman, i wouldn't confuse politics with international studies or geography. honestly, i don't know anything about Denmark except that they have socialized healthcare. as for my guess, look at the map, Russia spans 11 time zones! and regardless of the pop, its not a crime to think that massive country has less people per square mile then that little country to its south, Mongolia.

[Valenteenah.]

LoL...Well, Dhagax-Tuur, my geographical knowledge is better than average. But I'm losing it - I would have known all three countries 10 years ago.

 

Hey, Abu Salman, what did you ask, communication methods of worker bees? Bal adba. Bee-language iskulama hadlaan miyaa?

 

I don't think we have any bee experts in this joint, how about asking something less specialised?

[Lt-Qalbi-Adeyg]

Which creatures 'guts' is considered the worlds smallest bioreactors?

[Valenteenah.]

^ Lol...I was watching a programme about this exact topic on Discovery the other day (the joys of being unemployed). But I'll let other people answer.

[peasant]

Abu Salmaan the bees do something called wiggle dance to give the directions of nectar sources. They do this by moving around in circles and wiggling their behinds. Unfortunately i cant remember the specifics of the circle dances in relation to directions such as N/W/E/S.

[peasant]

Lt-Qalbi-adeyg is that the Bombardier beetle? That is the only creature i could think off..

[Abu-Salman]

Naxar Nugaaleed:

Salman, i wouldn't confuse politics with international studies or geography. honestly, i don't know anything about Denmark except that they have socialized healthcare. as for my guess, look at the map, Russia spans 11 time zones! and regardless of the pop, its not a crime to think that massive country has less people per square mile then that little country to its south, Mongolia.

Russia is not much bigger than Canada despite its widht and its population at around 170 (around 6 times that of Canada) is one of the highest; that is common knowledge isn't it?

 

Likewise, that vast Greenland is Danish ruled.

 

Indeed, Danemark is used as a case study in welfare and social studies (in terms of environmental awareness, too, to a lesser extent). Also, their influential Viking ancestors ruled England during the Danelaw era, thus contributing to its culture and langage etc.

 

The point is that "Politics", for what is worth, is another superficial thus misleading subject, depriving from the necessary background of more serious and detailed knowledge of world history, civilisations and cultures which continue to shape the current dynamics.

 

Hence, why it is vital to be humble as the more we learn, we discover how little we finally know; that is indeed one of the ultimate benefit of true learning...