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Geography by Letter - S #1

Can you guess these geographical answers that start with the letter S?
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First submittedApril 26, 2013
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World's largest non-polar desert
Sahara
Country ruled by the African National Congress since 1994
South Africa
Country with the 2nd largest oil reserves
Saudi Arabia
Capital of Sweden
Stockholm
The vast eastern regions of Russia
Siberia
The largest island that is completely within Indonesia
Sumatra
Capital of New South Wales
Sydney
World's 2nd most common native language
Spanish
Small, wealthy nation known for corporal punishment
Singapore
River that flows through Paris
Seine
Edinburgh is its capital
Scotland
Most populous city in South America
São Paulo
Capital of California
Sacramento
Largest Mediterranean island
Sicily
Nation found in the Horn of Africa
Somalia
The two main types of Muslims
Sunni
Shia
Indigenous religion of Japan
Shinto
Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas
Suez
Southwestern Chinese province known for spicy cuisine
Sichuan
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54 Comments
miraanne
+2
Level 22
May 29, 2013
I really like them too

I think South Africa could have been the horn of Africa country though as well.

buck1017
+35
Level 78
Jan 9, 2014
right...South Africa is on the Cape of Good Hope
Jarl5
+16
Level 68
Jun 6, 2017
Miraane, have you ever heard of a "comma". Or a period?
keto989
+14
Level 55
Jan 31, 2022
rude
BR2SBW
+15
Level 67
Mar 14, 2023
Jarl5, have you ever heard of using a question mark in the correct place or simply using complete sentences?
EconomicSnake
+7
Level 72
Jan 17, 2025
I love the misspelling of the OP's username and the random period in the middle of this grammatical correction.
JudgeRudy
+6
Level 67
Jan 21, 2025
Just observing Muphry's law.
Myles980
+1
Level 27
Apr 20, 2026
I love how he actually did use a period
DonTheLamplighter
+41
Level 87
Jun 22, 2017
I think you're confusing the Horn of Africa with Cape Horn. I think you're also confusing Cape Horn with the Cape of Good Hope.

Horn of Africa = Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia

Cape of Good Hope = South Africa

Cape Horn = Chile

JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 8, 2020
Another famous Cape: Cape York in northern Australia.
MyrmidonPantheon
+3
Level 56
May 30, 2025
Also, the cape of Superman
Lapronite
+4
Level 84
May 7, 2020
and Cape Cod in Massachusetts
EcceHomo
+18
Level 86
Nov 4, 2020
And Cape dCrusader in Batman (and Robin).
arie
+7
Level 32
Mar 29, 2021
what about the optifine cape in minecraft?
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Apr 30, 2021
EcceHomo + 1
sleepyquizzer
+1
Level 55
Mar 29, 2025
South Africa is NOT in the Horn of Africa.
Wardo
+2
Level 89
Oct 19, 2013
pretty easy (other than some tricky spellings). 100% with 1:36 left!
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Jan 22, 2014
hardest part was spelling szechuan
boltok
+8
Level 68
Jan 29, 2014
Szechuan is the right spelling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan_cuisine). Actually more variations should be acceptable (e.g. shezuan, shixuan etc.) since it is a Chinese word.
burntfrost
+1
Level 47
Apr 26, 2014
I'm Chinese and that's how I spell it.
sillie
+1
Level 75
Jun 25, 2015
Agreed. I thought it was "shizuan".
tshalla
+3
Level 79
Sep 4, 2018
Szechuan in the Wade-Giles transliteration and Sichuan in Pinyin.
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jan 5, 2023
四川 Is how it is spelt. I think.
MyrmidonPantheon
+1
Level 56
May 30, 2025
It should be Sichuan tho.
SummerMcLovin
+3
Level 49
Aug 30, 2014
My first guess for the oil reserves was Scotland, clearly too caught up in the independum debate.
Sulps
+4
Level 55
Jul 2, 2016
That's a nice portmanteau, independum - INDEPENDence referENDUM.
Simsy84
+4
Level 77
Jul 7, 2016
Funny that your comment comes just a week or two after the BrExit vote. It seems British politics love a good portmanteau.
TwoWheels
+2
Level 65
Feb 23, 2020
Well thank god that didn't happen
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jun 25, 2015
Region != Religion. My prescription ran out.
redsplat
+2
Level 72
Jan 17, 2016
Shinto is NOT an indigenous religion of Japan. The Ainu and Nivkh were there before the Yamato and Wajin. So you should either 1) amend your question to say "an ethnic religion of Japan" or 2) change the answer to "animism, shamanism, Ryukyuan religion."
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jun 10, 2019
Indigenous: "originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native." The question is correct as written.
redsplat
+5
Level 72
Jul 17, 2019
Fair point, but might I suggest that it would still be more strictly correct to say 'A religion indigenous to Japan' -- this prevents conflation with religions of the Indigenous peoples of Japan.
jmellor13
+3
Level 68
Jul 2, 2016
Damn. I must have typed Siracusa/Syracuse thirty times. I was so sure it was right. Forgot it's a city on the island. Not the island itself.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 70
Dec 29, 2016
I do that a lot. It's really annoying.
sealsi6
+1
Level 59
Nov 18, 2016
100% with 2:55 remaining! Great quiz!
NJR
+6
Level 59
Oct 18, 2018
One missed, I didn't remember the Alamo!
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Sep 30, 2019
Less time please. Finished with 3:47 remaining
Balikati
+1
Level 71
Jun 9, 2020
What the hell is a "type" of a Muslim lol
stevediverse
+3
Level 86
Jun 30, 2020
I think he meant "font"
RobNobody
+9
Level 80
Nov 17, 2021
Sunni and Shia are types of Muslim in the same way that Catholic and Protestant are types of Christian.
Asterlan
+4
Level 57
Jun 30, 2020
It wasn’t clear for the South Africa question whether it was asking for a city or a country. I don’t pay much attention to sports and I couldn’t instantly tell the difference.
Alexquiz17
+3
Level 95
Jan 18, 2025
Very funny. Was it ANC West or ANC East?
Ctrling
+1
Level 46
Dec 27, 2020
Yessssss 100% with 3:46 left!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 16, 2021
100, 4:06 remaining
gvgubyibi
+1
Level 28
Oct 25, 2021
all with 29 seconds
Xtrordinary
+3
Level 75
Jan 17, 2025
What changed
Constantinos
+1
Level 75
Jan 18, 2025
Nothing I think.
Vog
+1
Level 91
Jan 17, 2025
Is the ANC question still correct since they lost their absolute majority in 2024?
PurpleMage
+1
Level 77
Jan 18, 2025
They are still in government (and therefore still ruling) as part of a coalition, so with this wording it is still correct.
lodo1899
+1
Level 54
Feb 16, 2025
who looked up Sichuan?

be honest guys haha

me personally after being on such a roll could not stand the idea of not getting a 5 pts score and a nice and round 100%

forgive me this time

sleepyquizzer
+1
Level 55
Mar 29, 2025
"Ruled" is an interesting word to use for a democracy...
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jul 19, 2025
?
InterAlia
+1
Level 83
Jul 19, 2025
Is it? I'm not interested.
SuperiorSicilia
+2
Level 16
Apr 14, 2025
sicily mentioned!
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