got everything except the Dutch beer.. skipped it thinking that I wouldn't know it but then when the answer was revealed it was obvious. Might have missed the skyscraper city, too, except for the picture.
"by studying their relations with and across space and place". Just putting something because it belongs to a certain place is stretching it. By that reasoning, virtually everything falls under the geography label. When you get so broad in your definition, the term loses all meaning.
I kind of agree with ferbin. Though technically perhaps not incorrect. You could make questions about toenails be a geography question because well they belong to someone and that some is in a country...
if the link is too far off I dont think it should be a geography question. But the grey area is big and hard to define where it starts and ends. I would consider where is the eiffeltower geography, or where a certain folkdance is from. But not for instance where madonna is from. Or where Dell is being produced.
so, something specifically tied to the country and engrained in its history I guess (if the countries name was replaced by another, would it matter..). Just my personal opinion, as to when it still feels geography-y to me
There's two types of geography: physical and human. Physical geography is a lot about maps, but human geography is mostly culture and how people interact with the land, which is basically social studies.
The only one on here that is not geography is the Islam/halal question, as it is independent of any location. Everything else is location-specific and therefore geographical.
culture is definitely tied to certain regions and questions about religion or dietary laws are about culture. Anything related to culture, religion, demographics, etc. is also a part of geography.
"What is the African American dialect spoken by two characters in Airplane!, the 1980 comedy film?" That is a cultural question, and I would never, ever call that a geography question.
Only because the way you phrase the question makes it sound like an entertainment question. And maybe also because the nature of the film and the way most people think of the dialect referenced in it makes the question seem un-serious... and geography is thought of as something more bland. You could easily phrase a question about jive talk or even about Hollywood films that would sound like a proper geography question. Maybe just not that specific.
sort of. Questions about astrophysics, cosmology, and the core of the Earth are not under the umbrella of geography, except when those things interact with the surface of the Earth.
Oh, PLEASE! - Learn to spell or go on to another hobby. There is only one correct way to spell Heineken. And Hispanic is not the name of the island! DUH, DUH, and triple DUH!
They do, it's just a meaningless theme for a quiz if it encompasses anything in the world or anything ever done by humans. Indistinguishable from general knowledge at that point.
At the time of this comment, a singer from the island of Hainan has gotten very popular in China. Her name is Su Yunying, and you should definitely check out her unique style!
Can you change the question to "One of North America's great lakes," please? I would have gotten that immediately if I thought you meant Canada (for which is it more synonymous) because the word 'America' on its own is almost always used to signify the USA only.
North America refers to the entire continent. Call them American, call them Canadian, call them North American - any of those would be correct unless you are talking about Lake Michigan, which is wholly in America.
Why is Hungary the country of the Danube? That river rises in Germany and then flows through many countries, one of which happens to be Hungary. I get that it's the only country starting with H, but the clue could be a little more specific to that country.
Why? It is the only country starting with H on Danube, and noone else complained. Why are people in the comments always trying to find problems where there are none?
Even by the most lax definition of "geography," 4 of these clues have nothing to do with geography (i.e., Islamic pilgrimage, Dutch beer, Scottish dish, and Islamic equivalent of kosher). When not including geography, please at least stick to human geography (e.g., India's top language and Rwanda's largest ethnic group).
Really... think before you speak. First of all you are no master of time and truth, you cant change what happened, nor can you go to the past and see what happened.
you can use common sense though to work things out, but you obviously didnt. He didnt get hagia sophia by typing haggis but haggis by typing hagia (sophia) so the sophia part doesnt matter and does not even play a role here.
he probably accidentally hit the s instead of a and got hagiS. Which apparently accepted for haggis.
In fact, Hong Kong is not the city with the most skyscrapers indisputably. According to Wikipedia data, Hong Kong does have the most skyscrapers over 150m in 2023, but (2022 data) if we look at the standards of 200m+ and 300m+, the number of skyscrapers in Shenzhen (222, 24) far exceeds that in Hong Kong (115, 6). Perhaps this fact is little known outside of China, but I hope everyone knows it.
There's not much space in making the definition even broader.
if the link is too far off I dont think it should be a geography question. But the grey area is big and hard to define where it starts and ends. I would consider where is the eiffeltower geography, or where a certain folkdance is from. But not for instance where madonna is from. Or where Dell is being produced.
so, something specifically tied to the country and engrained in its history I guess (if the countries name was replaced by another, would it matter..). Just my personal opinion, as to when it still feels geography-y to me
Tried entering a selection of this spelling for 2 minutes and bombed out, I think if you put Sophia in the answer it would not be far wrong.
you can use common sense though to work things out, but you obviously didnt. He didnt get hagia sophia by typing haggis but haggis by typing hagia (sophia) so the sophia part doesnt matter and does not even play a role here.
he probably accidentally hit the s instead of a and got hagiS. Which apparently accepted for haggis.