I also. Never heard of the other one. The UK one was founded in 995 although a settlement probably existed there since around 2000BC. I presume that the Durham mentioned in the question must have a longer history than that?
Qatar, Queensland, Qingdao, Quebec, Queens, Quezon City, Quito, Quintana Roo, Queen Maud's Land, Quantico. There's a few answers that wouldn't be too obsucre in my opinion.
Nice quiz. In a few countries (might be those with Persian influence at an early stage of adopting Islam?) "Ramadan" is read and pronounced "Ramazan." Might be worth a type-in.
The Durham/Chapel Hill question is very obscure for people outside of the US, maybe say in the question this is about the Durham in the USA to at least point in the right direction?
Knowing airlines is a bit different than knowing every little town in every foreign country. Not from Uk or US but knew the airline and not the cities, atleast the airline has commercials
The point is the fact that there is a Durham in the north east of England which, certainly for Brits and possibly for other Europeans, is much better known than the Durham in the US. There is no other airline called ryanair.
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill are the centers of the Research Triangle of world-class universities, medical schools, and high-tech businesses. It isn't obscure, but probably not as well known outside of the US.
No, it's an entire month on a calendar that has zilch to do with geography. It is observed absolutely anywhere a Muslim happens to be: At sea, in space, Mt. Everest, 200 meters below the North Pole, on an airplane trip circling the entire globe. Someday it will be observed in a curved trajectory between Earth and Mars 10s of millions of miles from anything geographical by a guy with a ruble in his pocket.
You can cover every conceivable stretch of geography in a month.
And auto correct changed that to "Someday it will be observed in a curved trajectory between Earth and Mars 10s of millions of miles from anything geographical by a guy with a rubber in his pocket."
In that case my real name is geography too, I am a human ( as far is I know) and I live in a country which is on this earth. Ow and my fart is geography too. It hasnt left the earth's atmosphere yet.
While technically you might be correct Sif those things would be considered incredibly obscure and geography tends to look at broad trends and patterns not individual people or historical events (like you passing gas). Commonly studied aspects of geography include cartography, anthropology, meteorology, culture, religion, music, demography, commerce, topography, etc. If people from the area where you lived were known to be exceptionally flatulent, or something from the diet common in to the region contributed to this, those could very well be common geography questions. As could a person's name, for instance, "what is the most common surname in Vietnam?" is a perfectly valid geography question.
Rhine should also be accepted as the river crossed by Caesar (as well as Rubicon). He famously built the first ever bridge across the Rhine as a display of strength during the Gallic Wars.
The question should really state that the Durham quoted is the one in the US.
Only missed Rubicon.
CH being the oldest public school in the US, and are part of a massive growing urban area they aren't extremely obscure
You can cover every conceivable stretch of geography in a month.
It is a culture clue, not a geography clue.
"What did you study in geography class today?"
"July"
Common features of the earth's surface like plateaus, peninsulas, fjords, and reservoirs and what they're called.
What are you studying tomorrow?
Calendars used by different cultures around the world and how they devised and organized them.
Interesting, sounds like a lot of the same sort of stuff I studied in geography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Rhine_bridges