yayyyyks...cant believe it, been thinking for the last 2 minutes for one more left answer..and it is just freaking BOLIVIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!.. haha i'll never forget that
Why is Urugay an acceptable answer for Uruguay (and Paragay for Paraguay)? I realized that I missspelled it by mistake and retried with Paraguay and it worked there too. That doesn't feel right.
I always think that South America's and Africa's southern "ends" are closer together latitude-wise than they really are. So in my head Brazil appeared further North to me than some of these African nations. Plus I thought Paraguay and even Bolivia would be further South than Brazil which is probably why I missed it. Guess I usually just look at the big part of Brazil and forget about the rest.
"Not counting the island possessions of European countries" is written as a disclaimer at the beginning of the quiz. And you missed out the Antarctic territories of Argentina, Chile and New Zealand, as well as Australia, which has by far the largest chunk of the continent of any nation (France by comparison has a tiny sliver). However, none of that matters, as all Antarctic territorial claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty System. Under the ATS no territorial claims south of 60 degrees are recognised. This means Chile's Diego Ramirez Islands are the southernmost land that is an integral part of a nation's territory, being south of the 56th parallel. Thule Island in the UK's South Sandwich Islands, is the southernmost internationally recognised territory in the world, sitting just barely north of the 60th paralel cut off.
Totally agree with Falklands and Antarctica. But I think France should be inclueded because of la Réunion. Not including it is like saying that the northernmost part of USA is Maine...
France should be counted as Réunion is a department of France, and therefore is France. The land of the country itself is different from an overseas possession.
I noticed when I was travelling in Patagonia that the Chileans and Argentinians often seem to refer to things from and places in much of Patagonia with the word 'sur', but for areas around the Strait of Magellan and beyond (Tierra del Fuego, etc) they seem to prefer 'Austral'. Which of course is from the same route as that which gives Australia its name, though as I sit here in the furnace-like heat of a 2020s Australia summer, it doesn't feel like Australia's earning its 'austral' designation, unlike the wind-blasted and frigid subpolar steppes of the Patagonian austral zone. Also we kind of cheat in this quiz, given we only come in third thanks to remote Macquarie Island, which is well over a thousand kilometres from the nearest permanent residence of any Australia, though technically belongs to Tasmania's Huon Valley Council.
I think France should be inclueded because of la Réunion, as it is a department like any other. Not including it is like saying that the northernmost part of USA is Maine...
Maine isn't even the northernmost part of the continental US. Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan all extend further north.
He said “not including it WOULD BE LIKE SAYING that the northernmost part of the USA is Maine.” He’s not actually saying it IS Maine. Anyway the quiz doesn’t accept overseas territories, so France wouldn’t be an answer.
I think the instruction meant that overseas territories of the European countries are not included in the list. Heard Island (and McDonald Islands) are an external territory of Australia, and although named 'a territory', they do not have statuses like those of BOTs or US overseas territories. The islands form a territory of Australia, which is just another administrative division of the country, along with 'states' (similar to Canada, which is divided into provinces and territories). The word 'external' means that the territory is located outside Mainland Australia, in contrast to 'internal territories'. They are all still integral parts of Australia.
Just wondering
I put saoof-aafrika
Eswatini Eswatini Eswatini
please accept spelling dumbarse as an alternative. That I'll remember