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Geographic Groups of Five #1

Name the members of these groups related to geography.
Includes only the portion of the river that is in the United States
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Main circles of latitude
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
 
Multiple-time Summer Olympics
host cities
Athens
London
Los Angeles
Paris
Tokyo
 
U.S. states on the Pacific Ocean
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
Major islands of Indonesia
Borneo
Java
New Guinea
Sulawesi
Sumatra
 
African countries of the
Mediterranean
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
 
One syllable country names
Chad
France
Greece
Laos
Spain
Largest Mediterranean islands
Sicily
Sardinia
Cyprus
Corsica
Crete
 
Australian cities with a population
over 1 million
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
 
Longest rivers in the U.S.
(including tributaries)
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Rio Grande
Colorado
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83 Comments
Jerry928
+12
Level 76
Sep 29, 2014
Thanks once again for a great geography quiz. One thing though - the Alaskan portion of the Yukon River (which is the lower 2/3rds of its length, after it flows out of Canada) would make it the 6th longest river in the US, behind the Arkansas River (4th) and Colorado (5th, after you exclude its lower part that flows through Mexico).
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 30, 2014
The quiz has been fixed. Thanks.
Arp2600
+4
Level 87
Oct 3, 2014
Still, this is ambiguous. Does it have to be the largest portions of rivers flowing inside the US territory, or the largest rivers that have a portion in the US ? ^^
Roger77024
+1
Level 57
Nov 12, 2014
Does U.S. adjacent portion of St. Lawrence not qualify?
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Dec 19, 2018
it definitely wouldn't qualify
MiracleMax
+1
Level 74
Oct 28, 2024
Yea, agreed. The Yukon is in the US, and it's longer than the Rio Grande.
ASmartPanda
+14
Level 49
Dec 19, 2018
Laos is definitely 2 syllables. La-os.
HTownBoyz
+4
Level 52
Dec 19, 2018
I’m fairly certain it’s like “louse”
despacito
+12
Level 40
Dec 19, 2018
It's pronounced lao, no "s" sound
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Dec 19, 2018
One syllable, though apparently two syllables isnt incorrect either ( though it feels so wrong). There are three accepted/official ways to pronounce it, look it up.
ctleng76
+3
Level 65
Dec 20, 2018
I think Laos is marginal enough not to be included.
qcumber
+2
Level 45
Dec 21, 2018
agh, which is right???
Daan
+1
Level 46
May 23, 2020
then you still say: La-o
PenguinTorpedo
+2
Level 49
Aug 13, 2020
As a hispanic I reaally want to say this has two sillables.

We're taught something called diphthongs and hiatus. Basically they happen when two vowels are next to each other. A diphthong is a single syllable, and a hiatus is two syllables.

There are rules for which is which. In this case the vowels are A and O so it is a hiatus.

gordito7
+5
Level 53
Jul 22, 2021
laos is not a spanish name though, so it wouldn't follow the same rules as the spanish language
ElementalPixel
+4
Level 69
Jan 4, 2022
The diphthong "aʊ", pronounced "ow", is what is being used in "Laos". It is one syllable in English. In Spanish, as the "o" in "Laos" is pronounced differently, it is two syllables. However, in this context, we are using "Laos" in English, so it would be one syllable.
RJF
+1
Level 63
Dec 9, 2022
'ao' is one of the ways to write the diphthong 'ow' (as in cow) in French, and it was the French whose romanisation of the country name stuck, largely because Laos was part of French Indochina.
GreatDane
+1
Level 64
Jan 19, 2022
Yes, Yukon is definitely longer.

And the Rio Grande is NOT in the USA, it's along the border.

icazares
+3
Level 50
Nov 10, 2014
Spain sounds to me as a word with 2 syllables (S-pain)
MayaB
+20
Level 73
Nov 10, 2014
It's not possible to have a syllable without a vowel in it.
Stevo6612
+6
Level 55
Nov 10, 2014
You are forgetting the letter y, you mean vowel sound
Trek222
+13
Level 38
Nov 10, 2014
Please lookup a syllabic consonant. It is possible to have a syllable composed only of consonants. Examples are schism, chasm, and rhythm. @Stevo6612, sometimes y is a vowel.
EvaR
+28
Level 67
Sep 23, 2015
it is, if you´re czech :D we have a whole sentence with no vowel at all:

"Strč prst skrz krk."

irishbluejay
+1
Level 52
Jun 11, 2024
but why do you want to your finger in my neck?
Malbaby
+25
Level 70
Feb 7, 2016
Remind me to stay away from the Czech Jetpunk.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Mar 10, 2016
Ha ha, yeah, I was gonna say, there are plenty of words in Slavic languages with no vowels whatsoever, and yet, syllables they have.
MayaB
+3
Level 73
Mar 28, 2017
I've totally forgotten about that comment. Apparently the rule I mentioned above is only valid for Bulgarian...
hasanabdi
+1
Level 69
Nov 4, 2022
Třistatřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes třistatřiatřicet stříbrných střech.

333 silver quails fly over 333 silver roofs

in polish there's loads

Źdźbło like zhdzhbwo

Szymankowszczyzna is a village pronounced shimankovshchizna

jriddycuz
+5
Level 67
Nov 10, 2014
It's pronounced as one syllable in English. Many other languages add an extra syllable in front there (España, Espagne, Espanha, Hiszpania, Ispaniya for Spanish, French, Portuguese, Polish, and Russian), but it's definitely one syllable in English.
Antofagasta
+2
Level 71
Dec 19, 2016
I think he's just joking.
jajaco2017
+2
Level 57
Mar 28, 2017
Ge Re Ce ? :-)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Dec 19, 2018
do you pronounce it like that too? s...pause....pain ? (so you sort of get a "supain" sound)
zakatan
+1
Level 65
Feb 17, 2020
Spanish people talking in English usually prounounce it es-pain, as do with other words beggining with a liquid s in English (es-port, etc). In fact, I never though myself of Spain being a single syllable until taking this quiz
Zefyrinus
+3
Level 72
Nov 10, 2014
How is Laos one syllable?
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Nov 10, 2014
It's actually pronounce "Lao"- dipthong vowel but still counts as one syllable.
Kesselian
+8
Level 69
Mar 28, 2017
In Western languages it is pronounced with the S, because it comes from the French that added an S as a sign of unification of the Lao countries. And it is an exception in French when an S is actually pronounced at the end of a word. "Lao" is used only as the gentile and adjective for the country. In any case, it is phonetically made of two syllables (/ˈlɑːɒs/ or /ˈlɑːoʊs/ and [láːw]), and Zefyrinus is correct.
Findlay
+2
Level 81
Mar 15, 2018
Whilst I agree with you on the 's', I have never heard it pronounced as two syllables. The correct pronunciation should be so that it rhymes with 'house', a word, I'm sure you'll agree, is a single syllable. Of course it's official name in English is Lao People's Democratic Republic or Lao PDR, which should rhyme with 'wow'. I'll also add that whilst the 's' is correct in English, dropping the 's' is closer to the Lao pronunciation and is so widespread amongst English speakers anyway, that I would struggle to condemn it.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Mar 27, 2018
That's not how I hear it pronounced here in SE Asia. Or even in the movie Tropic Thunder.
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Oct 18, 2018
Looks like the usual online English-language sources for pronunciation give both two-syllable and one-syllable variants. But it's never clear to me if those sources (particularly Wikipedia) are reflective of how something should be pronounced to be technically correct, or if it's more a statement of how most people pronounce it and therefore is being de facto "accepted" due to mass popularity.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Dec 19, 2018
that's kind of how English works though.
Awesomeness101
+1
Level 53
Mar 3, 2022
Because you don’t know how to pronounce it
MrEdgar
+4
Level 43
Dec 21, 2014
I put the north pole and south pole instead of the antarctic and arctic circles and was mad when they didn't work. :( I feel ridiculous.
DeusCaritasEst
+5
Level 55
Nov 24, 2015
Don't worry! Last time I took this, I forgot the equator.
itsthebarg
+1
Level 66
Jan 2, 2015
got everythig except for the canary islands
svitapeneela
+14
Level 65
Dec 22, 2018
The Canary Islands aren't in the quiz though...
Insaniot
+14
Level 61
Oct 30, 2019
Still true though
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Feb 7, 2016
Why do you never hear about the Arkansas river?
ander217
+9
Level 74
Dec 2, 2016
It's in flyover country and nobody cares about us.
POOCH
+1
Level 72
Oct 18, 2018
I've been to the Arkansas River many times, but my all time favorite is Current River. Spent many happy hours there at camp and on a tube.
reverendmeat
+1
Level 83
May 26, 2022
I care! uwu
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 87
Oct 17, 2018
I Wiki'ed the Arkansas because I'm not too familiar with it, and I discovered the awesome fact that one of its tributaries is the Canadian River, which flows through Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, none of which are particularly Canadian.

Wiki: "Why the river is called the Canadian is unclear."

HydratedMite
+1
Level 67
Oct 22, 2023
Yeah I know that one lol
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 59
Jun 4, 2020
Well, the entire state sounds like a pirate knockoff of Kansas, so we thend to not think about it that much.
NoahGBurns
+1
Level 37
Oct 6, 2021
Don't worry, Mr Beat did a video about the pronunciations of 'Kansas' and 'Arkansas' which featured the Arkansas river!
AlejandroAP
+1
Level 83
Dec 5, 2016
Great quiz!
Sheriff25
+1
Level 84
Mar 28, 2017
Forgot Athens, the most obvious one!
icazares
+2
Level 50
Mar 28, 2017
In Spanish Spain would have 2 syllables S-pain. Laos would count as 2 also, since open vowels (a,e,o), when together, cannot be in the same syllable. "Lais" or "Laus" would be one syllable.
Pharley
+4
Level 74
Jul 11, 2018
In Spanish, it's Espana.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 67
Oct 22, 2023
*España, unless you're speaking the Southern US dialect ofc
fitheach
+6
Level 58
Dec 19, 2018
The quiz is in English, it's the English name of countries that's being asked about. There is only one syllable in the word "Spain", you can't have an initial S as its own syllable.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 80
Oct 27, 2024
I'm no linguist, but since when can a, e, or o not be in the same syllable together? Isn't that essentially what a diphthong does? Aerial, archaeology, maelstrom, aesthetic, toe, etc. Or is this just explaining what the Spanish would be like?
YantheMan
+1
Level 66
Mar 28, 2017
D'oh! Always forget both Perth and Java!
ChipOtley
+1
Level 74
Mar 28, 2017
Damn you Arkansas! Tried a punt at several other states (some of which are even [shorter, clearly] rivers), but not this one.
Devondragin
+1
Level 52
Mar 28, 2017
XD spent the first minute trying to spell Prime Meridian correctly until I reread the category.
ScottDozenNo
+2
Level 56
Jan 31, 2018
Didn't realize Laos was a one-syllable name.
calvord
+3
Level 63
Dec 19, 2018
Laos is a two-syllable country name.
MrMarvellous
+2
Level 45
Oct 19, 2019
pronounced 'louse'
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 80
Oct 27, 2024
It is indeed not
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Dec 19, 2018
Dangit, why can I never remember that New Guinea counts as an Indonesian island?
JohnK
+1
Level 69
Aug 4, 2021
Same. It wasn't part of Indonesia when Indonesia gained independence, and the process of its incorporation into Indonesia is still contested today.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Jul 29, 2022
Three and a half years later I can remember New Guinea, but now my problem is remembering that Brisbane exists.
MrMarvellous
+1
Level 45
Oct 19, 2019
42/45 first time, Not bad, I think
Findlay
+1
Level 81
Feb 24, 2020
I've often wondered why Perth always seems to be better known than Brisbane in these quizzes. Brisbane has always been a larger city and what's more anchors a larger extended metro area (including the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast) and is the capital of a more populous state. Is it because Perth sticks out by itself more? I'm curious.
FolgoreCZ
+2
Level 59
Jun 4, 2020
For me, it's because Perth is more unique being all alone in the west. Brisbane (and Adelaide too, for that matter) is "just another city over there in th east/southeast not as big as Sydney." For the same reason, I tried Darwin before those two.
Yeoryios
+2
Level 72
Jun 7, 2020
Gonna keep Tokyo as 2020 or change to 2021?
Germarican
+1
Level 68
Jul 11, 2021
I left Tokyo out on purpose because of this. Should have read the top info that says the quiz was last updated in 2018. Ah, those pre-pandemic days of bliss
Koult45
+1
Level 53
Nov 13, 2020
LMAO, I tried "Papua" instead of New Guinea.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Dec 31, 2020
Me too, I tried 'Papua' and 'Guinea' then decided it must be a different island.
French2010
+1
Level 94
Aug 23, 2021
On my latest taking of this quiz, I interpreted the note about tributaries as meaning that they are included in the entry for the main river and are not considered separately. So I missed the two tributaries for the Mississippi.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 71
Apr 20, 2023
38. Didn't realize there were only 5 countries with 1 syllable names but I managed to get all of them. For rivers I was missing Arkansas and Colorado and I was thinking if I just guessed states I would eventually get them but I got bored and gave up, should have remembered Colorado though
Hotasih123
+1
Level 47
Jul 12, 2023
you should accept "papua" as indonesia's island if you consider new guinea
sjj93gg
+1
Level 53
Oct 26, 2024
Papua refers to the eastern part of the island, which is not Indonesian territory.
Emchupi
+1
Level 77
Sep 19, 2024
So strange to us that Spain only has one syllable.

We don't have any word that starts with "weak" S (spider, snow, strange, etc.), so we add an E to make it easier to pronounce (here we call Spiderman -> "Espeederman"). So for us it's two syllables: (e)S - pain.

Never thought of it as a monosyllable, great quiz :)

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