Not an easy quiz this week, so here are three photo clues. Can you name the country? Extra credit for naming the capital city, which is shown in the middle photo.
Place your bets and click through for the answer. And a good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
Two big, expansive views over a capital city. This week's quiz is, what country is it capital city of? And name that capital while you're at it. Clue: I don't know, looks kind of, almost ... Balkan, doesn't it?
Place your bets and click through for the answer. And a good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
Can you name this European capital? And what's the name of that river? A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
A fountain in a pretty urban park, main street and Independence Square. Can you name this European capital? The country? A good weekend to
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This is a national capital. Can
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Top: Infamous palace built by this country's former leader, whose gruesome demise was broadcast to the world. Bottom: The delightful mountainous region of the same country. Can
you guess the country? Its capital city? A good weekend to
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The country in this week's quiz looks modern enough, especially the capital (top). That's a pedestrian mall in the capital (middle), and hey, no scouring the signs for a giveaway. Trouble is, when you get outside this country's capital, you realize it's got some modernizing to do (bottom).
Possible caveat: These photos are from 2006, so everything might be all shiny and new now. But I'm skeptical. Can you guess the country? Its capital city? What's that body of water in the top photo? Continue reading below for the answer. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
It's verdant. It's poor. And it has beaches. Can you guess the country? Continue reading below for the answer. A good weekend to all from CS&W
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It's a land of quaint town squares like in the top photo and gorgeous views, middle. At bottom, a row of buildings along the waterfront in the country's second city. Can you name the country? The city in the bottom photo? The answer is below. A good weekend to you from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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A difficult photo quiz this week, in honor of our recent obsession with tiny, obscure islands. Top to bottom, here are this island's airfield, eerie volcanic landscape and administrative center.
Can you name this place? The answer is below the fold. And a good weekend to all from Common Sense and Whiskey and EarthPhotos.com.
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Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. In scientific terms, it marks the sun's most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees.
Earth's a big place, and strange things happen as our planet moves around the sun. In honor of the solstice, today's quiz photo shows all the big fun you can have at the equator at the vernal equinox, when the sun is directly overhead there.
I can testify, on that day you can stand an egg on end on the head of a nail. Maybe you can on all other days, I can't say. We were only hanging out with this guy on the equinox itself, but still.
Where is this place? Can you name the country? For a clue, here are the thirteen countries on the equator. The answer is after the break. And congratulations. Days north of the equator begin to get longer now.
With this, we're off for Peru and Easter Island. Photos next week. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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Where do they have a huge fishing industry, tea pickers and wild elephants? Only one clue: Beware the obvious choice.
The answer is after the jump. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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Island nation. Capital city at the top, popular ski area west of the capital at the bottom. Can you name the country? The capital?
The answer is after the jump. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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If I didn't already know where this place is, I'm not sure I could even guess the continent. So, a couple of tiny clues: This isn't the official capital of the country, but it has more government departments than the capital, and most people think of this place first when (if) they think of the country at all.
As you can see, the city is literally climbing the hills around it as it grows past the two million mark in population, making it the biggest metro area in its country.
Can you name the city? The country? The answer is after the jump. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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Savannah, impenetrable forest (that's a clue) and a profile of this country's capital city. What country is it?
It's a country the size of Oregon with about as many people as Venezuela or Taiwan, more than 85 per cent of whom are rural. It's a lovely country with some nasty health statistics; It ranks in the top ten in both fertility and death rates, and near the bottom of the bottom ten in female life expectancy, at a dismal 38.71 years.
Can you name the country? Extra credit for guessing the capital in the bottom photo. The answer is after the jump. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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This week's country is big, big, big. It's in the world's top ten in length of coastline. As you can see, it has room for both big cities and a wild interior.
Can you name the country? Extra credit for guessing the city in the center photo. The answer is after the jump. A good weekend to all from CS&W and EarthPhotos.com.
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It's a densely populated archipelago of a country, and in land area, one of the ten smallest states in the world.
Can you name the city? The country? And what sea is that?
The answer is after the jump.
The skyline of this country's capital, and largest city. The city's population alone is just over two million, yet the entire country receives a total of only some 1,100,000 visitors a year.
Can you name the city? The country? What's that body of water out there?
The answer is after the jump.
Beautiful downtown __________.
Hmmm.... That boat suggests this may be a city in Asia. No more clues, though. Can you name the city? The country? For extra credit, how about that river? The answer is after the jump.
And a good weekend to all from CS&W & Earthphotos.com.
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