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Old 01-05-2012, 06:13 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Most people have heard of these places, but not many can tell you what country they are in today. Without looking them up, how many can you get right?

Timbuctoo
Mandalay
Waterloo
Carthage
Yalta
Bethlehem
Bikini
Capri
Tyrol
Trent (Council of)
Troy (Helen of)
Samarkand
Easter Island
Dubai
Fatima

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Old 01-05-2012, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Brisbane
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Alright i will give it a go - no cheating from me!


Timbuctoo - Mali
Mandalay - Myanmar
Waterloo -Belgium
Carthage - Malta
Yalta - No Idea
Bethlehem - Palistine
Bikini - USA
Capri - Italy
Tyrol - No idea
Trent (Council of) - England
Troy (Helen of)- Turkey
Samarkand - No Idea
Easter Island - Ecuadore
Dubai- United Arab Emerites.
Fatima - No Idea
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:50 PM
 
Location: rain city
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Samarkand--Uzbekistan, yes?
Yalta-Ukrania
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:57 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Timbuctoo - I know it as 'Timbuktu', Mali
Mandalay - Myanmar, I think the name is pretty famous actually
Waterloo - I would assume the UK but not sure
Carthage - ancient civilisation in North Africa, roughly Tunisia today
Yalta - Ukraine, formerely the Soviet Union, where the Allied leaders met
Bethlehem - Palestine
Bikini - Bikini Atoll? I think that's American Samoa
Capri - Sardinia or Corsica, I forget which, so Italy or France
Tyrol - Italy or Austria
Trent (Council of) - not sure but it sounds English
Troy (Helen of) - Turkey
Samarkand - Uzbekistan
Easter Island - thought this was an independent nation?
Dubai - UAE
Fatima - Portugal I believe
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Old 01-05-2012, 07:38 PM
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Timbuctoo: Mali
Mandalay: Burma/Myranmar
Waterloo: Canada
Carthage: Tunesia
Yalta: Turkey?
Bethlehem: Israel/Palestine
Bikini: French Polynesia such as nearby Tahiti?
Capri: Italy
Tyrol: France
Trent: United Kingdom
Troy: Turkey
Samarkand: Uzbekistan
Easter Island: Ecuador
Dubai: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Fatima: Chad

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Old 01-05-2012, 08:18 PM
 
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Most people have heard of these places, but not many can tell you what country they are in today. Without looking them up, how many can you get right?
Timbuctoo - Mali
Mandalay - Burma or Myanmar
Waterloo - Balkans somewhere
Carthage - Rome
Yalta - Russia (on Black Sea coast)
Bethlehem - Israel
Bikini - Tarawa Atolls, South Pacific
Capri - Greece?
Tyrol - Austria
Trent (Council of) - ?
Troy (Helen of) - Greece
Samarkand - Uzbekistan
Easter Island - Pacific Ocean
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Fatima - Portugal?
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:43 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Timbuctoo - mali, i thought it was spelled timbuktu though
Mandalay - myanmar/burma
Waterloo - belgium
Carthage - tunisia, er, phoenician empire, but maybe this is some other carthage
Yalta - ukraine
Bethlehem - west bank/israel
Bikini - french polynesia? if not then probably some polynesian island; maybe marshall islands or caroline islands
Capri - italy
Tyrol - austria and italy
Trent (Council of) - italy (trento!)
Troy (Helen of) - greece
Samarkand - uzbekistan
Easter Island - chile
Dubai - united arab emirates
Fatima - iraq
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:55 PM
 
Location: Somewhere on the Moon.
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Timbuctoo - ?
Mandalay - ?
Waterloo - United Kingdom
Carthage - Greece
Yalta - ?
Bethlehem - Israel
Bikini - ?
Capri - Italy
Tyrol - ?
Trent (Council of) - ?
Troy (Helen of) - ?
Samarkand - ?
Easter Island - Chile
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Fatima - ?
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Old 01-05-2012, 10:19 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Timbuctoo - mali, i thought it was spelled timbuktu though
From Wikipedia: Timbuktu; Koyra Chiini (the Songhai language spoken in the city): Tumbutu; French: Tombouctou), formerly also spelled Timbuctoo. Also Timbuctoo, California, (Yuba County) and Timbuktu, California (San Bernardino County). Timbuctoo, New Jersey, and Timbuctoo is a series of 25 children's books, written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves

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Old 01-06-2012, 08:40 AM
 
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Most people have heard of these places, but not many can tell you what country they are in today. Without looking them up, how many can you get right?

Timbuctoo..........Mali
Mandalay...........Burma
Waterloo.............Sussex...England
Carthage..............Tunisia
Yalta....................Ukraine
Bethlehem............Palestine
Bikini...................island Pacific
Capri....................Italy
Tyrol...................Austria
Trent (Council of)....London
Troy (Helen of).........Greece
Samarkand..............?
Easter Island..............Ecuador
Dubai.....................UAE
Fatima
.........Portugal
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