Tag: Trivia
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Car Talk State Name Answer
I’m not a listener of the Car Talk radio show. However, apparently they do a Puzzler each week and people try to send them the correct answer by email. I know this because my website gets hammered by Google searches anytime they deal with geographic trivia. I guess there aren’t many geo-oddity sites on the…
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So Many Questions
When most people use a search engine they focus on a few key terms, perhaps use quotation marks to find specific phrases or using addition or subtraction marks if they’re a bit more sophisticated in the use of such tools. Others seek knowledge using an actual question, as if the search engine is a human…
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That Confounding Trivia Question
UPDATE: THE CONTEST HAS ENDED. THEY ANNOUNCED THE CORRECT ANSWER AS STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. SEE COMMENTS BELOW FOR ISSUES MANY PEOPLE HAVE WITH THIS ANSWER. People searching for the answer to a specific trivia question are hammering the Twelve Mile circle website. I’ve seen dozens of search engine queries and I’ve received several email messages from…
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Longest Place Names in Canada
Geographers have an unusual sense of humor that they like to slip it into official online publications. Previously I reviewed an instance of that provided by the government of Australia. Now I would like to focus on Canada. So let’s talk about Natural Resources Canada. It’s a government organization that maintains a database of Canadian…