The G7 is one of several institutional attempts at the management of the global political economy in the interest of long-established capitalist powers - and particularly the government of the United States. As such, it seeks to coordinate actions and responses to any sort of challenge to this bloc of allies/subordinates.
Accurate, yet woefully Marxist. The G7 is just a group of the seven richest countries in the world, whose leaders meet to coordinate policy in the interest of maintaining stability and growth in the global economy.
I always strike out on Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings ... never read, seen, or watched them and there are a LOT of quiz questions on them throughout this site.
I didn't care about reading the Potter series until my grandchildren persuaded me, and now they are some of my favorite books. Great messages there for kids, such as it doesn't matter who your family is, it is the choices you make in life which are important. I read the LOTR books decades ago and have forgotten a lot but I know the movies left out a lot of the material, especially at the end - the scouring of the shire, etc. Tolkien and Rowling both created amazing worlds that are great places to visit.
The first two Potter movies were pretty true to the books, but the later movies left out a lot of material from the books. They seemed to pick and choose the parts that would generate the most action and special effects.
My biggest disappointment was the omission of the Weasley family arriving in the Dursley living room to escort Harry back. I was really looking forward to seeing Vernon and Petunia deal with that, and I couldn't believe they left out the entire scene. Also agree, should have Peeves, also the ghost party with the rotten food, but I have to say I didn't miss the story line of S.P.E.W. at all except for the omission of Winky. Hermione's knitted hats for the house elves got a bit tedious for me, although I did smile at Dobby wearing them all.
Because I wanted to check out the Harry Potter books before my kids read them, I read the series, and really enjoyed it. Also read Lord of the Rings, though it was pretty heavy going - I remember in the third book I counted 16 pages which were just a description of one place! LOVE the movies though (and the New Zealand scenery of course!)
Australia is both a country and a continent. One is a geographical term (referring only to the central landmass) and the other is political (including both the continent and the country's other holdings, such as Tazmania). Australasia and Oceania are geographical regions encompassing multiple landmasses.
It's true that Australasia and (especially) Oceania are regions, not continents, but the continent of Australia includes Tasmania (Bass Strait, which separates the two, is quite shallow); it's not just a political grouping, it's a geographical one. The continent of Australia also includes New Guinea, I believe, and there is some argument about whether it also includes other bits and pieces up there.
Tasmania is a state of Australia, in the same way that Texas is a state of the USA, and The Yukon is a province of Canada. It is not simply "part of the continent," - it's part of the country!!!
As far as I can tell, calling Australia a continent is an anglo thing, completely ignoring the rest of the countries in the islands nearby. Imperialistic cultural heritage from the UK, I figure. Oceania is an old term, and apparently predates it.
We are not calling Australasia Australia. As mentioned by others, the landmass of Australia is a continent (which also comprises Tasmania and New Guinea) while Australasia/Oceania is a geographical region which also includes other island countries (Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa etc.), none of which are part of a continent.
I don't understand how the Medieval world doesn't include the North Sea or the Baltic Sea. Weren't UK, Scandinavia, Poland and Russia part of that world? Of course that would make it more than 7, but I don't really get the Persian Gulf as a sea either.
Yeah, I got stuck on North, Baltic and Aegean too- it never having occurred to me that the UK, Kalmar Union and Ottoman Empire weren't part of the medieval world
Yeah, I get that it's not one of the classic Seven Seas, but from a British perspective the North Sea was where all those pesky Vikings kept appearing from!
I don't know what kind of censorship they have in whatever country you are in, but if you know what our American version is, and you are on Jetpunk, aren't you probably breaking a few laws to be taking this quiz??
It is obviously implied that they have to be capitals of sovereign countries. If they could be capitals of anything, there would be dozen more answers. Barcelona, Bremen, Bordeaux, Bologna, Bari, Basel, Białystok, Bydgoszcz...
Had no idea what the moons in our solar system are so i decided to type "moon" just for the hell of it. It worked lol. Gave myself a chuckle and a half.
I got one Harry Potter and I'm surprised I even got one. As for largest moons I only got Titan, and that is only because I read the Kurt Vonnegut book, The Sirens of Titan.
"Harry potter and the crystal skull" was the first thing that popped into my head. Couldnt get it out so went back to the otehr questions. When I went back to harry potter the next that came to mind was "Harry potter and the return of the king"... (or was it two towers.. kind of slipped my mind, read all comments before commenting myself) I really couldnt get those two out of my head! So I basicly remained stuck (knew there was one with that prison but couldnt reach the title)
(and raised an eyebrow when I saw the persian gulf, when thinking of seas, that one wouldnt have crossed my mind)
Might make great movies though :D