As a professional Kampalan resident, I can confirm that Kampala is indeed on the shores of Lake Victoria, and you do not need to go very far to reach there.
I spent the last of my time mentally running through every US city along Lake Ontario. Just remembered Toronto when the time ran out. Sorry, Canadians!
The city of Jakarta was originally named Sunda Kelapa('Coconut of Sunda'), a city which rose to prominence under the kingdom of Padjajaran in the 13th century.
In the 16th century, the kingdom of Demak managed to conquer the city from the Portuguese and renamed it to Djayakarta('The City of Victory').
About a century later, the Dutch came, razed the city, and rebuilt it with the new name Batavia(named after the Batavi tribe which is an old germanic tribe living in the Netherlands)
After the independence, Indonesia renamed it to 'Djakarta', a shortened form of 'Djayakarta'.
Before the 20th century, the Dutch used to spell anything with 'j' as 'dj' (ex: 'Jan' becomes 'Djan'), and Indonesia just kinda went along with it until 1972 when we decided that it was ridiculous spelling and changed the entire Indonesian dictionary, replacing every instance of 'dj' to 'j'
So does Batavia lettuce come from Netherlands or Jakarta? It's a shame the Indonesians didn't go the whole hog and roll it back to its original name. Sunda Kelapa sounds quaint ... and Coconut of Sunda priceless.
^eyes..: "the Dutch used to spell anything with 'j' as 'dj'". That's not really it. The Dutch (and others) still use the letter "J" for what in English is a "Y" sound - see Jugo- versus Yugoslavia. So if you are Dutch and you want to indicate a sound like an English J, (which they don't have in their own language) you will feel tempted to place a D before the J.
While some of the spelling changes people complain about are recent, Indonesia adopted the current standards, which changed Djakarta to Jakarta, in 1972. Seems like 40+ years is enough to learn the new rules. But apparently, Djibouti still hasn't gotten the memo!
Why are there those three pairs Dublin/Liverpool, Venice/Bari and Athens/Izmir ? It should be possible to tell which one is the biggest. Or is there a problem with the definition of those seas ?
If QM is using citypopulation.de as his source, they round off the urban area population, which could explain the ties. If the cities are close enough to be rounded to the same number, it seems reasonable to accept either as correct.
In answer to the one on Lake Superior, shouldn't Thunder Bay, Ontario also be accepted?? It lies on the same shore of Lake Superior as Duluth, about 180 miles northeast. Thunder Bay's population is 109,000 versus Duluth's 86,000, according to Wkipedia.
Just getting to the point where I'm starting to get really narked off by the way I lose points by not knowing, for example, what body of water the 30th-largest city in the USA is on, whereas I could have a reasonable stab at the largest town on the Bay of Biscay, the North Sea, the Yellow Sea etc. etc.
Anyway, it's not as if I have to do quizzes here. Breathe...
Kolkata is pretty forgivable since the Bhagirathi looks like it almost maybe counts as part of the bay, but you should really learn where Dhaka is if you think it in any way touches the bay.
Clueless about city / town near Lake Superior, and type minneapolis many times. Dunno if this quiz include little city / town because all answer are big cities
Seriously, though, it's an inlet (or bay) on the east coast of Australia, just south of Sydney. If memory serves the Georges river flows into the bay.
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
And to hell with your overtime
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay
'Djakarta' is the old, colonial era spelling. The current spelling of Jakarta is relatively new. (It was changed in the 60s, I think)
In the 16th century, the kingdom of Demak managed to conquer the city from the Portuguese and renamed it to Djayakarta('The City of Victory').
About a century later, the Dutch came, razed the city, and rebuilt it with the new name Batavia(named after the Batavi tribe which is an old germanic tribe living in the Netherlands)
After the independence, Indonesia renamed it to 'Djakarta', a shortened form of 'Djayakarta'.
Before the 20th century, the Dutch used to spell anything with 'j' as 'dj' (ex: 'Jan' becomes 'Djan'), and Indonesia just kinda went along with it until 1972 when we decided that it was ridiculous spelling and changed the entire Indonesian dictionary, replacing every instance of 'dj' to 'j'
Duluth urban area is around 120,000 compared to Thunder Bay 109,000, since the latter is a very remote city
Anyway, it's not as if I have to do quizzes here. Breathe...