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Geography by Picture - L

Based on the picture, guess these geography-themed answers starting with L.
Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: September 6, 2018
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First submittedSeptember 3, 2018
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city
country
U.S. state
city
country (in red)
substance
what the numbers represent
former currency
water defence
city
Canadian lake
Scottish loch
Lake Louise
Loch Lomond
type of building
city in China
British city
city founded by Pizarro
type of body of water
city
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Level 92
Sep 6, 2018
I don't know why I expected the quiz to accept 'ondon' and 'ighthouse.' I mean, the L's already given, right?
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Level 77
Sep 7, 2018
Could 'Lhasa' perhaps be change to 'a city in Tibet' given China's disgraceful genocide in Tibet?
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Level 69
Sep 7, 2018
Or rather just "city". Would be apolitical and I anyway due not see the reason why some cities have an extra hint besides starting with "L".
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Level 56
Jul 3, 2020
I know - I wasn't quite sure why we have "city in China", "British city" and then "city", "city, "city" and "city"...

It's fine, it's just a bit weird. I did enjoy the quiz :-)

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Level 63
Sep 7, 2018
I came to suggest the same thing. I would have gotten it if I said tibet.
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Level 82
Sep 18, 2018
I guess Tibet isn't mentioned on purpose to make it more difficult. I disagree anyway with choosing the description only according to what we like. What about all the cities in the USA and the horrible genocides?
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2018
Agree that saying "City in Tibet" would make it too easy. The picture would become irrelevant; it would just be "Name the only city you've ever heard of that's in Tibet."
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Level 81
Nov 16, 2018
Free Tibet, with the purchase of a Tibet of equal or greater value. Sorry, I had to do it again.
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Level 74
Mar 27, 2023
resist the temptation in the future
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Level 48
Nov 16, 2018
It's a quiz about geographical facts - how regrettable they are is not relevant to it
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Level 78
Nov 16, 2018
Agreed. I'd propose City in Asia.
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Level 56
Jul 3, 2020
Yes - or just "city", like almost all the others.
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Level 17
Dec 29, 2018
agreed
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Level 55
Apr 23, 2022
That'll be too obvious
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Level 60
Mar 27, 2023
And can we accept "a city in traditional Chumash and Tongva territory" for Los Angeles, given the horrific genocide of the Indigenous peoples in the United States?
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Level 79
Mar 29, 2023
But 'Tibetan city' would make it too easy since most people know only one city in Tibet (or none).
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Level 65
May 24, 2023
Rename Tibet and Taiwan to Nachos.
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Level 69
Nov 16, 2018
I think given Tibet's disputed status and seizure by the Chinese means that it probably shouldn't be included as a 'city in China'. Describing it as such inevitably risks sounding like validation.
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Level 82
Nov 16, 2018
The government in Beijing controls all of Tibet and has for over half a century. It is what it is.
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Level 61
Nov 16, 2018
Who cares if it sounds like a validation? This is a Jetpunk quiz not a UN resolution.
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Level 74
Oct 12, 2019
China's behaviour in Tibet does not validate the behaviour of the Dalai Lama before China's occupation. There's a good reason only the ruling class and the monks joined the Dalai Lama's failed coup, ordinary people were delighted that China had saved them from the brutal rule of the lamas. It's similar to the situation in Iran; just because the current regime is a bad one, doesn't mean the one before it was good.
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Level 32
Nov 16, 2018
Yes, it's history now, but I still agree with Ssssss. It's like we Americans will never live down our blunder in Vietnam.
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Level 82
Nov 16, 2018
Is there a filter on that Canadian lake? It's utterly stunning
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Level 86
Nov 16, 2018
It's really that blue. Even more stunning in person.
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Level 51
Nov 20, 2018
"Blue as the waters of Lake Louise"
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Level 80
Nov 4, 2022
Is that what makes the lake notable? I've never heard of it, and it's tiny, you have to zoom all the way into Banff to even begin to see it.
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Level 47
Nov 16, 2018
#freetibet
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Level 69
Nov 16, 2018
lake is a body of water too
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Level 52
Nov 17, 2018
i could've sworn it was 'longtitude' not 'longitude'
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Level 51
Nov 20, 2018
Nope.
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Level 50
Dec 5, 2018
I typed the same thing three times!
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Level 59
Mar 27, 2023
It has the Equator on the picture, which is a line of latitude. Easy mistake to make.
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Level 63
Feb 5, 2019
Couldn't come up with anything other than Laguna for that body of water.
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Level 78
Sep 21, 2020
I believe we in the UK would call that an embankment, or maybe a dyke at a push. That said, 'drove my Chevy to the embankment, but the embankment was dry' has less of a lyrical ring to it.
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Level 66
Jan 11, 2023
I learnt it as a levee in A-Level Geography years ago. I think we also learnt about dykes too, so not sure the difference.

Embankment can be natural, so I think that's why the distinction.

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Level 64
Feb 22, 2023
Enjoying this series, Relessness; nice mix of questions. But I agree with some of the above comments about China - why not just describe it as city'?
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Level 36
Mar 27, 2023
Please accept Logon for lagoon
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Level 59
Mar 27, 2023
Please don't! TWO mistakes in one short word.
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Level 77
Mar 27, 2023
Aw nice, Banff. I can’t imagine I would’ve gotten Lake Louise if I hadn’t been there like a dozen times.
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Level 36
Mar 27, 2023
I typed lines for 'what the numbers represent... so embarrassing.
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Level 34
Mar 31, 2023
So pretentious that non-Americans should know the shape of an American state. In what other country in the world do we know the shape of a state/territory?
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Level 72
Oct 13, 2023
I wouldn't want to predict that a British person could recognise the shape of an arbitrary British county. But Louisiana has such a distinctive coast, anyone might recognise it as the location of New Orleans...then it is one more small step to knowing the state name.