Geographic Groups of Eight

Name the members of these groups related to geography.
Cities by city proper population
We consider the Gulf of Aqaba to be part of the Red Sea
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U.S. states that start
with M
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
 
Biggest cities in France
Paris
Marseille
Lyon
Toulouse
Nice
Nantes
Strasbourg
Montpellier
World capitals closest
to Beijing
Pyongyang
Seoul
Ulaanbaatar
Taipei
Tokyo
Hanoi
Vientiane
Thimphu or Manila
 
Northernmost European
capitals
Reykjavík
Helsinki
Oslo
Tallinn
Stockholm
Riga
Moscow
Copenhagen
Australian states and
territories
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
 
Warsaw Pact countries
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
U.S. Ivy League
universities
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
 
Red Sea countries
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Yemen
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Level 63
Oct 30, 2018
Australia has nine states/territories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory
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Level 77
Oct 30, 2018
Plus Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, etc, etc. if you want to nit-pick.
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Level 78
Oct 30, 2018
Jervis bay is technically its own territory, but when we talk about the 6 states and 2 territories, Jervis bay is not included
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Level 44
Nov 19, 2018
nah its not a place, i live in australia and its not recognised
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Level 75
Dec 28, 2020
Could "Australia Capital" Territory work? Or does that sound awful?
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Level 47
Oct 30, 2018
What has name Ivy League universities got to do with geography?
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Level 75
Oct 30, 2018
Because, you know, they're all located somewhere...

Or maybe because they teach geography...

Or... nope - I'm out of ideas

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Level 73
Nov 1, 2018
Human geography = geography
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Level 86
Nov 13, 2018
It is a regional association (all schools located in New England or the Mid-Atlantic states).
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Level 75
Jan 21, 2019
Is that what Ivy League means? I thought it was just the name given to the most elite universities in the US
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Level 66
Jan 28, 2019
The Ivy League is a sports league--the schools in it all play each other in inter-collegiate sports, under the auspices and organizational structure of that league, which serves also as an administrative liaison with the NCAA (I think!).
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Level 60
Sep 28, 2020
The Ivy league is a sports league, but it's known to be made up of the best colleges in the US.
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Level 70
Apr 18, 2020
I don't even know what Ivy league is tbh
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Level 62
Oct 22, 2020
I had never even heard of the Ivy League
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Level 88
Nov 13, 2018
I was left with a hanging L from Cornell that messed up the next couple of answers I typed. Correct spelling should be expected for Ivy League colleges.
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Level 74
Apr 11, 2019
Yes! How else will parents be motivated to payoff Jetpunk so their kids can get 5 points?
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Level 89
Jan 28, 2019
Lille is definitely in France's top ten. I know it's part of a conurbation which itself would be 4th or 5th largest conurbation in France, but |Lille itself certainly has a population larger than that of Montpellier
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Level 52
Jan 28, 2019
I kept typing Lille as well. I ruled out Montpellier because it is much smaller.
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Level 61
Dec 18, 2021
I was surprised that Bordeaux wasn't in the list - in fact I am convinced it is erroneously missed off.
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Level 26
Jan 28, 2019
I forgot East Germany.....and I'm German....
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Level 62
Oct 22, 2019
East or West German?
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Level 34
Jan 29, 2019
In Australia we routinely use the shorthand of SA, WA, ACT, NT, Vic, Tas, Qld, NSW. It would be best if you said abbreviations can't be used as I wasted time trying to save time. If some abbreviations are accepted and not others it is very confusing.
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Level 45
Jan 30, 2019
The obvious problem with allowing abbreviations like 'SA' and 'WA' is that you could trigger those answers unintentionally whilst typing other words. For example, if you went to type Saudi Arabia for the Red Sea countries, you would get the answer for South Australia.
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Level 87
Apr 9, 2019
Right. The other abbreviations are far too general to be acceptable. While "NSW" seems to be accepted in all quizzes, I can think of nothing else it could stand for but the Australian state. Not so for WA, SA, etc. Heck, NT could even be an obsolete version of Windows!
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Level 82
Apr 10, 2019
Similarly NYC, DC or Philly are normally accepted as common and not ambigous, while LA isn't.
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Level 23
Feb 2, 2019
For Australian States, these words should be accepted:

"Capital"

"Western"

since I tried Capital, Wester and South and got confused when they didn't trigger.

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Level 23
Feb 2, 2019
And also Germany, Czechia/Slovakia for the Warsaw Pact countries.
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Level 87
Apr 9, 2019
I disagree. Those countries didn't exist in the days of the Warsaw Pact, while the USSR did.
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Level 82
Apr 10, 2019
Right. There were two German states and only one was in Warsaw pact.
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Level 64
May 7, 2021
East Germany and Czechoslovakia are in the quiz. West Germany was not.
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Level 59
Apr 10, 2019
Manila is closer than Thimphu. Manila has a distance of 2820km and that of Thimphu has a distance of 2823km
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Level 63
Apr 10, 2019
If I measure the distance on Google Maps by clicking on the city names from afar (assuming that chooses the center) Manila is closer. If I go by Google search Google says Thimphu is closer. Beijing is a big city. So it really depends which spot was chosen for measurement.
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Level ∞
Apr 10, 2019
Manila will be accepted now.
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Level 78
Aug 28, 2020
Depends which route you take.
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Level 77
Dec 22, 2020
I really wish "capital territory" was accepted. I never remember to type "Australian capital" and I always get it wrong. It's obviously Australian if the clue is asking about Australia. You don't have to type Washington DC to get the US capital district.
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Level 79
Feb 3, 2021
I missed four Ivy League unis and Montpellier. Surprised Lille isn't among the largest French cities.
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Level 29
Oct 27, 2021
I thought the soviet union didn't count
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Level 67
Apr 29, 2022
At the time of the Pact, the USSR was the major power player representing what many of us consider as "Russia".
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Level 87
Jun 28, 2023
That's along the lines of asking for NATO countries and excluding the US. It definitely should count.
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Level 58
Apr 6, 2022
Man, I typed "capital territory" but missed it
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Level 51
Jul 15, 2022
Albania left the Warsaw pact in 1968 maybe adding a clarification about the dates would be welcomed
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Level 67
Sep 18, 2022
Spent ages trying to think of more than 2 major french cities beginning with M. Huge facepalm when I saw the answers
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Level 87
Jun 28, 2023
That wasn't very a nice thing to do to your face.
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Level 67
Apr 20, 2023
56/64, tried Capital Territory but it didn't work so I didn't think it would be Australian Capital