Oops,
Sorry…I gotta read through the threads more carefully.
Good job, eponymous. I assume you didn’t see that I provided the answer when I didn’t hear from matt_mcl.
Your next challenge:
Bhutan.
Cumulus,
Easy…Thimphu (By the way, Bhutan is the only Bhuddist kingdom in the world).
Now your turn…Brunei.
Does it have anything to do with states that border the Mississippi River?
I need help desparately, man. You’ve confounded the Geography Maven!
CalMeacham,
Tough one…Three states that come together at one point in three places? That’s how I’m interpreting the question.
Some place along the Mississippi?
Bandar Seri Begawan.
How about Cameroon?
Cumulus,
Yaounde.
Cape Verde…
Praia.
Oh, all right.
Yes, it is along the Missisippi. In fact, that has a lot to do with the situation.
Togo.
Lome.
In keeping with Africa, how about Burundi?
Bujumbura.
Swaziland?
OK, I think I’ve found it: Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee.
The Mississippi dips down into Tennessee, allowing a chunk of Missouri to enter Tennessee, separating Kentucky into two pieces. The three states then meet at three points: On either side of the small, isolated piece of Kentucky, and also at the remaining corner of the “mainland” of Kentucky.
Congratulations! You are correct. Apparently the course of the Mississipi changed after the boundaries were originally drawn, cutting off a small portion at the extreme western end of Kentucky, so that it’s surrounded by Tennessee and Missouri, kinda like Lesotho and San Marino are surrounded. The question is usually stated "which state is it impossible to go from the eastern to the western end of without crossing another state, but my way seems more confusing.
Awesome, CalMeacham.
By the way, I noticed that that area is very close to New Madrid, Missouri. Did the New Madrid earthquake have anything to do with the change in the Mississippi?
Cumulus:
I’m afraid I don’t know. It’s possible, but not necessary. The Mississippi is well known for its “Ox-Bow” phenomenon, which will cause the river to throw off wild loops that may, in time, become ox-bow lakes.
Here’s one I don’t know the answer to right now – How many sides does Colorado REALLY have? I think it’s more than four, but you have to get a good map of the state to verify this.
Well, by your question, it appears the answer is not the obvious “four.” Although I can tell you that my atlas does not show the boundary phenomenon on Colorado as one sees on Saskatchewan.
matt_mcl,
Mbabane…although the legislative capital is in Lobamba (OK, OK…I admit it. I looked up my answer to see if it was correct, and I found the legislative capital.)
matt_mcl, Cumulus, anyone else? Maldives…
Cheat!
Anyway, the capital of the Maldives is Malé. What’s the capital of the Gambia?
matt_mcl,
Male is correct.
Argh!!! You stumped me! And me a geographer! OK :: looks through atlas :: Banjul.
Solomon Islands…