# Learn Some Geography

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-some-geography/493958>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 22, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-some-geography/493958 "2009-04-22T10:27:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-some-geography/493958/41 "2009-04-23T20:33:17Z")

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> [@Sitnam](#):
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> On what island is Manx most commonly spoken?

Trick question – the language is no longer spoken as a primary language by anyone, although there are currently efforts to revive the tongue, including making it the means of communication at an Isle of Man school known as _Bunscoill Ghaelgagh_. Ned Maddrell, who died in 1974, was the last surviving native speaker of Manx. (I saw him mentioned in a recent _Ripley’s Believe It or Not!_ cartoon, and thus knew the basic fact, although I used _Wikipedia_ to research the revival effort.)

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-some-geography/493958/42 "2009-04-25T03:06:15Z")

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Which countries border three oceans?

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**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-some-geography/493958/43 "2009-04-26T05:28:05Z")

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The really damp ones.

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