The Online Geography Game
Although the recent earthquake in Chile was about 800 times stronger than in Haiti, there was a surprisingly modest amount of damage and victims involved.
As a result of the earthquake, the city of Concepción moved entirely about 3 metres to the West. (that is 10 feet for those living in Liberia, Myanmar and the United States)
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Located at the eastern shore of the Black Sea lies Sotsji (Sochi). Although the nickname of Sotsji is ‘The Russian Riviera’ it will be the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Those who qualified for the next Olympics:
The Winter Olympic games have ended, but this is where it al begun: Olympia, Greece.
This is the site of the classic Olympic games with the restored stadium still clearly visible. In this stadium the Olympic torch is ignited by sunlight which reflect through a parabolic mirror and is transported to the actual site of the modern Olympic games.
Those who ignited the torch:
Remember, you can click the image for a larger version.
The Winter Olympics are in full swing and one of the most peculiar events is Curling.
Originated in medieval Scotland and once popular in the low Countries, nowadays 90% of the curling players are Canadian.
The curling stones are preferably made of a very special kind of granite (Riebeckite granite), only found in Ailsa Craig, a small island off the coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.
Ailsa Craig is basically an extinct volcano and has no population. The granite quarry is now closed but there still is a supply for stone making that will last until 2020.
(Oh, and I will never try to predict again wether a contest will be hard to find or not…)
Those who won the curling competition:
I made it a bit harder this week. However this site has somehow a relation with a current event.
The Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib, is the main sacred place for the Sikhs.
It is located in the city of Amritsar, India and surrounded by a large lake, known as the AmritSar which means The Pool Of The Nectar Of Immortality.
Those who entered this sacred site:
