Bonus Quiz
Which of the following pairs is the odd one?
“Mali — Timbuktu” is the only pair that consists of the country and the ancient city. The other pairs represent the name of the country and the river.
Timbuktu is the city in the western African country of Mali, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a center of Islamic culture. It is located on the southern edge of the Sahara, about 8 miles north of the Niger River. The city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
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7 Comments
Denise Currie
Well written question and answer
Noelito
Lupe Hernandez, There are towns in America that are named after almost everywhere else. 😝
John W Shreve
Elsy O. Stromberg, You take the Egg McMuffin home, deep fry it, then dowse it with syrup. Yum!
Lupe Hernandez
There is a town in California, U.S.A. named Timbuktu
Elsy O. Stromberg
Darlene Davidson, Good going!
filmnut
For a Novice, that’s an excellent question . . . if those are your ‘gams’ there excellent too !
filmnut
As an expert on World War II ( And most Wars ( the American Civil War is my best). You should immediately recognize they are asking for ‘Country-River’ not City-Country. Instead of
“From Here to Eternity . . . My story would be: “From Here to Timbuktu”