Demographics Quiz

[thetank]

Was going to do this round in an upcoming pub quiz and thought I'd give it a trial run here first. They'd get a printout of this at the start of the quiz and get to fill it in as we do the other rounds and eat sandwiches.


Below this list of categories are 21 boxes. Each box has the names of the top 5 countries for one of these categories. Match the category to the box number, for example…


Largest Countries (‘000 sq km) … Box Fourteen


Largest Populations (Millions)
Biggest economies (GDP, $bn)
Highest GDP per head
Largest defiicits ($m)
Highest Consumer Price Inflation (2009 %)
Largest Industrial Output ($bn)

Top 5 producers of…   

Rice (‘000 tonnes)
Coffee (‘000 tonnes)
Raw Wool (‘000 tonnes)
Oil (‘000 barrels/day)
Automobiles (‘000 cars)

Proven Oil Reserves (% of world total)
Highest rate of Unemployment
Largest class sizes (pupils per teacher in Primary Schools)
Largest fertility rates (average number of children per woman)
Highest life expectancy
Lowest life expectancy
Nobel Prizes for literature (no of wins 1901-2009)
Gold medals at the Winter Olympics
Defence spending ($bn)

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[gatso]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

[kinboshi]

Box 9 looks like lowest life-expectancy.

[millidonk]

Box 7 is obv biggest defecit. I am working on em all now in between doing 'real' work.

[Rod Paradise]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

14 or 19 I'd have thought.

[smashedagain]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

14 or 19 I'd have thought.

gonna have to  say defo 19...dont see brazil being a giant in the would of winter olympics as box 14 would suggest

[millidonk]

Largest Countries (‘000 sq km) … Box 14

Largest Populations (Millions) 12
Biggest economies (GDP, $bn) box 20
Highest GDP per head Box 2
Largest defiicits ($m) Box 7
Highest Consumer Price Inflation (2009 %) box 1
Largest Industrial Output ($bn) box 21

Top 5 producers of…   

Rice (‘000 tonnes) box 18
Coffee (‘000 tonnes)  box 17
Raw Wool (‘000 tonnes) box 11
Oil (‘000 barrels/day) box 3
Automobiles (‘000 cars) box 15

Proven Oil Reserves (% of world total) Box 10
Highest rate of Unemployment box 13
Largest class sizes (pupils per teacher in Primary Schools) Box 5
Largest fertility rates (average number of children per woman) box 8
Highest life expectancy Box 4
Lowest life expectancy Box 9
Nobel Prizes for literature (no of wins 1901-2009) box 16
Gold medals at the Winter Olympics Box 19
Defence spending ($bn) Box 6

Really enjoyed that. At one point i had box 20 for 3 answers. Whats the damage?

[doubleup]

Box 7 is obv biggest defecit. I am working on em all now in between doing 'real' work.

a negative deficit should be a surplus also it isn't clear what deficit they are on about.

[millidonk]

Box 7 is obv biggest defecit. I am working on em all now in between doing 'real' work.

a negative deficit should be a surplus also it isn't clear what deficit they are on about.

 i see what you mean. ie USA has a defecit of X amount of $ as opposed to USA has a defecit of -$3gazillion meaning it is actually +3 gazill. I take it to mean straight amount. In which case it would be a negative figure. Unless i just got the question wrong which is highly likely.

[doubleup]

Box 7 is obv biggest defecit. I am working on em all now in between doing 'real' work.

a negative deficit should be a surplus also it isn't clear what deficit they are on about.

 i see what you mean. ie USA has a defecit of X amount of $ as opposed to USA has a defecit of -$3gazillion meaning it is actually +3 gazill. I take it to mean straight amount. In which case it would be a negative figure. Unless i just got the question wrong which is highly likely.

I was just being pedantic - there isnt anything else that fits a "negative" answer, so doubt you are wrong.  However you might be a bit out if you think that the USA has inflation of 19.3%

[millidonk]

Box 7 is obv biggest defecit. I am working on em all now in between doing 'real' work.

a negative deficit should be a surplus also it isn't clear what deficit they are on about.

 i see what you mean. ie USA has a defecit of X amount of $ as opposed to USA has a defecit of -$3gazillion meaning it is actually +3 gazill. I take it to mean straight amount. In which case it would be a negative figure. Unless i just got the question wrong which is highly likely.

I was just being pedantic - there isnt anything else that fits a "negative" answer, so doubt you are wrong.  However you might be a bit out if you think that the USA has inflation of 19.3%

towards the end i just started throwing boxes all over the gaff, i am no geog whiz by any stretch. I just remember inflation going bananas in zimbabwe with people paying £300 for a loaf of bread but i couldn't see that as an option so i went for Nigeria.

[gatso]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

14 or 19 I'd have thought.

not 14 unless you think russia have won 17,000 gold medals and it can't be 19 unless there's some weird combining of east, west and normal germany into a supernation who've then wiped all memory of the soviet union from history

[smashedagain]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

14 or 19 I'd have thought.

not 14 unless you think russia have won 17,000 gold medals and it can't be 19 unless there's some weird combining of east, west and normal germany into a supernation who've then wiped all memory of the soviet union from history

i assumed this was the last olympics

[smashedagain]

gave up bored when I decided to try the winter olympic gold one first and none of the boxes look right for that

14 or 19 I'd have thought.

not 14 unless you think russia have won 17,000 gold medals and it can't be 19 unless there's some weird combining of east, west and normal germany into a supernation who've then wiped all memory of the soviet union from history

i assumed this was the last olympics

this is why i dont do quizes coz quiz masters are often wrong

[StuartHopkin]

14   Largest Countries (‘000 sq km)


18   Largest Populations (Millions)
20   Biggest economies (GDP, $bn)
2   Highest GDP per head
7   Largest defiicits ($m)
1   Highest Consumer Price Inflation (2009 %)
12   Largest Industrial Output ($bn)

Top 5 producers of…   

15   Rice (‘000 tonnes)
17   Coffee (‘000 tonnes)
11   Raw Wool (‘000 tonnes)
3   Oil (‘000 barrels/day)
21   Automobiles (‘000 cars)

10   Proven Oil Reserves (% of world total)
9   Highest rate of Unemployment
13   Largest class sizes (pupils per teacher in Primary Schools)
8   Largest fertility rates (average number of children per woman)
4   Highest life expectancy
5   Lowest life expectancy
16   Nobel Prizes for literature (no of wins 1901-2009)
19   Gold medals at the Winter Olympics
6   Defence spending ($bn)