General Knowledge Quiz

[perryman]

Indonesia? Famed for Java coffee.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Indonesia
Mexico

Not Mexico I am afraid, although it is a coffee producing country.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Indonesia? Famed for Java coffee.

Yes at number 4 on the list Indonesia is a correct answer.

So just the second highest coffee exporting country to get.

 

[perryman]

Yes at number 4 on the list Indonesia is a correct answer.

So just the second highest coffee exporting country to get.

@xotGD got there before me, by a millisecond.

 

[xotGD]

Venezuela?

 

[Calthrop]

Costa Rica? (only because it's one of Sainsburys' respective specified countries-of-origin on their jars of instant coffee, with pretty labels)

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Venezuela?

Not correct I am afraid.

Costa Rica? (only because it's one of Sainsburys' respective specified countries-of-origin on their jars of instant coffee, with pretty labels)

Not Costa Rica either.


I will say that I found it surprising which country was the second largest exporter of coffee beans, though it is not an outlandish answer like Iceland or anything!

 

[Calthrop]

Wouldn't be Ghana, would it? -- better known for cocoa ...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Wouldn't be Ghana, would it? -- better known for cocoa ...

No, not Ghana

 

[xotGD]

Malaysia

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Malaysia

Not Malaysia, but in the right part of the world.

 

[Calthrop]

Stretching that a bit, maybe: Papua New Guinea??

 

[Neo9320]

India?

 

[AndyPJG]

China?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Stretching that a bit, maybe: Papua New Guinea??

Not PNG, although they do grow some really good coffees.

India?

Not India either, though they are a major coffee bean exporter.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

China?

Not China, but very close.

 

[Calthrop]

Not China, but very close.

Perceiving big hint there -- Vietnam?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Perceiving big hint there -- Vietnam?

Vietnam it is.

We have a 3 way tie. Mcr Warrior, xotGD and Calthrop.

If desired I can set a tie breaker.

 

[Calthrop]

I'd be up for a tie breaker.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Tie-breaker question, just for McrWarrior, xotGD and Calthrop.

Which country is at number 6 on the list of coffee exporters?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Just to say that the country in question has not yet been named.

 

[Calthrop]

Ah ! I was pondering... will take a punt at Thailand.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Ah ! I was pondering... will take a punt at Thailand.

Not Thailand.

 

[Calthrop]

Do I take it that that's my -- failed -- shot at the tie breaker: over to the others?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Do I take it that that's my -- failed -- shot at the tie breaker: over to the others?

I had not thought of such a rule, but thinking about it then it might be nice if we gave the others a chance at answering before you had another go.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Part of me us waiting to be told off (again) by a quizmaster!

 

[Calthrop]

I had not thought of such a rule, but thinking about it then it might be nice if we gave the others a chance at answering before you had another go.

I concur !

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Sorry, don't know the answer to the tie-breaker.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

So @xotGD to give an answer.

 

[xotGD]

Laos