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Map of What?

on 19 October 2011. Posted in Just for Fun

A little geography question for you. Please answer them in "Add Comments" below the map. If you become a Forum Member (it's free!) there will be another piece of a puzzle that will help you in few days. You'll be very surprised by the number of countries that are on that list. Really! Eek

  • Q1: Can you guess what this map represent?
  • Q2: Can you name those countries that aren't highlighted in green?
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Kristen
+6 # Map of What? — Kristen 2011-10-19 08:05
1. I'm going to guess that it represents the countries where L.J. Smith's books are available and unavailable. Green countries have L.J. Smith books, and white ones unfortunately don't. Or it could simply be a world map, but wheres the fun in that?
2. The countries that are not highlighted in green are Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone ,Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Somalia, Eritrea, French Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and North Korea. I think that's all of them. Though Greenland and Svalbard could also be white, or light green.
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Christina Crowley
+4 # RE: Map of What? — Christina Crowley 2011-10-19 08:28
Kristen I think you are right. I'll just add to Q1 and say that they are also places that Lisa has fans because if her books are there surly people are enjoying them. :lol:
As for Q2 I wouldn't have been able to come up with half of them without Google. (Sad, I know) I do think Greenland is white.
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Christina Crowley
+6 # RE: RE: Map of What? — Christina Crowley 2011-10-19 09:52
I just thought of something else for Q1 maybe the intensity of the green represents the number of book sales. For example, the dark green U.S.A sells more of Lisa's books than medium green UK and Canada which sells more than the light green countries.
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Tayler Clements
+2 # RE: RE: RE: Map of What? — Tayler Clements 2011-10-19 14:46
Q1: Kristen, I believe you are right as well, and isn't it nice to be the first one with the idea? Everyone decides your's has to be right. Christina's answer also makes a ton of sense and I definitely believe that that could factor into it.
Q2: Kristen already found all the countries so why should I give people the same information twice? Good job Kristen!! :)
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Kristen
0 # RE: RE: RE: Map of What? — Kristen 2011-10-19 15:56
Tayler, that is so true! I could probably (and likely) be dead wrong, but hey at least I tried! :D Finding those countries were definitely not easy! Every-time I thought I had them all listed, another country would be white and I'd have to go find out what that one was. Not to mention that Africa has so many countries in it that are tiny all next to each other. :-|
By the way, my other comment was supposed to be a response to Christina. I failed. Oh well! What can I say? I'm new here! (Like literally. I just set up this account this morning.)
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Kristen
0 # RE RE: Map of What? — Kristen 2011-10-19 15:50
Oh, how silly of me for forgetting that! :oops:
And your answers to the first question are also really likely. :)
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Christina Crowley
0 # Hi Kristen — Christina Crowley 2011-10-19 16:06
I think your response showed up in the right location. I know it is hard to tell where things should show up once there are replies to replies and such.

Welcome to the site. I hope you get a chance to explore everything. This site is chuck full of interesting facts and the latest information related to Lisa and her books. Drop by the Forum and join the fun!! :-)
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Kalina
0 # Re: Map of What? — Kalina 2011-12-30 03:16
Christina you're absolutley right that Lisa has fans from all over the world :lol: Just look at that map :D As to Q2 It's Greenland(Denem ark)
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Administrator
0 # RE: Map of What? — Administrator 2011-10-19 15:51
Kristen, you are close but not quite on Q1. As for answers to Q2, there are some countries that you've missed. Pay a close attention to 'sliver' of a county.
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Kristen
0 # RE: Map of What? — Kristen 2011-10-19 16:13
Q1- I'm going to re-guess that the colors represent places where they are produced/sold/a vailable most. Dark green=produced and sold most, green=produced and sold more, light green=produced and sold less, and white=poor, unfortunate people and countries who don't have L.J. Smith's books.
Q2- I think I missed Haiti, Cuba, and the Solomon Islands after zooming in till my screen requires much sideways scrolling. :)
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Administrator
0 # RE: RE: Map of What? — Administrator 2011-10-19 16:17
Q1, is still not correct, but you and Christina are right about dark meaning "more" and light meaning "less." I'll give you that. ;-)

Q2, I think you just about got them all. I will have to check it myself. Not enough time right now. I'm wondering if Guestbook Guide might have time to check?? :D
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Guestbook Guide
0 # RE: RE: RE: Map of What? — Guestbook Guide 2011-10-19 21:34
As far as I can tell,Kristen has all the non-green countries. I'm going to stop looking before I go blind because my screen isn't showing much difference between the lightest green and white. :D
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Li
0 # From a Chinese — Li 2011-12-17 05:51
You said "Green countries have L.J. Smith books."
But how do you think about China(Mainland)?
(My English is bad...)
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Siobhan Rose
0 # Mapn of what — Siobhan Rose 2011-10-19 17:40
for Q1 i think it might be a mixture of most book sales, popularity, and mabey somthing to do with the book related connectins/visi ts of Lj. and the darker green countrys the more the light green - white lesser.



q2 Centeral African Republic, mali, guinea,French Guinea,Guinea Bissau,Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin, Ivory Coast,Zambia, Benin,Democrati c Republic of Congo, togo, mozambique,Burk ina Faso, CEntral Afrian Republic, Niger, Chad,Somalia, Eritrea,Cameroo n, Congo, Haiti, Cuba, Solomon Islands, papa New Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, laos, turkmenistan and north korea! hope iv got them all and apologise for any spelliong mistakes lol! oh just had an idea is it anything to do with mabey, i donno, the language of the the books in the countrys :sigh:
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LindsayO
+3 # Q1 — LindsayO 2011-10-19 20:10
Q1 If I had to guess I would say that the map is of internet hits, the most hits being in the US, and on the heels of the US Canada and the UK, and so on and so forth, but that's just my guess :)
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Administrator
+2 # WE HAVE A WINNER!!! — Administrator 2011-10-19 20:31
DING! DING! DING! DING!

Yes, that is correct! This is what we call a Google Analytic's map of visitors to this site from all over the world. It is hard to believe we have so many visitors coming in regularly from 162 countries around the world. Can you believe this?! It is just so amazing to me as an Admin but then again it does not surprise me because L. J. Smith's books transcend all boundaries.

For our Members: I am going to post the actual list of countries that visitors are coming from. You'd be really surprised to see some of these countries. See where your country of origin is ranked. HERE'S THAT MAP(Members Only): http://www.ljanesmith.net/www/forum/just-for-fun-in-forum/417-fans-across-the-world-visiting-country-list#417 >>
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Christina Crowley
0 # RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!! — Christina Crowley 2011-10-19 21:00
Wow!! That is really cool.

Way to go Lindsay! :-)
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sofia
0 # RE: RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!! — sofia 2011-10-20 08:32
Hi

saw this today 20 oct but great job, all!
lol
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Li
0 # RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!! — Li 2011-12-17 05:54
No wonder why China is green...
cause I'm from China.
Most of my classmates love Damon more than Stefan.
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Cindy
0 # Congrats! — Cindy 2011-10-25 16:50
Wow, congrats LindsayO!
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Dalma
0 # Map of what? — Dalma 2011-10-25 16:48
1. I guess the map is a world wide map and maybe is possible that the countries that are not in green are the countries where LJs books haven't arrived yet?

2. The countries in white are: Greenland, archipelago of Svalbard (Part of the Kingdom of Norway), North Korea, Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Western Sahara, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'ivoire, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Tajikistan, Laos, North Korea. Let me know if any one is missing =D
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Hm
0 # Europe — Hm 2011-10-26 05:38
I live in Central Europe and my country is gray-green.Lisa 's book are very popular here.
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Hibo Rijal
0 # map — Hibo Rijal 2011-10-27 16:39
Q1: This map probably shows the amount of countries where L.J Smith's books are sold. Also, I think that the country (the U.S.A) is the country where the most books are sold.
Q2: The countries that are not highlighted in green are Greenland, Western Sahara, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote d'ivoine, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libiria, Niger,Benin,Tog o, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, R. Congo, Equatorial, Guinea, D.R Congo, Zambia, Mozembique, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Afghanastan, Turkeynissan and indonesia? Pardon my spelling, I know it's horrible.
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Carrie Barnes
0 # Map of What — Carrie Barnes 2011-10-28 10:15
1. The countries where L.J. Smith Books are sold.
2.No I cant, lol
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Carson
0 # Random Guess — Carson 2011-11-02 19:03
Q1: Well, the map represents the world---but beyond that, I'm guessing it's all the different countries L.J. Smith's books are available in, with the U.S.A. having the most books available.

Q2: I'm guessing, in the African area: the Congo...and that's all I know. :P

I do believe the other white area, above North America, is Greenland.
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Corinne Vella
0 # Map of What? — Corinne Vella 2011-11-03 08:14
Q1. Dark green - USA and where L.J. Smith's stories took place, Mid-green is where she has the most fans and lighter green is less fans but a significant amount of fans still.

Q2.Greenland,Sa vlbard, Western Sahara, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo, Benin,Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic,Equato rial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Somaila, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan/India, Laos, North Korea and Papua New Guinea.
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Jennifer Collins
0 # Best Guess — Jennifer Collins 2011-11-03 18:55
I'm going to guess the dark green represents the places where LJ's books have topped best seller lists. The lighter green are the countries the books are available to in languages other than English. As for the countries in white, I couldn't name them all without looking at a labeled map which would be cheating. :D
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Jennifer Chinnici
0 # RE: Map of What? — Jennifer Chinnici 2011-11-05 08:38
I'm not sure but it could be where L.J.'s book are available.
Wow..that's a lot of countries...
Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Somalia, Eritrea, French Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Laos, Papua New Guinea, and North Korea?
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Natalia
0 # Mapa de Quê? — Natalia 2011-11-15 04:05
Realmente pode ser o mapa que representa os paises onde os visitantes do site de L.J. Smith estão acessando sendo os verdes escuros com maior incidencia de acessos, e os broncos menor ou total falta de acessos.
concordo com você Kristen sobre os países!
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anousha
0 # contest answer — anousha 2011-11-16 02:25
Q1: the world map represents different countries or internal divisions of countries(such as states). physical maps commonly use colour most dramatically to show changes in elevation. A palette of green is often used to display common elevations. Dark green usually represents low lying land with lighter shades of green used for higher elevations. But in my opinion, I think the dark green shows the countries where L.J Smith's books are most popular and how far have they reached, unlike the pale green where maybe it's not very well-known.
Q2:Cuba, Greenland, Svalbard, Western Sahara, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkinafaso, Togo, Zambia, Mozambique, Congo(Dem. Rep. of the), Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan, Laos, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Somali Rep, Djibouti.
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anousha
0 # RE: contest answer — anousha 2011-11-19 20:00
i need admin's help i guess...
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victoria
0 # map questions — victoria 2011-11-16 19:26
Q1 i think this represents where the most books are sold the dark the color the more sold the lighter is the less so< unfortunitly, the white doesn't get any :( poor people

q2 everyone has already answered this so
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jhoanna
0 # a hunch — jhoanna 2011-11-26 09:56
i'm not good with maps but i have a hunch that this are the places where some of the plots of the books are. this is where these formidable, hair raising and at the same time exiting characters breed....just can't get enough of your books ms. smith..you're the best
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Jasmine
0 # RE: Map of What? — Jasmine 2011-12-10 20:54
1. The green is where L.J has been, visited, lived, etc. The yellow is places she wishes to visit or has yet to visit.

2. Light Green: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Mali,Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, DR Congo, Zambia, Mozambique, Somalia.

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos.

North Korea. Greenland. Svalbard. Papua New Guinea.

Fun times :)
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