October 23, 2011

Grandmasterville

Categories: Fun — Tags: , — Nick @ 3:14 am

Life is full of strange or suggestive coincidences that may sometimes make us stop and think. Some coincidences are so striking that they become famous. These are one of nature’s leading sources of trivia questions. In the fullness of geologic time, many of them turn up on TriviaPark.com.

For example:

A few years ago, in 2005, one national capital city could boast of a unique record: that its inhabitants included the largest concentration ever of chess grandmasters. Which city was home to this remarkable abundance of chess talent?

  1. Copenhagen, Denmark
  2. Kiev, Ukraine
  3. Reykjavik, Iceland
  4. Ottawa, Canada

Answer

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