Quiztime: How many degrees of latitude separate Washington, DC and Edinburgh?

[Marty Bonnar]

No peeking, just drop in a number as your best guess...

FBD.

[George Pazin]

I'll guess Edinburgh is 8 degrees farther north.

Though I do recall reading once that Pittsburgh and Rome were the same, so I guess my guess would be far off, if that's true.

Off to Google...

[JLahrman]

I'll say 17 degrees.  I know it's quite a bit when you look at a map, but not sure what that translates to in degrees.

[Tom_Doak]

14 or 15, I think.

When I was in Bordeaux, France a couple of weeks back, I noticed a sign for the 45th parallel ... which is also just north of Traverse City.  And Bordeaux is pretty far south in France!

[Carl Nichols]

I've lived in both places and currently live in DC.  I think it's pretty considerable -- maybe 18?

[Dick Kirkpatrick]

I would guess zero degrees.

Is Windsor, Ontario north or south of Boston, Mass?

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[Kyle Harris]

Heck no. Closer to 25 degrees I'd say. Edinburgh is further north than most of Canada.

[Carl Johnson]

28.69

[Tony_Muldoon]

Kevin Bacon?

[JLahrman]

Heck no. Closer to 25 degrees I'd say. Edinburgh is further north than most of Canada.

I don't know...I grew up in Cincinnati which is probably about like DC, and I think it's about 37 or 38 degrees.  Adding 25 gets you up to 63 and I think the Arctic Circle starts at 66.  I don't think Edinburgh is THAT far north.

Of course, I may be incorrect with respect to every number in this post.  Actually, the only information in this post that I am sure of is that I grew up in Cincinnati and that 38 + 25 = 63.

[mike_beene]

doesn't New York equal Rome.I say a lot.

[Sean_A]

I know Detroit is ~40N and London is about ~50N.  So I guess at the most about 20 degrees difference between Edinburgh and WDC.
  

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[Bill_McBride]

17 degrees 2 minutes.  Just a wild guess...

[Matthew Hunt]

Edinburgh would be about 56 and and DC is a tad south of the Mason Dixon line so i'd guess 38 degrees, therefore 18 degrees difference.

[Bob_Huntley]

I think that Inverness is north of Montreal by a god bit.

Bob

[Tom Yost]

I know I was kind of shocked at how far north Scotland is when I first compared its latitude with the northernmost point of the usa.

[Steve Lang]

having grown up in ohio and with favorite aunt and uncle in philly i learned that both columbus & philly were both on 40 degrees N

the 30th Parallel Gang rides out of south eastern Tx and Louisiana, with new ORleans being just on the nose..

edinburgh is up there

p.s. now that someone has looked at atlas

[David_Tepper]

Looking at a rudimentary atlas, Edinburgh is about 56* and Washington DC is about 39*, so the difference is 17* or so.

Inverness and Dornoch are around 58*, roughly the same as Juneau, Alaska. 

[Brent Hutto]

Three-quarters of a degree.

[EDIT] Oh shoot. I messed up the Fahrenheit to Celcius conversion.

[Marty Bonnar]

Good work, Men! On the 55th parallel, we're at the same latitude as southern Alaska, Novosibirsk and Labrador.
Quite surprising, isn't it. God bless the Gulf Stream and the Isthmus of Panama!!! (at least, I think it's an Isthmus :0) )

FBD.

[Ken Moum]

Without looking.... 20*

K

[Ken Moum]

I would guess zero degrees.

Is Windsor, Ontario north or south of Boston, Mass?

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Hell, Windsor is south of Detroit...

How about this. is Windsor north or south of Sioux City, iowa?

K

[mike_beene]

the airplane routes always amaze me.Chicago to Bejing and New Dehli often flies as close as they can to the north pole(the navigational limit is 60 miles from the poles because old technology reverses the compass if you hit the pole.)Dallas to London flies up the St Lawrence over Montreal.

[Duncan Cheslett]

On a slightly more parochial note, which British city is furthest east; Edinburgh, Liverpool, or Bristol?

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[Duncan Cheslett]

the airplane routes always amaze me.Chicago to Bejing and New Dehli often flies as close as they can to the north pole(the navigational limit is 60 miles from the poles because old technology reverses the compass if you hit the pole.)Dallas to London flies up the St Lawrence over Montreal.

Not too much of a mystery when you look at it like this;