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About Geneva

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the RhΓ΄ne exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy, which has led to it being called the "Peace Capital".

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He was born and still lives in Geneva, because he's quite slow-moving, and he hasn't managed to leave yet. Hopefully in about 50 years he'll be in Zurich.

from 445: No Such Thing As Genghis Khan in Wimbledon, 2022-09-23 at 00:24:21 Β· read transcript

Other times Geneva came up

  1. Sorry, is it burn? Am I saying burn in this pub quiz? I think burn in the pub quiz, yeah. Burr. If I answered that, well, really, Geneva is the financial capital and Lausanne is the industrial capital and burn is the political capital and there are a couple of others. Would I get the point? No. You can only put one answer down. It's worth it. Because otherwise, you could put every word that's ever been invented as the answer to every question.

    No Such Thing As A Cup Full Of Nessie, 2017-08-18 Β· listen

  2. Am I saying Burn in this pub quiz? I think Burn in the pub quiz, yeah. If I answered that, well, really, Geneva is the financial capital and Lausanne is the industrial capital and Burn is the political capital and there are a couple of others, would I get the point? No. You can only put one answer down. Because otherwise, you could put every word that's ever been invented as the answer to every question.

    178: No Such Thing As A Cup Full Of Nessie, 2017-08-18 Β· listen

  3. That's why we haven't had them in the past. Here's the final sentence of this story. Mr. Cole, as his name was, was taken to a secure mental health facility in Geneva, but later disappeared from his cell. Police are baffled, but not that bothered. Wait a second I should point out that Dad is on Davidaik dot com Because I just Google it And that's the first thing that came on But this is the talk boards It looks like they've lifted this from They have from crave dot Okay I don't know if that's any more reputable But there was a bit of worry at the time That the whole universe was going to end Wasn't there?

    No Such Thing As A Pilot Fish, 2014-03-08 Β· listen

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