+Optimist on the run Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Name five countries of the world whose capital city begins with the same letter as the country. Just to clarify, I'm referring to the English names of countries and cities. Edited December 29, 2017 by Optimist on the run Clarifying Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Algeria - Algiers Tunisia - Tunis Mexico - Mexico City Brazil - Brasilia Sweden - Stockholm Quote Link to comment
+me N u Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Beach Hut just beat us to it! Our 5 were:- Sweden = Stockholm Kuwait = Kuwait City Mexico = Mexico City Belize = Belmopan Brazil = Brasillia Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Ding to Beach hut, and a consolation ding to me N u. Other possibilities include Barbados/Bridgetown, Belgium/Brussels, Luxembourg, Monaco, Singapore and South Korea/Seoul. Edited December 29, 2017 by Optimist on the run Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Thanks very much, and here's the next question: Yesterday (or today, depending on how you look at it) was the 26th anniversary of the so-called Velvet Divorce. Who got divorced? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Czechoslovakia - which is now the Czeck Republic (CZ) and Slovakia (SK). Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 8:01 AM, speakers-corner said: Czechoslovakia - which is now the Czeck Republic (CZ) and Slovakia (SK). Spot on for a ding. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Thanks for the ding Beach_hut. Happy New Year everyone. So staying on the same theme - sort of. What was opened in 1989 that joined 2 countries in 1990? Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Could that be the Berlin Wall? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Being more specific, I'll say the Brandenburg Gate Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 On the night of November 9th 1989 at 23:30 Lt.-Col. Harald Jäger, after being faced by a crowd of 20000 East German protesters, gave the order to the 46 armed guards at Bornholmer Straße to open the barriers and stand aside. With this historic order he opened the Berlin Wall. For weeks, my wife and I had been following the events leading up to this because we have relatives living in East Germany. The Ding goes to Boggin's Dad Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 West Berlin was created in the aftermath of World War 2. It was an enclave within East Germany, and blockaded in the late 1940s; the only way to get supplies into the city was by air, and between June 1948 and September 1949 the Berlin Airlift delivered all the goods this city needed to function My question is what was the area (in square kilometres) of West Berlin? I will use the trusted higher/lower technique of getting closer should it not hit exactly. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I'll start the ball rolling at 50 sq km. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Optimist on the run said: I'll start the ball rolling at 50 sq km. It is a lot bigger than that my guess is 450 sq km. Quote Link to comment
+Boggin's Dad Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Speakers-corner is close with their first guess, I am going to give them the DING. My answer was 409 sq km Over to your Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks for the DING Boggin's Dad. Going from geography to history with a 2-part question. Who was the first English king to marry a German woman, and what was her name. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 8 hours ago, speakers-corner said: Thanks for the DING Boggin's Dad. Going from geography to history with a 2-part question. Who was the first English king to marry a German woman, and what was her name. It depends whether you mean from Germany as a state, or from the region that is now called Germany. As the unified state we now call Germany didn't exist before the 19th Century, it will presumably be a king from the 20th Century, after Victoria. Although I don't know if she was German or not, I'll guess Mary of Teck, wife of George V. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 14 hours ago, Optimist on the run said: It depends whether you mean from Germany as a state, or from the region that is now called Germany. As the unified state we now call Germany didn't exist before the 19th Century, it will presumably be a king from the 20th Century, after Victoria. Although I don't know if she was German or not, I'll guess Mary of Teck, wife of George V. OK, you got me there. It is from the region that is now called Germany. Have another go. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Here is a hint to help you on the way. This king had 2 daughters, and both were crowned a queen in their time. Who was the king and who was his German wife. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Must be Henry VIII then. Not sure where his wives come from, but Cleeves sounds French and I think Aragon is Spanish, which leaves Howard, Parr, Seymour and Boleyn. Shot in the dark - I'll say Jane Seymour. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) I will give the Ding to Optimist as he has in fact given me the names I was looking for. The king was Henry VIII and his German wife was Anne of Cleves, or rather Anna von Kleve. She was born in Düsseldorf in 22.09.1515. Catherine of Aragon - Spanish Anne Boleyn - Norfolk Jane Seymour - place of birth unknown but English Catherine Howard - London Catherine Parr - London So, over to you. Edited January 25, 2018 by speakers-corner Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Sorry for the delay! As you're probably aware if you've got the souvenir, last Friday was Australia Day, which celebrates/commiserates (depending on your point of view) the arrival of the first fleet of Royal Navy and penal colony ships, and raising of the British flag. In what year? Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Ding to colleda Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I would be ashamed if I didn't know the answer to that one. So, responding in kind, in what year was the Battle of Hastings? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Ding to speakers-corner. That was a hard one Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Thanks for the ding. Another easy one. Who lost the Battle of Hastings - full name please. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Awww, I saw this last week on TV about the Bayeaux tapestry being lent to England and (re) learned it was Harold but I confess that I had to research his full name. Harold Godwinson. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 DING! Over to you colleda Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Where in Scotland would one find a 24m rotating boat lift? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 A ding to searcherdog for Falkirk. The boat lift is commonly known as the Falkirk Wheel, an amazing piece of engineering and animal control in getting all the little gerbils that power it running in the same direction. Over to you searcherdog Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Oooo, Colleda has different info! We visited soon after it opened when it was powered by hamsters. I wonder if gerbils supply more paw power or are easier to train....? The day we visited was one of those lovely days in a long spell of wet ones. The view from the top was wonderful and the exhibition was informative. Well worth a visit. Anyway, the next question.... In 2000, the Butterley Company manufactured and erected the Falkirk Wheel. The same company completed the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth in 2005 and the large arched bridge over the railway lines near the entrance to London's 2012 Olympic Park in 2009. In 1867 / 8, they were also responsible for the 7000 tons of wrought and cast iron which formed the largest single spanned roof in the world at that time. This roof is still visible today at which railway station? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 St Pancras Station Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Ding! and over to speakers-corner. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks for the ding. Staying with trains. Name five from ten of the main London stations that have a tube connection as well. Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: Thanks for the ding. Staying with trains. Name five from ten of the main London stations that have a tube connection as well. Kings Cross/St Pancras, Liverpool Street, Paddington, Waterloo, Euston Road. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) The 6 will get you the Ding, over to you Beach_hut The others are Charing Cross, Victoria, London Bridge and Fenchurch Street (Close to Tower Hill and Aldgate). Edited February 3, 2018 by speakers-corner Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Thanks for the ding and apologies for the late reply. Next question: Only one London station on the Monopoly board wasn't mentioned in the previous question, either in my answer or in speakers-corner's reply. Name it. (point of information, s-c, hasn't that got a tube connection as well?) Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Monopoly and underground and Marylebone ? Quote Link to comment
+Beach_hut Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 12 hours ago, searcherdog said: Monopoly and underground and Marylebone ? That's the DING. :-) Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) On 08.02.2018 at 11:23 PM, Beach_hut said: Thanks for the ding and apologies for the late reply. Next question: Only one London station on the Monopoly board wasn't mentioned in the previous question, either in my answer or in speakers-corner's reply. Name it. (point of information, s-c, hasn't that got a tube connection as well?) Yes it has, but it is not considered a major mainline station. Edited February 10, 2018 by speakers-corner Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Sorry, I didn't receive a notification of the ding. The oldest underground railway in the world has 11 lines but how many stations? I thought I knew the answer so Googled and apparently opinions differ. So, either answer will be accepted. Quote Link to comment
+searcherdog Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 This train is ready to leave. Please mind the closing doors. Beep beep beep ....... DING! Apparently both Edgware Road and Hammersmith have two stations which are on different lines but have the same name. Sometimes these are counted as one, sometimes as two. Therefore the score is either 268 names or 270 stations. Over to colleda! Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 What are monotremes and where are they found? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Isnt that the family name for the Duckbilled Platypus that is found in Australia? Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 2 hours ago, speakers-corner said: Isnt that the family name for the Duckbilled Platypus that is found in Australia? You're halfway there. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 mammels that lay eggs Quote Link to comment
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