+cincol Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The crater north of Pretoria Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Nope - not Tswaing crater - but similar geology Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 All yours Cincol - yep - Vredefort Dome. Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 In which year was the Wimbledon Championship first held? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 100th one this year isn't it? so 1899? Quote Link to comment
+tarisma Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I thought is was the 90th one this year. So stab in the dark would be. 1908 Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) 100th one this year isn't it? so 1899? Earlier still. Hint: This year is 127th Championship - BUT there were a few missed during some years of war and other reasons. Edited July 2, 2013 by cincol Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 1879? Close enough - 1877. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments (Majors), the others being the Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros) and US Open. In 1876, lawn tennis, a game devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so earlier and originally called 'Sphairistike' was added to the activities of the club. In spring 1877, the club was renamed 'The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club' and signalled its change of name by instituting the first Lawn Tennis Championship. A new code of laws, replacing the code administered by the Marylebone Cricket Club, was drawn up for the event. Today's rules are similar except for details such as the height of the net and posts and the distance of the service line from the net. The inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship opened on 9 July 1877. The Gentlemen's Singles was the only event held and was won by Spencer Gore, an old Harrovian rackets player, from a field of 22. About 200 spectators paid one shilling each to watch the final. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 African nations have been fairly new to the FIFA world Cup. But in the second edition in 1934 of the games - a single African nation participated. It then took a further 36 years (to the ninth edition in 1970 - Mexico) before an African nation was represented again. Who was the FIRST African nation to participate in the World Cup football (soccer)? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Ghana? Nope - but they have been quite consistent in the latter days. Quote Link to comment
+Thrips Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Ok, let me take one more guess - Could it be Ghana's neighbours: Côte d'Ivoire Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Ok, let me take one more guess - Could it be Ghana's neighbours: Côte d'Ivoire Funnily enough - I am sitting in Abidjan right now. But alas no - it was not Cd'I. Think about who was likely to have been a soccer playing nation in 1930's (especially considering the colonial past of Africa). Quote Link to comment
+trevorh7000 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Ok, let me take one more guess - Could it be Ghana's neighbours: Côte d'Ivoire Funnily enough - I am sitting in Abidjan right now. But alas no - it was not Cd'I. Think about who was likely to have been a soccer playing nation in 1930's (especially considering the colonial past of Africa). South Africa? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Ok, let me take one more guess - Could it be Ghana's neighbours: Côte d'Ivoire Funnily enough - I am sitting in Abidjan right now. But alas no - it was not Cd'I. Think about who was likely to have been a soccer playing nation in 1930's (especially considering the colonial past of Africa). South Africa? Much further north Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Tunisia? Closest so far Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Surely Egypt then, or perhaps M.. No no, lets to with Egypt Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Surely Egypt then, or perhaps M.. No no, lets to with Egypt All yours - yes it was Egypt. They tried again the following World Cup but did not qualify. Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The man (Giles Gilbert Scott) who designed Waterloo Bridge was responsible for another iconic design that shared the identical curvature as those of the bridges arches. What was it? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The man (Giles Gilbert Scott) who designed Waterloo Bridge was responsible for another iconic design that shared the identical curvature as those of the bridges arches. What was it? this is ineteresting but obscure. Firth of Forth is the only one I can guess at this stage (also has lovely curves/curvature) Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Nope, I can assist with the obscurity should this prove difficult Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The rugby ball??? Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The rugby ball??? lol, closer I suppose Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 OK - closer curves. The underwire bra? The testicle? (not sure how he could be involved in that...) Bloukrans bridge? Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Lol, closer as in its not a bridge. It's an iconic London tourist 'attraction'. Can't think of London without thinking of it. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Te double decker bus or taxi cab? Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Te double decker bus or taxi cab? Very very close. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 The Underground map? Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 If someone brought you back a piece of Memrobilia back from London, you might very well get one of these Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 You will find them as fridge magnets, and very often as piggy banks. Regardless though, they are always the same colour. Quote Link to comment
+Seeking Masters Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Telephone booth Thats Right. The arch on the top of the red telephone booth has the exact curvature (in ratio) to that of the arches under the Waterloo Bridge. All yours. Quote Link to comment
+tarisma Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Ok easy one now. Who was the fourth man to walk on the moon? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Any further developments on this one? Edited August 6, 2013 by cincol Quote Link to comment
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