+Fish Eagle Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I also remember burgers, and I think C&C's right with Big T. No idea when it was though..... Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I'll go with June. I came down to Cape Town from Walvis Bay in August 1978 and I'm sure there were ads on TV by then. (June also ties in with 2 years of SA TV) Have also just recalled that my mom worked for the advertising agency that had the I&J account and no doubt there was great excitement that they had the first TV commercial - possibly that is why my better half remembers hamburger patties! Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Yep - Big T - it was a western themed ad with the injuns attacking a laager. Followed by the Big T burgers I'll go for 1979 - February Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 My guess would be 1978, a flyer with August. Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Picking brains yesterday at the folks and it might just be the Big T ad... round the beginning of 1978, January, was like a new year and a new campaign. Just going over old memories and I recall watching TV in Rhodesia back in 1974 and asking my uncle to please put that program back on again cause i liked it so much. Did i foresee Video recorders in my childhood? Wow. Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I think the year was 1978. It was while we were living in Namibia and had no TV. What the ad was I have no idea but recall there was a lot of hype about it. Chicken seems to think it was for a hamburger patty - Big T or something like that! I was so sure I knew the answer, but not.... Took me a while to confirm I was wrong all along Big-T burger patties it was, 1978. Don't know the month myself Nuff time passed already (sowwy) ... CnC, you go! Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Okay, we are back with those dreadful pub quiz lyrics questions (and believe me we have many! - one of our daughters donated a series of books to us called: Pub Quiz, Quiz Night and Quiz Notes that she acquired while living in the UK. Just like Discombob we, as a family thrive on pub quizzes) Here we go: Song and original artist: I never thought you were a fool But darling, look at you You gotta stand up straight, Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Sounds like one of those country numbers! Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Just on a point of order - is this a South African artist? After all it is a South African Quiz. Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just on a point of order - is this a South African artist? After all it is a South African Quiz. Oops, no it is not! Sorry! But, we'll add another line of the lyrics: carry your own weight These tears are going nowhere, baby Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 The song I think is " Stuck in a moment", but I only know the U2 version not the original artist. Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Almost right, the lyrics are from the song "Stuck in a moment you can't get out of" off the album "All that you can't leave behind" by U2. This was their second last last studio album that came out in 2000. The new album titled "No Line On The Horizon" is due out on the 2nd of March 2009. As far as the South African connection goes... Well it might well be in part inspired by a track they worked on in South Africa while they were on tour here in March of 1998. I know that they did record a new track while here but what it was i am not sure... so who knows it might just have evolved from that song... Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just on a point of order - is this a South African artist? After all it is a South African Quiz. ahem ahem, if you read the topic description, it is "Interesting questions regarding live, the universe and everything." As far as I know, the is a lot of universe outside of South Africa Or are we becoming like Americans and thinking there is nothing outside our own country In fact I'be been wandering when someone is going to ask a non SA question, as I think I know the answer to maybe only one question so far asked! Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Just on a point of order - is this a South African artist? After all it is a South African Quiz. ahem ahem, if you read the topic description, it is "Interesting questions regarding live, the universe and everything." As far as I know, the is a lot of universe outside of South Africa Or are we becoming like Americans and thinking there is nothing outside our own country In fact I'be been wandering when someone is going to ask a non SA question, as I think I know the answer to maybe only one question so far asked! Thanks Discombob!! - We agree with the universe and everything. This a South African quiz, an off topic quiz - and as we understood it - it was a quiz aimed at South Africans on any topic and GPS Storm...... go for it!! Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Thanks CnC!! Ok, Here goes...! If you go to the following co-ordinates in Google Earth: S23°28.398' E31°26.374' And similarly S23°26.564' E31°22.738' You will see some strange features in the veld, visable from the sky in the Kruger National Park. Our question is - What are they? Edited February 24, 2009 by Gps Storm Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I'll go with controlled blocks for measurement of the impact of burning on veld management? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 BTW: Great question - very interesting - I hope you tell us more about these. I can't wait to find out. Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Why blow me down!! That's the fastest I've ever seen a correct reply come through on this forum!!!! I really thought our question was going to be a little more difficult that it turned out. You can find out more about the longish one at the link below: KNP Dzombo Burn experiments I don't know what the 9 square pattern is, but assume it is the same sort of thing, just on a larger scale. The floor is yours Carbon Hunter, I hope you give us something more challenging. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Well blow me down too. Talk about a lucky guess? Thanks: Who was the South African who lead the expedition to navigate the entire length of the Nile in one go (in 2004) from Jinja in Uganda to Rosetta in Egypt? A year later he navigated to the Rwandan headwater source. Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Taking a chance here.... Is it Hendri Coetzee! Remember hearing about it somewhere a while ago. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hey - we're making this a habit here - [] Are you sure we're not planning this - yep it's Hendri Coetzee. You're it GPS Storm. So the 2 "difficult" ones have gone on the first attempt! Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks Carbon Hunter... Do you think we should let someone else play with or not? Ha Ha!! Ok! Here's a question that might seem easy at first but beware... there's a catch. What does the distress signal SOS stand for? Good Luck! Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Thanks Carbon Hunter... Do you think we should let someone else play with or not? Am I intruding? What does the distress signal SOS stand for? I could actually read morse code at some stage, something like 12wpm - not sure now. Anyhow, as my understanding goes, SOS was only a way to verbally refer to the distress signal, because it almost sounds like SOS in morse code, but only without the space-pauses. Thus, the letters S, O & S never had any meaning. Quote Link to comment
Geoff Ogden Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The letters SOS do not actually stand for anything, rather they are (I think) 3 dashes, 3 dots and three dashes so that anyone could send a distress signal. 3 dashes = S 3 dots = O 3 dashes = S Quote Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The morse code for 3 dashes, 3 dots and 3 dashes does equate to SOS but was only refured to as SOS as a easy way to remember the distress code. Therefore Jors, you are correct SOS actually stands for nothing. Please check out the link below for a better explanation: SOS Wikipedia The floor is your's Jors. Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 hey thats the only question I would have known the answer to in 10 pages of questions! Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Regarding the just completed 2008 South-African Travel Bug Race. What is the first name of the Administrator/ score keeper? Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Haha, I have the same problem DiscomBob. I keep reading and reading. And I know no answers... but my day will come... Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Am i allowed to answer this? Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I think its George Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Am i allowed to answer this? Only if you know the answer - no guessing please. Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I think its George Nope - do try again! Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 My guess, and it truly is a guess. "Richard". Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 No sorry, but my middle name is Hamish Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 "Richard" Huh-uh Hamish Try again! Quote Link to comment
+iNokia Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I believe it is Russell Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) I believe it is Russell Next time Dbob, I'll try an easier question, to which you might actually know the answer... my middle name is Hamish Rare name in this forum, goes with a Kilt, I presume? Nonetheless, - iNokia, the floor is yours! Edited February 26, 2009 by Jors Quote Link to comment
+iNokia Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 There is a cache in South Africa that more foreigners have found than locals by a ratio of 3:1. Which cache is this? Quote Link to comment
+CapeDoc Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I would guess Table Top Trove on Table mountain. Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) And I'll guess the other popular one - TF180° Sea Edited February 26, 2009 by the pooks Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'd also go with a CPT cache. The virtual - Harbour Entrance in the V&A Waterfront? Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I would have said Table top trove too, but am going to go for the earthcache, "Table Mountain - Cape Town" Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I would have said Table top trove too, but am going to go for the earthcache, "Table Mountain - Cape Town" Woo hoo - Earthcaches rule Quote Link to comment
+iNokia Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 The answers to this question has got me doing a lot of investigating. I have found the following results. Table Top Trove * SA visitors (71) * Foreigners (146) Ratio 1 : 2.05 Historical Series – Harbour entrance * SA visitors (83) * Foreigners (91) Ratio 1 : 1.09 TF16 180° Sea * SA visitors (74) * Foreigners (68) Ratio 1 : 0.92 Table Mountain - Cape Town * SA visitors (6) * Foreigners (27) Ratio 1 : 4.5 Although the answer I was looking for was Cango Caves at a ratio of 1:3 Discombob your it as you found one with a greater ratio. What can we conclude from this? 1. As South Africans, we don't explore our own back yard? 2. There are just so many foreign geocachers? 3. Foreign cachers enjoy earth caches? 4. The Germans are trying to take over the world Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 woo-hoo at last!! OK the first fact that springs to mind is one that I read in the paper yesterday. Where do movie trailers get their name from? ie the word "trailer" Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 They trailed the movie, i.e. were shown after a main movie? Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 thats right, well done GR! Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Sticking with the movie theme... Who's nickname was "The Voice of God", was identified with the phrase "In a world…", and worked on over 5000 films? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I remember this guy died last year - I think his name was Dick Fontaine. And he got into the game purely by chance if I remember correctly - as the regular guy was off sick and they were desperate! Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Close.. but not quite half a point Quote Link to comment
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