+Carbon Hunter Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 All yours CnC - yep - they had a Victory Parade down Monza Race track in Italy. A little different to the normal vehicle speeding down the track. All yours CnC
+cownchicken Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck?
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 A large and devastating tropical storm (cyclone) hit the South Eastern coast in 1984. What was the name give to it?
+Carbon Hunter Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 Demoina? Yep - all yours....... are we going to give anyone else a chance
+cownchicken Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 By what name was Erich Weiss better known as?
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 The never ending strip - so a strip or band with only one side.
+tomtwogates Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 correct Carbon Hunter A most fascinating ring made popular by the Dutch Graphic artist MC Escher. A model can easily be made by taking a paper strip and giving it a half-twist, and then joining the ends of the strip together to form a loop. with a pencil draw along the face of the loop and if you continue long enough you come back to the spot where you started. If you cut along that line you surprisingly get only one loop! over to you
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 2, 2013 Posted May 2, 2013 Now one with a vague SA connection only - seeing as Tom mentioned Escher - the Dutch artist (and one of my favourites). King Willem-Alexander has just ascended the Dutch throne. When was the last time The Netherlands had a King? (or alternatively - how many queens have there been since the last king)?
+tomtwogates Posted May 6, 2013 Posted May 6, 2013 Been a while so I thought I would support my country of birth and answer Emma for a short while after 1890 Wilhelmina Juliana Beatrix so 123 years The Netherlands has been ruled by ladies.
+tomtwogates Posted May 6, 2013 Posted May 6, 2013 Thanks Carbon Hunter anyone know what silbo Gomero is and why it was necessary to use it?
+tomtwogates Posted May 11, 2013 Posted May 11, 2013 I was re-reading Beachcomer by LG Green and came across this - later confirmed in wikipedia. Silbo Gomero (Spanish for 'Gomeran Whistle'), also known as "el silbo" ('the whistle'), is a whistled language spoken by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands to communicate across the deep ravines and narrow valleys (gullies) that radiate through the island.[1] A speaker of Silbo Gomero is sometimes referred to in Spanish as a "silbador" ('whistler'). It was declared as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2009. interesting youtube examples exist - but how it works is still a mystery - it is supposed to be whistled form of Spanish!
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 Very interesting. Never knew that. Ask another one.
+tomtwogates Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Okay - sorry for the delay - what was "Keert de Koe"?
+tomtwogates Posted June 2, 2013 Posted June 2, 2013 Okay - sorry for the delay - what was "Keert de Koe"? No response - so here goes - it was one of the forts put up by van Riebeeck to protect the settlement. By the late 1650s the settlement around the Fort De Goede Hoop had expanded, and also included free burgher farms along the Liesbeeck River to the east of the fort and Table Mountain, cutting off the local Khoi from their traditional grazing areas. The land along the lower reaches of the Liesbeeck River to the mouth of the Salt River consisted of barren, rocky soil with sparse vegetation. Van Riebeeck declared this also VOC grazing lands and consequently instructed Kaptains Autschomao and Gogosa of the Goringhaiqua "not to establish their kraals in the vicinity of the Liesbeeck and Salt Rivers" The Khoi reaction to the dispossession of their lands was to disrupt farming, and in 1659 full-scale war broke out, which ended in a stalemate. A line of manned forts was erected on the eastern side of the Liesbeeck River amongst the farms and connected by a log fence. These simple earth and timber fortifications works (redoubts) stretched from Fort Dynhoop in Table Bay in an arc towards, what is now, Kirstenbosch gardens. Amongst which were Kyckuyt (1659-1670s) -- present-day Paarden Eiland; Keert de Koe (1659-1670s) -- present-day Maitland and Houdt den Bul (1659–1663) -- present-day Bishopscourt. In addition, a wild almond hedge was planted to prevent the indigenous cattle of the Khoi-Khoi to graze on "Company land". None of these redoubts has survived the expansion of the town, only a short fragment of the wild almond hedge is said to be extant in the Kirstenbosch gardens. Over to anyone else to ask a question?
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks Tom - very interesting. Good question. Which of our 9 provinces has the highest solar radiation (i.e. is most suitable for Solar power generation)?
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 Northern Cape? All yours tarisma Great to get a new question asker. BTW Cincol - if you look at the weather of the last few days I think the Capies have assumed the sun has abandoned them!
+tarisma Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 Ok my first time so I hope this is a good one. Why was the Mashai pass leading up to Rhino peak blasted by the Parksboard?
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 Great question Tarisma. With the first rugby test of the year happening for the Springboks this weekend. How about: Wimmie Visser from Maritzburg became an international senior rugby player for which team?
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 8, 2013 Posted June 8, 2013 Si - all yours cincol - Wimmie (a Maritzburg College boy qualified for Italy by means of a maternal grandmother I believe).
+cincol Posted June 8, 2013 Posted June 8, 2013 Before today how many times had Samoa beaten Scotland at rugby?
+cincol Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 I think the answer would be: Never? Take it away!!! Scotland had NEVER lost to Samoa before.
+Thrips Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Okay, keeping the questions in the sports category: Jack Slater, a Springbok who played three tests on the wing for the Springboks, is the great grandfather of which current Springbok rugby player?
+Panthera03 Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 I'm really rotten at sports related questions!! so let me take a wild guess.....JJ Engelbrecht?
+Panthera03 Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Is it possible to get a little clue please? There are soooooo many guys in the squad!
+Thrips Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 He made his debut for the boks this past weekend against Italy.
+Panthera03 Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 Oh heck...I have not been paying much attention to the team members
+Panthera03 Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Another guess after listening to the radio this morning .... Is it Johan Vermaak?
+Thrips Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Not him either,but he is also a Blue Bull and plays in the backline.
+Panthera03 Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Then I'm going to have to sit this one out, because I don't know the answer and would need to Google it which is not allowed At least there are LOADS of hints now....and it means I need to brush up on my knowledge of the Springbook Squad!
+Thrips Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Jan Serfontein is correct! All yours Carbon Hunter...
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Thanks - lucky guess. What is the oldest Earthcache in South Africa?
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