+tarisma Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 Nothing yet. It seems my easy question is not so easy we could pass this one on?
+cincol Posted August 7, 2013 Posted August 7, 2013 Nothing yet. It seems my easy question is not so easy we could pass this one on? Without using Google - as per the informal "rules" - I doubt anybody has every heard of the guy. I certainly couldn't remember back to 1969 when he walked on the moon! Suggestion - ask another question perhaps. After all it is over 2 weeks since the question was asked with virtually no response.
+trevorh7000 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Nothing yet. It seems my easy question is not so easy we could pass this one on? Without using Google - as per the informal "rules" - I doubt anybody has every heard of the guy. I certainly couldn't remember back to 1969 when he walked on the moon! Suggestion - ask another question perhaps. After all it is over 2 weeks since the question was asked with virtually no response. Great suggestion old bean.
+tarisma Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 Sorry been slammed with work. Lets see, which South African fly half holds the record for most drop goals in a test match.
+cincol Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 It was the 1999 RWC Final vs England in Paris I think. Jannie de Beer was the #10 and kicked 5 drop goals. I think Naas Botha kicked 4 vs France on the same pitch some years prior.
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 OK - no answer - and I am confident of the answer - so - : Where was the first Rail line in South Africa?
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 26, 2013 Posted September 26, 2013 Durban Yep - along current day Point road from the harbour to the city - all yours.
+cincol Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Wild guess there! Where was the first elevator [lift] installed for public use in South Africa? For a bonus - how many flights did it go? Edited September 28, 2013 by cincol
+the pooks Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Mount Nelson, 2 flights Wild guess there! Where was the first elevator [lift] installed for public use in South Africa? For a bonus - how many flights did it go?
+cincol Posted September 28, 2013 Posted September 28, 2013 Mount Nelson, 2 flights Nope - a bit further North.
+cincol Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 Kimberley? 3 flights? Kaching!!! Kimberley - John Orr's Departmental Store - 1 flight.
+Carbon Hunter Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 The early SABC Television Sitcom - The DINGLEYS - was set in which SA city?
peterleroux Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 The early SABC Television Sitcom - The DINGLEYS - was set in which SA city? Pietermaritzburg?
peterleroux Posted October 1, 2013 Posted October 1, 2013 Where and when was the first South African city bombed from the air?
peterleroux Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Would that be Fordsburg in 1922? Right conflict, wrong city. I believe tanks were first used in South Africa in Fordsburg but the Air Force were called in elsewhere
peterleroux Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Benoni? Indeed. On the 10th of March 1922, two aircraft dropped bombs on the Mine Workers Hall, the Park Cafe and the Court buildings. In the same action, a shot from one of the miners claimed the first fatality In the South African Air Force . Back to carbon hunter
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 David Protter killed four people and wounded over 80 more on one day. What street is he commonly associated with?
peterleroux Posted October 3, 2013 Posted October 3, 2013 David Protter killed four people and wounded over 80 more on one day. What street is he commonly associated with? Cheated and googled this. Before my time but fascinating
+cincol Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Fox Street Seige in Johannesburg. We were busy with training in the Zeerust area in the Army and were placed o immediate standby to move to Johannesburg to assist.
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Yep - Fox Street siege - a disgruntled Israeli Embassy employee started a siege and 4 people ended up dead with over 80 wounded. It lead to the formation of the SA Special Police Task Team to deal with these type of incidents.
peterleroux Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 How did the vehicle JEEP get its name? Isn't it from the US army designation GP for General Purpose vehicle?
+cincol Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 How did the vehicle JEEP get its name? Isn't it from the US army designation GP for General Purpose vehicle? Spot on! Take it away.
peterleroux Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) Right, I'm an architect so I'm going to stick to what I know... What is unusual about the way Standard Bank's head office tower in Johannesburg was built? Edited October 12, 2013 by peterleroux
+cincol Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 It was build from the top down after the central shaft was completed. I remember seeing it being build yonks back!!
peterleroux Posted October 15, 2013 Posted October 15, 2013 It was build from the top down after the central shaft was completed. I remember seeing it being build yonks back!! Indeed. The idea was that suspending the floors makes the structure lighter, allowing longer spans between columns, and therefore more flexibility in re-arranging furniture. Your move.
+cincol Posted October 15, 2013 Posted October 15, 2013 Not sure if this has been asked before. Where did the SAAF [Air Force] originate?
+Carbon Hunter Posted October 15, 2013 Posted October 15, 2013 How about from WW1 battle (Delville Wood)?
peterleroux Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Eish. I know it's the second oldest Air Force in the world after the RAF, and I think it was operational by 1922 to bomb Benoni during the Rand Revolt. I know Sir Pierre van Ryneveldt was involved in establishing it, but I don't know much more about it's origins. First aircraft were Camels and Boxkites, I think.
+cownchicken Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Kimberley? Remember going to an Air Force museum just outside of town about 30 years ago. At the time we really had a good laugh as the museum really had nothing. A few years back we did a cache just outside the gates of the place but didn't take the time to investigate if things had improved.
+cownchicken Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Oops double post! Edited October 26, 2013 by cownchicken
+cownchicken Posted October 28, 2013 Posted October 28, 2013 Gandhi spent many years in South Africa. What was his profession whilst here?
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