+The Huskies Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 South African river sand was used for the construction of the foundation of a popular building - where is it and what is it called? Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Union Buildings in Pretoria..... Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'd say the Burj al Arab in Dubai (the sail hotel). I'm taking a guess - but I know that it was built by a South African company (Murray & Roberts - bummer - there goes a future question!) Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm going to be totally blonde and go more for the popular side - something like a shopping centre! Perhaps Canal Walk or Somerset Mall? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Empire State Building? Quote Link to comment
+The Huskies Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Well done....Right building....What river? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Orange River?? (BTW - hit my 1000th post with this log!) Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Well done....Right building....What river? OK - a quick historical question with SA link. In which current African country did Stanley meet up with Livingstone and utter those famed wrods, "Doctor Livingstone I presume"? Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Tanzania .... formerly Tanganyika. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 All in the right area - but all wrong I'm afraid Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 still the right area - but not the right country - process of elimination starting to kick in now. Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Our 'Who did What' book says Lake Tanganyika - surely that is Tanzania? Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Looking at an atlas it could possibly be the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) if that is what ZAire is called now. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Nyasaland is now Malawi DRC (ex Zaire) - close but wrong side of the lake Lake Tanganyika - correct - but Tanzania is incorrect. Namibia - nope - but good guess Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 (edited) OK OK OK I have double checked my "facts" and come out short. My question was based on "local" info - that has come short when tested. Actual meeting in Ujiji in Tanzania - so cownchicken you're it. I was looking for BURUNDI - the Livingstone-Stanley Monument at Mugere is 12 km south of the capital of Burindi - Bujumbura - and also on the banks of Lake Tanganyika - and is claimed by many Burundians to be the meeting place. But it actually the spot where they journeyed together from Ujiji and carved a date in a rock. So my info was incorrect. Sorry for the confusion. Edited May 18, 2009 by Carbon Hunter Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Who was a professor at the Fine Art Department of Rhodes University and published such books as: Ariesfontein to Zuurfontein : A Pictorial Journey ? Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 (edited) Petrus Cornelius Jacobus Oberholzer Edited May 18, 2009 by Glider Slider Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Go for it Glider Slider! Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 In 1967 Yvonne Leemann set a new world record in a Phoebus. This record still stands unbroken as a South African record. What was it for? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Fastest speed attained by a woman in manned flight (assuming in a flying machine)? Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Fastest speed attained by a woman in manned flight (assuming in a flying machine)? Shouldn't that be wo-manned flight?!?! Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Flight and Woman and Speed are correct. But you need to be more specific on all three counts. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 OK - fastest average speed by any adult woman in non-powered flight (glider) over a distance of at least 100km? How that for a guess? Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 From the records of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI Out-and-return distance : 620.66 km Date of flight: 28/12/1967 Pilot: Y. LEEMANN (South Africa) Course/place: Tempe - Deelfountain (South Africa) and return Glider: Bölkow Phoebus Registered 'ZS-GFB' HOWEVER---------!!! I now own ZS-GFB, Number 7 as she is known, and am quite proud of her achievements as she was one of the first glassfiber aircraft. She is a dream to fly. So the record was for an out and return distance of 620km by a female pilot. this record still stands as a South African record for a female pilot in a single place glider 40 years later. Two years ago I entered into the Gauteng regionals competing against pilots from all over SA and the world. We achieved a 4th place overall. Wow for a plane her age? OK Carbon you have the Batton. Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) Eish the web is slow Edited May 19, 2009 by Glider Slider Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Zakumi the Leopard is the mascot for the 2010 World cup. What was the name of the Rugby world Cup mascot in 1995 - and what animal was "he"? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Giraffe is correct - but the name? Quote Link to comment
+Glider Slider Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Geofrey or Gerald??? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Nope - I'll give you a clue - it doesn't start with a G Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 We like the name Oscar!!! But we really don't have a clue. (really have another 25 letters of the alphabet to choose a name from! ) Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good performance - but no prize for the Oscar Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Lofty or Shorty sound like a good names for a giraffe!! Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good performance - but no prize for the Oscar Jerry? Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good performance - but no prize for the Oscar Jerry? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I like shorty - this seems a little more difficult than I anticipated, I'll give it another day. Shows how we forget the marketing hype after the fact. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Reggie? The closest so far. Quote Link to comment
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