besem Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Food? Perhaps due to some epidemic that left people quarantined in their homes? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Oh - sorry - I read when. What - how about money? Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 My dad remembers "Peper noten" (loosely translated to ginger biscuits) on St Nicolaas dag. So my answer will be biscuits. Link to comment
+Gps Storm Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Oh - sorry - I read when. What - how about money? I suppose thats close enough.... It was actually bags of coins!! Take it away Carbon Hunter... Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 OK - lucky guess - my first instinct was food (but that was already taken ) Question: Which is the largest church in Africa (often claimed to be the largest in the wolrd - depending if you include the out buildings as part of the total area)? Link to comment
+Discombob Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 wow thats nice building although the internal structure doesn;t look like it would be partularly massive Link to comment
besem Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Does that include mosks as well? Then I'd say that old one in Cairo... no idea what it's called... where the First Islamic Cairo cache is located? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Does that include mosks as well? Then I'd say that old one in Cairo... no idea what it's called... where the First Islamic Cairo cache is located? That would be the mosque of Ibn Tulun - you could include that - but NOPE - not the right answer Link to comment
+GEO936 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 So does that mean it is a mosque we are looking for and not a Christian church? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 So does that mean it is a mosque we are looking for and not a Christian church? Nope - I'm looking for a church! Link to comment
+cincol Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 ZCC at Moria near Pietersburg. Link to comment
+Midgleys_ZA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Hmm, I was also going to say the ZCC but I am not sure that it is an actual building? More a gathering? Without Googling it, I am going to guess one of the ones in Ethiopia? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Hmm, I was also going to say the ZCC but I am not sure that it is an actual building? More a gathering? Without Googling it, I am going to guess one of the ones in Ethiopia? Getting closer. The ZCC is listed as the largest church (not building) of African origin in the world. Ethiopia is getting closer - but a little further west. Link to comment
+the pooks Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Just the other day a friend was talking about this enormous church/mosque in Morocco. I suspect it is a mosque and I cannot remember where in Morocco, so this is a bit of a vague attempt. Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Just the other day a friend was talking about this enormous church/mosque in Morocco. I suspect it is a mosque and I cannot remember where in Morocco, so this is a bit of a vague attempt. Morocco is on the north west edge of Africa (across from Spain and the straits of gibraltar. Nope - not Morocco and not a mosque. Tray a little further south Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) How about DRC? - a Roman Catholic Church? Edited January 4, 2010 by cownchicken Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 How about DRC? - a Roman Catholic Church? We're getting there now. Yep - it is DRC - but NOPE - it is not the DRC Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 How about DRC? - a Roman Catholic Church? We're getting there now. Yep - it is DRC - but NOPE - it is not the DRC Huh? Link to comment
+cincol Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 What about that place where thousands flock to for healing? I think one of the ex-Springbok rugby players also went there just before he died a few years ago. But that is in Nigeria or Ghana and not the DRC though. Link to comment
+GEO936 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 If not the DRC then maybe the Congo next door? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 How about DRC? - a Roman Catholic Church? We're getting there now. Yep - it is DRC - but NOPE - it is not the DRC Huh? Sorry = confused myself - Yep - it is RC (Roman Catholic) - but NOPE - it is not the DRC And no - not Ghana or Nigeria or Congo Brazzaville Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 One of those small countries close to Ghana? - like Ivory Coast or Guinea? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yep - Cote d Ivoire Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro The Basilica Comparison to St Peter's in Rome CnC - you're it Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks CH. By which name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known? Link to comment
+malo mystery Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks CH. By which name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known? Samuel L Jackson? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Samuel Clemens - wasn't that Mark Twain? Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 You're it CH. He was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and it was during his years on the river that he chose his pen name. "Mark Twain" was a frequent call of the leadsman. It meant that the water was 2 fathoms (12 feet) deep and indicated safe water. Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Gandhi was in South Africa for a good few years at the turn of the 20th Century. What year did he leave SA to take up residence in India again? Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I would reckon after the Boer War. Say 1902? Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'll play this lotto.... 1908 Link to comment
+GEO936 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Wasn't it more around 1910 or 1912? Link to comment
+the pooks Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'm thinking it wasn't related to any of the wars, so a between war period. 1914 is my guess. Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I'm sure Pooks is correct with 1914. Link to comment
+cincol Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 What year is still open? How about 1915? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Pooks is it - yep he left SA in 1914 after being here for almost 20 years. His first real act of service in India was the following year - in 1915. You're it Pooks Link to comment
+the pooks Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Pooks is it - yep he left SA in 1914 after being here for almost 20 years. His first real act of service in India was the following year - in 1915. You're it Pooks The was the faintest bit of memory involved in that guess. Way back in a past life I must have read about Ghandi, maybe after I watched that movie starring Ben Kingsley, or maybe at school. Here goes: If your Wassermann test came up positive, what would you be suffering from? Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Let me say a statistical anomoly? Link to comment
+cincol Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 hehe - just as well I never needed this one! Link to comment
+CapeDoc Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Pooks, are you sure that you want to share the fact that you know the answer to that question? ......people may jump to unwanted conclusions........ Link to comment
+CapeDoc Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) See, Cincol is covering his **s already! Edited January 6, 2010 by CapeDoc Link to comment
+trevorh7000 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yes Pooks - how did yo come by this knowledge? (Wikipedia FTW) I am sure there must be an interesting story behind this - when one of our bright sparks get the answer (I assume CapeDoc and Cincol googled too otherwise they would have answered) perhaps you can share? Or perhaps it is something you should never speak about!!! Trev Link to comment
+CapeDoc Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I assume CapeDoc and Cincol googled too...... Hey! That's an insult! It was a bit easy for me, so left it for the floor! Curious to see who gets this one! Might lead to a pregnant pause in the thread...LOL! Link to comment
+the pooks Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) My goodness - what an interesting reaction. I was going to mention that the Doc is disqualified from this round, but he understood anyway. Now there are folks too afraid to hazard a guess. I thought we lived in a liberated era! One must not be afraid to face your demons. Edited January 6, 2010 by the pooks Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Have been watching this for a while - need to go with prostrate test! Link to comment
+the pooks Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Have been watching this for a while - need to go with prostrate test! Thumbs up for trying. As can be expected from all the chirp you are in the right region. Link to comment
+cincol Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Have been watching this for a while - need to go with prostrate test! Nah - wouldn't that one be the fingertip test? Link to comment
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