+cincol Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Spanish - so that would be "Point of Almadies" I presume. East Coast was Portuguese so must be West Coast of North Coast. My guess would be the equivalent of Cape Aghulas then - northern most point of Africa?
+DamhuisClan Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 A wild flier. Something to do with the 30th Maridium?
+GEO936 Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Looks like French to me....so must be somewhere near one of the French African countries. Tunisia? Morocco? One of the African countries with a coastline that was occupied by the Frenchies at some point in time. Okay, back to the question. Something significant........................ I am guessing from my school French that Almadies has something to do with sickness...malade = sick. Not sure of its significance. Perhaps if it is in Morocco did it have something to do with the filming of the movie Casablanca?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 GEO936 & Cincol are in the right ballpark
+GEO936 Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Maybe something equivalent to Cape Horn or Cape of Storms? A dangerous point in the sea....a point that creates "sickness" or "illness" in terms of danger? Are we close in terms of the countries?
+GEO936 Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Thinking about it some more.....just read the name properly....maybe it doesn't mean "sick" as I am missing an "la" in the word. So how about the place where the Spanish sea farers and Frenchies clashed at some point in time in history and ships were sunk and lots of people lost their lives off the North African coast?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 OK - countries are close - i.e in the "northern" part of Africa. Answer is very simple - not so much to do with the name - but more the location.
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Is it the closest part of Africa to Europe at the Strait of Gibraltar? Or the northern most point of Africa at Tunisia (but I think cincol already said that). So I reckon something to do with Morocco being really close to Spain and perhaps there is an army post there or something?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Not as far north as Morocco But you are thinking in the right direction
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 I know this is cheeky to ask but......Is it historically significant or geologically significant?
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Oh gosh, I really have no idea so here is a wild guess. This part of land sticks out into an area that belongs to Spain and is ruled by the Spanish but the land is actually on the continent of Africa??
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Many South Africans flying to New York may well have been here unwittingly????
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 It's where the planes stop over for a re-fuel en route to NY in the USA?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 It's where the planes stop over for a re-fuel en route to NY in the USA? Yes - but that is not geogrpahically significant!
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 It has the lowest runway in Africa...? Or the shortest runway in Africa? And the pilots need to be specially trained to land/take off from there?
+GEO936 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 its the westernmost point of Africa? I think DB has got it - I would agree with him!
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 DCB - you're it - yes the western most tip of Africa - and right next to Dakar airport in Senegal.
+Discombob Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 thanks! How did the native American Indians manage to wake up early when they were planning a pre-dawn raid?
+Discombob Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 no, thats very dangerous when you live in a wigwam!
+Wazat Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Had a big container of water run out into another one.... as soon as the other container reached it's brim the water would over flow onto the sleeping chief and wake him up.... And been very upset that he woke early he would be even worse on the battle ground....
+Bouts777 Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 One unlucky guy had to stay up all night and wake the others in the morning?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 They left a guy 5 hours walk away - and if he did not get back to wake them - he was killed?
+Discombob Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 HAHA good thinking Carbon Hunter and wazat! But the simplest answer was correct - they drank a lot of water before going to bed! Your go Carbon Hunter!
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 hee hee - that's funny. OK - Which African country has the fewest colours in it's flag?
+mr panda Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Don't the Somalian, Nigerian, Tunisian, & Moroccan, flags all only have 2 colours? is there one with only 1?!
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Don't the Somalian, Nigerian, Tunisian, & Moroccan, flags all only have 2 colours? is there one with only 1?! Yep - Discombob is it - Libya - is only GREEN. Seems like a bit of a yoyo right now: back to you!
+Discombob Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks! which famous singers real name is Marvin Lee Aday?
+GEO936 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Have absolutely no idea.....could I ask for a hint? Is the singer a yank or brit?
+GEO936 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Wild Guess here.... STING ??? Isn't Sting's real name Gordon Summers? or something like that?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Lady Gaga? More likely Marilyn Manson?
+Discombob Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 geo936, he is from USA. Gary Glitter is Paul Francis Gadd Marvin GAye is Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. Lady Gaga is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta Marylin Manson is Brian Hugh Warner
+GEO936 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Is he from more recent times or from the past? If from more recent times, how about 50 Cent?
+Discombob Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 50 cent is Curtis James Jackson III tupac is in fact Tupac Amaru Shakur The singer was around in the 70s, and is still kind of around on a smaller scale.
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