South African (Off-Topic) Quiz

[+Bouts777]

Enter the Dragon?

[+Hesamati]

Sounds more like "Exit Chuck Norris"...

[chingha]

Where is everyone or has Chuck Norris paid visits to all those that believed he could get been beaten?

[+Discombob]

the big boss?

[+VryBurgers]

Vancouver...?

[+Discombob]

the game of death?

[+cincol]

I seem to recall when we did the Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong that something was mentioned about the movie at Bruce Lee's statue. Had something to do with a dragon but was not Enter the Dragon though. The movie was filmed in Hong Kong and perhaps in other locations as well.

[+7Gryph7]

I seem to recall when we did the Avenue of the Stars in Hong Kong that something was mentioned about the movie at Bruce Lee's statue. Had something to do with a dragon but was not Enter the Dragon though. The movie was filmed in Hong Kong and perhaps in other locations as well.

 

perhaps "way of the dragon"?

Edited August 1, 2011 by 7Gryph7

[+Black James Cash]

7Gryph7, way of the dragon it is. I was getting scared that I have to search for another question to ask. Chuck gets defeated approx 1h35min into the movie, that was filmed entirely on location in Rome, with the scene in question filmed t the Colloseum.

[+7Gryph7]

uhh... ok .... thanks for the hint cincol.

 

 

what comon interest does Nike have with Queen Victoria?

Edited August 3, 2011 by 7Gryph7

[+Black James Cash]

Money?

[+edkin]

The love of sport

[+Wazat]

Was Nike not a greek god/godess of victory or something?

[+7Gryph7]

yup wazat. you got it.

 

Victoria is Latin for victory - Named after the roman goddess Victoria. the Greek counterpart for the goddess Victoria is called Nike. (from where the sports brand took its name)

[+Wazat]

yup wazat. you got it.

 

Victoria is Latin for victory - Named after the roman goddess Victoria. the Greek counterpart for the goddess Victoria is called Nike. (from where the sports brand took its name)

 

Cool, what famous Novel published in 1949 was originally called "The Last Man in Europe". The novel spurned a very popular television reality show...

[+VryBurgers]

"Lord of the flies" and "Survivor"?

[+Wazat]

Good guess but no.... Excellent book though. Read that one in school too....

[chingha]

I don't think it "spurned" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spurned) it or even spawned it but may have inspired it.

 

Great question with a nice lateral twist in it!

[+cincol]

One of my favourite authors - George Orwill. "1984" was also known as "The Last Man in Europe" - one of my favourite books!! Big Brother is WATCHING!!!!! Not sure which TV show you are referring to.

[+Wazat]

Cincol you are it, I read the book as a kid in school as part of our curriculum, it was up there with my other favorites Lord of the Flies as mentioned above and Hamlet. Big Brother on TV was named from the Big Brother mentioned in the book 1984.

[+cincol]

Although Orwell was British, he was rather prominent in a war that did not involve the Brits. What war was this?

[+Wazat]

Will leave that one for someone else..

[chingha]

I have the Spanish (Franco) war in the back of my mind, no idea which side though

[+cincol]

I have the Spanish (Franco) war in the back of my mind, no idea which side though

 

You are dead right - Orwell fought for the communists during the Spanish Civil War.

[chingha]

Back to ZA

 

Which man, formally of some influence and destined for more was forced to sell parts of his estate because of financial difficulty. This land was used to establish the town of Bedford in the now Eastern Cape?

[The-Eaves]

Soz guys....just looked at the first post "No Googling"

Edited August 7, 2011 by The-Eaves

[The-Eaves]

(Not sure what the rules are here.... sorry... Are we allowed to Google things?)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (edited)

 

My bad guys... Forget I wrote anything...

Edited August 7, 2011 by The-Eaves

[chingha]

(Not sure what the rules are here.... sorry... Are we allowed to Google things?)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (edited)

 

My bad guys... Forget I wrote anything...

 

Maybe for a certain frequency this can be arranged...

[+cincol]

2 days with no takers - perhaps a new question would be in order??

Edited August 9, 2011 by cincol

[+Wazat]

Desmond Tutu?

[+Carbon Hunter]

Cecil John Rhodes?

[chingha]

The answer is Sir Andries Stockenstrom, a man who sounds like he was not afraid to stand up for the things he felt were right.

 

Read more here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andries_Stockenstr%C3%B6m

[chingha]

Which well known town in the Western Cape has had its name enter the English lexicon as a rather unflattering verb?

[+Midgleys_ZA]

Which well known town in the Western Cape has had its name enter the English lexicon as a rather unflattering verb?

 

Some people use the verb "mafik" as in to celebrate. This was because of the celebration of the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng, which is not in the WC and is not all that unflattering. Its just interesting

[+tomtwogates]

Only Afrikaans name which has a different meaning in English that I can think of, but not too unflattering is Strand?

[chingha]

Which well known town in the Western Cape has had its name enter the English lexicon as a rather unflattering verb?

 

Some people use the verb "mafik" as in to celebrate. This was because of the celebration of the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng, which is not in the WC and is not all that unflattering. Its just interesting

 

You are on the right track...

[+cincol]

The answer is Sir Andries Stockenstrom, a man who sounds like he was not afraid to stand up for the things he felt were right.

.......

 

Eish - whoever he might have been!

[chingha]

The answer is Sir Andries Stockenstrom, a man who sounds like he was not afraid to stand up for the things he felt were right.

.......

 

Eish - whoever he might have been!

 

This from the provided link, if you have trouble clicking it:

 

Andries Stockenström

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, (6 July 1792 Cape Town - 16 March 1864 London) was lieutenant governor of British Kaffraria from 13 September 1836 to 9 August 1838.

Contents

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1 Life and career

2 Family

2.1 Anders Stockenström

2.2 Sir Gijsbert Henry Stockenström

2.3 Justice Andries Stockenström

3 Sources

 

[edit] Life and career

 

The eldest son of Anders Stockenström (1757-1811), he received an elementary education in Cape Town and in 1808 took up an appointment as clerk in his father’s office at Graaff-Reinet. On route he met up with Lt-Col R Collins and accompanied him as a Dutch interpreter on a journey that took them to the Orange River and into the Xhosa country. Inclined to pursue a military career, Andries accompanied the expedition sent in 1810 to inform Ndlambe, the Rharhabe paramount chief, of the government’s aim to expel him from the Zuurveld.

 

In 1811 he was commissioned as an ensign in the Cape Regiment, took part in the 4th Cape Frontier War of 1811-12, and in the campaign against Ndlambe. When Anders Stockenström was killed, Andries was his father’s aide-de-camp. On hearing of the incident while at Bruintjieshoogte, Andries and 18 mounted burghers made haste to Doringnek surprising a number of the killers, slaying 13 and recovering eight horses. After the Doringnek incident Andries was appointed to his father’s position in command of the burgher forces.

 

Following Ndlambe’s expulsion he assisted Colonel John Graham in the selection of fortifications for the protection of the Fish River frontier, after which Governor Sir John Cradock appointed him to the new position of assistant landdrost of Graaff-Reinet, stationed initially at Van Stadensdam on the (upper) Fish River, and afterwards at the newly founded town of Cradock.

 

As his duties were mostly of a military nature, Andries retained his commission and retired on full pay.

 

In 1813, he led a campaign across the Fish against Xhosa tribes that had violated the new frontier. In May 1814 he became a lieutenant in the Cape Regiment.

 

In 1818 Stockenström campaigned against Ndlambe and the amaGcaleka as an ally of Ngqika. The Graaff-Reinet burghers, under his command, defended the left flank at the Kat River. In 1819 he took to the field against Ndlambe who had invaded the colony and attacked Grahamstown. The Graaff-Reinet burghers’ mission was to meet any possible threat from the north. Col T Willshire advanced against the Gcaleka with the Cape, Stellenbosch and Swellendam commandos, and the Graaff-Reinet commando was ordered to clear insurgents from the dense bush in the Fish River area – previously regarded as impenetrable. Stockenström was promoted to captain in the Cape Regiment after this campaign.

 

From about this period his relationship with Governor Lord Charles Somerset declined, in part because of his “outspoken criticism of Somerset’s frontier policy or his refusal to allow the settlement of the 1820 Settlers in his district and his opposition to their location on the frontier”, Duminy suggests, and in part because of a quarrel with the Governor’s son, Col. Henry Somerset. In addition, Stockenström was friendly with Acting Governor Sir Rufane Donkin, and since Grahamstown editor Robert Godlonton was a staunch supporter of Col. Somerset, this “meant that the remainder of his public career was characterized by personal and political feuds”. His military career ended in July 1820 when he was transferred to the Corsican Rangers and placed on half-pay.

 

The Graaff-Reinet district’s involvement with the frontier was reduced by the creation in 1821 of the separate district of Albany (out of Uitenhage) and in 1826 of the district of Somerset (later Somerset East, out of Graaff-Reinet), though Stockenström remained landdrost until the reform of 1828 which abolished his office.

 

In 1827 the Council of Advice was enlarged to include two unofficial members, and in June that year Stockenström was appointed to fill one of these positions.

 

Early in 1829 Major-General Richard Bourke, who had arrived in the colony in 1826 as Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province, but instead became Acting Governor when Lord Charles Somerset departed, appointed Stockenström to the new post of Commissioner-General for the Eastern Province.

 

Despite these problems Stockenström tried to reach a frontier settlement, and concentrated on establishing a dense population in the Ceded Territory between the Fish and Keiskamma rivers.

 

The Xhosa chief Maqoma had earlier in 1829 become regent of the amaRharhabe following the death of his father, Ngqika, and the succession of his infant half-brother Sandile. Stockenström expelled him from the strategic Kat River valley and settled it with Khoikhoi. He promulgated new regulations dealing with the recovery of stolen stock. Provided the civil authorities gave permission, armed parties were permitted to cross the frontier and recover stolen stock by force, if necessary.

 

In 1830 Stockenström allowed a punitive expedition against Tyali, being convinced that this Xhosa chief was guilty of brazen theft. However, the expedition resulted in the shooting of another chief, Zeko, which caused considerable controversy. Stockenström at first commended Field Commandant Erasmus for his conduct, but later investigation showed that reports of Zeko being armed and removing livestock were false.

 

The outcome of this investigation was suspicion on Stockenström's part of Col Somerset’s motives in demanding further punitive expeditions. The issue became critical in June 1831 when Somerset was authorised by Cape Town to launch an expedition despite Stockenström's objections. Stockenström became increasingly critical of the frontier policy implemented, both in his reports from Graaff-Reinet and in the proceedings of the Council of Advice. After Lord Stanley, Secretary for the Colonies, had requested his resignation from the council, Stockenström left the colony in 1833 and, while in London, resigned as Commissioner-General. On hearing of the outbreak of the Sixth Frontier War in December 1834, he decided to settle in Sweden.

 

In August 1835 he gave evidence to the House of Commons select committee on aborigines. His opinions, while critical of the liberals, impressed Lord Glenelg, the new Secretary for the Colonies, who appointed him Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province. Stockenström, however, did not find his task on the frontier any easier, since he lacked authority over the military, his subordinates were still free to correspond with Cape Town, and he was no more independent of the Governor than before. His tenure as Lieutenant-Governor was marred by virulent and libellous campaigns conducted against him by Col Somerset, Godlonton and a variety of other interested parties, which served to annul all his positive actions in bringing peace to the frontier.

 

But even here things had been changed in his absence. Stockenström's plans for populating the Ceded Territory had been abandoned. Governor Sir Benjamin d’Urban had nonetheless settled the Mfengu in the territory and opened it up for permanent white settlement.

 

In February 1838 Stockenström started a libel action against Captain Duncan Campbell, civil commissioner for Albany, who claimed that Stockenström had murdered a Xhosa in 1813. The Supreme Court, however, found the evidence against Campbell insufficient, and Stockenström requested the new Governor, Sir George Napier, to launch a full inquiry.

 

Stockenström was exonerated by the court of inquiry in June 1838, but nonetheless felt his position hopeless, and travelled to Britain to consult Glenelg. Glenelg refused to accept Stockenström's resignation, but his successor, Lord Normanby, dismissed Stockenström in August 1839. Stockenström was created baronet a decade later in 1849, and awarded a pension of £700 a year.

 

Stockenström returned to the Cape in May 1840 and divided his time between his farm Klipkraal, in the Swaershoek Valley near Somerset East, Uitenhage and Cape Town. In 1845 he settled on his farm Maasström, at the foot of the Kaga Mountains, where he remained until April 1846 when the Seventh Frontier War broke out.

 

The burghers objected to serving under a military commander, and Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland promoted Stockenström to colonel and placed him in command of the levies. The burgher force first cleared the south-western part of the Eastern Province, up to the upper Fish River, and then advanced to Fort Beaufort, where it was intended that he would invade the Xhosa country. However, the military diverted him to the Amathole[21] mountains and then, having invaded the Xhosa country east of the Kei without him, attempted to discredit him by repudiating the agreement Andries had made with the Rharhabe parmount, Sarhili.

 

Andries, his health ruined by this expedition (he remained in poor health the rest of his life), called on the British government to institute an inquiry into the war, maintaining that it had been prolonged needlessly.

 

But the new Governor, Sir Harry Smith, ostentatiously denounced the Stockenström treaty system as the cause of the war – in a meeting with the Xhosa chiefs he tore up a piece of paper and announced: “No more treaties” – and in other respects also angered Sir Andries, who warned that Smith’s policies would precipitate a crisis.

 

But Earl Grey, Secretary for the Colonies, declined to take action.

 

Sir Andries’s response was to back calls for representative government. When Smith called an election in 1850 (the only one of its kind) to get around the difficulty of finding suitable people to serve on the legislative council, he received the most votes cast for any candidate from the Eastern Province.

 

But the official members set out to discredit their claim to represent popular opinion, and Sir Andries and the other popularly elected members resigned in September.

 

In 1851 he and John Fairbairn travelled to Britain in the hope of persuading the government to introduce representative government. But as a result of his call for an inquiry into Governor Smith’s policies, Sir Andries was in turn made the scapegoat for their failure, and was additionally blamed for the Kat River rebellion during the Eighth Frontier War of 1850.

 

During his absence, his opponents destroyed Maasström in 1851.

 

Instead of a commission of inquiry, a select committee was appointed. Duminy writes that it “neither recommended an inquiry nor prepared a report”.

 

Representative government was nonetheless instituted in 1853, and Sir Andries was approached to run for election to Parliament for the Eastern Divisions. To meet the expenses of the campaign and of the destruction of his property, he arranged for the subdivision of a part of Maasström (one-third of the 4 985 morgen) as a township, which was named Bedford, after Sir Andries’s friend, the 8th Duke of Bedford.

 

Following a heated electoral campaign, Sir Andries defeated his old enemy, Godlonton – despite renewed publication of all the old accusations against him in the Graham’s Town Journal – by almost 2 000 votes.

 

As a member of the legislative council, Sir Andries piloted the passage of the Divisional Councils Act, which in his view restored a link between the government and the, governed which had been broken in 1828 (with the abolition of landdrosts). He also supported the passing of the Burgher Force Bill, which placed the commandos on an equal footing with the military.

 

In other respects, he was frustrated. The Khoikhoi settlement on the Kat River was broken up, and little was done to rein in frontier warmongers and land speculators.

 

Failing health saw him resign his seat in March 1856, and he left the colony the following month. He lived for a while in Nice, Naples and England, returned to the Cape in 1860, and again went to London in 1862, where he eventually died of the bronchitis that had plagued him for years. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

[+cincol]

Thanks chingha! My comment was more tongue in cheek hence the emoticon that I attached -

[chingha]

 

Any takers on the last question or should I cede the floor?

[+cincol]

 

Any takers on the last question or should I cede the floor?

 

Too many "boere" on this thread!!

[chingha]

From here: http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Stellenbosch

 

"In the early days of the Boer War (1899-1902) Stellenbosch was one of the British military bases, and was used as a "remount" camp; and in consequence of officers who had not distinguished themselves at the front being sent back to it, the expression "to be Stellenbosched" came into use; so much so, that in similar cases officers were spoken of as "` Stellenbosched" even if they were sent to some other place. The remount depot is maintained; horses and mules thrive here. "

 

Who is next?

[+cincol]

Give us another that can be answered without any Googling.

[chingha]

Lets change the level and category then shall we?

 

Which band which went through, not only tragedy but a radical change in musical direction part owned, what Newsweek, in the 90's, called the most famous club in the world?

 

The Hacienda, situated in Manchester, survived from 1982 to 1997 and is intimately linked with the explosions of both the acid house and rave music scenes.

[chingha]

I'll be very sad if if I have to wait for Monday (just for you cincol)

[+cincol]

Lets change the level and category then shall we?

 

Which band which went through, not only tragedy but a radical change in musical direction part owned, what Newsweek, in the 90's, called the most famous club in the world?

 

The Hacienda, situated in Manchester, survived from 1982 to 1997 and is intimately linked with the explosions of both the acid house and rave music scenes.

 

Never heard of it! Perhaps it was after my time. Let's talk Beatles, GFR, Uriah Heep, Slade, etc then we are closer to my generation!!

[chingha]

One of the band members shares a name with well known tantric practitioner and lead singer of the Police. The band also was responsible for official song of the England football team for the 1990 World Cup

[+Black James Cash]

I can't even guess, as I do not understand the question?

[chingha]

The band New Order, part owned the famous Hacienda Club in Manchester. Their first incarnation was the "post-punk" sound, Joy Division (Love will tear us apart)with lead singer Ian Curtis committing suicide just before an American tour. The band metamorphosed into New Order who have a completely different electronic based sound.

 

They are most famous for the best ever selling 12 inch single in the UK called "Blue Monday" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_%28New_Order_song%29).

 

One of the members is named Bernard Sumner, a shared surname with Gordon Sumner/Sting the famous solo singer and front man for The Police.

 

Please, please answer this one:

 

Which families name is most associated with the Cederburg area. One of the passes there is named after them.

[+cincol]

Rooibos ..... er that is not a name! Niewoudtsville is a town/dorp in the region. Is there a pass by that name? Clanwilliam - does that imply lots of Williams? My guess would be Niewoudt.