Yes, you are looking at the BMW building, but from where was the pic taken?Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
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Yes, you are looking at the BMW building, but from where was the pic taken?Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
A tower? Isn't there some big communications tower in Munich?
I dunno, I've never been... :dozey:
The Olympic Tower in Munchen?
Schmenke's tower guess was good, but I was looking for a more specific answer, so I'd like to hand it over to Tamburello as he was right on.
Here's a pic of the tower with the BMW bldg in the bottom-left background.
What happened to the pic?
I'll try again....
Hopefully it works this time.
Oh, well, erm....ok.....
Which city is this & where is this photo taken from?
Bonus point if you can tell me what infamous sport-related event happened on the site.
looks a bit like grenoble, smog valley and all, but apart from that... :s
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Infamous sporting event...? San Marino?
I am thinking that is Sarajevo?
I am going with a wild guess and say it is Santiago, Chile with the Andes in the background...although it looks too green
Nope, none of you are near. Grenoble is the closest.
Munich Germany: Site of the 1972 Summer Olympics, and the infamous Munich Massacre
Sorry Taz, not that.
You've got the mountain range right, just not the right part of it....and the infamous sporting event was a non-political one. It was tragic, however, and took a higher toll on human life.
Milan soccer game? Was it against Man U or Liverpool?
Not Milan, Turin? But that isn't where the riot took place is it?
Can only be Turin and the Superga Tragedy: on 4th May 1949 a plane with the whole Torino Football Team on board crashed, none survived :(
Correct....although being Italian gave you a certain advantage with that one!Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
Camelopard said Turin first so he's the winner :)
Pino, I'm happy for you to ask a question,
Thanks but I don't have any questions right now and I am busy with F1 so go ahead :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopard
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Originally Posted by Camelopard
Yeah, Pino, show us what you gotQuote:
Originally Posted by pino
Camelopard been cleaning up around here, so go ahead make my day and take a turn in the pit
I'm in New Mexico. I changed my name, I am a spa town with hot springs.
Why did I change my name and what am I called now?
I am going to say the name of the town now is "Truth or Consequences" after I believe there was challenge put out by the popular game show back in the 50's or 60's for a town to rename themselves after the show.
Yep, that's exactly it, it was originally called "Hot Springs".
Ok..I will give you guys a question, and I will give Camelopard the answer ONLY because if no one gets it before tomorrow AM local time here, I wont be able to answer yes or no any answers.
Ok....here goes: What town in Canada was named after a Science Fiction character? This town and one in California are the only two to be named in this manner, at least in the English Speaking world. Bonus points if you can name both, but the answer to the Canadian town is the answer I am looking for.
Neverland in california??Tarzania is a town I been to, named after tarzan
Fin Flo or something like that in canada was a town named after a discovery of some book and the the discovery of gold...
Markabilly...you are all around it. Tarzana was the bonus....but you haven't nailed down the name of the Canadian town.
Vulcan, Alberta?
I was thinking Vulcan as well, but hasn't the town been around longer than teh Star Trek character?
Markabilly-the name you were looking for was Flin Flon, named after Flintabetty Flonaton (sp?), a fictional character in a book, I think.
Firstgear is correct from the info I was given: Flin Flon.
Origin of the name
The town's name is taken from the lead character in a paperback novel, The Sunless City by J. E. Preston Muddock. A prospector named Tom Creighton found the book in the wilderness. The story is about a man named Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin, who piloted a submarine through a bottomless lake. Upon passing through a hole lined with gold, he found a strange underground world.
When Tom Creighton discovered a rich vein of almost pure copper, he thought of the book and called it Flin Flon's mine, mercifully shortening the name. The town that sprang up around the mine adopted the name. Flin Flon shares with Tarzana, California, the distinction of being named after a character in a science fiction novel.
The character of "Flinty" is of such importance to the identity of the city that the local Chamber of Commerce commissioned the minting of a $3.00 coin, which was considered legal tender within the city during the year following its issue. A statue representing Flinty was designed by cartoonist Al Capp and is one of the points of interest of the city.
So it is Firstgear's question:
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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
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well I said tarzania only becuse the author was a well known SF writer, but I figured that the book Tarzan, was not exactly what I think of when I think of SF...Vulcan is more inline with that...unless the name predated Star Wreck by a few years.......
Oh, well I thought I was just correcting Markabilly's spelling.
Seeing as he had the correct idea, and I don't have a Q in mind, I'd like to hand it over to him - if that's alright.
Hey last time I did it, many many tried and never came close and lasted even through my ban, and it took donKey FIVE DAYS after I said, can "anyone answer the HORSE LATITUDE QUESTION?" before he managed.....(and he cheated and googled it to get the answer--- :rotflmao: :crazy: :imu: :idea:
Sort of like saying can anyone answer the Flin Flon question......
Go for it First gear...
Otherwise, I shall do an Easy drifter and ask "what is the name of my favoirite resturant that is located within ten miles of where I live?"
(hint: It serves kool aid)
I say make Pino do it and we have a new rule--it must be outside the country in which you live or not...I do not care really....
OK, I'll try to throw up a Q in a while. Or if someone else has one they've been itching to post - feel free.
OK this should be an easy one!
Name this city, and the famous European Patriot that was born here.
Here is a hint: "Aledgedly"
He offered his services to Lincoln at the outbreak of the Amercan Civil War
under the condition that the stated objective of the war was to abolish slavery.
Lincoln declined, but reportedly later offered a command of Northen Forces which was rejected!
City is Nice (Nizza) and the Patriot is Giuseppe Garibaldi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
S**t!! I lived in Turin for 5 months and I didn't get that, i'm ashamed :|Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
Figures you would know! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Pino