03-05-2012, 01:35 AM | #5941 |
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OK;
Dublin Singapore Salt Lake City! I admit I had to go back to the source for the last two. Stitchawl |
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Well Stitchawl obviously has this one sown up (no pun intended), so I'm not going to bother guessing. Nothing to do with the fact that I haven't a clue what the link is .
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I think I just twigged
Unfortunately, I can't recall any more cities, and I don't have the source to hand Nice question! |
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The clue has led me to try to check the timings using Google Earth, and I'm about ready to throw the computer out the window, it's so frustrating. It keeps telling me it doesn't understand my search .
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03-05-2012, 07:28 AM | #5947 |
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03-05-2012, 08:55 AM | #5948 |
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Doh! Now I get it too, but a bit late to join in the fun. Nice question!
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03-05-2012, 08:56 AM | #5949 |
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Sorry for not responding to individual posts from over night. Indeed Stitchawl seems to have guessed the connection quickly. Here is the final list of correct answers.
Benares Brindisi London Omaha Shanghai Yokohama (Stitchawl) Calcutta (Stitchawl) San Francisco (Stitchawl) New York (Stitchawl) Liverpool (Stitchawl) Paris (Issybird) Hong Kong (Issybird) Suez (Issybird) Dublin (Stitchawl) Singapore (Stitchawl) Salt Lake City (Stitchawl) A few well known cities that could have been added are Chicago, Rangoon and Bombay (Mumbai). The connection is of course that all cities listed were visited by Phileas Fogg and Passepartout during their global circumnavigation in Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. So I look forward to another Stitchawl quiz. Last edited by Hamlet53; 03-05-2012 at 09:14 AM. |
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I couldn't tell you why, but when I saw the first set of cities, my mind just immediately went 'around the world in 80 days...' It was a favorite of mine.
But it's my bed time now, so if someone else has a good question, please post it. I'm off to sleep! Stitchawl |
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Nobody? OK... here's one;
Name the six nations which border India. Stitchawl |
03-05-2012, 07:20 PM | #5952 |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, ....
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Georgia
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03-05-2012, 07:28 PM | #5954 |
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Bhutan? Nepal? Bangladesh?
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03-05-2012, 07:28 PM | #5955 |
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Iran?
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