Silliness Quiz - Page 59

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 11:15 AM

Flanders' Fields?

Bilbo1967 · 02-07-2011, 11:28 AM

I am reading a biography of Hitler at the moment and he had the French surrender signed in the same railway carriage that the WW1 armistice was signed in.

I think the wording of your question makes it unlikely, but could it be that (if it still exists)?

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 06:13 PM

Nope... Sorry folks. Not France.

OK... some hints, because you started off in the wrong direction..

One relic is German, the other is Japanese.
When I was standing on them, I couldn't tell anyone.

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 06:20 PM

Hmmm.... were you in the Pentagon?

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Hmmm.... were you in the Pentagon?

Nope... About 12,000k from there.

EDIT: Another hint. There was a physical reason why I couldn't tell anyone.

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Nope... About 12,000k from there.

EDIT: Another hint. There was a physical reason why I couldn't tell anyone.

Stitchawl

You were gagged?

No one was there but you?

No one spoke your language?

Shayne Parkinson · 02-07-2011, 07:14 PM

Were you underwater at the time?

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Were you underwater at the time?

Egad! How obvious (now that you said it!)

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 07:23 PM

Yes! I was about 60 ft under water.

But where? Google permitted.

EDIT: I just checked my dive log... I was actually at 80ft when I was able to touch both.

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 08:21 PM

OK... another hint;

These were sitting on a seabed 120ft down beneath an island first (Western) held by
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan for Spain, then the US, then by Germany, then by Japan, then re-taken by the US. Now it is completely independent.

SolRaven should be along shortly. It's her usual time to appear. If you two don't get it by then, and SolRaven hasn't an idea, I'll post the answer around 11:20 before I leave the house.

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 08:22 PM

New Guinea?

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

New Guinea?

Waaay too far south... although the diving is really good there!

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 02-07-2011, 08:54 PM

Samoa?

Shayne Parkinson · 02-07-2011, 09:04 PM

Hmm, I would've said Guam, except that I thought it was a US territory.

Stitchawl · 02-07-2011, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Hmm, I would've said Guam, except that I thought it was a US territory.

... and you would have been correct. It IS a US territory, but completely independent. Federal income taxes don't go to Washington coffers, but remain in Guam. While they 'can' vote in US elections, they have no votes in the Electoral College so their votes really don't count. It was a member of the Republic of Micronesia but separated from them when declaring indepenence.

The two shipwrecks are the German W.W.I "Cormoran" and the Japanese W.W.II ship "Tokai Maru" leaning against each other at the bottom of Apra Harbor in Guam. It makes for a very interesting wreck dive, and where the two are in contact, you can 'stand' with one foot on relics of each war! There are several other wrecks that can be dived in Apra Harbor, the Japanese "Kitsugawa Maru" and the "American Tanker," but I think the Cormoran/Tokai Maru dive is the most interesting of all!

Shayne, how about the next question!

Stitchawl

02-07-2011, 07:23 PM	#879
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Yes! I was about 60 ft under water. But where? Google permitted. EDIT: I just checked my dive log... I was actually at 80ft when I was able to touch both. Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 02-07-2011 at 07:33 PM.

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02-07-2011, 11:15 AM	#871
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,476 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Flanders' Fields?

02-07-2011, 11:28 AM	#872
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I am reading a biography of Hitler at the moment and he had the French surrender signed in the same railway carriage that the WW1 armistice was signed in. I think the wording of your question makes it unlikely, but could it be that (if it still exists)?

02-07-2011, 06:13 PM	#873
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Nope... Sorry folks. Not France. OK... some hints, because you started off in the wrong direction.. One relic is German, the other is Japanese. When I was standing on them, I couldn't tell anyone. Stitchawl

02-07-2011, 06:20 PM	#874
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,476 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Hmmm.... were you in the Pentagon?

02-07-2011, 07:14 PM	#877
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Were you underwater at the time?

02-07-2011, 08:21 PM	#880
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	OK... another hint; These were sitting on a seabed 120ft down beneath an island first (Western) held by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan for Spain, then the US, then by Germany, then by Japan, then re-taken by the US. Now it is completely independent. SolRaven should be along shortly. It's her usual time to appear. If you two don't get it by then, and SolRaven hasn't an idea, I'll post the answer around 11:20 before I leave the house. Stitchawl

02-07-2011, 08:22 PM	#881
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,476 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	New Guinea?

02-07-2011, 08:54 PM	#883
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,476 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Samoa?

02-07-2011, 09:04 PM	#884
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Hmm, I would've said Guam, except that I thought it was a US territory.