I grew up in South Africa so these explorers were dutifully covered in history as Imperial exploiters of Africa 🤣

Olala FBB . . . .
David Livingston crossed Africa through unknown territory and discovered Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River . . . .
Googling is allowed . .

Greetings Michel-C.
PS: Sometimes the internet is really interesting 😉😉😉

Got that one wrong then. I was convinced it was Livingstone. 🙄

Ahahahah, giusto.

Il forum ha reso giustizia ad un esploratore, dimenticato ingiustamente!


Hahahaha, right.

The forum has done justice to an explorer, unjustly forgotten!

I expect Mr. Speke and myself will go down with the same historical foot note. "Never heard of him"
Roy

I think we may have shared the same History teacher, as the two names I recognized were Stanley and Livingstone, plus Richard Burton in the film Cleopatra. John Hanning Speke's I have no recollection of whatsoever.

Ho sbagliato la risposta. Su tutti i libri che ho letto e a scuola mi ricordo che il nome e la scoperta delle cascate Vittoria è attribuita allo scozzese David Livingstone.
Livingstone e Stanley sono molto conosciuti ma John Speke, non molto. Al confronto con i primi due è quasi sconosciuto in Italia.
Non sapevo che John Speke, avesse dato il nome per primo.
In effetti approfondendo la ricerca la risposta giusta è proprio John Speke.

I got the answer wrong. In all the books I read and at school I remember that the name and discovery of Victoria Falls is attributed to the Scotsman David Livingstone.
Livingstone and Stanley are well known but John Speke, not so much. Compared to the first two it is almost unknown in Italy.
I didn't know that John Speke had given the name first.
Indeed, delving deeper into the research, the right answer is John Speke himself.

Obviously didn't pay enough attention in school 🙄

Bulk cargo is usually coal, ore, grain and other similar commodities that can't be packaged

I got this one right but still clinging to my lifebelt!
Roy

Pretty obvious this one.

That's what I might be if I spend too much time eating 😂

guesswork this morning 😉

Lost at sea 🌊 this morning 🌄

That must be Nixon then. He went fishing in the Watergate.😬😬

Only one was known as 'the fishing President'😉

Fortune favours the brave Nick👍

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ahahahahahah

Hi Mouldbuilder I feel the same, just sinking slowly. I thought Eisenhower too busy going for only the big fish, Hoover obviously into household appliances. Truman's dad ran a brewery and tricky Dickie would sell your soul, but would he wash it first?.

We have had an easy run, but these political questions defeat me.

I wonder if the book on fishing is 'on-line'?

Roy

Chucked a dart at that one, and I got it right! Audentes Fortuna Iuvat!

Not today, still, learnt something else 😊

Nope

I feel a bit like the Titanic at the moment.🙁

Hi Cash,
Reckon many of the 'old hands' here would know that😉
From the Oklahoma Rabbit Wars!
It's a compound name "Texoma".
BTW; How's LtCmdr (Feline) Errol getting on with that ?
Still keeping 'Them thar varmints' under control?
Cheers, Doug😎

What is the name pf the lake between Texas and Oklahoma?

I should know that, but I don't. Got the Tasman Sea right.

Out of my two choices, I chose the wrong one 🙃. Hey ho, something else learnt 😊

Again…not a navigator…now, if you ask what Lake is part of both Texas and Oklahoma I can give you that answer…🤣

Having watched the Australian TV patrol boat series "Sea Patrol" (at least 3 times round😁 some nice details of the Armidale class OPV can be seen) helped get this right today. The operating area of HMAS Hamersley comprised 3 of the potential answers.
One to the NE, one to the North, one to the NW.
Thus the remaining option must be the correct answer. Proximity of a large island also helped confirm it😉

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Way to go Nick😂🤣
(Might have come from me👍)

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No one anywhere is as nuts as me and so brazen, more brazen than anyone's ever been. And I've had the most beautiful letters from the Loch Ness Monster... He plays on one of my courses over in Scotland you know.....

PS: I'd be MOST curious to know to which fields Trump, the Loch Ness monster or the Flying Dutchman made ANY contributions. Relevant or otherwise!😆
I do agree though that Trump can not be a real individual. No human could be that nuts and so brazen with it. Must be someone's android whose positronic brain has run amok🤔

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Now the answer options are getting just plain silly!🤔
Donald Trump would say he's met both Loch Ness Monster and the Flying Dutchman if it would win him a few votes.

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Trump ?? The Flying Dutchman ?? The Loch Ness Monster ??
Any of the above !
😉

EdW, and no one any where ever built a better ship.

If you asked Trump, he would tell you it was him 😂

I got that right and my average sank a bit more!
Roy

Donald Trump did not get my vote, I did confuse him with the Loch Ness monster though.
Billy boy was my man.
RToy

Glad that was an easy one.. I had Thomas ffloyd in my head when I was reading question

And I was always under the impression that it was the flying Dutchman NOT 😂

Packed my bags and waiting for the knock on the door. My only hope now is that as Hungary is land locked, they might know less about nautical things than me. No. Time to hide.😬

Finally an easier one! HAD TO BE DONALD TRUMP👎👎👎👎NOT
Rick

Never mind Roy, there's always tomorrow. At present I can only dream of getting in the car and driving again. However there's light at the end of the tunnel so to speak now ✨️

At last in my neck of the woods at this rate its got to go west at some point

Lucky old you Doogle! I sometimes sit in my car and think WTF am I?
So beyond the coast is a mystery, OK and yes I got it wrong. I have sunk from a high of 97% to just 90% now.
Roy

My geography was good today 😌

Belle parole Colin.

93% è un risultato eccellente su tantissime domande. Complimenti.
Ma anche 811 su 924 è un ottimo risultano. Questo è quello dei membri del Regno Unito.
E' il mio 3 su 3 che, per ora, non significa nulla.

Infatti, se posso suggerire una miglioria nella classifica e renderla più equa e giusta farei così:
A parità di percentuale va avanti chi ha risposto a più domande in assoluto.
Non so se mi sono spiegato bene.
Quindi vedrei prima chi fa 100%, e fra loro metterei prima chi risponde di più. Ad esempio, la Germania dovrebbe essere prima perchè fra chi ha risposto sempre correttamente è quella che ha fornito più risposte.

Questo sistema contrasterebbe una strategia molto semplice: "mi conviene rispondere solo a poche domande e solo a quelle in cui sono certo della risposta".


Nice words Colin.

93% is an excellent result on many questions. Compliments.
But 811 out of 924 is also an excellent result. This is the one from the UK members.
It's my 3 out of 3 which, for now, means nothing.

In fact, if I can suggest an improvement in the ranking and make it more fair and just, I would do this:
With the same percentage, the nation that answered the most questions overall goes ahead.
I don't know if I explained myself well.
So I would see first who does 100%, and among them I would put first who responds more. For example, Germany should be first because among those who always answered correctly, it is the one that provided the most answers.

This system would counteract a very simple strategy: "I'm better off answering only a few questions and only those where I'm certain of the answer."

Salve Nickthesteam.

E' giusto ragionarci su!

Io non sono un esperto però, secondo me, basta fare questo ragionamento:
Posizionati sul punto indicato e fai rotta a sud.
Puoi usare una mappa o Google Maps o Google Earth. Devi però seguire un meridiano per essere sicuro che la rottta sia perfettamente a sud.
Così facendo vedrai che non potrai mai incontare la Bretagna, cioè la parte più occidentale della Francia. Per andare in Francia da quel punto devi andare un pò ad est oltre che a sud.
Se hai una mappa e il goniometro, puoi calcolare precisamente i gradi della rotta che devi impostare per raggiungere almeno la punta più ad ovest della Francia.
Potrai constatare che non corrispondono alla rotta per il sud.

Hi Nickthesteam.

It's right to think about it!

I'm not an expert but in my opinion, just think like this:

Position yourself on the indicated point and head south.
You can use a map or Google Maps or Google Earth.
However, you must follow a meridian to be sure that the route is perfectly south.
By doing this you will see that you will never be able to meet Brittany, which is the westernmost part of France.
To go to France from that point you have to go a little east as well as south.

If you have a map and a protractor you can precisely calculate the degrees of the route you need to set to reach, at least the westernmost tip of France. You will see that they do not correspond to the route to the south.

From Lands End you pass Ushant on the port side before traversing the Bay of Biscay... then if you stay on course you eventually ground on the northern shores of Spain.

I went for France, I checked on t'interweb, asking for countries on the same longitude as Lands End and got France as the answer. Further research is required.. After looking at a map I concede...

Allessandro you are quite correct in your thinking, it's just a fun quiz but I do my best, my average is 93% so I'm not perfect.
We do our best, and it's nice to converse with you and other members from around the world, even though we speak different languages we all enjoy our chosen hobby.
I thank you for your efforts and I appreciate the translations on your posts which I attempt to read in your language, but not very successfully.
Regards Colin.

Salute Colin, non ti arrabbiare con i tuoi concittadini britannici, ahahahah.
Devo prendere le loro difese.
Io penso che chi partecipa di più in questo forum siano cittadini del Regno Unito perciò è normale che vi sia una percentuale di errori più alta.
Il dato di altri paesi con poca partecipazione non è molto attendibile.
Ad esempio, Io ho risposto a pochissime domande, ed è normale che l'Italia (forse partecipo solo io a favore della mia nazione) abbia il 100 % di riposte esatte.
Ma non è una statistica attendibile.
Probabilmente, se partecipasse lo stesso numero di cittadini di altri paesi come fanno gli inglesi, non ci sarebbero percentuali così alte.


Hi Colin, don't get mad at your fellow Britons, hahahaha.
I have to defend them.
I think that those who participate most in this forum are citizens of the United Kingdom so it is normal for there to be a higher error rate.
The data from other countries with little participation is not very reliable.
For example, I answered very few questions, and it is normal that Italy (perhaps I am the only one participating in favor of my nation) has 100% correct answers.
But it is not a reliable statistic.
Probably, if the same number of citizens from other countries participated as the English do, there would not be such high percentages.