From the deepest and darkest of all travel guidebooks: BH94
Festivalage
I think I've just decided to Reading Festival again. Bad old habits die really really hard.
Yet the promise of concentrated American indie-rock, the filthy smell of burnt everything and, yes, even Russell Brand, was perhaps too much. Plus I get to watch Pearl Jam after all these years (if I can be bothered).
Sweet mama, I am missing Big Brother's Big Mouth and the talk of ball bags, dinkles and swine already. Sorry. Very very sorry.
Also, I'm a little bit sorry at the lack of posts that will ensue, though I'm sure you'll be cursing me or pelting me with fragrant and beautiful flowers when I launch the centenary 300-question BH100 I have been working away with all the care and attention I would a thermonuclear device. Were I predisposed to making weapons of mass destruction rather than large quizzes filled with obscure questions that is.
From the Lonely Planet on a shoestring series - Africa!
It seems that in order to widen my knowledge of the wider world I have resorted to buying cheap travel guides in OXFAM for a pittance. But you know what? They sure are useful. Especially for national parks (there are so very many).
(Warning: some info might be out of date)
1 Described as the most scenic corner of the country and home to several rare animal species including the threatened echo parakeet, the Black River River Gorges National Park is in which country?
2 Regarded as a collection of villages that have amalgamated over time, what capital used to be controlled by the Ga tribe, each with its own chief?
3 Reaching 2855m, Emba Soira is the highest peak in which country?
4 Known for its lush tropical forest, what "Banana Island" lies in the Nile at the end of the Sharia Salah Salem?
5 What Greek-built attraction in the Egyptian town of Edfu took around 200 years to complete, its completeness helping fill many gaps in knowledge about the Pharaonic architecture that it imitates?
6 Waza National Park is the best known of which country's national parks?
7 Eaten in Central African countries, what kind of bushmeat is a) singe b) phacochere c) sanglier?
8 Administered by Eritrea and designated as a national park, what is the biggest archipelago of the Red Sea?
9 Which capital was taken by the French in 1896, thus forcing the king to take refuge in Dagonaba country, though he returned when the whole region was declared a French protectorate by agreement with various kingdoms?
10 What in Angola are "musseques"? And what are "kizombas"?
11 "Kwaheri" is the Swahili for what greeting or civility?
12 Alex Haley, author of Roots, traced his ancestors back to the village of Juffure. In which country is it?
13 Oyem is the largest city in the north of which country?
14 Formerly a place of execution, what is the only surviving southern gate of Cairo?
15 Situated by the aforementioned gate, what Cairo mosque was finished by a freed Circassian slave and Burgi Mameluke, who came to rule Egypt in 1420 and gave it its name?
16 Daniel Arap Moi, former president of Kenya, is a member of which tribe?
17 Once the terminus of the slave-trade caravan route from Lake Tanganyika, what coastal town 75km north of Dar es Salaam derives its name from the word meaning "lay down your heart"?
18 In 1979, who made the important discovery in the shape of footprints at Laetoli, which they claimed were of a man, woman and child, and since they dated back 3.5 million years and were made by creatures who walked upright pushed the origins of the human race much further back than had previously been supposed?
19 What fabled mountains, which stretch for about 100km on Uganda's western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, include Mount Speke (with Vittorio Emmanuele its highest peak at 4890m), Mount Emin and its highest peak, Margherita, on Mount Stanley at 5109m?
20 In the mid-19th century, the leader Mzilikazi established a state for which southern African people, whose name means "those who carry long shields"?
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Answers to BH94
1 Mauritius 2 Accra 3 Eritrea 4 Geziret al-Moz 5 Temple of Horus 6 Cameroon 7 a) monkey b) warthog c) bush pig 8 Dahlak Archipelago 9 Ougadougou 10 Shanties/African-style nightclubs 11 Goodbye 12 The Gambia 13 Gabon 14 Bab Zuweila 15 The Mosque of Sultan Mu'ayyad Sheikh 16 Tugen 17 Bagamoyo 18 Mary Leakey 19 Runwenzori Mountains (or Ruwenzori National Park) 20 Ndebele
I think I've just decided to Reading Festival again. Bad old habits die really really hard.
Yet the promise of concentrated American indie-rock, the filthy smell of burnt everything and, yes, even Russell Brand, was perhaps too much. Plus I get to watch Pearl Jam after all these years (if I can be bothered).
Sweet mama, I am missing Big Brother's Big Mouth and the talk of ball bags, dinkles and swine already. Sorry. Very very sorry.
Also, I'm a little bit sorry at the lack of posts that will ensue, though I'm sure you'll be cursing me or pelting me with fragrant and beautiful flowers when I launch the centenary 300-question BH100 I have been working away with all the care and attention I would a thermonuclear device. Were I predisposed to making weapons of mass destruction rather than large quizzes filled with obscure questions that is.
From the Lonely Planet on a shoestring series - Africa!
It seems that in order to widen my knowledge of the wider world I have resorted to buying cheap travel guides in OXFAM for a pittance. But you know what? They sure are useful. Especially for national parks (there are so very many).
(Warning: some info might be out of date)
1 Described as the most scenic corner of the country and home to several rare animal species including the threatened echo parakeet, the Black River River Gorges National Park is in which country?
2 Regarded as a collection of villages that have amalgamated over time, what capital used to be controlled by the Ga tribe, each with its own chief?
3 Reaching 2855m, Emba Soira is the highest peak in which country?
4 Known for its lush tropical forest, what "Banana Island" lies in the Nile at the end of the Sharia Salah Salem?
5 What Greek-built attraction in the Egyptian town of Edfu took around 200 years to complete, its completeness helping fill many gaps in knowledge about the Pharaonic architecture that it imitates?
6 Waza National Park is the best known of which country's national parks?
7 Eaten in Central African countries, what kind of bushmeat is a) singe b) phacochere c) sanglier?
8 Administered by Eritrea and designated as a national park, what is the biggest archipelago of the Red Sea?
9 Which capital was taken by the French in 1896, thus forcing the king to take refuge in Dagonaba country, though he returned when the whole region was declared a French protectorate by agreement with various kingdoms?
10 What in Angola are "musseques"? And what are "kizombas"?
11 "Kwaheri" is the Swahili for what greeting or civility?
12 Alex Haley, author of Roots, traced his ancestors back to the village of Juffure. In which country is it?
13 Oyem is the largest city in the north of which country?
14 Formerly a place of execution, what is the only surviving southern gate of Cairo?
15 Situated by the aforementioned gate, what Cairo mosque was finished by a freed Circassian slave and Burgi Mameluke, who came to rule Egypt in 1420 and gave it its name?
16 Daniel Arap Moi, former president of Kenya, is a member of which tribe?
17 Once the terminus of the slave-trade caravan route from Lake Tanganyika, what coastal town 75km north of Dar es Salaam derives its name from the word meaning "lay down your heart"?
18 In 1979, who made the important discovery in the shape of footprints at Laetoli, which they claimed were of a man, woman and child, and since they dated back 3.5 million years and were made by creatures who walked upright pushed the origins of the human race much further back than had previously been supposed?
19 What fabled mountains, which stretch for about 100km on Uganda's western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, include Mount Speke (with Vittorio Emmanuele its highest peak at 4890m), Mount Emin and its highest peak, Margherita, on Mount Stanley at 5109m?
20 In the mid-19th century, the leader Mzilikazi established a state for which southern African people, whose name means "those who carry long shields"?
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Answers to BH94
1 Mauritius 2 Accra 3 Eritrea 4 Geziret al-Moz 5 Temple of Horus 6 Cameroon 7 a) monkey b) warthog c) bush pig 8 Dahlak Archipelago 9 Ougadougou 10 Shanties/African-style nightclubs 11 Goodbye 12 The Gambia 13 Gabon 14 Bab Zuweila 15 The Mosque of Sultan Mu'ayyad Sheikh 16 Tugen 17 Bagamoyo 18 Mary Leakey 19 Runwenzori Mountains (or Ruwenzori National Park) 20 Ndebele
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