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Rusty Edge
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Algeria
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Salty Dog
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about Chad. That country seems pretty big (without looking at a map).
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty Dog wrote:
Mr. Blue wrote:
Rusty Edge wrote:
I like this new line of questioning, Salty Dog. It can be applied to various countries, and it's not USA-centric.
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The difficulty is that different sources may give different answers. For instance, one of these sites ranks Glasgow as 4th, the other as 7th. Salty's source must have ranked it as second or third.

http://www.ukcities.co.uk/populations/
http://www.geonames.org/GB/largest-cities-in-united-kingdom.html


This is embarrassing. Once again, I took off for a weekend RV Camping with friends and used my Samsung Galaxy S7 to view this web site. Once again, a post came up THAT I DID NOT SEE! Don't know what causes this but it omits posts every now and then and I did not see Mr. Blue's post. Very awkward! Also, his research shows there is a difference in opinion as to the size of different UK Cities. I never suspected that. I was using a Trivia Web site as guidance for that question. I apologize to everyone here, especially Mr. Blue!


No problem.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ethiopia
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Edge wrote:
Algeria

Yes - Algeria is the largest country in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a close second.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roland wrote:
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Algeria

Yes - Algeria is the largest country in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a close second.


That would have been my nest guess. The equator factor again. I am suffering from eyestrain and took the day off from the internet, then I remembered the quiz. I am logging off again.

The floor is open
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I understand the floor is open so hopefully nobody hits the submit button a tenth of a second before I do. A sailing route followed by certain mainly English pirates, during the late 17th century and early 18th century led from the western Atlantic, parallel to the Cape Route around the southern tip of Africa, stopping at Madagascar, then on to targets such as the coast of Yemen and India. What was this route known as?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The question is all yours Pirate. I was getting close to asking one but this is fine you beat us to the punch.

I have never heard of the route of the Pirates. I certainly would not like to sail a wooden ship around the Cape of Good Hope. I hear the waves can get pretty big there and the winds strong!

My WAG: India Express
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope thats not it. Feel free to guess and guess.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh! I have actually been reading about this recently; The Pirate Round! Made certain pirates (like Edward England and John Taylor) quite wealthy and famous.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Captain Teague answered correctly. It was called The Pirate Round. Your turn Captain.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Before we pirates began using it (to great effect, I might add), whose ships flew the skull and crossbones?

Wait 36 hours before resorting to Google.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ships transporting corpses for burial?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, but a logical guess.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was it a quarantine flag?
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