Perpetual Quiz (18)

[tonybarebones]

- doesn't have to be hard, just interesting! And while looking for the answer I came across another interesting one:

Who mistook Burry Port for Southampton? (Clue: Realisation dawned when the pilot heard people talking in Welsh)

Answer... S.S. Great Britain ? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[damo]

Ha ha! Not that kind of pilot /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mrbloto]

amy johnson

 

[damo]

You are on the right lines. csail should know this one, being a flying sort of chap /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Csail]

Amelia Earhart, sorry busy building and sorting boat out ready for Easter so not been looking here much.

 

[Csail]

Talking of planes some of you might find this interesting (he was Cardiff Wales Flying Club)
http://www.kirkflyingvet.com/aviationhome.aspx

 

[damo]

Correct

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3001238.stm

 

[Csail]

There was a documentry last week about her

 

[Csail]

What is the significance of Lundy island and William de Marisco

 

[damo]

Quick answer - by an amazing coincidence there is a pub with the same name on Lundy /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

(Reminds me of a climber there once, who had been climbing in Montague Bay. When he discovered that HMS Montague had run aground there, he said "What are the odds on a ship hitting a rock with the same name then?" He wasn't being funny, he was just thick /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )

 

[Csail]

Nothing to do with BC but it seems quiet here so where is this.....

 

[damo]

Spain

 

[damo]

Long answer - William de Marisco took control of Lundy in the 14th century, after fleeing there after being implicated in the death of a King's Messenger. He built the castle there, and was later captured and tried.

 

[Allan]

Barcelona?
Allan

 

[Csail]

Correct

 

[Csail]

Damo correct too

 

[Allan]

If it is my turn, I thought I would try a "where is it?" which I think is a little more difficult!
Allan

 

[graham]

Nice looking gribble on the wall there. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It looks like a gate in the seawall somewhere. Just a wild guess crewkerne Pill?

 

[Allan]

No, sorry not close. I wil start clues tomorrow if anyone wishes.
Allan

 

[damo]

Appledore? Looks very North Devonish to me /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif