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Yorkie

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #270 on: December 06, 2010, 04:37:26 pm »
Here's a quickie.  What is happening here?

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« Reply #271 on: December 06, 2010, 04:46:45 pm »
That's the one o' clock gun in Edinburgh Castle.

Gather at 1pm to see the master gunner fire the gun – every day except Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Fired almost every day since 1861, it is a tradition remaining from the days when it was a time signal for ships in the Firth of Forth and the port of Leith.

- The One o’clock Gun was first fired from the Castle on 7 June 1861, and has continued ever since, six days a week, except during the two World Wars.

- The Gun is timed to coincide perfectly with the Time-Ball, a large white ball which is raised above the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill, and drops at exactly 1300 hours.

- Together, the One o’clock Gun and the Time-Ball provide a time signal for shipping in the Firth of Forth and the Port of Leith.

- The gun was originally a 64-pounder cannon mounted on the Half-Moon Battery. It is now a 105mm field gun, fired manually by the District Gunner from the Mills Mount Battery.

- The castle hosts a permanent exhibition about the One o’ clock Gun. It was created by the One O'clock Gun Association in collaboration with Historic Scotland


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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #272 on: December 06, 2010, 06:37:33 pm »
Too much information!!!    L0L   L0L   L0L   L0L

Well done Hugo!

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #273 on: December 06, 2010, 06:43:30 pm »
Here is a really (I believe) hard one.  Name and where are these?
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #274 on: December 06, 2010, 06:48:42 pm »
are they in the uk. If so are they in Dorset ?
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« Reply #275 on: December 06, 2010, 08:32:51 pm »
Looks a bit like the South Ronaldsay in Orkney.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #276 on: December 06, 2010, 08:38:15 pm »
UK Mainland except for the bit water twixt them and coast.   Not Orkney or Dorset that must be the furthest the guesses could be apart!    ££$

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #277 on: December 06, 2010, 09:44:35 pm »
Duncansby Head near John 0'Groats

(Planning a trip up there next summer)

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #278 on: December 07, 2010, 08:56:29 am »
Obviously not as difficult as I thought.  What a well travelled bunch we have on this Forum!   You have certainly rang the right bell on that one!   Well done!                  D)

Originally I was going to put the Old Man of Hoy but thought that would be too easy!
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #279 on: December 07, 2010, 10:52:08 am »
Let's try another easy one.  Which Lighthouse is this?   

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« Reply #280 on: December 07, 2010, 12:08:46 pm »
Is it Lizard lighthouse in cornwall  :D
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« Reply #281 on: December 07, 2010, 12:15:04 pm »
Sorry - not the Lizard.     ;D

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« Reply #282 on: December 07, 2010, 12:39:49 pm »
ok...............is it the new london harbour lighthouse  :D
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« Reply #283 on: December 07, 2010, 01:05:40 pm »
No!  Sorry again!  Only another 70 to go!   It is a UK one.    ££$

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #284 on: December 07, 2010, 01:13:04 pm »
I'm determined to get one of these questions right.  Orme Vixen on Oscars called me a  Dimwit, I'm beginning to think she has a point............So I'll try again.

North Foreland Lighthouse, Kent     ???
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