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| 1. Over what city do these wind generators produce air flow? |
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| 2. Name this place |
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| 3. Where would you end up if you passsed this place? |
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| 4. What fanous aviator/aviatrix flew a Tiger Moth through this hoop? |
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| 5. How much does a Ginster's pasty cost on this ferry? |
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| 6. Name the gasometer. |
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| 7. Why does a spam sandwich cost £13.45 in this place? |
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| 8. Name Biggles' copilot. |
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| 9. In the pop world why is this place famous?. |
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| 10. Name the missing engines. |
Unfortunately I am not the dogs bollocks when it comes to creativity so I'll just have to say cool pics Nikos. I'd even go so far as to say your pics are the bees knees, if not the cat's meow. :-)
ReplyDeleteAh ha, you won't get round me by flattery but thanks - you are the cat's whiskas...
DeleteMikos:
ReplyDeleteI looked at these the other day and my mind went "_____" (blank) The answers may be obvious to a smart engineer like yourself but . . . I'm a blithering idiot.
for your first photo all I could think of is that "If I were Charles Lindburg and approaching the coast of Holland, I would be chopped into a zillion pieces"
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
PS: at least with multiple choice you could pick "none of the above"
Mob,
DeleteCharles Lindbergh had the good sense to go directly to Paris bypassing the Wirral completely.
Nikos:
ReplyDeleteObviously the Mikos is a typo . . . it was autocorrect working wrong again
boOb
Riding the Wet Coast
Boob
DeleteDon't worry about it, my hunch was that you were not taking the mick any more than ususal.
Ok, Nikos, after getting over the “I should know that” I thought what the heck!
ReplyDelete1. It’s in the ocean, so it must be Atlantis.
2. I name this place Kraftwerkaussichtspunkt.
3. I would end up on Top Gear.
4. It wasn’t a moth, bird or plane, it was Superman!
5. Sounds like typical British food to me, hence it has to be overpriced and inedible.
6. Ring-o.
7. Because the spread the whole content of the tin can on the sandwich.
8. Elektra.
9. Because of the spam sandwich?
10. Stuart and Pete.
This is just one of the many reasons we love you Sonja...... +1, +1, +1
DeleteSonja
DeleteExcellent effort 8 1/2 out of 10.
You will go in the prize hat for the final round....
Cool - I haven't a clue (other than I could read John Lennon's name on the Crowne Plaza), but I do love Sonja's guesses - I'm going with them!
ReplyDeleteYou did well to mention John Lennon - in fact the answer to 9 could have been that the fab 4 passed through thjose rotating doors in 1963.
Delete1. The Windy City
ReplyDelete2. Chernobyl
3. In Richard Hammond’s boudoir
4. David Gower
5. All the treasure in Davey Jones’s locker, me hearties 6. Gary
7. ‘Cos it does – yer wanna make something of it, like?? 8. Squadron Leader “Binky” Volestrangler (Mrs)
9. It’s the registry office where Lennon married Cynthia and gave her her first slap
10. Napier Nomad (nitrous oxide injection version)
I claim my prize!
You are cheating - you knew all the answers due to local knowledge....?
DeleteYou may enter the final round!
Dear Nikos:
ReplyDelete1) Omaha, Nebraska
2) Stoke on Trent
3) At the Spam Lounge, in the Crowne Plaza
4) Bella Abzug
5) In cash or trade?
6) US. Congress
7) Spam...Spam...Spam... Spam... Spam...
8) Electra - Great airplane... Used in famous production of Richard III.
9) Herman's Hermits opened to stay someplace less depressing.
10) DeHaviland Comet Motors
Please send me the cash value of the prize in lemon curd and treacle.
Fondest regards,
Jack
Twisted Roads
I have put your responses through the Benghazi mark 9 descrambler machine and discoverd that you have scored 8 1/2 out of 10 - well done Jack!
DeleteI muttered: that looks familiar a couple of times... but mainly my answer is: no.
ReplyDeleteI am very happy to be a casual observer.
Sx
You have been around the Wirral? Visited Connahs Quay? Driven under the Wallasey Tunnel? Had a spam sandwich at the old Liverpoool Airport? driven past Halewood?
DeleteYou are very brave!