Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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Ken Whiton <kenwhiton@surfglobal.net.INVAL>: Apr 12 04:36AM -0400

*-* On Tue, 11 Apr 2017, at 16:55:54 -0700 (PDT),
*-* In Article <8eacc1f4-d6de-49cf-9828-610c2ad41d82@googlegroups.com>,
*-* Eric Ramon wrote
*-* About Re: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 362 (GOLQ362)
 
 
>> Welcome to GOLQ 362! All 27 songs in the quiz share a common
>> characteristic/theme. The characteristic, once identified, should make
 
> are we ever going to get the results to this Beatle GOLQ?
 
<http://golq.org/Answers/ans362.html>
 
Ken Whiton
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 10 11:20PM +0200

> If TRT, or UTC+3, is the time in Turkey, in what countries do the
> following times apply?
 
> 1. CVT, UTC-1.
 
Cabo Verde
 
> 2. IST, UTC+5:30.
 
India
 
> 3. PET, UTC-5.
 
Perú
 
> * Cities by Satellite Image
 
> Name the metropolis shown in each satellite photo.
 
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/7.jpg
 
Washington
 
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/8.jpg
 
London
 
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/9.jpg
 
Paris
 
> 10. The city of Guangzhou.
 
Canton
 
> 11. The river Tevere.
 
Tiber? (It's Tibern in Swedish, but that was not the question.)
 
> 12. The city of al-Qahirah.
 
Cairo
 
> * Istanbul
 
> 13. Name the strait that separates the European and the Asian
> sides of Istanbul.
 
Bosphorus

> 14. Looking across to the Golden Horn is the royal residence that
> served the Ottoman sultans for over four centuries. Name the
> palace of the sultans.
 
Topkapi (without dot on the i.)

> Istiklal Avenue in the European part of the city. It was the
> site of violent repression of anti-development demonstrations
> in 2013.

Gazim
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 09 09:23PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> If TRT, or UTC+3, is the time in Turkey, in what countries do the
> following times apply?
 
> 1. CVT, UTC-1.
 
Iceland
 
> 2. IST, UTC+5:30.
 
Iran
 
> 3. PET, UTC-5.
 
Ecuador
 
 
> * Cities by Satellite Image
 
> Name the metropolis shown in each satellite photo.
 
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/7.jpg
 
Amsterdam
 
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/8.jpg
 
London
 
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/city/9.jpg
 
Paris
 
> traditional name is "Florence". What are the English names for
> following places?
 
> 10. The city of Guangzhou.
 
Guangzhou (that's what it's called these days. Calling it Canton is
soooo last-millennium.)
 
> 11. The river Tevere.
> 12. The city of al-Qahirah.
 
Cairo
 
 
> * Istanbul
 
> 13. Name the strait that separates the European and the Asian
> sides of Istanbul.
 
Dardanelles
 
 
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Dan Tilque
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