| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 28 03:21PM > Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State > Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit > them in that order. 5th Avenue > the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of > the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its > specific function or its nickname. Smithsonian "Castle" > and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west > almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. > Name the park. Hyde Park > the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter > this park, which extends almost to the ?cole Militaire. > Name the park. Tuileries > three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either* > the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first > expedition to reach the South Pole. Amundsen > But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim, > which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed > as fraudulent. Byrd; Peary > to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the > flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but > is disputed by some. Byrd > most of them returning no information whatever about the fate > of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge > of the Arctic islands and passages. Franklin > 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception > that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first. > What was it? announced that he was launching an expedition to some other location -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 28 05:28PM +0100 > But using my knowledge of common street/plaza names in Argentina I > try Plaza de 25 Mayo. After having looked it up, I see that I did not arrive too far from the correct answer, but just in case Mark gets the idea, I like to point out that my answer is not "almost correct", but simply wrong. When checking the map, I noticed that there is a Rua de 25 Mayo which starts at the square in question. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 28 06:52PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V4qdna7NhO1RIFzCnZ2dnUU7- > Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State > Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit > them in that order. 5th Avenue > the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of > the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its > specific function or its nickname. Smithsonian Castle > and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west > almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. > Name the park. Hyde Park > But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim, > which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed > as fraudulent. Cook > 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception > that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first. > What was it? announced that he was planning to go to the North Pole -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 29 12:44AM -0800 On 11/27/20 7:02 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State > Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit > them in that order. 5th Ave > the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of > the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its > specific function or its nickname. Air and Space Museum > and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west > almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. > Name the park. Hyde Park > Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville > Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body > of water. Name that body of water. Burrard Inlet > three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either* > the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first > expedition to reach the South Pole. Amundsen > to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the > flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but > is disputed by some. Perry > most of them returning no information whatever about the fate > of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge > of the Arctic islands and passages. Franklin > completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return > trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the > organization that owned it. RCMP -- Dan Tilque |
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