sunday times travel quiz

[colinrobert]

Please someone i am struggling wyth 20 D and 12 C. Quite enjoying researching the others,still trying.(thank u }

[wendyjmoore]

20d is The Pieta by Michelangelo

[pega]

20d The Pieta by Michelangelo in Rome.

do you know 20a and is 20c rodin's the kiss. could you please explain Question 10 the numbers and how to work them out thanks

[colinrobert]

pega, 20 A Abraham Lincoln, Q 10 are map references

[EDI_Geordie]

a is the Venus de Milo. Question 10 refers to geographic coordinates - ie east and west from greenwich, north and south of the Equator. Straight forward with use of an Atlas. Any ideas for Question 3?

[gen2]

12c The connection is Harry Potter

Kings Cross is where he caught the Hogwarts train
Martins Heron is where his muggle parents live
Bodleian Library used for filming Hogwarts Library

[colinrobert]

Hi edi geordie Q 3 could well be dickens ,still trying to confirm.

[gen2]

I thought 20a was the 3 graces?

[pega]

gen 2 looks like 2oa is venus de milo if you look at that picture 2ob is abraham lincoln. but still unsure on 20c.

[EDI_Geordie]

pega - 20c confirmed - its �The Kiss� by Auguste Rodin. Any joy on Number 3 or 14?

[Rumrat]

14 is the SS Thistlegorm dive site in the Red Sea.

[Rumrat]

Just for confirmation on 12c. They were all locations in The Philosopher's Stone AND Chamber of Secrets.

[Compintone]

First 9 answers to date - corrections welcome!
Compintone

> 1 Papua New Guinea
> 2
> 3 Charles Dickens, Paris?
> 4 Paul Gauguin
> 5 Porquerolles and Port-Cros
> 7
> 8 Land of the Long White Cloud
> 9 Nothing, he swam
>

[Compintone]

2nd set of answers
Compintone

10a Robben Island
> 10b Alcatraz
> 10c Botany bay
> 11a Brussels
> 11b Lisbon
> 11c Wigan
> 12a
> 12b
> 12c Harry Potter
> 13a Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
> 13b
> 13c
> 14 SS Thistlegorm dive site in the Red Sea
> 15 Currency conversion rates for South-Korean Won and Lao Kip
> against Haitian Gourde
> 16a Ferdinand Magellan
> 16b Phileas Fogg
> 16c Michael Palin
> 17a Philippines
> 17b Queensland
> 17c India
> 17d Indonesia
> 17e Wales
> 18 Saint Maarten
> 19a Puffin
> 19b Shark
> 19c Guinea pig
> 20a Venus di Milo
> 20b Lincoln Memorial
> 20c The Kiss
> 20d Pieta in St Peters

[Top Cat2]

Are you sure about the answer to 18? View website for planes landing at Saint Maarten. Looks a lot longer than 400 metres. Could a 747 land on that?

[Sharp Attack]

Question 18 is Saba and I only know because I've been and it's a horrendous descent. You bank straight over the sea and hold your breath until you land. Frightening!

As it happens, I've also been to the Hotel Arbez and that is built on the border so you can either stay in one room and be in one country or next door be in another!

Aren't I well travelled. Ask me another!

[winifred]

I'm not convinced that 20C is 'The Kiss'. I've not found a photo from the right angle yet and the legs don't look quite right.