Sunday Times - clarifications for some answers

[j buxton]

OK lets clarify some answers and try and find the last couple. Enough of this I'll trade you nonsense - I'm putting my cards on the table and I hope those who read this will do likewise. 24 a) The only conclusive answer I've heard is Rajasthan - india - this was posted by someone who said they've been there and seen it so that's good enough for me. 40 a) Is Salt Mountain (I know the literal translation is to castle but someone kindly posted a link to a newspaper article which indicates that it can also be translated as mountain and given that all the other answers are mountains I think this has to be correct). 40 b) Mount Royal 40 c) is Green Mountain 40 d) is Charles's Mountain (or Mount Charles whichever you prefer). 23 b) Is the Sigrada Familia (check spelling) by Gaudi - I know this -I've been there and seen it. On to 25 - the dreaded explorers. a) is Marco Polo - someone found the exact image on the cover of a book in Amazon, c) is Livingstone - I've found the exact photo for this. d) is Morton Stanley - again I've found the exact photo. 25 e) I've just had a very kind answer from someone and they have seen the statue - it is Vasco de Gama. Which leaves us (or me) with 25 b) - I think we're all agreed that it appears to be nineteenth century which means it's most likely going to British/UK explorer in Africa. I've checked Richard Burton - moustache - no beard. John Speke - beard like rhodedendron bush so not very likely.I've had the following suggestions which I haven't yet had time to follow up on - Dr John Rae, Robert O'Hara Burke, Mungo Park, Wills (no first name) - I've had a few others but they don't qualify in my view since they're too early. So there you go - cards on the table - answers for 25 b) greatly appreciated. If you need any other answers yourselves - forget the trade nonsense and just ask in this thread and I'll tell (obviously subject to the limitation that these are my own answers and there's always a possibility I'm wrong).

[Darren Jones]

i hate to argue the point, but I cannot agree with you that Saltzburg is Salt Mountain. Type in "Salzburg literally" (including the quotations) in google and you will get lots of references to Salt Castle or Salt Fortress, and a small minority referring to Salt Mountain. So what if the others are all mountainous translations - it is irrelevant. If anyone is having difficulty in replying to this question due to the length of the above, try highlighting the text and moving the curser down whilst keeping the right side of the mouse pressed - the reply box will then appear.

[j buxton]

I agree that the translation literally is Salt Castle - just type in Salz and burg into babelfish and that's what you get. But as I said the answers seem to be following a theme and since Salt Mountain does seem to be an accepted translation albeit not as literally acceptable or common I still think it's the best bet. But by all means agree to differ that's the point of these discussions.

[netfamily]

I have to agree with buxton that Salzburg is indeed Salt Mountain. I found this on a page relating to Salzburg and this was a page originally in German with translations in English earlier last week! I believe this was actually a tourism info site by the city itself. Now, I agree with buxton on all the Q25 answers because like buxton I found all the exact pictures on websites. I am still looking for 25b. Can someone please confirm 10b, 14d, 17c, 24a, 32 and 37?

[netfamily]

25b is Christopher Columbus - can you please give me the answers for the remaining as per my previous post?

[j buxton]

whoa - calm down I've only just got back from the pub ! :-) I'm a man of my word (though j buxton is actually my wife - I'm a buxton - andy). OK 10b - iceland, 14 d) Madrid (beckham - goledenballsetc), 17 c) Sydney, 24 a) Rajasthan - india (yes I've heard argument on this but see the above), 32 & 37 ) do you want all of the answers to each part or just a particular one ? Chrsitopher Columbus (as in 1492) - are you serious - the whole dress etc is totally wrong for that period - what's the website you're referring to (if its corbis.com - which picture makes you think this ?) Cheers andy

[j buxton]

OK ! you're right ! - I've seen the portrait - the exact same one - WELL DONE !! Here's the complete answerss to 32 and 37 rather thanyou asking which ones: 32. a) Concorde, 32 b)winds, 32 c) live volcanoes, 34 d) UNESCO World Heritage sites. 37 a) Cyprus, 37 b) Ibiza, 37 c) Crete,

[netfamily]

Okay Andy thanks..I would never have read Q37 properly but for your answers....What did you go for 24a finally? It is definitely not Rajasthan - the architecture is not right somehow

[j buxton]

net family agreed the architecture doesn;t look right but I can't argue with someone who says they have been there and seen the building in rajasthan !