Sunday Times Travel Quiz 18/12/05

[Compaq]

Hi - Can anyone help me with Q9 & Q10 please.
Q9 = What did Richard Halliburton cross the Panama Canal in?
Q10 = I am not a number, I'm a free man. Name these places of detainment:
a) 33.46S 18.20E
b) 37.50N 122.25W
c) 43.08S147.50E

Thanks

[geo0939]

Q10- The Prisoner. TV series.

[geo0939]

I'm afraid the rest of this answer invilves map-reading.

[geo0939]

Possibly even involves.

[JoolsTwo]

a) Robben Island

b) Alcatraz

c) Not sure but is in Australia we think

[gen2]

Qu 9 was answered before as:
"He swam across" so the answer is swimming trunks.

Qu 10 was answered before
(a) Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was held)
(b) Alcatraz
(c) Botany Bay

[Salty]

For (a), Robben Island looks more like 32.5S to me. Dassen Island is closer to the co-ordinates given, and is a place of confinement for penguins.

[geo0939]

Halliburton actually swam the length of the Panama Canal in 8 days.

[Compaq]

Thanks for all your help - first time for me to use this site!!

[gen2]

I wouldn't know about that Salty. It is too far north for a gentoo.

[Allyson1]

Q9 Is the SS Halliburton as the locks in the canals would only be filled for vessels, hence naming himself the SS.

See: (grey panel on right hand side)

http://www.anitavacation.com/articles/cruise/panamacanal.shtml

Q10 a) Robben Island b) Alcatraz and c) Port Arthur (Tasmania).

Good luck everybody.

[dzug]

Robben Island is correct I think:

http://www.info.gov.za/gazette/notices/2005/27614h.pdf

is only a second or two out.

It's Port Arthur, not Botany Bay. Just google the coordinates, dead on.

[geo0939]

Go to People & Places. Question- Who is Richard Halliburton, 2nd link.