Musings of an aging fan

6. The one going from the White Sea to the Baltic
7. long!

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And

elegaer goes into an early lead, with one point ...

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Can't I have half a point for "long"??

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I think we need just a leetle more than "long". I mean, is it long in the sense that, "

jason_finch has a long spear," or long in the sense that, "You might think it's a long way down the road to the newsagent, but that's just peanuts compared to space."

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I think IRS a bit longer than Jason could claim any ownership to ...! 120km? 140km?

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IRS? Silly auto correct. *its*!!

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Answers here. 6 is correct: two points.

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gramarye1971

1. One hundred and ninety...something. Either 192 or 193.

2. The Holy See and the PLO are the first to come to mind, though the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Knights of Malta and a few other international organisations also have observer status.

3. The Republic of China (Taiwan) was replaced by the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union was replaced by its constituent republics. I'm blanking on the third.

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Oh, I thought Wellinghall meant 'countries which are still more or less the same country, but are no longer members'. Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, ?Sudan, must be others that have changed over the last few decades to the extent that the USSR did.

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1 point.
Answers here: http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/905316.html.

Edited Date: 2011-08-07 06:51 am (UTC)

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1: 193 it is. 1.5 points.
2: Yes. 2.5 points.
3. 1 point.

Answers here: http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/905316.html.

Edited Date: 2011-08-07 06:52 am (UTC)

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I googled for correctness, and found I was right for 8, but only from 1965 to 1978.... Shows when my learning stopped!

I was wrong about my answer to number 1 (although coconuts are their principle agricultural produce). Principle export is black pearls.

Have not got a clue on the others!

well, guesses for 3: Burma. Zimbabwe. Vatican City.

I am surprised the US is still a member, but then, I'm profoundly ignorant.

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From that I'd guess French Polynesia for the coconut?

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Yes, indeed. My excuse is: there are an awful lot of dried coconuts to the black pearl.

We are planning to go to FP in 2020. En route to New Zealand (go Worldcon NZ2020!) and Pitcairn.

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FP is wonderful. Been to Tahiti and Moorea. Tahiti is odd. Moorea is fab

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'Odd' = what Muuranker likes! We will, all going to plan, be flying into Tahiti, thence to Mangareva and then to the boat to Pitcairn.

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We went to a restaurant in the middle of nowhere on Tahiti that was literally falling down the mountainside as we ate. And they'd never heard of cheese. And Tahiti has a huge Carrefour. And Faaa is z great airport name!

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That all sounds like my kind of odd. A French entity where cheese is unknown is on the one hand unconcieveable, and on the other totally understandable!

I am thinking that I should not think of Tahiti and Mangareva as transit stops, but as places to enjoy for themselves.

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Tahiti you'll love. It's mad. And wonderful. There's an aquarium just outside the airport in Tahiti where you go down into it through a giant shark mouth. There's street side cafes that look like you're in Paris as you walk among them.

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segh.livejournal.com

4. Vanautu?

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Answers here: http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/905316.html.

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5. In every country of the world but one, the major unit of currency (eg the pound) is made up of 100 minor units, or occasionally 1,000 minor units. However, in one country, the major unit is made up of only five minor units. Which country?

There's 2 according to wikipedia :P Sorry, had to look it up, I was intrigued!

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