There does not seem to be a Where Was I? puzzle in the Times today, so the Eastender has had a go at the safari and beach holiday in Tanzania competition. Near as I can figure it, through the possibly flawed perceptual filters of my own reality tunnel, the most likely answers in this competition, seem to me to be:
внимание друзья! for round one, question 1, these seem to be currencies but the Eastender is not convinced that this is the common thread that links them (two of the words are also places in Croatia (Pula and Kip) ) and will do some more digging on this one....
Round One Answers
Q1. Ngultrum (Bhutan), Pula (Botswana), Kip (Laos) and Birr (Ethiopia) are all currencies but not convinced this is the common thread the puzzle setters are looking for on this one, seems a bit too obvious.
Q2. 300, 310, 318, 319, 320, 321, 330, 340, 350 and 380 appear to be types of aircraft, ie variants of the European Airbus.
Q3. The river Rhine passes through or close to Basel, Worms and meets the sea at Rotterdam (Rhine cycle route is also a possible answer, as pointed out by Flonska in the comments).
Q4. The Eastender was suspicious about the order these countries were placed in (why not alphabetical?) and thought it might be locations where ASDA were putting new stores (the initial letters of Azerbaijan, Sweden, Denmark and Austria form the word ASDA but on digging a little deeper, it turns out to be the order in which they won the Eurovision song contest.
Azerbaijan 2011
Sweden 2012
Denmark 2013
Austria 2014
Round Two Answers
Q1 South Dakota
Q2. Sea of Okhotsk
Q3. Brunei
Q4. Santiago (capital of Chile). Initially thought that this might be Beirut but the shape of the border more closely resembles that between Chile and Argentina.
In principle, I concur with your summation of answers to this week's "Win a Safari Beach holiday in Tanzania " Competition.
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Q1, I could not find anything that would suggest an alternative answer other than that the link is "currencies."
For Q3. I would suggest that an alternative answer might be the "Rhine Cycle Route" since, in some sources suggested, it is that particular feature which links Basel to Rotterdam via Worms.
Round Two:-
I would suggest that for Q4, the geographic references I have checked would confirm that the country appears to be Chile and by definition its capital, and, therefore the correct answer is, indeed, Santiago.The initial suggestion that Beirut is the answer is understandable but the country border is more pronounced to the East at Tfail on maps of Lebanon checked than those of Chile at Cerro Marmolejo.
Yep Rhine cycle route is also a possible answer, quite a tricky series of questions.....
ReplyDeleteQ 2. Could be O S Explorer Maps. But unsure on common tread other than that. Most numbers cover Scotland but 2 do not?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure all of the numbers in Q2 are versions of the European Airbus, Phil......but like your thinking on the OS map idea
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