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Lets not forget Clarence Seedorf as well, won 3 or 4 champions leagues with 3 different clubs, Ajax, Real Madrid and I believe an Italian club but not sure which!! :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 18 Feb 2022, 20:51 Lets not forget Clarence Seedorf as well, won 3 or 4 champions leagues with 3 different clubs, Ajax, Real Madrid and I believe an Italian club but not sure which!! :-D
The Rossoneri, Mick when they had their dominant period in the sun, with some very classy players.
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Again easy challenge to beat the Falcon today....I'm just learning as far as the location of countries in some parts of the world go, so with my own constraint of not using maps for my six attempts, I have failed to get the answer today as well. Never afraid to miss though.

Todays Worldle its geography not words, if you want to have a go. A miss for the falcon today :!:
New to try Nerdle-For those who like numbers. Hard to beat the falcon today, got it on my 3rd guess.
Bit of reading of the help required but the answer you look for is a mathematical equation using numbers 0 to 9 and the operators +, -, x, / and one =.

Eight characters to complete for each guess, six guesses. Green right position, purple in the expression but wrong place, black not in the expression eg the answer could be at its simplest

101-4=97 (eight characters one =)
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Anyone want to post up some questions, do their wordle (4/6), worldle (5/6), and nerdle (4/6) or generally provide some entertainment.

Just to show willing and a link with Yesterdays Worldle answer

Top of head only what is the capital of Zambia and for the football fan which Welsh International was born in Zambia :?:

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See if you were right....
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Capital Lusaka
Footballer Robert Earnshaw
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Lusaka
but no idea of the footballer! :-D

I'll put something up in a while!!
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This may be considered cheating on my part but there is a reason (I'm lazy :-D ). Following on from the Africa theme here is a quiz set in one of my old quiz books published in 1974. So all questions are preceded with "In 1974.......etc"

1. Which is the longest river in Africa?

2. What is the former name of Ghana?

3. Which is the largest city in Africa?

4. Which is Africa's highest mountain and what country is it in?

5. (a) Kimberley and Johannesburg are famous for what respectively?
(b) What is the chief product of the island of Zanzibar?

6. Which is the largest lake in Africa and by which countries is it bounded?

7. Where is Timbuktu?

8. Name the two knigdoms in Africa?

9. How did the capital of Liberia get its name? (Hmmm)

10. Which African countries does the equator pass through?

11. Name the coastal countries of Africa from Ghana north and east to Egypt?

12. (a) Who first traversed the continent of Africa from North to South?
(b) Who discovered Lake Victoria?
(c) Who discovered Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa?


That should keep you busy for 5 minutes! :-D
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Been niggling me so hardly TOH more like depths of the memory, but was the Welsh footballer from Zambia Bobby Erling or Ereson or something beginning with E? :?: 8-[ :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 17:25 This may be considered cheating on my part but there is a reason (I'm lazy :-D ). Following on from the Africa theme here is a quiz set in one of my old quiz books published in 1974. So all questions are preceded with "In 1974.......etc"

1. Which is the longest river in Africa?

2. What is the former name of Ghana?

3. Which is the largest city in Africa?

4. Which is Africa's highest mountain and what country is it in?

5. (a) Kimberley and Johannesburg are famous for what respectively?
(b) What is the chief product of the island of Zanzibar?

6. Which is the largest lake in Africa and by which countries is it bounded?

7. Where is Timbuktu?

8. Name the two knigdoms in Africa?

9. How did the capital of Liberia get its name? (Hmmm)

10. Which African countries does the equator pass through?

11. Name the coastal countries of Africa from Ghana north and east to Egypt?

12. (a) Who first traversed the continent of Africa from North to South?
(b) Who discovered Lake Victoria?
(c) Who discovered Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa?


That should keep you busy for 5 minutes! :-D
So just to set a benchmark for my top of head knowledge, which I dont expect too much of because I dont know that much about Africa and I suspect I wont be alone in that. So the spoiler has my TOH attempts.
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1. Which is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile
2. What is the former name of Ghana?
Equatorial Guinea
3. Which is the largest city in Africa?
Cairo
4. Which is Africa's highest mountain and what country is it in?
Kilimanjaro, Ethiopia
5. (a) Kimberley and Johannesburg are famous for what respectively?Diamonds and Gold
(b) What is the chief product of the island of Zanzibar? Freddy MercuryVanilla

6. Which is the largest lake in Africa and by which countries is it bounded?
Victoria South Africa, Zaire, Tanzania
7. Where is Timbuktu?
The Sahara right hand side Sudan
8. Name the two knigdoms in Africa?
Ethiopia, Nigeria
9. How did the capital of Liberia get its name? (Hmmm)
President Monroe of the USA
10. Which African countries does the equator pass through?
Equatorial Guinea, the Congo,
11. Name the coastal countries of Africa from Ghana north and east to Egypt?
Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
12. (a) Who first traversed the continent of Africa from North to South? Cecil Rhodes
(b) Who discovered Lake Victoria? David Livingston
(c) Who discovered Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa?Stanley
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 18:05
So just to set a benchmark for my top of head knowledge, which I dont expect too much of because I dont know that much about Africa and I suspect I wont be alone in that. So the spoiler has my TOH attempts.

I have marked it within the spoiler!! :-D
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1. Which is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile Correct
2. What is the former name of Ghana?
Equatorial Guinea Incorrect
3. Which is the largest city in Africa?
Cairo Correct
4. Which is Africa's highest mountain and what country is it in?
Kilimanjaro, Ethiopia Correct, Incorrect
5. (a) Kimberley and Johannesburg are famous for what respectively?Diamonds and Gold Correct
(b) What is the chief product of the island of Zanzibar? Freddy MercuryVanilla Incorrect

6. Which is the largest lake in Africa and by which countries is it bounded?
Victoria South Africa, Zaire, Tanzania Correct lake, 1 country correct
7. Where is Timbuktu?
The Sahara right hand side Sudan Incorrect
8. Name the two knigdoms in Africa?
Ethiopia, Nigeria Correct and Incorrect
9. How did the capital of Liberia get its name? (Hmmm)
President Monroe of the USA Correct (surprise surprise :-D )
10. Which African countries does the equator pass through?
Equatorial Guinea, the Congo, There are 7, one of which is (or was) Congo.
11. Name the coastal countries of Africa from Ghana north and east to Egypt?
Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt 4 more to find
12. (a) Who first traversed the continent of Africa from North to South? Cecil Rhodes Incorrect
(b) Who discovered Lake Victoria? David Livingston Incorrect
(c) Who discovered Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa?Stanley Incorrect
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Thanks Mick, in spite of the many incorrects I was quite pleased with the ones I got right, more than I thought.

I'll enjoy researching the rest. Maybe to save you doing too much 'marking' you could put the answers on your card in a spoiler so they can be checked off. I shoved the Welsh International footballer born in Zambia in my original question.

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 18:39
I'll enjoy researching the rest. Maybe to save you doing too much 'marking' you could put the answers on your card in a spoiler so they can be checked off. I shoved the Welsh International footballer born in Zambia in my original question.

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I'll post up the answers as a numbered list in a spoiler in a bit. At least I got the first letter of the footballer!! :-D
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Answers to my Africa quiz as in 1974 are here numbered as per the questions:
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1. The Nile (4160 miles)
2. Gold Coast
3. Cairo
4. Mt Kilimanjaro 19,340 feet in Tanzania
5. (a) diamonds and gold, (b) cloves
6. Lake Victoria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
7. In Mali, West Africa
8. Ethiopia and Morocco
9. Monrovia - named after James Munroe in 1822
10. From West to East: Gabon, Congo,The Congo Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Somali
11. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
12. (a) E. S. Grogan in 1899-1900 via the Zambezi and the Nile.
(b) Captain J H Speke in 1858, while exploring the sources of the Nile.
(c) Victoria Falls were discovered by David Livingstone on 16th November 1855. Lake Nyasa was variously seen and reported from 1616 onwards, but the credit goes to Livingstone who reached it in 1859.
I hope you had some enjoyment, there may be more to come!! :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 19:03 I hope you had some enjoyment, there may be more to come!! :-D
Yes even just digging up a map of African Countries will surely help with the daily Worldle :-D
Thanks Mick good effort.

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Another geography question...in a roundabout way.
I need a Capital City and a footballer... again!

At the end of MOTD 2, they played a clip of some of the players from over 100 nationalities have scored in the premier league, following Kosovan Milot Rashica scoring for Norwich against Liverpool.

I think the Newcastle United Player shown in the closing titles, famously kicking the advertising hoardings after scoring is the top scorer with 8 goals of 5 players from his country who have played in the premier league.

What is the capital city of the country of his birth and what is his name. :?:
If you do your Worldle the Country was yesterdays answer.

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You must be thinking of
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Georgia, capital city Tbilisi
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mickthemaverick wrote: 21 Feb 2022, 16:40 You must be thinking of
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Temuri Ketsbaia
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Georgia, capital city Tbilisi
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Well done Mick a very odd celebration :-D Had to rephrase the question because I thought he would be the only player from Georgia to play in the premier league but there were 4 others with the most notable being Georgi Kinkladze for Man City and Derby County.

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