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Post by guest on Oct 1, 2007 19:15:02 GMT 12
Ireland?.
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Post by Lux on Oct 2, 2007 11:13:46 GMT 12
No.
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Post by guest on Oct 2, 2007 11:29:04 GMT 12
Damn!!!!....
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 2, 2007 13:17:30 GMT 12
It is Celtic History, I think it was Norway when they invaded Scotland back in the 11th Century. The Scotts won the Norwegian instruments at the time and well ever since they have played them. I read this book from a man I know in Masterton.... only because it was interesting to know my clan and came across this information. Scottish History is very interesting too Lux but it didnt actually come from there... King Richard of Lancaster I think was one of my whanau. So there you go not only Maori but Royalty too.
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Post by kokonutwoman on Oct 2, 2007 15:30:44 GMT 12
India - just a stab
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Post by maire on Oct 2, 2007 19:17:06 GMT 12
Brittany?
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Post by Lux on Oct 2, 2007 19:21:55 GMT 12
So far Kokonutwoman has come the closest to my source. But this history may be debatable so back up your findings and lets see who can offer the best finding.
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Post by kokonutwoman on Oct 2, 2007 21:07:09 GMT 12
Pakistan?  |
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Post by guest on Oct 3, 2007 5:33:47 GMT 12
The earliest possible reference to a bagpipe occurs around 400 BC, when Aristophones, the Athenian poet jibed that the pipers of Thebes (an enemy of Athens) blew pipes made of dogskin with chanters made of bone. [1] Several hundred years later, Suetonius described the Roman Emperor Nero as a player of the tibia utricularis in Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Nero is reported to have said he would play the bagpipe in public as a penance for not winning a poetry contest..... the world according to "wiki".....
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Post by Lux on Oct 3, 2007 10:49:18 GMT 12
Correct: Ancient Egypt. The bagpipes were thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt but the Scots added the 3rd drone.
Guest - 3 pts.
Toerag - 2 pts.
Yollie - 14 pts.
Kokonutwoman - 10 pts.
Rdsmum - 9 pts.
Tormore - 4 pts
terauparaha - 2 pts
wylieecoyote - 10 pts
fishmuffagain - 21 pts
crheas - 11 pts
bossybitch - 30 pts
misilon - 31 pts
Manuela - 4 pts
Maire - 42 pts
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Post by Lux on Oct 3, 2007 11:21:57 GMT 12
Geography:
Name the smallest and the largest African Country.
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Post by maire on Oct 3, 2007 20:01:11 GMT 12
Largest = Sudan and smallest = Pygmy. But I'm just kidding  I got those from my dictionary and couldn't resist using the Pygmy one for the smallest country. Lol seemed quite appropriate I thought |
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Post by kokonutwoman on Oct 4, 2007 7:35:34 GMT 12
Largest = Sudan and smallest = Pygmy. But I'm just kidding I got those from my dictionary and couldn't resist using the Pygmy one for the smallest country. Lol seemed quite appropriate I thought  shot maire |
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 4, 2007 8:38:34 GMT 12
 Well there's the short of it.
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Post by Lux on Oct 4, 2007 9:17:45 GMT 12
Sudan is the largest, Where are pgymy's from? ;D
The smallest also starts with the letter 'S'
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Post by toerag on Oct 4, 2007 17:52:09 GMT 12
Pgymy's aren't from Where-the-....-Tribe?
Oh sorry chief could'nt resist that one.
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Post by maire on Oct 4, 2007 19:56:54 GMT 12
Sudan is the largest, Where are pgymy's from? ;D The smallest also starts with the letter 'S' Is it Swaziland Lux? Believe it or not (I had a problem with it ;D ) Pygmy was listed as a country in Africa in the dictionary. |
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Post by Lux on Oct 5, 2007 7:02:48 GMT 12
The largest African Country: Sudan, Republic of, republic in north-eastern Africa, the largest country of the African continent. Sudan has a total area of 2,505,800 sq km (967,490 sq mi).
The smallest African country: is The Seychelles covering an area of 453 sq km but Gambia is the smallest of the mainland African states, covering an area of 11,300 sq km (4,363 sq mi).
I couldn't find pygmy as a Country through google oogle. So 1 point for you maire.
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Post by Lux on Oct 5, 2007 7:03:40 GMT 12
Correct:
Guest - 3 pts.
Toerag - 2 pts.
Yollie - 14 pts.
Kokonutwoman - 10 pts.
Rdsmum - 9 pts.
Tormore - 4 pts
terauparaha - 2 pts
wylieecoyote - 10 pts
fishmuffagain - 21 pts
crheas - 11 pts
bossybitch - 30 pts
misilon - 31 pts
Manuela - 4 pts
Maire - 43 pts
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Post by Lux on Oct 5, 2007 7:06:38 GMT 12
Geography:
Where would you find Marajó Island?
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Post by maire on Oct 5, 2007 8:28:39 GMT 12
Sounds like Mexico.
Re the Pygmy thing Lux, I was doubtful too as they also listed Bantu, Bushman, Bedouin & Berber which all sound more to do with tribes/people, than actual countries.
Maybe they are used by those peoples to describe their traditional territories?
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Post by Lux on Oct 5, 2007 10:57:06 GMT 12
Oh yes of course and toerag I think you're onto it also.  |
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Post by yollie on Oct 6, 2007 7:03:04 GMT 12
Marajó Island is in Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon (google)
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Post by Lux on Oct 6, 2007 8:29:06 GMT 12
Correct: At the mouth of the Amazon river, it is the largest fresh water Island in the world.
Ena Sharples - 3 pts.
Toerag - 2 pts.
Yollie - 15 pts.
Kokonutwoman - 10 pts.
Rdsmum - 9 pts.
Tormore - 4 pts
terauparaha - 2 pts
wylieecoyote - 10 pts
fishmuffagain - 21 pts
crheas - 11 pts
bossybitch - 30 pts
misilon - 31 pts
Manuela - 4 pts
Maire - 43 pts
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Post by Lux on Oct 6, 2007 8:33:54 GMT 12
Trivia:
Which letter is the only one that doesn't appear in the name of any state of America?
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I got those from my dictionary and couldn't resist using the Pygmy one for the smallest country. Lol seemed quite appropriate I thought 
