the racepoint quiz

[PATTY BHOY]

Just a bit of fun, can you name these racepoints from the brief details below. I will add more when time allows, good luck!!

 

1) Which place had this said about it by an English travel writer in the early 1900’s:

 

“*********** has an immense air of good breeding, you have visions of potentously dull entertainments in lofty gilded saloons where everything is rather icily Magnificentâ€

 

2) Which place was said to have “curative powers†and had English tourists flock to it in the 19th century?

 

3) Which place provided stone from its quarries in the construction of the UN building Manhattan New York?

 

4) Which place has three wooden pigs marking the area of an Old Pig Market

 

5) Which place was known as Portus Nanmetus during roman occupation?

 

  

[jimmy white]

havent a clue patty bhoy ;D ;D ;D but will continue to make a fool of myself ;D ;D ;D

[1],,,,,,,anymore clues first ;D ;D ;D

[REDROCKET]

patty this is pigeon basics mate ask some pigeon questions and theres a possibility they'll be answered i'll be watching for the answers anyway(shrug)

[jimmy white]

well ;D  its race points ;D

[REDROCKET]

fair doo's

[Guest chrisss]

i think number 2 is bath or baden baden!!!!!

[jimmy white]

i think number 2 is bath or baden baden!!!!!

 

think thats a good answer

 

could [5] be aberdeen [the granite city] :-/ :-/ :-/

def,, need more clues ;D

[Guest chrisss]

number  4 is Taunton  8) 8) 8) 8)

[Guest]

:Pand is number three /3 PORTLAND  ??                       andy.

[jimmy white]

awww, give us a chance chrisss ;D ;D ;D [ive feeling youve two right ;D],,,need more clues  ;D

[Guest]

5.Nantes

[jimmy white]

:Pand is number three /3 PORTLAND  ??                       andy.

 

good one andy,, [just wondered if" pass" was a race point ;D ;D]

[Guest chrisss]

5.Nantes

 

yep ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D number one is a killer

[jimmy white]

 

yep ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D number one is a killer

 

:-/ :-/ :-/ the only travel writer i can think of,,is keith mott ;D ;D ;D,,, but surely a difficult one that

[Guest chrisss]

 

:-/ :-/ :-/ the only travel writer i can think of,,is keith mott ;D ;D ;D,,, but surely a difficult one that

 

yes but has keith mott been going around since the early 1900s [hang on he might have been ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D]

[Guest]

No 1 Tours

[jimmy white]

 

yes but has keith mott been going around since the early 1900s [hang on he might have been ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D]

 

yes,,he does look a lot younger ;D ;D ;D

[Guest youngzimmy]

TAUNTON SPECIAL  EXEBITION CIDER I USED TO DRINK THAT IT WOULD KILL A HORSE NEVER MIND ME OR A DOO

[PATTY BHOY]

HERES THE ANSWERS FOLKS.

 

1 tours

2 lourdes

3 portland

4 taunton

5 nantes

[Guest]

;D thanks at least i got my guess right  ;D ;D ;D                        andy.

[Guest chrisss]

well i got one but i really thought bath or baden baden that was fun when's the next one?

[jimmy white]

thanks patty bhoy ;D ;D even allthough i got them all wrong ;D  good fun though