Percy

C'mon you knew this one was coming

1. 1. There is a popular square in this major Portuguese City ( Lisbon), in the square is a statue of a King.
The statue was once in the centre of the square but has been moved.

What is the name of the Square.?
What is the name of the Statue?
Why was the Statue moved.?
Where was the Statue moved.?

2. This Bridge in a city in Spain has 26 arches.
The first 15 arches date to the Roman times and the other to Hispanic times
What is the name of the City and the Bridge.

3. This Bridge in Ireland was once named Wellington Bridge and now is officially called Liffey Bridge.
Yet it is still better know by it's nickname.
What is the nickname of the bridge ?
Why is it called by that name.?

4. Europe's tallest fountain is in this well known Switzerland city.
The fountain shoots water up to 460 feet high at the rate of 125 mph.
Where is this fountain.?
What is the fountain's name.?

5. This government building is the Second Largest Government building in the world.
You have to pass strict security to tour this complex.
The poor people of this country were taxed to death to pay for this extravagance.

What is the name of the country? The name of the building?
and we might as well ask for what is the Largest Government building in the World.?

6. In Munich to enter the Old Town from the west you have to enter through this gate, which was named to honor an Elector in 1791.
What is the name of the Gate.?

7. The Nymphenburg Palace on the west edge of Munich has a large room called "Gallery of Beauties".
The ladies are all pretty but one young girl stands out among the rest.
She was the 17 year old daughter of a shoemaker.
Her painting was commissioned by King Ludwig I
( I can tell you that she is very beautiful)

What is her name ?
Why the interest in this 17 year old shoemaker's daughter.

8. In Varna Bulgaria, a very quaint lovely seaside town on the shores of the Black Sea there is a unique restaurant called ___________.
In the town of Vidin Bulgaria, along the Danube River , there is a large complex ( Castle) that has the same name as the restaurant in Varna.
Why is the restaurant unique?
What name am I looking for.?

9. I am thinking of a very famous covered bridge in a Switzerland city.
It is the oldest wooden Bridge in Europe ( early 14 century). If you came to this city you would absolutely walk this bridge.
It has painted panels in the roof covering the bridge. The bridge crosses the river at an angle. At the junction of the angle is a tower, once a prison and lighthouse.

What is the name of the city? Name of the Bridge.? Name of the Tower.?

10. The very lovely large Square in Salamanca Spain called Plaza Mayor has a statue of the two architects who designed the square in the early 18 century.

Why was the Square built.?


Go get 'em !!!

brizzieLizzie

Thanks for another quiz

As a start,

#4 Jet d'Eau on Lac Leman, Geneva

#5: The Hungarian Parliament in Budapest

The largest is the British Parliament ( Palace of Westminster) London, UK

#9 Kapellbrucke, Luzern and the tower is the Wassertower ( sp??)

Liz

irishface

#3 ha'penny bridge--called this because that was the toll charged to walk over the bridge.

Lizzie beat me to 4 and 9, thus my pathetic contribution, which might not even be correct.

neckervd

Some more info about #5:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/05/tr...arest-romania/

PalenQ

4- Peace Fountain Geneva and that's about it and this maybe wrong in light of the jet d'eau answer above.

tom_mn

2. Guessing that this is also in Salamanca (ref. #10).

5. To add to above in Bucharest, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia is said to be the largest government building.

I am afraid I don't know the rest.

annhig

There's no way that I can answer no 1 without googling, Percy. [and probably not even then].

The rest:

2. Salamanca?

3. no idea

4. geneva

5. no idea - and Washington DC?

6. -10 - still no idea.

Percy

After you have given it the old College try, looked at past pictures if you have been to these places then...go ahead and google, you will still learn by googling.

brizzieLizzie:

you got #4 right and # 9 right.
Britsh Parliament is not the largest government building in the world !

irishface: yeah yeah you got the Ha' Penny Bridge in
in Dublin.

neckervd: Thanks for the link. I read it all. I toured this huge Parliament Building in Bucharest for 3 hours !!


PalenQ... it is the Jet d' Eau in Geneva

tom_mn: Yes # 2 is in Salamanca
Yes you are right the Largest Government building is the Pentagon in good old USA.

annhig: Yes # 2 is in Salamanca and # 4 in Geneva.

Percy

We need the name of # 2 , # 6 # 7, # 8 and # 10.

Percy

Are these really that tough !?

Will have to lighten up for Friday .

PalenQ

2- Ronda? The Ronda Bridge?

lobo_mau

As a lisbonite, I'm ashamed to confess that I have no clue about #1

Percy

Well shame on you lobo_mau !

Don'tworry I am sure you could ask question aboiutmy home city that would stump me easily. !

Percy

PalenQ: The bridge I want has 26 arches, the Ronda has 3 !
Good try.

tom_mn

1. easy googling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pra%C3%A7a_da_Figueira

Percy

Yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom_mn got #1 !!

lobo_mau do you see this.!


The bridge in # 2 is a now a pedestrian bridge with great views to the city.
I am not after an Aqueduct Bridge.

lobo_mau

Brilliant!! Thanks Tom and Percy. I had no idea. A few trivia about the subject:
- John the 1st was the son in law of John of Gaunt, the 1st duke of Lancaster. He got married with Philippa on Lancaster. They produced both an offspring that Camoes called later the "distinguished generation" because neither before or later a group of brothers and sisters produced such a positive impact in the country. Philippa, although of a low profile as required by the time, should have been a lady of exceptional worth. Out of her children, the most known is Prince Henry the Navigator.

annhig

IMO John O'Gaunt is given one of the best speeches in Shakespeare so I've always been fond of him, though I suspect that IRL he was a real bastard.

Percy

Thanks lobo_mau.
I read lots on Henry and could pose some questions.
Prince Henry never sailed.....he did plot courses for others . See that would have been a good question.

Also in Portugal his nickname is not used much...but rather Henry Infante D.

I hope you have been to Matalha Monastery to see his Tomb.

I think Philippa was a daughter of some King of England. (not sure).

HINT#8....Think of a Ukrainian Grandmother.

Got to go I am on the cell at a Mall....have to pick up Alexis from school.
It is 2Pm now.....so about 10 pm in Europe.
(soon zzzzzz for you guys !)

PalenQ

I was going to second guess the long bridge as in Merida as I recall some long long bridge there but see it is Figueras - that figures!