PalenQ

1- Well not a venue question but one annhig posed last of my quizzes and I said I'd put as the first question next time - What river divides Cornwall from the civilized word (England)?

2- Surf's Up in Munich - where are people finding fairly good surfing in Munich?

3- This city has a Titanic Museum in its 'burgeoning' Titanic Quarter?

4- What public space did the Nazis use in Berlin for their infamous Book Burnings - there is now a memorial there?

5- The Columbia Street Market in London is known for what?

6- What would you find in the Paradiso in Amsterdam besides a former church?

7- an ancient archaeological site in Greece is set near a canal the same name and is located on an isthmus the same name?

8- Cogels Osylei is a street full of impressive art-nouveau structures - what city is it in?

9- This famous spiffy thermal spa is a short day trip from Florence - right next to Lucca - what is its name.

10 - Where did Lucky Lindy Lindbergh land at on his first successful solo trans-Atlantic flight?

Good luck - grab the huge prize (plus S & H)!

nytraveler

10 - I believe Orly - there was no CDG then.

(Sorry, don;t have time to google other responses)

flanneruk

Was there an Orly in 1927? Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget.

London's best known flower market is in Colombia <b>Road</b>

And I'd have thought the Tamar is best known for Brunel's railway bridge over it.

PalenQ

Le Bourget is still an airport - it only serves I believe private business planes or special flights in for say the Paris Air Show, staged here.

Le Bourget Airport has in it environs the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace. Le Bourget is easily reached by train from Paris in a few minutes.

tower

If Lindy landed at Le Bourget and had to go through customs and TSA-type searches, he'd still be there.
Belfast...Titanic quarter (?)

PalenQ

tower - reminds me of a crack a H M Customs bloke gave me at Dover when I had a van full of stuff coming into England and had to fill out several papers - he said "And you no the reason Hitler never invaded England - he couldn't fill out the paper work!"

tom_mn

2. Since I am planning to visit Munich this summer, I read about a river in/near the English Garden that has some kind of standing wave. Not really an answer.

7. Corinth?

10. When the concorde crashed, it was trying to reach Le Bourget.

PalenQ

http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/home_.../Eisbach_Sufer

Yup surf's up in the Englischer Gardens, one of my favorite parks in Europe - I guess the hoards of nudist sunbathers right next to the walking paths (mainly fat ugly older men IME) are largely gone but the Chinese Pagoda and its great outdoor beer garden is tops.

Yes Corinth for # 7.

Thanks about Concorde - trying to get to the air show. did not make a good impression for sales I guess.

tom_mn

I'm not thinking of the crash of Concordski in 1973, I'm thinking of 2000
http://www.theguardian.com/world/200...orde.jonhenley

Cowboy1968

2. And Eisbach means Ice Creek - and that does reflect the all year temperature of it.

3. Belfast?

4. Bebelplatz (square) off Unter den Linden opposite Humboldt University

8. Antwerpen

hetismij2

6. I have enjoyed many a concert in Paradiso.

flanneruk

"If Lindy landed at Le Bourget and had to go through customs and TSA-type searches,"

Don't you people ever actually - you know - <b> travel </b>?

It takes 00.0003 nanosends to get through any European Customs control (all that Yank Customs rudeness, queueing and pointless interrogation is just to create jobs).

And it's only America's more bizarrely dysfunctional airports that <b>arriving</b> passengers go through security.

If Lindbergh saw what a mess Americans have made of international travel since his death, he might have finally repented of his xenophobia.

PalenQ

Looks like cowboy gtake the prize this time (plus S&H) - a free walk in flanner's Cotswolds, from Lower Slaughter to Upper Slaughter - totally free (plus S&H) - not responsible for damage to cow gates or cows or cow attacks!

Leves onlhy #9 left unanswered!

hetismij - percy annointed your final arbitrator - are you up for that demanding job - i do not want to presume but am asking...dank u wel and "doui" (British equivalent of 'cheerio' I read)!

hetismij2

Nice of Percy, but I have to decline the job I'm afraid.
Two reasons - firstly I won't have much time and more importantly my knowledge of most things European is sadly lacking.
You Yanks are much more knowledgeable than me.

IMDonehere

I have just sent Flanny's name to TSA and from now on he will have a cavity search. But even that sounds fruitless.

quokka

9 should be Montecatini Terme.

PalenQ

Yes Montecatini Terme, to me a wonderful place - no not a Lucca or famous hill town but for Italy a special type place - a campus-like setting sans mopeds or obnoxious traffic all around - the water tastes terrible but hey no good medicine is good because of its taste.

If tired from the rigors of sightseeing head for the waters at Montecatini Terme, a short train ride from Florence.

annhig

1. The Tamar, and it divides England from civilisation here in Cornwall. Flanner is right of course about the bridge, famously built by the wonderfully named Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

and sadly that was the only one i could answer. Where do you get this from, Pal?

BTW, have you seen the UK hit show "Pointless"? it would be right up your street!