Euro Travel & Trivia Quiz #163
Apr 22nd, 2017, 01:51 PM
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About Piz Gloria and the Bond film -the film was shot when Piz Gloria was under construction so there were no tourists to bother about. Always like watching that Bond movie because of the link.
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Apr 23rd, 2017, 07:44 AM
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Appears to be amsterdammertje. First hit on on a search using 'amsterdam no parking poles' as the search term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdammertje
Took literally 10 seconds to find if that is the right answer. Took me longer to write this response. LOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdammertje
Took literally 10 seconds to find if that is the right answer. Took me longer to write this response. LOL
Apr 23rd, 2017, 02:16 PM
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In which country and in what class of pub?
In Scotland, in a real pub (of which fewer exist every year), the term most commonly used when the bell is wrung the first time, is 'last orders' to signify closing time is about 15 minutes away.
I don't frequent personally, any pubs that would use a term like 'chucking out time'. That's used in a certain class of pub that attracts a certain kind of customer.
Speaking of pubs, the answer to the question I offered you above re the sculpture, is also the name of a local pub.
In Scotland, in a real pub (of which fewer exist every year), the term most commonly used when the bell is wrung the first time, is 'last orders' to signify closing time is about 15 minutes away.
I don't frequent personally, any pubs that would use a term like 'chucking out time'. That's used in a certain class of pub that attracts a certain kind of customer.
Speaking of pubs, the answer to the question I offered you above re the sculpture, is also the name of a local pub.
Apr 23rd, 2017, 02:22 PM
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I have no knowledge of Montreux but how about Mont Blanc?
my pubs are chucking out time ones - point was did Google tell you that or your vast travel experience in UK?
I get mine off Coronation Street (my insight in the real British culture!) plus many pub visits.
Kind of like chucking out time!
In Belgian cafes how do you ask for a beer - generically?
Q- See if Google tells you this?
What is often said about a part of Krakow and how quickly it was built?
(I only came across those tidbits doing tons of research while writing European travel articles for many years - something you and I have in common though not sure you wrote travel.
my pubs are chucking out time ones - point was did Google tell you that or your vast travel experience in UK?
I get mine off Coronation Street (my insight in the real British culture!) plus many pub visits.
Kind of like chucking out time!
In Belgian cafes how do you ask for a beer - generically?
Q- See if Google tells you this?
What is often said about a part of Krakow and how quickly it was built?
(I only came across those tidbits doing tons of research while writing European travel articles for many years - something you and I have in common though not sure you wrote travel.
Apr 24th, 2017, 05:33 AM
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They must be made of strong stuff in your pubs dogeared if the bell is wrung at the end of the day. 
Plenty of Scottish pubs have chucking out time too, but Last Orders is the correct term giving people some drinking up time before the pub closes.
Hopefully there will be a new Euro quiz, Googleable or not, soon.
Plenty of Scottish pubs have chucking out time too, but Last Orders is the correct term giving people some drinking up time before the pub closes.
Hopefully there will be a new Euro quiz, Googleable or not, soon.
Apr 25th, 2017, 07:41 AM
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Nice catch hetismij2. Can I get away with blaming it on a typo?
Ring, rang, rung, no W in front of any of them. I like the picture 'wringing' a bell brings to mind.
Google lead me to 'chucking out' PalenQ. Although I must admit in a round about way.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=bbc...20time&f=false
Using Google well, is not something everyone does. It sometimes take some thinking to come up with key words and reading of various links to lead you to what you are looking for.
Here is the answer to the sculpture question PalenQ.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=dysar...w=1366&bih=662
On a path along a cliff above the North Sea, it was carved in 1851 and washed away along with the path by a storm in 1970. The connection to Montreux is that it is a carving of Bonivard, the 'Prisoner of Chilon' in the poem by Lord Byron. You'll also see a picture of a pub by the same name which is in the village of Dysart nearby.
Re Belgian beer, in Flanders or in Brussels? "To get a basic draft beer in Flanders (Bruges, Antwerp, or Ghent), ask for een pintje (ayn pinch-ya; a pint); in Brussels, where French prevails, request une bière (oon bee-yair)."
Found here:
https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-rea...an-beer-basics
But more interesting is how to ask for beer in Belgium without speaking!
https://www.reddit.com/r/beer/commen...elgian_bar_oc/
Can't find an answer to what is said about a part of Krakow but can make a guess that the area you are referring to is Nowa Huta. That much was easily found with Google search for 'Krakow built quickly'.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=R7I...uickly&f=false
More digging could lead to the answer to 'what is said about' it. But I'm out of time.
Ring, rang, rung, no W in front of any of them. I like the picture 'wringing' a bell brings to mind.
Google lead me to 'chucking out' PalenQ. Although I must admit in a round about way.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=bbc...20time&f=false
Using Google well, is not something everyone does. It sometimes take some thinking to come up with key words and reading of various links to lead you to what you are looking for.
Here is the answer to the sculpture question PalenQ.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=dysar...w=1366&bih=662
On a path along a cliff above the North Sea, it was carved in 1851 and washed away along with the path by a storm in 1970. The connection to Montreux is that it is a carving of Bonivard, the 'Prisoner of Chilon' in the poem by Lord Byron. You'll also see a picture of a pub by the same name which is in the village of Dysart nearby.
Re Belgian beer, in Flanders or in Brussels? "To get a basic draft beer in Flanders (Bruges, Antwerp, or Ghent), ask for een pintje (ayn pinch-ya; a pint); in Brussels, where French prevails, request une bière (oon bee-yair)."
Found here:
https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-rea...an-beer-basics
But more interesting is how to ask for beer in Belgium without speaking!
https://www.reddit.com/r/beer/commen...elgian_bar_oc/
Can't find an answer to what is said about a part of Krakow but can make a guess that the area you are referring to is Nowa Huta. That much was easily found with Google search for 'Krakow built quickly'.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=R7I...uickly&f=false
More digging could lead to the answer to 'what is said about' it. But I'm out of time.
Apr 25th, 2017, 10:35 AM
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To get a basic draft beer in Flanders (Bruges, Antwerp, or Ghent), ask for een pintje (ayn pinch-ya; a pint)>
Well IME 'pils please' is the common wording for beer in Flemish Belgium.
Nowa Huta - "Rome wasn't built in a day but Nowa Huta was"
Well IME 'pils please' is the common wording for beer in Flemish Belgium.
Nowa Huta - "Rome wasn't built in a day but Nowa Huta was"
Apr 27th, 2017, 08:03 AM
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Nowa Huta, not a very original saying is it.
Hmmm, 'pils please' will only get you a pilsner though PalenQ.
It won't get you an ale, stout, porter, malt. 'een pintje' + a specific name (Duvel for example which is a pale ale, not a pilsner) will get you exactly what you want.
When I lived in Greece I was always amused by English tourists who profess to be beer aficionados and very fussy about what beer they drink.
Then you watch them come into a bar, look at the posted price list and then 99% of the time, order the cheapest draft on the list. I guess that means they are aficionados of the cheapest beers they can find anywhere. That's one way of defining 'a great beer'. LOL
Hmmm, 'pils please' will only get you a pilsner though PalenQ.
It won't get you an ale, stout, porter, malt. 'een pintje' + a specific name (Duvel for example which is a pale ale, not a pilsner) will get you exactly what you want.
When I lived in Greece I was always amused by English tourists who profess to be beer aficionados and very fussy about what beer they drink.
Then you watch them come into a bar, look at the posted price list and then 99% of the time, order the cheapest draft on the list. I guess that means they are aficionados of the cheapest beers they can find anywhere. That's one way of defining 'a great beer'. LOL
Apr 27th, 2017, 12:34 PM
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Een pint Duvel will never be said.
Een Duvel will get a Duvel, een pintje will get you een pils. Een pils Duvel would be stupid.
It also works in Wallonia : une pinte, or better so une crasse pinte will get a pils.
Une drache will get you a pils too.
Une Duvel will get you a Duvel.
Une pinte Duvel will get you a quizzical look or a laugh, like in Flanders.
Een Duvel will get a Duvel, een pintje will get you een pils. Een pils Duvel would be stupid.
It also works in Wallonia : une pinte, or better so une crasse pinte will get a pils.
Une drache will get you a pils too.
Une Duvel will get you a Duvel.
Une pinte Duvel will get you a quizzical look or a laugh, like in Flanders.
Apr 27th, 2017, 02:15 PM
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Nowa Huta, not a very original saying is it.>
I kind of thought it were.
Actually if you Google that phrase with Nowa Huta you can several Fodor's thread pop up - all with this quote from me there - I can't find any other reference but I did come across it once when researching an article on Krakow -may be an obscure reference - anyway I did not make it up! Not that clever.
I kind of thought it were.
Actually if you Google that phrase with Nowa Huta you can several Fodor's thread pop up - all with this quote from me there - I can't find any other reference but I did come across it once when researching an article on Krakow -may be an obscure reference - anyway I did not make it up! Not that clever.
Apr 28th, 2017, 06:40 AM
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Speaking of cities or towns and travel, I always find it interesting how many names are pronounced differently by those who live somewhere and those who visit that place.
For example, Edinburgh is pronounced locally as Ed- in-buru. Visitors often pronounce it Ed-in-burg.
Houston(Texas) is pronounced Hew-stun locally while many visitors pronounce it Hoo-stun.
Toronto (Canada) is pronounced Tron-oh locally while visitors pronounce it Tor-on-to.
Here's a travel tip regarding how a place name is pronounced. Years ago when I was growing up in Toronto, the legal drinking age was 21 while just across the border from Niagara in New York State, it was 18. So a car load of young guys/gals would decide to 'shuffle off to Buffalo' on a Friday night to drink beer legally.
Back then, crossing the border was a far more relaxed affair than it is today and you didn't even need any ID most times. They just asked, 'where are you going' (answer: Anchor Bar in Buffalo). Then they might ask, 'where were you born' and the answer to that was, 'Tron-oh'. If someone answered 'Tor-on-to', they got pulled over for inspection since they were obviously lying.
I wonder how many other border agencies use similar 'tells' to catch people lying?
Here's a trivia question re the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. What are they famous for?
For example, Edinburgh is pronounced locally as Ed- in-buru. Visitors often pronounce it Ed-in-burg.
Houston(Texas) is pronounced Hew-stun locally while many visitors pronounce it Hoo-stun.
Toronto (Canada) is pronounced Tron-oh locally while visitors pronounce it Tor-on-to.
Here's a travel tip regarding how a place name is pronounced. Years ago when I was growing up in Toronto, the legal drinking age was 21 while just across the border from Niagara in New York State, it was 18. So a car load of young guys/gals would decide to 'shuffle off to Buffalo' on a Friday night to drink beer legally.
Back then, crossing the border was a far more relaxed affair than it is today and you didn't even need any ID most times. They just asked, 'where are you going' (answer: Anchor Bar in Buffalo). Then they might ask, 'where were you born' and the answer to that was, 'Tron-oh'. If someone answered 'Tor-on-to', they got pulled over for inspection since they were obviously lying.
I wonder how many other border agencies use similar 'tells' to catch people lying?
Here's a trivia question re the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. What are they famous for?
