General Knowledge Quiz

[DasLunatic]

The Falklands, then?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Falklands, then?

Not that one. You need to look at the wording of the set conundrum which states the no further postage stamps were issued by this colony after 1898.

 

[DaleCooper]

Which British overseas colony used the postage stamps of Great Britain from 1888 to 1993 that were overprinted with the name of the colony then had the following issue of 1894 to 1898 with a new design that incorporated the name of the colony, then never issued any further postage stamps.

Should 1993 be 1893?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No excuse for poor eyesight at 70...now amended....

 

[Whistler40145]

Is it British Bechuanaland?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is it British Bechuanaland?

Not so, but we are on the correct continent.

 

[martinsh]

Orange River Colony ?

 

[DasLunatic]

Tasmania?

 

[Whistler40145]

British West Africa?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As they are prone to saying on some official forms....None of the above.

 

[DasLunatic]

Natal?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Natal?

Not so....but you are the nearest one so far.

 

[Whistler40145]

Uganda?

 

[DasLunatic]

Basutoland?

 

[theageofthetra]

Swaziland?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

None of the above

 

[Whistler40145]

Zambia?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not so, but one particular letter of that last posting submission appears in the name of the colony that we are seeking.

 

[Whistler40145]

Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia)?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia)?

Not so.

REMEMBER...The colony in question did NOT produce stamps bearing its name after1898.

 

[Whistler40145]

I've given up for tonight.

 

[martinsh]

Zululand !!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Zululand !!

Absolutely spot on. (I had stamps from both the overprinted issue and the following issue when I was very young, that were left to me by a relative)

Over to you.

 

[martinsh]

In the song "On Hyndford Street" Van Morrison sings (well talks actually !) about "going out to Holywood on the bus and walking from the end of the lines to the seaside". Why did Van use the terminology "lines" ?

 

[DasLunatic]

Because he could.

 

[DaleCooper]

Lines of coke?

 

[D6975]

Is this a reference to the walls put up between Catholic and Protestant housing estates?

 

[martinsh]

Is this a reference to the walls put up between Catholic and Protestant housing estates?

No. But you're right that the song is about Belfast in the 1950s.
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Time for a clue : the answer is transport related

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would "the lines" be a reference to the remains of the lines of the Belfast and County Down Railway which were extended from Holywood to the seaside settlement of Bangor?

 

[D6975]

Did Belfast used to have trolleybuses?
If so, it could refer to the end of the overhead wires.