Question of the day

[Oneball]

Surely it was 1919 when it was partitioned? There was an Irish government with home rule prior

 

[Wanderer]

Surely it was 1919 when it was partitioned? There was an Irish government with home rule prior

Closer, but not quite. Partition is kind of nearly there but date is wrong....

 

[MarkMas]

I want to say 1922, but I don't know why...

 

[Wanderer]

I want to say 1922, but I don't know why...

I'll give you that.

On creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 all 32 counties left the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with the proviso that the six counties in the North could rejoin the UK within a window of one month if they so chose. They did so the next day.

So it only lasted one day.

Over to you MarkMas....

 

[MarkMas]

Which is the roundest country in the world?

 

[Vampyrebat]

Russia..............Assuming you mean wrapped around the planet rather than the shape of the country??

 

[MarkMas]

Russia..............Assuming you mean wrapped around the planet rather than the shape of the country??

I mean the shape of the country.

 

[zagatoes30]

Vatican maybe?

 

[MarkMas]

Vatican maybe?

Very good effort - the model I am using suggests that the Vatican (although not really a country, IMHO) is the forth roundest.
My top 5 include the Vatican, two African countries, a European country and a Pacific Island.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Very good effort - the model I am using suggests that the Vatican (although not really a country, IMHO) is the forth roundest.
My top 5 include the Vatican, two African countries, a European country and a Pacific Island.

Technically Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.

But that's not the question. Having looked at the map of the world on my wall (is that allowed?) Lesotho looks quite round as does eSwatini (previously Swaziland I think), as does Sierra Leone.

Iceland is in Europe, that's quite round, other than the jagged bit on the west side. As for Pacific Islands there's thousands of them!

 

[MarkMas]

...Lesotho....eSwatini....Sierra Leone...Iceland....Pacific Islands....thousands of them!

So is one of those your answer, or are you just going to keep on listing countries for a while?

 

[GeoffCapes]

I'll go with Sierra Leone then.

 

[Wanderer]

Ireland is the richest, cos it’s capital is always Dublin...

I’ll get me coat...

 

[MarkMas]

Ireland is the richest, cos it’s capital is always Dublin.....

What a Turkey!

 

[MarkMas]

I'll go with Sierra Leone then.

Correct!

According to my source:
1 Sierra Leone
2 Nauru
3 Zimbabwe
4 Vatican
5 Poland

 

[GeoffCapes]

Heard this last week by an old boy in town. I googled it and it was true.

What is HMS Dido famous for?

 

[zagatoes30]

Heard this last week by an old boy in town. I googled it and it was true.

What is HMS Dido famous for?

It was the first Airfix model I made, well actually it was HMS Leander but I renamed my version Dido (same class) as she was built in the same year of my birth.

 

[GeoffCapes]

It was the first Airfix model I made, well actually it was HMS Leander but I renamed my version Dido (same class) as she was built in the same year of my birth.

The HMS Dido I'm thinking about was built a long time before your birth!

 

[zagatoes30]

The HMS Dido I'm thinking about was built a long time before your birth!

Feck it must be old, I have just seen that there are quite a lot of ships named HMS Dido none of which mean anything to me

 

[MarkMas]

It was the first Airfix model I made, well actually it was HMS Leander but I renamed my version Dido (same class) as she was built in the same year of my birth.

...but did the blades of the tiny helicopter turn?