I mentioned this cairn/monument thing at Cape Agulhas just the other day. Not only is it die mees suidelike punt van die vasteland van Afrika, it’s also the official meeting point of the two oceans.
But which two oceans?
If only… if only there was some sort of clue in the picture.
Oh, Josh.
It wasn’t so long ago that we told you about Pointless Pointing. And yes, that kept us amused for a short while, but it was ultimately pointless, as the name suggested, and we here at 6000 Towers wanted a bit more of a challenge.
Step forward GeoGuessr.
Armed only with a random Google Streetview shot (and some are far more useful than others), you are tasked with choosing where on the planet the image is from and you score points based on how close your guess is.
On occasion, you might get lucky by spotting a flag or a roadsign; others you may have to work out using clues from architecture, vegetation or road markings.
I guessed at Oklahoma for this one, but it was “just down the road” in Texas. Good effort though.
So far, I’ve been as far afield as Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, Brazil and Finland (in just 2 tries) and my current best score is 11,318 – now 14,781.
So go and have a Geoguess: because you probably had no plans for the rest of the day anyway.
EDIT: This:
from xkcd hits the mark perfectly.
As heard yesterday evening on Cape Talk – here’s one for you:
There are four countries in the world which end in a letter which no other country does. Can you name them?
For clarification, none of them are Canada – that’s because Canada ends in an A and other countries names also end in an A. Botswana, Algeria, India for example (and there are a lot more besides).
OK, so I’ll give you one (ooer!): Iraq.
Iraq ends in a Q and no other country’s name ends in a Q.
So now you have 1 out of 4.
Can you name the other three?
Don’t comment here (in fact, I’ll switch them off for this post), rather click here and send me an email.
No prizes, save for maybe getting your name up here if you are one of the first to get it right.
Oh – and no googling either, ok? Think, rather.
UPDATE: Answers now published if you can’t get that brain working!