Celebrated its 100th birthday
Contest #365
Contest #364 answer: Peenemünde, Germany
Peenemünde is the birthplace of the German rocket technology.
This is the place where the V1 and V2 weaponry was developed.
Once a small fishing village, the Germans built a few large testsites at the north of the peninsula and a huge power station and launch control bunker at the village’s harbor.
At the end of the war, the German engineers were ‘divided’ between the allied countries and Werner von Braun came in charge of the American space program.
Those who fired a rocket:
- Eloy Cano
- Walter_V_R
- hhgygy
- Paul Voestermans
- krenek
- Garfield
- Lighthouse
- mehmet durmus
– Hint –
- Phil Ower
- LawnBoy
- R Hays
- Bill Close
- rob de wolff
- Cloudspotter
Contest #364 hint
This is the birthplace of contest #34 and #43
Contest #364
Contest #363 answer: Johnson South Reef, South China Sea
The area around the Spratly Islands in the South Chinese Sea is a disputed area.
It is controlled by the Chinese, in fact the Chinese are currently building artificial islands here, but the ownership is also claimed by various other countries: Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Those who reclaimed their own island:
- Garfield
- Walter_V_R
- Lighthouse
- Paul Voestermans
- steve willis
- hhgygy
- mehmet durmus
- Phil Ower
- krenek
- Eloy Cano
– Hint –
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Chris Nason
Contest #363 hint
Is this a potential new conflict area?
Contest #363
Contest #362 answer: Kisimul Castle, Isle of Barra, Scotland
Kisimul Castle is a small medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It gets its name from the Gaelic cìosamul meaning “castle island”
It was abandoned in 1838, but nowadays it is leased by Historic Scotland for an annual rent of £ 1,- plus a bottle of whisky
Right answers from:
- hhgygy
- Garfield
- Lighthouse
- Walter_V_R
- Phil Ower
- Paul Voestermans
- steve willis
- Eloy Cano
- Ozgur ONGOCMEN
- krenek
- mehmet durmus
– Hint –
- Chris Nason
Contest #362 hint
Yes, it is a castle on a island