The Online Geography Game
Nelso Mandela was born in Mvezo, a small village at the Mbashe river
He was raised in Qunu, some 20 kilometers to the north, the place where he is buried.
Those who paid tribute
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He did not die here and was not buried here either.
Built between 1972 and 1985, the Corviale ‘ground scraper’ building was designed by architect Mario Fiorentino as a ‘relieve project’ for the overcrowded inner city of Rome.
With a length of 1 kilometer, it is one of the largest buildings in Europe.
The project received an International Urban Design Award in 2012.
Those who measured the length correctly
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Did you see the size of that building?
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At the end of november 1941, 1300 Jewish men, deported to Theresienstadt, have been given 2 months to turn a garrison town for 7000 people into a camp to cram in 40,000.
It became the concentration camp Theresienstadt, the place where Alice Herz-Sommer, the world oldest holocaust survivor who turned 110 years old on 27-11-2013, was detained.
Right answers from:
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Some 70 years ago this place was converted in 2 months time from a garrison for 7000 people to something to cram in 40,000.
This must have been the most cited airport in the news last week, when a Boeing Dreamlifter managed to land here in stead of at the McConnell Air Force Base, a few miles further south.
Fortunately the plane managed to take off again, despite the short runway, but not after Boeing sent a tow truck to put it in the right take-off position
Those who landed at the right airport:
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