Place guessing

Malte279 · **Reply #120 on:** January 13, 2005, 09:37:00 AM

Stalingrad?

Nick22 · **Reply #121 on:** January 13, 2005, 01:59:44 PM

It could also be Leningrad.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #122 on:** January 14, 2005, 07:00:13 AM

True, I didn't think of Leningrad because we've had it already.

Petrie · **Reply #123 on:** January 14, 2005, 08:37:51 AM

The answer is Leningrad, now St. Petersburg (again).

I had no idea you've used it before. -_-

Go ahead Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #124 on:** January 14, 2005, 04:04:58 PM

This island wa the site of the largest eruption in history. Where is this island?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #125 on:** January 15, 2005, 05:54:47 PM

The island belongs to Indonesia, and the largest erruption was the one of the volcano Krakatau in 1883. I think the island itself is named Krakatau too, but I may be mistaken about this.

Nick22 · **Reply #126 on:** January 18, 2005, 04:02:33 PM

No, this eruption was even stronger than the one on Krakatoa,
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #127 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:03:17 PM

An erruption in recent ages?

Nick22 · **Reply #128 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:07:22 PM

It occured in the 500s Bc. so no it didn't occur recently.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #129 on:** January 20, 2005, 07:05:16 AM

I don't know then. How do they define which eruption was stronger?

Nick22 · **Reply #130 on:** January 21, 2005, 01:13:32 PM

By th amount of energy that is released. The Stromboli eruption emitted 3 times the amount of energy that the Krakatoa eruption did. Although the Krakatoa eruption was heard over a longer distance.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #131 on:** January 22, 2005, 06:40:58 PM

I solemnly swear that I hadn't read this post by the time I made the Stromboli my last entry in the trip around the world game where I described it as active but relatively harmless nowadays. I once heard about it having a big erruption, but I never heard any details. But how can they say how much energy was released during a volcano erruption 2500 years ago? Can they tell from the layers of ashes?

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #132 on:** January 23, 2005, 05:27:46 PM

Scientists today do find out the dates of the eruptions by examinating the layers of ash. That way, they can make predictions when the next eruption will occur. Does this volcano happen to be the answer of an earlier question?

Malte279 · **Reply #133 on:** January 23, 2005, 05:55:11 PM

Nick who had put up the question gave us the answer. I failed to answer it. So I suppose it is still his turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #134 on:** January 24, 2005, 10:36:00 AM

Alright. Here's one. What ancient English tower is said to be the most haunted place in England?
Nick

Nick22 · **Reply #135 on:** January 24, 2005, 10:59:33 AM

After looking up History's strongest volcanic eruptions, Stromboli was not listed, so I was wrong in stating that it was the strongest eruption. If an eruption is large enough , it is classifefied as a 'supervolcano'. Eruptions of this sort are thousands of times stronger than normal eruptions, the last such eruption occured near Lake Toba in Indonesia around 80000 years ago, it wiped out nearly all life in Indonesia, including humans. Sorry for the mistake you guys.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #136 on:** January 24, 2005, 02:33:26 PM

England has quite a population of ghosts.
The tower of London, which we've had before, is said to be haunted by several ghosts, the one of Anne Bolyn being one of them.
The ghost of Charles I. is said to haunt Carrisbroke castle. But I don't know if either of these places is the most haunted in England.

Nick22 · **Reply #137 on:** January 24, 2005, 03:00:02 PM

The tower of London is supposedly the most haunted castle in England. Your turn Malte.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #138 on:** January 25, 2005, 05:16:10 AM

Named after him who reached for the new frontier this place is the harbor from where they set out to reach it.

Nick22 · **Reply #139 on:** January 25, 2005, 10:23:08 AM

That would be Kennedy and the place is Cape Caneveral(originally named for Kennedy, but since renamed)
Nick