[QUIZ-09] St Hilarion: what is missing here..?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 13:51

1 : The first poster with the right answer in this thread wins a free ticket for (one of) the next Medieval Cyprus Fellowship lecture(s): "The Secrets of St Hilarion Castle!" (Wednesday, February 24, 2.30 pm, doors open 2 pm, venue: Denizhan Bar & Restaurant, Alsancak). Reservations via email: mcf.trnc@gmail.com .

2 : Photograph here (click link): http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/1_S3500888.jpg

3 : Quiz question-: What is missing at the front of this building (pictured is the back)?

4 : Hint-1: "There were two of them in St Hilarion..."

5 : Answers before 8 pm, Saturday, February 19, 2010.



Previous winners: Hatty: 2x, Clarissa2: 1x, No1Doyen: 1x (Darrener2: 2/3 pt, thomarge: 1/3 pt).

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 14:04

Gates.............

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 14:05

Drawbridges...........

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:03

Tower.....

gallowgate


Joined: 08/06/2009
Posts: 164

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:07

Box Office

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:17

port cullis

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:19

If I don't reply the given answers are wrong...

darrener2


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:21

Machicolations

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:27

The Dutch rugby pitch!



Richard

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:33

Wooden Staircase.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:34

Kitchen......

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:35

Sentries .........

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:35

Goverment tax inspectors ....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:35

A Roof.......

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:37

Am Ah right, am Ah wrang. )

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:40

The Builder...............

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:41

The Drainpipes.....

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:44

Block & tackle..........

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:46

Torch lights...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 18:03

Seats..................

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 18:04

Speed Cameras....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 18:05

Could we have a clue please.

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 19:36

a chasm....

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 19:38

Is this one of the watchtowers? So something that missing would be a beacon that they could set alight to communicate with the other 3 castles?????????

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 19:45

Hint-2: All wrong - although one of the answers is very close...

P.S. I'm now going to say goodbye to Alan from Grumpy Grouse, so more tomorrow. Good luck...

P.P.S. OK, because it's Friday night, another hint: There used to be one on the third level of St Hilarion also...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:22

Hans. I know what it is. I'll tell you tomorrow. )

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:33

It's a cistern...

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:44

I know, it is bracket for hoist !!!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 10:32

Hint: why more than one..?!

darrener2


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 11:49

Garderobes or Latrines

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 12:44

because....

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 12:44

A bailey.......

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 12:46

Watch Tower....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 12:53

The Tank......

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 18:26

90 minutes to go... (and the next quiz winner will be...: me again...

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 18:37

A copy of your North Cyprus Reservoir Map?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 18:54

60 minutes... I'll win!

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:06

A platform....

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:11

45 minutes... And it is so close..!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:19

Is it the ledge thing. I can't remember the name of it.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:19

You Hans ???

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 19:25

A keep....

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 20:07

8 pm - end of Quiz-09! And this is the one and only right answer to the question in message 1: "a drawbridge". Not "drawbridges", Bill..! Here's a picture of the front of this medieval construction by an unknown French architect: http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/2_S3500065.jpg

This is from my lecture (Wednesday February 24, 2.30 pm in Denizhan Bar, Alsancak): (...) To the south this corridor comes out into the basecourt, the exit being protected by a sort of barbican or rectangular tower which clings to the steep rock and is commanded from above by the upper defences. Here it is evident a more important method of defence was adopted than at the barbican. A kind of two-storied tower was built against the side of a precipice of rock. The gateway under this tower was in the wall at right angles with the cliff. From this gateway "a drawbridge" descended on to a platform across a chasm in the ledge of rocks on which the tower-like structure is built. [more]

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 20:09

[continued]

This tower and entrance are now completely shattered by falls of rock from the cliffs above; the arrangement for working the drawbridge could be traced in the masonry within the gate but has now disappeared. This gate-tower is a vaulted structure.



I think everybody will agree when I give Bill (No1Doyen) 0,5 point? Which makes the total score: Winners: Hatty: 2x, Clarissa2: 1x, No1Doyen: 1,5x (Darrener2: 2/3 pt, thomarge: 1/3 pt).



Anyone interested in another Quiz, just a little more difficult..?

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 23:40

Hans. In your firstbpost you gave a hint that there were "two of them". I think I answered correctly saying "drawbridges". Please check the rules and give me an extra half a point. ))

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 08:57

Bill, once more we disagree... This was the Quiz question: "What is missing at the front of this building (pictured is the back)?" And at "this" building is missing "a" drawbridge - not drawbridges.

And this was the first hint: "There were two of them in St Hilarion...". Please note: in St Hilarion.

So, my final decision will not be altered: 0,5 point for Bill...