Question of the day

[MarkMas]

Bosnia-Herzogozina or whatever?

Bosnia and Herzegovina is 55% consonants.

 

[MarkMas]

Time to move on, I think!

The super-obscure 25% consonants country is Nuie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue
The lowest proportion of vowels to consonants, where 'Y' counts as a vowel, is Chad (25% vowels).

So I'm going to award this to GeoffCapes (Kyrgyzstan and Equatorial Guinea - so close) and an honorary mention to JonW (Guinea).

 

[MarkMas]

Kyrgyzstan - 90%
Cyprus - 83.3%
Egypt - 80%
Chad - 75%
Netherlands - 72.7%
Switzerland - 72.7%

Equatorial Guinea - 37.5%
Ethiopia - 37.5%
Saudi Arabia - 36.4%
Guinea - 33.3%
Niue - 25%

 

[MarkMas]

So I'm going to award this to GeoffCapes......

 

[daverichardson]

So no one got my simply riveting question?

On the subject of Logo
Nunthorpe (where I live) Community Council appear to have adopted the one below as their insignia.

 

[daverichardson]

may I step in with a question?

What do the following have in common?
Earl of Pembroke
Marquis of Rockingham
Marquis of Granby
lots of clues to follow

 

[D Walker]

Stinking Rich!!

 

[daverichardson]

Historical question and they are not people

 

[Navcorr]

Pubs?

 

[daverichardson]

Maybe but not what I am after
They each have a more well known name

 

[midlifecrisis]

may I step in with a question?

What do the following have in common?
Earl of Pembroke
Marquis of Rockingham
Marquis of Granby
lots of clues to follow

They're the same person

 

[daverichardson]

Afraid not
They were renamed for specific purposes and those names are very well known
We are talking 18th Century here

 

[CatmanV2]

Are they political / governmental positions that original were held by the holder of the title, but 'Foreign Secretary' makes far more sens than (say) Marquis of Granby?

C

 

[daverichardson]

No, these 3 went solo (with one exception) further than anything else at the time

 

[Wanderer]

Are they ships?

 

[daverichardson]

They are indeed but what do they have in common?

 

[Navcorr]

Were they "prize" ships?

 

[Wanderer]

Franklin Expedition to find the North West Passage?

 

[daverichardson]

Close but no prizes
They were all renamed and captained by the same man, who was....................................

 

[zagatoes30]

We must be looking at Captain James Cook, HMS Endeavour was originally a merchant ship called Earl of Pembroke