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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 08/03/2009 : 03:15:49
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This island is now deserted, though it once was the most densely populated place on earth.
1. What's the name of the island?
2. Where is it?
3. For an extra point, what was the purpose of the island's development?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 07:16:33 [Permalink]
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1. Hashima Island.
2. Part of the Japanese archipelago near Nagasaki.
3. Coal Mining. Coal mines closed due to increased use of petroleum in the 70's
Give me a tough one, Mooner. Anybody spent any time in Japan would know that! |
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
346 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 07:17:23 [Permalink]
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Alcatraz, San Francisco bay, Prison |
"If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention." Eric Alterman
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
346 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 07:22:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by leoofno
Alcatraz, San Francisco bay, Prison
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Nah, I'm wrong. |
"If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention." Eric Alterman
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 12:49:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
1. Hashima Island.
2. Part of the Japanese archipelago near Nagasaki.
3. Coal Mining. Coal mines closed due to increased use of petroleum in the 70's
Give me a tough one, Mooner. Anybody spent any time in Japan would know that!
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It's no damn fun with you around, Bill! Correct again, for all three points.
Further info: Coal was mined there by Mitsubishi, at first using Korean slave labor, in horrible conditions spreading out into coal seams deep under the sea. The mine workers were kept on the island in high-rise dormitories.
Looks a lot like Alcatraz, doesn't it? An Alcatraz where inmates were forced to dig tunnels.
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