Tuesday 6 October 2020

Tuesday Fun: Quick Capitalist Quiz

 Busy today, so here's a fun quick money question.

At the weekend I wrote of the problems of getting adequate military maps in WW2 for many areas in North Africa; but that a big swathe of Egypt had been covered by interwar surveys - "at the expense of the Egyptian government!".  Yes, the RAF charged the Egyptian government the cost of the aerial surveys.  Well, they were highly beneficial for irrigation planning, with a spin-off benefit of quite revelatory archaeological research.

Here's what happened on the 3rd such survey, conducted in 1922: based, unsurprisingly, on the Nile, it was split into a North survey from the Delta Barrage to the sea, carried out by No. 208 Squadron (Bristol Fighters), and a South survey by No. 47 Squadron (D.H.9s) from Aswan to the Delta Barrage, a total of 850 miles.  So: our colonialist capitalist quiz question -

What was the cost that was passed through to the Egyptians for the 3rd survey?  

Answer in Pounds Sterling, money of the day (1922 pounds, shillings & pence).

Small prize for the closest estimate ... (editor's decision final)

ND

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was Accenture the project manager? ££££££££££££££!

If so, probably the reason why Nasser hated the British somuch.

Jan said...

I have absolutely no clue.........not even a ballpark figure but I bet the bill was in guineas...it sounds posher. (One guinea is £1 and 1 shilling)

Anonymous said...

Oh alright then:
Twenty thousand guineas!

david morris said...

786 guineas

Sebastian Weetabix said...

£77,000 sterling. Not Gyppo pounds!

Anonymous said...

100 guineas

Sobers said...

1037 pounds, 13 shillings and sixpence.

PushingTheBoundaries said...

50 pounds with a ten Bob bonus for timely delivery

Bill Quango said...

Seventy florins.

The Bristol Fighter first flew in 1916. A two seat fighter, designed when no such thing existed,
Still in service and operational up to 1932.
Long after the Fokker Triplanes, (1918) had become history.

Timbo614 said...

ooooooh a compo, can't resist:

£92 19s 11 1/2d

jim said...

My guess £200

Anomalous Cowshed said...

Nil.

Anonymous said...

Peppercorn or 1 penny. Nil would be out of the question