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[PaloAltoCougar]

44,024

1) 9950 pts
1 yrs off - 9.4 m - Was standing on that street corner in December

2) 9959 pts
0yrs off - 1.3 km - A little lucky on the year

3) 6818 pts
9 yrs off - 181.5.0 km - Guessed Amman again

4) 8898 pts
5 yrs off - 87.2 m

5) 8399 pts
7yrs off -69.5m - Surprised I was even that far off from the Oval Office.

[BigPiney]

29,728

8885 - 5 years, 761.7 m - Didn't see any Phantom reference, just picked a spot somewhat near Broadway

3874 - 30 years, 626.1 km - Felt like I should recognize some of those buildings. Thought the writing was Russian but have never associated that skyline with Moscow, so went with St Petersburg. Way too early - tried to guess for shortly after McD's would have first entered Russia.

4972 - 12 years, 1055.6 km - I really should stop guessing Istanbul. No idea on the year so went with the default 1962.

6997 - 15 years, 138.1 m - Looked like Paris so I found the Place Republique and Rue (not Boulevard) du Temple. Default 1962.

5000 - 35 years, 2.4 m - Off just a little on the year. Didn't recognize any faces, didn't notice any cell phones. Thought it might be a shot from behind Nixon when he resigned.

29,132

[Pelado]

29,728

8885 - 5 years, 761.7 m - Didn't see any Phantom reference, just picked a spot somewhat near Broadway

3874 - 30 years, 626.1 km - Felt like I should recognize some of those buildings. Thought the writing was Russian but have never associated that skyline with Moscow, so went with St Petersburg. Way too early - tried to guess for shortly after McD's would have first entered Russia.

4972 - 12 years, 1055.6 km - I really should stop guessing Istanbul. No idea on the year so went with the default 1962.

6997 - 15 years, 138.1 m - Looked like Paris so I found the Place Republique and Rue (not Boulevard) du Temple. Default 1962.

5000 - 35 years, 2.4 m - Off just a little on the year. Didn't recognize any faces, didn't notice any cell phones. Thought it might be a shot from behind Nixon when he resigned.

[beefytee]

47,739 -- One of my better days, I think it is my best score, or pretty darn close to it.

1)
9799 pts
2 yrs off - 63.2 m -- With the street alignment, I figured it was on Broadway. Didn't find an H&M but got within a block. The cell phones did help out here with the year. The bus seemed pretty new too.

2)
9946 pts
1 yrs off - 223.4 m -- I didn't realize that Moscow had such a downtown with skyscrapers, but the choices of cities that used Cyrillic was limited. Found the area in Moscow. Based on the satellite shot, it looked the photo was newer than the satellite image, so I went pretty recent.

3)
8887 pts
0 yrs off - 613.1 km -- Wasn't sure where this would be, seemed that Cairo is often the location, so I picked there. Lucked out on the year.

4)
9507 pts
3 yrs off - 4.5 km -- Wasn't sure where in Paris it was. Guessed close to the Champs Elysees since it seems the military parades usually go through there. Anyone know what the numbers under the street signs are. It isn't KM since the was at Place de la Republique and not 3 KM away.

5)
9600 pts
3 yrs off - 2.1 m -- Picked 2012 since it looked like one of the guys had a cell phone from that era.

[Lost Student]

47,496 - My best score ever.

1) 9721 pts - 2 yrs off - 3.7 km - Girl nearest the camera was on a smartphone and I was thinking Phantom would've been a decade ago. I scrolled around NYC until I saw an H&M store but I picked the wrong one. I started looking in Times Square but I guess I missed the correct one.

2) 9679 pts - 2 yrs off - 5.2 km - Didn't spend too much time looking around Moscow. I just picked a spot outside the downtown area.

3) 8549 pts - 2 yrs off - 750.6 km - I picked Baghdad.

4) 9947 pts - 1 yrs off - 146.1 m - I scrolled around Paris until I found the streets that matched the sign. Fashion looked late 70s or 80s so I picked my birth year.

5) 9600 pts - 3 yrs off - 1.9 m - One of the reporters was holding what looked like an iPhone 3G, which came out in 2008. I had mine from then until 2011 so I guessed 1 year after that to hedge.

[Bo Diddley]

32,787

1)4990 pts
29 yrs off - 508.3 m - got fixated on the detail of Phantom of the Opera and decided it was much earlier than it was.

2)9722 pts
2 yrs off - 3.6 km - Decided that was Moscow, but couldn't find the skyline on the satellite map.

3)2675 pts
12 yrs off - 4124.0 km - was going to go with Jordon, but decided it could be Morocco.

4)8400 pts
7 yrs off - 26.7 m - Easy to find the location, but tough to get the year.

5)7000 pts
13 yrs off - 9.6 m - Location was easy. I don't recognize people well enough to get the year.

[Pelado]

pretty easy one today

I suck at this game.

30894

8397 - 7 years, 134.3 m - would have been better off sticking with the default 1962

4208 - 5 years, 5958.6 km - I missed all the Quebec clues. Saw what I thought was Italian on the restaurant so selected Genoa

7377 - 10 years, 5.8 km - Lucky guess on Munich, just trying to hedge between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, but a decade too early

2512 - 10 years, 7123.5 km - Didn't recognize the flags. Went with DC during Vietnam era. Wrong continent, too late.

8400 - 7 years, 11.7 m - Figured it must be the Wilmington Amtrak station, especially with Delaware referenced on the newspaper. Couldn't read the date on the newspaper but thought he'd been in Congress for 30ish years before becoming vice president for 8 years and then 4 years of Trump and into the fourth year of his term. Went early 1980s.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I couldn't remember where in Delaware he lives, so I picked DC.

I knew he commuted by train so I went with the Wilmington Amtrak station. Just whiffed on the year...

[Bo Diddley]

5)7499 pts
8yrs off - 52.3 m. I wasted time thinking about when he received his hair transplants, not his aneurysm. He's always had issues with his noggin.

I couldn't remember where in Delaware he lives, so I picked DC.

[beefytee]

40,128

1)
9600 pts
3 yrs off - 1.2 m -- I'm sensing a pattern here. I picked too late.

2)
9800 pts
2 yrs off - 3.2 m -- Picked too late again.

3)
5888 pts
11 yrs off - 612.3 km -- Definitely had Munich vibes, but the boats on top of the buildings through me off and I went with Hamburg.

4)
5940 pts
15 yrs off - 559.8 km -- I got my Austrian and Polish flags mixed up. The Cyrillic didn't help. Because I picked behind the Iron curtain, I picked way too late.

5)
8900 pts
5 yrs off - 26.2 m -- Picked too early.

[PaloAltoCougar]

43,783 Great on location--none over 500m--not so great on years.

1)9600 pts
3 yrs off - 4.9 m -Exactly like Bo, but two meters farther away...

2)7496 pts
10 yrs off - 194.0 m

3)9580 pts
3 yrs off - 480.9 m

4)9598 pts
3 yrs off - 83.4m I used the default year. Location was easy as I lived near there

5)7499 pts
8yrs off - 52.3 m. I wasted time thinking about when he received his hair transplants, not his aneurysm. He's always had issues with his noggin.

[Bo Diddley]

45,421 - pretty easy one today.

1)9600 pts
3 yrs off - 3.0 m - Boston at White Sox, easy to get location. Probably the closest I've placed a pin before. Ted Williams got me close enough on the year.

2)9950 pts
1 yrs off - 8.0 m - Enough clues to get to Quebec. I was able to use satellite view to get spot on. The jacket of one of the people got me close on the year.

3)9998 pts
0 yrs off - 94.2 m - I was there in October. Lucky to get the year spot on.

4)9529 pts
3 yrs off - 3.2 km - Easy to get close on location. I think I used the default 1962 on the year.

5)6344 pts
13 yrs off - 156.0 km - I biffed this one a bit. With how old he is now, I figure this had to be around 1975.

[Pelado]

34713

Did this one on my phone, which kind of sucks.

9588 - 2 years, 28.1 km

8591 - 1 year, 859.1 km - convinced myself that wasn't Spanish for some reason, so went with Italy

6961 - 15 years, 1.2 km - looked way earlier

4577 - 17 years, 922.6 km - French seemed most prevalent but didn't notice English on the menu, and the attire didnt look likely for the French Riviera, so went near Basque country in Southern-ish France. Don't remember if I was way early or way late.

4996 - 27 years, 205.3 km - way, way early

[beefytee]

34,645

1)
9070 pts
4 yrs off - 32.6 km -- It was Japanese writing. Went with Tokyo. Didn't see any cell phones, just lots of camcorders and cameras. Guessed early.

2)
5997 pts
13 yrs off - 503.2 km -- Figured it was Portugal or Spain, so I figured I would Hedge with Barcelona. Picked too late. Didn't love the dead body lying there.

3)
2753 pts
15 yrs off - 3734.4 km -- Went with George Washington University. Wasn't sure why they would have a huge post office in Seattle. The building behind it looked like an old church which I thought fit DC. I also thought the mounted Policeman fit DC more than Seattle. Picking way too early on this one was really bad. Their coats were obvious newer than when I picked.

4)
9326 pts
0 yrs off - 173.9 km -- I remember a photo like this (Different languages including English) being around Amsterdam, so I went there.

5)
7499 pts
10 yrs off - 72.7 m -- Guessed too early.

[Bo Diddley]

36,333 - not too bad on locations, but off wildly on years.