You got historical chops? The Timeguessr thread (spoiler alert)

[Bo Diddley]

45,749. Pretty similar to yours except that I could see a tiny "Edinburgh: on the back of the bus, and on the side one can see it's the "Edinburgh-London Luxury Service." Thought for a moment it might be the London end of the trip, but decided against it. For just a moment, the "Los Angeles Studios" sign gave me pause, but the people's attire suggested otherwise...

Me too. I didn't recognize the buildings, so for a minute I considered this could be somewhere in LA. No way. And since I didn't recognize the buildings, I went with Edinburgh.

41,805

1)9941 pts
1 yrs off - 458.9 m

2)9007 pts
0 yrs off - 492.9 km - Yesterday I was in Amman instead of Cairo. Today I was in Cairo instead of Amman.

3)5955 pts
18 yrs off - 1.5 km - picked way too late.

4)7858 pts
4 yrs off - 941.8 km - I was down in Venice.

5)9044 pts
4 yrs off - 39.0 km - I couldn't think of the date. Was it really that long ago?

[PaloAltoCougar]

41,135 -- Finally cleared 40,000 again

1)
6470 pts
9 yrs off - 529.9 km -- I figured it was London or Edinburgh. With all the English confectionaries there, I went with London. Guessed too early.

2)
9017 pts
4 yrs off - 45.9 km -- I thought this might be in the West Bank back when Jordan controlled it. I went with Jericho in the 50's

3)
9560 pts
3 yrs off - 1.2 km -- Looked like a NY style cab and the girls fashion spoke 60's to me.

4)
6380 pts
8 yrs off - 620.3 km -- I got a Hamlet vibe from this, so I went with Copenhagen. Guessed too early. The only stink in Denmark was my guess.

5)
9708 pts
0 yrs off - 48.1 km -- Figured it was the Fukashima nuclear plant the year of or a few years after the tsunami.

45,749. Pretty similar to yours except that I could see a tiny "Edinburgh: on the back of the bus, and on the side one can see it's the "Edinburgh-London Luxury Service." Thought for a moment it might be the London end of the trip, but decided against it. For just a moment, the "Los Angeles Studios" sign gave me pause, but the people's attire suggested otherwise...

[beefytee]

41,135 -- Finally cleared 40,000 again

1)
6470 pts
9 yrs off - 529.9 km -- I figured it was London or Edinburgh. With all the English confectionaries there, I went with London. Guessed too early.

2)
9017 pts
4 yrs off - 45.9 km -- I thought this might be in the West Bank back when Jordan controlled it. I went with Jericho in the 50's

3)
9560 pts
3 yrs off - 1.2 km -- Looked like a NY style cab and the girls fashion spoke 60's to me.

4)
6380 pts
8 yrs off - 620.3 km -- I got a Hamlet vibe from this, so I went with Copenhagen. Guessed too early. The only stink in Denmark was my guess.

5)
9708 pts
0 yrs off - 48.1 km -- Figured it was the Fukashima nuclear plant the year of or a few years after the tsunami.

[Bo Diddley]

34,968

1)5746 pts
12 yrs off - 753.5 km - I picked Hamburg.

2)6950 pts
12 yrs off - 1.8 km - Should have gone with the default year!

3)8391 pts
7 yrs off - 459.0 m - Easy location, tough to get the year.

4)6007 pts
15 yrs off - 493.5 km - Picked Jordan, way too late.

5)7874 pts
1 yrs off - 1152.4 km - started in Manhattan then switched to Chicago.

[beefytee]

39,399 -- Been a while since I broke the 40,000 barrier. The streak continues.

1)
8400 pts
7 yrs off - 21.0 m -- Saw the German based website, but also saw "Wien", so I found the stadium in Vienna and got the location. Picked way to recently.

2)
9785 pts
2 yrs off - 769.3 m -- Was sure it was Italy and guessed Rome.

3)
7491 pts
10 yrs off - 453.9 m -- Thought those were cell phones they were holding up. I guess they were cameras. Picked way too recently.

4)
6415 pts
9 yrs off - 585.2 km -- Had no idea where this was, only clue I gathered was the Arabic. I picked Beirut. I thought the Mercedes were late 70's vintage, so I picked way too recently.

5)
7308 pts
2 yrs off - 1983.9 km -- I ignored the "Sach's New York" sign in the distance. There was also a sign that might have mentioned snow. I went with Tulsa because of the KTU radio station van. With the K prefix, I thought it would at least be west of the Mississippi.

[beefytee]

36,973 -- I don't think I've had enough patience lately to do well on this. Also, I'm not very good or observant.

1)
9816 pts
1 yrs off - 8.5 km -- Pretty straightforward. I thought is was last year that he went to Ireland, but went with 2022 to hedge a bit as time flies for me.

2)
9616 pts
1 yrs off - 58.5 km -- Picked Bagdad. Guessed it was early 10's

3)
6928 pts
11 yrs off - 3.2 km -- Picked too late. Couldn't find the exact spot in Paris.

4)
4619 pts
13 yrs off - 1762.8 km -- I thought it might be Spain. I was looking for Castropol, but didn't see it. I figured it was somewhere in the Mediterranean and hedged a central location like Naples. Guessed the year on the flag... at least I thought it said 1994.

5)
5994 pts
17 yrs off - 315.1 m -- This was before my time. I don't remember the House of Parliament ever burning. I figured it might be the IRA, but the car in the corner and the abulance looked really old, so I guessed way to early.

[BigPiney]

41,919

[PaloAltoCougar]

45,469 (Honest!)

1) 9941 pts
1 yrs off - 434.9 m

2) 9642 pts
1yrs off - 52.1 km -- Assumed it was around the time of the pullout

3) 9877 pts
1 yrs off - 3.3 km - Lucky on the year

4) 7610 pts
5 yrs off - 790.5 km - Wrong side of Spain

5) 8399 pts
6 yrs off - 61.2 m Couldn't remember the date, though I assumed it was near the start of The Troubles

[Bo Diddley]

45,305 - this one was made for me

1)9865 pts
0 yrs off - 8.6 km - I couldn't find a fire brigade. Maybe the airport is the only one in town.

2)9942 pts
0 yrs off - 2.4 km - Don't be fooled by the chocolate chip camo. The newer DCU uniform is being worn underneath.

3)9675 pts
2 yrs off - 6.2 km - I was going to look around the Moulin Rouge area.

4)5823 pts
11 yrs off - 677.4 km - I was up the coast in France.

5)10000 pts
0 yrs off - 23.2 m - This one was a gimme if you know when it was bombed.

[BigPiney]

41,831

That was tough.

1)8394 pts
7 yrs off - 284.9 m - went depression era
2)9464 pts
2 yrs off - 59.1 km - chose manchester because of the bus
3)7786 pts
0 yrs off - 1428.9 km - picked Slovakia
4)9300 pts
4 yrs off - 37.1 m
5)6887 pts
4 yrs off - 1826.4 km - also turkey
Exit breakdown

[Pelado]

Damn, you guys are on to me. 40,418. In other news, I shot a 67 today.

Oh, I thought maybe you were using new math.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Damn, you guys are on to me. 40,418. In other news, I shot a 67 today.

[Copelius]

I thought it was Turkey.

I will join you.

[Copelius]

40,199
6998 - 12yrs - 92m - Gunshy from being way too early recently on these pre 1950 ones so I overcorrected to 1949
8519 - 4yrs - 280km - Knew it wasn't middle London, so went with outskirts
9992 - 0yrs - 401m - lucky guess on time and location. Just stabbed at Helsinki, because the name didn't look Slavic enough to be the old Warsaw Pact
7500 - 10yrs - 37m - It said QEII on the top of the photo. The signs totally deeked me on the year since they were 10 years old.
7190 - 3yrs - 1820km - This is not the first appearance of the Algerian flag which made my mistaken belief that it was Turkey less challenged by my feeble mind since I recognized it, albeit improperly.

[Clark Addison]

Can you show your math on how those add up to 49k+?

I guess we now know how PAC always has such high scores!