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

[Bo Diddley]

It was the accordions for me. I've never heard of Czech polka. And I've learned to take the obvious stereotypical clue.

Yeah, I thought the same thing, but know little about the differences between the Slavic countries.

[Donuthole]

It was the accordions for me. I've never heard of Czech polka. And I've learned to take the obvious stereotypical clue.

Funny. it was the same for me. But a google search shows that Polka music originated in Bohemia, which is now part of the Czech Republic. My ignorance in assuming that polka music was from Poland served me well. (Also, the writing on the window seemed polish for some reason).

[Bo Diddley]

Funny. it was the same for me. But a google search shows that Polka music originated in Bohemia, which is now part of the Czech Republic. My ignorance in assuming that polka music was from Poland served me well. (Also, the writing on the window seemed polish for some reason).

Yep, if you google the words they are all Polish. I considered Italy and Scandinavia but figured it was in one of the Eastern Bloc countries.

[Pelado]

How did everyone know to go with Poland? I was down in Czechoslovakia.

Didn't know it was Poland. I didn't recognize any of the writing. I figured they were maybe German, maybe Austrian, so I went with a spot on the border between the two. Off by 524.7km. Even worse, I thought it was much closer to the end of WWII, so I was 27 years off on the year.

9937 - 0 years, 2.7km - Beirut was named in the picture. With the mask(s), figured it must be 2020 or 2021.
9740 - 2 years, 2.5km - Wasn't sure when Castro came to power. But I knew Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and that the Bay of Pigs had to have happened before that.
8224 - 6 years, 19.1 km - My first thought was of Mont Saint-Michel, but the building looked different and the map in the picture is not at all related to the geography near there. Spent way too long perusing the coastline of Europe looking for a matching peninsula before realizing the map was of England. Guessed near Land's End.
3975 - 27 years, 524.7km
9871 - 0 years, 7.3km - Guessed somewhat near a harbor in SanFran.

Total - 41,747 - my best score ever!

[Bo Diddley]

Didn't know it was Poland. I didn't recognize any of the writing. I figured they were maybe German, maybe Austrian, so I went with a spot on the border between the two. Off by 524.7km. Even worse, I thought it was much closer to the end of WWII, so I was 27 years off on the year.

9937 - 0 years, 2.7km - Beirut was named in the picture. With the mask(s), figured it must be 2020 or 2021.
9740 - 2 years, 2.5km - Wasn't sure when Castro came to power. But I knew Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and that the Bay of Pigs had to have happened before that.
8224 - 6 years, 19.1 km - My first thought was of Mont Saint-Michel, but the building looked different and the map in the picture is not at all related to the geography near there. Spent way too long perusing the coastline of Europe looking for a matching peninsula before realizing the map was of England. Guessed near Land's End.
3975 - 27 years, 524.7km
9871 - 0 years, 7.3km - Guessed somewhat near a harbor in SanFran.

Total - 41,747 - my best score ever!

Yeah that was my first thought but it was too small. Then the map gave it away. You gotta study these pics.

[PaloAltoCougar]

40,076 with. couple of great guesses and a couple of flubs.

1) 9958 pts
0 yr off - 1.4 km

2) 8324 pts
4yrs off - 476 km (I was thinking it was at the time and place of the "Tear down this wall" speech)

3) 7500 pts
10 yrs off - 31.1 m. The Barry Foster jersey threw me off on time. Need to bust out my Steve Young jersey next game

4) 4385 pts
27 yrs off - 114.7 km - I don't know how anyone can do well with this one.

5) 9909 pts
1 yrs off -1.3 km

[Copelius]

42,569
1 yr, 43m - I thought the TN shooting was in 22
3yr, 433km - I thought it was Munich and took a shot in the dark at the Reagan years.
0yr, 42m - Went for early 2000s because of the throwback field.
47yr, 480km - Agree with PAC. Thought for sure was Sicily because it reminded me of Godfather. Way too early.
1yr, 918m - I thought I had gotten closer to the dock, but apparently I was out in the straight. Old camera was the main clue I used for time.

[beefytee]

40,682

1)
9141 pts
1 yrs off
308.8 km -- Couldn't remember if the shooting was in Memphis or Nashville and picked wrong.

2)
9369 pts
0 yrs off
130.9 km -- Picked Frankfurt instead of Bonn. Should have thought of that with it being a political protest.

3)
8400 pts
6 yrs off
36.8 m -- Knew it wasn't recent because the stadium has filled in the endzone, and the sign said Comcast instead of Xfinity, but I didn't go back in time far enough. I seriously thought of the year John Kerry ran for President because I remember making the Heinz connection then. I should have pursued that.

4)
4716 pts
38 yrs off
45.9 km -- Really lucky guess on the place. The people in it looked Greek to me, but the writing on the wall was obviously Latin or maybe Italian, so I got the location. Picked waaaaaaaaaay too early. This one might be the toughest one to date out of any picture so far.

5)
9056 pts
1 yrs off
394.4 km -- Scanned the satellite images of many British ports and went with Liverpool. One day I'll be right with Liverpool.

[beefytee]

42,569
1 yr, 43m - I thought the TN shooting was in 22
3yr, 433km - I thought it was Munich and took a shot in the dark at the Reagan years.
0yr, 42m - Went for early 2000s because of the throwback field.
47yr, 480km - Agree with PAC. Thought for sure was Sicily because it reminded me of Godfather. Way too early.
1yr, 918m - I thought I had gotten closer to the dock, but apparently I was out in the straight. Old camera was the main clue I used for time.

That's interesting, because the satellite view of the field on the maps had the field look very similar to the picture.

[Copelius]

That's interesting, because the satellite view of the field on the maps had the field look very similar to the picture.

I just went back and looked at some pics of the field. Apparently, they use the old school endzone on the south end as much or more as they use Steelers. I don't recall the last Steelers game I watched, so I was going off of general NFL trends. Learning everyday.

[Bo Diddley]

38,419. Back down to Earth.

1)7730 pts
1 yrs off - 1439.3 km - I don't pay attention enough to know who was in the pic. I went with Uvalde.

2)7423 pts
6 yrs off - 477.5 km - Was thinking Berlin when the wall came down.

3)9600 pts
3 yrs off - 45.3 m - Easy location. It helps having been there.

4)4383 pts
48 yrs off - 117.0 km - Went with Rome, but this is as badly as I've ever missed on the year. The good thing is I can't get less than 0 points.

5)9283 pts
4 yrs off - 826.6 m - White cliffs scream Southern England coast. All the trucks pointed to Dover. And I think I saw the castle peeking from behind the seagull Again, it helps to have been there.

[Northwestcoug]

37339
Guessed Uvalde for the anti gun demonstration. I even saw the 'T' on the cop's badge, which made me even more convinced it was Texas.
Did my typical 'Berlin' guess for anything German. Got the year right though.
Was 11 years off Heinz stadium...
Guessed way too early for the Italian scene, 1936. Also Milan.
4 years off Dover.

[Pelado]

Total - 37,234

7909 - 1 year, 1081km - First thought Sandy Hook, but figured the dude in uniform would be from the South, so I went with Texas, but didn't remember the location. Didn't recognize the politician. Sad that there are way too many school shootings to be able to identify it.
8623 - 3 years, 477.2km - Figured Berlin and went a little too late in Reagan's presidency.
8399 - 6 years, 53.2m - I little disappointed I didn't get closer on that one. Figured it had to be somewhat recent since it wasn't in 3 Rivers Stadium, but guessed too recent.
6315 - 11 years, 184.5km - The writing looked Italian so I went with a hilly region near Tuscany. Had no idea on the year so just went with the default of 1962.
5988 - 18 years, 612.2m - Figured it was Dover with the white cliffs, but missed badly on the year.

[Bo Diddley]

42,143

1)9983 pts
0 yrs off - 836.2 m - Obviously the building of the Berlin Wall, so I picked next to the monument there. My fat fingers helped me as I was playing on my phone. I was trying to move the slider to 1960 and it recorded my guess at 1961.

2)7417 pts
6 yrs off - 483.0 km - Picked Oslo instead of Copenhagen.

3)6712 pts
10 yrs off - 287.8 km - I guess everything in Morocco is Marrakech.

4)9957 pts
0 yrs off - 1.5 km - They gave you the city and the year. Too easy.

5)8074 pts
4 yrs off - 726.2 km - In the neighborhood with Sydney.

[PaloAltoCougar]

39,543. 3 & 4 totalled only 12,000.. Sad.