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

[BigPiney]

34,678

1)9649 pts
0 yrs off - 62.6 km I realized I have no idea where the olympic venues were in calgary

2)4819 pts
41 yrs off - 20.2 km picture looked way older to me- 0 points on time
3)9300 pts
4 yrs off - 15.5 m osama getting his due
4)6998 pts
11 yrs off - 116.7 m I learned that tallinn now has a Circle K, ,cool
5)3912 pts
5 yrs off - 12314.4 km - I am dumb and picked south africa

[Pelado]

I think I'm resigned to the fact that my participation in this game is primarily to make everyone else feel better about their scores.

35,819

8268 - 6 years, 8.0 km - Mid-Manhattan a bit late

5927 - 6 years, 1945.3 km - Initially thought Dubai (which would have been closer) with all the cranes and construction, but seemed more like a religious site and with military presence, so went with Tehran trying to approximate the Arab Spring. Too early.

7454 - 8 years, 1.6 km - Picked near Stratosphere not sure if that property had been on the Strip or in Downtown Vegas. Just went with the default 1962.

9172 - 1 year, 278.0 km - Sign looked Polish, didn't even look for the city name, just went with Warsaw.

4998 - 24 years, 98.6 m - Found Blackfriars, way too early. Thought I saw the back of a horse-drawn cart but it may have been motorized.

[BigPiney]

43,737 bad on years, and picked Warsaw in poland.

[SteelBlue]

45,573. I think that's my best ever?

[beefytee]

41,656

1)
9255 pts
4 yrs off - 1.6 km -- Picked a random NYPD location in Brooklyn.

2)
9789 pts
2 yrs off - 531.0 m

3)
7425 pts
8 yrs off - 3.4 km -- Guessed right after the war.

4)
9258 pts
4 yrs off - 1.4 km -- Found Poznan, didn't find the polytechnic school. I thought there were lots of hippie elements. so went early with 1970.

5)
5929 pts
19 yrs off - 3.2 km -- Oof. Guessed way too early, with the buggy there. Assumed the L in L.C.C stood for London. I assumed much like soccer, the term subway was used back in the day.

[Copelius]

42,624
1)9164 pts
4 yrs off- 9.0 km - was about to go to London until I saw the precinct sign. Mid Manhatten seemed the best bet

2)8300 pts
3 yrs off- 800.3 km - Construction threw me off. For some reason I thought that Mecca was not as well developed. After I saw the result I remember seeing an article about all the new construction that had been going up recently there.

3)10000 pts
0 yrs off- 33.6 m - Middle of the strip for a defunct hotel worked great this time.

4)9174 pts
1 yrs off- 276.5 km - I always pick Warsaw. I think for Polish pictures I will start cheating toward the center of the country

5)5986 pts
20 yrs off- 707.1 m - way too early

[PaloAltoCougar]

42,553. Would have been great but for major flub on 1

1) 4686 pts
4yrs off - 5570.9 km --If I'd known there was a later London picture (no. 5) I would have gone with either NYC or D.C., but no. The women seem to be thinking "Dude, undercover? You're not even trying."

2) 9290 6pts
4 yrs off - 487.4m --Assumed it was a Hajj

3) 9724 pts
2yrs off - 3.5 km

4) 9253 pts
4 yrs off - 1.7km --City name on the banner helped

5) 9600 pts
3 yrs off - 36.0m -- OK, so THAT's obviously London--found the tube stop.

[Bo Diddley]

42,268

1)9793 pts
1 yrs off - 14.3 km - in Harlem instead of Brooklyn

2)6084 pts
6 yrs off - 1631.1 km - over in Dubai instead of SA

3)8326 pts
6 yrs off - 3.4 km - 1960 was still a little too late--should have picked mid 50s

4)8765 pts
3 yrs off - 335.5 km - I picked Krakow--was happy to get the right country

5)9300 pts
4 yrs off - 37.5 m - This was a gimme for me

[Bo Diddley]

45,946

1)9282 pts
4 yrs off - 923.0 m - guessed right with NYC

2)9604 pts
0 yrs off - 73.9 km - year was a gimme, the flags said Norway (or Iceland)

3)8614 pts
3 yrs off - 486.3 km - looked like English countryside to me--I didn't connect the Trans Atlantic flight

4)8646 pts
3 yrs off - 454.4 km - I picked Salzburg with all the Austria flags and one German flag

5)9800 pts
2 yrs off - 24.7 m - Gimme for both the location and the time, even if I couldn't remember when the riots were exactly.

[BigPiney]

So, I scored worse than beefy's poor effort and Piney's "not so good".

40,056

I mean it isn't too bad. It is still a B. Not like the 26000 days I had a few weeks ago.

[beefytee]

So, I scored worse than beefy's poor effort and Piney's "not so good".

40,056

9249 - 4 years, 1.9 km - never been to NY. Placed it somewhere on Broadway a few years too late

8529 - 0 years, 971.4 km - Thanks for putting the year on the photo, but I went with the middle of Germany

6545 - 10 years, 754.7 km - I, too, thought she'd landed in France. The attire of the crowd made me think maybe she'd flown from Europe to the US so it could have been a lot worse. Too early, too.

8533 - 3 years, 567.3 km - Thought I saw some French, went with Rouen.

7500 - 8 years, 34.0 m - Didn't notice the firearms on the roof that might have made me think of the Rodney King riots. The Korean signs initially made me think of Chinatown since I don't know the difference between Chinese and Korean characters.

I'd say you're in good company.

[Pelado]

41,723 -- I didn't give this my best effort today.

41,352 - back to not so good

So, I scored worse than beefy's poor effort and Piney's "not so good".

40,056

9249 - 4 years, 1.9 km - never been to NY. Placed it somewhere on Broadway a few years too late

8529 - 0 years, 971.4 km - Thanks for putting the year on the photo, but I went with the middle of Germany

6545 - 10 years, 754.7 km - I, too, thought she'd landed in France. The attire of the crowd made me think maybe she'd flown from Europe to the US so it could have been a lot worse. Too early, too.

8533 - 3 years, 567.3 km - Thought I saw some French, went with Rouen.

7500 - 8 years, 34.0 m - Didn't notice the firearms on the roof that might have made me think of the Rodney King riots. The Korean signs initially made me think of Chinatown since I don't know the difference between Chinese and Korean characters.

[BigPiney]

41,352 - back to not so good

1)9757 pts
2 yrs off - 1.4 km
2)9827 pts
0 yrs off - 18.2 km looked like a coastal town and hoped it was norway and not iceland
3)9307 pts
2 yrs off - 98.2 km could tell it was Amelia, had an idea about timeframe and locations. guessed it was the landing in NI and not the take in Canada (I think)
4)4062 pts
22 yrs off - 437.8 km huge whiff on time and somewhere german speaking. picked austria
5)8399 pts
6 yrs off - 65.3 m - should have been smarter on the year - rodney king riots

[beefytee]

41,723 -- I didn't give this my best effort today.

1)
8859 pts
5 yrs off - 1.3 km -- Wasn't familiar where or when, but figured the vents would be in NY with the subway.

2)
9604 pts
0 yrs off - 74.0 km -- Love it when they give you the year. At least this time with black and white picture and the flags I considered Iceland, but all signs pointed to Norway.

3)
7096 pts
7 yrs off - 804.0 km -- Recognized Amelia Earhart. Thought all the continental flights landed in France. Wasn't sure on the year.

4)
8682 pts
2 yrs off - 617.9 km -- Looked like the first flag was German, and the next 2 were Austrian. I considered WW2 occupation but didn't think they would have photo services at the drugstore then and would have probably been a nazi flag instead. Went with Vienna.

5)
7482 pts
8 yrs off - 879.0 m -- This is where I was really lazy. I picked up the "Western" sign, but not the "5th". I thought the Celica looked like a late 90's model. I was wrong.

[beefytee]