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

[Donuthole]

45,521.

Same as everyone here, #2 killed me. I guessed remote Norway, and pre WWII 1941, but I was intrigued by all of the short rompers in a place that probably rarely gets over 75 degrees. I should have figured it was somewhere a little more temperate than Norway. I was also EXTREMELY distracted by the fact that the gentleman had only the bottom button of his 3-button suit buttoned. A real sartorial travesty. Pretty sure this was eventually the reason for WWII. Shame.

[Bo Diddley]

Ha, yes. I sometimes cut and paste Bo's (I don't know how to copy my breakdown directly into my post without eating up too much storage on the site) and then edit accordingly, albeit mistakenly in this instance.

My first two scores were 9950 and 4873. Interestingly, I got the same score as Bo on no. 4, albeit with slightly different guesses.

So literally copying!

When I go to breakdown, I do CNTL+A, CNTL+C, and then right click, paste as plain text.

[beefytee]

I was going to go even earlier that I guessed (1951), but I saw a girl with a poodle skirt on. That's the only reason I got the decade right.

[Pelado]

42,225 with only one poor guess.

1) 9800 - 2 yrs - 16.4 m. I was wrong about when the queen died (I put 2023). Turned out it wasn't for her anyway.

2) 2635 - 28 yrs - 1730.6 km. Worst guess evar! I guessed Norway in like the 60s. This one really hurts.

3) 9894 - 1 yr - 2.2 km

4) 10000 - 0 yrs - 4.9 m I was going to guess early 40s but then thought Errol Flynn was after that. I was lucky to go later enough. I kind of based it on the clothing.

5) 9896 - 1 yr - 2.1 km

Errol Flynn's first big movie was Captain Blood in 1935. One of my favorite movies as a youth was his next big movie - The Adventures of Robin Hood - released in 1938.

[Pelado]

Bad.

[Lost Student]

42,225 with only one poor guess.

1) 9800 - 2 yrs - 16.4 m. I was wrong about when the queen died (I put 2023). Turned out it wasn't for her anyway.

2) 2635 - 28 yrs - 1730.6 km. Worst guess evar! I guessed Norway in like the 60s. This one really hurts.

3) 9894 - 1 yr - 2.2 km

4) 10000 - 0 yrs - 4.9 m I was going to guess early 40s but then thought Errol Flynn was after that. I was lucky to go later enough. I kind of based it on the clothing.

5) 9896 - 1 yr - 2.1 km

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm guessing the point total is wrong on a few of those.

It should be about 9950 for your first one. Also, some of those point totals look eerily similar to Bo's.

Ha, yes. I sometimes cut and paste Bo's (I don't know how to copy my breakdown directly into my post without eating up too much storage on the site) and then edit accordingly, albeit mistakenly in this instance.

My first two scores were 9950 and 4873. Interestingly, I got the same score as Bo on no. 4, albeit with slightly different guesses.

[Copelius]

40,841
1- 9950, 1yr, 41m, Went with the queen, didn't even think about Phillip
2- 2755, 72yrs, 1490km, Got fooled by the flag and suit looked late 90s ish
3- 8579, 3yrs, 521km, Should have thought Berlin, but guessed post commie Warsaw
4- 10000, 0yr, 7m, probably the closest distance I can remember getting
5- 9557, 3yr, 1.4km, guessed east of the hotel. Pitch looked to close to be across the bay

[beefytee]

41,602

1)4873 pts. Almost went with the year the Queen Mother died but then saw the masks
1 yrs off - 13.1 m

2)2632 pts
28 yrs off - 6.8 km - The terrain didn't look at all Norwegiany and then remembered the flag

3)9981 pts
0 yrs off - 953.8m - They like the Berlin Wall

4)8400 pts
6 yrs off - 4.6 m - What Bo said

5)8398pts
6 yrs off - 98.4 m - Found the pitch on the map but we know from sad experience that time counts more than location

I'm guessing the point total is wrong on a few of those.

It should be about 9950 for your first one. Also, some of those point totals look eerily similar to Bo's.

[beefytee]

40,915 -- Better than yesterday. Lots of easy ones and one terribly deceptive one.

1)
10000 pts
0 yrs off
8.2 m

2)
2679 pts
47 yrs off
1641.1 km -- Iceland pulls a fast one on us every time. The Norwegian and Icelandic flags look identical in black and white. I thought the little girls' dresses looked similar to what the girls were wearing when I was in elementary school. I guess fashion comes around again. I should have paid more attention to the man's suit.

3)
9888 pts
1 yrs off
2.6 km -- Thought it would have been about year after with the state of the wall. I guess there wouldn't have been much hype by then though.

4)
8400 pts
6 yrs off
9.0 m -- Only name I recognized on the board was Ava Gardner. I too guessed too early.

5)
9948 pts
1 yrs off
102.0 m

[PaloAltoCougar]

41,602

1)4873 pts. Almost went with the year the Queen Mother died but then saw the masks
1 yrs off - 13.1 m

2)2632 pts
28 yrs off - 6.8 km - The terrain didn't look at all Norwegiany and then remembered the flag

3)9981 pts
0 yrs off - 953.8m - They like the Berlin Wall

4)8400 pts
6 yrs off - 4.6 m - What Bo said

5)8398pts
6 yrs off - 98.4 m - Found the pitch on the map but we know from sad experience that time counts more than location

[Bo Diddley]

39,775

1)10000 pts
0 yrs off - 15.2 m - possibly the first perfect score for me. Pretty easy.

2)2632 pts
31 yrs off - 1735.3 km - Picked the outskirts of Oslo. Way off on the year.

3)9959 pts
0 yrs off - 1.3 km - Another easy one. Put the pin at Checkpoint Charlie.

4)8400 pts
7 yrs off - 12.5 m - Easy location, guessed too early.

5)8784 pts
3 yrs off - 315.5 km - I was in the neighborhood in Malaysia.

[Copelius]

39,515
1-8399, 6 yrs off, 55m
2-10000, 0yrs, 24m WC finals are about all I know about soccer.
3-5541, 0yrs, 4796km Cell phones helped me on the year. Picked Solomon Islands, because I had no idea which south Pacific country and Solomons seem kinda midrange.
4-5986, 17yrs, 687m, recognized the German Church spire, but whiffed on the year.
5-9589, 3 yrs, 530m, double decker was an England hint to me. The signage had to be a public place so picked Trafalgar Square which was close enough. Cassettes advertised got me into the 80s.

[beefytee]

31,330 -- My worst in a while. Bad for even for my weekend brain.

1)
4648 pts
5 yrs off
3759.6 km -- Found a spot in Miami that resembled this very much. Didn't look in any other city. I guess Miami probably didn't have the skyscrapers back then. Should have considered LA.

2)
4312 pts
4 yrs off
8929.4 km -- I got the whole world cup reference. I didn't pick England or Germany who hosted around that time. Picked Mexico City in the middle as the crowd looked pretty subdued, I saw some German flags, but no English flag or Union jack. I don't like all these World Cup references. Give me the Olympics.

3)
4721 pts
12 yrs off
1558.8 km -- Picked the right country but the wrong side of Jakarta. Year was super difficult as well and I was way too early.
4)
8387 pts
7 yrs off
629.3 m -- Gatan told me Sweden. Couldn't find Herkulesgatan or Klarabergsgatan, but was pretty close. Bad guess on the year.

5)
9262 pts
4 yrs off
1.1 km -- Picked London because of the double decker bus and most of signs being in English.

[Copelius]

33,555
1-4612, 3yrs 16665km, Got WWII but for some reason thought training in NZ. Should have gone with my first impression of a deployed Maori unit in northern Africa
2-4647, 12 yrs 1707km, Way to early and went Milan
3-8885, 5 yrs 737m
4-7929, 7 yrs, 471km, went Monterrey and a bit late
5-7482, 9 yrs 918m, Florence Cathedral is a very distinctive renaissance dome. I love Cathedrals.