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

[Donuthole]

I hadn't done nearly as well on the first four guesses, but I feel this.

37,072

7500 - 8 years, 13 m - The cars made me think mid-70's, which was too early. Perfect score on location, though (like many others, probably)

Yeah, the cars were a curveball. Most of them were 70s models. But, if you zoomed in, there was a mid 80s Olds Cutlass right above the mailbox. My dad and grandpa were both Olds guys, so I know those taillights well.

5202 - 16 years, 297.8 km - Thought it was probably German, but hedged by placing it in Germany somewhat near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic. Time killed me again.

I was a couple years off, but the e-scooter in the far right of the picture was the timeline key here. Pretty low res photo for 2023 though. I guessed 2021.

[Pelado]

44, 134. Screw you, timeguesser. I had my best ever round going through 4 pictures, including two 10,000pt guesses. And I was one year off on the last photo, but guessed Austria instead of . . . . Vermont.

I hadn't done nearly as well on the first four guesses, but I feel this.

37,072

7500 - 8 years, 13 m - The cars made me think mid-70's, which was too early. Perfect score on location, though (like many others, probably)

5202 - 16 years, 297.8 km - Thought it was probably German, but hedged by placing it in Germany somewhat near the border with Poland and the Czech Republic. Time killed me again.

10000 - 0 years, 1.4 m - After guessing the wrong hemisphere on the DiCaprio picture from the other day, I thought of Cannes and found the Carlton. Figured it was in the 70's, but really just got lucky on the year.

9758 - 2 years, 1.3 km - Thought they might be protesting in England, but I selected Oslo near the city hall because the cobblestone and trolley tracks seemed to match. Thought it would be the onset of WWII.

4612 - 3 years, 6290.2 km - Why wouldn't they want to practice on location? F-ing Vermont.

[Bo Diddley]

44, 134. Screw you, timeguesser. I had my best ever round going through 4 pictures, including two 10,000pt guesses. And I was one year off on the last photo, but guessed Austria instead of . . . . Vermont.

ouch

I'm pretty sure PAC talked about where this scene was filmed once, after one of his trips over there, but I couldn't remember where.

[Donuthole]

44, 134. Screw you, timeguesser. I had my best ever round going through 4 pictures, including two 10,000pt guesses. And I was one year off on the last photo, but guessed Austria instead of . . . . Vermont.

[Bo Diddley]

31,454

1)8400 pts
6 yrs off - 23.2 m

2)9256 pts
0 yrs off - 244.4 km - I was in Berlin, lucky on the year.

3)4962 pts
1 yrs off - 9246.2 km - Ritz Carton somewhere, right? I picked Hong Kong because I didn't recognize it from London.

4)5424 pts
9 yrs off - 1151.8 km - was thinking somewhere in England based on the signage, but couldn't place an event that went with it. Should have just gone with Oslo.

5)3412 pts
7 yrs off - 6267.2 km - Picked Austria.

[BigPiney]

40,092
Averaged over 9k on 4 but the photo quality and general lack of tech on the hamburg made me guess in the 90s. I also guessed Zurich, which wasn't as bad. Also anytime I see a film that would make the year easy from now on, I am going with Cannes instead of Paris.

Ha, I guessed Monte Carlo (because James Bond), so that was at least close.

[PaloAltoCougar]

43,165. Happy I recognized Mary Martin and knew those weren't the Alps.

[Copelius]

40,092
Averaged over 9k on 4 but the photo quality and general lack of tech on the hamburg made me guess in the 90s. I also guessed Zurich, which wasn't as bad. Also anytime I see a film that would make the year easy from now on, I am going with Cannes instead of Paris.

[beefytee]

34,052
1)
6608 pts
5 yrs off
1583.1 km -- I considered the Vatican but decided to pick the cathedral in Gothenburg Sweden. Had no idea what date to pick.

2)
8885 pts
5 yrs off
753.4 m -- The iPhones looked older to me, so I picked 5 years too soon.

3)
6547 pts
1 yrs off
2707.9 km -- Picked Algeria instead of Egypt. Should have noticed how much everything looked like the Indiana Jones movie.

4)
10000 pts
0 yrs off
21.3 m -- What a terrible final score that includes a perfect guess.

5)
2012 pts
12 yrs off
15989.7 km -- I too focused on the Dove or Dover Road but drew a blank. I figured there weren't that many cities that were bustling like that back in the day. I certainly wouldn't have considered Sydney to be that busy. Went with the default NYC.

[Bo Diddley]

I was doing ... ok today, not great, but averaging 8.1K on the first 4. Then I guessed Dover on the last one when it was really Sydney. The tram to the Dover boat and references to royalty led me to the UK. Did I miss something obvious that would put this one on the other side of the world?

I didn't study the picture close enough to look at all the clues, but like you, I was thinking of the UK for a minute. But I wasn't entirely sure they'd used trolleys, and the dress of the people looked more like the US to me, so I picked NYC.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I was doing ... ok today, not great, but averaging 8.1K on the first 4. Then I guessed Dover on the last one when it was really Sydney. The tram to the Dover boat and references to royalty led me to the UK. Did I miss something obvious that would put this one on the other side of the world?

45,021, due in large part to figuring out no. 5 pretty well. The Dover sign said Dover Rd. so I thought that was a deke. Also, the women in light dresses made me think down under rather than the UK. Finally, I saw Pitt Street and then remembered our Marriott hotel was on/near that major street (around 75 years later).

[Copelius]

Nope I grabbed London as kind of a default. But I kind of forced it in by picking later than it appeared since I suspect London would have been more of a wartime footing in the initial part of the 40s, which the cars led me to believe. But once I had settled on a place, I picked a time to fit that. Unfortunately this game gives you less leeway for time than location, although 12 points for location is probably about as bad as it gets. I was about where you were at. Total of 36,800for the day.

[Clark Addison]

I was doing ... ok today, not great, but averaging 8.1K on the first 4. Then I guessed Dover on the last one when it was really Sydney. The tram to the Dover boat and references to royalty led me to the UK. Did I miss something obvious that would put this one on the other side of the world?

[PaloAltoCougar]

38,208 Way off on some dates

1)9947pts. Knew Sikh Central; lucky on the date
1 yrs off - 137.2 m

2)9143 pts.
2 yrs off - 157.1km

3) 9175 pts. Knew the country but was lucky on the year
0yrs off - 325.4 km

4)4945pts. Thought it might be shortly after the liberation. It wasn't.
21 yrs off - 2.2km

5)4998 pts. Lccation was easy but thought it was probably shortly before the Hindenburg crash. Post hoc I'm told the hats were early 20th Century
24yrs off - 111.2 m

[beefytee]

41,069

1)
9950 pts
1 yrs off
31.9 m -- I was obsessed with washing in the Ganges until I realized they were wearing Turbans and that these were shikhs (Saturday brain). Went up to Punjab and found it.

2)
6379 pts
9 yrs off
620.9 km -- I keep guessing too close to the war when I see soldiers that I associate with WW2. Guessed Netherlands rather than Denmark.

3)
5282 pts
3 yrs off
4091.6 km -- Guessed Tahiti.

4)
9862 pts
0 yrs off
9.6 km -- Went with the shirt and guessed date based on the popularity of super soakers and the model of the SUV

5)
9596 pts
3 yrs off
199.2 m -- Happy with this considering the range of years that it could have been.