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

[Bo Diddley]

42,621 - Easy one. I expect PAC to blow us out of the water.

1)9999 pts
0 yrs off - 66.6 m - Easy location. Default 1962 seemed about right.

2)3996 pts
24 yrs off - 504.2 km - I was up in Tangier instead of Marrakesh and way off on the year.

3)9996 pts
0 yrs off - 197.3 m - Easy location, a little lucky to get the year right on.

4)8680 pts
2 yrs off - 620.2 km - I was up in Copenhagen.

5)9950 pts
1 yrs off - 22.8 m - Easy location, and the date on the paper got me close, but I don't parlez français.

[PaloAltoCougar]

46,322

1) 9599 pts. We took some great night shots from that spot. The dorky shorts got me close on time.
3 yrs off
62.7 m

2) 7418 pts. Guessed Tunis; got lucky on time.
2 yrs off
1764.3 km

3) 9585 pts. Surprised I was a little off on time.
3 yrs off
761.2 m

4) 9731 pts. Saw the language and got the date based on similar glasses worn by my daughter at the time...
2 yrs off
3.1 km

5) 9989 pts. I was a BYU freshman when he died.
0 yrs off
527.2 m


Thanks, beefy. My days of cutting, pasting, and editing are over. I'll work on changing the typeface color...

[Copelius]

44,440

1) 8397 pts 7 yrs off - 133.7 m, Went way too early. If I would have focused more on the motorcycle I would have been in the 60s

2) 6919 pts 4 yrs off - 1762.8 km, somewhere in Northern Africa, but went with Tunis instead of Morocco

3) 10000 pts 0 yrs off - 38.3 m, today's gimme

4) 9211 pts 4 yrs off - 4.3 km, spent way too much time examining posters until I found Amsterdam mentioned. Thought one said 1983 on it.

5) 9913 pts 0 yrs off - 4.2 km, Random Paris pin.

[beefytee]

46,387 -- Most were straightforward today.

1)
9299 pts
4 yrs off
68.1 m -- I feel pretty good about getting within 4 years.

2)
8800 pts
2 yrs off
500.2 km -- Not a lot of clues here. The only thing I picked up on was the green 5-sided stars with the red background. But I picked Tangier which while in the same country, was very far away. I guessed the year based on the t-shirt the guy was wearing. Those shirts with the trim on the arm and neck were popular around 2010.

3)
8399 pts
6 yrs off
65.6 m -- Guessed too early.

4)
9957 pts
0 yrs off
1.4 km -- Knew it was Danish or Dutch, and then found Amsterdam on one of the posters. Lucky guess on the year. Europe fashion is hard for me.

5)
9932 pts
1 yrs off
896.8 m -- Didn't read the headline that said he left power in 1969 and just picked that year. It's probably a good thing, because I may have picked more than 2 years later which would have resulted in a worse score.

[beefytee]

3) 10000 pts 0 yrs off - 38.3 m, today's gimme

My worst score!

[beefytee]

Thanks, beefy. My days of cutting, pasting, and editing are over. I'll work on changing the typeface color...

Thank for putting up with me, PAC.

[Bo Diddley]

2)
8800 pts
2 yrs off
500.2 km -- Not a lot of clues here. The only thing I picked up on was the green 5-sided stars with the red background. But I picked Tangier which while in the same country, was very far away. I guessed the year based on the t-shirt the guy was wearing. Those shirts with the trim on the arm and neck were popular around 2010.

Yes, that looked to me like they were modeled after the star on their flag. I think Marrakesh is the location you should use for all of Morocco. I'm going to, anyway. I remember having a shirt like that in the early 80s which is why I was so far off.

[beefytee]

Yes, that looked to me like they were modeled after the star on their flag. I think Marrakesh is the location you should use for all of Morocco. I'm going to, anyway. I remember having a shirt like that in the early 80s which is why I was so far off.

Yep. I mentioned that yesterday. Some fads come back again. It makes it tough. They were definitely popular in the 80's too.

[Pelado]

Yes, that looked to me like they were modeled after the star on their flag. I think Marrakesh is the location you should use for all of Morocco. I'm going to, anyway. I remember having a shirt like that in the early 80s which is why I was so far off.

Yep. I mentioned that yesterday. Some fads come back again. It makes it tough. They were definitely popular in the 80's too.

I thought the writing looked Turkish, so I went with Istanbul. I've missed pretty badly whenever Morocco is spotlighted. Pretty sure I also missed badly on the year.

The first location that popped into my head for the Amsterdam one was Berlin. I thought some of the writing could be German. I tried to think of where else it could be since they just featured Berlin yesterday. I lucked out with Amsterdam - didn't notice it written anywhere. I was thinking I was way off on the year, but it looks like it was just 3 years off.

I was way off on the Gateway Arch, thinking it was 15 years older.

[Bo Diddley]

I thought the writing looked Turkish, so I went with Istanbul. I've missed pretty badly whenever Morocco is spotlighted. Pretty sure I also missed badly on the year.

The first location that popped into my head for the Amsterdam one was Berlin. I thought some of the writing could be German. I tried to think of where else it could be since they just featured Berlin yesterday. I lucked out with Amsterdam - didn't notice it written anywhere. I was thinking I was way off on the year, but it looks like it was just 3 years off.

I was way off on the Gateway Arch, thinking it was 15 years older.

Writing looked Arabic to me (sign above the store). On the arch, those cars looked mid-sixties, so I rounded it off to 1965 and lucked out on getting the year spot on.

[Bo Diddley]

35,980

1)4579 pts
17 yrs off - 921.1 km - Bunch of white people in an old stadium. I guessed Germany, but should have gone with my first inclination of England. And way too early.

2)8366 pts
3 yrs off - 733.6 km - went Le Mans over Monaco

3)8255 pts
7 yrs off - 11.2 km - the highway sign looked like the ones in Hungary

4)9783 pts
2 yrs off - 830.5 m - the only gimmie for me today

5)4997 pts
49 yrs off - 164.1 m - this is 2023? Boo!

[beefytee]

43,585

1)
8211 pts
7 yrs off - 22.2 km -- I guessed it might be Wembley stadium from back in the day. With so few clues, I figured it was something recognizable. I was wrong. Looks like the stadium is gone now. I picked to recent.

2)
9786 pts
2 yrs off - 683.9 m -- Figured it was Monte Carlo with the hills and the posh buildings.

3)
9558 pts
3 yrs off - 1.4 km -- Recognized the highway shield was probably Hungary and the language seemed to be consistent with Hungarian.

4)
8532 pts
4 yrs off - 268.2 km -- Figured it was somewhere in Northwest England.

5)
7498 pts
8 yrs off - 124.3 m -- Picked too early. I would have picked way earlier if it wasn't from Gritty in the picture.

[beefytee]

One other trick for copy and pasting your score that I just learned. Click the right-most button "Source" up above and then paste your copied stuff into the editor. That will get rid of all the "URL" excess.

[PaloAltoCougar]

40897

1) 9039 pts. Pretty lucky on both time and distance
4 yrs off 40.1 km

2) 8890 pts. Knew it was Monte Carlo, time not so much
5 yrs off. 524.7 m

3) 9580 pts. Recognized Hungarian
3 yrs off. 998.0 m

4) 8401 pts Could have done better but all of the Lake District town names cause me to chose the Lake District.
4 yrs off. 398.6 km

5) 4987 pts. As to time, juuuuuust a bit outside.
23 yrs off. 653.9 m

[Bo Diddley]

4) 8401 pts Could have done better but all of the Lake District town names cause me to chose the Lake District.
4 yrs off. 398.6 km

None of the cities up there looked big enough to host the gathering, so I figured it was down near parliament.

And that Statue of Liberty photo had to be doctored to make it look older.