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[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.

[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

[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.

[SteelBlue]

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

[BigPiney]

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

[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]

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

[PaloAltoCougar]

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

44,029

1) 4910 pts
14 yrs off -- 1179.2 km. Ignored the tiny Canadian flag and went with SLC

2) 9795 pts
0 yrs off - 26.3 km The year was on the posters...

3) 10000 pts
0 yrs off - 10.2 m Zero Dark Thirty

4) 9798 pts
2 yrs off 104.4 m Looked pre-war at the Tallinn train station

5) 9526 pts
3 yrs off - 3.4 km. The colors and the dreads scream Jamaica, mon!

[beefytee]

43,062

1)
9992 pts
0 yrs off - 421.4 m -- Would have been embarrassed if I didn't get this one since I lived in the area at the time. I figured you wouldn't see a Canadian flag like this in Europe. The coat fashion lined up with 1988 as well.

2)
9312 pts
0 yrs off - 188.4 km -- Names with lots of y's in them point to Wales. I didn't find Bryngwyn, but I found Bryngwran, so I went close to there. Was a little ways off.

3)
9800 pts
2 yrs off - 21.3 m -- I thought the Bin Laden kill was after the 2012 election.

4)
7000 pts
13 yrs off - 11.3 m -- Guessed way to early

5)
6958 pts
12 yrs off - 1.4 km -- Thought that was Bob Marley on the stage and he died long before Nelson Mandela was out of prison. I wasn't sure when Mandela went it jail. Turned out to be the early 60's. I picked late seventies here. I guess Bob Marley never wore any flashy outfits like that.

[Copelius]

35,284

1) 1012 pts
18 yrs off -- 7958.9 km. All I knew was olympics, so I took a stab at Turin and turned in my lowest ever individual score

2) 9396 pts
0 yrs off - 104.3 km Like PAC said

3) 9950 pts
1 yrs off - 19.4 m Thought it was Benghazi

4) 4963 pts
27 yrs off 1.1 km Looked pre-WWI

5) 9963 pts
0 yrs off - 1 km. Like PAC said

[Pelado]

34,678

35,284

Thanks for trying to make me feel better about my score.

37,207

1) 4910 pts
14 yrs off -- 1179.2 km. Ignored the tiny Canadian flag and went with SLC

Join the club

4911 - 14 years, 1178.8 km

2) 9795 pts
0 yrs off - 26.3 km The year was on the posters...

And thank goodness for that.

9848 - 0 years, 12.9 km

Names with lots of y's in them point to Wales

The focus on the sheep also led me there. I found Raglan on the map but not St. Raglan or any of the other listed locations.

3) 10000 pts
0 yrs off - 10.2 m Zero Dark Thirty

That's what I figured, but I was a year late.

9950 - 1 year, 31.4 m

4) 9798 pts
2 yrs off 104.4 m Looked pre-war at the Tallinn train station

Seeing the instruments, I thought they might be celebrating the return of troops in 1945.

7498 - 9 years, 109.4 m

5) 9526 pts
3 yrs off - 3.4 km. The colors and the dreads scream Jamaica, mon!

3Like PAC said

Yeah, but I was way off on the year.

5000 - 21 years, 32.9 m

[Bo Diddley]

28,321 - I'm here to make P-Daddy feel better about himself.

1)3412 pts
6 yrs off - 6607.9 km - Picked Lillehammer

2)6656 pts
11 yrs off - 61.0 km - Just picked a spot in the middle of Wales. I must have missed a lot on the posters.

3)9946 pts
1 yrs off - 185.3 m - Just missed the year.

4)4895 pts
12 yrs off - 1209.4 km - Had no idea where Tallinn is. I picked the middle of Czechoslovakia, and thought it was after the war.

5)3412 pts
7 yrs off - 11587.2 km - Was thinking South Africa

[Pelado]

28,321 - I'm here to make P-Daddy feel better about himself.

1)3412 pts
6 yrs off - 6607.9 km - Picked Lillehammer

2)6656 pts
11 yrs off - 61.0 km - Just picked a spot in the middle of Wales. I must have missed a lot on the posters.

3)9946 pts
1 yrs off - 185.3 m - Just missed the year.

4)4895 pts
12 yrs off - 1209.4 km - Had no idea where Tallinn is. I picked the middle of Czechoslovakia, and thought it was after the war.

5)3412 pts
7 yrs off - 11587.2 km - Was thinking South Africa

Thank you for your consideration.

My first thought on Tallinn was Italy. After perusing the map of Italy for a while, I figured I may have been thinking of Turin. I then started looking at other European nations, eventually lucking out.

[Bo Diddley]

42,805

1)9948 pts
1 yrs off - 100.0 m - pretty cool photo

2)8807 pts
2 yrs off - 493.3 km - didn't spend the time to find the city

3)9527 pts
3 yrs off - 3.3 km

4)4612 pts
3 yrs off - 15990.8 km - I was in NYC

5)9911 pts
1 yrs off - 1.2 km - this is a gimme

[BigPiney]

42,427


1)
9759 pts
2 yrs off - 1.3 km - I was looking in Arkansas and then decided DC
2)7500 pts
8 yrs off - 11.1 m - nailed it on location, disappointed I never got there while on my mission.
3)8400 pts
6 yrs off - 46.3 m - correct block, just down the street
4)7487 pts
10 yrs off - 667.1 m - thought this was the wildfires from 2019
5)9281 pts
4 yrs off - 952.3 m