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[Bo Diddley]

35,687

1)3966 pts
44 yrs off - 534.2 km - I picked Madrid because it was central, and way to late.

2)9993 pts
0 yrs off - 359.8 m - Shocked at how close I got.

3)9990 pts
0 yrs off - 490.4 m - Year and city is a gimme, still a little lucky to get this close.

4)4100 pts
6 yrs off - 4001.5 km - I was in CA. I should have connected the dots.

5)7638 pts
7 yrs off - 262.4 km - I'm not sure how you get the year on this one.

[BigPiney]

47,899


1)9757 pts
0 yrs off - 35.8 km - this was a map of Catalonia, so I guessed Barcelona
2)9680 pts
2 yrs off - 5.0 km
3)9292 pts
4 yrs off - 404.2 m forgot which year the olmpics were
4)9996 pts
0 yrs off - 192.2 m lucky to guess woodstock
5)9174 pts
1 yrs off - 276.4 km - Guessed Lauterbrunnen even though I knew it wasn't the Eiger. This killed me for a best score
Exit breakdown

[beefytee]

44,955 -- Some tough ones today without a lot of clues. I'm feeling pretty good about my score.

1)
7265 pts
9 yrs off - 33.7 km -- I went with the Northeast end of Barcelona, since most of the map was Northeast of there. Guessed a bit too late.

2)
9018 pts
1 yrs off - 431.6 km -- Not a lot of clues on the location, Some cars were parked on the left side, one is the back was parked on the right. The front car didn't look like it had a steering wheel on the right side, so I decided to hedge and go somewhere in Belgium.

3)
9937 pts
0 yrs off - 2.7 km -- Year and city were pretty straightforward. I guessed across town.

4)
9604 pts
0 yrs off - 74.0 km -- Had a hunch with the big crowd, all the garbage, and a girl without support that this could have been Woodstock, although I was suspicious of not a lot of hippies looking people. I guessed by the town of Woodstock, which apparently is pretty far away.

5)
9131 pts
2 yrs off - 168.6 km -- Guessed around Davos and St. Moritz. Not a lot of other clues about the year. The location wasn't much better besides being in the alps somewhere.

[Pelado]

Sadly not my worst total score, in spite of my worst single score and another dud.

31064

12 - 56 years, 8214.6 km - Variations on Spanish spellings made me think it was Portuguese so I went with the interior of Brazil with the default 1962. Only off by a little.

2312 - 13 years, 5940.5 km - Didn't give it much consideration after that stinker of a score in the first round. Random spot on the East Coast of the US with the default 1962.

9995 - 0 years, 270.1 m - Jesse Owens' big stage. I'm back in the game!

9603 - 0 years, 74.2 km - Thought it was Woodstock

9142 - 2 years, 158.4 km - Random spot in Swiss Alps, a couple years too early

[PaloAltoCougar]

42,994

1) 6488 pt
8 yrs off -531. 531.7 km

2 8329 pts
7yrs off - 3.2 km

3) 9963 pts
0 yrs off - 1,1 km

4 ) 9603 pts Woodstock was an easy guess. Only question was which road leading to it and how far away. Not so good.
0 yrs off - 74.3 km

5) 8631 pts
5 yrs off - 42..2 km Mountains looked more Dolomitey than Bernese Oberlandy so I got fairly close, after I stopped laughing (in my ignorance0 about the Alphorns having sheet music and music clips. What can the music say? "Blow twice, rest, blow once, rest..."? I''ve since learned they can produce a large variety of notice. One wonders if there's an Alpenhorn marching band, with a little swivel wheel underneath the bell.

[beefytee]

40,008

1)
7500 pts
10 yrs off - 13.4 m -- Thought this would be earlier with the state of construction vs. what is there now.

2)
9297 pts
4 yrs off - 173.8 m -- Saw a sign about a Nice Municipal Casino. So went with a Nice location.

3)
7835 pts
0 yrs off - 1330.7 km -- Got the date from the paper. Didn't see many clues about the location except the Sanskrit (or Brahmic scripts or whatever it is) in the newspaper. I went with centrally located Hyderabad.

4)
7499 pts
9 yrs off - 66.9 m -- Found the location, Thought the cars looked to be earlier vintages and the ambulances looked like they came from MASH which was supposed to be the 50's.

5)
7877 pts
1 yrs off - 1147.0 km -- Figured it was an Oceans movie. I didn't remember any locations from the movie, but though Italy might be one. The ads weren't in Italian though. I thought it was a little too different from German to be Danish or Dutch. I went with Budapest.

[Bo Diddley]

30,767

1)9950 pts
1 yrs off - 34.2 m - Easy one for me.

2)5812 pts
11 yrs off - 688.3 km - I was up in Paris and too late.

3)4830 pts
4 yrs off - 4851.5 km

4)5863 pts
18 yrs off - 9.2 km - I was down in Panmunjom where the Armistice was signed. And obviously way too early.

5)4312 pts
4 yrs off - 8595.6 km - I was in Vegas. I think I might have only ever seen Ocean's 11.

[PaloAltoCougar]

39,919

1) 6942 pts
13 yrs off - 2.4 km

2) 8641 pts
4 yrs off - 159.08 km Suspected it was the French Mediterranean coastline but picked Marseilles.

3) 8407 pts
2yrs off - 893.0 km -- Kind of threw a dart on location.

4) 5933 pts
19 yrs off - 326.1m -- Blew the year

5). 9936 pts
1 yrs off - 683.8 m -- Love the movie questions. Clueless where in Amsterdam they were hanging.

[Copelius]

26,166
I have lowered the collective IQ on this board today and will now slink off in shame. In my defense whatever leftover braincells I have are going toward memorization since I can't really get a good view of the teleprompter.

12 - yes that is not a typo - 43 yrs - 8619.4km - I am sure there was a clue that I missed but not sure what it was.
7428 - 6yr - 471.7km - middle of France, because I was sure it wasn't Paris
8681 - 0yr - 819km - paper had the date. Somewhere in the subcontinent
5433 - 9yr - 1134km - Japan? Whatever
4612 - 3yr - 8590 - Went with Oceans 11 and Vegas. Didn't even look past the actors.

[Pelado]

26,166
I have lowered the collective IQ on this board today and will now slink off in shame. In my defense whatever leftover braincells I have are going toward memorization since I can't really get a good view of the teleprompter.

12 - yes that is not a typo - 43 yrs - 8619.4km - I am sure there was a clue that I missed but not sure what it was.
7428 - 6yr - 471.7km - middle of France, because I was sure it wasn't Paris
8681 - 0yr - 819km - paper had the date. Somewhere in the subcontinent
5433 - 9yr - 1134km - Japan? Whatever
4612 - 3yr - 8590 - Went with Oceans 11 and Vegas. Didn't even look past the actors.

Don't worry, dude. I've got your back.

18,307

1012 - 20 years, 8758.8 km - I thought I should recognize the building and even thought of the Shard, but in spite of planning to have a meal there, we never made it to that part of town. Went with LA and apparently way too early.

3530 - 24 years, 969.5 km - Wrong country, wrong time.

403 - 24 years, 5484.9 km - Thought maybe I was supposed to recognize the guy but didn't. Couldn't make out any dates on the paper or anywhere else. Went with a random spot in Eastern Europe, but after reading one of the other posts, I remember that I noticed the Sanskrit (but didn't recognize it). Should have ruled out Europe.

8400 - 6 years, 1.5 m - Figured it was the DMZ but figured it was closer in time to the Korean conflict.

4962 - 1 year, 8596.8 km - Like Cope, I immediately thought Oceans 11 and selected a spot near Bellagio. Didn't pay attention to the writing on the wall behind them until after I saw it was f-ing Amsterdam.

[Copelius]

Don't worry, dude. I've got your back.

18,307

1012 - 20 years, 8758.8 km - I thought I should recognize the building and even thought of the Shard, but in spite of planning to have a meal there, we never made it to that part of town. Went with LA and apparently way too early.

3530 - 24 years, 969.5 km - Wrong country, wrong time.

403 - 24 years, 5484.9 km - Thought maybe I was supposed to recognize the guy but didn't. Couldn't make out any dates on the paper or anywhere else. Went with a random spot in Eastern Europe, but after reading one of the other posts, I remember that I noticed the Sanskrit (but didn't recognize it). Should have ruled out Europe.

8400 - 6 years, 1.5 m - Figured it was the DMZ but figured it was closer in time to the Korean conflict.

4962 - 1 year, 8596.8 km - Like Cope, I immediately thought Oceans 11 and selected a spot near Bellagio. Didn't pay attention to the writing on the wall behind them until after I saw it was f-ing Amsterdam.

Thanks bro.

[BigPiney]

that 12 is amazing. well done

[Pelado]

Thanks bro.

No problem. It was easy.

[Bo Diddley]

39,519

1)9950 pts
1 yrs off - 3.4 m - I stayed just down the street from here when I was there for the Queen's funeral. I think this is the closest I've gotten on location.

2)9182 pts
3 yrs off - 79.6 km - In the neighborhood. I picked down on the Austria/Italy border.

3)9707 pts
2 yrs off - 4.6 km - I picked the Japan National Stadium. Not too far off on location or time.

4)8168 pts
5 yrs off - 232.2 km - I was up in San Antonio and five years too late. I need to study cars more.

5)2512 pts
9 yrs off - 17177.6 km - Was going strong until I stumbled here. I was in Sidney and nine years too early.

[Copelius]

46, 259
Nice rebound from yesterday.

10000 - 0yr 14m - Year on the hood of car and location on the building behind the car
9553 - 3yr 1.7km - After yesterday I did a bit more map scouring until I found one of the mentioned cities and then looked for others to get a route.
8398 - 6yr 85.6m - Tokyo Dome, but picked too late
9100 - 1yr 349km - Went with Austin since most protests go to the capital
9208 - 0yr 292km - Almost went Sydney until I saw the green flag in the background. Upon further reflection I should have known it was Wales instead of Ireland, but after yesterday, I am ok.