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

[Bo Diddley]

43,836 - another easy one. Tons of clues.

1) 8887 pts
5 yrs off - 657.9 m - The bus gave away the location.

2) 6962 pts
12 yrs off - 1.1 km - The Hebrew writing and the reference to Palestinian gave away Israel. I think one of the signs says Jerusalem at the bottom. I blew the year badly.

3) 9220 pts
4 yrs off - 3.8 km - Looks like a Parisian pub with colors of the flag and whatnot.

4) 8770 pts
1 yrs off - 679.7 km - I thought this was the toughest pic. I was up in Poland instead of Romania.

5) 9997 pts
0 yrs off - 137.3 m - Total gimme. I just happen to know where the BBC studios in London are, so I was able to get closer than most, probably.

[PaloAltoCougar]

46,676, with a couple of lucky guesses.

1) 8891 pts
5 yrs off - 425,9 m - barely edged out Bd by being a couple hundred meters closer

2) 9690 pts
0 yrs off - 52.6 km - I knew the approximate release date of the movie

3) 9981 pts
0 yrs off - 972.1 m - Guessed they were celebrating the World Cup

4) 8242 pts
5 yrs off - 158.2 km km - Lucky to have guessed the country but a bit off timewise

5) 9872pts
0 yrs off - 7.0 km-- Anything below 9500 on this one deserves public humiliation

[SteelBlue]

41,956. As usual, strong on the geo, weak on time, the main point of the game. Thank goodness for two really easy ones, the world cup and the election with the year in the pic.

[beefytee]

41,055 -- Locations were mostly straight forward. The years killed me.

1)
9288 pts
4 yrs off
610.3 m -- Thought the fashion looked about the time I was in high school. It ended up being earlier.

2)
6988 pts
13 yrs off
623.1 m -- Didn't realize they had openly Jewish stuff in Jerusalem before WW2. So I guess early 50's which was way off.

3)
5875 pts
16 yrs off
6.3 km -- I knew this was a celebration of a French world cup win, I just didn't know when any recent victories were and it looked like it could have been turn of the Millenium, so I picked 2002.

4)
9030 pts
0 yrs off
469.9 km -- With the cities starting with the letter Z and the accents on the letters, I figured it was in the Czechia, Slovakia, Poland area. Wasn't too far off.

5)
9874 pts
0 yrs off
6.5 km -- Figured the studios would be on the outskirts of London. I didn't go out far enough.

[Copelius]

45,769
Only screw up was the Romanian one. I saw Stalin on one of the signs and thought it was protesting him so I was 11 years off.

[Bo Diddley]

45,769
Only screw up was the Romanian one. I saw Stalin on one of the signs and thought it was protesting him so I was 11 years off.

Yeah, I wasn't sure what any of those were trying to say. I considered that I've heard or seen the word stalin in other contexts in my travels, but I can't remember where.

[Northwestcoug]

45210. One of the easier ones.
Got the Paris and London years right. 7 years too late and Tel Aviv instead of Jerusalem. 5 years too early for Aukland. 4 years early and 350km of Romania (guessed Budapest).

[Lost Student]

42,995 total. The first one is my new luckiest guess ever.

[Bo Diddley]

40,727

1)7355 pts
10 yrs off - 11.3 km - got LA, but the years killed me

2)9981 pts
0 yrs off - 926.5 m - easy to locate Liverpool, and a little lucky on my educated guess of the year

3)8441 pts
4 yrs off - 358.9 km - I picked Munich. I thought the Austria in the shop name was a trick. I tricked myself.

4)5362 pts
18 yrs off - 138.0 km - I knew it was the French Alps, but didn't get close enough on the map. Way off on the year.

5)9588 pts
3 yrs off - 575.2 m - Could have got closer if I would have scrolled around a little more.

[beefytee]

40,597 Another tough one today.

1)
5313 pts
3 yrs off
3936.2 km -- Tough one. Wasn't familiar with the market listed in the photo. Figured it was the US because of the English and Spanish signs. Seriously considered LA but went with NY. I thought the building style and the lamp post style were more New York. Wrong!

2)
9245 pts
4 yrs off
2.2 km -- Picking Liverpool finally pays off for me.

3)
6898 pts
10 yrs off
101.8 km -- Not too far off geographically (picked Vienna) but got the year way off. Looking at the gas prices, I thought it might have been in the late 70's with the oil crisis. The cars looked to be from about that time too for me. Nope.

4)
9152 pts
2 yrs off
148.2 km -- Knew it was the Tour de France in the French mountains. Covered my eyes and threw a dart.

5)
9989 pts
0 yrs off
555.3 m -- The only easy one of the day.

[Copelius]

48,546

1-9798 116 m and 2 yrs. With the dual language signs I just went to LA and then scrolled in for street names. Biggest time clue for me was the bike.
2-9961 1.2km and 0 yrs. Liverpool cannot take our water. Makes sense to protest in Liverpool. Took a stab at mid 50s and got it.
3-9192 108km and 2 yrs. Picked off the beaten path in Vienna because obviously Austria. VW told me it was late 80s, but I moved a couple years from my original guess, which was right.
4-9595 76km and 0 years. Tour de Fance in Mountains. Year was primarily on the Mercedes that the piper was standing on.
5-10000 22m and 0 years. When the time guesser map indicates the tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow, is is hard to miss. Just had to get the year and Obama was barely gray so went early.

[beefytee]

48,546

1-9798 116 m and 2 yrs. With the dual language signs I just went to LA and then scrolled in for street names. Biggest time clue for me was the bike.
2-9961 1.2km and 0 yrs. Liverpool cannot take our water. Makes sense to protest in Liverpool. Took a stab at mid 50s and got it.
3-9192 108km and 2 yrs. Picked off the beaten path in Vienna because obviously Austria. VW told me it was late 80s, but I moved a couple years from my original guess, which was right.
4-9595 76km and 0 years. Tour de Fance in Mountains. Year was primarily on the Mercedes that the piper was standing on.
5-10000 22m and 0 years. When the time guesser map indicates the tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow, is is hard to miss. Just had to get the year and Obama was barely gray so went early.

Very impresssive!

[Copelius]

Thanks. I used to focus on clothes, which can be of some help, but the cars seem to be a better indicator of time.

[Bo Diddley]

48,546

1-9798 116 m and 2 yrs. With the dual language signs I just went to LA and then scrolled in for street names. Biggest time clue for me was the bike.
2-9961 1.2km and 0 yrs. Liverpool cannot take our water. Makes sense to protest in Liverpool. Took a stab at mid 50s and got it.
3-9192 108km and 2 yrs. Picked off the beaten path in Vienna because obviously Austria. VW told me it was late 80s, but I moved a couple years from my original guess, which was right.
4-9595 76km and 0 years. Tour de Fance in Mountains. Year was primarily on the Mercedes that the piper was standing on.
5-10000 22m and 0 years. When the time guesser map indicates the tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow, is is hard to miss. Just had to get the year and Obama was barely gray so went early.

[PaloAltoCougar]

39,031. aced 1, 2, and 5 but was embarrassingly bad on 3 (6137) and 4 (3710). The car in 3 has an Austrian license plate with a T, meaning it's from Tirol, the western part of Austria so I went with that. Turns out the car is driving around in Burgenland (this was like picking California instead of Oklahoma because you see a California plate in Tulsa). Sometimes a little knowledge can be a bad thing. And I figured the TdF picture wasn't really the TdF, but instead was a Gran Fondo in the Scottish Highlands with a lot of TdF poseurs (the polka dot jersey). Why else are two guys jn cycling shoes walking along in the opposite direction? Definitely under- and over-thought that one.