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[Bo Diddley]

37,263

1)8822 pts
5 yrs off - 3.7 km

2)8858 pts
5 yrs off - 1.4 km

3)9890 pts
1 yrs off - 2.5 km

4)6982 pts
11 yrs off - 888.0 m

5)2711 pts
15 yrs off - 3947.0 km - picked the wrong side of the country and totally whiffed on the year.

[beefytee]

35,099 Strong start but terrible finish.


9736 pts
2 yrs off
2.7 km -- West of Scotland bank led me to guess Glasgow

2)
9146 pts
0 yrs off
353.5 km -- I saw the Dutch sign, but I saw tons of English as well, so I guess London since it wasn't too far away anyways

3)
7494 pts
10 yrs off
293.5 m -- Picked 10 years to recent.

4)
3412 pts
6 yrs off
7437.3 km -- I was debating between Madrid and Havana. I saw a sign for Hotel Florida and a satellite view in Havana that looked like it might be the right spot. I was wrong. I picked too early because of Cuba as well.

5)
5311 pts
3 yrs off
3945.1 km -- I was thinking California until I noticed that everyone on set was wearing a pretty heavy jacket, so I went with NY.

[Pelado]

Among my better scores - 41,988

9754 - 2 years, 1.6 km - random spot west of Glasgow, cars looked late 70s to early 80s, went a couple years late with 1982

9912 - 1 year, 1.1 km - Didn't recognize the Dutch, but noticed it was displaying English translations of the native language. Decided Amsterdam was as good a guess as any. Clothing led me to mid-1970s.

4998 - 37 years, 103.5 m - Felt confident it was Lisbon from the name of the bank, selected a spot near some government buildings. I guessed a bit post-WWII when I would have been better off selecting pre-WWI.

7454 - 8 years, 1.6 km - Considered pre-Castro Cuba because of Hotel Florida, but it looked European, so I went with Madrid. Saw the photocopy place and didn't think they had that technology that early.

9870 - 0 years, 7.5 km - Didn't know where Curb Your Enthusiasm was filmed, but knew Seinfeld was filmed in or near LA so selected near Universal Studios. Larry wasn't on camera, so I figured Seinfeld was more likely than CYE. Picked 1998 since that's about when Seinfeld ended and as a hedge in case it was CYE.

[beefytee]

44,570 Did well until the last one

1)
9609 pts
2 yrs off
22.8 km

2)
9943 pts
1 yrs off
356.1 m -- Initially looked at the Cordoba in Spain, but the cities and highway number weren't lining up, found the equivalent in Argentina pretty quickly.

3)
8848 pts
3 yrs off
252.2 km -- The name looked Polish, so I went with Warsaw.

4)
9580 pts
3 yrs off
985.2 m -- Mostly guessed at this one. The sky scrapper in the background suggested NY or a big city back East to me.

5)
6590 pts
10 yrs off
410.3 km -- Years are tough on these. I picked 10 years too late. Didn't recognize anything except the French writing. The flags had some kind of seal or something in the middle that made me consider it not being in France. The cross on the "church" kind of looked like the Swiss cross, so I went with Geneva.

[BigPiney]

40,044 - probably my best ever day on locations. Time killed me.

1)10000 pts
0 yrs off - 29.2 m
2)5994 pts
16 yrs off - 305.1 m
3)9600 pts
3 yrs off - 11.2 m
4)6953 pts
15 yrs off - 1.7 km
5)7497 pts
10 yrs off - 144.7 m

[Pelado]

40,044 - probably my best ever day on locations. Time killed me.

1)10000 pts
0 yrs off - 29.2 m
2)5994 pts
16 yrs off - 305.1 m
3)9600 pts
3 yrs off - 11.2 m
4)6953 pts
15 yrs off - 1.7 km
5)7497 pts
10 yrs off - 144.7 m

Similar for me, but the time almost always kills me.

34,933

3554 - 18 years, 1892 km - The color of the jersey made me think Mexico. Figured he was training for the Olympics in rudimentary conditions. Guessed just outside of Guadalajara. And, as usual, way off on time.

9473 - 3 years, 6.8 km - Couldn't find Espinillos on the map, but my rough estimate made me think it must be just outside Rio Cuarto, which was close.

9950 - 1 year, 23.1 m - The sign in the background said krakow-something or other. Satellite view of the old town revealed a plaza with the same design as in the picture.

6963 - 11 years, 1.1 km - Didn't recognize anything but it looked New York-ish, especially with the delicatessen. Didn't go early enough yesterday, but went too early on this one.

4993 - 28 years, 367.6 m - I walked across Alexander III Bridge last spring, don't remember seeing Pont Des Invalides, but figured it must be close to Hotel Des Invalides. I remember asking someone on the street what the Grand Palais was. Thought I was guessing too early but was way late.

[PaloAltoCougar]

46,154 To bad the game isn't Placeguessr.

1)9958 pts. Assumed it was on the beach near Tiujana. Lucky time guess but assumed it was early Trump
0 yrs off - 1.4 km m

2)9512 pts. Assumed it was Argentina so searched in the indicated radii for the other towns along Highway 36
3 yrs off - 4.2 km

3) 9300 pts. We have a May reservation at a hotel on the city square
4 yrs off - 20.8.m

4)9891 pts
1 yrs off - 2.5 km

5)7493 pts. Recognized the bridge names
8 yrs off - 338.1 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.

[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

[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?

[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.

[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).

[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.

[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.

[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.