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

[LiveCoug]

42,997

[Copelius]

42,341
9959, not bad for just dropping a pin in the middle of Tokyo. Bell bottoms got me right on with year.
9912, one year off and lucked out with the town on the English coast, which TG likes to do.
4994, Dang near spot on with little Italy, but the people looked more recent and was off by 21 years for 0 points and may God have mercy on my soul.
7485, under a km but the year got me again. Main car looked late 40s so went with 52 losing 9 years worth of points.
9991, Not quite as close as PAC, but then again I wasn't there.

[Pelado]

Pretty big misses on the years again - 36,478 and surprised it wasn't much lower. JPII saved me, I guess.

6876 - 14 years, 6.0 km - Random Tokyo location. The picture gave off 80s vibes but the hairstyles and apparel seemed more recent (though I admit to no knowledge of Japanese styles in hair/clothing for any decade). Went with early 90s hedging that it was 2000s. Somewhat shocked it was late 70s.

5357 - 16 years, 142.8 km - Also went with London but way off on the year again, thinking it would be around the time that I guessed the movie Rebecca was released in theaters.

7498 - 10 years, 106.3 m - Figured Little Italy was near Chinatown since there seemed to be a sign in Chinese next door. As is becoming a theme, way off on time.

6948 - 6 years, 952.3 km - The DK didn't register any particular country for me. Signs seemed English enough, so I just went with London again. Cars looked 1940s or 50s so I went with 1955.

9799 - 2 years, 56.1 m - Happy to get closer to the geographic spot than PAC in spite of my not having been there. I didn't remember when he came to the US, but thought I remembered a Catholic classmate talking about it. A couple years too late.

[beefytee]

40,559 -- As good as can be expected on location - Terrible on the years.

1)
7498 pts
9 yrs off
104.6 m -- Thought this was later. I think I based in mostly on my Korean timeline that I've seen, and with the huge advance in Korea during the eighties, they were just catching up then. So I guessed way too late.

2)
7760 pts
7 yrs off
140.2 km -- The one city I missed. I'm guessing most will. I was way too late again.

3)
8388 pts
7 yrs off
596.6 m -- I remember Little Italy and Chinatown being close in NY, so I was pretty sure it was there. Once again picked way too late.

4)
6963 pts
13 yrs off
1.0 km -- This one I guessed way too early. I thought the cars were pretty old.

5)
9950 pts
1 yrs off
24.3 m -- Based my guess on how old PJP2 looked. He wasn't hunched over yet, so i went with mid 80's.

[Bo Diddley]

2)9292pts
1 yrs off - 158.4 km - Didn't look Londony so picked Birmindham

Yeah, I almost went with Birmingham as well. I figured London was central enough to use as a hedge.

[PaloAltoCougar]

43,936. Very similar to BD, except I was there for JPII's SF visit.

1)49222 pts
32 yrs off - 3.6 km - Disturbingly similar to Bo's and missed for the same reason (fake cellphone, probably a Wallkman or radio). I knew it wasn't Shibuya, but that's the only Tokyo intersection I remember.

2)9292pts
1 yrs off - 158.4 km - Didn't look Londony so picked Birmindham

3)9797 pts
2 yrs off - 157.0 m -

4)9930 pts
1 yrs off - 987.5 km -

5)9995 pts
0 yrs off - 270.8 - Mad I was 200+ meters from the spot, losing the perfecto

[Bo Diddley]

He looked like New Jersey to me.

Yeah, definitely one of the Jerseys.

[Bo Diddley]

39,567

1)4874 pts
32 yrs off - 6.4 km - got close, but way too late. I thought I saw a cell phone.

2)9308 pts
1 yrs off - 141.8 km - High Street Anywhere England. London got me in the neighborhood.

3)9597 pts
3 yrs off - 160.2 m - found Little Italy on the map, but couldn't find the Dixie Rose. The name is really familiar. Has this been mentioned on here before?

4)7447 pts
9 yrs off - 2.0 km - DK sticker was a giveaway. Still way too late.

5)8341 pts
7 yrs off - 2.4 km - picked the wrong end of the bridge and a bit too early. Didn't know when he visited.

[Pelado]

Yeah he looked European to me. Some of the signs that were partially visible did too.

He looked like New Jersey to me.

[beefytee]

40,399
1)
9817 pts
1 yrs off
8.3 km -- Saw a sign that looked like "Theatre" so I assume UK. It also looked like "Wick" written on there, so I picked around there.

2)
7461 pts
9 yrs off
1.2 km -- Looked Turkish to me. I picked way too early thinking the cars were mid-seventies.

3)
9946 pts
1 yrs off
178.7 m -- Couldn't remember the exact year.

4)
4812 pts
2 yrs off
12224.8 km -- I thought the signs looked Spanish from what I could see. The license plates led me out of Europe, and I picked Buenos Aires. I could have paid more attention to the actual cars which probably would have let me to eastern Europe.

5)
8363 pts
6 yrs off
1.1 km -- I knew it was Bobby Kennedy, but I figured it was when he was running for president and just before he died, so I picked 1969.

[Bo Diddley]

1) 9868 - 1 yr - 3.9 km - I could've guessed NY or London, but the dude just looked really British. And the sign said "theatre." I know a lot of theaters in the US use that spelling, but I figured it's even more common in the UK.

Yeah he looked European to me. Some of the signs that were partially visible did too.

[Donuthole]

45,017 and I missed the Istanbul picture by 19 years. Could have been an all-timer, but alas.

[Lost Student]

44,750. One of my better totals.

1) 9868 - 1 yr - 3.9 km - I could've guessed NY or London, but the dude just looked really British. And the sign said "theatre." I know a lot of theaters in the US use that spelling, but I figured it's even more common in the UK.

2) 7459 - 10 yrs - 1.3 km - I was going to guess anywhere from Poland to Romania until I saw the "kebap" sign, figured it's the same as "Kebab," and decided to select somewhere in Turkey.

3) 9946 - 1 yr - 187.1 m

4) 7731 - 2 yrs - 1138.8 km - Like Pel, I was thinking Vatican. Also I'm 99% sure the closest car says "Masarati" on it.

5) 9746 - 2 yrs - 2.1 km

[Pelado]

Some huge misses today with both time and distance - 32,106

3787 - 7 years, 5563.9 km - Didn't recognize them but figured they were actors. Considered London but went with New York near Broadway.

4939 - 19 years, 560.6 km - Thought Greek instead of Turkish, so went with Athens. Cars made me think it was much earlier than it was.

9596 - 3 years, 216.3 m - A bit too early.

4930 - 15 years, 1140.0 km - I, too, went with Rome instead of Bucharest. The dome in the distance made me think of Vatican City and I thought some of the signs were Italian. Also way off on the year.

8854 - 5 years, 1.6 km - Selected near the Capitol Building and thought it was from the 1968 Presidential campaign.

[PaloAltoCougar]

45,290

1)8319 pts
6 yrs off - 3.6 km - Lucky to do as well as I did. Pretty clueless.

2)8323pts
6 yrs off - 3.6 km - Saw a few Turkish clues

3)9995 pts
0 yrs off - 248 m - Only question is from what distance and angle the picture is taken.


4)8653 pts
3yrs off - 447.0 km - Thought they went with Belgrade again.

5) 10000 pts
0 yrs off - 24.6 km - My proudest moment. Looking younger than when he was assassinated, assumed it was Attorney General Bobby on the steps of the Justice Department during the '63 March on Washington ("I have a dream!").