Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

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A game is being played where participants provide clues to identify buildings, requiring players to post Google Maps images of the locations once guessed correctly. The game began with clues pointing to a building in Warwickshire, England, which was identified as the Chesterton Windmill. Subsequent clues led to various locations, including Jackson Square in New Orleans and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The clues often involve wordplay and connections to cultural references, such as the "gold lion" representing MGM's logo and the "light" referring to the Luxor Sky Beam. The game encourages creativity and engagement, with players taking turns to present new riddles and locations, fostering a collaborative atmosphere. The discussions also highlight the importance of using Google Earth for better visual context in solving the clues.
  • #551
Jonathan Scott said:
Are you stretching "All around the World" into the Kuiper Belt, then?
That would be the case. :ok:
 
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  • #552
1oldman2 said:
That would be the case. :ok:
Well, that confirms that I'm probably thinking of what you're thinking of, but for now I'll leave it for others to try, as I don't have any ideas for new ones.
 
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  • #553
Sorry i have not been around for a while, is this the planet you mean:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system
 
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  • #554
No not that one, Think of the root of "Planet" the answer is more accurately a "Dwarf planet", however I used the term planet to describe something other than the intended target.
 
  • #555
The date should be the giveaway when combined with the general location (assuming my guess is right).
 
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  • #557
wolram said:
The only other one i can come up with is Sedna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna
Sedna was new to me, I found that interesting :thumbup: However I believe JS is definitely on the right track, his clue should wrap this up.
 
  • #558
I love the provisional names they call new KBOs and their moons before their official naming, especially Santa and Rudolph (now Haumea and Hiʻiaka), Easter Bunny (now Makemake), and Xena and Gabrielle (now officially Eris and Dysnomia). However it's none of those.
 
  • #560
Jonathan Scott said:
I love the provisional names they call new KBOs and their moons before their official naming, especially Santa and Rudolph (now Haumea and Hiʻiaka), Easter Bunny (now Makemake), and Xena and Gabrielle (now officially Eris and Dysnomia). However it's none of those.
I thought I new a little bit about asteroids comets and such but after this I realize there is a huge body of "objects" out there. This should keep the folks cataloguing and naming them busy for a while. I recently downloaded the Cosmographia simulation DennisN posted about, very cool and it gives a lot of perspective on just how much "stuff" is out there. :smile:
 
  • #562
Here we go:

If you can only sing poorly go to this island anagram brain and find its neighbor, then find one of the worlds biggest attractions.
 
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  • #564
wolram said:
Here we go:

If you can only sing poorly go to this island anagram brain and find its neighbor, then find one of the worlds biggest attractions.
Which one are you thinking of? I presume it's on Sentosa, Singapore.
 
  • #565
Jonathan Scott said:
Which one are you thinking of? I presume it's on Sentosa, Singapore.

It is presume ably the wolds largest.
 
  • #566
wolram said:
It is presume ably the wolds largest.
Perhaps not any more. The "Marine Life Park" Wikipedia article says the following:

The S.E.A. Aquarium (South East Asia Aquarium) was the world's largest aquarium by total water volume until overtaken by Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Hengqin, China.
 
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  • #567
I was hoping for confirmation, but assuming I've guessed right I'll continue anyway.

In the 1970s I did some work in another European country, in a city with an old and unusual railway, probably the first of its kind. It looks like something from the "Thunderbirds" TV series, and follows the line of a river for much of its route. To wrap up, let us know the name of the city!
 
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  • #568
Jonathan Scott said:
Perhaps not any more. The "Marine Life Park" Wikipedia article says the following:

The S.E.A. Aquarium (South East Asia Aquarium) was the world's largest aquarium by total water volume until overtaken by Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Hengqin, China.

Well done :biggrin:
 
  • #571
Jonathan Scott said:
It is indeed. Wuppertal = anagram of "wrap up, let".

Over to you again.

I was hopping 1oldman2 would be around to cast another riddle , if not i will have to have time to think of another.
 
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  • #572
wolram said:
I was hopping 1oldman2 would be around to cast another riddle
(Processing) :wink:
 
  • #573
Allrighty then, :ok:
She was old, when she was "exhumed" she was named after a girl in a Lennon/McCartney tune dated 1967. Tell me where she was buried. :check:
 
  • #574
1oldman2 said:
Allrighty then, :ok:
She was old, when she was "exhumed" she was named after a girl in a Lennon/McCartney tune dated 1967. Tell me where she was buried. :check:
Near the village Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia.....:check:
 
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  • #575
OCR said:
Near the village Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia.....:check:
:bow: Excellent! but now you know who's turn it is. (Most people don't recognize the "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" connection with her name) :partytime:
 
  • #576
1oldman2 said:
Excellent! but now you know who's turn it is.

(Processing) :wink:
 
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  • #577
OK, ready or not...

Folklore says a small population still lives there, and legend proposes that after a young boy falls into a bonfire, his face is left horribly scarred. He receives the name "Burnt Face", because of this accident... also, there are plenty of what's referred to as counting coup involved in these legends...

Where did these legends originate ?Note: all italicized words are clues, more or less; this is a tough one..... :approve:
 
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  • #578
OCR said:
OK, ready or not...

Folklore says a small population still lives there, and legend proposes that after a young boy falls into a bonfire, his face is left horribly scarred. He receives the name "Burnt Face", because of this accident... also, there are plenty of what's referred to as counting coup involved in these legends...

Where did these legends originate ?Note: all italicized words are clues, more or less; this is a tough one..... :approve:
:iseewhatyoudid: in the Pryor mountains, according to Crow legend (Chief plenty coups ?) live the " Awwakkulé". The story of "Burnt face" or "lost boy" comes from these legends. :bow:(All hail the power of the mighty search engine!):bow: Dang it, how did i come up with the darker letters there?
 
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  • #579
1oldman2 said:
Dang it, how did i come up with the darker letters there?

Lol... you really, really, must have irritated the Little People .....:oldlaugh:

Dang nice job though... :thumbup:. and, I left too many clues.....:oldtongue:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pryor_Mountains
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Dang it, how did i come up with the darker letters there?
Lol, I think you copied Awwakkulé from Wikipedia®, and that made all the rest of your text bold... see?

You can just highlight the copied/pasted text and hit the "B" button... that should unbold it.

You can also copy/paste to notepad, recopy, and paste in the reply text box... :check: ? ...:oldbiggrin:
 
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  • #580
If i may slip this one in:

One goes to the country to escape the smog and exhaust fumes to find this.
This equipment is designed to find large sized objects 100s of kilometers away.

Name a place where thees two clues apply.

This one should not take long :biggrin:
 
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  • #581
There must be a lot of sites involved in space surveillance around the world, and most of them are way out in the countryside to get clear skies. For example, there's one at Chilbolton, only a few miles from where I live. Or was the first part of the clue intended to be cryptic in some way?
 
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  • #582
Jonathan Scott said:
There must be a lot of sites involved in space surveillance around the world, and most of them are way out in the countryside to get clear skies. For example, there's one at Chilbolton, only a few miles from where I live. Or was the first part of the clue intended to be cryptic in some way?

Yes the first part is a clue, and it is not space junk:biggrin:
 
  • #583
Jonathan Scott said:
sites involved in space surveillance around the world,
I'm stuck along that line of thought myself however cryptic clues can go down a lot of paths. I think I'll "punt" and see if wolram drops another clue. :sorry:
 
  • #584
Johnathan is all most right, it is not space junk you are looking for but something else that does not orbit the Earth.
 
  • #585
My original thought was a meteorological radar site (for rainfall radar and similar) but the reference to large sized objects didn't seem to fit. I also considered Early Warning Radar systems (for missile attack and similar) but that's part of space surveillance now.
 
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  • #586
Jonathan Scott said:
My original thought was a meteorological radar site (for rainfall radar and similar) but the reference to large sized objects didn't seem to fit. I also considered Early Warning Radar systems (for missile attack and similar) but that's part of space surveillance now.

You are correct by saying it is an icbm tracking station, now what is the name of the station.
 
  • #587
In that case I guess the relevant site (clearly not in the UK) is also part of the space surveillance network after all.
 
  • #588
wolram said:
You are correct by saying it is an icbm tracking station, now what is the name of the station.
DEW line... ?
or
NWS... ?
 
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  • #589
OCR said:
DEW line... ?
or
NWS... ?
Nope think of the first line in my clue.
 
  • #590
Jonathan Scott said:
(clearly not in the UK)
I think that's a clue too, if I'm right.
 
  • #591
Jonathan Scott said:
I think that's a clue too, if I'm right.

That is correct Johnathan,
 
  • #592
Are we talking about Thule AFB in Greenland? o_O
 
  • #593
1oldman2 said:
Are we talking about Thule AFB in Greenland? o_O
No; the clue is specifically quite clear about the correct location.
 
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  • #594
Is it clear now?
 
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  • #596
Jonathan Scott said:
quite clear about the correct location.
A "give away" clue right before my eyes. :doh:
Okay, "I got one!". a place named for a sonnet, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God" by John Donne. Name the place. :smile:
 
  • #597
Do you mean the Trinity test site?
 
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  • #598
Jonathan Scott said:
Do you mean the Trinity test site?
Dang your fast! well I guess the "balls in your court" :wink:
 
  • #599
1oldman2 said:
Dang your fast! well I guess the "balls in your court" :wink:
Didn't even have to Google for that one!

But it could take me a while to come up with another one.
 
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  • #600
Jonathan Scott said:
Didn't even have to Google for that one!
Very nice, you know your history :bow:
Jonathan Scott said:
But it could take me a while to come up with another one.
My patience is one of my best virtues, I await the next riddle. :smile:
 

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