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

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The thread revolves around a game where participants provide clues to identify buildings or locations, requiring players to post Google Maps images as proof of their findings. The discussion includes various clues related to different locations, with participants engaging in guessing and providing feedback on each other's answers.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant introduces a game involving clues to find buildings, starting with a set of clues related to a location in Warwickshire, England.
  • Some participants recall a previous thread on a similar game but note that it was based on pictures rather than descriptions.
  • Another participant suggests the Chesterton Windmill as a possible answer, fitting some clues but expressing uncertainty about its classification as a building.
  • Subsequent clues lead to discussions about various locations, including the Colosseum and Griffith Observatory, with participants confirming or denying guesses.
  • One participant presents a complex set of clues leading to Jackson Square in New Orleans, with detailed explanations of how the clues relate to the location.
  • Participants express uncertainty and challenge each other's guesses, with some providing additional hints or clarifications.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on the answers to the clues presented, with multiple competing views and ongoing guesses throughout the discussion. Participants frequently express uncertainty about the correctness of their guesses.

Contextual Notes

Some clues are open to interpretation, and participants often clarify their intentions or the meanings behind their clues, which may lead to varying conclusions about the locations being discussed.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in games involving geography, riddles, or community engagement in a forum setting may find this discussion appealing.

  • #751
hsdrop said:
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
 
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  • #754
wolram said:
If no one else is going to pose a riddle i will post this one.
This angelic statue is 66ft tall and 177ft wide, where is it?
In ebay there are a lot of them. http://www.ebay.com/bhp/angel-statue
 
  • #755
wolram said:
If no one else is going to pose a riddle i will post this one.
This angelic statue is 66ft tall and 177ft wide, where is it?

the angel of the north
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The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Sir Antony Gormley, located near Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.
 
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  • #756
hsdrop said:
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
would you guys like another clue??
 
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  • #757
hsdrop said:
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
The Hollywood Wax Museum...?
 
  • #759
OCR said:
nope but good guess throw hehehe ok time for a clue
it also the world's oldest and it is in the southern hemisphere and you guys are not thinking big anuf
 
  • #760
still no guesses guys? are we still playing?
 
  • #761
hsdrop said:
still no guesses guys? are we still playing?

We are still here, your riddle is tough.
 
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  • #762
In the interest of narrowing the field...are we talking about a geographical region, say a desert ?
 
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  • #763
1oldman2 said:
In the interest of narrowing the field...are we talking about a geographical region, say a desert ?
yes and in shair that will give it away too lol
 
  • #764
ok last clue it's the biggest sketch pad in the world
 
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  • #765
hsdrop said:
ok last clue it's the biggest sketch pad in the world
Now I'm thinking Antarctica, that's a pretty much blank slate... and it is a very dry desert, yup I'm going to try Antarctica and see how close I get with that guess.
 
  • #766
1oldman2 said:
Now I'm thinking Antarctica, that's a pretty much blank slate... and it is a very dry desert, yup I'm going to try Antarctica and see how close I get with that guess.
nop it not quite that big lol
 
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  • #767
hsdrop said:
nop it not quite that big lol
*goes back to pondering the clues* :headbang:
 
  • #768
1oldman2 said:
*goes back to pondering the clues* :headbang:
and just to give you an extra one it is man made
 
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  • #769
Jonathan Scott said:
The Milky Way?
No, but close.
 
  • #770
  • #771
No Andromeda, No Milky way.
 
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  • #772
tionis said:
No Andromeda, No Milky way.
ill ask again is it attached to the ground/earth??
 
  • #774
for mine or the other one??
 
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  • #775
Either at one time would be interesting, this adds a new (not necessarily bad) dimension to the game. :smile:
 
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  • #776
would you like another clue from me
 
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  • #777
it was made somewhere between 500 bc/500 ad but no one knows for sheir
 
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  • #778
tionis said:
This one should be easy:

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.
- Perseids Meteor Shower
Perseid-meteor-shower-2013.jpg
 
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  • #779
ok I'm going to live a big clue for tonight hehe some thought this place was for an air strip for U.F.O. lol
 
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  • #780
hsdrop said:
ok I'm going to live a big clue for tonight hehe some thought this place was for an air strip for U.F.O. lol
Okay then! "What are the Nazca plains" o_O
 
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