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.
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1oldman2 said:
I keep getting directed to the Merrill-Lynch bull in New York, nothing else makes any sense. I'm hoping for another clue. (of course Chicago Bulls also, but nothing makes sense there either.)
In my searches, I noted that both Q-tips and bulls are associated with Chicago. I've not found any specific connection with lever, although Lever Brothers seem to have had a significant presence in the area.

tionis said:
Oh, Look what God has given!
For that is my true name
My crafts have reached your ears
And that's my claim to fame
Not registering anything yet.

If the first line is meant to be a translation of the original name, it would help if we knew the language. My own name "Jonathan" means loosely "God has given" in Hebrew!
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
In my searches, I noted that both Q-tips and bulls are associated with Chicago. I've not found any specific connection with lever, although Lever Brothers seem to have had a significant presence in the area. Not registering anything yet.

If the first line is meant to be a translation of the original name, it would help if we knew the language. My own name "Jonathan" means loosely "God has given" in Hebrew!
Too hot to the touch! You have basically solved the riddle without knowing it lol.
 
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tionis said:
Too hot to the touch! You have basically solved the riddle without knowing it lol.
Well, in that case I'm just getting cooked. It would help to know which of my speculations were relevant and which were off target.
 
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I should also point out that I had already established that Q-tips and bulls are (obviously) associated with New York as well.
Edit: And of course Lever Brothers, as in Lever House.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
Well, in that case I'm just getting cooked. It would help to know which of my speculations were relevant and which were off target.
All of them are relevant minus the Chicago one. Put it together with this final clue:Was tight with our first President
He even called me ''bro''
What happened to my surname
That ends in taurus bos?
 
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Not Knox again? But I still don't get it.
 
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Well, that's not what Amanda is actually saying. It looks like "I am you" although my lip-reading isn't good. But anyway, I still don't get it, regardless of whether the Knox is Henry or Amanda. There are various Knox-related places such as Fort Knox, Knoxville and the small town of Knox, NY, but nothing that seems relevant.
 
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Me too (not getting anywhere); I've been trying to find some sort of hook or link to some sort of knowledge that I or google might know, or even might be able to look up and learn, but I keep coming up with nothing.

Perhaps a clue/hint that has some sort of semblance to general knowledge, even if indirect, would be helpful.

[Okay, maybe it's just me and I'm still on the wrong track on "our first president" of which I'm probably misinterpreting.]
 
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collinsmark said:
[Okay, maybe it's just me and I'm still on the wrong track on "our first president" of which I'm probably misinterpreting.]
I'm assuming that's about a friend of Washington, Henry Knox, whose name ends in "ox" (a more common term for "taurus bos"). And the picture appears to be Amanda Knox.
 
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haha I'm not buying it :-p
 
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tionis said:
haha I'm not buying it :-p
Is that meant to be a clue? It's not helpful to me.
 
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ok I'm lost you share this is in the U.S. ?
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
Is that meant to be a clue?
Yes!
 
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hsdrop said:
ok I'm lost you share this is in the U.S. ?
This site is in the U.S., I think, so yeah I share it here.
 
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tionis said:
Yes!
It's still not helpful to me.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
It's still not helpful to me.
Then I don't know how else to help you :frown:
 
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I can find vague connections between things in the clues, but nothing which seems to help. For example, Lever House was designed by Gordon Bunshaft who also designed an extension to the Albright-Knox art gallery. Also Queens Theatre in the Park (as seen in Men in Black) is sometimes referred to as "QTIP". However, I can't find any connection between those nor any connection with "Look what God has given" (which however reminds me of Samuel Morse and "What hath God wrought"). So I'm stuck and I'm not going to spend any more time on it unless I get a more helpful clue.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
I can find vague connections between things in the clues, but nothing which seems to help. For example, Lever House was designed by Gordon Bunshaft who also designed an extension to the Albright-Knox art gallery. Also Queens Theatre in the Park (as seen in Men in Black) is sometimes referred to as "QTIP". However, I can't find any connection between those nor any connection with "Look what God has given" (which however reminds me of Samuel Morse and "What hath God wrought"). So I'm stuck and I'm not going to spend any more time on it unless I get a more helpful clue.
You did your best. Thanks for playing :smile:
 
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I think it is time to come clean and revel the answer to your riddle as every one is stuck:biggrin:
 
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Okay time for another riddle, first come first go.
 
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wolram said:
I think it is time to come clean and revel the answer to your riddle as every one is stuck:biggrin:
I already have. It's embedded in one of the clues :wink:
 
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wolram said:
Okay time for another riddle, first come first go.

OK.

In the land of our first President
I stand piercing the sky
Although in terra firma
Space does come to mind
 
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tionis said:
I already have. It's embedded in one of the clues :wink:
Please can you be more helpful? I spent a lot of time looking at those clues without making any progress. If the name of the town is not well known, we may not have heard of it and would not recognize it.
 
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tionis said:
OK.

In the land of our first President
I stand piercing the sky
Although in terra firma
Space does come to mind
That sounds like the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. Trivial compared with the previous one (still unsolved).
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
Please can you be more helpful? I spent a lot of time looking at those clues without making any progress. If the name of the town is not well known, we may not have heard of it and would not recognize it.
When I was checking on the "God has Given" bit previously I came across the fact that "Brother Jonathan" is a personification of New England, and a term used by George Washington and matching the "bro" part of the clue, but the character is fictitious and doesn't have a surname.

However, I've just noticed that in Wikipedia it says that some think this term relates to "Jonathan Trumbull", a historical Governor of Connecticut, and I see his surname also ends in another reference to "Taurus bos".

There's a town called Trumbull after him which has a crafts festival, and which has a Unilever R&D site which deals with products including Q-tips. Is that what you have in mind? If so, please explain how it is "embedded" in a previous clue.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
That sounds like the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
Ah! I knew it was too easy lol :partytime:

Jonathan Scott said:
When I was checking on the "God has Given" bit previously I came across the fact that "Brother Jonathan" is a personification of New England, and a term used by George Washington and matching the "bro" part of the clue, but the character is fictitious and doesn't have a surname.

Jonathan was pals with GW, see below:

Wiki said:
Trumbull was a friend and advisor of General Washington throughout the revolutionary period, dedicating the resources of Connecticut to the fight for independence. Washington declared him "the first of the patriots."[5] When Washington was desperate for men or food during the war, he could turn to "Brother Jonathan."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull#cite_note-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull#cite_note-6

Jonathan Scott said:
There's a town called Trumbull after him which has a crafts festival, and which has a Unilever R&D site which deals with products including Q-tips. Is that what you have in mind? If so, please explain how it is "embedded" in a previous clue.
You have now solved the riddle! :partytime:

The answer is embedded in the gif

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Over 2 U!
 
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tionis said:
The answer is embedded in the gif
I did spot that something was flashing up very briefly, but it just looked like a volume scale or similar, and I don't have any software on any of the devices I normally use to access PF which can freeze a gif or split it up into frames. (I have previously used online sites for that, but didn't expect to need to in this case, especially as I don't like being reminded of the very unpleasant Amanda Knox case).

I've not got any ideas for a new one at the moment, so it may take a while for me to come up with one.
 
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A silly one while I'm thinking of a proper one...

Identify the famous building which was demolished by a twinkle in the 1970s.
 
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(The building is real but the demolition was a not-very-special effect).
 
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