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.
  • #351
The airplane was Electra and the crash site is Nikumaroro
http://www.history.com/news/researchers-identify-fragment-of-amelia-earharts-plane
 
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  • #352
wolram said:
The airplane was Electra and the crash site is Nikumaroro
http://www.history.com/news/researchers-identify-fragment-of-amelia-earharts-plane
Well there you go! :smile: I await your next riddle. :partytime:
 
  • #353
Uh . . . so I haven’t been keeping up with the most recent puzzles here because I’ve been having so much awesome fun school (:mad:) but anyway, wolram said that I’m supposed to go (not sure why), but I digress. Here’s the riddle, and your welcome :smile:

A historic landmark for the USA,
It’s up against a river,
That’s emptied in a bay,
The place is a plantation,
It housed a leader of the nation,
And a lot of his family,
For many generations.

This should be a snap.
 
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  • #354
ProfuselyQuarky said:
It housed a leader of the nation,

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Mt. Vernon?
 
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  • #355
Yay! Alright, 1oldman2, it's you turn now :smile:
 
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  • #356
ProfuselyQuarky said:
Yay! Alright, 1oldman2, it's you turn now :smile:
Okay, This will take a bit as it's another Dr. appointment day. In the meantime here is a couple of nice pics to ponder. Both taken from ISS.
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  • #357
Two eyes upon the southern sky,
this place was named for a man who died in 1521.o_O
 
  • #358
1oldman2 said:
Two eyes upon the southern sky,
this place was named for a man who died in 1521.o_O
Question: Is he a European who had also been traveling to Asia before he died ?
 
  • #359
Magellan strait comes to my mind.
 
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  • #360
Yes, Magellan fits the clues perfectly.
 
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  • #361
We will have to wait for 1oldman2 to confirm the answer, but if that is correct then here is another:

1 What links Spock with Geordie La Forge?
2 Marry a Marvin with a British fellow of a college, take away an E, to find a place.
3 Look around 5 miles west and find one

What is it?
 
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  • #362
Hm . . . I'm not into Star Trek :)

I'll have to think about this one . . . :rolleyes:
 
  • #363
The only Marvin I'm aware of is Marvin the Martian.

British fellow meaning a member of the Royal Society, I presume. Royal society of Arts? of Chemistry? of Medicine?? Probably someone famous that I should know (that narrows the list greatly)

What do you mean by "marry"? Mash their names together?
 
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  • #364
wolram said:
What is it?
Not sure what it is, but I think it's about 7 miles WSW from where you live.
 
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  • #365
ProfuselyQuarky said:
The only Marvin I'm aware of is Marvin the Martian.

British fellow meaning a member of the Royal Society, I presume. Royal society of Arts? of Chemistry? of Medicine?? Probably someone famous that I should know (that narrows the list greatly)

What do you mean by "marry"? Mash their names together?

By marry i mean join together, the British fellow is a generic name .
 
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  • #366
Jonathan Scott said:
Not sure what it is, but I think it's about 7 miles WSW from where you live.
OK, I worked it out, and it's visible in Google Earth too.
 
  • #367
Jonathan Scott said:
OK, I worked it out, and it's visible in Google Earth too.
So is one of the other two, but the Robin Hood seems to be indoors.
 
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  • #368
1oldman2 said:
Two eyes upon the southern sky,
A critical puzzle piece :wink:
 
  • #369
Jonathan Scott said:
So is one of the other two, but the Robin Hood seems to be indoors.

I am only aware of one visible one
1oldman2 said:
A critical puzzle piece :wink:

Woot, you mean we have not solved your riddle?
 
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  • #371
wolram said:
I am only aware of one visible oneWoot, you mean we have not solved your riddle?
Your searching for a place not a person. :woot:
 
  • #373
Although I got Wolram's riddle, I've not got the time and imagination to think up a new one, so I've left it for others to continue guessing for now. I'd say the "Geordi La Forge" connection is tenuous and misled me for a bit but the rest of the riddle was straightforward enough.

I haven't really even got the time to be looking in here at all at the moment; I was trying to take some time at Easter to study physics for a change, but that got swamped by stuff related to running the orchestras (preparing for imminent concerts and next season's publicity materials).
 
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  • #374
Thank you Johnathon, so who is ready with a riddle first come first served:biggrin:
 
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  • #375
Find this thing: Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.
 
  • #376
wolram said:
Thank you Johnathon, so who is ready with a riddle first come first served:biggrin:
But neither you or I actually gave the answer to the previous one or explained how it worked! If you're closing your previous riddle, please tell people the answer.
 
  • #377
Jonathan Scott said:
But neither you or I actually gave the answer to the previous one or explained how it worked! If you're closing your previous riddle, please tell people the answer.
Here it is, anyway:
Avro Vulcan XM655, at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, about 6 miles west of the village of Gaydon, Warwickshire, which is in turn a couple of miles SW of Wolramville.

Edit 2: Corrected typo in name of airfield.

Edit: Forgot to paste in the Google maps link: Here it is
 
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  • #378
wolram said:
Find this thing: Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.
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Pyramide du Louvre, Paris ?
 
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  • #379
wolram said:
Europs most bizarre building a huge crystal clad in stainless steel.
I presume it's the first Google hit for that phrase, which isn't in France.
 
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  • #380
This one has five nodes and is a crystal.
 
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  • #381
1oldman2 said:
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Pyramide du Louvre, Paris ?

Not quite but on the right lines:biggrin:
Jonathan Scott said:
I presume it's the first Google hit for that phrase, which isn't in France.

No not in France.
 
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  • #382
Allrighty then, just to get this out of the way how about The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. I can't make all the clues fit but I'm eating Brussels sprouts at the moment and took that as a sign, :wink:
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  • #383
1oldman2 said:
Allrighty then, just to get this out of the way how about The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. I can't make all the clues fit but I'm eating Brussels sprouts at the moment and took that as a sign, :wink:
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You are up then:biggrin:
 
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  • #384
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Stonehenge is a familiar landmark, find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession. Geo Coordinates, or nearest village's name wins this round. :wink:
 
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1oldman2 said:
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Stonehenge is a familiar landmark, find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession. Geo Coordinates, or nearest village's name wins this round. :wink:
Stonehenge is so familiar across Britain, Scotland and many other parts of Europe.
 
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  • #386
Pepper Mint said:
Stonehenge is so familiar across Britain, Scotland and many other parts of Europe.
The one in the riddle is over 7,000 kliks away from the Salisbury edifice. (Stonehenge is also a great album by Ten years After) :cool:
 
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1oldman2 said:
Sweet! I've never seen that. Thanks I bookmarked for further reading and exploring. :thumbup:
So can I be up with my riddle, it's very difficult ?
 
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  • #390
Pepper Mint said:
So can I be up with my riddle, it's very difficult ?
First you must answer mine :smile:
Stonehenge is a familiar landmark, find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession. Geo Coordinates, or nearest village's name wins this round. :wink:
But I am curious about your riddle am anxious to see it.
 
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  • #391
I think we need another clue 1oldman2 please, there are so many henges around the world
 
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  • #392
Yaaas, and there are so many in England D-:
 
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  • #393
ProfuselyQuarky said:
Yaaas, and there are so many in England D-:

1oldman2 says the he is looking for is 7000 miles from stone henge so that precludes England and Europe.
 
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  • #394
wolram said:
1oldman2 says the he is looking for is 7000 miles from stone henge so that precludes England and Europe.
"kilks" means miles? I had no idea . . . I thought that was a typo . . .
 
  • #395
wolram said:
I think we need another clue 1oldman2 please, there are so many henges around the world
coming right up :smile:
 
  • #396
ProfuselyQuarky said:
Yaaas, and there are so many in England D-:
I had no idea how many were in the UK until i got looking around. Stand by for clue #2.
 
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  • #397
wolram said:
1oldman2 says the he is looking for is 7000 miles from stone henge so that precludes England and Europe.
You are correct on precluding UK and Europe,
1oldman2 said:
find the other Henge on G Earth that commemorates a nations obsession
This is a telling piece of the riddle, another is the distance from Salisbury. So your next clue would be, This Henge was relatively recently constructed in a farmers field and it has nothing to do with crop circles.:wink:
 
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  • #398
ProfuselyQuarky said:
"kilks" means miles? I had no idea . . . I thought that was a typo . . .
Actually "Kliks is a US military slang for Kilometers, A person might use the "ruler" on G Earth to find the approximate area by describing a roughly 7,000 Kilometer circle with Stonehenge as the center.
 
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