Name That Place!

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Post by AngelBaby » 04 May 2007 04:54

I think someone already used the big black cube in Mecca.

Wanna give us another one?

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Post by Umgawa » 04 May 2007 07:35

AngelBaby wrote:I think someone already used the big black cube in Mecca.

Wanna give us another one?
Not especially. That was about all I could come up with on short notice, since the people who run these satellites don't care to give us high-res images of terribly important places, like a little marker about two miles north of Lebanon, Kansas. I'd come up with one now, but I have to go out and get egg rolls and such.

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Post by Steampunk » 05 May 2007 09:28

How were the eggrolls?

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Post by Umgawa » 12 May 2007 13:45

Steampunk wrote:How were the eggrolls?
Good, thank you. In any event, I've found Google Maps and Google Earth to be fairly lacking in various respects, and so I had to go to the enemy, Yahoo, because Google has this thing about not mapping outside of proper civilization. Here's the graphic:

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Yes, I'm aware that it's tiny, and so here's a series of clues:
  • Note the graphic's title so you know what you're looking at, because, yes, it's fuzzy.
  • In the surrounding area are a couple of generals, a couple of senators, a few governors, and some various memorials.
  • Despite what logic might dictate, you will not find Maude Flanders here.
So, what are we looking at, here?

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Post by Steampunk » 17 May 2007 08:08

Holy mother of god. I thought I was bad. Help a brother out!

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Post by Umgawa » 17 May 2007 13:32

Steampunk wrote:Holy mother of god. I thought I was bad. Help a brother out!
Very well.
  • As the graphic says, it is a tomb, and there are only thirty-nine others of its like.
  • Despite what logic might dictate, you will not find Maude Flanders in this cemetery.

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Post by AngelBaby » 17 May 2007 14:29

Oh, for pete's sake...I can't remain silent any longer. It's Lincoln's Tomb, people.

Come on, he gave you all you needed.

What town would Ned Flanders' wife be buried in? Google Maude Flanders on the off chance you have no clue who these people are (and in case you've been living in a cave for the past 18 years).

Now Google that town + tomb. Voilà...first hit on the page. First TEN hits actually.

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Post by Umgawa » 17 May 2007 16:35

Indeed it is Lincoln's Tomb, at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Also, going from the title of the picture, googling the number 66000330 (as noted in the graphic's title) results in at least three references to the tomb on the first page of the search results, and it becomes pretty obvious when you disregard the German and other non-English language pages kicks back. Googling tomb 66000330 kicks back a whopping three results. That eight-digit number happens to be its identification number on the national register of historic places.

But, yeah, I threw the Maude Flanders one out there thinking that someone would come back in about ten minutes with the answer. Nice to see that it wasn't too obvious.

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Post by smash » 08 Jun 2007 01:38

since AB hasn't named a new puzzle...here's my entry!

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Post by exelis » 12 Jun 2007 01:47

That's a grand canyon, isn't it?

In other news, I miss the control bar at the bottom of Google Earth.

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Re: Name That Place!

Post by smash » 29 Jul 2008 04:08

While researching this place, I was amused to see the apparent bridge that starts and stops in the middle of nowhere. It made me remember this game. So, let's kick this game off again!

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Clue: Dat's alotta watta!

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Re: Name That Place!

Post by AngelBaby » 29 Jul 2008 11:21

Lake Baikal in Siberia, the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume. :D

It's also the world's oldest lake (25 million years) and contains more water than all the Great Lakes combined. :ohnoes:

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Post by smash » 29 Jul 2008 19:16

AngelBaby wrote:Lake Baikal in Siberia, the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume. :D

It's also the world's oldest lake (25 million years) and contains more water than all the Great Lakes combined. :ohnoes:
I knew you'd get it. They are also going to attempt to collect samples of life from below 5,000 feet.


Very good. Your turn, Doctor Angelbaby.

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Re: Name That Place!

Post by AngelBaby » 30 Jul 2008 15:05

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Hoochie Koo! :dance:

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