That Google Game (redux)

[terpkristin]

Can't find the original thread, here's another to kick off the fun again. Same rules as before, if you get it right, post another.

This should be easy I think. It's not in the US.

http://kristin.seidelmann-owners.com/fofc/for_fof.JPG

/tk

[DaddyTorgo]

Sphinx

[terpkristin]

Yay DT gets it.

/tk

[DaddyTorgo]

Try this one.

[JediKooter]

Damn!!

[johnnyshaka]

Hoover Dam?

(never been there but it's worth a guess)

[DaddyTorgo]

nope. not hoover dam. was hoping it'd be mistaken for the hoover dam though, so thanks!

[JPhillips]

Not Hoover and not Aswan.

[DaddyTorgo]

3,830 metres long, 980 metres wide at the base, 40 metres wide at the crest and 111 metres tall. It contains 43 million cubic metres of material. At maximum, 11,000 cubic metres of water can pass through the dam every second.

The reservoir, named XXXX, is 550 km long and 35 km at its widest with a surface area of 5,250 square kilometres. It holds 111 cubic kilometres of water.

12 turbines - 2,100 MW.

[bhlloy]

Is it the one in North Korea again?

[DaddyTorgo]

Is it the one in North Korea again?

LOL nope. That one was epic though. Did you all end up giving up on that one, or did someone get it right at the end?

[bhlloy]

haha I think somebody got it in the end, but it took a while

[johnnyshaka]

nope. not hoover dam. was hoping it'd be mistaken for the hoover dam though, so thanks!

Your welcome!!

How about the one that blew up in the second X-Men movie? If that isn't it then you've made the pic and all those fancy number up. :)

[DaddyTorgo]

lol - nope it's not that one.

[DaddyTorgo]

this was supposed to be easy...not a threadkiller!!

[Tigercat]

Not Hoover and not Aswan.

It is aswan

[DataKing]

Three Gorges?

[DaddyTorgo]

Aswan it is tigercat!

[DataKing]

Doh...thing is flowing north. That should have been a dead giveaway.

[Tigercat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kmahe/mystery18.jpg

[johnnyshaka]

St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice

[DaddyTorgo]

oooh - if true that's a good one johnny. i was thinking Italian churches and looking at a couple...but nice.

[Tigercat]

St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice

You got it

[johnnyshaka]

oooh - if true that's a good one johnny. i was thinking Italian churches and looking at a couple...but nice.

Oh, it's right, DT...I assure you. :p

[DaddyTorgo]

nicely done!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Well dang, I was Googling and found it but somebody beat me to it.

Once you figured out it was a church, then a basilica, it was a matter of finding a picture of one that matched.

[Passacaglia]

I was hoping this would be that google game where you have to come up with a word that gets more hits misspelled than spelled correctly. This seems more like that google MAPS game.

[johnnyshaka]

I'm heading home shortly...I'll check back for answers in a little while.

[DaddyTorgo]

that's clearly an olympic compound somewhere...summer olympic cities...

is that the stuff they've built for the london olympics?

[DaddyTorgo]

i wanna go home - somebody else can have the win

[johnnyshaka]

that's clearly an olympic compound somewhere...summer olympic cities...

is that the stuff they've built for the london olympics?

On the right track (Olympics) but not London.

[Tigercat]

Barcelona, didn't notice the needle till just now.

[johnnyshaka]

Barcelona, didn't notice the needle till just now.

Well done!!

[Tigercat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kmahe/mystery19.jpg

[JPhillips]

It is aswan

Well shit. I guess my zoom wasn't right. Sorry about that.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Haha, I did that same city (different part) last time. I'll leave it for someone else.

[bhlloy]

Pilgrim Monument

[bhlloy]

hopefully not too difficult

[Tigercat]

Caerphilly Castle

[QuikSand]

I was hoping this would be that google game where you have to come up with a word that gets more hits misspelled than spelled correctly. This seems more like that google MAPS game.

i sorta liked that game...

[Tigercat]

This is a place of some historical significance, but may be tough. So I'll give a hint before I go to bed if need be.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/kmahe/mystery44.jpg

[johnnyshaka]

Looks like a castle of sorts...no idea where, though.

EDIT: or fort.

[Izulde]

Alahambra?

[Tigercat]

Alahambra?

Good job!

[johnnyshaka]

Nice find, Izulde...what gave it away?

[Izulde]

1) I studied abroad in Granada for a semester.

2) The Alahambra has a very distinctive shape and is high above much of the rest of the city.

3) The circle in a square building, whose exact name escapes me just now.

[johnnyshaka]

lol...well I hope number one helped quite a bit. I assumed number three was the key distinction but couldn't find anything with my efforts.

[Drake]

I am always in awe of the people playing this game. You folks are incredible.

[Izulde]

http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o395/Izulde08/googlemap.jpg

[Alf]

That looks like some french Vauban defensive constructions from the 18th and 19th century.

[RendeR]

Not a vauban, his designs always incorporated a very distinct star pattern, even along the shoreline. He also used multiple levels to ensure shooters had a "kill zone" between walls.

[Tigercat]

Izulde, think your gonna have to give us a hint here, lest it become a thread killer.