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Picture quiz #2
Topic Started: Mar 2 2012, 12:42 AM (2,236 Views)
CJ
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lol :P .

I'll have to get better pictures before I release the countries. That will give some of these away :P .

@MILH: 38 isn't Vienna, unfortunately.
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Jarkko
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Yes, better pics would indeed help.

What the heck is that towering thing in 24? Is it a tower? or is it some rocket in the foreground? :P
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CJ
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It's a statue on a column. If it looks like a rocket to you, then I definitely need better pics :P .
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Jarkko
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I figured out that it was a statue upon closer inspection. But I practically had to have my face against my screen. lol
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CJ
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Which means you can't headdesk, so that's of no use at all :P .
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Jarkko
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Okay, new post for my guesses for today:

22 is Seoul. (Beaten by a minute)
Is 38 Vienna? (FAIL)
Is 25 Singapore? (Still awaiting a response)
31 is Reykjavik, Iceland.
Edited by Jarkko, Mar 5 2012, 01:27 AM.
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CJ
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Yes, 25 is Singapore.

THANK YOU! Now, when I have to reveal the countries, I won't have to give that one away by telling you it's "in Singapore" :P .
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Can I recommend a revamp for these contests? I want to participate, but every time I do all the reasonable answers are taken in less than a day. May I recommend one guess per post? I know it's not much, but it can get people like me to participate and limit the monopolizing.

Although I must admit, cities aren't my thing. Just a suggestion.
Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Mar 5 2012, 02:36 AM.
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CJ
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Well, I am still experimenting with that limit, to see what works best. I don't want to be too restrictive (and end up making the contest slow and boring), but then, I don't want the current situation either (where all the easier ones go very quickly).

To be fair, I think that I made this round too hard.

@Jarkko: Yep, 31 is correct.
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Jarkko
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40 - Tampere, Finland?
35 - Manila?
39 - Jakarta?
35 - Davao?
39 is Surabaya. :P
35 - Shenzhen, China?
35 - Balikpapan, Indonesia?
35 - Xiamen, China? :P

Okay, I've maxed out my guesses for the day. I s'pose I have to wait until 7PM tomorrow my time then. :P
Edited by Jarkko, Mar 6 2012, 03:12 AM.
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CJ
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Incorrect - you're only about 6,000 miles from the correct place, though :P !
39 isn't Jakarta, but it is in Indonesia, so you get 5 posts for that :) .
35 isn't Davao, though.
EDIT: Yep, 39 is Surabaya!
35 isn't Shenzhen either. Don't give up, though!
EDIT: And it isn't Balikpapan either.
EDIT: And it isn't Xiamen. However, I admire your determination!
Edited by CJ, Mar 6 2012, 10:26 AM.
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Time for moar posting. :P

40 - Pretoria, South Africa?
38 - Copenhagen, Denmark?
35 - Cebu, Philippines?
40 - Bloemfontein, SA. ;)
35 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan? (I figured, since it's not in Indonesia, the Philippines, or China...)
35 - Tuy Hoa, Vietnam?
35 - is it Hanoi?
35 - Ho Chi Minh City. :P Did you Jarkko really too stupid to look at the obvious one? :rofl2:
Edited by Jarkko, Mar 7 2012, 02:06 AM.
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CJ
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5 posts for getting South Africa right.
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Jarkko
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Time to go in for the kill then. :P

It's getting close to the halfway mark, I'd imagine.
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CJ
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Yeah - and you got it :D .

35 isn't Taiwan either, though. Or Malaysia, before you're tempted to try that :P .
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I figured it wasn't since I looked up Kota Kinabalu (the only city within reasonable distance) and it looked way too neat in terms of colour scheme. It isn't Brunei either. I'm amazed it isn't in the Philippines, though.
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CJ
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It may be that it's a bit more than 600 miles. I only said "closer to 600 than 6000", after all!

Anyway, it is in Vietnam, so 5 posts for that :) .
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Jarkko
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It does look distinctly Southeast Asian, though. :P
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CJ
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Well, now that you know the country, it shouldn't take too long :p .

35 isn't Hanoi, though.
It is, however, Ho Chi Minh City!
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CJ
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MILH reminded me that I should have revealed the countries by now, so here they are:

24 is in :italy: Italy.
27 is in :spain: Spain.
29 is in :malta: Malta.
30 is in :united-states: the USA.
32 is in :mongolia: Mongolia.
33 is in :moldova: Moldova.
34 is in :israel: Israel.
36 is in :greece: Greece.
37 is in :congo-kinshasa: DR Congo. (I need to update the flag...welcome to 6 years ago!)
38 is in :poland: Poland.

That's probably given some of them away XD
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No way in heck #29 ISN'T Valletta :P
#24 is Milan.
#32 is Ulaanbaatar (another giveaway)
#33 is Chisinau
#34 is Tel Aviv
#36 is Thessaloniki
#37 is Kinshasa
Is 38 Krakow?
Edited by Jarkko, Mar 7 2012, 06:52 PM.
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CJ
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24 is Milan....do you agree to forfeit all your posts from this contest if 29 isn't Valletta :P ?
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Posted Image

I know for a fact it is Valletta. I saw the exact image on Google.
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CJ
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All right except for #38.
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Jarkko
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Figures. Ah well, I'll go through city lists for the remaining ones and post them tomorrow if someone else doesn't get them.
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CJ
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Let's hope we can move on to something other than cities soon :P .
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I can make that happen. Just show me how to set up one of these babies and I'll have a quiz of something completely different (even though I wanted to do some cities :P )
Edited by Jarkko, Mar 7 2012, 07:04 PM.
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CJ
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You can do cities if you want.

Do you have any image editing software that's better than Paint :P ?
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No.
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CJ
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Ah - well, that might make things a little more difficult. It's only really necessary for adding some kind of overlay (like the diamonds), but if you don't want to do that, then you can just do it in Paint :P .
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