Challenge Thread 1

[SpiderX22]

In dedication to this new subforum (more like the renaming of it, but still), let's start a challenge. There's websites out there dedicated to challenges like this, but I decided to start my own. This is going to be a relatively basic one; no scoreboard, no prizes - just fun (hopefully). The rules are simple, find the location (proof of find: placemark it and upload it here) of the current challenge picture and then, if you got it right (challenge poster's agreement) you upload your own challenge picture.

Note: Challenge picture can be any size, but it has to be viewable. Make sure the coords are turned off or cropped out. Try to keep the google logo in (copyright issues). Feel free to crop out the compass if you want. Also, make sure to add a hint (or not, if it's doable as is). And remember, keep it in the realm of the POSSIBLE. People do NOT want to be looking for something completely obscure that's basically impossible to find.


Challenge Picture 1:
I think it's pretty easy, but then again I know where it is.

[sladys]

I found it. :)

The Aswan-Dam in Egypt.

And now to a well known stadium.

[SpiderX22]

Nice get! Aww man, I'm terrible with stadiums..there's sooo many. Hmmmm...

[sladys]

You find it in Asia. :yep:

[sladys]

In a country that has been a lot in the media because of a certain material.

[Forkboy2]

Found the stadium. May Day stadium in Pyongyang N Korea. Tricky because I assumed it was on coast of ocean.

Here's a new one. Might be an easy one so I won't give any hints just yet.

[Forkboy2]

A few hints....

The rock is almost 600 feet high and located near the end of the Valley of the Bears.

A local Native American Tribe are the only people that can legally climb the rock.

It's name translates into a word for a small rock.

The adjacent beach was used for training American soldiers during WW II on how to operate and load Higgens Boats.

Jack LaLanne lives nearby.

[SpiderX22]

I'll give it a try this weekend if it's not solved by then, I have midterms this week (ironically, NOT in the middle of the term).

[Forkboy2]

I'll give it a try this weekend if it's not solved by then, I have midterms this week (ironically, NOT in the middle of the term).

Ugh...midterms.....I'm so glad I'm out of college. But I had a lot of fun while I was there :)

By the way....one more hint. I went to college a few miles from the mystery rock.

[sladys]

This was hard but I found it. :yep:

Morro Rock at Morro Bay, Ca.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morro_Rock

StreetView:
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=35.369167,-120.867222&ie=UTF8&ll=35.378134,-120.869179&spn=0.022219,0.045319&z=15&layer=c&cbll=35.370749,-120.864042&panoid=EMZp6fqKqxk310Vos6vWTw&cbp=1,242.925257559634,,0,-10.263326020162303

[SpiderX22]

Don't forget to add a new challenge. :angel:

[sladys]

No of course. I had to find something. Like this.

Can be easy so hints will come. :yep:

[SpiderX22]

That looks really familiar. Is this in a movie?

[sladys]

Is this in a movie?

Even though I haven't seen it I would say in at least one. :D

[Forkboy2]

Even though I haven't seen it I would say in at least one. :D

I have no clue. Looks like somewhere James Bond might hang out with one of his Bond Girls.

[sladys]

- Movie is from 1963.

- Four actors, one even a worldrecord holder (51), lived in a nearby city.

[Forkboy2]

Found it. Acapulco. :)

16.8465, -99.9154

I'll post a new one later today.

By the way, movie is "Fun in Acapulco" with Elvis Presley.

[sladys]

But you haven't given the right answer yet. City isn't enough. It'a what you see in the image. :yep:

[Forkboy2]

But you haven't given the right answer yet. City isn't enough. It'a what you see in the image. :yep:

Well....looks like a hotel (or mansion) and place for cliff diving. Is that what you're looking for?

[sladys]

and place for cliff diving. Is that what you're looking for?

Yes, the name of the cliff (in spanish). :yep:

[Forkboy2]

Yes, the name of the cliff (in spanish). :yep:

Well there's three placemarks there that say La Quebrada. That the name of the cliff?

Matt

[Forkboy2]

I actually almost got it without any hints. The first thing I did when I saw the screenshot was search google for "Cliff Diving Locations". But nothing obvious turned up. If I would have just searched for "Cliff Diving", this location in Acapulco would have been at the top of the list.

[sladys]

Well there's three placemarks there that say La Quebrada. That the name of the cliff?

Matt

That's correct. La Quebrada cliff diving is cliff diving event most people know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Quebrada_Cliff_Divers

Your turn. :)

[SpiderX22]

Wow! They dive 45 meters (148 feet)! And I thought the 10 meter board was high..

[Forkboy2]

Here is a new one. I'm guessing this will be easy.

[sladys]

Hi Forkboy, we need help. :angel:

[Forkboy2]

Hi Forkboy, we need help. :angel:

Sorry.....been out of town all week... Here's a hint.

The person that lives there has had more than 30 wives.

[sladys]

The person that lives there has had more than 30 wives.

Poor guy, that many mothers in law. :D

Found it. Royal palace of Dammam.

[Forkboy2]

That's it. By the way, I used to live a few miles south of the palace. My old house looks abandoned these days.

[sladys]

Here is a new challenge.

[Forkboy2]

Here is a new challenge.

Got it. Cathedral de Sevilla. Took me a little while to figure out it wasn't in Italy. Flying buttresses helped find it on google.

[Forkboy2]

Here is a new one. Once again I think it will be easy so no hints yet.

Matt