Wheres Waldo

[Voar Tok 4]

This game is like the old-school Where's Waldo pictures with a twist.  Instead of finding Waldo in the picture, you score points by answering some questions about the picture.  (It's kinda like ST trivia and Where's Waldo combined).

THE RULES

 

For every picture, you can score points by determining the continent that it came from, the nation, and the city.  You get bonus points if you can answer all three questions. If someone gives the name of a subdivision of the correct country (state, province, etc.) normal points for the country will be awarded, even if the subdivision of the country is incorrect.  Since some countries don't have states or the equivilent of states, no points are awarded for naming the state, regardless of whether the person has correctly identified the state.  In the event that Waldo should decide to go somewhere that isn't actually a city, points will be awarded when someone correctly identifies the location that Waldo is at.  The scoring pattern is below.

 

Continent = 10 Points

Nation = 20 Points

City = 30 Points

Bonus for all three = additional 40 Points

 

If there is an error with score-keeping, or incorrect answers to questions being awarded points, I will fix the problem to keep things fair.

 

SPECIAL RULES FOR LANDMARKS

 

Landmarks have the ability to make extra bonus points if you can answer the trivia question(s) that go along with the picture.  Bonus points will be assigned points values per question and the value will reflect the difficulty of the question.  The normal rules for guessing the location in the picture still apply.

 

A new picture will be uploaded when everything is answered about the previous location.

 

With that said, here is the first location.

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/astrodome.jpg align=middle vspace=10>

 

Landmark Trivia Questions:

Questions 1 & 3 are worth one point.  Question 2 is five points.  Question 4 is worth ten points.

1. What position does the public consider it hold on the Wonders of the World list?
2. What did it have that no other sporting arena ever had?
3. What modern field product was a result of its construction?
4. What was special about the actual groundbreaking in the groundbreaking ceremony?

[Duke87 1,070]

That would be the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, USA, North America, the place where Astro turf was first used.

Try and get a bigger picture next time.

[Voar Tok 4]

I'll try to get a bigger picture next time, but this was the biggest one that I could get to load (my internet acts funny sometimes).

Duke87 gets the full 10 points for location and a bonus point for identifying that Astroturf was developed for this stadium.

 

Official Score:

 

Duke87 = 11 Points

[TheJerseyDevil73 13]

Shouldn't Duke87 have 100pts and not 11.

Continent = 10 Points

Nation = 20 Points

City = 30 Points

Bonus for all three = additional 40 Points

[your_adress_here 11]

True lol.

[hym 358]

I'm gonna assume that the Astrodome is considered the 8th Wonder of the World.  It was the first sports stadium, baseball specifically, that had a roof on it.

BTW, Duke, you stole my other question. I was gonna make a lot of points on those.

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/21/2005 12:05:11 AM Author: TheJerseyDevil73 Shouldn't Duke87 have 100pts and not 11.

Continent = 10 Points

Nation = 20 Points

City = 30 Points

Bonus for all three = additional 40 Points

quote>

I hate it when my computer makes me look stupid.  I hit that freaking 0 key on my numberpad.  *Chops the numberpad off of keyboard.*

 

hym:  The Astrodome was considered to be the 8th Wonder of the World when it was constructed.  However, it was not the first sports stadium to have a roof.  The Romans did it first with the Coliseum.

 

Official Scores:

Duke87 = 101 Points

Hym = 1 Point

[hym 358]

For the groundbreaking, they fired Colt .45's into the dirt.

[dev 47]

The Reliant Astrodome is located in North America, United States of America, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

1. What position does the public consider it hold on the Wonders of the World list? 8th
2.What did it have that no other sporting arena ever had? A Dome.
3. What modern field product was a result of its construction? Astroturf
4. What was special about the actual groundbreaking in the groundbreaking ceremony? They fired six shooters into the ground. Pretty cool!

[Voar Tok 4]

Hym gets ten points for Question 4.

As for Question 2--Anything to do with the roof (or skylights) is not what I'm looking for, since the Romans put a roof on the Coliseum.

 

Official Score:

 

Duke87 = 101 Points

Hym = 11 Points

 

PS -- I now know why I gave 11 Points to Duke87.  I was being prophetic, I just had the wrong person.

[hym 358]

I got question number 2 all figured out:  Air Conditioning!!!

It had air conditioning.

Final answer.

[Voar Tok 4]

Hym: Air Conditioning is correct.

Official Score:

 

Duke87 = 101 Points

Hym = 16 Points

 

 

Where's Waldo now?

 

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/salt%20flats.jpg align=baseline>

[Slowhand 0]

Is it North America, Alaska, (City goes here)?

I believe that is the famous Alaskan Pipeline? Oil, I suppose.

[DuskTrooper 314]

I'll guess the Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah, United States of America, North America, Northern, and Western Hemisphere, Earth, Inner asteroid belt, solar system, Milky Way, Universe.

[Voar Tok 4]

Slowhand: 10 Points for the continent and 20 Points for the country (although it's not in Alaska).

DuskTrooper: 30 Points for correctly identifying the place (although it technically isn't in a city).

 

Since this previous picture brought up a couple of things that I didn't orginally think of when I wrote the rules, I am going to add to them.

 

If you name a subdivision of the correct country (state, province, etc.) I will give you the points for the country.

 

If the location pictured is not actually part of a city, then you will get the points for the city if you can name the location (as what happened with this last location).

 

Official Scores:

 

Duke87 = 101 Points

Hym = 16 Points

Slowhand = 30 Points

DuskTrooper = 30 Points

 

Sorry that I couldn't get a bigger picture, but this was the best one IMO.

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/cape%20hope.jpg align=middle vspace=10>

So, Where's Waldo?

[Duke87 1,070]

That would be the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Africa.

...the filename cape%20hope kinda gives it away....

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/27/2005 5:48:10 PM Author: Duke87

That would be the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Africa.

...the filename 'cape%20'hope' kinda gives it away....

quote>

Well, that was kind of stupid of me.

 

OFFICIAL SCORE:

 

Duke87 = 201 Points

Slowhand = 30 Points

DuskTrooper = 30 Points

Hym = 16 Points

 

Well, Waldo has found a new place to visit.

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/bulls250.jpg align=baseline>

 

SPOILER ALERT - Waldo's next location will be a landmark!

[Alabaster 0]

Oooo! The Running of the Bulls Festival held in Pamplona, Spain, Europe.

 

Lucky Waldo!

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/28/2005 2:23:25 AM Author: Alabaster

Oooo! 'The Running of the Bulls' Festival held in Pamplona, Spain, Europe.

Lucky Waldo!

quote>

I figured that one would be solved pretty quickly, but not that quickly.

 

OFFICIAL SCORE:

 

Duke87 = 201 Points

Alabaster = 100 Points

Slowhand = 30 Points

DuskTrooper = 30 Points

Hym = 16 Points

 

Here is Waldo's newest location.

http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/china_great_wall.jpg align=baseline>

 

Landmark Trivia Questions

Each question is worth five points.

1. Which Chinese emporer started its construction?
2. How long is it?
3. Can it be seen from the moon?

[hym 358]

First off, it is the Great Wall of China, located in China, Asia.

It was built by Qin Shi Huangdi (Ch'in dynasty) over 2,000 years ago.

 

The wall is over 6,400 Kilometers long (originally over 5,000km and during the Ming Dynasty, it was expanded to its present 6,400 km length).

 

The wall is visible from earth's orbit (i.e. out in space orbiting earth) but not from the moon.

 

 

My official answers to the above questions are in bold.

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/28/2005 11:52:51 AM Author: hym

First off, it is the Great Wall of China, located in China, Asia.

It was built by Qin Shi Huangdi (Ch'in dynasty) over 2,000 years ago.

The wall is over 6,400 Kilometers long (originally over 5,000km and during the Ming Dynasty, it was expanded to its present 6,400 km length).

The wall is visible from earth's orbit (i.e. out in space orbiting earth) but not from the moon.

My official answers to the above questions are in bold.

quote>

Points awarded for the location of the continent and the country.  Also, the trivia questions have been correctly answered.  As for the city, tell me what portion of the country was the wall started.

 

OFFICIAL SCORE:

 

Duke87 = 201 Points

Alabaster = 100 Points

Hym = 61 Points

Slowhand = 30 Points

DuskTrooper = 30 Points

[hym 358]

The wall was first constructed from the Shanai Pass (in the east) to Lop Nur, (in the souteastern part of the Xinjiang Uygar Region).

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/29/2005 5:13:49 PM Author: hym

The wall was first constructed from the Shanai Pass (in the east) to Lop Nur, (in the souteastern part of the Xinjiang Uygar Region).

quote>

That covers the whole length of the wall.  I want to know the general section of the country that it started in.  I'll give everybody a hint--the section is in the following list

 

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Central

Good Luck!

[Alabaster 0]

Well, I've got a 20% chance.....

 

Northern China

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/30/2005 9:23:13 PM Author: Alabaster

Well, I've got a 20% chance.....

Northern China

quote>

Nope.  Thank you for raising the odds to 25%, though.

[amal81 3]

Eastern China

[Voar Tok 4]

Date: 10/30/2005 9:58:51 PM Author: amal81 Eastern China

quote>

You've raised the odd to 33%.  Keep trying, cause Eastern China isn't it.

[Duke87 1,070]

Central

[jglei701 8]

Western (to keep the Huns out) and it's just an urban myth that it can been seen from the moon.  As seen in the picture, the wall tends to be about half the width of a regular suburban street.  Now, it'd be a pretty long street, but from the moon, the continents are barely discernable.

[Voar Tok 4]

Duke87 is correct.  The Great Wall of China was orginally begun as a three state project and the emporer decided to expand it.

OFFICIAL SCORES:

Duke87 = 231 Points

Alabaster = 100 Points

Hym = 61 Points

Slowhand = 30 Points

DuskTrooper = 30 Points

 

Here is Waldo's newest location.

 

 

Since everybody had a hard time guessing where Waldo was when he went to Cape Hope, I'll give you a few hints:

• Waldo is on a brand new continent
• He is in a prominent country
• In a prominent city

Good Luck!