4 city of lillies is Florence

Moose Jaw, Eh? Take off hoser! Their defenders can't skate and their goalie has a five hole the size of sack of socialist flour! If you can't butterfly, you shouldn't be between the pipes.

Translation to American:

No, not moose Jaw.

The Google Earth Quiz:

All answers can be found using no other resource than Google Earth.

1. If you are leaving Abbey Road Studios and you want to walk to Paul McCartney's old house at Cavendish Avenue 7, what direction would you go?

2. Avoca, Ireland is the setting for the television series Ballykissangel. Which direction is St Mary and St Patrick's Church from Fitzgerald's Pub?

3. The road from Sareenes to Huez France is famous for being a difficult bicycle ride. How many switchbacks are in the road?

4. How many boats can be seen on Crater Lake, Oregon?

5. If you are standing at the Canadian Visitor's Center at Niagra Falls, which direction would you have to look to see Horseshoe Falls?

6. At Shemya Island in Alaska, if you took a picnic lunch to Shemya Falls, what exactly would you be looking at?

7. John Lennon's childhood home in Liverpool has a plaque directly below where he wrote the song Love Me Do. What color is the plaque?

8. At 36 degrees, 57 minutes, 37.62 seconds north longitude and 76 degrees 19 minutes, 43.92 seconds west latitude is an extremely expensive machine sitting on an enormously expensive machine. What are they?

9. If you were enjoying the gladiator fights in the Coliseum of Rome and you wanted to take in a chariot race at the Circus Maximus, what hill would you have to climb over?

10. If you wanted to drive from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to the Selimiye Barracks, how many bridges would you have to cross?

11. If you are at the Mosque of Omar in Jeruselum, could you see the Garden of Gethsamane?

12. In Dubai, United Arab Emirates there are three large groups of artificial islands. What are they shaped like?

13. In the Northeast portion of Spanish Town near Kingston, Jamaica there is a photo spot of Mom's House. What color is the roof in the picture?

14. What street is the Cavern Club in Liverpool located?

15. At the southern tip of Isla Cedros off the coast of Baja California is a port. What are they loading onto the ships?

16. Who plays baseball at Telus Field, Edmonton, Alberta?

Oy, Pink! Not sure I can handle such an intense quiz! How about you? I'm better with quick answers off the top of my head that take very little research. I took a quick look at Google Earth and apparently there is much more to it than click and go. Hopefully some of the other quiz answering fools will jump in and give this a go - WOS, for one, or how about Vickie H? Have you seen/heard from her? I haven't seen any posts from her lately, I'm starting to get concerned.

Lee, Bill/Lee, Evil-Lee, Spike, Sport, whatever...you have outdone yourself. Maybe if you come up with a really good prize you will get some action here. We fell for the ever elusive bunny bowl; I'm sure you can come up with an equally enticing prize for this quiz. What's it gonna be? Hmmm?

Pink Girl:

If you click on the Wikipedia symbol at Telus Field it will say the Edmonton Cracker Cats play there as well.

As for No. 15, it is either salt or cocaine. I'm assuming it is salt because all the Hollywood types spend their time at Cabo San Lucas.

Did you notice the search function at the upper left of the Google Earth screen? You could type in 'Abbey Road Studios' or 'Shemya Island, Alaska' and it will zoom you right to the location. If you have a scroll button on your mouse, you can zoom in closer. Be sure to click on the little blue boxes, there are a lot of answers in them.

Once you get the hang of it, the quiz is going to be pretty easy.

Good luck!

Okay Pink, this is too funny. When I was typing my response to you last night I originally had in it that I am "severely directionally challenged" and that my Garmin GPS was my new best friend. When I saw your post this morning I thought I had left my comments in - not so. Looks like we may be following in the footsteps of Bill/Lee - scary....

I'll see how far you have gotten on the quiz later tonight. Don't hold back on my account - answer them all if you can.

Good luck!

Gerri, I have always waited for you to get home and I always will .... I'm
not the type to hog a quiz ... nope ... I like to share.

Hey ... maybe we're twins, separated at birth ??? I often use the phrase
" no ... the other left."

Oh, that's a lot of pressure Pink, but I certainly appreciate the gesture. Do what you can and I'll see what's left and try my best. I hope others will join in - the more the merrier!!

Very Good Pink Girl! It is Matthew Street.

You girls are doing great! I seem to be a bit foggy lately, so I am going to leave this one to the pros. Good Luck!

Maybe it's Bob Marley's mother's house?

Okay, I have to admit this is pretty cool, but not as easy as Lee, etc. says. I've been at this for about 30 minutes and this is all I could come up with - I'm probably wrong.

1. You would travel southeast.

Good job Gerri!! You do go southeast to get to Paul McCartney's house. The interesting thing about that is the Beatles crossing the road on the Abbey Road album are on their way to Paul's house for tea.

Pink Girl:

You are correct! Their is a map of the world made of artificial islands off the coast of Dubai. There are also two palm trees.

PinkGirl,

Yep, that is me and my daughter at the Revlon Walk a few weeks ago.

Sorry, haven't had time to help out on the quiz. I'll see if I can do a little tonight.

Back to work..........

6. A pipe with water running out of the opening??

5. From the Niagra Falls Canadian Visitors Center, you would head East to Horsehoe Falls.

4. No boats on Crater Lake

I'll be lucky to get one out of three that I posted - if that.

Very good on all of the answers except No. 4. If you follow the lines through the dew on Crater Lake you can actually see at least one tour boat.

Questions 2 and 3 still are looking for answers.

The objects on question 8 are an F-18 fighter plane and the USS Harry Truman. Harry Truman got a boat named after him? Who allowed that to happen?

Hint on Mom's house. Use the search function to go to Spanish Town Jamaica. Zoom in until you see a little blue box in the upper right hand side of the screen. Put the cursor over the dot and it should say "Mom's House". Click on the box and you will see the picture. And the answer is no. I have no idea who mom is.

Well done Pink Girl. I had faith in you and Gerri.

Month of May Quiz


Name the famous events:

1. May 2, 1803

2. May 5, 1961

3. May 8, 1945

4. May 12, 1907

5. May 30, 1431

6. What is May's birthstone?

7. What is May's flower?

May 8th 1945 is VE Day which is the day the Nazi slugs finally surrendered.

May 2, 1803 is the date the Louisiana Purchase was signed making generations of future rednecks Americans instead of French. French rednecks? I tremble in fright.

May 5, 1961 there were three incredibly important events which occurred. First Russ Adam, a Canadian hockey player was born. Second Doris Day finished recording her "I have a Dream" album. Doris is a goddess! Finally and most importantly the Leave it to Beaver episode "Brother versus Brother" was aired. Now that was some good television. Mrs. Cleaver brought Ward a tray of snacks and unbeknown to everyone in the Cleaver family, the dog ate Dad's snacks and Wally and the Beaver go to war to pin the blame on each other. Genius! Simply genius!

P.S.

I know that the May 5th answer is wrong. I'd rather be amusing than correct. So there! Pbbbbbbbbbt!!!