Contest #560 Hint
Total watching the game:
Here on a Fall day in 1872: about 4000
Luzniki Stadium last Sunday: about half the planet.
Contest #559: Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz, historically known as Kish or Kesh, was the birthplace of Timur, a 14th century emperor of a large swath of south-central Asia, including all of what is now Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of India, Syria and Turkey.
This portion of the city is home to his Summer Palace Ak Saray. And, of course, there HAS to be a statue, right?
There is a tomb here as well for Timur, though he never occupied it and two unknown people are there now. His oldest son, Jehangir, is buried in the mausoleum complex to the lower right of the image (just right of the octagonal fountain at the bottom).
By Faqscl – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Those who found the site included:
- Abcdefg Hijkl
- hhgygy
- Garfield
- Phil Ower
- Walter_V_R
And after the hint:
- Gillian B
- Hilde Lambeir
Contest #559 Hint
Palace at the top, mausoleum at the bottom, and in between, a giant statue, houses of worship and a great big old market.
Contest #558 – Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
This location is a small part of the largest coral reef in the western hemisphere and the 2nd largest in the world after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
By Andy Blackledge – https://www.flickr.com/photos/hockeyholic/5657508801/
Until very recently, this UNESCO World Heritage Site was on the “List of World Heritage in Danger”. It was removed because of measures that were taken by the Belize government to restrict oil exploration in the region and protect mangrove forests.
Those who swam with the turtles included:
- hhgygy
- Abcdefg Hijkl
- Rob de Wolff
- Garfield
- Walter_V_R
- Phil Ower
And after the hint:
- Hilde Lambeir
- gscrp
- Yakub
Contest #558 Hint
Protection by the government of the country to which it belongs meant this location was recently removed from a list one would prefer not to be on.
Contest #557: Roe River, Giant Springs State Park, Montana, USA
Much to the chagrin of the citizens of Lincoln City, Oregon, the Roe River, which flows from the Giant Springs to the Missouri River, it the official holder of The Guinness Book of World Record as “Shortest River”.
At 201′ (61 m), getting the Roe recognized was the brainchild of 5th Grade teacher Susie Nardlinger (who, oddly enough, taught at “Lincoln Elementary” in nearby Great Falls) and her 1987 class. This surpassed the “D” river in Lincoln City (about 750 miles / 1200 km away) whose previous record length came in at 440′ (130 m).
The people of Lincon City were not about to just let this go without a fight. In addition to claiming that the Roe was nothing more than a drainage ditch that some elementary students measured as a class assignment, they also claimed that their beloved D was, in fact, only really about 120′ (37 m) long (at “extremely” high tide). The Roe proponents shot back that the D was just an ocean water backup. This went back and forth until eventually the fine people at Guinness threw up their hands in disgust and discontinued the category just to end the argument, leaving the Roe as the permanent title holder.
“Oh, I saw the river the whole time…”:
- Garfield
- Phil Ower
- hhgygy
- Abcdefg Hijkl
“Ahhh, now I see that little stinker…”:
- LawnBoy
- Andy McConnell
- Walter_V_R
- Luís Filipe Miguel
- Sandworm
- rob de wolff
- gscrp
Contest #557 Hint
There are actually 2 rivers here, and you can clearly see both of them, one in its entirety.
- Contest #560 Hint
- Contest #560
- Contest #559: Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
- Contest #559 Hint
- Contest #559
- Contest #558 – Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
- Contest #558 Hint
- Contest #558
- Contest #557: Roe River, Giant Springs State Park, Montana, USA
- Contest #557 Hint
- Contest #557
- Contest #556: the Comedy Carpet in Blackpool, England