With all that indulging you’ve been doing since Halloween, it’s time to start working on those resolutions.
Contest #845
Contest #844 – Moët & Chandon and Hôtel Moët & Chandon – Eperney, France
No, the French monk Dom Pierre Pérignon did NOT invent sparkling wine. He improved the process and made it viable (or as viable as he could for the time), but Méthode Champenoise was invented by a British scientist known as Christopher Merritt 30 years before Dom Pérignon set foot in Hautvilliers.
Nevertheless, his contributions were enough to the industry that he is imortalized by a statue at the Moët & Chandon location in Eperney in the heart of the Champaign region of France. Also, his name is attached to the single most famous brand of Champaign produced.
In addition to the winery shown here is Hôtel Moët & Chandon. Built as a private residence in 1793 by Jean-Rémy Moët, it hosted Napoleon and Josephine among many other distinguished guests.
Those who drank from this location’s flutes all before the hint:
- Graham Hedley
- Garfield
- Martin de Bock
- Phil Ower
- hhgygy
- Zorro the Fox
- Angie CF
- Eloy Cano
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Paul Voestermans
- Lighthouse
- Bas van Limpt
Contest #844 Hint
There is a good chance that, very early on Monday morning, at least some of you were having something made here.
Contest #844
Contest #843 – Desoto Parish Communications Tower, Stonewall, Louisiana, USA
Is it the largest Christmas tree in the world? Somehow, I think that might be hyperbole. Regular player Bas van Limpt pointed out that there is one in the Netherlands that measures 367 M tall (which would be about 3 times the size of this one), and I’m not convinced that we couldn’t find even taller somewhere out there.
Nevertheless, it is a pretty cool site.
Those who embraced the spirit of this contest before the hint:
- Martin de Bock
- Paul Voestermans
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Garfield
- Eloy Cano
- Bas van Limpt
And after the hyperbolic hint:
- Angie CF
- Gillian B
- hhgygy
- Graham Hedley
- Lighthouse
- Zorro the Fox
- Phil Ower
Contest #843 Hint
It may not look like it in the picture, but when properly dressed at this time of the year, it becomes the largest of it’s kind in the world.
Contest #843
Contest #842 – Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska, USA
The charmingly touristy villiage “North Pole, Alaska” is actually closer to Fairbanks and slightly south of the middle of Alaska, about 2800 KM from the actual North Pole. Nevertheless, a reasonable facsimile of The Big Guy’s house and workshop are set up here, along with a 15 M statue of the man in red (and white):
Those who found it — all before the hint:
- Garfield
- Lighthouse
- hhgygy
- Martin de Bock
- Paul Voestermans
- LawnBoy
- Eloy Cano
- Phil Ower
- Zorro the Fox
- Graham Hedley
- Angie CF
- Bas van Limpt
- Glenmorren
- Andreas Meister
Contest #842
