Here’s the theme of this week’s Friday Afternoon Challenge Question: Famous Places!

[CTyankee]

Identify these famous places that have historical significance and which countries are they in.

Hint: there are 5 different centuries and 6 countries represented in the “historical significances.”

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[nemo137]

1. #2 is Pont D'Avignon?

I think. My mother used to have a print of that.

Edit: France. Something about antipopes and a children's song.

[CTyankee]

2. No. And not in France...

[nemo137]

51. Rats!

And double rats!

[CTyankee]

52. Oh, I'm sorry....

[nemo137]

76. Meh.

It's what I get for getting all cocky and trying to answer first.

[gratuitous]

3. The third one is doubtless the Edison Lighthouse

And if Rosemary goes there, love grows there.

[elleng]

6. Ya!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac

[CTyankee]

11. Hi, Ellen! Thanks for the link. I'd almost forgotten that song!

[CTyankee]

7. No, not that lighthouse...

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4. Is #5 Monte Cassino?

[CTyankee]

5. #5? No.

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8. Ah, Hell, the numbers are at the top. How about #4?

[CTyankee]

15. Yes, altho I tried to throw people off with a rarely used pic made by the German army

instead of the ones we know better in this country...how did you figure it out?

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22. To be honest, I have no idea.

I just looked at it and thought, "Hell, that looks like Monte Cassino."

(And this is the first time I've nailed a Friday Challenge question. I think I'll have a beer!)


:toast:

[CTyankee]

23. You must be a little older...Monte Cassino is unknown to many younger people...

we older folks have faint memories from our parents about WWII...

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31. Yup. I'm 59. My dad flew fighters in the Pacific in WWII ...

and while I am far from an authority, I have always been interested in the history of that war. Some of the old documentaries (World at War, etc.) are almost certainly where I saw images of Monte Cassino, and your pic just triggered a memory.

[CTyankee]

37. I just found out a few years ago that the Allied bombing of Montecassino

was a mistake. The Germans had not taken it, but once it was reduced to rubble, the Germans could take cover from it and fire more effectively on the Allied army there...very sad...some innocent villagers lost their lives there, because they had taken refuge to avoid the battles...

[TorchTheWitch]

9. #6 spot where Thomas Becket was alleged to have been murdered

in Canterbury Cathedral, England in 1170... the picture is of the alter marking the location where it is believed he was murdered (he was murdered somewhere in the general area inside the cathedral). Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time.

[CTyankee]

12. Hey, yes...have you been there?

[TorchTheWitch]

20. Unfortunately not - just know a lot about that era

and Becket specifically. If I ever get the chance to go to Europe it's the cathedrals and old castles I want to see most.

[geardaddy]

28. If you want to see castles, go to Wales

There are more castles per square mile there than any other place on earth.

[EFerrari]

35. We took the Rheingold from Amsterdam down to Heidelberg

iirc, there seemed to be a castle every mile or so. It was unbelievable, you had to decide whether to look out the window or just look around because the train was really beautiful, too.

[geardaddy]

42. Yeah, the Rhein is great for castles, too!

Beautiful to ride down the Rhein.

[TorchTheWitch]

45. Interesting - I wonder why?

I'd want to see the surviving and still used ones and the ruins of ones, too. Such a pity that this country has none of these sort of ancient buildings. I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated by really old buildings and ruins.

[geardaddy]

49. It's mostly because...

A lot of them were built by Edward I to subjugate the Welsh into submission. Some were built before that as bulwarks against English aggression.

[CTyankee]

53. I'm Welsh on my father's side and I didn't know that. Actually, I don't know much about

the Welsh people...it's not a very well known people, unlike the Irish...I'd like to know more.

[geardaddy]

77. I'm Welsh on my mom's side.

One of the main things the Welsh are known for is the survival of their language. It has the most speakers of any Celtic language and is actually used as a community language in many areas of Wales.

Also, they're know for their male voice choirs and epic poetry.

[WinkyDink]

54. I've been! But then, I had to go, having taught "The Prologue"!

[CTyankee]

56. What kind of course?

[WinkyDink]

62. H.S. Survey of British Lit. And by "had to go," I mean: Because I love everything England!

My birthday is Guy Fawkes Day. :-)

[EFerrari]

18. I thought it looks like an old English church

but that's as far as I got. I'm not even really sure what I mean by that except that we visited many more English churches than say, Belgian or German ones and that image looks familiar. I don't remember Canterbury inside particularly but there is a group of much older, pre-Christian graves out back. They never get a dinner.

[sarge43]

10. I'll try

2. Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, London England 16 Oct 1884 painting by JMW Turner

5. Dike Bridge, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts USA. Where Mary Jo Kopechne died 18 Jul 1969.

[CTyankee]

25. Yep, see guesses above...I was waiting for someone to know the Turner painting

because it is so famous...

I was on the Chappy bridge a few weeks ago...interesting place...

[sarge43]

34. Turner's style is unique. n/t

[CTyankee]

55. Turner really grows on you...I have begun to appreciate his art much more lately...

[sarge43]

58. He was an Impressionist before the term was invented. n/t

[geardaddy]

13. Is #1 the Tower of London?

For some reason the rock looks like it might be an executioner's block.

[CTyankee]

14. That is close...but not England...

[geardaddy]

17. Hmmm.

Scotland? The place Mary Queen of Scots was executed?

[CTyankee]

21. Not close in geographical terms...in another way...

[geardaddy]

24. Rouen, France?

Joan of Arc's execution site?

[CTyankee]

26. Wow! Terrific! How did YOU get it? (I thought it was pretty nondescript myself).

[geardaddy]

30. I saw that stone

and the church behind and it just said "execution" to me. I admit I had to look up where in France it was.

Actually according to Wikipedia, in Joan's day, that was part of England. :D

Born ca. 1412
Domrémy, Holy Roman Empire
Died 30 May 1431 (aged 19)
Rouen, France (Then England)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

27. bastille?

[CTyankee]

39. As guessed already, it's the site of Joan of Arc's pyre in Rouen...

so it was an execution site...

[TorchTheWitch]

29. photos of actual well-used block on display in the Tower of London

The "scoop" is where your chin went when laying your head across the block...
http://toweroflondontour.com/chapblok.html

Creepy and icky.

[geardaddy]

32. Yeah, I remember that block

from when we went to London when I was 14. It had a lasting impression. :scared:

[TorchTheWitch]

50. I'd soooo want to touch it

Even though it gives me the creepy crawlies just looking at a photo of it I can't help but want to keep looking at it. I'm sure they don't let people touch these old relics though. I understand they have glass plates that cover the names and messages scratched into the walls of the cells where famous people were held prisoner... Lady Jane Gray and Anne Boleyn and lots of others scratched their names and messages into the walls. Boy, would I love to see it all though. I wonder how they scratched their messages into the stone and how long it would have taken?

Tell the truth, when you saw the block did you have a weird urge to put your head on it just to see what it would have been like? Eeeeek! So creepy yet so compelling.

[geardaddy]

78. I did have that urge a little.

lol!

[smalll]

16. OK! Let's try --

1 - no idea
2 - London Bridge, England?
3 - no idea
4 - Monte Cassino, Italy?
5 - Jesus's Tomb, Israel (a wild guess)
6 - Stone of Scone, Scotland?
7 - Chappaquiddick Bridge, USA.

[CTyankee]

19. You have 2, 4 and 7 correct! Be advised that in a runoff #3 will need to be identified.

I'm so evil...:evilgrin:

[geardaddy]

33. Is #5 Masada, Israel?

[CTyankee]

36. No...but famous none the less...

[geardaddy]

38. Jericho?

[CTyankee]

40. You are in the wrong country...

[geardaddy]

43. Don't I know it!

lol

[geardaddy]

44. OK, I'm kind of guessing the theme here, so...

I'll pm my answer.

[CTyankee]

46. There really is no "theme."

[geardaddy]

47. OK, thanks.

I guess I saw one that wasn't there. lol

[CTyankee]

57. Don't give up, there are other ancient places that have historical significance! nt

[PA Democrat]

41. #7 Chappaquiddick?

[CTyankee]

48. It sure is...itl looks different today...I was there a few weeks ago.

Still dirt roads leading in to it. It leads to a broad sand spit where cars must deflate their tires and it's not populated much...the houses I saw were off the grid, I was told...I don't think I could live that way, but...whatever...

[WinkyDink]

59. #3 = Cape Trafalgar Lighthouse, Spain. #5 = Hisarlik, Turkey, AKA: Ancient Troy.

:-)

[CTyankee]

61. Now, YOU are special. I never thought anyone would get THAT.

Tell me how you got this...

[WinkyDink]

64. For #3, I Googled (Images) "white lighthouse." For #5, I Googled

"ruins national geographic 2008" (you left the clue ;-) ).

[CTyankee]

66. Wow, national geographic did it? That's odd...they do so many sites!

so, it is....

[CTyankee]

69. OK, got it! I guess you are the WINNAH, Winky Dink! Congrats...

Could you have guessed it without the National Geographic clue? Just asking...it's a place I've always wanted to visit and I have ESL students who are Turkish...

[WinkyDink]

72. I don't know. I HAVE read books on Schliemann.....!

P.S. Been to London, Canterbury, Rouen, and Monte Cassino!

[CTyankee]

75. Cool! How was it that you went to Rouen? I hear it is sort of out of the way? nt

[pinboy3niner]

79. Congratulations, WinkyDink!

Nice work! Do you do tutoring? :)

[CTyankee]

60. Hint for #5: Look to a 16th century English writer....

[WinkyDink]

63. See above. :-)

[CTyankee]

65. Uh, what? Trafalgar was in the early 19th century...???

[WinkyDink]

67. Isn't #5 the photo of the ruins?

[CTyankee]

68. I guess we were asking what ruins?

On edit: got it! thanks!

[WinkyDink]

70. That's what I posted! Ancient Troy!

[CTyankee]

71. And the poem by Marlowe (from Dr. Faustus) was" Was this the face that launched

a thousand ships?/ And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" (troy).

[WinkyDink]

73. (Hence, "Iliad.")

[CTyankee]

74. Are you either a 1) Classics professor or 2) English lit professor. Or

just a devotee of either discipline...