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by Snaxx » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:35 pm
This first game will be open until Wednesday morning 2/16.
This is somewhere in the USA or Canada.
Topic is
"Big City Skyline"
To play, respond with a guess or answer as to what city and state/province this is.
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by Jeemie » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:39 pm
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by tlynn78 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:40 pm
state flag says Texas to me, so, Dallas?
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by MarleysGh0st » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:44 pm
Well, I think that the flag of the Lone Star state in the foreground, so that narrows the field considerably. Now, how to choose which Texan city that is?
I'll guess Houston.
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by Bob Juch » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:53 pm
Gotta be Texas and I don't see the Renaissance Tower in Dallas so I'll say Houston.
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by Bob78164 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:56 pm
I'll guess
Dallas, Texas
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by megaaddict » Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:04 pm
It's a coin flip for me. Houston, TX?
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by tanstaafl2 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:57 pm
Doesn't look like Dallas and seems to big for anywhere else other than Houston, if this is in fact Texas as the flag would seem to suggest. Haven't been in Houston in years so just a SWAG.
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by plasticene » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:12 pm
How embarrassing to be so clueless, since I'm a Texan and lived in Houston for eight years. I'm going to guess this is Houston, Texas, rather than Dallas or San Antonio.
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by ulysses5019 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:40 pm
not sure, but I'll guess Houston, TX.
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by kroxquo » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:47 pm
Well, the Texas flag is in the foreground, so I'm assuming it's one of the large cities there. Let's go with Dallas
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by flockofseagulls104 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:47 pm
I guessed Dallas before, so I guess I'll guess it again, although I don't see the tower either, so it's probably Houston
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by a1mamacat » Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:33 pm
Well there is a US flag, ans another one with a star, guessing that one star is lone star, so somewhere is TX. Arlington (well, the ballpark is there LOL, so I assume you would have been too.
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by Kazoo65 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:07 pm
OK, so there's a
Texas flag [
in the picture.
I'm going to guess
Austin, Texas
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by BackInTex » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:11 pm
Boy this is a tough one.
That is downtown Houston, TX. From the angle, it is from the southeast, looking northwest. Given just east of downtown is an industrial complex and the ship channel, I'd say this was taken about 20 miles from downtown perhaps Freindswood.
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by elwoodblues » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:23 pm
The Texas state flag is in the foreground, and that is not the Dallas skyline. I will say Houston.
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by Weyoun » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:58 pm
I worked in two of those buildings. Houston.
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by littlebeast13 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:10 pm
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by Snaxx » Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:34 pm
Bob Juch wrote:Gotta be Texas and I don't see the Renaissance Tower in Dallas so I'll say Houston.
Speaking of the Renaissance Tower, I noticed the pyramid at its base when I visited Big D a couple of times in recent years.
Keeping up the pyramid theme I started last week
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by silvercamaro » Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:41 pm
I know it's in Texas, but I don't think it's Dallas. Maybe it is Houston, but I'm going to guess Fort Worth.
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by Queen Fantine VIII » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:15 pm
I'm pretty sure the state flag is Texas, it a big city and I seem to recall you and AJ talking about taking in some soccer games together, so my guess is Houston....
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by southnyack42 » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:54 pm
I will guess
Dallas, Texas.
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by TheConfessor » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:08 am
For my second guess, I'll say "What are the 1920s?"
