Where In The World? - Game 78

 

Today's challenge comes in from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales, who asks if anyone can recognise this location?   Is it

1. The Upper Circle of the Shepton Mallet Odeon?
2. The geyser Geysir in Iceland?
3. The Pyramids at Gaza?
4. The remodelled Rose Garden at The White House?

Answers on a postcard to the usual address.

Bonus - RIP Dolly.

Where In The World Quiz - Number 447

 

It's a tricky one this time.  Is it

A.  Uulan Bator, Outer Mongolia

B. Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

C. Sea of Tranquillity, Moon

D. TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON.

...and if you need a clue, this is it as it looks now.

Bonus - 

Oh look - an Irish Castle !

 

AI tells me that this photo captures the ruins of a chapel within Blarney Castle in Ireland, specifically showcasing a stone wall with a small window and a sign labeled "CHAPEL". 

Location: The image shows a part of Blarney Castle, famously known as the home of the Blarney Stone. 

Signage: A sign on the wall is written in both Irish ("an séipéal") and English ("CHAPEL"). 

Visitor Activity: The upper level, often used for visiting the Blarney Stone.

AI doesn't really write engaging text, does it?

Bonus - Vintage wartime US public information posters 

Another Taj Mahal shot

 

"...and this is Marjorie in front of the Taj Mahal, but Gustav wasn't beside her in this picture, due to him spontaneously combusting."

Bonus - Donald J Trump (the J is short for Genius) is at Davos in Switzerland for the WEF. He's just said  "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German". Davos is in the German speaking part of Switzerland.

Bonus 2 - US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

He Looks Familiar

 

He looks a little like a bloke I used to work with - Alan Parker.  It's unlikely that it is, but .... maybe

Where is it?   Well, maybe I should have run this as a where in the world quiz, but it's a very well known location.

It's here.

Bonus - The marvel of Tessellations 

Where In The World? Quiz 738

 

Yes, it's a tricky one today.

Still, this slide from 1963 does seem to predate the "Hordes of numpties for the cliche'd "Holding it up" " image.

Thank heavens.

Yes, it is  the campanile of Pisa Cathedral.

Bonus - Either a lying bag of shut, or a dementia riddled buffoon.

Not the usual view...

 But I believe that this is taken at Niagara Falls. Possibly, The Maid Of The Mists in the view.

The fourth best rated landmark in UK

 

And I'm surprised it was so high.

Not a patch upon the Norfolk Alps Ski-Lift and Ski-Jump Facility.

Yes, this is Edinburgh Castle.

Bonus - Keeping it classy in Wales... Woman used fart selfies to harass partner's ex

A Magical Place

 

This is, obviously, the island of Squat, in Derbyshire's Foremark Reservoir.

Often mistaken for St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, Squat is actually a 86% scale model of St Michael's Mount and was built by students foe 1993's University of Wessex Rag Week.

Bonus - Every Single Frame

An unusual View

 

On this St Andrew's Day (hint) you might be surprised by this view of a famous location.

It includes part of the famous feature, but .... some might struggle

I like this view. 

Bonus - 

Where in the World???

 Actually, it's quite easy.  It's East Kilbride, in Scotland.

Or , more likely San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice.   A 16th-century Benedictine church on the island of the same name in Venice, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, and built between 1566 and 1610. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the Piazzetta di San Marco and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the Riva degli Schiavoni.

Photographed from somewhere like here.

Bonus - 

The Municipal Pleasure Gardens, in Brechin, Scotland

 

Of course it isn't.

This is the Taj Mahal, which was built as a riposte to Brechin's Municipal Pleasure Gardens, and their 1874 claim to have "The most luxurious Gentlemen's Convenience in the British Empire."

Bonus - 

Dovedale Stepping Stones

 

Absolutely now info on this slide...but I do recognise this scene. The stepping stones at Dovedale. One of the busiest tourist attractions in Derbyshire.

Top tip - The manifold value is next door, a bit quieter, and just as scenic.

Bonus - Did You Know - during WW2, India disguised the Taj Mahal to disorientate any Japanese planes. 

A Trip To Niagara

 

Not to be confused with A Trip To Nicaragua. Back then, Nicaragua was an angry violent country, riven by political infighting and corruption, and America was a well respected oasis of peace in a troubled world. Oh how things have changed.

However, then as now, one of the annoyances of a trip to a Tourist Hotspot is the annoying stranger who always appears in the photo... tho' in this case, daddy photographer may just be capturing her shapely arse.

Bonus - At last, the Utah Monolith is opened.

The Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

Well, that's impressive. 

There were no markings on the slide to say where this was, but it's such an iconic view that I can say with 100% confidence, this is Norfolk.

Correction, Yosemite National Park.

Bonus : 

RECRUITMENT 2016 from Victoria Valentine on Vimeo.

King Arthur's Car Park

Yes, it's the actual car park used by King Arthur while questing for the Holy Grail of a Decent, Low-Priced Fish & Chip meal in Cornwall.

Actually, It was quite easy to find the same location today (Well, Sept 2018, to be honest.) and frankly, the modern scene makes Tintagel just as unappealing to me.

Bonus - Speaking of seaside crap...
The Productive Power of Poop

Mildred - The Sacrifice

When the tour guide told Mr Clifford Washington that he would have to sacrifice something, in honour of the Toltec God Tecappresheeayshun, he wasted no time is suggesting Mildred. Well, why not.

Bonus - The Real-Life Lord Of The Flies

Bonus 2 - RIP Little Richard

It's That Bridge Again

Possibly the most famous bridge in the world.
Possibly the most photographed bridge in the world.
..and yet, this photographer has managed to do something a little different with this shot. (Or maybe just under-exposed it by accident.)

Bonus - You couldn't make it up.  Donald Trump Obsessed With Badgers.

Oldest Schoolhouse in the USA

Yes, the sign above the entrance is a very useful starting point for any research.
Yes, this appears to be St Augustin in Florida.
The area seems to be rather commercialised now.

Bonus :

I Say !!!

Grumpy Gran

Macchu Pichu. 

Heck.


Mrs Brady (and old lady) isn't happy.

The Native porters have carried her up the final 10,000 ft from the car park, and she's not happy.  Call this a tourist attraction?   There's not even a Primark to go shopping in.!

Bonus -

Truth