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(almost) Solved: Around the World in a Puzzle
« on: February 09, 2012, 01:39:31 PM »
I'm afraid this will be my last GEO puzzle as it's not easy to find appropriate cars..

In this puzzle again the names of the cars are linked with the names of the places.
As usual one point for each correct match. Only complete answers will win!
Awarding of score will be at the end of the game.

I've tried to make it not too easy and I reckon I was successful...  :D

Enjoy!


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Results:

#1 Via (Villamos Autógyár) & O: Via Appia Antica with the Claudius aquaduct Wendax

#2 Balt Vandenberg's Jaffa Sports & E: Tel Aviv-Jaffa/Israel Oguerrerob

#3 Turicum 10/12 hp & D: Zürich Wendax

#4 Jordan Speedboy (Model G) ~1929-1931 & S: River Jordan Tom_I

#5 Ford Phoenix rear-engine prototype & L: Phoenix-See (lake) in Dortmund/Germany Otto Puzzell

#6 ASA Guardian & J: Kings Place, London The Guardian headquarter Wendax

#7 Volta VE1 electric van & Q Volta Lake, Ghana Wendax

#8 Goliath Formel Junior by Willi Zimmermann & F: Goliath rollercoaster at Six Flags, Georgia/USA Wendax

#9 Hagen Elektro-Coupé & N: Hagen city hall Wendax

#10 Ritz cyclecar & P: Ritz Hotel in Paris ftg3plus4

#11 Empire Sabre & C: top of the Empire State Building in New York Tom_I

#12

#13 Burlington SS & G: Church Street, Burlington, Vermont/Canada Wendax

#14 ~ 1922 S.I.A.M. & M: Bang Pa-in palace complex, Thailand, Ex-Siam Tom_I

#15 Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Cabriolet by Graber & T: Saint Nicolas Church in Nice, France Wendax

#16 Chandler-Cleveland & R: Cleveland Wendax

#17 Volkswagen Race Touareg Qatar & A: Oyster Fountain in Doha/Qatar Wendax

#18 Stanhope & H: Stanhope Castle, Durham/UK Wendax

#19 Parnell BRM V8 & B: Holy Trinity Cathedral of Parnell, Auckland/New Zealand Tom_I

#20  Ford Eifel Sport Cabriolet by Gläser & city of Daun Eifel/GermanyWendax



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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 03:09:37 AM »
Love it! :thumbsup:
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 05:08:05 AM »

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2012, 03:19:28 PM »
not my turn :-\

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 11:31:39 AM »

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2012, 03:11:05 PM »
15 D 1947 Graber bodied Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Cabriolet and Bern, as Graber was in Wichtrach near Bern?
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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2012, 02:05:27 AM »
15 D 1947 Graber bodied Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Cabriolet and Bern, as Graber was in Wichtrach near Bern?
Right car, but wrong place. Sorry!

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2012, 08:59:29 AM »
10 - Ritz cyclecar
P - Ritz Hotel in London
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2012, 01:08:06 PM »
10 - Ritz cyclecar
P - Ritz Hotel in London
Sorry, that's close but not correct. Give it another try. Locked until your next reply.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2012, 03:34:05 PM »
Oh, I see -- it's the Hotel Ritz in Paris, not the London one.

They look rather alike!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2012, 04:17:48 AM »
Oh, I see -- it's the Hotel Ritz in Paris, not the London one.

They look rather alike!
Paris' Ritz is correct!

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2012, 06:36:01 AM »
Last chance for Experts before professional puzzlers start the slaughter...

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2012, 04:38:25 AM »
Last chance for Experts before professional puzzlers start the slaughter...
I guess Pros have sharpened their knives...

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2012, 04:39:24 AM »
#1: 1923 Via (Villamos Autógyár) – O: Via Appia Antica with the Claudius aquaduct

#6: ASA Guardian - J: Kings Place, London, home of The Guardian

#7: Volta VE 1 – Q: Lake Volta in Ghana

#9: Hagen Elektro-Coupé – N: Hagen city hall

#12: Royale Sabre - K: Royal Albert Hall, London

#13: Burlington SS – G: Church Street, Burlington, Vermont

#15: Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Cabriolet Graber - T: Saint Nicolas Church in Nice, France

#18: Stanhope – H: Stanhope Castle, Durham

#20: Ford Eifel Roadster – I: Daun in the Eifel


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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2012, 04:46:25 AM »
#11 is an Empire Sabre, matching C: the Empire State Building in New York.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2012, 04:55:04 AM »
#1: 1923 Via (Villamos Autógyár) – O: Via Appia Antica with the Claudius aquaduct

#6: ASA Guardian - J: Kings Place, London, home of The Guardian

#7: Volta VE 1 – Q: Lake Volta in Ghana

#9: Hagen Elektro-Coupé – N: Hagen city hall

#12: Royale Sabre - K: Royal Albert Hall, London

#13: Burlington SS – G: Church Street, Burlington, Vermont

#15: Hotchkiss Paris-Nice Cabriolet Graber - T: Saint Nicolas Church in Nice, France

#18: Stanhope – H: Stanhope Castle, Durham

#20: Ford Eifel Roadster – I: Daun in the Eifel


That was no surprise anymore...  ;D

All correct so far, but not entirely right!

I lock it for you to specify some of your guesses:
#12 I have a different company name and a slightly different spelling of the designation.
#20 I need a bit more than that...

#11 is an Empire Sabre, matching C: the Empire State Building in New York.
Correct!

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2012, 04:59:28 AM »
I think #4 is a Jordan, made in Cleveland, Ohio, which would match picture S: a photo of the River Jordan by Karimeh Abbud, also known as "The Lady Photographer".

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2012, 05:05:06 AM »
I think #4 is a Jordan, made in Cleveland, Ohio, which would match picture S: a photo of the River Jordan by Karimeh Abbud, also known as "The Lady Photographer".
Very good! Would you please specify your guess about the car? Locked for you until your next reply.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2012, 05:05:45 AM »
#20 I need a bit more than that...

Car #20 is a Ford Eifel Sport Cabriolet, body by Gläser, built from 1936 to 1937

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2012, 05:07:45 AM »
#20 I need a bit more than that...

Car #20 is a Ford Eifel Sport Cabriolet, body by Gläser, built from 1936 to 1937
That's enough for a point!

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2012, 05:33:13 AM »
#12 I have a different company name and a slightly different spelling of the designation.

On the web it is sometimes called "Royal Saber", but I think "Royale Sabre" is correct:

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2012, 05:40:38 AM »
I think #4 is a Jordan, made in Cleveland, Ohio, which would match picture S: a photo of the River Jordan by Karimeh Abbud, also known as "The Lady Photographer".
Very good! Would you please specify your guess about the car? Locked for you until your next reply.

To be honest, my guess about the Jordan was based entirely on the pattern of louvres on the side of the bonnet. I had the picture below of a 1929 six-light sedan which seemed to match.

But looking around, that two-tone paint job seems to match the Jordan Eight Speedboy model, also of 1929, and it looks like the dual-cowl phaeton body.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2012, 05:42:40 AM »
#12 I have a different company name and a slightly different spelling of the designation.

On the web it is sometimes called "Royal Saber", but I think "Royale Sabre" is correct:
hmmm... I'm afraid this is not the same car, though it's a perfect copy... My car wasn't sold in the UK.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2012, 05:45:02 AM »
I think #4 is a Jordan, made in Cleveland, Ohio, which would match picture S: a photo of the River Jordan by Karimeh Abbud, also known as "The Lady Photographer".
Very good! Would you please specify your guess about the car? Locked for you until your next reply.

To be honest, my guess about the Jordan was based entirely on the pattern of louvres on the side of the bonnet. I had the picture below of a 1929 six-light sedan which seemed to match.

But looking around, that two-tone paint job seems to match the Jordan Eight Speedboy model, also of 1929, and it looks like the dual-cowl phaeton body.
I have a quite simple name for that Jordan and a different year. You're welcome to give it another try.

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Re: Around the World in a Puzzle
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2012, 06:33:44 AM »
I think #4 is a Jordan, made in Cleveland, Ohio, which would match picture S: a photo of the River Jordan by Karimeh Abbud, also known as "The Lady Photographer".
Very good! Would you please specify your guess about the car? Locked for you until your next reply.

To be honest, my guess about the Jordan was based entirely on the pattern of louvres on the side of the bonnet. I had the picture below of a 1929 six-light sedan which seemed to match.

But looking around, that two-tone paint job seems to match the Jordan Eight Speedboy model, also of 1929, and it looks like the dual-cowl phaeton body.
I have a quite simple name for that Jordan and a different year. You're welcome to give it another try.

Every time I find a picture that seems to match car #4, it's called a Speedboy, dating from 1929 to 1931. I think it was also known as Model G, but if that's wrong I'll have to give up.