BS: Lost in Europe?

Subject: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 25 May 11 - 12:33 PM

Here's a fun game that will improve your knowledge of European cities ( or at least where to find them on a map!)

European city games

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 May 11 - 01:14 PM

Thanks for the game. I have saved it for a grandson.
(No, I refuse to divulge my score)

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Bill D
Date: 25 May 11 - 04:02 PM

I'll tell my score.... 23,072

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: GUEST,Paul Burke
Date: 25 May 11 - 04:21 PM

Strange game, it says I was 4 miles from Zagreb. That's got to be less than 1 pixel at the scale of the map. And they don't have miles in Zagreb, they have kilometara, and they don't have miles in Germany either.

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: G-Force
Date: 26 May 11 - 02:27 PM

Well, I got 27,821. I got thrown by Athens, because the Greek islands were missing off the map.

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Newport Boy
Date: 26 May 11 - 02:48 PM

I managed 27,300 - including locating Paris in Spain :-(

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Bill D
Date: 26 May 11 - 07:24 PM

Funny... I hit St. Petersburg within a few miles, but located one Italian city in the wrong part of the country....and misread one city and missed it by 400 miles.

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: bobad
Date: 26 May 11 - 07:35 PM

23,745 including locating Bilbao in France.

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: G-Force
Date: 27 May 11 - 12:47 PM

So, I'm still winning then (just!).

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Ebbie
Date: 27 May 11 - 03:19 PM

Speaking as a stay-at-home Amurrican what strikes me is how close together these cities/countries are. In the US, most of them would be considered just a day's drive apart.

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Mysha
Date: 27 May 11 - 05:44 PM

Hi,

Well, it's possible to hit cities quite closely, like Lisboa at 1 mile. It's a bit curious, though, as most airports aren't that close to the city at all.

It is indeed a bit strange that they removed the Peloponnesos while they do show Corsica, which is less than half the size. I also didn't like to be asked to pick Frankfurt on a blank map, without a mention of which one.

Well, a fun diversion. And scores above the twenty nine thousand are possible. But I hope that when I go flying for the first time in my life, planes take of slightly more smoothly than
Ready!
Set ...
And it's off.
The speed is impressive, though.

Too bad there was no return game; I might have learned something, for the holiday to come.

Bye,
                                                                Mysha

Subject: RE: BS: Lost in Europe?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 May 11 - 07:47 PM

Aw, I got 25,322 and 21,369 the second time. I thought I'd do better.

-Joe-