Stump the German

[Eva Elisabeth]

Then I suggest you find a game Laurie likes, too, and play together - in one of your parlors.

[Eva Elisabeth]

This is a street sign. What is the name of the street? (Please read from right to left.)
   

[Jim Page]

snedraG nivraM?

--Jim

[Eva Elisabeth]

Jim, this is an excellent guess, and stumped me in any case as previously unknown to me - is it this you mean?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marven_Gardens
I'm sorry this is not correct, the street's name's reference is globally better known.

Hint #1: !tnediserp knihT

[Jim Page]

(07-20-2015 04:59 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  previously unknown to me - is it this you mean?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marven_Gardens

Eva, I was just joshing with you by coming up with a board-game reference after the Game of Life poser from last week! Thanks for posting the Wikipedia link; until I read that I didn't know Marvin was misspelled!

Is Monopoly not played in Europe? It was very popular for rainy days when I was young, and may still be.

--Jim

[Eva Elisabeth]

Jim, it's always fun when you join in this trivia game, and I hope you'll come up with another guess.
Yes, Monopoly is played in Europe, just the streets have different names AFAIK. The poshest (most expensive) street is named "Castle Avenue", which makes sense in Germany, but maybe less in the USA.

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The streets on the German board are (literally translated):
Violet (60€): Pool Street, Tower Str.
Light blue (100-120): Chaussee Str., Elisen Str., Post Str.
Purple (140-160): Sea Str., Harbor Str., New Str.
Orange (180-200): Munich Str., Vienna Str., Berlin Str.
Red (220-240): Theater Str., Museum Str., Opera Square
Yellow (260-280): Lessing Str., Schiller Str., Goethe Str.
Green (300-320): Townhall Square, Main Str., Station Str.
Dark blue (350-400): Park Str., Castle Avenue

I just noticed that Monopoly estate has become cheaper. When I played the game last time, the prices were in DM (German Marks), and the Schlossallee (Castle Alley) cost 1000 DM back then (which would equal 500€). Well, reality is different.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Well then, here goes the solution. I found this naming remarkable as off the top of my head, cannot think of a street in Germany (don't know about the US) named after a non-Occidental politician or similar (not even such as Ghandi or Mandela):
   
Jim, thanks for participating, you either win a dinner at the McDonald's nearest to Kennedy Ave, or a trip to Monopoli, Italy:
       

[Jim Page]

(07-21-2015 07:06 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Jim, thanks for participating, you either win a dinner at the McDonald's nearest to Kennedy Ave, or a trip to Monopoli, Italy:

THANKS! I love McDonald's, but the only time I get to one is when I'm on a trip or something. Patty stopped at one in Charlotte, NC, when we were headed to Florida a few weeks ago and I had their iced coffee for the first time. It was wonderful.

Now, I wonder if your Monopoly games have the same little pewter tokens we use over here? My favorites are the top hat and the Scottie dog.

--Jim

[Eva Elisabeth]

I think they are the same. It would be fun to create Lincoln/assassination/CW etc. versions of games, and I'd have lots of ideas, but no one to play with.

[Jim Page]

(07-21-2015 08:49 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  It would be fun to create Lincoln/assassination/CW etc. versions of games . . .

Wow! That's a brilliant idea.

Of course, in today's PC world, we'd end up in the Graybar Hotel for attempting to market such a product, but I was destined for that anyhow. It's just a question of for what and how long a stay.

--Jim

[Eva Elisabeth]

Where/what is this building - how is it linked to the "Lincoln saga"?
   

[RJNorton]

Can you tell us if this building is in Germany?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Excellent guess, Roger, yes, it is - I was hoping to give you a red herring by the following hint (would perhaps have worked out had I posted on a different thread):

Hint #1: On the left is the modern (i.e. succeeding) building (built in 1876), on the right the neighborhood:
       

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint #2: The building is part of a larger facility one character of the Lincoln saga evidently visited at least once. Here is a further picture as appeared in a 1860 guide:
   

[RJNorton]

Was the character either Tad or Mary when they were living in Germany?