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RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-17-2015 12:00 PM
Then I suggest you find a game Laurie likes, too, and play together - in one of your parlors.
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-20-2015 04:10 PM
This is a street sign. What is the name of the street? (Please read from right to left.)
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RE: Stump the German - Jim Page - 07-20-2015 04:26 PM
snedraG nivraM?
--Jim
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-20-2015 05:59 PM
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
RE: Stump the German - Jim Page - 07-20-2015 06:23 PM
(07-20-2015 05:59 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
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-20-2015 06:40 PM
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.
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.
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-21-2015 08:06 AM
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):
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Jim, thanks for participating, you either win a dinner at the McDonald's nearest to Kennedy Ave, or a trip to Monopoli, Italy:
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RE: Stump the German - Jim Page - 07-21-2015 08:47 AM
(07-21-2015 08:06 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
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-21-2015 09:49 AM
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.
RE: Stump the German - Jim Page - 07-21-2015 10:20 AM
(07-21-2015 09:49 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
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-22-2015 09:38 AM
Where/what is this building - how is it linked to the "Lincoln saga"?
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RE: Stump the German - RJNorton - 07-22-2015 10:41 AM
Can you tell us if this building is in Germany?
RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-22-2015 11:55 AM
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:
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RE: Stump the German - Eva Elisabeth - 07-22-2015 02:13 PM
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:
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RE: Stump the German - RJNorton - 07-22-2015 03:27 PM
Was the character either Tad or Mary when they were living in Germany?