21-10-2021, 07:33 PM
I probably shouldn't share how my mind works, but meh....
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quickbeam Wrote:Q7, some random thoughts:
A) Statue of Liberty, I read a book earlier this year called Time and Again by Jack Finney written in the 70s, where a guy goes back in time in New York, and the statue was in the process of being constructed then. I'm trying to remember when it was he went back, I think the 1890s.
B) Croke Park, as of yesterday's House of Games, I now know that the GAA was founded in 1884 (?) so I presume Croke Park would only have been built after that, but how much longer after that? Certainly by the 1920s and the War of Independence, it was around for the Bloody Sunday massacre to happen. It wasn't Croke Park as we know it, but it probably counts as "being completed" by then.
C) Eifel Tower, am sure that was built in 1889, for the centenary of the French Revolution in 1789.
D) Big Ben, am really not sure. It's part of the Houses of Parliament which have been in existence for centuries, and were certainly around in the early 1600s when Guy Faulkes et al tried to blow them up, but Big Ben may well have been a much later addition. That the first three are all so close together - 1890s/1884/1889, I'm thinking that Big Ben is hardly going to be so far off the others as to be around in the 17th century. Technically, Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the clock anyway, so if there was a tower there with a bell in it, that could well have been installed relatively early, even if the clock was added later. Clock towers were all the rage across Europe in the 19th century. I'm definitely leaning towards this one.
So, use another lifeline? Who would know this anyway? Am tempted to risk Big Ben. Decisions, decisions.
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quickbeam Wrote:Okay, everyone seems to be struggling. If it was real life, real money I probably would use a lifeline, but YOLO, I'm gonna go with D) Big Ben, final answer.