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This is a new version of game discover the object. However instead of the item being a random object it has to be a famous international landmark, building, area, or other well known things for example the Statue of Liberty

It will be the same rules as the other game:

1. Only 'Yes' or 'No' answers allowed.
2. Winner chooses next object.
3. Multiple guesses may be asked at one time.


My item is found in a hot climate,
built with a type of stone and is very tall.
Is it the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Yes.

That was probably a bit too easy. z)
OK, my turn:

This landmark is a statue of a woman holding something up with one arm.

(It's not the Statue of Liberty by the way!) :wiz:
Jeanne d'Arc monument ?
people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening
Not quite, although this statue was also erected to commemorate a war/battle. A very big battle. (;0
The Motherland Calls in Volgograd, Russia? No idea. [Battle of Stalingrad]
Is it Britannia?
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"​The Motherland Calls in Volgograd, Russia? No idea. [Battle of Stalingrad]
​Yes, that's it! :O



Pretty badass statue I'd say. B)
Your turn @SRL!
I am not certain if it is famous, but if I may:
This mountain is home to a unique mode of transport in its city as well as a world-renowned scenery that can be seen in [the region/country of the mountain's] local currency.
Is the "unique mode of transportation in its city" something like a ski lift or cable car?
Is it in Asia?
Catalogue administrator
is it in Japan ?
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Quote: "CassTaylor"​Is the "unique mode of transportation in its city" something like a ski lift or cable car?
​Similar.
Quote: "Jarcek"Is it in Asia?
Yes.
Quote: "Iainmac"is it in Japan ?
No.

Note: I believe most people have seen the 'world-renowned scenery/view' before. At least, I hope so.

Best,
SRL
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"
Quote: "Jarcek"Is it in Asia?
​Yes.

Would it be in Hong Kong by any chance? ;)
Is the local transport a Tuk-tuk,
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Is it Angor Wat?
Catalogue administrator
Is it Mount Everest?
Mach Pichu
Machu Pichu!
Quote: "jimpop"​Machu Pichu!
​gotta be a no jimpop, wrong continent
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Quote: "CassTaylor"
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"

Quote: "Jarcek"Is it in Asia?
​​Yes.
​​


​Would it be in Hong Kong by any chance? ;)
​Yes.
Is it Victoria Peak?
Quote: "yusofharun"
​Is it Victoria Peak?
​Spot on!
Your turn!

Image:

The Peak Tram and the Victoria Harbour.
Quote: "yusofharun"
​Is it Victoria Peak?
​Goddamn it, I had exactly that in mind but I didn't get back in time to say it! (;0

Although to be honest I also thought it could have been that other mountain in Hong Kong with the Buddha statue.....
Quote: "CassTaylor"
Quote: "yusofharun"
​​Is it Victoria Peak?
​​Goddamn it, I had exactly that in mind but I didn't get back in time to say it! (;0

​Although to be honest I also thought it could have been that other mountain in Hong Kong with the Buddha statue.....
​Unfortunately, it does not appear on its local currency (;0
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"
Quote: "yusofharun"
​​Is it Victoria Peak?
​​Spot on!
​Your turn!


​Thank you SRL :8D

However since I don't have much time I can spare to administer the next round, I'd like to pass the baton to either SRL/CassTaylor. Any one of you, please do the honor on my behalf.
Quote: "yusofharun"
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"

Quote: "yusofharun"
​​​Is it Victoria Peak?
​​​Spot on!
​​Your turn!


​​Thank you SRL :8D

​However since I don't have much time I can spare to administer the next round, I'd like to pass the baton to either SRL/CassTaylor. Any one of you, please do the honor on my behalf.

I pass it to CassTaylor.
Alrighty then! :O

This landmark is a castle built in the 16th century; it was used first as a fortress then as a prison, and now it still stands as a tourist attraction.

Ask away!
Colditz ?
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Not quite!
Is it in Europe ?
Referee of south atlantic islands
Quote: "Frenchlover"​Is it in Europe ?
​Yes!

It is famous because a fictional character was wrongfully imprisoned here for 14 years. ;)
Count of Monte Cristo
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "KasparsLV"​Count of Monte Cristo
​Palace of IF
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Damn a minute to late with Chateau d'If.

To be confirmed (correct) well done
KasparsLV.
Quote: "Iainmac"
Quote: "jimpop"​Machu Pichu!
​​gotta be a no jimpop, wrong continent
​I I noticed I was talking nonsense after posting!
Quote: "KasparsLV"
Quote: "KasparsLV"​Count of Monte Cristo
​​Palace of IF
​Yep, Château d'If, located in Marseille harbour. :wiz:

Your turn!
It belongs to one of the longest river of Europe and as shoved in well known movie- one piece of it separated itself and flight into the space...
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
does the river run through Latvia
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Quote: "Iainmac"​does the river run through Latvia
​it will be to logical... so, NO
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "KasparsLV"​It belongs to one of the longest river of Europe and as shoved in well known movie- one piece of it separated itself and flight into the space...
​Is this river the Danube, or maybe the Rhine?
or is it the Volga?
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Quote: "CassTaylor"
Quote: "KasparsLV"​It belongs to one of the longest river of Europe and as shoved in well known movie- one piece of it separated itself and flight into the space...
​​Is this river the Danube, or maybe the Rhine?
​YES to one of the rivers
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "Iainmac"​or is it the Volga?
​NO
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "KasparsLV"
Quote: "CassTaylor"

Quote: "KasparsLV"​It belongs to one of the longest river of Europe and as shoved in well known movie- one piece of it separated itself and flight into the space...
​​​Is this river the Danube, or maybe the Rhine?
​​YES to one of the rivers
​Which one is it though, the Danube?
Quote: "CassTaylor"
Quote: "KasparsLV"

Quote: "CassTaylor"
​​

Quote: "KasparsLV"​It belongs to one of the longest river of Europe and as shoved in well known movie- one piece of it separated itself and flight into the space...
​​​​Is this river the Danube, or maybe the Rhine?
​​​YES to one of the rivers
​​Which one is it though, the Danube?
​YEP
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
The only connection i'm making is the Blue Danube and the film 2001 a space odyssey!
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Quote: "Iainmac"​The only connection i'm making is the Blue Danube and the film 2001 a space odyssey!
​NOPE
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Maybe the Chain Bridge in Budapest?
Quote: "CassTaylor"​Maybe the Chain Bridge in Budapest?
​NO
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "CassTaylor"​Maybe the Chain Bridge in Budapest?
​But very close: type of object guessed
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
You might take a coffee in the flying saucer of Bratislava
Referee of south atlantic islands
@Frenchlover
Indeed, it was going to be my guess too:

:wiz:
Quote: "Frenchlover"​You might take a coffee in the flying saucer of Bratislava

​Exactly! :) Your turn, French!
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
Quote: "CassTaylor"​@Frenchlover
​Indeed, it was going to be my guess too:

:wiz:
​Yes, true. One of the symbol of Bratislava (capital of Slovakia): SNP bridge or UFO bridge as it is called also. Movie: Transformers, episode in one of parts.
Every single coin on the world should meet its collector!
What is this city in which lives a well known Numista member who recently resurrected and where you can find such leaning houses. No doubt to better enjoy the sun!
Referee of south atlantic islands
Dunedin, NZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNCgYaYpH_4
You're right :8D
A bit like the Hardknott Pass that I crossed by car in Cumbria. The recipe is simple: attack the slope of the montain straight out, and you enter the Guinness World Records :D
Referee of south atlantic islands
OK, my turn again! :O

This monument is in a European capital city, it is made mostly of white marble, and has a small museum inside.
Quote: "CassTaylor"​OK, my turn again! :O

​This monument is in a European capital city, it is made mostly of white marble, and has a small museum inside.
The Vittorio Emmanuele II Monument in Rome?
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"
Quote: "CassTaylor"​OK, my turn again! :O
​​
​​This monument is in a European capital city, it is made mostly of white marble, and has a small museum inside.
​​
​The Vittorio Emmanuele II Monument in Rome?
​Goddamit stop reading my mind! :O

Yes, it is Il Vittoriano, in Rome. They tore down an entire Renaissance era neighbourhood on the Capitoline Hill to build it between 1882 and 1911, and at the end of the day Romans gave it unflattering nicknames like "the wedding cake" and "the typewriter".



I like it, though; kind of like a lesser-know hipster alternative to the Parisian Arc de Triomphe, when you consider the WWI battles it honours on the second level.

Your turn!
Quote: "CassTaylor"
Quote: "SquareRootLolly"

Quote: "CassTaylor"​OK, my turn again! :O
​​​
​​​This monument is in a European capital city, it is made mostly of white marble, and has a small museum inside.
​​​
​​The Vittorio Emmanuele II Monument in Rome?
​​Goddamit stop reading my mind! :O

​Yes, it is Il Vittoriano, in Rome. They tore down an entire Renaissance era neighbourhood on the Capitoline Hill to build it between 1882 and 1911, and at the end of the day Romans gave it unflattering nicknames like "the wedding cake" and "the typewriter".



​I like it, though; kind of like a lesser-know hipster alternative to the Parisian Arc de Triomphe, when you consider the WWI battles it honours on the second level.

​Your turn!
​Hard to believe the Romans don't like it. I think it's beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Quote: "Frenchlover"​You're right :8D
​A bit like the Hardknott Pass that I crossed by car in Cumbria. The recipe is simple: attack the slope of the montain straight out, and you enter the Guinness World Records :D
​Rode a pushbike up Hardknott pass once and back down ,
Never Again! :°.
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@JRo69
Very welcome! :)

Sources describe it as being "gaudy" and "conspicuous", since it was all white marble in a sea of brown brick houses; and the back is much less impressive too:


But seriously @SRL how did you get it on the first try? I can think of at least a dozen monuments across Europe that could have fit the hint I gave!
I open this to everyone.
It is a gigantic construction built in the last quarter of the twentieth century, a symphony celebrates its excessiveness and somehow the link between the beauty of nature and human engenuity.
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it a skyscraper?
Is it in Australia?
It's not a skyscraper and it's not located in Australia
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it in Europe?
No
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it in the Persian Gulf?
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No :D
It's not one these pharaonic constructions of arab emirates ;)
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Is it in China?
No
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it the Hollywood Bowl?
Is it in North America?

Two continents down, four to go! (can't be in Antarctica right?) (8
Nor India nor north america.
Antartica is out of the race :D
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Is it in space ?
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T.T NoB.
I't just on earth, not under, not above and there are still some place remaining on the map;)
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New Zealand?
No
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it in Africa?
Is it the ROKI Global Innovation Centre in Japan?

https://inhabitat.com/japanese-automotive-research-center-fuses-natural-design-elements-with-energy-efficiency/tetsuo-kobori-architects-rogic-04/
          'We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.'
                                                      Sir Winston Churchill
Nor in Africa, nor in Japan
Referee of south atlantic islands
Anywhere in the rest of Asia?
is it a concert hall.
It's not in Asia and it's not a concert hall
Referee of south atlantic islands
Is it in South America? (Continent)
          'We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.'
                                                      Sir Winston Churchill
Is it the Itaipu Dam?
Quote: "JRo69"​Is it the Itaipu Dam?
​Yes indeed ! Bravo:wiz:
This world record dam is located only at 10 kilometers from Iguazu Falls, the mirror image of the well known falls located next to your home John :8D
Your turn
Referee of south atlantic islands
OK. Here goes. At the top of my mountain, all are welcome.
Is it located in Antartica ?
Referee of south atlantic islands
No.
would this mountain be in rio?
Christ the Redeemer?
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Quote: "Iainmac"​would this mountain be in rio?
​Christ the Redeemer?
​Yes. I've always wanted to go there and see that in person.
Good Job.
Quote: "JRo69"
Quote: "Iainmac"​would this mountain be in rio?
​​Christ the Redeemer?
​​Yes. I've always wanted to go there and see that in person.
​Good Job.

would love to see this too!
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This is a unesco world heritage site, what is it's name?
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Quote: "Iainmac"

​This is a unesco world heritage site, what is it's name?
​Is it in the UK by any chance?
Yes
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