Phind Phoenix

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

I'll post a clue for where I am. It's famous places and time periods, so don't worry about something weird like "Lithuania, 400 BC". When someone (or more than one someone) guesses right, I'll reveal the answer and move on. I'm starting with an easy one. If you don't know the date, just be as specific as possible. ("Over in Africa when that guy landed his boat" isn't the kind of answer that counts.)

"Off with her head!" is the cry,
But it doesn't come from the Queen this time.
The one to lose her head, in fact, is she.
Please pass the wine, mon cherie.

[ManagerJosh]

Bloody Mary?

[Helén]

England, whe Queen Mary lost her head?

[FaeLuna]

Is it Bastille Day? I forget what year that was though... :p

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Bastille Day is close... you're in the right country there. And, Nina, you're close because the Queen is the one being beheaded. So what Queen lost her head in the country where Bastille Day is celebrated?

Phoenix

[Helén]

During the french revolution, the french Queen Marie Antoinette as well as her husband King Ludvig XVI was beheaded.
(Note: European spelling of names)

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

YAY, Nina! Okay, time for this Phoenix to fly. Catch me if you can!

The Germans call it the Twilight of the Gods, but all Odin knows is that Loki's gotten them into trouble again. Loki's monster, Fenris the wolf, is loose and this mighty battle could mean the end!

[FaeLuna]

Ragnarok! The Nordic End of the World! :D (I've been reading fantasy novels based on mythology again.....)

[Helén]

Yes. I agree with Fae. Ragnarök. (Swedish spelling)

For the curious about nordic mythology:
Nordic is a name for the 5 "nordic" countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The Nordic mythology was not so much german as swedish, icelandic and norwegian, where the most viking ships sailed from. Cities like Birka can be reached from central Stockholm, by touristboats. Only about ½ mile from me I have a vikingstone with runes. This peninsula where I live is overloaded with old viking stones and also memories from as far back as the Iron age. Want to see runestones? Come here. :classic:
The swedish spelling of the characters here are: Oden, Tor, Frej, Freja, Loke, Fenrisulven. Yggdrasil is the name of the worldtree. And up to today Icelandic are still very close to the language spoken at the viking time. Icelandis is really a language within history. :classic:

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

FaeLuna and Nina found me! Thanks for the extra information, Nina. Norse mythology is something I've discovered I have an interest in over the past couple of years, but I haven't had much chance to study it yet.

Where am I? I'm walking around inside a woman's little finger! Her skin has turned green with age (not envy), but was once a beautiful copper tan. She was born in France, but welcomes millions to the Land of Freedom.

[lewdini]

I like norse mythology too
I got books on it when i was a kid

[FaeLuna]

Whoa this new one sounded scary at first!! I was thinking you were a worm!!! :eek: Then I thought OH! You're inside the Statue of Libery! She was made in France! :D

I like learning about Nordic stuff, I have a lot of ancestry from all those countries in that area! :D One time when I was 6 we lived next door to a lady from Sweden, she was one of the coolest people I'd met, and her cousin came to visit, and he was in a boat and her dog was trying to jump in the boat with him, and my baby brother who was about 3 or 4 years old at the time said "Our Swedish Ancestor is trying to keep the doggie out of the boat!" heeheee! :p

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Yep, I was inside the Staue of Liberty! FaeLuna's dad would love it... she's a REALLY tall woman! Gotta fly! Time for you to Phind Phoenix...

In this part of India, this little old woman eases the pains of the dying and serves food to the hungry. She and her Sisters live a life of service. Her face is recognized all over the world and everyone calls her Mother. Where am I and who am I with?

[ManagerJosh]

Mother Teresa

[FaeLuna]

I have NO idea what part of India you're in, but I think Josh is right about WHO you're with! :D

[Helén]

Me too. I agree with Josh. :classic:

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Well, I might have been pushing it with the "where"... a lot of people may not know she lived in Calcutta. But, yes, I'm with Mother Theresa!

Kangaroo and wallabee...
These are next door neighbors to me.
I'm not in Austrailia,
That's not where I sleep,
But a land nearby where there's lots of sheep.

[Helén]

I guess New Zealand

[ManagerJosh]

Tazmania is my guess

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

I was thinking New Zealand when I wrote it, but now I see that Tazmania was also a possibility, so I'm giving it to both of you!

Riddle me this, riddle me that...
I'm in a land where they once worshipped cats.
All of the gods have the heads of beasts and I'm visiting with a giant who's lost her nose and wants me to answer her riddle.

[ManagerJosh]

Egypt

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Yep, I'm in Egypt... but that's only half the answer. Who lost their nose and wants me to answer a riddle?

Phoenix

[lewdini]

Ooohh! I know the Sphinx

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

There ya go! Okay, let's see where I fly this time...

Butch and Sundance ended up here, and some say it's where they died in a shootout with the local law enforcement. I like to think they're still out there somewhere, faking their way through Spanish to rob the banks and trying to step carefully when they're around the llamas.

[ManagerJosh]

Butch and Sundance actually went to Argentina and spent four years ranching peacefully in Patagonia with Ethel (AKA Etta) Place before wending their way to Bolivia in 1906.

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Cool! I never heard the part about Argentina... or that Etta's real name was Ethel.

But what's your guess for where I am? Argentina? Bolivia? Somewhere else?

Phoenix

[lewdini]

Argentina!

[ManagerJosh]

I'm saying Both :D :D :D...nah I'll say Bolivia :)

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

And that's it! (Lew, especially since I didn't know they'd been to Argentinia. 8-) ) Wow, ya'll are making this harder forme than I expected to keep coming up with them.

It's really cold! I tried looking for elves and reindeer, but they said there aren't any here... just penguins.

[SolidSnake_19]

Would you happen to be in the South Pole?

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Yep! I must be getting pretty easy to find.

In this country they speak the same language I do, with a few differences. The slang, the spellings... but they make a good cup of tea!

[ManagerJosh]

United Kingdom....or to be more specific England

[SolidSnake_19]

That would be Britian wouldn't it?

[SolidSnake_19]

*smacks Josh for replying faster :p*

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Yep, that's where I am! Okay, I'll have to come back and post again later because my mind has kind of gone blank for clues and places to hide.

Phoenix

[ManagerJosh]

Here...everyone try to find me.....

(specific location)

Somewhere in the world I stand on this object, one of man's greatest creations ever created in the history of time. Classified as one of the 7 wonders of the world, I'm standing on this item that can be seen from outer space.

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

The Great Wall of China!

(This is so cool... I'm glad someone else decided to go hide.)

[ManagerJosh]

eek! I've been found! :o

Now let's see.....



Standing in this historical british monument, it has withstood the time of history. These 4 faces of time is where you will find me.

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

I think I know where you are, but I don't know if it has four faces. I'll wait and see what somebody else says and maybe I can get by on the "me,too" vote. :)

[lewdini]

I know!
ermm...this one famous monument....of the four presidents

[alapokeygirl]

Mount Rushmore
Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and a crew of about 400 men between 1927-1941 in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The four Presidents are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

[ManagerJosh]

I said BRITISH MONUMENT not AMERICAN!!!!!!

[SolidSnake_19]

Are you talking about being at London's clock, Big Ben?

[ManagerJosh]

Actually I was thinking of Westminister Abby because those walls have stood for ages. But I guess Big Ben counts as well....


Let's see....



Art is a universal language, I waltz around this city observing famous paintings. From the Statue of David to little coffeeshops where you can own the table all day, this is the city of romance. I'm Standing here in this famous museum, I stand with my girlfriend Lisa observing fair, but lovely Mona.

[SolidSnake_19]

You are looking at Leonardo da Vinci's painting, the Mona Lisa, in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

[ManagerJosh]

Nuts...I've been found again!

Let's see...I'm running away....deep into this earth's place. Underwater is where you will find me, at the famous trench of the mighty deep.

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Okay... this is harder than I thought. I was also thinking Big Ben, but I didn't know if it has four faces... then I tried to mentally put the Mona Lisa in a museum in Italy! (Hey, nobody said this Phoenix looks at a map when she flies!) Now I think I know where you are, but I don't know how to spell it, so I'm going to write it the way it sounds.

The Mary Anna's Trench

[ManagerJosh]

Well it is spelled Mariana Trenches :)


Running from the great pacific to one of these famous a large port somewhere on the Ring of Fire. This city changed hands in 1997 from Empire whose sun never sets

[SolidSnake_19]

Would you be talking about the city of Hong Kong?

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Solid........

Let's see.


I was on my way to see this famous stone monument when my sleeve was caught in the door hinge. Took me a while to move and I tore my sleeve in the process.

[ManagerJosh]

Um...did I get people lost? :rolleyes:

[SolidSnake_19]

Well, are you at Stonehenge in England?

[ManagerJosh]

Yep I am! :)

Gees, I'm sounding like I'm too easy...


Stone statues erected somewhere on the 7 seas guard this island from intruders. These statues are famed and eyes glow yellow....now tell me where I should be on April 20th.

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Easter Island!!! I finally got another one!!! *does a little dance* (Boy, that celebratory dance is gonna look silly if I was wrong.)

[ManagerJosh]

I must be giving away too much information......and that is correct Phoenix


Hidden deep in this Continent lays an ancient city of Gold. It was never found but legends tell otherwise.

[alapokeygirl]

El Dorado

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

I agree with Pokey on this one.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct....

Girl blew her top on this mountain but went the wrong direction...

[ManagerJosh]

I got people lost!!!

Girl blew her top on this mountain but went the wrong direction around this ring of fire...

[FaeLuna]

I'm picturing volcanoes... but no idea where! :p Hawaii?

[ManagerJosh]

Originally posted by FaeLuna
I'm picturing volcanoes... but no idea where! :p Hawaii?

You may or may not be right about volcanos. As for Hawaii, I'm not there.

[ManagerJosh]

I've gotten everyone lost!!! :(

[alapokeygirl]

Mount St. Helens

[ManagerJosh]

YES!!!! SOMEONE FOUND ME! :laugh:

Okay, time to go somewhere.

Somewhere frozen in time, I went back in history and got stuck for several months. We endured and made history for an accomplishment thought impossible to man. In the end, no one died and we all lived to tell the tale.

[Jake]

i think you've lost people :|

[Zell]

maybe your in the appalachin mountans\

[ManagerJosh]

no zell....not in the applachin mountains

[Zell]

darn maybe .....sierra nevada mts

[Jake]

mountains at all?

[ManagerJosh]

sierra nevada - no
mountains, all contintents have mountains so me answering that one would be useless

[sugar_junkie]

is it in a cave or sumthin??

[hataz_gon_hate]

on an island?

[hataz_gon_hate]

this is makin me clueless

[Jake]

this has already made me clueless

[alapokeygirl]

You are on Antartica. There was an expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton and they sailed on the ship the Endurance which became stranded in the polar ice on Jan 18, 1915 and they left the ship to travel on foot and by life boats on Nov. 21, 1915. Because of Shackleton's leadership, they all survived.

[lewdini]

wow...good one cherokee

[ManagerJosh]

YeP! Cher got it! :)

Now...... This famous house housed many famous songs and productions where a ghost haunted box 5. Careful, raise your hands to the level of your eyes and don't sing to bring the chandelier down.

[alapokeygirl]

Ford's Theatre in Washington DC

[ManagerJosh]

Nope sorry Cher.

[lewdini]

This is gonna be hard...

[ManagerJosh]

It has been for quite some time now lew.....and no I'm not near anything hard :p

In fact, we've been here before, just not this place :)

[alapokeygirl]

Ok, here is my second guess

Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosenburg Ave,
Islington

[ManagerJosh]

Nope....not in Sadler's Wells Theatre.

[alapokeygirl]

Come on everyone, I can't be the only one trying to find Josh. :p I am starting to get brain fry!! :laugh:

*goes back to looking*

Oh Josh, where are you?

[ManagerJosh]

I'm somewhere :p

[Helén]

Phantom of the Opera?

But where? Isn't it Paris Operahouse? Time? have no clue.

[ManagerJosh]

oo Score one For nina! :D
I am at the Paris Opera House :)

Enter the dragon, ye will find me. This City is one of great grandeur. Be sure to get permission from the emperor or suffer the consequences because you are prohibited from entering.

[alapokeygirl]

You are at the Forbidden City in China.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Cher!

I visited Dolly at the Harmonia Gardens and danced the night away. Besides the fact that Cornelius and Barnaby made a mess of the place, Dolly set things right and sent the bill to Horace whom she married later on.

[alapokeygirl]

You are at the St. James Theatre in New York watching the musical "Hello Dolly" based on Thornton Wilder's comedy "The Matchmaker". The musical ran from 1/16/64 to 12/2/70 with a total of 2,844 performances.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Again Cher!

Let's see......

Decided to head up and bottle some water from a guy who went over a barrel. Then I went across and saw this from the other side.

[alapokeygirl]

Niagra Falls, seen from New York and Canada

[ManagerJosh]

Eeish Cher is on a roll! Correct Again

Half way across the world in the City of Hong Kong, stand on top floor of Central Plaza. Stare out the window with a pair of binoculars and look for a star.

You'll find me there.

[alapokeygirl]

You are on the Star Ferry that runs between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Again Cher.

This famous place is where you can visit islands such as Bainbridge or other famous sites. Each year the 4th of July display is such a sight from this needle, where I'm resting and eating.

[Zell]

Seattle Washington Space Needle

[ManagerJosh]

Nice one Zell...

Well its off to me to visit this american building...the only one with white ears that aren't really ears.

[Bookworm42]

are you referring to the cool antenna ears on the Sears Tower in Chicago? :)

[ManagerJosh]

nope sorry Bookworm.

[Bookworm42]

:cry: :cry: Now my faith in my ability to know little-known facts has been destroyed!! Wahhh! :cry: ears, huh...i suppose the statue of liberty doesn't count....lol :D

[ManagerJosh]

The statue of liberty is a statue....not a building.

[SolidSnake_19]

I beg to differ. :p Can't people go inside of it's head? :laugh:

[Helén]

Yes But i don't think that's the ears Josh means. Anyway. I'm pretty off in this game as it's so many american things. :p I have no idea what it is.

[alapokeygirl]

You wouldn't happen to be at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, VA. ?

[ManagerJosh]

Nope Sorry Folks.....

Lemme emphasize this one part of the clue:

Well its off to me to visit this american building...the only one with white ears that aren't really ears.

[SolidSnake_19]

uhhhh... for some reason I'm going to say.... The White House?

[hataz_gon_hate]

clueless is what i am right now...

[ManagerJosh]

The white house has wings.....not ears.

[hataz_gon_hate]

Taj Mahal?

[ManagerJosh]

That's probably spires...

[SolidSnake_19]

Well it's still white.. I think I should get half a point ;)

[ManagerJosh]

But I'm no where near the Taj Mahal

[SolidSnake_19]

Are you at the Empire State Building? :confused:

[SolidSnake_19]

er.... I guess that isn't white.
Well, I'm confused on this one :-o

[Bookworm42]

So Josh...could you be talking about the California Building in Balbao Park in San Diego? I saw a picture of that and the arches look kinda like ears!

[ManagerJosh]

They are actually literally like ears....

[Bookworm42]

Well, I'm totally bamboozled! Do ya Americans have a Batman Museum because I could see it having ears!!? I can see it now: "Quick Robin, into the Batmobile...we're heading to the Bat Museum!" lol :)

[ManagerJosh]

Um...No Bookworm.

[alapokeygirl]

Trans America Building in San Fransico

[hataz_gon_hate]

so, could u give more clues if everyone is clueless?

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Cher!

Let's see...

On the rising sun where I landed, I'm at the world's largest airport.

[alapokeygirl]

Let's see, you are in Japan at the airport on the island that was man made just to house the airport.

[ManagerJosh]

Little more detail...cause there are lots of airports on man made islands at japan :)

[alapokeygirl]

Narita International Airport outside of Tokyo.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct....

Let's see

Was Cheering with Pom Poms when a Volcano exploded...wait that was history, and so did this city.

[alapokeygirl]

Let's see, you are in Pompeii. The valcano Vesuvius erupted in 79AD completely covering Pompeii and Herculaneum.

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Cher!

DOH! Homer is squeezing his son's neck...it also happens to be a form of transportation too :)

[alapokeygirl]

You are on a Bart train, Bay Area Rapid Transit.

[ManagerJosh]

I finished my ride on BART and I'm off to "Si" Valley to meet my friend Jose.

[alapokeygirl]

You are in San Jose, California in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Name: Silicon
Symbol: Si
Atomic #14
Atomic Wt. 28.0855 (3)r
Standard State: Solid at 298K
Color: dark grey with bluish tinge
Classification: semi-metallic

[Billie]

I'm impressed...

[hataz_gon_hate]

someone here really knows the whole world well!

[ManagerJosh]

Correct Again Cher...

Well since the World Trade Centers are gone, I went to see its twin.....which was designed by the same person.

What makes it so interesting is how its modern design has a religious touch with its muslim influence on this structure.

[alapokeygirl]

Let's try this one....Petronas Towers- Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia

[ManagerJosh]

Cher is a psychic!!! :p She's right again!

I'm jumping off this bridge somewhere in Europe attached to a rope for the thrill of a life...and its the highest one too.

[alapokeygirl]

Could you possibly be about to bungee jump from the Queen Juliana Bridge that is 185 feet above St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, Curacao?

[ManagerJosh]

nope...sorry :)

[hataz_gon_hate]

i dont know this one

[SolidSnake_19]

Hrm... I watched something about that a couple of months ago, but now I'm stumped..

[alapokeygirl]

Let us try again. You are on the Europa Bridge-near Innsbruck & Tyrol in Austria. It spans the Sill Valley. Built in 1959-1963

height: 190m
length: 820m

[ManagerJosh]

Originally posted by alapokeygirl
Let us try again. You are on the Europa Bridge-near Innsbruck & Tyrol in Austria. It spans the Sill Valley. Built in 1959-1963

height: 190m
length: 820m

Nope...sorry

[Bookworm42]

Well, all I know is that if Cher can't figure it out then I think it's hopeless for me!! lol (P.S. Cher - what's your search engine? :) )

[ManagerJosh]

*cough*www.google.com*cough*

[alapokeygirl]

Shhhhhhh Josh, giving away my secrets. :p

[ManagerJosh]

And everyone is still lost :(

[hataz_gon_hate]

try yahoo....

[ManagerJosh]

If no one can find me within the next 24hrs, then I guess I'll have to tell everyone where I am hiding

[lewdini]

Tell us Josh

[alapokeygirl]

Ok, let's try this one. You are in Malini di Triora, Italy. You are at the bungee.it center on their bridge that is 152m (499feet) in height about to jump off. :p

[ManagerJosh]

Sorry Cher..

[alapokeygirl]

This is my last guess: You are on the bridge over the Danube in Cernavoda, Romania. The inauguration of the bridge was Sept.14/26, 1895 in which His Magesty King Carol I participated.

[ManagerJosh]

Nope...sorry cher.

I am bungee jumping on a red narrow bridge in the Swiss Alps in Europe, at 620ft

Well back off I go into the world where no one can see.....had a wonderful lunch at this resturant where "freedom" fries are the thing. Wonder how much "freedom" is in this monument that was built to attract people for a fair.

[Jake]

ooh.. i remember there was resturaunt the sells "freedom fries" instead of "french fries" but forgot it :(

[ManagerJosh]

Um...people are lost again? :rolleyes:

[SolidSnake_19]

uhhhh..... I'm not sure...Does the Eiffel (sp?) Tower have a resturant? If it does, are you there? :confused:

[hataz_gon_hate]

Arc de Triumph

[ManagerJosh]

Solid's correct....and now I'm waiting for Phoenix to deliver the next riddle :)

[hataz_gon_hate]

lets wait!

[Billie]

The tower in USA at Chicago Worlds Fair built around 1926?

[ManagerJosh]

The answer is Effiel Tower, Bille :D

[hataz_gon_hate]

answer for what?

[SolidSnake_19]

The answer to the one riddle. :p

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

I'm back !!! Now I'll go hide and let's see who can find me.

Wherever I roam, this place is sweet to me.
I always come back when I need to feel free.

(Sorry, World Sims is NOT the answer. ;) )

[lewdini]

http://pages.ivillage.com/phoenixravenflame?

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Noooo... but here's a hint.

http://pages.ivillage.com/phoenixravenflame is my what kind of page?

[hataz_gon_hate]

sim sites?

[ManagerJosh]

I'm thinking homepage..

[hataz_gon_hate]

the internet?

[Phoenix Ravenflame]

Are we that rusty? Let's review:
I said wherever I roam this place is sweet to me. (Like ___ sweet ___) Manger Josh said that webpage is my HOMEpage. So where am I?

[hataz_gon_hate]

http://pages.ivillage.com/phoenixravenflame or
http://pages.ivillage.com/mayberosasright

[SolidSnake_19]

Uhhhhh..... Texas?

[Colonel Froggie]

home sweet home

I agree with solid. Texas


this thread has more posts than views.....that's just strange

[Colonel Froggie]

I suppose we just have to wait 'till Phoenix gets back.


Don't you just lovew editing/deleting posts and making people wonder what you've changed? *evil smiley*

[SolidSnake_19]

I do that all the time Froggie. :-o :p

[AB_Cowgirl]

at her home in Texas?

[suitemichelle]

home on the range in Texas?

[SolidSnake_19]

Something to do with Texas?

[suitemichelle]

I thought she did that one already?

[AB_Cowgirl]

no she just gave us a hint. i guess we will just have to wait till she comes back and tells us.

[suitemichelle]

Is she in Austin?

[OinkUsed2BABunny]

A better game is guessing where this ENTIRE thread disappeared off to.