The Museum Of Modern Puzzle

Another edition of the Monday puzzles.

Toronto ROM
(image: Olemang)

The above picture is a hint to solving this week’s puzzle. It is a picture of this past Saturday’s unveiling of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto (via Torontoist). Hope that’s enough of a hint.

*(This puzzle is dedicated to Carl, who, among other things, is addicted to Google Earth)

Happy Scheming.


Question 1

40 degrees, 46′ 58.71″ N
73 degrees, 57′ 32.47″ W

Null


Question 2

48 degrees, 51′ 40.95″ N
02 degrees, 20′ 06.53″ E

Null


Question 3

51 degrees, 31′ 06.98″ N
00 degrees, 07′ 33.53″ W

Null


Question 4

52 degrees, 21′ 34.25″ N
04 degrees, 53′ 03.11″ E

Null


Question 5

59 degrees, 56′ 25.69″ N
30 degrees, 18′ 50.30″ E

Null

Comments
15 Responses to “The Museum Of Modern Puzzle”
  1. Dan says:

    1. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY USA

  2. Dan says:

    2. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

  3. Dan says:

    3. The British Museum, London, UK

  4. Dan says:

    4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL – though if you’re being sneaky you may also be looking for the Van Gogh Museum.

  5. Dan says:

    5. The Winter Palace and the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

  6. hroman says:

    Dan, you are a master cartographer.
    All 5 are correct, (and yes, I was going for the Rijksmuseum, not the Van Gogh).

    Did you use Google Earth? That toy is amazing!

  7. Dan says:

    No google earth required, just my mad GIS skills.

    Here’s one for you. What is the significance of the building at:

    -37° 49′ 7.17″, +144° 57′ 27.80″

    (hint: its not a museum)

  8. Dan says:

    And for EXTRA EXTRA bonus marks, can you tell me the significance of the structure just recently built at:

    +33° 7′ 35.95″, -117° 18′ 48.20″

    (hint: also not a museum)

  9. hroman says:

    Hmm, Google Earth helped immensely. It seems to say that the first is located in Melbourne, Australia (Rialto Towers), and that the second is somewhere in California (near Lego-land).

    As to their respective significance, you’ve stumped me!

  10. Dan says:

    Well done, you’re GIS skills are good, but there is still much to learn:

    1. Rialto Towers – Tallest Office Building in the Southern Hemisphere

    2. Legoland California – Home of the world’s tallest Lego Tower:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=458709&in_page_id=1811

  11. halejon says:

    I thought Dan was a weatherman…

  12. jd2718 says:

    Arrgh, I missed this one. But did anyone notice the wall at the right (north by north east) end of #1? Any guess what the street that follows the path of this wall is now called?

  13. hroman says:

    Hmm, I don’t know. You live in NYC, right?

  14. jd2718 says:

    It’s a beautiful picture of the Wall that Wall Street is named for. I’m not from New York, but I’ve been here a long time.

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