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Title: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle - Solved!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2012, 11:00:41 AM
It's been a while since I've done a cars and places puzzle, so here's fresh entry. Herein you will find 22 cars that have names that include the name of a place. There are 22 more pictures of places that share those place names. However, to make sure this puzzle spans the spectrum from very east to very difficult, not every place pictured is the place the car was named for. In other words, the connection is merely coincidental. Oh, and I've not included pictures of complete cars. Rather, I've cropped out some or all of the car, leaving only a detail shot. Some details will be immediately recognized, others should take a bit longer.

To earn a point, you must name the automobile, and match it to the place with which it has a name in common. No points for naming a only place or a car. Your answer, in order to win a point, must include the correct match, calling out the number of both pictures. Only a complete answer will earn a point!  

As with my other group puzzles, there are no insider-only "you have to have the book" requirements. Patience and good detective only are required to find the solution to all of these. The answers are all available to the general public.

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Enjoy!  :)
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2012, 11:04:21 AM
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Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2012, 11:05:54 AM
Remaining Place
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2012, 11:12:22 AM
I'll tally correct matches here:

Bits and Places Bit 1 Chrysler Aspen &  Bits and Places Location 11 Aspen, Nova Scotia / Tom_I
Bits and Places Bit 2 Fr. Alfred A. Juliano's  Aurora &  Bits and Places Location 10 Aurora, oh / Oguerrerob
Bits and Places Bit 3 Chevrolet Beauville &  Bits and Places Location 9 Beauville, France / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 4 Chevrolet Brookwood &  Bits and Places Location 8 Brookwood, AL / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 5 Toyota  Carina &  Bits and Places Location 7 Carina, Queensland / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 6 Studebaker  Champion &  Bits and Places Location 6 Champion, OH / Tom_I
Bits and Places Bit 7 Ford Crestline &  Bits and Places Location 5 Crestline, OH / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 8 Ford Del Rey &  Bits and Places Location 4 Del Rey, CA / Oguerrerob
Bits and Places Bit 9 Detroit Electric &  Bits and Places Location 3 Detroit, MI / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 10 Ford Durango &  Bits and Places Location 2 Durango, Durango, Mexico / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 11 Buick Electra &  Bits and Places Location 1 Electra, TX / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 12 Pininfarina Dino Ginerva &  Bits and Places Location 22 Geneva, Switzerland / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 13 Oldmobile 98 Holiday &  Bits and Places Location 21 Holiday, FL / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 14 Ford Köln Drauz cabriolet &  Bits and Places Location 20 Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 15 Ford Torino Talladega &  Bits and Places Location 19 Talladega AL / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 16 Buick Lucerne &  Bits and Places Location 18 Lucerne, CA / Wendax
Bits and Places Bit 17 Chevrolet Marajó &  Bits and Places Location 17 Marajó, Brazil / Oguerrerob
Bits and Places Bit 18 Chrysler Imperial Newport &  Bits and Places Location 16 Newport, RI / Oguerrerob
Bits and Places Bit 19 Toyota  Noah &  Bits and Places Location 15 Noah, TN / Tom_I
Bits and Places Bit 20 Buick Rainier &  Bits and Places Location 14 Ranier, MN / Tom_I
Bits and Places Bit 21 Ford Ranchero Rio Grande &  Bits and Places Location 13 Rio Grande, TX / Tom_I
Bits and Places Bit 22 Cadillac Eldorado Seville &  Bits and Places Location 12 Seville, OH / Wendax
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 09, 2012, 03:42:11 AM
Experts
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Julien1A on March 12, 2012, 11:41:31 AM
bit 2: Aurora Safety Car with Bradford Connecticut (place ????)
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 12, 2012, 11:54:53 AM
Each of the places pictured share all or part of their name with one of the vehicles pictured.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 05:05:30 AM
Up
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on March 16, 2012, 05:08:59 AM
Bit #3: Chevrolet Beauville – Place #9: Place Archambault De Vencay in Beauville, France

Bit #4: 1960 Chevrolet Brookwood – Place #8: No. 5 Mine Coal Miner's Memorial and Monument in Brookwood, Alabama

Bit #5: Toyota Carina A4 – Place #7: Carina, Queensland, Australia

Bit #7: 1954 Ford Crestline – Place #5: City Hall in Crestline, Ohio

Bit #9: 1916 Detroit Electric – Place #3: Detroit Rubber Works

Bit #10: Ford Durango – Place #2: Museo Regional de Durango, Mexico

Bit #11: 1969 Buick Electra 225 Custom – Place #1: FWD Depot in Electra, Texas

Bit #12: Fiat Dino Ginevra - #22: Ginevra = Genf = Génève

Bit #13: 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Holiday Coupe – Place #21: CubeSmart Self Storage, Holiday, Florida

Bit #14: Ford Köln Cabriolet by Drauz – Place #20: McDonalds in Köln, Aachener Straße 752

Bit #15: 1969 Ford Torino Talladega - Place #19: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot in Talladega, Alabama

Bit #16: 2011 Buick Lucerne – Place #18: Lakeview Inn in Lucerne, California

Bit #22: 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville – Place #12: Grave of the ,,Giants of Seville" in Seville, Ohio




Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on March 16, 2012, 05:11:58 AM
Great.
I'd have loved the chance to play this one.  I've been waiting for it with my list of answers...
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on March 16, 2012, 05:13:21 AM
There are still 9 left  ;D
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on March 16, 2012, 05:14:13 AM
Quote from: Wendax on March 16, 2012, 05:13:21 AM
There are still 9 left  ;D

Yeah.. the ones I don't know...
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on March 16, 2012, 05:15:55 AM
I identified three more cars, but couldn't find a fitting place.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on March 16, 2012, 05:18:58 AM
How about Bit#2 = Aurora
Place #11 = Aurora, Oregon
?
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 05:42:37 AM
Crikey! Either these are easier than I thought, or somebody has been lying in wait. Even my red herrings have, so far, come to naught. :D

Correct ID's added to the list above.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on March 16, 2012, 05:56:02 AM
Jeez... I knew if I blinked that Wendax would be in with a machete, but I didn't expect quite so many to go at once.  :(

I'd better try and grab one while I can.

Bit #19 is a Toyota LiteAce Noah, circa 1999. It turns out there's a place called Noah in Tennessee - I didn't bother looking for places called LiteAce.  ;D

I don't think there's very much there, but if you look it up on Google Maps someone has very helpfully posted a photo, which matches with Place #15.

So Bit #19: Toyota LiteAce Noah, and Place #15: Noah TN.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:00:42 AM
You're not the only one who has expressed shock at this blitz by Wendax.  ;)

Your match is correct
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: pnegyesi on March 16, 2012, 06:05:05 AM
No2: Aurora, Place11: Aurora Village, Melbourne, Florida
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:06:29 AM
9. 1916 Detroit Electric Car 3 - Detroit, Michigan, 1908. Detroit Rubber Works
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on March 16, 2012, 06:07:39 AM
I'll try another one, then I'm stumped for now.

I think Bit #21 is the bonnet of a 1969 Ford Ranchero Rio Grande, and Place #13 is in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:09:55 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on March 16, 2012, 06:05:05 AM
No2: Aurora, Place11: Aurora Village, Melbourne, Florida

No
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:10:21 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:06:29 AM
9. 1916 Detroit Electric Car 3 - Detroit, Michigan, 1908. Detroit Rubber Works

Wendax already matched the Detroit Electric. The Kentucky Colonel didn't throw him.  :D
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:11:41 AM
Quote from: Tom_I on March 16, 2012, 06:07:39 AM
I'll try another one, then I'm stumped for now.

I think Bit #21 is the bonnet of a 1969 Ford Ranchero Rio Grande, and Place #13 is in Rio Grande City, Texas.

That's right
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:17:46 AM
17 Brazilian Ford Del Rey 17 Isla de Marajó Brazilian Island Estado du Pará Amazonas
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:21:27 AM
You got the island right...

Remember, all or part of the car's name (not country of origin, unless it's also in the car's name) matches to all or part of the place name.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:25:59 AM
18 1955 Chrysler Imperial Newport Coupe 16 Marble House Newport Rhode Island
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:27:21 AM
17 Chevrolet Chevette Marajó - 17  Isla de Marajo Estado Du Para Amazonas Brazil
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:33:45 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:25:59 AM
18 1955 Chrysler Imperial Newport Coupe 16 Marble House Newport Rhode Island

Yep
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2012, 06:33:56 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 06:27:21 AM
17 Chevrolet Chevette Marajó - 17  Isla de Marajo Estado Du Para Amazonas Brazil

That's better
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 07:47:06 AM
2 Aurora - 10 Saginaw Control and Engineering Aurora Distribution Center Ohio USA
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 05:25:49 PM
In the chart of answers, the numbers of the locations are correct? (I think some are twice or corresponding). Excuse me if I'm wrong.  ???
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 17, 2012, 05:03:13 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 16, 2012, 05:25:49 PM
In the chart of answers, the numbers of the locations are correct? (I think some are twice or corresponding). Excuse me if I'm wrong.  ???

You are right. They are now fixed
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 17, 2012, 05:10:24 AM
Thank you
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 17, 2012, 05:31:20 AM
8 Ford Del Rey - 11 Del Rey, California
And a guess 20 Dodge Durango SLT 2000 - 14 Fort Frances, Sorting Lookout Tower, Ontario, Canada
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 17, 2012, 07:54:09 AM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 17, 2012, 05:31:20 AM
8 Ford Del Rey - 11 Del Rey, California

Correct


Quote from: Oguerrerob on March 17, 2012, 05:31:20 AM
And a guess 20 Dodge Durango SLT 2000 - 14 Fort Frances, Sorting Lookout Tower, Ontario, Canada

No Dodge Durango in this puzzle. 
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on March 17, 2012, 11:48:54 AM
Bit #6, the small air vent, is from a Studebaker Champion, 1950 or 51.

And having spent most of the afternoon with Flickr, Google Maps and Wikipedia, I'm fairly sure that Place #6 is a school in Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on March 17, 2012, 03:50:25 PM
Bit #20: 2006 Buick Rainier - Place #11: Rainier, Washington
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 18, 2012, 04:11:09 AM
Quote from: Tom_I on March 17, 2012, 11:48:54 AM
Bit #6, the small air vent, is from a Studebaker Champion, 1950 or 51.

And having spent most of the afternoon with Flickr, Google Maps and Wikipedia, I'm fairly sure that Place #6 is a school in Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.

That's a match!
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 18, 2012, 04:11:25 AM
Quote from: Wendax on March 17, 2012, 03:50:25 PM
Bit #20: 2006 Buick Rainier - Place #11: Rainier, Washington

No sir
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 18, 2012, 04:47:45 AM
To avoid giving away the final points for guesses, I require specific place ID's for the remaining matches.

Just naming a city or village you've Googled in not enough to get the remaining points.    >:D
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 05, 2012, 07:26:14 PM
1- Chrysler Aspen Limited 2011 and  11- Aspen, Colorado. USA
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 05, 2012, 07:34:29 PM
Nope
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on April 06, 2012, 05:02:43 PM
Quote from: Oguerrerob on April 05, 2012, 07:26:14 PM
1- Chrysler Aspen Limited 2011 and  11- Aspen, Colorado. USA
It's a 2009 Chrysler Aspen  ;). But the problem is the location.  :(
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 07, 2012, 04:13:37 AM
The location is North of the Equator, in the Western Hemisphere.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: pnegyesi on April 07, 2012, 05:19:59 AM
Is the location Aspen Homes in Orem, Utah?
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 07, 2012, 05:59:03 AM
Neither of the remaining locations are in Utah.

Please remember to specify the number of the picture you are attempting to ID.  ;)
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on April 07, 2012, 06:39:08 AM
I've trawled through everywhere I can find with Aspen in the name, but I still can't find the match.  :-[

However, I also have a problem with the other remaining pairing.

If I've reverse-engineered the randomising algorithm correctly, the match should be between Bit #20 and Place #14.  ;)

I've got the car and the place, but I can't make the match.

So first question, do the names of the car and the place have identical spellings, or is there a one-letter discrepancy?
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 07, 2012, 06:56:44 AM
Yes, there is a one-letter difference. My bad.  :(

The the place pictured for the other pairing can be found on Google, but not by Google search-by-image.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on April 07, 2012, 09:43:51 AM
I think there's still a slight problem with this one, but here goes...

Bit #20 is a Buick Rainier from about 2006, and the match is to Place #14, which should be Ranier, Minnesota (but isn't quite).

I've found the puzzle picture on the DB-City web page for Ranier, in the section headed "Ranier Photo". Unfortunately the page doesn't make it clear that the watchtower is not in Ranier, but stands on the other side of the Rainy River, at the Sorting Gap Marina in Fort Frances, Ontario.

I guess there's not much to take photos of in Ranier (population was 145 at the 2010 census), so they had to cast further afield. I expect you can see the watchtower from parts of Ranier.

Maybe I've made a mistake, but that's as far as I could get with it.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2012, 03:38:24 AM
I can see across the river can't you?  ;)

One pair to go.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on April 08, 2012, 02:22:53 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2012, 03:38:24 AM
I can see across the river can't you?  ;)

One pair to go.

Can we have the photo of Bit#1 back again then please, as only the picture for Bit#20 remains and Tom I just got that one?
So it's Bit #1 Place #11 left but we need the picture!

Thanks
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on April 08, 2012, 03:59:37 PM
Quote from: Carnut on April 08, 2012, 02:22:53 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2012, 03:38:24 AM
I can see across the river can't you?  ;)

One pair to go.

Can we have the photo of Bit#1 back again then please, as only the picture for Bit#20 remains and Tom I just got that one?
So it's Bit #1 Place #11 left but we need the picture!

Thanks

As I recall, Bit #1 was taken from this picture, a 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on April 08, 2012, 07:06:39 PM
Right, thanks.
And don't tell me Picture #11 is Aspen, Colorado?
I'll have to have a look and see how many other Aspens I can find!
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Wendax on April 09, 2012, 12:49:27 AM
The problem is not to find many Aspens, but the right one.  :(
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 09, 2012, 04:47:21 AM
Quote from: Carnut on April 08, 2012, 07:06:39 PM
Right, thanks.
And don't tell me Picture #11 is Aspen, Colorado?
I'll have to have a look and see how many other Aspens I can find!

Picture restored.

Aspen, Colorado had already been guessed and eliminated. 
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Tom_I on April 09, 2012, 09:46:59 AM
It's sad, I know, but spurred on by a determination to crack Place #11, I tried scanning round places with Aspen in their names using Google Maps and Streetview.

I never really expected it to work, but sometimes you just get lucky.  8)

So here it is on Streetview. It's Baird's Tradesmen Museum on Highway 7 at Aspen, Nova Scotia, and it matches Bit #1, the 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid.

Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 09, 2012, 10:13:24 AM
Now, that is some fancy sleuthing! That's how I found many of the pictures to use in this puzzle. Nicely done.

I'll update and update points shortly.
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Carnut on April 09, 2012, 12:29:14 PM
Well done, Tom I.
I just wasted hours on Aspens all over the place from California to Canada - but not Nova Scotia!
Title: Re: Geo Whiz - It's a Bits and Places Puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 10, 2012, 04:22:53 AM
And the points:

Tom_I   5
Oguerrerob   4
Wendax   13