# Where is this? #11

**URL:** <https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [January 12, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663 "2007-01-12T03:11:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/1 "2007-01-12T03:11:32Z")

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The building in the middle of the picture bears the name of a famous person.&nbsp; That person is so famous that there are many things that have that name in this country and in other countries as well.&nbsp;  
What makes this building special is that it is in the small town where that person lived.&nbsp; I must add that this town is very near a big city ( like Delta is near Vancouver).&nbsp;

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/2 "2007-01-12T04:50:31Z")

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1. Was the person in question born in that town?

2. Did the person become famous largely for their actions while still residing in this town?

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/3 "2007-01-12T05:10:14Z")

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Terry Fox High School

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/4 "2007-01-12T10:40:22Z")

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> [@Eso](#):
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> 1. Was the person in question born in that town?
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> 2. Did the person become famous largely for their actions while still residing in this town?

1.&nbsp; no

2.&nbsp; yes

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**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/5 "2007-01-12T14:24:37Z")

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Hey, that’s my hometown.&nbsp; i-mac, i-pod, i-dog, i-phone, I spy with my little eyes, Canadian Idol…  
That building in the center must be the IGA.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/6 "2007-01-13T17:52:24Z")

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Was the person famous for a scientific endeavour?

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/7 "2007-01-13T18:33:10Z")

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> [@Illywhacker](#):
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> Was the person famous for a scientific endeavour?

Yes,

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**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/8 "2007-01-14T21:35:05Z")

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Not much activity on this thread!&nbsp; Do I need more clues?

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**Post date:** [January 14, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/9 "2007-01-14T23:09:07Z")

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Okay, I’ll ask another question.&nbsp;

Is this building a place of learning?

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/10 "2007-01-15T00:01:04Z")

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> [@Illywhacker](#):
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> Okay, I’ll ask another question.&nbsp;
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> Is this building a place of learning?

Yes,

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/11 "2007-01-15T00:25:14Z")

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Do the&nbsp; people in this country mostly use right hand drive cars?

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/12 "2007-01-15T02:00:00Z")

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> [@Illywhacker](#):
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> Do the&nbsp; people in this country mostly use right hand drive cars?

No, the people of this country drive like us.

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Edit:&nbsp; By driving like us I really mean left hand drive,&nbsp; not driving technique!

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/13 "2007-01-15T19:54:26Z")

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Does the country that this town is in have two official languages, French and English?

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/14 "2007-01-15T20:10:29Z")

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Is this person recognized by a national holiday in his/her country of origin?

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/15 "2007-01-15T20:36:37Z")

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La Cite scolaire Marie Curie, 1,rue Constant-Pilate in Sceaux, France the birthplace of Pierre Currie.&nbsp;  
Marie Curie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/16 "2007-01-15T21:02:37Z")

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> [@jees](#):
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> La Cite scolaire Marie Curie, 1,rue Constant-Pilate in Sceaux, France the birthplace of Pierre Currie.&nbsp;  
> Marie Curie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium.

Bravo jees!&nbsp; You got it.

I didn’t even get to use my other clues ( beside the “active”&nbsp; reference above).&nbsp; I was going to throw the following :  
Arent’ you curious about this place?  
That person’s work radiates to this day.  
This town was also the site of the seal that confirmed the union of that person with another.&nbsp; That union curiously produce more knowledge about the separation of certain things.&nbsp; (“Sceaux” in French means seals ( like in seal of approval).&nbsp; The union, of course, refers to her marriage.&nbsp; And the separation refers to radio active decay)

What gave it away jees?

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/17 "2007-01-15T21:23:22Z")

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> [@BigThumb](#):
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> Bravo jees!&nbsp; You got it.
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> What gave it away jees?

I am not sure what gave it away, but I usually study the image and look for clues and figured that it must be somewhere in France because of the long sandy/gravel stretch to the left which looks like a boule or Boccia court.&nbsp; So I looked in lists of eponyms for any French names but couldn’t get any further because I was looking for a “person many things were named after”.  
Since France only has one large city, Paris, I continued with googeling ‘Institute’ and ‘university’ togther with ‘near Paris’ and then looked up any place name that came up in Google Earth until I came to a list of campuses of the “Univesity of South Paris” and they have a campus in Sceaux. That was it.

Watch out for # 12!

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/18 "2007-01-15T21:59:37Z")

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Good work!

Without sounding like I’m bragging, I invented this game on htmf.&nbsp; But jees, you elevate the game to new heights.&nbsp;

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/19 "2007-01-16T00:54:45Z")

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Crap.&nbsp; I decided Marie Curie lived too recently, so I ignored her when I was looking for schools and colleges.

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/where-is-this-11/3663/20 "2007-01-16T01:14:23Z")

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I had initially missed the clue about a scientific discovery, and so I was all over [this area of Montgomery, Alabama](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Dexter+Avenue+Baptist+Church&sll=32.37409,-86.29573&sspn=0.006452,0.010042&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=32.373972,-86.294764&spn=0.006452,0.010042&t=k&om=1) looking for stuff named after Martin Luther King.

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