Guys of course I have heard of Angkor Wat! I’m also aware that there are many temples in Cambodia, Thailand, India etc some of which look very similar so I chose not to rush in. Drop the video a like if you enjoyed and let me know how you fared in the comments. I like to read through!
Apparently the map maker thinks the university of Parma holds the Guinness record for the oldest in the world, but in fact it's not even the oldest in Italy. I wonder if he confused it with Bologna.
Hey Tom, thanks for playing my map! First of all in the description of the map i included a spreadsheet with all the solutions to the locations, so you don't have to google them all one by one :D To the solutions of the locations: 1. Angkor Wat: Yes just like you said it's the Biggest religious building 2. Large Binocular Telescope Observatory: Its the largest optical telescope (mirror diameter of 2 x 8,4 meters) 3. Takabisha: It was the steepest rollercoaster until 2019 and rightly as you said got replaced by the one in new jersey but unfortunately there was no imagery available 4. University of Parma: Bologna is the oldest university in continuous operation but the one in Parma is the oldest (founded in 962) but was closed and reopened several times between the 14th and 19th centuries. There might be a bit of controvery around it depending where you look so i think i might change that location. 5: Statue of Unity: Yes, it's the tallest statue in the world
The Parma World Record was: The University of Parma's Aula Magna (Great Hall) the largest conference hall in a university in the world, with a capacity of 1,386 seats.
i gotta admit that when you started guessing those implausible and specific world records i lost it hahaha. "roundest bush?" "... i think i've seen better." but i gotta say "longest standing mound of snow" took the cake
Tom: *Identifies roadside bushes as typical of eastern Slovenia* Also Tom: *Looks right at Angkor Wat and thinks 'India"* Also Tom: *Winds up getting it exactly right anyway*
Me: *knows it's Angkor Wat - spends 20 minutes searching through Cambodia to find it* Tom: This looks like an Indian temple. *20 seconds later, manages to somehow zoom right in on Angkor Wat* I think this is famous.
@@dariusftw3378 Well we can see from his end screen that the round took him 7 minutes and 55 seconds in total. In video time, he starts the round at 1:15 and makes his guess at 6:15, meaning that it takes him no more than 3 minutes to find Angkor Wat. Which is a damn sight quicker than I found it, I can tell you that much 😅
Astrophysicist here! The Large Binocular Telescope is definitely the biggest binocular telescope in the world, I assume that's why it was on that map. That means basically exactly what it sounds like, its two telescopes next to eachother that work in tandem to achieve really really high resolution images. It's made of two copies of the largest single telescope mirror ever made, each 8 meters across. I almost ended up doing my PhD thesis with that bad boy :-)
"Is it the only sidewalk path in Italy?" "The roundest bush in the world maybe? ... No... it's round...it's good, but I think I've seen better." "The most hilarious car?" "The longest lasting mound of snow perhaps? Been there since 1994?" 😂 I don't know why but that sidebar cracked me the hell up
For the observatory, I never in a million years would've guessed that to be so far South in the U.S. with those conifer trees, and I'm an avid U.S. Geoguessr player (from the U.S.). That's wild.
It's a very cool area of Arizona. You start at the bottom of the mountain surrounded by the desert and cacti and by the time you get to the top you can tobaggan among the spruce trees. A nearby mountain Mount Lemmon actually has a ski hill on top of it. It'll be 100 degrees at the bottom and 30 at the top.
The Large Binocular Telescope is the largest binocular telescope because as far as I know it is the only large telescope with a binocular design ; while it is not the absolute biggest telescope, its mirrors are the largest non-segmented ones that exist (for bigger telescopes, the mirrors are divided in plenty of well adjusted smaller mirrors which are easier to manufacture and manipulate).
@@connerbowen3875100% Arizona plates, there are a lot of telescopes in Arizona and New Mexico. Not many in Wyoming because of the latitude and weather patterns there (especially in the winter)
This telescope is on Mt. Graham in Safford, AZ and is operated by the University of Arizona. Mt. Graham is 10,700 ft at the peak and is the second tallest mountain in Arizona. Yes, you are quite literally looking into Mexico from up there. I work for the USFS and managed Recreation on that mountain for a few years.
@@xShikarii’m pretty sure they closed the statue of liberty to visitors a number of years ago due to structural damage on the interior making it unsafe, I could be wrong though
And the thing about hinduist/buddhist. It´s one of those buildings where official history just has to find something that fits with the basic timeline. It´s probably built in time before history that we know of, since we don´t really know who built it. Like we don´t know why there was a need for a moat for example. We just don´t have a clue so its just a hinduist or buddhist what ever..
I mean there's no way you can memorize every plate design out there, but it's a funny feeling screaming out internally that they were Arizona plates whilst you were galavanting around Idaho for a few minutes. Mind you, as an American, I don't even know all the state's plate designs. Great vid!
10:51 I knew from the moment I saw the plates that this Round would be tricky. The elevation from the mountains is doing a lot of work Mt. Graham is at it's peak 10,700 ft. Introducing all the snow and matching your Idaho vibes. It is also located in a Forrest not a desert that most people would associate with Arizona.
I did enjoy this! There is a good mix of familiar locations that I somewhat know the name and location of, and others that I've never seen before. I really like Geoguessr videos that show locations where something of wikipedia-level-importance happened
First map - Me: "Lame, it's the Angkor Wat. Boring" Tom: "It's a temple...." Me: "Tom....... no......" Tom: ".....Iiiiiiin India?" Me: "Please, Tom, NO! It's..... it's the Angkor Wat Tom!!" Tom: "It's big!" Me: "YES TOM! IT'S........ Tom......please, don't do this to me...... TOM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I'm very happy to see you come across a remotish Arizona area. I've worked out near Safford and have been up Mount Graham once in my life for work. It's part of a series of 32 Arizonan and Mexican isolated mountain highlands known as the Madrean Sky Islands. Absoletely gorgeous subtropical pine hiking country contrasted by harsh, yet lush desert valleys.
Awesome vid! Don't feel bad about the Arizona observatory guess. The American Southwest is wildly diverse. Arizona and New Mexico specifically are known for those large alpine mountain forests, flanked by vast dry desert. A few hours of driving, you are going from 100F+ degrees to a cool breezy 60F, ascending and descending 1000s of feet, through forest and desert and forest, and back again. It's quite vast, ever-changing, and beautiful. But very hard to guess without knowing the area. Fun tip though: those license plates with the purple hilly ground with a cactus on the left, are Arizona plates, and don't resemble any other plate in the US. May help you in the future! Anyway, big fan of yours, cheers from USA.
the university of parma one is weird really, couldn't find anything on the guinness website, someone mentioned on another comment that it was probably the mapper mixing it with the university of parma in ohio, someone else said it was the university's aula magna that had the record of being the largest conference hall in a university but I couldn't find anything about it on guinness, I found some records that were broken in the province of parma like (former) "Largest hedge maze (permanent)" in Fontanellato and "Most professional basketball teams played for by a female" in Borgo Val di Taro, but looking at the number of locations in the map it certainly doesn't include a bunch of locations of parma just because there is a record there, it's only specificaly where it happens, which makes the university of parma even weirder because it's in the science campus and not in the historical part, so most likely it's the mapper's mistake with ohio. EDIT: ok so it can't be Ohio because there isn't a "university of parma" in Parma, Ohio, it also can't be the aula magna because a very quick research revealed that (at least) the university of caracas and the central university of venezuela have a bigger capacity and size, and the one from parma seens really small in the photos EDIT 2: I wasted so much time trying to figure it out and the mapper had a google docs all this time lmao, so anyway the university of parma is on the map for the record of "oldest university"... even tho it doesn't have the record... well, that's it guys, have a great day.
@@Pyrovile42 ik, very late :D University of Parma set the record for most drugs donated in a 24-hour period, as recognized by Guinness World Records (by a group combating neglected diseases, including Guinea worm, river blindness, and elephantiasis, on January 30th 2017) just saw it now, you were talking about ohio... the record i wrote about is for parma italy.
I like your videos where you explore not only geography but also some trivia like where famous tragedies took place or world records. it adds an additional element to the game that goes beyond the normal rules of geoguessr.
Can't believe, but randomly looked at the observatory near Tuscon like a month ago, while aimlessly surfing google maps. I recognized it immediatly from the snow+desert+forst damage. Too bad I didn't had the patience to find the exact location, settled for the nex mountain :(
According to the German Wikipedia Article, the University of Parma is the oldest in the world, founded in 962. However, the source cited for this year of foundation is the website of the university itself. It says there that a diploma from the year 962 exists granting "the institutionalization of public high schools of right". So it might after all be the oldest university in the world.
I used Google translate on the Italian wikipedia page and there it seems to say (if translation is accurate) it's "among the eldest in the world", which would not be a record. The German version (at least at this point) also states it "gehört sie zu den ältesten Universitäten der Welt" which doesn't say it is the eldest. If that would be the referenced record it would make much more sense to put the marker in downtown Parma where some old University buildings are.
@@KoenVerheyen Well yes and no. I agree that it says "among the eldest in the world" in the university's wikipedia article. Nevertheless, the linked list of oldest universities in the world clearly lists Parma at the top. Furthermore, I would imagine the record is way more about the institution than about any building. Hence, it would in my opinion make no sense to put the marker to some old university building if they are not from the time of foundation and still part of the university. I am not sure whether these sort of buildings still exist.
Tom, in a previous video you drew the Cambodian flag, 🇰🇭featuring the Angkor Wat temple. When you saw the actual temple you wondered if you were in India, (although Angkor Wat is based on Indian design).
Hi Tom, just thought id say I really enjoy your content! both IRL mission or Classic geoguessr i find you really entertaining and funny. Keep it up lege
For the last one, my hometown is just 50 kms from State of Unity. Yes, it is the tallest statue in the world. The statue is of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India. After independence, there were 562 princely states and he united all of them to build the Republic of India. That is why it is named as Statue of Unity. Big fan tom! Keep doing great work👏🏻
I knew the second one instantly since I only live about an hour away and have visited. That's really cool to see you try to figure it out. If you go an take a tour, they tell you all about the big tubes. :) It is the largest binocular scope (and will likely remain that) because future observatories will all use multiple mirrors and interferometry for this class (size) of mirror. Yes, smaller and larger ones will be built, but they are very unlikely to be binocular anymore due to advances in tech.
I find it a very likeable trait the Tom is very wrong sometimes, but never really bullshits or tries to style it out. It brings a certain sense of honesty. It also brings a certain level of “FFS! Tom, sort it out” giggles.
The coastwr enthusiast in me was screaming FujiQ highland! It was indeed the steepest drop on a roller coaster, until a couple years ago when a coaster in New Jesrsey beat it out by half a degree.
I played along, which I rarely do because I'm appalling at it but got just under 13,000. Pretty happy with getting 46miles from Parma University and I went southern Utah for the observatory. That'll do me. Well done Tom, proper enjoyed that. Please do more of these!
I recognized the Arizona plates and knew you'd have your mind blown. I watched Jake Lyons play GeoGuessr and a very similar thing happened; it was way up in the pine trees of the Arizona mountains and he guessed Idaho or Washington or somewhere much farther north.
I got 19.6k, being an Indian and getting a 5k on statue of unity really carried my score! I actually recognized Graham's observatory as I'm into astronomy, but unfortunately I didn't know which state it was in and guessed somewhere in washington.
Fun fact: the Angkor Wat temple that was the first one features on the national flag of cambodia. Originally it was built as a temple for hinduism but gradually during the 12th century turned buddhist. Whats known now as a “hindu-Buddhist” temple
First one was very easy, you should visit Angkor! Kmer is more way, more loops. Visit of Angkor is one of my fondest memories when to comes to touristic visits.
If you dropped a 70h long video I'd watch it all the way to the end no stop.. calling sick a work and not showering is all worth it I don't need anything else
Love the vids Tom. Just an FYI: Guinness has been copyright striking RUclipsrs for using their logo. Might want to change the thumbnail. Mogul Mail did a video about this about a month ago if you want more info. Also, the wife wants details about the wedding / honeymoon. K tnx.
I was going to college when the Large Binocular Telescope was being built, and there were all kinds of special symposia about the special methods needed to make mirrors as huge as the ones in the telescope. I think that between the amount of light pollution in lots of places throughout the world and the increasing ability of what can be done remotely, that any telescope with bigger mirrors will be out in space instead of on land in the future.
Fellow Tom Scott enjoyers will know from 2 days ago that the Tucson Observatory isn't the biggest one, 'Large' is actually quite small when it comes to Optical Telescopes. The largest is soon to be the 'Extremely Large Telescope' in Chile. The Kitt Peak National Park Observatory is the largest array of optical and radio telescopes in the world.
Arizona has a lot of snowy mountains indeed, ski slopes and stuff, as well as severe winters even in the plains. For example, the Grand Canyon northern rim is closed until May because of the snow.
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Guys of course I have heard of Angkor Wat!
I’m also aware that there are many temples in Cambodia, Thailand, India etc some of which look very similar so I chose not to rush in.
Drop the video a like if you enjoyed and let me know how you fared in the comments. I like to read through!
"What country is that" - refering to the Kashmir region. That has been a very friendly conversation that a few countries have been having for years
It was really funny when you said "I'm looking for a flag." 😂
Sadly for you Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism; if it had been the other way around you could’ve logiced your way to a half-point (cheatingly)
Apparently the map maker thinks the university of Parma holds the Guinness record for the oldest in the world, but in fact it's not even the oldest in Italy. I wonder if he confused it with Bologna.
Mount Graham National Observatory. The world's largest and most powerful binocular telescope
Hey Tom, thanks for playing my map!
First of all in the description of the map i included a spreadsheet with all the solutions to the locations, so you don't have to google them all one by one :D
To the solutions of the locations:
1. Angkor Wat: Yes just like you said it's the Biggest religious building
2. Large Binocular Telescope Observatory: Its the largest optical telescope (mirror diameter of 2 x 8,4 meters)
3. Takabisha: It was the steepest rollercoaster until 2019 and rightly as you said got replaced by the one in new jersey but unfortunately there was no imagery available
4. University of Parma: Bologna is the oldest university in continuous operation but the one in Parma is the oldest (founded in 962) but was closed and reopened several times between the 14th and 19th centuries. There might be a bit of controvery around it depending where you look so i think i might change that location.
5: Statue of Unity: Yes, it's the tallest statue in the world
Great work mate !
Thank you!@@voxer3060
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Just read in another comment that the university of parma holds the world record for the largest conference hall in a university though
Indeed, but that wasn't initially the record intended for this location :D@@wteff8586
The Parma World Record was: The University of Parma's Aula Magna (Great Hall) the largest conference hall in a university in the world, with a capacity of 1,386 seats.
I thought it was something with prosciutto ..
@@JohnDoe-vx3zthere could be prosciutto in the conference hall
Such a boring record
no it wasn't, look at the mapper's google docs for the map
After looking it up, I guessed it won Most Mediocre University in the World
Tom, you finished a straight line mission to my heart.
I loved when he showed up in your ventricles and shouted "get in!"
Never strayed more than 100 metres
Tom better pin this!
A not very straight line
Not a very straight comment, but Tom is straight killin it!
I really want there to be a Guinness Book of Dumbest World Records, like "newest rollercoaster" and "only cycle path in Italy"
"Youngest Person"
Most buoyant boat (to my knowledge)
The Guinness Book is becoming dumber and dumber every year so it basically exists
Flattest university
Wettest lake.
You have no idea how much joy it brings me when I see that you've brought out a new video, genuinely makes my day
Same
*This comment could be written for any kind of videos / channels! Smart.*
@@NandiCollectornot as smart as you!
Maybe improve your day and not rely on Tom's videos so much.
It brings me great joy and reassurance to hear "we are recording."
i gotta admit that when you started guessing those implausible and specific world records i lost it hahaha. "roundest bush?" "... i think i've seen better." but i gotta say "longest standing mound of snow" took the cake
Tom: *Identifies roadside bushes as typical of eastern Slovenia*
Also Tom: *Looks right at Angkor Wat and thinks 'India"*
Also Tom: *Winds up getting it exactly right anyway*
Also Tom: Sees nothing but Indian looking people looking at statue but keeps thinking it might be in China
Could be tourists@@ethanwillis6970
Me: *knows it's Angkor Wat - spends 20 minutes searching through Cambodia to find it*
Tom: This looks like an Indian temple. *20 seconds later, manages to somehow zoom right in on Angkor Wat* I think this is famous.
FOR REAL
it's cut bro we don't know how long he spent lol
@@dariusftw3378 Well we can see from his end screen that the round took him 7 minutes and 55 seconds in total. In video time, he starts the round at 1:15 and makes his guess at 6:15, meaning that it takes him no more than 3 minutes to find Angkor Wat. Which is a damn sight quicker than I found it, I can tell you that much 😅
Angkor wat is the biggest hindu temple!
Me - says, "That's Angkor Wat", second guesses myself and starts searching India because Tom said so, settles on Amritsar 🤣
Astrophysicist here! The Large Binocular Telescope is definitely the biggest binocular telescope in the world, I assume that's why it was on that map. That means basically exactly what it sounds like, its two telescopes next to eachother that work in tandem to achieve really really high resolution images. It's made of two copies of the largest single telescope mirror ever made, each 8 meters across. I almost ended up doing my PhD thesis with that bad boy :-)
"Is it the only sidewalk path in Italy?"
"The roundest bush in the world maybe? ... No... it's round...it's good, but I think I've seen better."
"The most hilarious car?"
"The longest lasting mound of snow perhaps? Been there since 1994?" 😂
I don't know why but that sidebar cracked me the hell up
For the observatory, I never in a million years would've guessed that to be so far South in the U.S. with those conifer trees, and I'm an avid U.S. Geoguessr player (from the U.S.). That's wild.
It's a very cool area of Arizona. You start at the bottom of the mountain surrounded by the desert and cacti and by the time you get to the top you can tobaggan among the spruce trees. A nearby mountain Mount Lemmon actually has a ski hill on top of it. It'll be 100 degrees at the bottom and 30 at the top.
@@FreckyBwild!
Yeah flagstaff and that area is very cool year round. I never would've expected arizona of all places to have that lol
same thing. you'd have to know license plates (without those I would have even said Canada)
turns out it was almost Mexico lol
The Large Binocular Telescope is the largest binocular telescope because as far as I know it is the only large telescope with a binocular design ; while it is not the absolute biggest telescope, its mirrors are the largest non-segmented ones that exist (for bigger telescopes, the mirrors are divided in plenty of well adjusted smaller mirrors which are easier to manufacture and manipulate).
That one was confusing since those were Wyoming plates.
@@connerbowen3875no definitely Arizona plates, I recognized them immediately
@@connerbowen3875100% Arizona plates, there are a lot of telescopes in Arizona and New Mexico. Not many in Wyoming because of the latitude and weather patterns there (especially in the winter)
This telescope is on Mt. Graham in Safford, AZ and is operated by the University of Arizona. Mt. Graham is 10,700 ft at the peak and is the second tallest mountain in Arizona. Yes, you are quite literally looking into Mexico from up there. I work for the USFS and managed Recreation on that mountain for a few years.
"Uniting the round squigglers and the flat liners" - I thought I was going to die of 😂😂😂😂😂
that was the best part lol
and he was basically right
@@jay1373same 😂😂 i
Yes, we can befriend those round squiggle mission enthusiasts, no need to fight.
The Statue of Unity is the biggest Statue.
The buttons of the coat are actually windows.
We were freaking out when we peaked from them
You can even go inside that thing? Amazing. I have to travel there.
@@xShikari you can go inside the statue of liberty as well
@@squidwardo7074 I know, but it's quite small in comparison.
@@xShikarii’m pretty sure they closed the statue of liberty to visitors a number of years ago due to structural damage on the interior making it unsafe, I could be wrong though
@@BendyDH You can go inside (and up to the crown if you book in advance) but you can't go up to the torch
Pretty soon your mission across Wales is gonna be on this map
gd legend is here
no way the legend is here whaat
No way? A fellow GD player in here?
What a burn! “Somewhere between a policeman and a Boy Scout” LMAO
Pretty surprised Tom didn't recognize Angkor Wat considering it is the most famous building in all of Cambodia and even featured in the flag.
Really one of the most famous buildings in the world tbh
Tom: can find any location on the globe from a single picture
Also Tom: doesn't know Angkor Wat
ah well, i did know too
but now he knows about it and chichen itza, and so do many viewers that didn't know about it :)
I didnt know too, looks like every other cambodian temple
And the thing about hinduist/buddhist. It´s one of those buildings where official history just has to find something that fits with the basic timeline. It´s probably built in time before history that we know of, since we don´t really know who built it. Like we don´t know why there was a need for a moat for example. We just don´t have a clue so its just a hinduist or buddhist what ever..
I mean there's no way you can memorize every plate design out there, but it's a funny feeling screaming out internally that they were Arizona plates whilst you were galavanting around Idaho for a few minutes. Mind you, as an American, I don't even know all the state's plate designs. Great vid!
10:51 I knew from the moment I saw the plates that this Round would be tricky. The elevation from the mountains is doing a lot of work Mt. Graham is at it's peak 10,700 ft. Introducing all the snow and matching your Idaho vibes. It is also located in a Forrest not a desert that most people would associate with Arizona.
Wyoming plates threw me off
I did enjoy this! There is a good mix of familiar locations that I somewhat know the name and location of, and others that I've never seen before. I really like Geoguessr videos that show locations where something of wikipedia-level-importance happened
First map - Me: "Lame, it's the Angkor Wat. Boring"
Tom: "It's a temple...."
Me: "Tom....... no......"
Tom: ".....Iiiiiiin India?"
Me: "Please, Tom, NO! It's..... it's the Angkor Wat Tom!!"
Tom: "It's big!"
Me: "YES TOM! IT'S........ Tom......please, don't do this to me...... TOM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I'm very happy to see you come across a remotish Arizona area. I've worked out near Safford and have been up Mount Graham once in my life for work. It's part of a series of 32 Arizonan and Mexican isolated mountain highlands known as the Madrean Sky Islands. Absoletely gorgeous subtropical pine hiking country contrasted by harsh, yet lush desert valleys.
who else was yelling angkor wat at the screen on round 1? lol love you tom
oh he got to it eventually. thank the lord 😂
Same. I was surprised he didn't immediately recognize it
I'm a stupid American, so my immediate thought was a Hindu temple in India too
It's such a shame that we'll never get to see a video of Tom's reaction when he checks to see if he's recording only to discover that he isn't.
Awesome vid!
Don't feel bad about the Arizona observatory guess. The American Southwest is wildly diverse. Arizona and New Mexico specifically are known for those large alpine mountain forests, flanked by vast dry desert. A few hours of driving, you are going from 100F+ degrees to a cool breezy 60F, ascending and descending 1000s of feet, through forest and desert and forest, and back again.
It's quite vast, ever-changing, and beautiful. But very hard to guess without knowing the area.
Fun tip though: those license plates with the purple hilly ground with a cactus on the left, are Arizona plates, and don't resemble any other plate in the US. May help you in the future!
Anyway, big fan of yours, cheers from USA.
the university of parma one is weird really, couldn't find anything on the guinness website, someone mentioned on another comment that it was probably the mapper mixing it with the university of parma in ohio, someone else said it was the university's aula magna that had the record of being the largest conference hall in a university but I couldn't find anything about it on guinness, I found some records that were broken in the province of parma like (former) "Largest hedge maze (permanent)" in Fontanellato and "Most professional basketball teams played for by a female" in Borgo Val di Taro, but looking at the number of locations in the map it certainly doesn't include a bunch of locations of parma just because there is a record there, it's only specificaly where it happens, which makes the university of parma even weirder because it's in the science campus and not in the historical part, so most likely it's the mapper's mistake with ohio.
EDIT: ok so it can't be Ohio because there isn't a "university of parma" in Parma, Ohio, it also can't be the aula magna because a very quick research revealed that (at least) the university of caracas and the central university of venezuela have a bigger capacity and size, and the one from parma seens really small in the photos
EDIT 2: I wasted so much time trying to figure it out and the mapper had a google docs all this time lmao, so anyway the university of parma is on the map for the record of "oldest university"... even tho it doesn't have the record... well, that's it guys, have a great day.
I think the map maker confused parma with Bologna. Because the Ohio university doesn't look like a good candidate for a guiness WR
What's the record for the University of Parma in Ohio then?
@@Pyrovile42 ik, very late :D
University of Parma set the record for most drugs donated in a 24-hour period, as recognized by Guinness World Records (by a group combating neglected diseases, including Guinea worm, river blindness, and elephantiasis, on January 30th 2017)
just saw it now, you were talking about ohio... the record i wrote about is for parma italy.
Definitely dig these maps with a trivia theme attached to the locations, it adds a whole other layer of interest to things
I like your videos where you explore not only geography but also some trivia like where famous tragedies took place or world records. it adds an additional element to the game that goes beyond the normal rules of geoguessr.
Can't believe, but randomly looked at the observatory near Tuscon like a month ago, while aimlessly surfing google maps. I recognized it immediatly from the snow+desert+forst damage. Too bad I didn't had the patience to find the exact location, settled for the nex mountain :(
Like this format 👍
Id love to see another one of these
That was my first play along! I had my chance to beat you in one round at Angkor Wat but you nailed it! GG!
According to the German Wikipedia Article, the University of Parma is the oldest in the world, founded in 962. However, the source cited for this year of foundation is the website of the university itself. It says there that a diploma from the year 962 exists granting "the institutionalization of public high schools of right".
So it might after all be the oldest university in the world.
I used Google translate on the Italian wikipedia page and there it seems to say (if translation is accurate) it's "among the eldest in the world", which would not be a record. The German version (at least at this point) also states it "gehört sie zu den ältesten Universitäten der Welt" which doesn't say it is the eldest. If that would be the referenced record it would make much more sense to put the marker in downtown Parma where some old University buildings are.
@@KoenVerheyen Well yes and no. I agree that it says "among the eldest in the world" in the university's wikipedia article. Nevertheless, the linked list of oldest universities in the world clearly lists Parma at the top.
Furthermore, I would imagine the record is way more about the institution than about any building. Hence, it would in my opinion make no sense to put the marker to some old university building if they are not from the time of foundation and still part of the university. I am not sure whether these sort of buildings still exist.
Always a blast watching you geoguessing, my man!
I couldnt believe number 2 was in Arizona either. I searched all over Colorado thinking thats where it was
Makes me so happy when u upload
I appreciate your videos so much man
Didn't think i'd get a thunderbirds reference here, this is good
Tom, in a previous video you drew the Cambodian flag, 🇰🇭featuring the Angkor Wat temple.
When you saw the actual temple you wondered if you were in India, (although Angkor Wat is based on Indian design).
Ankor Wat is so iconic, I was surprised he didn't get it immediately
Love the play alongs, should do more often m8
Hi Tom, just thought id say I really enjoy your content! both IRL mission or Classic geoguessr i find you really entertaining and funny. Keep it up lege
For the last one, my hometown is just 50 kms from State of Unity. Yes, it is the tallest statue in the world. The statue is of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India.
After independence, there were 562 princely states and he united all of them to build the Republic of India. That is why it is named as Statue of Unity.
Big fan tom! Keep doing great work👏🏻
Angkor wat is the biggest hindu temple!
I knew the second one instantly since I only live about an hour away and have visited. That's really cool to see you try to figure it out. If you go an take a tour, they tell you all about the big tubes. :) It is the largest binocular scope (and will likely remain that) because future observatories will all use multiple mirrors and interferometry for this class (size) of mirror. Yes, smaller and larger ones will be built, but they are very unlikely to be binocular anymore due to advances in tech.
23:06 "What country is this?" That is the question, isn't it.
Good attempts tho!
You did actually really well
somewhere between a cop and a boy scout, 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I find it a very likeable trait the Tom is very wrong sometimes, but never really bullshits or tries to style it out. It brings a certain sense of honesty.
It also brings a certain level of “FFS! Tom, sort it out” giggles.
This is a great geoguessr map! I'd love to see Tom play it again!
The coastwr enthusiast in me was screaming FujiQ highland!
It was indeed the steepest drop on a roller coaster, until a couple years ago when a coaster in New Jesrsey beat it out by half a degree.
lol me too! I recognised it even before the image fully unblurred :D
Should have the record for the most painful coaster. Bloody thing nearly broke my neck!
Instantly recognised it. Don’t think I’ll ever get there unfortunately but you never know!
I would love to see you play this map again, it was pretty interesting!
Please do this again Tom! Loved it
I played along, which I rarely do because I'm appalling at it but got just under 13,000. Pretty happy with getting 46miles from Parma University and I went southern Utah for the observatory. That'll do me. Well done Tom, proper enjoyed that. Please do more of these!
mixing up that arizona plates was drastic!!!! Theres a CACTUS in the plate tom! come on now! A Sunset even !!!
at 14:50 that was my university, spent 3 years there and i was like wtf i know this building. didint even know it had a record
Please do more Geoguessr duels videos, they were so good!
I recognized the Arizona plates and knew you'd have your mind blown. I watched Jake Lyons play GeoGuessr and a very similar thing happened; it was way up in the pine trees of the Arizona mountains and he guessed Idaho or Washington or somewhere much farther north.
I got 19.6k, being an Indian and getting a 5k on statue of unity really carried my score! I actually recognized Graham's observatory as I'm into astronomy, but unfortunately I didn't know which state it was in and guessed somewhere in washington.
Those Arizona plates are one of the most unique in the states. If not for that, I'd be guessing way farther north as well.
The round squigglers as straight liners LOL. As an Indian that made me laugh.
When you said India, I was screaming Cambodia, then you saying Idaho and me screaming New Mexico or Arizona. Please listen to me first. Thank you
i think this one would be fun to do again, your guesses for the world records were very funny
I like these videos with an educational element at the end to balance out your nonsensical ramblings Tom.
I must say that I loved this map, would love to see you try it out again.
Fun fact: the Angkor Wat temple that was the first one features on the national flag of cambodia. Originally it was built as a temple for hinduism but gradually during the 12th century turned buddhist. Whats known now as a “hindu-Buddhist” temple
There is a sheet with all the records linked in the description of the map
First one was very easy, you should visit Angkor! Kmer is more way, more loops.
Visit of Angkor is one of my fondest memories when to comes to touristic visits.
Yes, please! I enjoy any kind of Challenges Videos. I love to play along!
dude was looking for the statue of unity in one of the most intensely disputed territories os earth, gotta love him
If you dropped a 70h long video I'd watch it all the way to the end no stop.. calling sick a work and not showering is all worth it I don't need anything else
That's very concerning, time to get a life buddy.
Tom I'm going to Fuji Q tomorrow, what a suprise when Takabisha popped up on the screen! Congrats for getting it right 🫡
Nice video Tom and hello from Philly, PA
It took me a ridiculous amount of time to realise this video was definitely not talking about some mental records regarding a pint of Guinness
Most observatories are almost always looked in desert regions and at high altitude to get the clearest picture of the stars
Except for the famous ones in Hawaii.
Love these. Love all GeoGuesser content ❤
Yeah it gets really snowy in the mountains down here in southern Arizona! The southernmost ski lift in the continental US is in the Tucson area
I was in Tucson last January, it was absolutely gorgeous, most of the mountains surrounding it were topped with snow.
Unity between the squiggly liners and the straight liners had me dying lmao
Surprised that you didn't immediately recognize Angkor Vat😅
You got me shouting at my screen for 5 minutes
Love play alongs, please more! :)
That dotted line is the Indian state of Kashmir it actually extends slightly further
How can Tom identify a random shed in a Sudanese village back alley in a matter of seconds but not Angkor watt?
My mind was blown. Especially since you’d imagine he knows his flags pretty well and it’s literally on the flag
I grew up in phx AZ so I knew the plates, but went flagstaff given the climate, tough round but I actually did pretty well on this one.
I frickin love your intros, dog 😂
This was so much fun, please play it again!
i highly recommend looking at some better images of the statue of unity. it's so big it really messes with your mind :D
This was fun Tom, you should do it again
I think the University of Parma one might possibly be where they created the world's biggest Parma Ham?
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Love the vids Tom. Just an FYI: Guinness has been copyright striking RUclipsrs for using their logo. Might want to change the thumbnail. Mogul Mail did a video about this about a month ago if you want more info. Also, the wife wants details about the wedding / honeymoon. K tnx.
11:35 did he think to check if he was recording because he was proud of such a bad joke, or embarrassed by it??
Can’t believe he blamed me for his internet problems 🥺
That was fun, that must be so hard to do! Good job Tom!!!
You have trains of death that have 90°drop so your head is facing to the ground...
Great video tom
I was going to college when the Large Binocular Telescope was being built, and there were all kinds of special symposia about the special methods needed to make mirrors as huge as the ones in the telescope. I think that between the amount of light pollution in lots of places throughout the world and the increasing ability of what can be done remotely, that any telescope with bigger mirrors will be out in space instead of on land in the future.
some great work on this one
Fellow Tom Scott enjoyers will know from 2 days ago that the Tucson Observatory isn't the biggest one, 'Large' is actually quite small when it comes to Optical Telescopes. The largest is soon to be the 'Extremely Large Telescope' in Chile. The Kitt Peak National Park Observatory is the largest array of optical and radio telescopes in the world.
yeah was just thinking that lol
Idk what that has to do with anything. It's still the largest single mount telescope
I enjoyed this and would like to see this again!
good video . Thanks for posting sometimes Tom .
Arizona has a lot of snowy mountains indeed, ski slopes and stuff, as well as severe winters even in the plains. For example, the Grand Canyon northern rim is closed until May because of the snow.
hearing it must be for uniting pakistan & india is crazyyyy knowing its context LMAOOO 😭
That first one was frustrating. If you know the Cambodian flag, it's the temple on the front and one of the best known wonders of the world :)