I accidentally smashed my high score on TimeGuessr

[@JenniferE-sy1rs]

Glad it didn’t take long for you to notice you weren’t recording Tom - I was watching the video in suspense waiting for you to realise!

[@jasonrubik]

🤔

[@merlinthewizard]

Wait a second...

[@Kapitein2Stoot]

Hol' up

[@odefinierad]

If he set up a second camera to record him not recording, that would be amazing.

[@weakw1ll]

I was about to tell him but he got it

[@mitchellwilliams2060]

Seeing the massive Air New Zealand sign and not picking the airport on the map is something

[@zephid11]

I was also thinking it should be at an airport, because of the sign, but when Tom decided to pick a spot nowhere near an airport, I started thinking "Hmm, maybe it's just a sign to indicate a buss stop for the shuttle that takes you to the airport..." :D

[@jamescooper5658]

There is also a plane in the image

[@ecMonify]

not to mention the airplane... :D

[@jujutrini8412]

I was baffled by that too! 😂

[@lurker666]

and on the left there is even a ramp/ladder thing to enter (small) airplanes!

[@6root91]

''AIR NEW ZEALAND''. Just for decoration huh, Tom?

[@michaeltempsch5282]

Aserll also, reading 9xxx miles to the north pole, and then use km foevrhe distance to the peak... 🤦‍♂️

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

He only searched in NZ so he obviously saw it

[@bbbastii8048]

He's joking obviously

[@silastopole]

also north pole is in the same direction, so i would assume that the sign is exactly to the south

[@jfluffydog2110]

It was clearly a joke

[@Tola-vt9hz]

10:13 Cornet peak being on the same sign as the North Pole was a nice hint to look due South

[@lowkii712]

Good spot

[@michaelleiper7609]

Couldn't get anywhere near most of the rest, but was shouting this one at the screen!

[@korg47237]

Also the literal airplane in the photo, with the sign saying "AIR" on it, perhaps we were at airport, but just a thought.

[@BodywiseMustard]

He's a dim boy

[@benw1620]

@@korg47237 Yes, and those unmistakable air plane stairs behind the cars.

[@richardhallyburton]

You were closer than you thought you were on the Hollywoodland one. The location was inaccurately placed. The actual location of the photo was approximately 3224 Ledgewood Drive. You can tell using the sign, that distinctive house (6182 West Mulholland Highway), and Google Maps 3D. This means you were actually only 165m out.

[@hjaltesrensen8214]

Without sounding like a jackass, I think you meant 465 meters? I got to a similar position after looking, as I was curious whether you were correct in the misplacement and well spotted by the way.

[@BNStudios1]

I think the year was incorrect too - that looks like a Ford Model A judging by the bumpers, and those weren't in production until 1927. When searching that image which is quite well known, I couldn't find a reference for the specific year which it was taken so it's likely the person who submitted the photo just put 1923 as that's the year the sign was put up.

[@ae5668]

The picture was from 1935 according to another site

[@BNStudios1]

@@ae5668 Oh cool I was going to guess about 1932 when I was playing along! I just knew it wasn’t 1923…

[@richardhallyburton]

@@hjaltesrensen8214 Not at all! You're right, I marked the wrong wiggle in the road, it is indeed about 435 meters away. Equally well spotted!

[@PaulSharrock]

Hollywoodland was a housing development. The sign was shortened in order to save money on maintenance.

[@aceman0000099]

Bit excessive for just a housing development

[@connorriddle]

@@aceman0000099it was advertising to sell houses on the new development, similar to a billboard, but people liked it so they kept it there

[@briangonigal3974]

@@aceman0000099 It was essentially a massive billboard advertising the development, it was never meant to be permanent. “Shortened to save money” isn’t quite right, the “LAND” part was just the part that collapsed first, the rest of it just stuck around long enough to eventually become an iconic landmark that people gradually came to see as worth preserving and, eventually, restoring (if you ever see any close up views of the sign from the late 60s-early 70’s, it’s in pretty rough shape. It’s only at this point that the sign underwent a “restoration” that pretty much replaced it with something actually intended to be a permanent structure.)

[@aceman0000099]

@@briangonigal3974 well actually it was worst in 1978! It looked almost post-apocalyptic which is kinda fun. A good visual metaphor for corruption, originality and artificial replacement.. which you could say is well timed because it was around the same time (when Star Wars, Aliens, Jaws 2, Mad Max all came out) that really marked the beginning of the "blockbuster" era, which we still live in, defined by all the perpetual nostalgia sequels and so on.

[@harryainsworth9204]

@@aceman0000099 interesting stuff isnt it! thx for sharing

[@elektrik-fz4up]

He wasn’t recording!

[@aceman0000099]

Am I recording?

[@t-r3xy]

@aceman0000099 Can't tell because I can't see you.

[@NickKravitz]

The Guardian Angels were a vigilante community organization formed in 1979 to protect citizens against rampant subway crime in NYC. The West Village is currently one of the priciest areas of NYC but was dangerous in 1980. New Zealand completed its switch to metric in December 1976. Hollywoodland was a name for a real estate development in 1923; "land" was removed in 1949; the entire sign was replaced in 1978. Nice score Tom!

[@Chris-sv8ty]

Did gangs or groups of people really dress like the movie The Warriors in the 80s?

[@ApofKol]

We need that vigilante org to be a thing today lol

[@SamAronow]

@@Chris-sv8ty No. They did in the 1860s though.

[@july8xx]

@@ApofKolno we don’t, that same group are now harassing/assaulting immigrants claiming they are illegals and have indiscriminately been assaulting legal citizens. They are now nothing but a mob.

[@rockyroad7345]

The Guardian Angels spokesman was Curtis Sliwa and if I'm not mistaken, he ran for Mayor last time. I guess NYC is fine with all the crime today.

[@natha_ow]

10:25 The airplane behind the cars... 🙈😅 Happy Sunday! 🤗

[@releasemeeee]

I screamed at the screen the whole time! Air New Zealand 😂

[@jfluffydog2110]

Aeroplane *

[@natha_ow]

@@jfluffydog2110 depends on where you live and what dialect. Thanks, and much love 😘

[@YoloMenace001]

I didnt even see the plane there but the sign itself gave it away

[@natha_ow]

@@YoloMenace001 I didn't realize the sign 😅

[@dazzz12345678]

Had the pleasure of meeting Tom on a train today with my family. He's a top man in real life, just like he is in his videos. 👍👍

[@chrisball3778]

The Hollywood sign was originally an advertisement put up by a real estate company to promote the sale of land they owned in the Hollywood hills. The surrounding area had been known as Hollywood for some time, but their specific development was called 'Hollywoodland'. The sign became derelict and was going to be torn down in the 40's. But by that point it was a famous landmark, so the city decided to repair and preserve it. But they chose not to spend money saving the 'land' part, because 'Hollywood' was the place's name, but 'Hollywoodland' was just a defunct real estate scheme by then. The whole thing had become dilapidated again by the 70's and had to be completely replaced with more durable, but slightly smaller letters.

[@lisalally]

Don’t know how I found this channel but I’m thankful. ☺️ I’ve been binging these videos all week! Seeing places I’ll prob never see IRL, and learning along the way, AND this guys very entertaining in such a down to earth way. 😀🇮🇪

[@durabelle]

I'm a bit jealous of everyone new to the channel, just because you still have so much new entertainment to go through! This stuff, geo detectives, straight line missions, how not to travel series, tenner in a pocket vids, no roads missions etc. are all brilliant.

[@sapporoj6379]

Tom, watching from Japan. Can you try a Geowizard where you choose a random score goal (eg 14876) and you try to get as close to that score as possible. But you MUST score points on each round. Thanks for reading, if you did. Jay

[@dees3179]

Nice idea

[@SimplyUnprofessional]

10:34 According to google, new zealand began converting from imperial to metric measurements in 1969, and completed by 1976, so it's quite possible that sign was in miles

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

I checked the distances on Google Earth and it was indeed miles

[@Flopsaurus]

It's not "quite possible". The sign reads in miles. It says it right on there.

[@maciejbala477]

@@Flopsaurus yeah, I could see it quite clearly. Was surprised Tom didn't, he usually reads those small fonts better than me. I think he was just too confident that it's kilometers

[@booman351]

I sure loved hearing Split Enz as you were scrolling around New Zealand.

[@imogenx5668]

Same here! Impressed that Tom knew the song, knew a synth version, and took the time to put it in the NZ segment!

[@b1nary_f1nary]

@@imogenx5668 He makes his own synth music so he probably recorded that version himself :)

[@jonathanwishart9104]

I love that you played a 4 bit version of "I got you" by Split Enz on the New Zealand one.

[@GuanoLad]

New Zealand changed to km sometime in the 70s, I think. I remember dual numbers on the signs and in the car speedos for about a ten year span into the 80s as we transitioned.

[@gwts1171]

Loved the Split Enz "I Got You" in your own personal style, Tom!

[@barmetler]

The coronet peak text was on the same arrow that pointed to the north pole, and given that they put other places on different signs, you coulda guessed that that direction is pretty precise. I coulda told ya that you were gonna be _exactly_ south of the peak.

[@msdeadshark]

Loved the inclusion of the Split Enz tune!

[@motelghost477]

The Hollywoodland sign was erected in 1923 and was put up as an real estate advert. In 1978 the original wooden sign was replaced by a replica made of steel letters.

[@briangonigal3974]

Yes, it was never intended to be permanent, the “LAND” part just collapsed first and the rest stuck around long enough to gradually be seen as an iconic landmark worth preserving. For a long time it looked pretty good from far enough away, but if you see any close-up views from the late 60’s early 70’s it’s in pretty rough shape, and eventually it became impossible to hide the fact that it was just an ancient billboard rotting away.

[@noitallmanaz]

they removed "LAND" in 1949.

[@Junbav]

7:40 you would actually have to draw circles; 1809 miles away from Vancouver, 1729 from Melbourne, etc. then see where they cross

[@tom0m0]

Good idea You could also take the angle between the 2 signs and say that it is one angle of a triangle with the 2 cities and our location as the points. We can work out our location from that in a few ways. You could get a line around the world of all the points at the correct angle to those 2 cities; repeat for another pair of cities and see where those interect. My method would be for if you couldn't measure distance but could measure angles. Your method has a much much much lower margin of error. Maybe if you repeated my method for all the cities the errors would average out somewhat.

[@lsdengo1589]

I have been craving a TimeGuessr, GeoGuessr video for so long! Thank you!

[@NZTritium]

loved the split endz over the new zealand speed up, nice touch tom.

[@michaelfink64]

Yes, Australia and New Zealand used to use imperial measurements and changed to metric in the early 1970s. I am Australian and I remember when they changed the signs, they put little temporary "km" signs above the number so that you knew which units you were dealing with. Pretty sure I remember hearing that Hollywoodland was the name of a land development and so this was an advertisement for people to buy land in the area.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I just went on Timeguessr to play a bit and the first photo I get is of you at the South Carolina stadium haha

[@ryanmarsden1200]

I said it reminded me of The Warriors as soon as I saw it! What a film.

[@ae5668]

i thought blue oyster bar!

[@Geodanielgenius.]

0:02 "I wasn't recording"😂😂

[@horvatharon2083]

In the New Zealand round, you missed that there was also an airplane in the photo hinting that it was an airport.

[@wilkin976]

Yh and it says 'air' new Zealand on the sign

[@horvatharon2083]

​@@wilkin976yeah

[@vegancam]

Literally the first thing I noticed about the sign was it was topped with "Air New Zealand", so definitely at an airport. I'm shocked he didn't pick up on that.

[@Turvaldeon]

also the North Pole and the mountain were in the same direction, so it had to be directly south of it ...

[@autumnkeys]

@@vegancam You could read queensland airport at many points when he was zoomed out, his problem was zooming in lol, that and incorrectly assuming it was only 6 miles off

[@Norse_Code1]

Always remembered that the sun sets west from the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, Californication... "The sun may rise in the East, at least it settled in a final location"

[@kap1347]

Love the no cut content Tom. Just having fun.

[@Bnio]

Yeah, Tameike-sano station is smooshed between a lot of other well-known names in that area, which is where the parliament and ministries are, so it tends to get little real estate on the map.

[@johnleith3161]

As a memory aide for where the sun rises and sets remember it's like bread. It rises in the yeast and sets behind your vest.

[@thomasconway95]

T-Shirt the same colour as the TimeGuessr logo!

[@AndersBylund]

The sun may rise in the east, At least it settles in a fun location

[@Zennec_Fox]

16:03 The mosquito in room while I'm trying to sleep

[@Rudyyy01]

Easy way to remember where the sun comes up is to recite the lyrics to Californication: ‘the sun may rise in the east, at least it’s settled in a final location’

[@lordotori9063]

The first photo was taken by a photographer called "Bruce Davidson" he did a whole series documenting the subways in NYC :)

[@optifyoce7879]

Tom in the Queenstown round the 6km mark would have measured from the start of the road up the mountain, which is probably a distance away from the peak marked on the map. As well as this, the reason coronet peak is marked on the map even though it’s a slightly smaller mountain is because it’s a famous ski field.

[@rubberplant5012]

I'm really happy that you are working on GeoDetective. It's my favourite series. Waiting for it😅

[@098765Spencer]

As I watched this I kept saying "Its at an airport Tom" it literally says Air New Zealand and there's a step leader to enter planes in the picture.

[@T3Draco]

10:13 That distinctive mountain ridge has been seen by many over the years, it is the one from the fellowship of the ring where they travel along the side of a mountain ridge (there's a ski slope on the other side).

[@SlateTiara]

4:30 I would watch an episode with you being able to look up things ofcourse

[@readventurekids]

Me seeing the massive airport sign and the green cabin ladder sat there........... Aaaaaargh!

[@Evy-1988]

Split Enz! hahaha! nice one

[@tobiasthompson1635]

YES! was looking for a comment about that

[@5alpha23]

Can we please have a petition of Tom getting a secondary camera set up always filming him from the side to catch these precious "unrecorded" moments?

[@shortpitched713]

If I could love this video, instead of liking it, I would. So much nostalgia, mostly for places and times I've never experienced. And then you throw in the Pokemon GSC Surf music too.

[@ethohalfslab]

New Zealand used the imperial system until the 1970s

[@lfccat.]

Googling is such a good idea!! Looking forward to the detective video Tom!

[@Jabbatan]

Mate as a kiwi I was cringing at the Queenstown one, I knew the exact spot and was just screaming in my mind that it was at the Queenstown airport, to be fair I have spent a lot of time in Queenstown

[@RyanYoxo]

Tbh any sane person would of picked the airport from the little silver plane on the sign and the big obvious “air New Zealand” I would of guessed Queenstown because I’m a snowboarder tho haha

[@RyanYoxo]

Tbh any sane person would of picked the airport from the little silver plane on the sign and the big obvious “air New Zealand” I would of guessed Queenstown because I’m a snowboarder tho haha

[@Jabbatan]

@@RyanYoxo this is also true

[@Chris-e5r]

Mate no offence but New Zealand is at the corner of the world

[@Jabbatan]

@@Chris-e5r the world is a sphere… spheres don’t have corners

[@benwilson089]

Yes we used to work in miles in NZ...I can see both Coronet Peak ski field and the airport from my house 😁

[@eily_b]

Guardian Angels shirts in the subway are a BIG giveaway. I would have guessed NYC, 1980

[@TheStarBlack]

That was lucky...could even say you're up all night to get lucky

[@MrToucana]

Well played ! It wouldn’t have helped here, but it’s worth knowing that 山 san/yama in Japanese usually means a ‘mountain ’- (In Chinese too). Here 山王 Sanno is the alternate name of the nearby Hie Shinto shrine, and 溜池 Tameke refers to a reservoir that once covered the area. Tameke-Sanno subway station opened in 1997.

[@TPH250290]

From the previous versions I remember you doing of this, you were a lot closer with the years this time. In previous videos you were 10+ years off on some guesses.

[@FalconX88]

Tom ignoring the "Air New Zealand" sign...

[@scorcher165]

i dont know if it was intentional but at 15:40 you sounded really from the west country when saying "that made me feel better aswell" haha

[@bambulkomccloud3983]

The distances to the North Pole (and other cities) on the sign made it pretty obvious that the distances are in miles and not kilometers.

[@Flopsaurus]

And that fact that the sign says "miles"

[@darraghchapman]

Split Enz! No wonder his original stuff is so good.

[@MaquiladoraIII]

I would have plumped for 2001 on the Daft Punk one, my reasoning being the Japanese animation used on Discovery.

[@DonMas-car-pone]

I'm so hyped now about that Geo Detective video coming on 🤪

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

I want a T-shirt! "I wasn't recording. Are you happy?"

[@scottphillips2555]

This channel is just unbelievably entertaining - you’re a legend, Tom.

[@leafbelly]

New Zealand used the imperial system of measurement until 1976, so it most likely was in miles.

[@zrny]

"Are we recording?" "No we dont, damn!"

[@mosmarb]

You could see Ginza, Chiyoda and Marunouchi lines at that Tokyo station. Marunouchi is in Chiyoda too so somewhere around that area would've scored a little bit higher but you weren't too far off anyway - you plonked near Shinjuku station and that has a lot of converging train lines too.

[@George_Bland]

Your confused face was hilarious when you were watching your own video lol

[@nedsat_ned]

You should make more videos with multiple Tom's. Reacting to yourself that was great!

[@bobojo6447]

Really like this game. Feels surreal

[@petronellaford-eo3hk]

Your mouse was really loud today! Also you have inspired me to sign up to Geoguesser. It's been 3 days and what I have discovered is that you make it look easy and I am dumber than I thought! :)

[@patrickcooper1366]

That scroll wheel is fighting for its life

[@607]

Woah, had you ever heard of the Guardian Angels thing? I hadn't, it's fascinating. Wow, I thought they were '60s cars! (I'm surprised because for once I was closer than Tom) I really enjoyed this!

[@enigma9789]

I was yelling, ITS AN AIRPORT, THERE IS A PLANE. haha

[@monum]

"New Zealand started metrication in 1969 with the establishment of the Metric Advisory Board (MAB) and completed metrication on 14 December 1976." Wikipedia. That sign is from before 1969 it seems.

[@dewnl8389]

if coronets peak and the north pole were on the same sign it would mean that coronets would've been directly north above the location

[@БорисИванов-ф8о]

thank you for a video! You have great West Midlands accent!))

[@RainbowTreeMusic]

For Japan those numbers on the signs are the exit numbers for the specific station, and the line names are the colored circles there. Not all the signs look the same though so you just have to learn the general style. Fortunately train signs in Japan all have English on them as well. You can make it out easier in Japanese but the lines are Ginza (銀座線), Nanboku(南北線), Chiyoda (千代田線), and Marunouchi (丸ノ内線). If you can find those lines and where they all intersect you'll come across the station.

[@mytbchnl]

The Hollywoodland pictures is definitely not from 1923. The car is at least 2 years more recent, probably a 1927/1928 Chevrolet. A car specialist could be more accurate

[@Eli-yu1tv]

The googling idea sounds fun

[@tinderbox218]

“There is the sun setting in the…???…west.” - Geography expert

[@jimg492]

Love the video. You can definitely look too far in to things, there's a balance between being hasty and being thorough

[@tsukuyomin]

Would actually be cool to see a perfect score with googling. Sounds like a great video idea.

[@qwertyb00b]

Sat watching this in a car park with a view of Coronet Peak and the Remarkables (the mountains in the background of the photo). Wild times

[@ongabonga123]

Was at that exact spot in dubai last week during my vacation. i felt dizzy seeing it in your video, what a coincidence lol

[@chrishoopmann]

The third round was pretty easy for me - I lived in Queenstown and worked at Coronet Peak ski field for 3 years. That image looks like a postcard which I now want to find!

[@MrHenkkkie]

10:10 I am amazed you didn't recognise it as a airport. With the international destinations, the word 'air' and airplanes...

[@fourQQ]

Tom and Sundays go hand in hand

[@slash196]

You knew Coronet Peak had to be DIRECTLY NORTH of the spot. What the heck man?!

[@ftgv1]

Yes, would be great to see googling rounds !

[@RealTal.]

He Finally wasnt recording.... a historic moment today folks

[@martineichner7161]

Timeguessr will always get a thumbs up and a comment from me. I love this :)

[@Donanzador]

@7:16 Pretty sure all distances on that sign are in miles. It's about 15000 km to North Pole from there.

[@EranuUvavu]

Timeguessr is sooo disappointing when you get to the nitty-gritty level. Several times I’ve located the exact location of places in my home town, only to be greeted by a message that my result was 103 meters from the correct location.

[@N312RB]

The developer has said it’s because he has to geo stamp each location manually

[@Shaquille69355]

Would love to see a googling episode of this.

[@petere.9138]

“Reminds me of The Warriors” Pretty damn close year-wise. Tom, also check out the Bronx Warriors/Escape From The Bronx.

[@kelthulhu]

Covid cases are 3x higher right now than in summer of 2020 but sure. "Hopefully we never have to wear those things again." some of us never stopped. Some of us are immunocompromised and have been wearing them during flu season since before the pandemic ever started.

[@mille_fiori]

I hear ‘there will be a “Geo-detective” video soon’.... I've never clicked ‘like’ so early!

[@rezz6553]

Great thing to do after each stage is go into Google Maps and compare how things have changed. The Hollywood hills one would’ve been a great one to look at.

[@BodywiseMustard]

Holy crap - he wasn't recording!

[@hoot_645]

Hey Tom I've seen your videos for a few months now and I love it. I'd be down for perfect score time guesser