Scavengeroogle: A Google Maps Scavenger Hunt To Waste More Of Your Time On

Urgh! Hey roogles, quickly: I actually had meant to put up a clue yesterday but as the day wore on I wasn’t able to sit down to make up a clue. Didn’t help that it was a long weekend. Too much wine. Shuckso! Wednesday would have been the first “all day” clue. Anyhow, hope you will keep checking back. Still figuring out the mailing list too. I should have a clue up on Friday if not sooner. And thank you to those who are sending in clues, it is very heartening to get them in the mail. =)

P.S: Awhile ago I got a whole load of people from Poland in my referrer stats. So if you are visiting Scavengeroogle and are from there, hello and welcome belatedly! And please don’t hesitate to send in clues from your neck of the woods…

This time the server was OK but my webmail went down, making me think that everyone was out of town and not playing. Then, suddenly mail went back up and I got all the messages dumped on me at once. A few new players in the mix, and it was pretty much split on whether or not you needed to know it was in England. I thought long and hard about a word clue… and I knew that if you weren’t careful you’d go to Missouri, Marshall, etc. Hence the “foot only” clue. Yeah, I played soccer in high school. (Side note: I really don’t like American Football, but I won’t get into that) Anyhow, here are some notes from you:

Don R was first on the board:

Good ol’ Googly Eyes! Started out with MU football, taking me to Missouri University in Columbia. But then I started thinking about the “foot only” part of the clue and realized we were talking about soccer, which the greater world calls “football.” MU football had to mean Manchester United in England. Found the location for the MU stadium (Old Trafford) and started scouting the area. Found Googly Eyes a bit to the east/southeast. Nice!

Richard J did a bit of herring research first:

How long it took: It took me about 40 minutes. I spent about 30 minutes looking through Kansas City and Columbia, Missouri since I associated MU with University of Missouri. Then you dropped the England Clue and I immediately thought Manchester United soccer.

Justin said:

The clue refers to Manchester United, a team that plays the lesser form of football known to us in the U.S. as soccer. I didn’t start until after the region drop, which made finding this pretty easy. It took less than ten minutes.

Hehe, you said “lesser” football… I think it might be the other way around for a lot of non-US folks… Andy K was glad for the region clue:

The regional drop was a lifesaver. For some reason I just could not get out of the US. Very clever clue, easy to get stuck on the wrong concept

as was Jason C:

Took about 10 mins. Started after region drop. Would have started in Missouri if not for region drop. Been too busy lately to play. Good to get one in b4 the holiday weekend.

and Ken S:

The region drop saved me. It immediately looked like a dorm complex. I searched every “MU” (Marshall, Miami, Mansfield, Millersville, etc.) in the states but had no hits for England until the region drop. (45 minutes)

Huh, I didn’t think that but it IS sorta setup like some dorms. Also, I think that searching for “MU Football” gave one England hit about 2 or 3 pages into google searching… I sorta banked on that to provide some difficulty.

Jon G said:

Took about 2 minutes. Immediately thought of Man. United with all the news about the Glazer family lately. Happy 4th of July all!

I actually didn’t even know about that since I don’t keep up with English Football that much… Adam M said:

Manchester, England! I was looking around the US at first, but I found it in less than a minute of reading the region hint.

Moose also plays soccer. We should start up a Roogle Soccer league… I am kidding. I have grown two left feet since high school…

Well, once I was looking in the right country, this was pretty easy. I play a little soccer, so I figured out pretty quickly that MU - Manchester United. Just searched around Manchester, and found it within 5 minutes. I would’ve made it sooner, but I had a meeting for the first hour of ‘Roogle play today. I’m excited about the day-long clues now.

Mike M actually got to play today, seeing as for once I didn’t use one of his submitted clues!

day off from work, forgot about ‘roogle until 1.5 hrs in, found it pretty quickly…less than 2min, but that was after the region drop

Mike, a side note: I believe you are the originator of the “roogle” abbreviation… is that right? I was going to give you credit in the FAQ. It is hell of easier to say ‘Roogle than Scavengeroogle…

Golux13 notes:

5-10 minutes. I didn’t need the region clue drop, though I did spend a minute or two checking out Marquette University. Since I quickly figured out that football meant soccer, Manchester United was an easy find. Then the only tough part was wandering around the sat images of Machester until I found the target.

Thanks everyone for playing. I keep saying this, but I really appreciate you all coming to check out the site once in awhile and spending your time searching for clues. OK, have a good long weekend everybody, and see you on… well, I’ll see you when I see you!

Solution to “Googly Eyes”

Ah, fun and joyous Friday. Going into a longer weekend, hope you are all gearing up for fun times and fireworks. The emoticon guy in this photo sure doesn’t look ready for a fourth of july though. He looks surprised, and his mouth is giving us the old “meh” treatment. Someone cheer him up, please. Maybe by finding him in the googlemap and bringing him along to your BBQ!

So anyhow, remember this is our last “scheduled” clue. From now on (until I decide on the mailing list) you’ll have to come check the site to see if a new clue has been put up. I still think it will be better all around. In particular, I’m looking forward to seeing some of you roogling here who otherwise would be at work or busy (or asleep) during the normal clue time.

Anyhow, for word clues… I made this one up myself. Checked it a few times, did a refind. I think it may be of average difficulty. We shall see. Mr. Googly Eyes is visible from quite far out, which should ease scavengeroogling a bit. You can see him at 14/18, barely. OK, here you go:

“MU football, foot only”

What? Yeah… now go out there and make me proud. Don’t do it for me, do it for the Gipper. A Scavengeroogle in the hand is worth two in the bush. And so forth. Look for a region drop if there is difficulty… Happy 4th!

[Edit: 9:45 PDT - My email was down so I thought that when it became available there would be solutions waiting. Instead, not a one! You must all be on vacay by now. In any case, region drop: England]

[Edit: 10:30 PDT - I just discovered my farking email was backed up until now… which is why I didn’t get any solutions. Remember, I have to update by hand.]

Clue Name : “Googly Eyes”
Submitted by: Scavengeroogle Admin
Status : Solved (15)
Duration: Fri 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDT

Solved By: Don R, Richard J, Chris K, Justin, Andy K, Jason C, Jon G, Ken S, Adam M, Moose, Mike M,J P, Mike B, Judy B, Golux13

Word Clues : “MU football, foot only”
Magnification Needed: 14/18

SOLUTION TO “Googly Eyes”