Can you name the Google Maps' landmarks rendered in 8-bit graphics? by MrChewypoo

Can you name the Google Maps' landmarks rendered in 8-bit graphics?

created by MrChewypoo

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Correctly named places of interest will show up below
Source: Google Maps
The first one's a toughie. You can specify the landmark OR the city (if applicable). Several alternates are accepted.
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Simplify Your World: 8-bit Google Maps Landmarks Quiz

by MrChewypoo

Created Apr 4, 2012 in Geography
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	NaturalStateReb:	Apr 4th, 2012 at 15:47 GMT		8 points
	Is MIT really in the same category as the Taj Mahal? It's nice to give the alma mater a shout-out, but it may be out of place here.

	coulraphobic123:	Apr 4th, 2012 at 15:52 GMT		9 points
	Yeah that one was pretty difficult and out of place. Also, I think Roswell should be acceptable for Area 51 (I know they're different, but it's just another well known UFO site)

	druhutch:	Apr 4th, 2012 at 15:54 GMT		7 points
	This is why an example of why I love your quizzes. Amazing. Everything's so much easier in 8-bit. (I agree with coulraphobic123, Roswell and Area 51 are two different places but according to the internet they both have aliens picking up cows.)

	MrChewypoo:	Apr 4th, 2012 at 16:36 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for the input! I have swapped out MIT/John Hancock Tower and added a few more alternate answers. Sorry Boston!

	AuroraIllumina:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 02:13 GMT		0 points
	Nice quiz made out of an April Fools joke. Anyways, "Athens" didn't work as an alternate answer.

	PurppuraSuihku:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 11:21 GMT		4 points
	Strange flashbacks of playing computer games in the 80's entered my mind when I scrolled up and down. I have one suggestion, maybe you could accept just "Burj Arab" altough it might be grammatically incorrect, since you accepted Neuschwanstein when I was just halfway thru the word.

	JaguarGator9:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 13:52 GMT		-4 points
	Please accept Roman Coliseum for Colosseum.

	jewilsey:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 14:41 GMT		4 points
	Please accept Neuschwanstein or Neuschwanstein Castle. It only seems to work if you put in Neuschwanstein Castle Schwangau Germany.

	rockgolf:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 14:54 GMT		3 points
	Shame on Google! It's Rogers Centre, not Roger's Centre. Great quiz, tho.

	MrChewypoo:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 15:01 GMT		5 points
	Added some more variants. Sorry about Neuschwanstein... I don't know HOW I misspelled that one! Thanks for the Editor's Pick, RobPro, and a warm welcome as the new Geography Editor! The world is at your feet!

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	Radinden:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 15:14 GMT		9 points
	Slightly surprised how few people are getting Buenos Aires, given that it says it in the picture...

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	lbr218:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 18:08 GMT		0 points
	I love that my school has an 8-bit landmark on Google Maps! http://i.imgur.com/wNSDY.png

	alphadog:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 19:05 GMT		2 points
	I feel like I'm playing Pokemon in real life. Very original and cool idea

	uphillrunner:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 20:50 GMT		2 points
	For some reason the pixelly photos remind me of a Lego version of each of these landmarks. :/ Lego and architecture nerd

	StupidBunny:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 22:42 GMT		2 points
	That first one stumped me.

	Jojo8:	Apr 5th, 2012 at 23:28 GMT		2 points
	Lego/architecture lovers: nano blocks are tiny building sets featuring many of these landmarks.

	SomeoneRandom:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 00:43 GMT		2 points
	I tried twenty different spellings of Colosseum. Unfortunately, none of them were correct.

	MePerson:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 01:31 GMT		3 points
	It says Buenos Aires behind the Cabildo. :B

	MikeHQ:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 01:49 GMT		-3 points
	Could you please accept Kremlin or Moscow Kremlin? That's what I was trying. Thanks

	itsacon:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 02:38 GMT		-1 points
	Please accept Rapa Nui for Easter Island, also Castle Neuschwanstein since that's the direct translation of Schloss Neuschwanstein. Also, I never understand about Chichen Itza. You have a Mayan step-pyramid, not even a photograph of it, but a poor representation of it. How is one different from another? You need to accept every Mayan site out there.

	Deeisenberg:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 03:26 GMT		4 points
	So the least guessed answer has the answer in the picture...

	bazmerelda:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 09:41 GMT		3 points
	I was certain the archway was Whitby. I suppose the St. Louis one is a little bigger now that I've seen it.

	VanNostrand:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 16:58 GMT		2 points
	There are no trees on Easter Island. The Rapa Nui allegedly cut them all down creating the Moai.

	ChileNoseJam:	Apr 6th, 2012 at 18:04 GMT		4 points
	@Deeisenberg - it does if you have extremely good eyesight! There was no way I could have read that. Also, why does it accept "Neuschwan" for the castle? That's not the full name - it's like accepting "Bucking" for the palace.

	FibeDaraEggurow:	Apr 7th, 2012 at 04:37 GMT		3 points
	Please accept moai for Easter Island.

	adamnvillani:	Apr 7th, 2012 at 06:57 GMT		3 points
	I second the request to accept "moai" for Easter Island --- that's what's actually depicted. I would also take "Rapa Nui."

	LacsiraxAriscal:	Apr 7th, 2012 at 10:27 GMT		1 point
	This was great.... I loved 8-bit Google Maps so much I bookmarked, so I'd never lose it :)

	walkalong:	Apr 7th, 2012 at 22:08 GMT		1 point
	Perhaps you could accept "lake moster" for Loch Ness Monster because that same image was used in Lake Champlain, Vermont in the USA to depict the local lake monster, Champ. Or maybe accept "Champ" as an alternate answer

	Mademoiselle:	Apr 8th, 2012 at 20:40 GMT		4 points
	Please could you accept "Nessie" for the Loch Ness Monster? That's the nickname we often give it in the UK.

	Evil44:	Apr 12th, 2012 at 14:46 GMT		1 point
	There are no flying saucers at Area 51, just a small research base with a runway. Conspiracy theorists bug me.

	benjyfortna:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 21:04 GMT		1 point
	you accept city names on most of them, but it didn't accept "saint louis" for some reason. anyway, great quiz :)

	someone0:	Feb 15th, 2013 at 10:03 GMT		1 point
	i missed 5 of these. 4 of them are in the usa. lol.