I like how they blurred out the faces of two of the fake easter island statues, but not the other five, as if to imply that those two specifically requested to be anonymous
in this case, the map wouldn't just be upside down, but mirrored. i mean, i can imagine a world in which people choose to read maps upside down alright, but mirrored? that's just too funny...
funnily enough, stationary tourist maps at sights in Japan are actually pretty often flipped to be read looking up from where the reader is standing. it's the only country I've ever been to where that's a pretty regular occurrence. not here, of course, but it's a very tom thing to accidentally come to a correct conclusion for entirely wrong reasons.
@@stephano6793 I don't think he meant it was NZ, just that Maori and Rapa Nui are both Polynesian languages so it "sounded Kiwi". But idk. Sometimes he does say weird things lol, like the last round being a copy of Colosseum.
As the map maker I can 100% confirm the amphitheatre is the original, it also exists in GeoGuessr's famous places map. Glad you enjoyed the map and hope everyone else learns something new too! Was a lot of fun to make (I'm also always open to people messaging me with new replica location ideas!)
Small correction: The moai statues on Easter Island didn't sink into the ground over time, they were deliberately buried up to their necks by their builders (some, not all of them).
The statues were first carved at the top of the hill, then they used the steep slope to turn the statues upright. Some of them broke during this process, and they were already slightly below ground level as part of the righting process, they were then abandoned. There used to be a lot of other statues around the island, but most of them were knocked down after european contact( the islanders were thoroughly shaken by disease, and the dutch shooting them up, so the islanders pinned this on their gods failing them, and knocked down the statues). but as the statues on that hill were already abandoned and had no significance, they were left alone.
The theater one was just hard, there are hundreds of them all around the Mediterranean. Kinda impossible to figure it out unless you’re really into it.
yea Tom's just confused at 26:00. maybe not hundreds but there's a number of roman theatres, been to few myself. like wouldn't the existence of ancient looking theatre just automatically mean it's not "the" but "an" original, like who'd copy one? it'd be ridiculous amount of effort for not much gain, modern people don't want to sit outside on stone seats. well maybe some rich weirdo outside europe
There is only one reason I got that one right: I happened to be reading about Ephesus just yesterday. It's the only time I've ever been lucky at this game.
The amphitheater is 100% the original. But there was a amphitheater in most Greek/Roman cities with different sizes and designs. Most of them look really cimilar.
Is it a very famous amphitheater? Since the map is very famous places and supposed to have a lookalike for each place i imagine they should all be very well known spots. But i feel like alot of amphitheaters look just like that, so wouldnt a “lookalike” for it just be another amphitheater? I guess unless that specific one has had a copy made of it.
@@reanbowlerd5988 Yeah that was the Ephesus Amphitheatre. Ephesus was one of the major cities during it's time and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Turkey. Library of Celsus in Ephesus is also quite famous. Also Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders was in Ephesus.
Actually a lot used the almost same exact designs after 140s AD. The architect/engineer Pseumius popularized a design for amphitheaters by building one in modern day Zagreb and Slovenia in the 140s AD. The designs were extremely efficient resource and money wise, and seemed to be as impressive and beautiful as any other theatres, so roman governors tried to copy his designs and convince local architects and builders to try them. I made this all up by the way
It is just a theatre, not an amphitheatre! The amphitheatre goes all the way around a central stage, whereas the theatre is just a semicircle. They had different uses as well; an amphitheatre would house fighting or sport events, while theatres would be for drama, music, and so on :)
"Do Japanese people read maps upside-down?" has got to be the Tom quote of the year. I edged you out today, Tom, but I had the advantage of having played this map a few weeks ago and the replica moai was a repeat for me. I had guessed in Okinawa the first time but this time I remembered where it was and got a full 5000 on that round. I also got close to 5k on the original moai and on Taipei 101. Had bad scores on the replica Taj Mahal and on the amphitheater; on the latter I saw the name Mehmet right away and was thinking Turkey but then managed to convince myself the ruins looked Roman rather than Greek and so were more likely to be in North Africa and put the guess down in Timgad.
"Easter Island" - when you zoomed it you could see "Isla de Pascua", it's spanish translation because this island belongs to Chile. Knowing that it belongs to Chile helps finding it. Also knowing that Easter in french is Pâques (sounds similar to Pascua) makes it easier to understand what's happening on the map without knowing spanish.
I know some Spanish but wouldn't have remembered pascua either, it's not a word that comes up often. but thought Tom would've recognized "rapa nui" and "moai" though?
@Snooks I know some Spanish and though I am not of Italian descent, my grandmother lived in an area with lots of Italian nonnas who would pinch us grandkids on the cheeks and give us pastries when we would visit at Easter time and say "Buona Pasqua".
@@JamesRoberts-r5v Uh, no. "Pascua" comes from Pesach, which is the name of the holiday of Passover in Hebrew. "Passover" is a back-formation formed from the idea that, as the story goes, the Angel of Death *passed over* the houses of the people who painted them with lamb's blood. And "Easter" comes from the name of a Germanic goddess of spring.
"Don't know what that big lake is doing" that's Ranu Kau, and that's no ordinary lake! It's a CRATER lake! Ranu Kau is a dormant volcano, one of the three main volcanoes on the island, the other two being Terevaka and Poike. These three extinct volcanoes formed the island, hence why the island is shaped like a triangle. In the Rapa Nui culture, the ceremonial center of Orongo is found at the southwestern tip of Ranu Kau. Orongo is where the people did a ritual every year of swimming to the islet of Motu Nui, pick up the first sooty tern/manu tara egg of the season, and then bring it back undamaged while climbing up to the village Gotta say, it was nice of this civilization to collapse so Squidward could have a home
The city of Split in Croatia was built around a Roman emperors, Diocletianus, palace. It still stands to this day and is one of the best preserved works of Roman architecture.
Thanks Tom for all the content you create for us. I think you are my biggest discovery on youtube in long years of using the platform. Humble, charismatic, with a great sense of humour and always outdoing yourself in every idea and plan you think about. And best of all, your content also makes me learn something new. I just wish we could have 1 video a day, I would never tire myself. Thanks again!
I’ve been watching for probably about 4 years now and just want to say thank you for always being yourself, Tom. There’s nothing better than seeing a creator as passionate, charismatic, and genuine as you. Love watching your videos!! Hope you’re doing well!
Tom zooming in on Easter Island and then going back to the Cook and Pitcairn Islands was just...painful. This is why it helps to know another language, in this case Spanish. Pascua means Easter. It showed Spanish because Easter Island is a special territory of Chile. Hanga Roa (means "wide bay" in the local indigenous language) is just a name of a town on the island. The indigenous name of Easter Island is Rapa Nui, which you can see written on the woman at 3:22. Considering this round was posted a few days after a wildfire that caused irreparable damage to some of those statues...pretty bad timing. And to be fair to your guess, Moai statues aren't just in one location on the island. A lot of spots along the coast have them
"What stamp, what mark did [the Romans] make [on Croatia]?" While looking directly at the city of Split, the former capital of Roman Dalmatia, where the Palace of Diocletian is, was fairly amusing
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) did have its own writing system, a script called 'Rongorongo'. Unfortunately due to the near destruction of the island's people in the 19th century by disease and slave raids, all knowledge of how to read it has been lost, and efforts by linguists to decipher it have so far failed. Croatia has lots of Roman ruins, including one of the best preserved amphitheatres anywhere, at Pula. The structure shown, in Ephesus, Turkey, is just a theatre, though, as it was originally used for plays. Amphitheatres were the ones used for gladiatoral games and beast hunts, etc. and were oval or circular, while theatres are semicircular because they have the stage at one end. The 'amphi' part of the word 'amphitheatre' refers to the fact that it was round and allowed for viewing in both directions, like how the same prefix in the word 'amphibian' refers to animals that can live both in water and on land. The Colosseum is the nickname given specifically to the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with the actual video, but thanks to your videos, I was the only one in my class that could correctly identify Algeria based on it's outline 😂
The statues didn't sink like in because of their weight. The island was heavily forested, and when it was all cut down, erosion and sediment displacement interred the statues.
I actually visited the last location with my school a few of years ago. It’s a historic site that isn’t a replica. It’s just an old greek theater, there are many like it. If there is a copy in this Geoguessr map I reckon it’s a copy of a greek theater in general and not this one in particular.
That amphitheater looked immediately obvious to me and I couldn't work out why at first. Once we saw the full location it clicked that I had visited it 20 years ago as a young teen on a family holiday!
The first one made me almost go mad! It said Isla de Pascua on the map, which is Spanish for Easter island. Hanga Roa is its only town (with a harrowing history). Rapa Nui is the islands indigenous name as others have pointed out ☺️ The moai statues indeed have bodies (but no legs!), though they haven’t sunken into the ground up to their necks - they were buried. Originally they all had pukao (little hats). ☺️ Rapa Nui is a national park and world heritage site that is only since very recently back in the hands on the Rapa Nui (the people), to manage their own landscape.
20:50 I've been there twice (Ephesus) and as soon as I saw the place I was like wait I know this haha. This is an awesome site to visit, as Celsus library is quite impressive and there are a lot of well preserved houses and places. But be warned : it gets really hot in summer, like over 40°C quite easily ^^
The butterfly poster being an upside down (and mirrored, even!) map was pure gold! And yeah, the red text was japanese as well. It was mostly hard to read but you could make out some characters.
he did recognise the katakana as Japanese, it's the hiragana he didn't recognise, which I find very odd, because Japanese is maybe the only language that mixes 3 completely looking different alphabets like that and I would think pros would recognise/know this already.
The Ephesos Theatre (Not colosseum or amphitheatre, that is something totally different) is not the original. The original is the Dyonisos Theatre in Athens.
Glad to see it still hurts more than a year later Tom! To be honest we've payed more than enough for that win in Euros. Love your channel, ciao from Italy!
I've been watching rainbolt playing geogussr and it made me realise that you, Thomas, are actually a mere human being. Rainbolt reels off country after country having seen the image for 0.1 seconds. I think he's AI from the future.
The Pula Arena (Croatian: Pulska Arena; Italian: Arena di Pola) is a Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. It is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers entirely preserved. It was constructed between 27 BC and AD 68, and is among the world's six largest surviving Roman arenas. The arena is also the country's best-preserved ancient monument.
For the Easter Island one, they did change their name to Rapa Nui. The Fall of Civilisations podcast did an episode on it and it's honestly one of the best stand alone historical pieces done ever. I highly recommend it. Give it a listen and you’ll never forget the name again.
Oh, so that's where I got it in my YT feed. Yes, definitely second the Fall of Civilisations recommendation. It is much more than a podcast, I'd call it an audio documentary. They have a terrific blend of historic facts, cultural artefacts and various writing examples of poets of that time. They include music which is appropriate for the region they are discussing; they even hire a voice actor to read the original poem in the modern language closest to the original language in addition to just translating the poem. They really-really do an amazing job of giving you a sense of how would it feel to be a person living in the society they are describing
There was also a podcast/talk from The Long Now foundation about Easter Island. That's where I know some of the history/theories from. I totally didn't remember that it was also Rapa Nui, though I knew there was some dark history to Rapa Nui, as well. Only playing this game made me learn that they are one in the same.
Fun fact(s): The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) natives did have a written language, but it has yet to be deciphered to this day. That pic was taken at Rano Raraku, which is where the Moai were actually quarried. Lastly, one of the Moai in the picture has what appears to be a European sailing vessel carved on it, making it one of the more enigmatic examples on the island and presenting more questions than answers 🗿
11:00 Random Japanese here! The sign says 「芝養成のため、しばらくの間立入りをご遠慮下さい。」which roughly translates to “Please keep out from this area since we are in the process of growing turf.”
In a language that he doesnt speak? It must be a bit hilarious or frustrating to see people look for an answer that would be very apparent if they had the same tools as you, but you cant expect him to know every language or sum
@@reanbowlerd5988 Whoa, settle down pal. I literally just googled "Pascua" because I don't speak Spanish (I think it’s Spanish?), but I thought that's what it might have said
Ive been to that theater to see an opera just a few weeks back! The atmosphere is amazing and seeing it here really surprised me. The crane was still there too which is funny imo.
For the sign at 11:00, it's definitely all Japanese. Can't quite make it all out but there's definitely しばらく and 下さい at least, and the first kanji looks like it could be 芝 (grass/turf) even though it's very skinny, but it would make sense seeing as the sign is probably asking you not to step on the grass or something.
Love the Geoguessr content. I prefer Tom over the super pros like Rainbolt or Chicago because Tom is good, but as a viewer it feels like with enough practice I can achieve this level. While Rainbolt surely is impressive, but not as engaging for me as there's no chance I can ever be that good. And Tom is funny and talks more about what he's thinking, wich makes for better content.
I was in Efesus this summer, so it was pretty aweasome to me to finally see the sphere where I can pinpoint the location within 30 seconds :) This whole ancient Roman city actually is one of the largest and and in best condition around the mediterenian! Aweasome place, 100% worth visiting. They even have Roman Condo in a decent state where decorations on walls and floor still present.
Just for future reference: Amphitheatres go all the way around, like the Colosseum The ones that are sort of "semi circles" are theatres The first ones you use for gladiators, the others for plays
Hello from Taipei! Good spot on 101 immediately. I can confirm that folks here are still proud of the tower holding the record for world's tallest for six years (Burj Khalifa overtook it in 2010). It still might hold the record for largest indoor damper thingy that helps stabilize the structure during earthquakes!
@@seethrough_treeshrew Except that Tom speaks a fair bit of many European languages. More than most US Americans, at least. It's just that the Spanish word for Easter isn't common, and isn't at all Latin sounding (being from Hebrew, originally, for Passover), so it's not something someone with casual Spanish would typically know.
@@thewiseturtle - It's actually spelled _exactly_ like the Latin word "pascua" meaning "grazing" (different meaning and etymology, but a word with the exact same spelling existed in Latin, so I'm not sure why you think "it isn't at all Latin sounding"). And it's probably more common in Spanish (and in Romance languages in general - although the spelling varies a bit) than "Easter" is in English (Easter is a bigger thing in Catholic countries). But, of course, it's not similar to the _English_ word at all, so if he didn't know it he wouldn't associate the two. I would have expected him to recognise "Rapa Nui" or at least "Moai", though.
I saw the amphitheater at Ephesus on a tour, so this was the first site I recognized. Took me a while to figure it out. Our tour guide says roughly one tourist a day wipes out on the stairs and breaks something. Those old stone stairs are slick as a mofo.
It's more like the land has piled up around them instead of them sinking into it. They're really interesting because they're actually more than just rock heads. They have (or had in some cases) a large underground component and there were massive stone hats perched on top of many of them. What we're seeing is just the top bits.
Amazing how Tom can recognise the subtlest clues, but happily scrolls past both "Easter Island Eco Lodge" and "Rapa Nui" which was written on the woman's sarong, as well as failing to connect "Isla de Pascua" with "Easter Island"!
I'm a crane operator, and that crane is a flat top tower crane built by Comansa which is a Spanish company. Their cranes are typically painted in a red white and blue color scheme.
You Passed over and mentioned Pitcairn Island, That's where Fletcher Christian and the rest of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty ended up and spent the rest of their lives, Everyone on the island now are direct descendants of the original crew.
We only a few surviving examples of the writing of the inhabitants of Easter Island. No one has been able to translate it because there simply is not enough of it to puzzle out what it means. You can search the term Rongorongo Tablets to read more about it
Hey Tom FYI there was a high-pitched whistle in the audio of this. And I'm 31 so it wasn't one of those that only the younglings can hear. Great video though all the same!
Finally, some more pieces of information that will never find a use in my entire lifetime to learn! Jokes aside, that's what geography is and that's why I love it. Shame I'm so alone in this kind of thing.
Actually in Pula in Crotia is one of the biggest Amphitheater, so your guess was not that bad and also you were right about Croatia having an Amphitheater
The last one is the real one. One of the oldest BIG theater remaining, quite all theaters where destroyed by byzantins or improved to amphitheaters by Roman so huge Greek cities like Ephesus are not common out of Greece
You said in one video, the „how not to travel..“ videos didn’t do so well. For me the reason might be the title. I remember seeing the video many times recommended by youtube but never clicked on it even though I watched your other content. Until you recommended it and it was amazing. If the title had a positive spin like: „the most social way to travel“ or „the most exceptional ways to travel“… Who has similar ideas?
That's crazy, I just played this map yesterday with my girlfriend, some of the locations were quite funny. But one weird thing I noticed was the convenience of the rounds, I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but I kept getting the real and the fake within the same game or right after I start up the next game. Always a good day when Tom uploads.. super excited for How Not to Travel the US!
@@jlt131 Not the greatest odds imo. But it was like Mont st michel, then copy, golden state bridge, macchu pichu, then similar to macchu pichu. Next game was Easter island, then Japan copy, some random 2, then the Turkish Amphitheatre with the next game leading off with the miniature amphitheater replica. Just seemed too convenient to be random odds. I’m not really a math guy but 1/60 is 1.6% odds, to have 2 in succession like that wild.
@@theohenderson192 it's not 1/60 though. You play round one, there are 4 more rounds. That's a 4/59 chance the pair of the first one comes up, which is just a tad better than a 1/15 chance. When you mix in the odds of any of the 5 having their pair pop up (not just the first one) that increases even more.
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I like how they blurred out the faces of two of the fake easter island statues, but not the other five, as if to imply that those two specifically requested to be anonymous
No, those two are alive
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Probably because of automated facial recognition
@@nikohnec834 Damn, I thought the algorithm was just picking favourites…
@@michaelwisniewski6047 just wait until they decide to take over the world 😬
That moment when seeing blue butterflies makes you think Japanese people read maps upside down...lol
in this case, the map wouldn't just be upside down, but mirrored. i mean, i can imagine a world in which people choose to read maps upside down alright, but mirrored? that's just too funny...
They do sometimes read them 'upside down'. You have printed maps on signs where up=forward instead of north for easier orientation
funnily enough, stationary tourist maps at sights in Japan are actually pretty often flipped to be read looking up from where the reader is standing. it's the only country I've ever been to where that's a pretty regular occurrence. not here, of course, but it's a very tom thing to accidentally come to a correct conclusion for entirely wrong reasons.
@@se6369 Maybe for a map of a smaller area/neighborhood, but for a map of an entire geographical landmass?
@@headlights-go-up I don't know, but I presume not
The lady in the first location’s garb had “rapa nui” written on it which is what the natives call Easter Island.
I was giggling so hard that Tom didn’t catch that
@@jamesrogers98 yeah especially since he read one of the markers on the map that said Rapa Nui on it
Also Isla de Pascua means literally Easter Island lol
He thought it was a kiwi place lol
@@stephano6793 I don't think he meant it was NZ, just that Maori and Rapa Nui are both Polynesian languages so it "sounded Kiwi". But idk. Sometimes he does say weird things lol, like the last round being a copy of Colosseum.
It's not a map of the island, it's a bunch of blue butterflies, the shop has a massive blue butterfly other side of the door
lmao
I was screaming the exact same thing the whole way lol
No no no, Japanese people look at maps upside down
@@greenonion11 most maps in South America are actually oriented with south at the top
I was also dying the whole time after seeing that
As the map maker I can 100% confirm the amphitheatre is the original, it also exists in GeoGuessr's famous places map. Glad you enjoyed the map and hope everyone else learns something new too! Was a lot of fun to make (I'm also always open to people messaging me with new replica location ideas!)
Eiffel Towers around the world could be fun
Do you have "Atlanta White House" in your list?
I don't know the city name off the top of my head but there is a "traditional" Bavarian (region Bavaria in Germany) city replica in Japan
Were you shocked that the 1st and 2nd maps were Easter Island statues or is the drawing pool of maps not too large?
@@paulwesley3862 Huis Ten Bosch
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Tom is literally that one meme with the dude looking at a butterfly and asking "Is this a ___"
LMAO
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"Is this a ... vertically mirrored image of Chichijima island because Japanese people write upside down maybe?"
@@thulyblu5486 LOL
I am cryingggg at this
Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010 so 6 years. Nailed it Tom.
was looking for this comment - thanks
It also holds the record for fastest lift in the world. Goes up arbout 85 floors in less than 30 seconds. Was lucky enough to visit earlier this year.
I thought burj Khalifa was done in 2009
Been up Taipei 101 like 5 times. That lift is faaaaast.
@@WesDaviestravel it is amazing. It really surprised me how smooth the journey is as well.
I love how they've blurred the faces on the replica easter island statues to protect their privacy
but only the ones that asked to stay anonymous
Small correction: The moai statues on Easter Island didn't sink into the ground over time, they were deliberately buried up to their necks by their builders (some, not all of them).
Why
@@mortezz1268 I'm pretty sure 'no one knows' would be an appropriate answer to your question.
Yes they also took them down for unknown reasons, all the moai that stands today in the ahus where found face down by the explorers
The statues were first carved at the top of the hill, then they used the steep slope to turn the statues upright. Some of them broke during this process, and they were already slightly below ground level as part of the righting process, they were then abandoned. There used to be a lot of other statues around the island, but most of them were knocked down after european contact( the islanders were thoroughly shaken by disease, and the dutch shooting them up, so the islanders pinned this on their gods failing them, and knocked down the statues). but as the statues on that hill were already abandoned and had no significance, they were left alone.
Yeah there's literally no way they'd be 80%+ submerged. Maybe 3 feet max, and I doubt it.
fun fact: there is actually an arena/amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia, which is basically a smaller version of the Colosseum.
Yep but it isn't a fake!
It's a lot smaller than the Rome one, but actually very well preserved!
older and better preserved!
That was the original "replica" location I used for the Colosseum before changing it to another similar one
I have been there, Pula is a cracking place
The theater one was just hard, there are hundreds of them all around the Mediterranean. Kinda impossible to figure it out unless you’re really into it.
only the name of the man "mehmet" could help easily there. because it's the most popular name in turkey because of the sultan mehmed II
It's the largest one though. (Out of the ones that don't go full circle.)
@@mustafasefasoysal8042 yup I went Turkey, and I actually went Izmir so I was insanely close
yea Tom's just confused at 26:00. maybe not hundreds but there's a number of roman theatres, been to few myself. like wouldn't the existence of ancient looking theatre just automatically mean it's not "the" but "an" original, like who'd copy one? it'd be ridiculous amount of effort for not much gain, modern people don't want to sit outside on stone seats. well maybe some rich weirdo outside europe
There is only one reason I got that one right: I happened to be reading about Ephesus just yesterday. It's the only time I've ever been lucky at this game.
The amphitheater is 100% the original. But there was a amphitheater in most Greek/Roman cities with different sizes and designs. Most of them look really cimilar.
Is it a very famous amphitheater? Since the map is very famous places and supposed to have a lookalike for each place i imagine they should all be very well known spots. But i feel like alot of amphitheaters look just like that, so wouldnt a “lookalike” for it just be another amphitheater? I guess unless that specific one has had a copy made of it.
@@reanbowlerd5988 Yeah that was the Ephesus Amphitheatre. Ephesus was one of the major cities during it's time and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Turkey. Library of Celsus in Ephesus is also quite famous. Also Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders was in Ephesus.
Actually a lot used the almost same exact designs after 140s AD. The architect/engineer Pseumius popularized a design for amphitheaters by building one in modern day Zagreb and Slovenia in the 140s AD. The designs were extremely efficient resource and money wise, and seemed to be as impressive and beautiful as any other theatres, so roman governors tried to copy his designs and convince local architects and builders to try them. I made this all up by the way
It is just a theatre, not an amphitheatre! The amphitheatre goes all the way around a central stage, whereas the theatre is just a semicircle. They had different uses as well; an amphitheatre would house fighting or sport events, while theatres would be for drama, music, and so on :)
Memet is a common name in Turkey.
"Do Japanese people read maps upside-down?" has got to be the Tom quote of the year.
I edged you out today, Tom, but I had the advantage of having played this map a few weeks ago and the replica moai was a repeat for me. I had guessed in Okinawa the first time but this time I remembered where it was and got a full 5000 on that round. I also got close to 5k on the original moai and on Taipei 101. Had bad scores on the replica Taj Mahal and on the amphitheater; on the latter I saw the name Mehmet right away and was thinking Turkey but then managed to convince myself the ruins looked Roman rather than Greek and so were more likely to be in North Africa and put the guess down in Timgad.
Mehmet is a typical Turkish name. It was a solid clue.
Roman ruins would still work for Turkey because Romans were in Anatolia for a long time. Even longer if you count byzantium!
@@damyr you do realize turkish people travel too, right?
@@jlt131 Absolutely. But combined with the site and its environment, I was pretty sure Turkey was the way to go.
I was laughing so hard when he said that. I never talk to youtube videos but this time I audibly said ''No, Tom''
"Easter Island" - when you zoomed it you could see "Isla de Pascua", it's spanish translation because this island belongs to Chile. Knowing that it belongs to Chile helps finding it. Also knowing that Easter in french is Pâques (sounds similar to Pascua) makes it easier to understand what's happening on the map without knowing spanish.
I know some Spanish but wouldn't have remembered pascua either, it's not a word that comes up often. but thought Tom would've recognized "rapa nui" and "moai" though?
Pascua was originally used for a pagan holiday, it was then appropriated into Passover and finally Easter as we know it
There was also a Hotel with "Easter Island" in its name
@Snooks I know some Spanish and though I am not of Italian descent, my grandmother lived in an area with lots of Italian nonnas who would pinch us grandkids on the cheeks and give us pastries when we would visit at Easter time and say "Buona Pasqua".
@@JamesRoberts-r5v Uh, no. "Pascua" comes from Pesach, which is the name of the holiday of Passover in Hebrew. "Passover" is a back-formation formed from the idea that, as the story goes, the Angel of Death *passed over* the houses of the people who painted them with lamb's blood. And "Easter" comes from the name of a Germanic goddess of spring.
"Don't know what that big lake is doing" that's Ranu Kau, and that's no ordinary lake! It's a CRATER lake! Ranu Kau is a dormant volcano, one of the three main volcanoes on the island, the other two being Terevaka and Poike. These three extinct volcanoes formed the island, hence why the island is shaped like a triangle. In the Rapa Nui culture, the ceremonial center of Orongo is found at the southwestern tip of Ranu Kau. Orongo is where the people did a ritual every year of swimming to the islet of Motu Nui, pick up the first sooty tern/manu tara egg of the season, and then bring it back undamaged while climbing up to the village
Gotta say, it was nice of this civilization to collapse so Squidward could have a home
The city of Split in Croatia was built around a Roman emperors, Diocletianus, palace. It still stands to this day and is one of the best preserved works of Roman architecture.
09:17 "You'd have to be pretty dumb to think that this was the original, because... Asian tourists" lmao
Thanks Tom for all the content you create for us. I think you are my biggest discovery on youtube in long years of using the platform. Humble, charismatic, with a great sense of humour and always outdoing yourself in every idea and plan you think about. And best of all, your content also makes me learn something new. I just wish we could have 1 video a day, I would never tire myself. Thanks again!
I’ve been watching for probably about 4 years now and just want to say thank you for always being yourself, Tom. There’s nothing better than seeing a creator as passionate, charismatic, and genuine as you. Love watching your videos!! Hope you’re doing well!
The Colosseum is an amphitheater, this is a 'regular' theater. "Amphi" meaning ""on both sides": an amphitheater is just 2 theaters put together.
I'm so excited for the How Not to Travel America series, Tom. Hope you had a great time over here!
Tom zooming in on Easter Island and then going back to the Cook and Pitcairn Islands was just...painful. This is why it helps to know another language, in this case Spanish. Pascua means Easter. It showed Spanish because Easter Island is a special territory of Chile. Hanga Roa (means "wide bay" in the local indigenous language) is just a name of a town on the island. The indigenous name of Easter Island is Rapa Nui, which you can see written on the woman at 3:22. Considering this round was posted a few days after a wildfire that caused irreparable damage to some of those statues...pretty bad timing.
And to be fair to your guess, Moai statues aren't just in one location on the island. A lot of spots along the coast have them
Thanks Kim Jong-un
"What stamp, what mark did [the Romans] make [on Croatia]?" While looking directly at the city of Split, the former capital of Roman Dalmatia, where the Palace of Diocletian is, was fairly amusing
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) did have its own writing system, a script called 'Rongorongo'. Unfortunately due to the near destruction of the island's people in the 19th century by disease and slave raids, all knowledge of how to read it has been lost, and efforts by linguists to decipher it have so far failed. Croatia has lots of Roman ruins, including one of the best preserved amphitheatres anywhere, at Pula. The structure shown, in Ephesus, Turkey, is just a theatre, though, as it was originally used for plays. Amphitheatres were the ones used for gladiatoral games and beast hunts, etc. and were oval or circular, while theatres are semicircular because they have the stage at one end. The 'amphi' part of the word 'amphitheatre' refers to the fact that it was round and allowed for viewing in both directions, like how the same prefix in the word 'amphibian' refers to animals that can live both in water and on land. The Colosseum is the nickname given specifically to the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with the actual video, but thanks to your videos, I was the only one in my class that could correctly identify Algeria based on it's outline 😂
The statues didn't sink like in because of their weight. The island was heavily forested, and when it was all cut down, erosion and sediment displacement interred the statues.
I actually visited the last location with my school a few of years ago.
It’s a historic site that isn’t a replica. It’s just an old greek theater, there are many like it. If there is a copy in this Geoguessr map I reckon it’s a copy of a greek theater in general and not this one in particular.
That amphitheater looked immediately obvious to me and I couldn't work out why at first. Once we saw the full location it clicked that I had visited it 20 years ago as a young teen on a family holiday!
The first one made me almost go mad! It said Isla de Pascua on the map, which is Spanish for Easter island. Hanga Roa is its only town (with a harrowing history). Rapa Nui is the islands indigenous name as others have pointed out ☺️ The moai statues indeed have bodies (but no legs!), though they haven’t sunken into the ground up to their necks - they were buried. Originally they all had pukao (little hats). ☺️ Rapa Nui is a national park and world heritage site that is only since very recently back in the hands on the Rapa Nui (the people), to manage their own landscape.
It even said "Easter Island hotel" (or something similar) in the middle of the screen at one point
Their "hats" were bright red, if I remember correctly . . . ?
"is this greek" when looking at japanese is possibly the funniest tom joke ive ever heard
20:50 I've been there twice (Ephesus) and as soon as I saw the place I was like wait I know this haha. This is an awesome site to visit, as Celsus library is quite impressive and there are a lot of well preserved houses and places. But be warned : it gets really hot in summer, like over 40°C quite easily ^^
The butterfly poster being an upside down (and mirrored, even!) map was pure gold! And yeah, the red text was japanese as well. It was mostly hard to read but you could make out some characters.
Ephesus is an ancient town, not just the amphitheatre you got, so both the round in geoguessr and your google search were original
2:47 HAHAHAAHAH I LOVE your dry sense of humor!!!!!
A roaring success trip means a Platinum-level type content so I will eagerly wait for it!!
either that or Lions!, they have lions in america, right?
@@fumthings In zoos, not in the wild.
I am here for your personality and thinking process, not for your skill. I am happy to watch you play or explain whatever :)
the moment you're too much tryharding: seeing islands in butterflies :D great vid! :D
I am a fan of these slow and methodical videos. The accent combined with the ASMR of the clicks makes these very nice videos to watch and listen to.
Tom’s reaction to katakana was so funny. It’s just more Japanese, Tom. 😂
he did recognise the katakana as Japanese, it's the hiragana he didn't recognise, which I find very odd, because Japanese is maybe the only language that mixes 3 completely looking different alphabets like that and I would think pros would recognise/know this already.
10:26 I have a question: how do you play Japan map when everything is kanji?
The Ephesos Theatre (Not colosseum or amphitheatre, that is something totally different) is not the original. The original is the Dyonisos Theatre in Athens.
It's funny that it is called the Dionysus theatre to me because the first thing that comes to my mind is that he was their god for wine... 😂
That's soo cool. Round 5 I instantly knew where you were. It's so cool seeing a place I've been to and recognising it straight away.
i cannot wait for new content edited up by you and joe to grace my screen
Glad to see it still hurts more than a year later Tom! To be honest we've payed more than enough for that win in Euros. Love your channel, ciao from Italy!
I've been watching rainbolt playing geogussr and it made me realise that you, Thomas, are actually a mere human being. Rainbolt reels off country after country having seen the image for 0.1 seconds. I think he's AI from the future.
It's learning meta clues versus world knowledge, both impressive!
Same with ZigZag, GeographyChallenges, Havrd, Boky, Bad_at_Geoguessr, and many others. Hence why they're in the Geo World Cup and hold many records.
The Pula Arena (Croatian: Pulska Arena; Italian: Arena di Pola) is a Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. It is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers entirely preserved. It was constructed between 27 BC and AD 68, and is among the world's six largest surviving Roman arenas. The arena is also the country's best-preserved ancient monument.
For the Easter Island one, they did change their name to Rapa Nui. The Fall of Civilisations podcast did an episode on it and it's honestly one of the best stand alone historical pieces done ever. I highly recommend it. Give it a listen and you’ll never forget the name again.
Oh, so that's where I got it in my YT feed. Yes, definitely second the Fall of Civilisations recommendation. It is much more than a podcast, I'd call it an audio documentary. They have a terrific blend of historic facts, cultural artefacts and various writing examples of poets of that time. They include music which is appropriate for the region they are discussing; they even hire a voice actor to read the original poem in the modern language closest to the original language in addition to just translating the poem. They really-really do an amazing job of giving you a sense of how would it feel to be a person living in the society they are describing
the podcast is fantastic
Thanks
There was also a podcast/talk from The Long Now foundation about Easter Island. That's where I know some of the history/theories from. I totally didn't remember that it was also Rapa Nui, though I knew there was some dark history to Rapa Nui, as well. Only playing this game made me learn that they are one in the same.
Thanks for the rec
Fun fact(s): The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) natives did have a written language, but it has yet to be deciphered to this day. That pic was taken at Rano Raraku, which is where the Moai were actually quarried. Lastly, one of the Moai in the picture has what appears to be a European sailing vessel carved on it, making it one of the more enigmatic examples on the island and presenting more questions than answers 🗿
'Do Japanese people... read maps upside-down'?
Brilliant quote, it's what we're here for.
that easter island part has to be one of the most frustrating bits of GW i've ever watched. You really out-thought yourself there
9:56 The ice age baby, we found him
11:00 Random Japanese here! The sign says 「芝養成のため、しばらくの間立入りをご遠慮下さい。」which roughly translates to “Please keep out from this area since we are in the process of growing turf.”
Love that the island says "Isla de Pascua" literally Easter Island....
In a language that he doesnt speak? It must be a bit hilarious or frustrating to see people look for an answer that would be very apparent if they had the same tools as you, but you cant expect him to know every language or sum
@@reanbowlerd5988 you sound like a fun fella
@@reanbowlerd5988 Point taken, but he's good at Geoguesser and has a stab at written text in quite a few languages.
@@reanbowlerd5988 Whoa, settle down pal. I literally just googled "Pascua" because I don't speak Spanish (I think it’s Spanish?), but I thought that's what it might have said
@@aroundtheworldsports3063 But Tom can't Google it while playing. It's weird how the map doesn't say Easter Island when the rest is in English
3:35 it’s the word “rapanui” running down her shirt (the name for Easter island in their language)
"Capa nui or something". Rapa nui is what the indigenous people of Easter Island call that island.
Yeah, I was screaming at my phone.
@@jmpattillo that's what phones are for!
Ive been to that theater to see an opera just a few weeks back! The atmosphere is amazing and seeing it here really surprised me. The crane was still there too which is funny imo.
For the sign at 11:00, it's definitely all Japanese. Can't quite make it all out but there's definitely しばらく and 下さい at least, and the first kanji looks like it could be 芝 (grass/turf) even though it's very skinny, but it would make sense seeing as the sign is probably asking you not to step on the grass or something.
You can tell you're in Japan at 9:25 with the sign that says トイレ ("TOILET")
it says "芝養成の為、しばらくの間立入をご遠慮下さい" which means please refrain from entering for the time being due to the cultivation of the sod.
@@shinrafn Nice! Thank you
I had that VERY SAME Taz hat when I was a kid and I lost it in Spain during a summer trip. So nice to see it on your head ❤
Love the Geoguessr content. I prefer Tom over the super pros like Rainbolt or Chicago because Tom is good, but as a viewer it feels like with enough practice I can achieve this level. While Rainbolt surely is impressive, but not as engaging for me as there's no chance I can ever be that good.
And Tom is funny and talks more about what he's thinking, wich makes for better content.
I was in Efesus this summer, so it was pretty aweasome to me to finally see the sphere where I can pinpoint the location within 30 seconds :)
This whole ancient Roman city actually is one of the largest and and in best condition around the mediterenian!
Aweasome place, 100% worth visiting.
They even have Roman Condo in a decent state where decorations on walls and floor still present.
i like how he missed the "easter island eco lodge" on the island lol
Easter Island Eco Lodge "The best place to rest your head"
16:54 when you say the compass meta isn’t working, so you find a city named “ah, meta bad”
glad the trip went well! i am so excited for the videos, hope you are well! ❤️
Loved the dribble videos! I was very inspired, enjoyed the camaraderie of your team, and I cried at the end.
Just for future reference: Amphitheatres go all the way around, like the Colosseum
The ones that are sort of "semi circles" are theatres
The first ones you use for gladiators, the others for plays
Hello from Taipei! Good spot on 101 immediately. I can confirm that folks here are still proud of the tower holding the record for world's tallest for six years (Burj Khalifa overtook it in 2010). It still might hold the record for largest indoor damper thingy that helps stabilize the structure during earthquakes!
As clever as Tom is it's weird that he doesn't notice that the name of the island in the first round is indeed Easter island just not in English
It even said Easter island when he zoomed in, to the left
The downside of being a monolingual English speaker
@@seethrough_treeshrew Except that Tom speaks a fair bit of many European languages. More than most US Americans, at least. It's just that the Spanish word for Easter isn't common, and isn't at all Latin sounding (being from Hebrew, originally, for Passover), so it's not something someone with casual Spanish would typically know.
@@thewiseturtle - It's actually spelled _exactly_ like the Latin word "pascua" meaning "grazing" (different meaning and etymology, but a word with the exact same spelling existed in Latin, so I'm not sure why you think "it isn't at all Latin sounding"). And it's probably more common in Spanish (and in Romance languages in general - although the spelling varies a bit) than "Easter" is in English (Easter is a bigger thing in Catholic countries).
But, of course, it's not similar to the _English_ word at all, so if he didn't know it he wouldn't associate the two.
I would have expected him to recognise "Rapa Nui" or at least "Moai", though.
@@RFC-3514 Sorry, I thought Eostre, the origin of the English word Easter, was from Latin. Looks like the word was from England and/or Germany.
I saw the amphitheater at Ephesus on a tour, so this was the first site I recognized. Took me a while to figure it out. Our tour guide says roughly one tourist a day wipes out on the stairs and breaks something. Those old stone stairs are slick as a mofo.
Glad you're back Thom, can't wait to see your American trip !
Thom?
It was so cool seing the amphitheater. I went there when I was younger and instantly recoginised it. Very cool to see!
Redittors be like:
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It's more like the land has piled up around them instead of them sinking into it. They're really interesting because they're actually more than just rock heads. They have (or had in some cases) a large underground component and there were massive stone hats perched on top of many of them. What we're seeing is just the top bits.
Amazing how Tom can recognise the subtlest clues, but happily scrolls past both "Easter Island Eco Lodge" and "Rapa Nui" which was written on the woman's sarong, as well as failing to connect "Isla de Pascua" with "Easter Island"!
Fun fact - there is in fact a Colosseum in Croatia in the city of Pula. It's in better shape than the one in Rome :) Concerts are often held there.
You're an Age of Empires fan. I didn't think I could like you more!
I'm a crane operator, and that crane is a flat top tower crane built by Comansa which is a Spanish company. Their cranes are typically painted in a red white and blue color scheme.
like for the AoE reference with the trees haha
I can't believe you've given us the spoiler that you're both alive
You Passed over and mentioned Pitcairn Island, That's where Fletcher Christian and the rest of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty ended up and spent the rest of their lives, Everyone on the island now are direct descendants of the original crew.
less fun fact, almost every man on the island is a paedophile.
We only a few surviving examples of the writing of the inhabitants of Easter Island. No one has been able to translate it because there simply is not enough of it to puzzle out what it means. You can search the term Rongorongo Tablets to read more about it
Hey Tom FYI there was a high-pitched whistle in the audio of this. And I'm 31 so it wasn't one of those that only the younglings can hear. Great video though all the same!
I can't hear it and I am a youngling
@@jusvim_ Okay, well it is there, I'm not imagining it lol. It's stronger in the first 5 mins.
how not to travel europe is probably my favourite series on youtube so i absolutely cant wait for this
Made me chuckle when two of the 'copy' stone heads faces were blurred out
Finally, some more pieces of information that will never find a use in my entire lifetime to learn!
Jokes aside, that's what geography is and that's why I love it. Shame I'm so alone in this kind of thing.
Always a good day when Tom uploads
Actually in Pula in Crotia is one of the biggest Amphitheater, so your guess was not that bad and also you were right about Croatia having an Amphitheater
More IRL content is always welcome, even if not grandiose!
thank you for this video tom, I only realised more how much knowledge you have😅
“Do Japanese people read maps upside down?” Lmfao never change Tom
The last one is the real one. One of the oldest BIG theater remaining, quite all theaters where destroyed by byzantins or improved to amphitheaters by Roman so huge Greek cities like Ephesus are not common out of Greece
You said in one video, the „how not to travel..“ videos didn’t do so well. For me the reason might be the title. I remember seeing the video many times recommended by youtube but never clicked on it even though I watched your other content. Until you recommended it and it was amazing. If the title had a positive spin like: „the most social way to travel“ or „the most exceptional ways to travel“… Who has similar ideas?
Also the "NOT" was written in fancy italic characters that appeared as three empty rectangles on my computer...
thanks for letting us win one, Tom ;) but mentioning Age of Empires and Runescape in the same video... I'm having some serious college flashbacks. lol
Time to do "Interesting Photospheres in Obscure Countries" again if you want a change from "hardcore" geoguessing!
The chance of getting a place and is replica back to back at least one is ~5% which is not surprising as there are only 38 pairs to pick from.
“Do Japanese people read maps upside down?”
I love Tom’s conjectures.
It sounded like a genuine question 🤣
That's crazy, I just played this map yesterday with my girlfriend, some of the locations were quite funny. But one weird thing I noticed was the convenience of the rounds, I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but I kept getting the real and the fake within the same game or right after I start up the next game. Always a good day when Tom uploads.. super excited for How Not to Travel the US!
with five rounds per game, and only 30 locations/30 fake locations, there's a pretty good chance you'll see pairs.
@@jlt131 Not the greatest odds imo. But it was like Mont st michel, then copy, golden state bridge, macchu pichu, then similar to macchu pichu. Next game was Easter island, then Japan copy, some random 2, then the Turkish Amphitheatre with the next game leading off with the miniature amphitheater replica. Just seemed too convenient to be random odds. I’m not really a math guy but 1/60 is 1.6% odds, to have 2 in succession like that wild.
Give it a try and maybe you’ll see the same pattern. Cheers ✌️
@@theohenderson192 it's not 1/60 though. You play round one, there are 4 more rounds. That's a 4/59 chance the pair of the first one comes up, which is just a tad better than a 1/15 chance. When you mix in the odds of any of the 5 having their pair pop up (not just the first one) that increases even more.
2:19 But he chooses hat-hair instead
Glad to see you’re back and safe Tom. Excited for the new series as I think the how not to travel Europe was the best series so far.
I love your GeoGuessr stuff! More of that, please :)
There actually are loads of amphitheaters, but there's also an old roman arena in Pula which holds concerts and events and its pretty cool.