This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s cluster foxer:
skeletons (defoxed by Nutfield)
a1. skeleton army (Colonel_K)
b1. skeleton coast (a_monk)
a2. skeleton tank (Nutfield)
b2. richard iii’s skeleton (Nutfield)
c2. skeleton crew (Nutfield)
cinema rex bombing (defoxed by Colonel_K)
c1. ardennes offensive (a_monk)
d1. rex (Colonel_K)
e1. *rogue image* (Roman has been strapped to a V2 and fired
into orbit. Ed)
e2. the plainsman (Nutfield)
e3. v2 (a_monk)
nine (defoxed by ylla)
d2. nine bows (ylla)
b2. nine-day queen (Nutfield, Colonel_K)
c3. r-9 desna (Electric Dragon)
d3. uss o-9 (Nutfield)
c4. nine-banded armadillo (Colonel_K)
words ending ‘non’ (defoxed by ylla)
a3. neil hannon (Colonel_K)
a4. sendai daikannon (Nutfield)
b4. xenon (Colonel_K)
a5. avignon (Colonel_K)
b5. lebanon (Colonel_K)
last five eurovision-winning songs
d4. tattoo (Colonel_K)
e4. stefania (Colonel_K)
c5. toy (Electric Dragon)
d5. arcade
e5. zitti
i. Johnnie Johnson mural, Loughborough – “across the road from Loughborough Grammar School, where Johnson was educated.”
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.7683171,-1.1997724,3a,46y,67.35h,90.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8Qv3QgqCl4-AMQH7ZJlS9g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-GB&entry=ttu
(Darn, that was slow).
D – St Mary’s Church, Cable Street, London E1
https://goo.gl/maps/28XZ8FWu4vu2MM7Z6
At the junction with Johnson St. Link – Johnsons?
Either you followed CS3 quicker than I did, or didn’t start at the far end 😀
I looked at the route of CS3, took a lucky (but incorrect) guess that the theme might be related to the Battle of Cable Street and searched for “Cable Street church”.
L – Johnson Space Centre
A – Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
https://goo.gl/maps/bAnmrLBoVVmcs9Mo6
Definitely Johnsons then.
J is here in Herne Bay – https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3722857,1.1233127,3a,75y,307.11h,87.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sV-o2k9hW_qXKoLstw-HkLw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DV-o2k9hW_qXKoLstw-HkLw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D39.269768%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
In the background there you can see a statue of Amy Johnson
Arrived 45 mins late, but managed to guess that one without looking it up! 🙂
K – Johnson St Bridge, Victoria, British Columbia
https://goo.gl/maps/MmDizX5nvABEy8q69
E is one of the Seward Johnson ‘Unconditional Surrender’ statues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seward_Johnson_II#/media/File:Unconditional_Surrender,_Saratosa.jpg
C – S C Johnson (wax) global HQ
H – Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam, in JOHNSON Canyon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2253612,-112.4155948,3a,75y,281.11h,71.3t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNijAEZLZ7ZPpxK9zne2EjIRFnNKTPiKBtFFwWE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNijAEZLZ7ZPpxK9zne2EjIRFnNKTPiKBtFFwWE%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya78.73487-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120?hl=en&entry=ttu
G – US National Museum of the Marine Corps – Johnson LMG pictured?
Edit: Nope, but that looks like the Johnson M1941 rifle below it!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5444467,-77.3426867,3a,75y,328.03h,88.42t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipPspwS5PZZx8_l5gFIIWsPpYwTsOutIDDhOYhNO!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPspwS5PZZx8_l5gFIIWsPpYwTsOutIDDhOYhNO%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya340.4352-ro-0-fo100!7i5376!8i2688!9m2!1b1!2i41?hl=en&entry=ttu
Can’t be sure but
B – The Andrew Johnson National Cemetery (cannot find the actual image)
That’s not it, it’s Johnson’s Island: https://goo.gl/maps/yKFi8F4mdBgQ6rza8
F – Pennzoil Place in Houston, one of the architects was Philip Johnson:
https://goo.gl/maps/guQeUP8ozpViAMfx6
G – Johnson Model 1941 Rifle, probably at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Virginia.
I somehow missed the already posted answer, ignore.