Dear The Rest of the World:
This is the Redshirts giveaway for you. You can only enter if you are not a resident of the USA. Because, my dear Rest of the World, you are special too. Don’t let anyone tell you any different.
Here’s how to enter:
I am thinking of a monument. Guess which monument I am thinking of. Include the name of the closest city, or if no city is nearby (which is possible), the monument’s approximate latitude/longitude.
Hints:
1. The monument I am thinking of is not in the United States.
2. It’s man made.
3. The monument itself is not something meant for humans to live in.
Leave a comment, with your guess. In the comment, also tell me which country you’re in. You have until 10am (Eastern), May 9th, to get your entry in.
The first non-US resident to guess the monument I am thinking of will win. If no one guesses the monument, I’ll pick a winner by seeing how many comments there are and having Athena pick a number between one and that number.
When I announce the winner (it might take a couple of days because I’ll be traveling), that person will contact me from the same e-mail they used to leave their comment, with their physical mailing address. And then off in the mail the ARC will go.
Simple.
Okay, then: What monument am I thinking of?
Remember to note the country of where YOU live in your comment — and if that country is the US (which includes all its territories), sorry, you’re not eligible.
Also, I suggest checking the thread to see what’s been suggested already. Remember the award will go to the first person who gets it right.
Taj Mahal. Agra, India
I live in Canada.
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia.
Oh not a resident. Sorry. scuse please. caffiene deprivation
See, this is why I left that note above.
You are a nice person, John! (I live in the US and, therefore, am not entering.)
Hi, John.
The Parthenon, in Athens ?
Regards from the French Riviera…
This is too obvious, but I’m going to go with Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. I live in Germany.
Eiffel Tower, Paris.
I am a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
From the UK
Not sure if the moai of Easter Island are considered monuments, but that’s what I would have picked!
I’m in Chile ;)
Great Piramid of Giza, in Giza, Egypt. GPS coordinates N 29° 58′ 46.272″, E 31° 8′ 4.38″
Living in South Africa,wanting that ARC!
… aaand demetriosx beat me to it with a smidgeon. I’m going with the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin instead.
Still resident of Edinburgh, Scotland.
the Great Wall of China. I’m in Canada.
Parthenon, Athen
(Living in Japan)
The Great Pyramid at Giza
Balls. Spelt Pyramid wrong. Sorry.
Great Pyramid of Giza, in Giza, Egypt. GPS coordinates N 29° 58′ 46.272″, E 31° 8′ 4.38″
Living in South Africa,wanting that ARC!
The CN Tower in Toronto.
And I am from Canada.
You’re clearly thinking of one of those small cities modeled after the real ones in one of the Legolands. Norwegian chiming in.
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.
(UK resident)
Stone Henge, Amesbury, UK.
I’m from Austria.
Forgot to say I live in the UK, and I see someone’s beaten me to it anyway
The Great Pyramid of Giza, near Giza in Egypt.
I live in Great Britain.
This guess from the lovely Sydney, Australia: the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Thanks for this, John, even though I almost certainly won’t win.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt.
I live in Sweden (but am Australian).
Stone henge, in the county of Wiltshire Uk
I am in Canada
Eiffel Tower in Paris France is my guess, and I live in Canada. (Near Toronto, to be precise-ish.)
Oops, seems I was too late and submitted a duplicate. Late by seconds!
I live in the United Kingdom.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Coordinates 48.8583°N 2.2945°E.
Stone Henge, UK
Hello from the UK
Stonehenge, near Andover England.
Regards, from near Oxford, England
im guessing you mean the atomium in brussels. and im living in germany :)
The Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
And I’m from Canada.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Paris. I’m in Ottawa.
The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I am a resident of Niagara Falls, Canada.
I live in South Korea. My guess is:
Big Ben, London, UK
The Temple of Athena, Athens, Greece.
With love from Finland.
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy. 43°43′22.6″N 10°23′47.8″E
I am from Germany.
The London Monument (voted least imaginatively named monument in the World every year since 1667).
I am living in Wales. Dw i’n byw yng Gymru.
Damnit! Beaten by seconds… OK, how about the Angel of the North, up by Gateshead.
Still in the UK…
Lenin’s Tomb, in Moscow
I am from Canada
My guess has to be the obelisk in Buenos Aires, where I live.
London Eye/Millennium Wheel, London
(I am in Canada)
I live in Ireland.
My guess is
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
Thank you.
The colluseum in Rome
I live in Denmark
The Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
UK resident
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, and I live in Australia.
Momument to bad planning – the Leaning Tower of Pisa! I’m in Toronto Canada
The church of Notre Dame, Paris, France.
I live near Milan, in Italy.
The Brandenburg gate, Berlin, Germany
(I am in the UK)
The Cenotaph in London.
I am in the UK.
Borobudur, on Java (Indonesia, near Magelang)
I live in the Netherlands
- London, England, that is.
Hi Mr. Scalzi,
Is it The Stonehenge, near Amesbury?
from Malaysia
Oops. looks like others beat me to it. So many comments sumbitted while i was typing.
If I’m allowed a second try, I’ll say the Albert Memorial, London, england.
(I’m still in the UK..)
I’m in Scotland, and the monument is: The Cathedral of Cologne. In Köln, Germany!
Stonehenge.
How about the National Monument in Jakarta? It has the advantage of including the desired object in it’s name…
Live in the AU.
Well, my first thought was the Great Pyramid, but many others have suggested that, so I will not. Instead, I will go for something obscure, trusting that you are a well-read and knowledgeable man (which you are anyway; it’s just in this area you might not be).
So, the official answer from this particular Canadian: the Vimy Memorial. The Canadian tie-ins are that it’s for the Canadians who died in WWI, and the novel The Stone Carvers, by Jane Urquhart.
I’m sure that won’t win, but thank you for offering something to The Rest Of The World.
Or the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa? I know I wouldn’t be fond of living in a tombstone, not matter how monumental it may be.
Australia.
The Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece
I live in Canada.
I’m guessing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I’m from Vienna, Austria.
well, I see that most of the popular monuments have already been mentioned. How about the pyramids at Chichen Itza in Mexico.
Cheers from Canada!
The “Treasury” at Petra (in Jordan).
30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E
I’m in the UK
Since I live in Dublin (Ireland), I shall pick a local monument – the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
I’m going to go waaaaay out there and say the Moai of Easter Island, Hanga Roa.
I’m am Canadian
The Monastery at Petra, in Jordan.
Coordinates: 30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E
I’m surprised I’m the first person to suggest that, actually. I live in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. And thanks for giving us a chance to win!
You’ve been in Munich last year, so there’s no way you could think of anything else than the Bavaria Statue at our Theresienwiese, where famously the Oktoberfest takes place every year.
(If you did manage to think of something else, congratulations for your mental discipline!)
(Oh, and I live in Germany.)
Petra in Jordan/Syria
I live in Denmark
I’ll go with the CN Tower in Toronto. I’m in Canada
Chris, the Canadian, wants to go with the Taj Mahal.
Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I live in Canada.
Dang! Someone beat me to it while I was reading the comments. Let’s try Angkor Wat in Angkor, Cambodia instead.
I still live in Canada.
The USS Enterprise model in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.
I live in Canada.
Newgrange, Co. Kildare, Ireland. They’re bronze tombs older than the pyramids, should anyone be interested.
I live in Ireland
The Maya temple »The Castle« (El Castillo) in Chichén Itzá, Mexico.
I live in Germany.
Basilica of Saint Peter?
Hello from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam
I live in Vietnam
I’m from Israel. And I’m suggesting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, London.
I live in England.
Tower of hanoi
Ok, I’m guessing the Herrmannsdenkmal in the Teutoburg Forest, Germany.
Anybody surprised that I live in Germany?
Oh and I live in India
Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia
France
The Kalyan minaret, which belongs to the the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. I’m from Mexico.
For some reason my name up there is garbled… Juan Pablo Hurtado.
Monument to the Conquerors of Space in Moscow.
I live in Canada.
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo.
I’m in Australia.
*hunts around for one not named yet*
Ooh! Ooh! Golden Gate Bridge, Californa.
I am in Canada.
I’m the rest of the world, living in Denmark. But I give up. All my guesses have already been made. :-(
Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
I live in the UK
St Peter Cathedral, Vatican City, Vatican.. I do not believe it, but since the other I believed is taken… regards from Brazil…
Just checked the postings, and found the Acropolis has already been posted – doooohhhh!
St Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Is it the Star Trek Enterprise model in the town of Vulcan Alberta?
I’m from Canada. Thought it could be related
Monumento às Bandeiras, in São Paulo, Brazil, where I live.
Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, Australia. It’s near Alice Springs.
I am in Canada, which is not near Alice Springs.
Wait. You said man-made. Oops.
I’ll guess the Big Nickel, in Sudbury Ontario instead.
I think it’s The Monument to the People’s Heroes, in Beijing, China.
I myself am from England, which is in the Her Majesty’s United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome.
I’m from Canada.
The Colosseum, in Rome
I’m from England
Sagrada Família (Expiatory Church of the Holy Family by Antoni Gaudí) in Spain.
I live in Brazil.
The Great Wall of China. Canada
The Arc de Triomphe
Kitchener, Ontario Canada
A reminder to folks to go through the previous comments to see if your guess was already chosen. Even if you get the right answer, if someone else got it first, they’re going to win, not you. There are a lot of monuments out there to choose from, you know.
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
I’m from Norway
Haaaa… I’ll try something not said before:
The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
(I live in Canada)
Arch of Constantine, just outside the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy.
I’m in the UK.
The Taj Mahal. Agra, India
I live in Canada.
How about Nelson’s Column in London, UK?
I’m in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tower of the Winds – Athens!
I’m from Toronto (Canada).
The Big NIckel in Sudbury. I live in Ottawa, Canada. Thanks!
Too late for my guess but I will be SOOOO disappointed if it is not the ARC de Triomphe
Another guess from Canada:
Brock’s Monument in Niagara. Because all of my other guesses are gone already.
Pont du Gard, Vers Pont du Gard, France 43° 56′ 50.28″ N, 4° 32′ 7.8″ E
and I’m in Canada.
Machu Pichu, Cusco region, Peru
I am from the Netherlands
The Arc de Triomphe, in Paris
I’m from France
The Suez Channel, near Suez I guess.
Posting from Austria
I’m going to go with the Great Wall of China.
I’m from Toronto, Canada!
Darn, didn’t see that one while reading the comments :/
Okay, then the Sydney Opera House, in Sydney
Still from France
You’re imagining the Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber in Pembrokeshire Wales. If you’re not, you ought to be. I’m in Canada.
“The Motherland Calls”, near Volgograd, Russia.
I’m Norwegian.
Well, the obvious ones are taken, most more than once.
That’s fine. Out host is not an obvious sort of fellow.
Canada.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser, at 29°52′ N, 31°12′ E, a few miles south of Cairo, Egypt.
Dome of the Rock … in … Jerusalem? Which “country” owns it is under review.
In Canada.
Eiffel Tower, Paris
I’m from British Columbia, Canada
So want the ARC!
Maeshowe in Orkney, a spectacular Neolithic chambered tomb.
I’m in the UK.
Rideau Canal, between Kingston and Ottawa, in Canada. I’m in Canada.
Temple 4 in Tikal, Guatamala. I am in Canada
Nelson’s Column (London)
I’m in the UK
Hi, I’m from Germnay and my guess would be the Houses of Parliament in London.
Jantar Mantar at Jaipur in India, it being astronomical and all. I live in the UK.
The giant hockey stick and puck in Duncan, BC, Canada.
I live in Canada
Actually, scrap the Jantar Mantar of my previous comment, as there are several of them in several towns. Instead, go with my original thought before I got too clever, The Temple of Jupiter (well, the six remaining pillars) at Baalbek, in Lebanon. Still a resident in the UK (though born in Lebanon). Coordinates 34°0′25″N 36°12′14″E
The Easter egg in Vegreville, Alberta. I’m in BC, Canada (THANK YOU!).
The leaning tower of Pisa, in Pisa, Italy
I’m from Austria
The world’s largest Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg), located in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada. I live in Canada, but not in Alberta.
The Terracotta Army, in China.
I am in Canada.
Père-Lachaise, Paris
(from Brussels)
Ok, I’m going for the Nubian monuments, otherwise known as the temples at Abu Simbel. I did think of the temples at Karnak and Luxor, which are also pretty amazing, but for sheer jaw dropping impact Ramses is just about unbeatable. I’m in England, but I was born in Egypt…
The super-duper preview function was so awesome that I overlooked the fact that my iPad had decided I’m called Steve. Actually it’s Stevie…
The Great Buddha of Kamakura, Japan, my very country.
A monument….. some interesting guesses so far (including my first choice) so why not go for the one always referred to as ‘The Monument’ – the one that commemorates The Great Fire of London.
I’m in the UK.
I was going to suggest Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, but I definitely wasn’t first. Darn.
The Rök Runestone close to Ödeshög in Sweden. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6k_Runestone
I live in Sweden.
The Atomium in Brussels, Belgium.
I’m from Germany
I’m in Canada, and my guess will be the Parthenon – I mean, how can it not be?
The Sphinx
I’m in Hong Kong
The Reichstag, Berlin, 52.5186°N 13.376°E
I live in the UK.
I live in Finland, and my guess is Taj Mahal, India.
As a Canadian, let’s go with the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
trajan’s column, rome.
me, uk
The African Renaissance Monument near Dakar in Senegal, co-ordinates 14.72209444 N; -17.49498056 E
I’m in Scotland
Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt. If it needs to be more specific than that – the Great Hypostyle Hall, Karnak Temple, el-Karnak, Egypt.
I’m in Canada, sorry about that.
The Golden Pavillion (Kinkaku-ji) in Kyoto, Japan. I’m from Australia.
The Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand (and, yes, I’m from New Zealand)
Sedlec Ossuary (in the Czech Republic)
I’m in Canada.
Necropolis of Sopianae, Pécs, Hungary. It’s a necropolis, humans aren’t meant to live there, aren’t they.
I’m in Canada.
The Colossus of Rhodes. Not that it’s there anymore, but that shouldn’t stop you from thinking about it.
I’m in Russia, just now.
The Epitaph of Simonides from the battle of Thermopylae in Greece. Wikipedia gives the coordinates as 38°48′0″N 22°32′0″E. I’m from New Zealand (and couldn’t think of any too famous New Zealand monuments)
The Sphinx Egypt and I’m in Australia
Auschwitz Gates, near Oświęcim in Poland.
I live in Canada.
My guess: the Tower Bridge in London.
Andrea from Germany
International Monument at Birkenau (Auschwitz II, Poland).
Karen from London, UK.
Big Ben, London, UK. Rajesh from the UK
Globe Theatre, London, UK
I’m in the Netherlands.
Fingers crossed!
The Tower of London
And I am from Austria
cheers
jakob
The Eiffel Tower?
Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Battle_of_the_Nations
The bust of Vladimir Lenin at the southern pole of inaccessibility. 82°06′S 54°58′E.
I’m in Ireland.
The Great Sphinx, near Cairo, in Egypt. I live in Norway!
The Anteros (or Eros) statue in Piccadilly Circus, London
I’m from Italy
The Enterprise Monument in Vulcan, Alberta
I live in Canada.
Douaumont ossuary , withing the Verdun Battlefield in northeastern France
The Colossi of Memnon, near Luxor, Egypt.
I’m a proud Canadian.
I’m also in Canada, and will go with the slightly more obscure Bent Pyramid at 29°47′25″N 31°12′33″E, in Egypt.
Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Plako, Athens, Greece)
Since the other two popular attractions in Athena where already taken ;) From Canada.
(and I strongly recommend the white Sand National Monument)
From Sydney I’ll guess Perra in Jordan (Coordinates: 30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E) as seen in Indiana Jones and “An Idiot Abroad”
I’m from the Netherlands I’ll guess the Pantheon in Rome.
DANM YOU AUTO-CORRECT! I meant Petra
Lighthouse of Alexandria
I live in Egypt
I’m not entering, because I’m in the US, but I’d just like to point out that the Brandenburger Tor is the same object as the Brandenburg Gate, so guessing the latter (since the former was guessed first) isn’t a winning strategy. Not that several people haven’t also guessed the Brandenburg Gate after the first mention of it. But that’s the way it goes.
Regan from Canada (with occasional residence in the mind of Scalzi).
It is quite obviously The Headington Shark in Oxford (51.75882, -1.213238). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headington_Shark
Jason from New Zealand
Blue Mosque, Instanbul
Lord Nelson’s Monument, London
I’m a Canadian
Great Wall of China
Brit living in Sendai, Japan :)
The Saga Coumn, Elveseter, Norway
From the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nortern Ireland.
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Australia. I’m from Melbourne, Australia, and we just call it the coat hanger.
Bourges Cathedral in Bourges France
From Canada here.
Sistene Chapel in the Vatican
I’m from Australia
Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France
and i’m another one of those canadians
oops, missed the first entry… second guess: Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
The Alien breeding/ Predator hunting ground monument/temple/pyramid in Antarctica as seen in the horrendous film Aliens Vs Predator.
I live in Oz.
The little mermaid near Copenhagen (on the basis of it being so little and obscure that I can, with a bit of luck, suggest it successfully with out having to read all the previous suggestions :)
From Denmark
As you were touring Germany not long ago I think you might have seen it from the train…
Hermansdenkmal, Teutoburgerwald, Germany
A german living in the Netherlands
the Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) and Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion) outside Kyoto Station (I wish)
Australia
Well, I don’t think it’s Egypt or the ACropollis, I mean you’re a sci-fi writer, those places sound like fantasu places to me, so as you a sci-fi writer I guees the monument must one that feels like a monument in a sci-fi movie/book or a modern one…
Or that’s what you want us to think.
Darn, a good opportunitty and it’s a hard choice, I mean it could be any monument in the world.
Ok sorry for all the made-up comment but I’ll go with…
The Burj Khalifa also known as Burj Dubai from well, Dubai.
Which is the tallest building in the world, and I read it is a monument…
Daniel from Mexico
Since all of my previous guesses were taken. I’ll go for some obscure, The tomb of the unknown soldier found in Ottawa Canada. (Where I’m from. Although I’m currently posting from my inlaws in Malaysia so I should be eligiblee either way.)
I’ll go for the bell tower down here near the Swan River (aka “Dickie Court’s Erection”).
I’m in Perth, Western Australia.
The glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris.
I’m in Canada!
I’m in Melbourne, Australia.
My guess is The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. Because nobody guessed that yet, and it’s a monument to bananas, which is just fun, and despite the likelihood that you’ve never heard of it, John.
Ok. I’ll bite. I’m thinking of the Falkirk Wheel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
I’m from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia but have to live in Sydney to work.
Even if I don’t win, you have to agree, it’s damn cool engineering.
Since all my other guesses are taken, I’ll go with Cleopatra’s Needle, London. (Although apparently the Paris one is also called Cleopatra’s Needle.)
(Although I was tempted to go with the Melbourne freeway bridge I call the Annelid Bridge, because driving through it makes me feel like I’m being eaten by an ossified sandworm. You can see it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vhladreyes/2673860254/ although the image doesn’t really do it justice.)
I’m from Melbourne, Australia.
ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
And I am from Canada
I’ll go with the Vimy Memorial in France
Canadian here ;)
The Starship Enterprise in Vulcan Alberta (yes I live in Alberta – Calgary to be exact)
Uraniborg/Stjerneborg on Ven, Denmark. Tycho Brahes own astronomical observatory.
Swedish resident.
The Imagine Peace Tower near Reykjavik, Iceland. I live in Thailand.
May I first say Damn you nomidale! I was going to do that one.
Since my first choice is taken, I can’t go past the Dog on the Tuckerbox near Gundagai. One of the greatest monuments ever made.
I’m in Australia, if it wasn’t already obvious.
Mannekin Pis – Brussels
Oops – Dubai UAE
Mannekin Pis Brussels Belgium
2nd guess – the MerLion in the Singapore harbor.
Dubai, UAE
Why pick the winner by random number? Wouldn’t it be better to pick whoever chose a monument *physically closest* to the one you’re thinking of?
Since I can’t think of anything, I’m going to go with the Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, New Zealand. Which is *still standing* after the quakes! That’s where I live.
Big Ben in London. I’m in Australia.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, near Pudding lane and Monument Underground stattion in London, UK.
I’m in Watford, UK
I have to go with “Gumby Goes to Heaven”, an iconic statue in the center of Toronto, Canada. The deets: http://sculptedtoronto.blogspot.ca/2010/05/sculpture-8-gumby-goes-to-heaven.html
I am in Toronto, Canada, which rawks. You should come.
The giant stainless steel Genghis Khan Statue near Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
I live in Australia.
The giant L&P bottle in Paeroa, New Zealand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_%26_Paeroa
I’m from Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Stiletto in the Ghetto, the Stiffy at the Liffey, the Erection in the Intersection… let’s hear it for the Spire of Dublin!
This contest is based on dirty nicknames, right?
Giant Gumboot, Taihape, New Zealand (well, I suspect you probably do not know of this…)
I live in Christchurch, New Zealand
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
I live in Constanta, Romania
Angkor Wat in Cambodia – Andrew in Sydney
The Democracy Monument, Bangkok, Thailand
I’m from Bulgaria.
Angkor Wat.
I’m in Australia.
I will take the Tower of Pisa (it’s in Pisa (Italy), no kidding!) just because I don’t think I saw it already, and I really can’t think of anything.
I live in Finland!
I’m loving all the comments!
The Clock Tower (the one Big Ben is in), London.
I’m getting in now before it gets its name changed (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17771423).
Australia.
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Mustafa from Singapore
Hagia Sophia, in both Constantinople and Istanbul.
Seokguram grotto, near GyungJu Korea.
I’m from Korea
Darwen Tower. Near Blackburn, Manchester, UK
I’m in the UK.
I think you may be thinking about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which may or may not have actually existed, but if it did was located south of Baghdad in Iraq.
I’m sat in an office in Nottingham, UK, admiring the local carpark out of the window. We do have a statue of Robin Hood in town. Maybe I should have mentioned that instead…
Can I just claim all of North Korea as one big monument to socialism?
No? Ok, the the Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang (aka, the big statue of Kim Il-Sung.)
I’m in Seoul, South Korea.
I’m in the UK, but my guess is the Carnac Stones in Brittany, France
From Spain here, and … well… Valle de los Caidos, around Madrid (region, but thats all near the city) somewhere, Wiki says 40°38′29″N 04°09′26″O ?
Of course the place is a monument to our fascist overlords but well, kinda of thematic with the Redshirt concept (Valley of the Fallen, in war that is).
And it is Caídos but I’m losing my knowledge of Spanish rules for using the diacritic mark lately :-/
The Blackpool Tower (in Blackpool, England). I live in the UK.
the head of karl marx in chemnitz, germany
The Wallace Monument (atop Abbey Craig, near Stirling, in Scotland).
I’m from the UK.
I’ll go with the Egyptian obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
(I’m in Norway.)
You are clearly thinking of Hadrian’s Wall in…well…Northumberland, UK and near various cities. I am currently on holiday in Northumberland (shocker) but I live in London (I am an American, but haven’t lived there in almost 5 years…hope that still counts).
The Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary.
I Live in Diósd, Hungary
Masjid al-Haram Mosque (i.e. the Grand Mosque) in Mecca.
I live in Japan.
I’m in Montreal, Canada and I’ll guess something from my hometown. I’ll guess The Biosphere built for Expo 1967.
The Ceremonial South Pole (close enough to 90° S)
I’m in Christchurch, NZ
You are thinking of a monument not yet made.
The Monument of Scalzi.
Which will descend from the heavens in the clutches of bacon.
You are definitely not thinking of the Monument of Stupidity.
Which rises from the depths of hell. On occasion.
In the US, but my mind wanders.
Mao’s Mausolem, Beijing, China, from Sam in the UK.
Since Angkor Wat’s taken, I’ll go with the Siegessäule (Victory Column), Berlin, Germany.
I’m in Uxbridge, UK.
As I have recently visited them I shall suggest the Catacombes in Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris
I’m in Sheffield UK
Living in Spain, guessing it’s the Alhambra Palace, in Granada
I love the suggestion for The USS Enterprise model in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada being a Canadian and all and given the preview of Redshirts I read but I will suggest with little hope of success the following
Wiiliam Shatners star on the Walk of Fame Toronto, Canada
Bit late to the part, so all the obvious ones have been taken
I nominate Che Guevara’s Monument and Mausoleum in Santa Clara, Cuba.
Hi from the UK :)
I’m from Canada, and I’ll go with the Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera House. Though the monument itself was not meant for humans to live in it, the phantom may have a different opinion about the sewers beneath…
Saint Basil’s Cathedral. I’m in Lithuania.
ALL HAIL LORD DOOM
Oops. I just re-read the instructions, and to hopefully forestall my immediate elimination for lack of reading comprehension: the Terracotta Army is in the Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, in China.
I remain in Canada.
Vimy Ridge Memorial and I live in Canada
I am from Hungary, so I will guess a Hungarian monument:
The statue of Anonymus in Városliget in Budapest, Hungary. (Anonymus was Notarius to the King and he wrote Gesta Hungarum, a history of sorts of the Hungarians (most of it made up))
Well I’m coming to the party a bit late, so most likely guesses seem to be taken. I’ll resort to a local choice: the Saint-Joseph Oratorium, which is located in my city of residence, Montreal (Canada, obviously).
I don’t think I saw this one – the Colosseum, Rome, Italy. I’m in Brighton – the south coast of the UK.
Mausoleum of Diocletian (now St. Dujam’s Cathedral) in the Palace of Diocletian at Split.
I’m a Brit.
The Brighton Pavilion. I’m in London, England
The Statue of the Collie Dog in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand (And since no one would ever accuse Lake Tekapo of being a city, that’s halfway between Christchurch and Queenstown.)
I’m from the Netherlands myself.
The Buddhas of Bamiyan.
True, they have been destroyed by the Taliban but if people are entering things like the Colossus of Rhodes, I will submit the Buddhas.
I live in Japan.
i live in Osaka Japan
the place you are thinking, did you ask about a monument ?
like the Olympic Statium in Newham, London, UK?
just heard a bbc radio peice about the hard times the folks in Newham have and will still have whwn the Olymips leaves, no change. listen to bbc “Newshour” also, “Outlook” is good too.
funny, i first thought you were thinking of a moment (in time), still i guess this summer olympics.
The Nazca Lines in Peru. I’m from Australia.
Heaps of peeps going with monuments that were clearly built to be lived in. I was going to go with Wallace Monument, Stirling Scotland. But that’s a watch tower.
I’m going with, mainly because everything else I could thing off had been picked (even my favourite place New Grange) the Chalk man of Dorset, famous for, mainly, a carving of a naked man. As seen in the Hugh Laurie film Maybe Baby.
Aaron from Karratha, Australia.
My first thoughts, like others, were the pyramid of Giza or the Sphinx. Since those are already taken, I’ll go with the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. Because I’m in Mexico. Nearest town: San Juan Teotihuacán. Nearest city: Mexico City.
Machu Picchu, Peru.
I am surprised that no one has guessed this one yet.
I live in Japan.
Buzludzha Monument, It is located in Buzludzha National Park in the Central Stara Planina, in the middle of Bulgaria. Said to resemble a space ship out of Star Trek…
I’m from Sweden.
Paul, French, living in Abu Dhabi, UAE:
Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi
May I say I suspect this was a plot by our gentle host to get some ideas for locales for his new (sikret) alternate history novel featuring fuzzies traveling back in time to give humans fire. The monument will actually be the remains of their (broken) time machine.
Mr Scalzi, because this idea is so awesome, I’ll give it to you for 50% on the royalties, which is cheap considering a) my choice of monuments is obviously the best and b) i’ve done all the work coming up with the idea for this novel. All you need to do is dictate it while playing your tenor guitar.
Right?
Erm, Victory Monument, Bangkok.
I hail from Yorkshire, which is like the rest of the UK, only better.
Minimundus near Klagenfurt.
(Living in Austria)
The aqueduct of Segovia.
I live in Spain
the Big Merino, Goulburn, NSW Australia.
I live in Australia, but sadly not in Goulburn
(a merino is a breed of sheep)(the less charitable call them land maggots)
Just to be funny.
The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretty impressive.
I live in South Africa
Yellow Chinese emperors Huangdi and Yandi, China
I live in South Africa.
Fisherman’s memorial in Lunenburg Nova Scotia
Canada
I want to suggest a Garibaldi/Red Shirts monument in Italy, but it seems as if they are ubiquitous… So which one? Can a general reference count?
Still living in Sweden.
Too late for the contest and not really a monument but The Canadian Mint is certainly something worth thinking about (and visiting, if you get the chance)
I’m in Canada
The monument itself is not intended to be lived in by humans?
Perhaps the City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt?
I live in Melbourne, Australia
Well, no winner has been announced and the end date has passed so how about a silly entry: God’s Final Message to His Creation written on the further side of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains?
I live in Toronto, Canada.