Buckingham Palace wins.

Hollywood sign (4)
vs
Guggenheim Bilboa (13)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Hollywood sign

Guggenheim Bilboa

Guggenheim Bilboa

Guggenheim Bilboa wins.

St. Louis Arch (6)
vs
The Everglades (11)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Everglades

The Arch...

What? I'm sorry, but could you explain?:confused:

We have to skip a matchup between votes. :)

OH! OK, thanks! ;)

St. Louis Arch

The design of the arch is an inverted catenary (known to your graphing calculators as -cosh[x]).

A catenary is the curve of a flexible chain held at each end and pulled down by gravity.

St. Louis Arch wins.

Empire State Building (3)
vs
Trafalgar Square (14)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Empire State Building

Used to be a time when you could go to Trafalgar Square and climb aboard the lions at its base - I remember being photographed astride one - now it's cordoned off, and the Square is just one of many open spaces to gather. Even after 'Sleepless in Seattle'. I still go for:

Empire State Building

Still a great symbol of American achievement

Phew. And here I thought I was going to have to present a case for The Empire State Building, a triumph of early 20th Century engineering and innovation, versus nothing surrounded by a few things with some attractive statuary plonked in the middle.

Thank you, Cyclefrance.

They plonk over there? :mg:

OK, Empire State wins

Sydney Opera House (7)
vs
Guggenheim Nyc (10)

Opera House

I think more people would recognize the opera house, even in abstract, than the Guggenheim Nyc.
The Guggenheim is, I've seen a picture of that, it's a famous building, what is it?:2cents:

My thinking exactly. Plus, the opera house looks cooler.

Opera House has become as synonimous with Sydney as the Harbour Bridge, whereas Guggenheim NY is not such a landmark - hey, where are all the Ozzies when we need them....

At the Opera House. ;)

Opera House...we *do* still need the second vote for this, right?

Oh sorry, I should have made it clear I was voting for the Opera House and not just extolling it's coolness. :blush:

Sydney Opera House wins.

Colosseum (2)
vs
The Las Vegas Strip (15)

A stunning "very new vs very old" matchup.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Collosseum - a classic of architecture. They'll eventually build a half-scale one in LV, anyway (assuming they havn't already).

Colosseum.

In it's day it WAS the Las Vegas Strip, and probably did it a lot better.


Edited for surplus "l" removal.

Can't wait for the next one....

Nag, nag, nag. :p

Great Wall of China (1)
vs
The Chunnel (16)

Now how do I make the Chunnel more exciting than the Great Wall of China...?

well, there was that chase scene in Mission Impossible where a helicopter flew into the Chunnel after the train.

I vote Great Wall.

It's only a load of bricks - and who wants a wall that big anyway - and what with all that pollution the economic growth is creating it must be crumbling at a rate of knots by now as well.

Whereas....

I have instant access to all that lovely wine now, and they even take bikes as well. OK so it's bankrupt, it's still an amazing feat of engineering - and who'd have believed they'd actually meet in the middle like that, uh? (or is that the reason there are two tunnels???)

A brave attempt to promote a win for

The Chunnel

(somehow I think it just might not be a successful attempt, though....)

So is this thread about over? sounds like 64 have been named. I can't be arsed to read ALL the posts. I love Red Rock Arizona. Gods creations are the ones i admire. :p

Now just think of the jobs that would have been created if only Regan had been standing at the "Great Wall" instead?

I'm in if you do this one.

Or maybe something sci-fi related. :)

You're right Glatt, the Chunnel's too dangerous - I change to Great Wall, if that's allowed...

speaking of scifi..... does fyre not want to come here? :(

Was that an actual vote change Cyc? Or just sarcasm? Being the official vote-checker, I hafta determine.

that one is a hanging chad UT. so you must throw it out!

God - I've been plagued by boiler problems since arriving home and only just got back here and seen yr post UT - yes, I wanted to change - have sent you a PM to explain - sincere apologies for holding everything up

That's OK. The slow of the thread reminded us that sometimes the ancient makes for a better landmark. :D

Great Wall wins.

Tower of London (8)
vs
St. Peter's Basilica (9)

If you don't understand what's going on here, see this link:
http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

It's a tournament and we vote 2-out-of-3 for winners.

I'm not sure how these came to be so closely graded - Tower of London may have the crown jewels (believe they are replicas anyway), ravens and beefeaters, but cannot put these on a par with the works of art and grandeur of St Peter's.

Making up for lost time, my vote goes to St Peter's Basilica

St. Pete's.

Tower of London - I love all that mysterious history like the two young princes that Richard III supposedly had offed there. And didn't the Duke of Clarence drown in a barrow of malmsey there?

FOUL
:D

Cyc, sorry, that's the other unwritten rule... you can't vote for two matches in a row. To give the others a chance, you know.

:headshake

not sure how this thread works... but I like the great pyramids...

Sneaky rule - but makes sense....

Well treating it as just a bit of publicity for St Pete's won't do any harm anyway....

umm... We've moved on from there. The current choice is between The Tower of London and St. Peter's. There are three votes per pair of choices. Two out of three wins and we move on to the next pair. As has been noted, you can't vote for two choices in a row. You have to skip one pair between your last vote and the next.

- Helpie Helperton aka Anastasi Girl ;)

St. Peter's

Tower of London

St. Peters had alraedy taken the win there.

Grand Canyon (5)
vs
The Pentagon (12)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

My...what an unfortunate pairing.

Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon wins.

Mount Rushmore (4)
vs
Mt Etna (13)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Mount Rushmore!

The world's got lots of volcanoes, but not a lot of ridiculously huge sculptures.

Mt Etna

Rushmore. :)

Good movie.

The statue's OK, too.

Rushmore

Mount Rushmore wins.

Easter Island (6)
vs
The Parthenon (11)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

More than halfway through the tough round one here.