Where in the world is Andy? {Winner: BeckytheBlondie}

[72o]

We have 25 questions? (this isnt one)

Yes, 25 this time, because of the wasted questions. The rules will change for the next one, and the limit will be 20.

[Tisha]

we can't control when idiot post questions and you count them...

I think asking if he is between 95 and 13 would be a good question..

[Beckytheblondie]

Seconded.

I think asking if he is between 95 and 13 would be a good question..

[72o]

Seconded.

I think asking if he is between 95 and 13 would be a good question..

Yes, Andy is between I-95 and State Hwy 13.

[Tisha]

by the way, there is a neighborhood in the north part, between 95 and 13 looks pretty creepy... only like one car there

[Beckytheblondie]

by the way, there is a neighborhood in the north part, between 95 and 13 looks pretty creepy... only like one car there

And a couch with two tupperware containers on someone's front lawn,...wonder what's in them...

[AndyDufresne]

The wonders of street view! I still can't believe I'm not in a banana palm somewhere...unless someone has one in their backyard?


--Andy

[72o]

The wonders of street view! I still can't believe I'm not in a banana palm somewhere...unless someone has one in their backyard?


--Andy

I wasn't creative enough to actually make your location have a meaning.

[Beckytheblondie]

Is andy north of silverside dr.?

[72o]

Is andy north of silverside dr.?

Yes, Andy is north of Silverside Rd.

[Tisha]

Is Andy Dufresne south of Harvey Rd.

[72o]

Is Andy Dufresne south of Harvey Rd.

Yes, Andy is south of Harvey Rd.

[RedBaron0]

If there's a few folks looking at this the area around Smyrna Ave. looks very promising.

[sully800]

Red Baron, we are within this red box correct?



We can potentially divide it into quadrants using Smyrna Ave and Garfield Ave

[RedBaron0]

It's a good plan sully, we've also got 2 question left before we have to make the final question for location. and try and narrow the search further. Using Smyrna and Garfield questions to narrow the quadrent down.

There is a tree on Wyoming Ave. near the corner of Garfield Ave. that keeps bugging the hell out of me that looks just like the tree in the background on the picture.

[Beckytheblondie]

Is andy east of Garfield?

[Beckytheblondie]

Is Andy at 252 Delaware Ave, Edgemoor, DE? YAY!

[sully800]

Nice work Becky!

[Beckytheblondie]

I feel like I live in the neighborhood now.

[captainwalrus]

Delaware is not really above the mason-dixon line...

[thegreekdog]

Great work all! Seriously... I love this game. My eyes will never be the same.

I wonder where Andy will turn up next.

[72o]

Is Andy at 252 Delaware Ave, Edgemoor, DE? YAY!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! You are the winner of the first ever installment of the "Where In The World" series!!

Next installment coming soon...

[72o]

Delaware is not really above the mason-dixon line...

It is according to the wiki article I posted when I gave the answer...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_Line

[thegreekdog]

Andy always seemed like an upper class kind of guy to me. It's no wonder he's lost. I bet his Cadillac Escalade broke down around the corner and he stopped for directions because his GPS is on the fritz and AAA doesn't have an office in Delaware. That's the only explanation.

[Beckytheblondie]

The way I see it is that with 20 questions we can divide the earth into 1/(2^20) or 1/1,048,576ths

Of course, as only 57 million miles^2 of the total 196,940,400 square miles is land, We're looking at the 20th question yielding us 54 square miles.

Excluding Antarctica, (because if Andy's lost in Antarctica, screw it, he's lost for good) we have a land area of 52 million square miles.

Including Antarctica , over one fifth of the globe's land mass is under water (oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.) or ice. This leaves about 45 million square miles of exposed land.

Not all this land can be used beneficially however. A significant portion of the Earth's exposed land is uninhabitable or cannot be used for any agricultural purpose. Large portions lie in the far north. Large portions are extremely arid. Large portions are very mountainous. In sum, only about one fourth of all the land on earth, or somewhat more than 12 million square miles, is arable.

(http://pages.prodigy.net/jhonig/bignum/qland2.html)

So after 20 questions, we should be able to narrow down Andy's location to approximately 11.45 square miles. This is still daunting. Can we do it again?