A location mystery in six rounds

Can you pin the place?

A geography guessing game about locations that became part of the public record. Read the clue, choose the pin, and let the mileage do the melodrama.

CONTENT NOTE Historical and current violence are discussed non-graphically and respectfully.

Today’s theme Six documented places

The sites behind the headlines

Every answer is a real address, station, plaza, theatre, or campus. The point is the map: take a breath, read closely, and place your pin.

ROUND 01 / 06

Round 1

Exterior of the New York Hilton Midtown — New York Hilton MidtownPhoto / Wikimedia Commons ↗

FIELD CLUE 01

A Midtown address, under a very bright spotlight.

The reported event happened outside a major hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Your mission: locate the right block before the map starts feeling smug.

Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City on December 4, 2024. This quiz makes no claim about any person’s conviction or legal outcome.

Location lock

Choose the documented place

Drag / zoom / select

Candidate locationsSentinel-2 cloudless — EOX

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The tally

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Waiting for your first pin.

Sources & context

Facts are summarized for an educational game. Links open in a new tab; dates and locations are presented as documented by the sources.

REPORTINGReuters — what is known about the Brian Thompson killing OFFICIALU.S. DOJ OIG — Epstein custody oversight report search REFERENCEEncyclopaedia Britannica — assassination of Shinzo Abe OFFICIALJFK Library — assassination of John F. Kennedy OFFICIALFord’s Theatre — Lincoln’s assassination REPORTINGAP News — reporting search for the Utah Valley University event