Do you know where Damascus is?

[Capt. Obvious]

Take the test: http://toys.usvsth3m.com/damascus/

I'm quite proud of myself - only 17 miles off.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. No, but if you hum a few bars...

K & R

Cheers!

[liberal N proud]

2. You're on the road to Damascus!

[The Straight Story]

3. I got it, but then

earlier tonight I was on http://newspapermap.com/ and zeroed right in on it to find some news outlets.

And have been spending a ton of time on google maps researching the whole area for some time (partially relating to some old books I am reading - and it helps to have old maps handy as well when reading old travel diaries in the region. Amazing how the world has changed there since the early 1800's and yet some things have not). One such book (free online, old and out of copyright)

The inner life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy land : from my private journal (1875)
http://archive.org/details/innerlifeofsyria01burtuoft

[Alamuti Lotus]

4. 5 miles off

[steve2470]

5. 40 miles away nt

[joshcryer]

6. Eerie how mob intelligence is showing here.

Off by 22 miles. If the map let me zoom in more I think I would've been closer, couldn't tell city from desert, heh.

[krispos42]

7. 60 miles

But I have a smallish screen and there was no zoom. :-/

[Lurks Often]

8. 80 miles off

Could have done better with a zoom option and a more precise marker

[panader0]

9. 78 off here

but, hey, cruise missiles have a greater range than that! (sarcasm)

[theHandpuppet]

10. 66 miles

Not bad, considering my small screen.

[hack89]

11. 8 miles off.

but then I am a student of military history and have read a lot about the various ME wars.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

12. Yes, because touring the Ancient City of Damascus...

is something I would love to do.

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history – one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary.



http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/20

[Scootaloo]

13. 35 miles off

But then I have a leg up on most Americans - I actually know where Syria is, so that really helps.

[NuclearDem]

14. 15 miles off.

And no, Damascus is NOT in Switzerland.

[tnlurker]

15. 24 miles off

[Coyotl]

16. You're definitely on the road to Damascus!

But, have I seen the light?

[Arctic Dave]

17. 73 miles off.

Or as bush would say, BULLSEYE!

[hootinholler]

18. It's about 20 miles up the road from me

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=damascus+md&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=87QgUuTnJcm7sQStKQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg



I was at 125 miles on the site.