Both Dave P. and Martin Veneroso have been active of late figuring out some of the older Vegas Eye puzzles. There are still plenty of unsolved ones, so join us! At first glance, you might think you know where this photo was taken, but it could be trickier than seems a first. On the other hand, long-term residents will probably recognize this icon immediately. Do you know where it lives? There are some useful visual clues in this photo, that you might want to employ!
Photo by Linda Evans
1. What is the name of the bird depicted in this photo?
2. At what property can this view be found?
3. How long (in years) is it likely to have been found at this location?
4. If you were counting… how many such birds could be found at this spot?
5. When this establishment opened, what was the price for a complete Sirloin dinner meal?
More about the Vegas Eye mystery photo game:
1) Anyone can play! If you think you know the location of the place or landmark pictured in the mystery photo(s) and can answer the accompanying questions, please post your responses as a comment below. Locations and landmarks are all located within a 35-mile radius of Las Vegas City Hall.
2) We invite you to contribute mystery photos to Vegas Eye and pose your own puzzle questions. If you’d like to contribute, please keep in mind that a good subject for a mystery photo should be unique in some way. There should be subtle but identifiable visual clues in the photo to help players solve the puzzle. Please send photos and puzzle questions to Vegas Eye at this address. (Please submit high resolution photos. Full-size images straight from your camera are best.)
3) If the players and contributors of this Vegas Eye game are unable to completely solve the questions posed by Vegas Eye, than Vegas Eye will be compelled to provide and post answers within a 30-day period of the original post. Participants in this Vegas Eye game will be awarded some level of bonus points for solving these puzzles within the thirty-day period. The calibration of the relative value of these bonus points is still be determined. However there have been two special honorees as the reigning super VE-Geo-Sleuths: October, 2012 Dave P, is the most active of the current puzzle sleuths and deserves special recognition for using geometry to triangulate the position of the photographer in this tricky VE puzzle. In October 2010, Tom Herbertson was able to deduce and otherwise figure out all of the mystery locations shown here and in 2011 Martin Veneroso has posted a number of detailed responses, like this one for the Las Vegas Strip pink elephant and this one which is seen by hundreds of people every day!
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Ah, a picture from a place some of us old timers would recognize.
Never had a sirloin dinner here. Personally, I prefer some of the breakfast specials.
Yep, old-timers and newbies alike could know about this place!
#1 A flamingo (I know that’s not what you’re looking for, but I’m still digging on this one.)
#2 The Peppermill
#3 42 years
#4 Just a guess on this one, but I’d say about 40. That’s figuring there’s one at each table/booth, and the place seats about 150.
#5 It started out at $4.50
#1 — Flamingo is close enough — I think.
#3 — Yes The Peppermill opened it’s doors on December 26, 1972 at 11:00 pm
and yes, you’ve nailed the rest of the facts as well. Here is an article written by long-time local, Brian Rouff about this place.
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