Friday, June 12, 2026 · General

Daily Drop · Jun 12, 2026

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

Five sites where the headlines came from somewhere specific. An Olympic city, a Colombian novelist's hometown, a presidential retreat, a fallen radio dish, and a rose-red city carved into the rock.

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  1. 01

    Drop a pin on the host city of the 1972 Summer Olympics — remembered for both Mark Spitz's seven golds and a tragic hostage crisis.

    ● Spiridon-Louis-Ring — München, Bayern, Deutschland

    Target
    48.1717°, 11.5485°
    Cap
    2,485 mi
    Weight
    200 pts
    Hints (2)
    • Narrow to the continent (−35%)
      Reveals which continent (or ocean region) the answer is in.
    • Narrow to the country (−70%)
      Reveals the country or specific region the answer is in.
  2. 02

    Drop a pin on the small tropical hometown of Gabriel García Márquez — the inspiration for his fictional Macondo in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

    ● Carrera 5Este — Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia

    Target
    10.5917°, -74.1856°
    Cap
    2,485 mi
    Weight
    200 pts
    Hints (2)
    • Narrow to the continent (−35%)
      Reveals which continent (or ocean region) the answer is in.
    • Narrow to the country (−70%)
      Reveals the country or specific region the answer is in.
  3. 03

    Where did Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin negotiate the framework that led to the 1979 peace treaty between their two nations?

    ● Maryland, United States

    The retreat sits in the Catoctin Mountains roughly 60 miles northwest of Washington. It was originally named 'Shangri-La' by Roosevelt; Eisenhower renamed it for his grandson David. The 1978 accords were negotiated in private cabins over 13 days under Jimmy Carter's mediation.

    Target
    39.6480°, -77.4658°
    Cap
    2,485 mi
    Weight
    200 pts
    Hints (2)
    • Narrow to the continent (−35%)
      Reveals which continent (or ocean region) the answer is in.
    • Narrow to the country (−70%)
      Reveals the country or specific region the answer is in.
  4. 04

    Drop a pin on the 305-meter radio telescope dish — for decades the world's largest — that collapsed in late 2020.

    ● Carretera al Observatorio de Arecibo — Arecibo, Puerto Rico, United States

    Target
    18.3439°, -66.7528°
    Cap
    2,485 mi
    Weight
    200 pts
    Hints (2)
    • Narrow to the continent (−35%)
      Reveals which continent (or ocean region) the answer is in.
    • Narrow to the country (−70%)
      Reveals the country or specific region the answer is in.
  5. 05

    Drop a pin on the rose-red rock-cut city where Indiana Jones rode through the Siq to find the Holy Grail in The Last Crusade.

    ● As-Siq — وادي موسى, معان, الأردن

    Target
    30.3285°, 35.4444°
    Cap
    2,485 mi
    Weight
    200 pts
    Hints (2)
    • Narrow to the continent (−35%)
      Reveals which continent (or ocean region) the answer is in.
    • Narrow to the country (−70%)
      Reveals the country or specific region the answer is in.