Monday, June 15, 2026 · General

Daily Drop · Jun 15, 2026

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

Five sites where a single person — or a small experiment in the right place — created a discipline. Basketball's birthplace, the first sub-four mile, a preserved Soviet leader, a Renaissance gallery, and the lab where Edison perfected modern life.

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  1. 01

    Drop a pin on the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — in the city where Dr. Naismith invented the sport in 1891.

    ● Cedar Street — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

    Target
    42.1018°, -72.5705°
    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

    Where did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four-minute mile on May 6, 1954 — at his university's modest cinder track?

    ● High Street — Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    Bannister, a 25-year-old medical student, trained around his hospital schedule and ran with two pacemakers (Chris Brasher, Chris Chataway) ahead of him. The cinder track has been preserved largely intact; it is now named the Sir Roger Bannister Running Track.

    Target
    51.7506°, -1.2475°
    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

    Drop a pin on the granite mausoleum on Red Square that has held Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body since 1924.

    ● Красная площадь — Москва, Москва, Россия

    Target
    55.7539°, 37.6208°
    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

    Where can you see Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera in the same Renaissance-era gallery building?

    ● Via dei Saponai — Firenze, Toscana, Italia

    Target
    43.7677°, 11.2569°
    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 Thomas Edison's "invention factory" — the lab where the phonograph and the first practical incandescent bulb were perfected.

    ● Middlesex-Essex Turnpike — Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States

    Target
    40.5675°, -74.3275°
    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.