Card No. 17

The answers

1. Since 1859

   The Great Clock at the Houses of Parliament

   Still going

   The Great Clock has kept time since 1859. It is still adjusted by stacking old pennies on the pendulum. Each one changes its speed by 0.4 seconds a day.

2. Since 1240

   A medieval stone lighthouse on Ireland's southeast coast

   Still going

   Hook Lighthouse still works. It was built between 1201 and 1240, has walls up to 4 meters thick, and its keepers left for good in March 1996 when it went automatic.

3. Since 1919

   Hotel Pennsylvania, across from Penn Station in Manhattan

   Done for 2020

   It closed on April 1, 2020, and was fully torn down by October 2023. Its phone number, PEnnsylvania 6-5000, inspired a song of the same name.

4. Since 2007

   The R35 Nissan GT-R sports car

   Done for 2025

   The last R35 GT-R, a Midnight Purple Premium T-Spec, left the Tochigi plant on August 26, 2025. About 48,000 were built over 18 years.

5. Since 1934

   A drive-in movie theater in Orefield, Pennsylvania

   Still going

   Shankweiler's opened April 15, 1934, and is the oldest operating drive-in in the world. It started with a bedsheet hung between two poles and now runs year-round.