Georgia could have dominated this list too: Athens, Rome, Macon, Cairo, Springfield, Columbus, Gainesville, Albany... heck, even the tiny town of Swainsboro was once called Paris.
it's amazing that there are any original city names at all.
Canada is pretty good at it too. I live within two hours of Paris, London, Stratford, Waterloo, Scotland, Delaware, Avon, and Woodstock. Many of these are situated on the Thames River. All in Ontario.
Back in the early 1970s, when Nixon shocked the world by opening up relations with the People's Republic of China through ping pong diplomacy, one of the history professors at my school planned to make his first million by producing table tennis rackets with a picture of Mao on one side and the inscription "Made in China" on the other. China, Maine, that is. He never did, unfortunately.
Actually made a few quizes on places in the USA with the same name as capitals in Europe, Africa and South America :). Might be fun for those who liked this one.
It's always fun seeing people confess to their own lack of education on this site.
Americans know about Alexandria, Hyderabad, Perth, Waterloo, and Cartagena. But non-Americans always complain that they're expected to know about places outside of their own backyard.
Too US-centric this time. 16/20 are located in US. It is not perfect, but ok. The problem is that 7/20 are located solely in different US states, but not in any other country, it is way too big percentage.
What about Cordoba, Valencia, Tripoli, Guadalajara, perhaps London or Venice...
South Africa has got a crazy mixture of place names .. Bethlehem, east London, Dundee, glencoe, Newcastle. (to pick a random section of the eastern cape)
There are a lot of suggestions in these comments that are too obscure, but I've got a good one: London, the capital of the UK, and Justin Bieber's hometown in Canada.
There’s a Melbourne in Florida, which I’m not sure is very big but has an airport with commercial service and I think is due to take over (from Sanford) as the Orlando-area destination for TUI flights from Europe.
it's amazing that there are any original city names at all.
Vancouver (British Columbia and Washington)
Bangor: Maine, Wales, Ireland
Rome: Georgia (USA), New York, Italy
Odessa: Texas, Ukraine
Americans know about Alexandria, Hyderabad, Perth, Waterloo, and Cartagena. But non-Americans always complain that they're expected to know about places outside of their own backyard.
What about Cordoba, Valencia, Tripoli, Guadalajara, perhaps London or Venice...
Tripoli, Santiago, Newcastle, Montpelier
Cities Found in More than One Country
I'm just surprised because I don't remember seeing this one before, although I have apparently taken this quiz before.