Musical Acts by City #2

We give you two bands or solo artists. You guess the urban area that could be considered the "home city" of both.
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Last updated: December 12, 2019
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First submittedJuly 11, 2012
Times taken9,878
Average score75.0%
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Musical Act
City
Elvis Presley | Booker T. Jones
Memphis
Coldplay | David Bowie
London
Enrique Iglesias | Alejandro Sanz
Madrid
Eminem | Bob Seger
Detroit
Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Doors
Los Angeles
Will Smith | The Roots
Philadelphia
Chuck Berry | Nelly
St. Louis
Gloria Estefan | Pitbull
Miami
N'Sync | Backstreet Boys
Orlando
Beyoncé | ZZ Top
Houston
Drake | Rush
Toronto
Bob Marley | Shaggy
Kingston
Kylie Minogue | Men at Work
Melbourne
Bangtan Boys (BTS) | Girls' Generation
Seoul
Arcade Fire | Leonard Cohen
Montreal
Aqua | Lukas Graham
Copenhagen
Prince | Soul Asylum
Minneapolis
Black Sabbath | Duran Duran
Birmingham
W.A. Mozart | Johann Strauss
Vienna
Björk | Sigur Rós
Reykjavík
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Level 76
Aug 19, 2019
I never knew Will Smith was actually from Philadelphia.
+8
Level 86
Aug 22, 2019
Born and raised...heard he spent a lot of time on the playground.
+5
Level 93
Aug 27, 2019
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
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Level 50
Jan 4, 2020
Got maybe 7 legit, was able to guess 9 more...
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Level 67
Jan 4, 2020
I must have tried every major Canadian city except Montreal for Leonard Cohen and Arcade Fire. I never got the sense they were from French Canada. Interesting.
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Level 82
Jan 6, 2020
There's no Canada like French Canada it's ze best Canada in ze land. The other Canada iz a boosh#t Canada if you lived here for a day you'd understand.
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Level 59
Jan 4, 2020
Sooo many guesses (but they worked. heh)
+1
Level 82
Jan 6, 2020
I managed to get the last one (Nelly) with 9 seconds to go.
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Level 32
Jan 6, 2020
actually , sir , Elvis Presley , aka king of rock and roll , was born not in Memphis , but instead , in the wonderful city of tupelo , Mississippi . please change this , get your facts right , and then wallow in the despair of your idiocy .

thank you for your time ,

with love ,

big Elvis enthusiast

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Level 78
Jan 6, 2020
Was it his home city for the largest part of his creative life? Because that's what the quiz is asking for.
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Level 72
Jan 8, 2020
perhaps you should wallow in the despair of knowing that you didn't understand the intent of the quiz and still tried to correct it.
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Level 56
Jan 11, 2020
HOW is Salzburg accepted for Vienna?
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Level 83
Jun 7, 2020
R.H.C.P from L.A California. I'm shocked. maybe they should mention it in some of their songs to give us a clue.only joking ,they had some top songs.
+1
Level 77
Jun 23, 2020
Lukas Graham is from Denmark? I thought they'd be from Ireland.
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Level 68
Nov 16, 2021
Shouldn't this be called "city by musical acts" ? I mean you have to find the city by the musical acts you are given, not the opposite.