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World Cities by Clue Quiz #2

Based on the clues, name these world cities.
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Last updated: December 13, 2019
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First submittedAugust 8, 2012
Times taken43,846
Average score70.0%
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Clues
City
EU Capital, Waffle, Sprout
Brussels
Tahrir Square, Nile River, Minarets
Cairo
Ancient Library, Lighthouse Wonder,
Named for Conqueror
Alexandria
Camp Nou, Catalan, Sagrada Família
Barcelona
Communist Pact, Jewish Ghetto,
Vistula River
Warsaw
CN Tower, Mayor Rob Ford, Drake
Toronto
Dragon Tattoo Girl, Baltic Sea,
Hostage Syndrome
Stockholm
Carthage, Avenue Habib Bourguiba,
Arab Spring
Tunis
Danzig, Free City, Lech Wałęsa
Gdansk
Gangnam, Samsung, Han River
Seoul
Clues
City
Fringe Festival, Parliament, David Hume
Edinburgh
Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate,
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin
Little Mermaid, Øresund Bridge,
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen
Franz Ferdinand, Winter Olympics, Balkans
Sarajevo
Neighbours, Cricket Grounds, Port Philip
Melbourne
European Central Bank, Main River,
Hot Dogs
Frankfurt
Charles Bridge, Franz Kafka, Spring of 1968
Prague
Bollywood, Marathi Language, Dharavi Slum
Mumbai
Lombardy, Armani, Piazza Duomo
Milan
Stampede, Oil Industry, Close to Banff
Calgary
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Level 33
Aug 6, 2012
Sarajevo is misspelled as "Sarejevo."
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Level ∞
Aug 8, 2012
Fixed. Thanks!
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Level 71
Aug 26, 2012
Oh come on! Bombay?
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Level 92
Sep 11, 2013
I'm inclined to agree. Especially as the clue includes Bollywood (not Mollywood, right?)
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Level ∞
Jun 23, 2017
Okay, Bombay will work now
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Level 35
Oct 30, 2012
kept putting Zagreb instead of Sarajevo . . D'oh . . and of all the many famous personages to come from the city of Edinburgh . . . David Hume???? An 18th century economist and philosopher instead of musicians, writers, politicians and actors including the best Bond?
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Level 68
Dec 23, 2014
Timothy Dalton is from Wales, dude! : P
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Level 75
Jun 26, 2015
+1. Entirely underrated as Bond.
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Level 69
Dec 1, 2017
-1 should entirely never have been bond
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Level 54
Dec 1, 2012
Kept going back to Vienna for the hot dog one... I know they are "sausages" but they look like mini dogs...
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Level 16
Feb 24, 2013
Had serious trouble with this because I thought it was world capitals.
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Level 57
Jan 28, 2014
The Franz Ferdinand clue is somewhat confusing when combined with Winter Olympic host. Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria, and the only Austrian city to host the winter Olympics was Innsbruck.
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Level 73
Feb 21, 2014
Yep...and he's famous for his assassination in Sarajevo, not for his archdukedom in Austria...
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Level 74
Oct 22, 2019
I wouldn't have gotten it without the Franz Ferdinand clue
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Level 70
Jan 4, 2022
And there i was trying to think which Scottish city had hosted the winter Olympics. Until I realised the clue did not refer to the band.
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Level 77
May 7, 2014
There are several quizzes where Myanmar is still called Burma. In that spirit I think it'd be fair to accept "Bombay" for Mumbai as well?
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Level 75
Jun 23, 2014
"Hostage syndrome" is a bit of a mean clue for Stockholm. Can you think of a nicer one? Greta Garbo; 1912 Olympics; Drottningholm Palace; Djurgården; Stockholm City Museum...
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Level 36
Sep 14, 2014
It'd be a bit ridiculous to put 'Stockholm City Museum' as a clue. Wouldn't that make it blatantly obvious? If not, it would make people think it WASN'T Stockholm. I think the clue is fine as is.
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Level 70
Jan 4, 2022
True, but if you can't remember the name gdansk, you can simply type Danzig which is in the clue.

Obviously need tom know Danzig has a new name

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Level 45
Apr 21, 2019
Maybe the colorful subway ?

Or the ABBA museum ?

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Level 55
Nov 20, 2014
I thought Franz Ferdinand as in the BAND....not the Arch Duke! Whoops!
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Level 75
Jan 13, 2015
I'm not sure if you used Andersen as a pointer towards Denmark, or Copenhagen specifically but he is actually from Aalborg, not Copenhagen.
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Level ∞
Apr 2, 2015
Changed to Tivoli Gardens. Thanks.
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Level 31
May 26, 2015
Most people in Germany still regard Gdansk as being called Danzig.
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Level 71
Jun 26, 2015
easypeasy 2.26 left
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Level 72
Jun 26, 2015
Okay as for Warsaw Jewish Ghetto doesn't exist any more and was created by nazis. Also Ghetto wasn't only "Warsaw" thing cause those existed all around countries that were under nazi occupation.

Might as well change to -Royal Castle-Vistula River-1944-Łazienkowski Palace

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Level 82
Jun 26, 2015
These are just clues by association... you're inferring a lot about the clues that is not stated. Carthage is still a city and not the same one as Tunis... but... it helps you get the answer anyway.
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Level 59
Nov 29, 2017
You get the answer by taking all three clues together (isn't that obvious?)
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Level 82
Jun 26, 2015
All very easy up until the last one.
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Level 72
May 31, 2017
Yeah. I flew through it until the last one which absolutely threw me. I think I named every city in that country bar the blinking answer.
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Level 78
Jan 26, 2021
Stampede + close to Banff gives it away.
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Level 65
Jun 26, 2015
a Brussels waffle?
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Level 69
Dec 2, 2015
Belgian Waffles. Yum.
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Level 66
Jun 26, 2015
Only missed Edinburgh and Calgary. I'm happy for getting Gdańsk.
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Level 67
Oct 9, 2016
That caught me out too - Stockholm wasn't accepted until I noticed an h had mysteriously appeared in front of it!
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Level 58
Mar 23, 2017
edinburg edinbergh edinberg all rejected
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Level 67
Jun 16, 2017
I wish you were right, but Edinburg does work.
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Level 48
Mar 23, 2017
Thanks a lot, Die Hard - I tried Helsinki first even though I knew better.
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Level 69
Jul 14, 2017
Love the Gangnam clue!
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Level 66
Nov 29, 2017
Living in Melbourne I find it tragic and sad that one of the clues is 'Neighbours'(Sound of a gunshot offstage as the main protagonist kills himself). So much amazing culture, music, theatre and comedy has come out of Melbourne(just off the top of my head: Paul Kelly, Nick Cave, TISM, The Late Show, Hollowmen,( all those guys Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Glen Robbins); amazing classical guitarist like the Grigoryan brothers and John Williams; The Living End, John Safran...if I had more time...) So sad that the clue is lamestream 'Neighbours'(No! Put the gun away don't do it!). And I don't think there are really that many 'cricket grounds' in Melbourne, no more than any other city in Australia. There is just the one cricket ground however, with a crowd capacity of 100,000, which is exceptional. Also, If you can't spell Melbourne with an 'e' on the end you don't deserve to get it.

Also, got them all with over a minute left.

Why Neighbours why not Space Dogs or Idiot Box...

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Level 59
Nov 29, 2017
I'm fairly familiar with Melbourne and yet most of the people you listed aren't exactly famous for being Melburnians, and most are not going to be known by non-Australians. Whatever you think of Neighbours, it is well known (relatively) around the world.
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Level 67
Nov 29, 2017
Hey, my hometown had "close to Banff" as a clue, so don't be so upset.
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Level 82
Dec 2, 2017
Never heard of any of those people except Nick Cave and couldn't tell you a thing about him. Didn't know he was Australian. But I knew Neighbours was an Australian soap opera even though I've never seen it.
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Level 65
Mar 3, 2020
Yes exactly the same. The others mean nothing to me, heard of nick cave but know nothing about him, I would guess he was a musician. Only thing I know about neighbours is a soap originated in Australia and had Kylie Minoque in it. Would not have got it without that clue.

It isnt about greatest things, but most famous, and quite often these two things are not synonymous.

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Level 89
Apr 7, 2019
Neighbours if more successful and well known overseas than any of those other entities you mentioned. It's not a personal insult.
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Level 78
Jan 26, 2021
Sorry Stubart, in that list (excellent as I am sure they all are in their respective fields) only Nick Cave comes close to the fame of Neighbours.
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Level 71
Apr 11, 2023
From all those people you mentioned, I only know Nick Cave but wouldn't have associated him with Melbourne or even Australia.

Kylie Minogue would have been a better option as a clue, but I guess that would be a problem for you too.

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Level 57
Nov 29, 2017
Love these quizzes. I agree that Danzig could be changed to a Gunther Grass related clue. Also, not very familiar with Melbourne so I pretty much had to guess it. May I suggest a clue related to the Australian Open or the F1 race?
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Level 44
Dec 4, 2017
Haha, I was a little confused by the "Danzig" clue since that's still the German name for Gdansk. I also have to admit that I only got Sarajevo because I stayed in a Franz Ferdinand themed hostel while visiting the city.
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Level 80
Jul 21, 2022
That’s a bit morbid and creepy. Why on earth would you want stay there?
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Level 36
Dec 30, 2017
It's funny how I entered Danzig as the city for the "Baltic" clue, but it registered for the "Gdansk" one, where "Danzig" was given as a clue.

So two things in one.

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Level 28
Feb 17, 2019
I did the same thing! I tried Gdańsk for Baltic Sea because I was running out of ideas
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Level 65
Mar 3, 2020
Only missed calgary never would ve gotten it, though I guessed all the canadian cities I could think of. (Actually learned banff is something in canada from this site)

extremely surprised at how low gdansk is, it basically said it in the quiz! It feels like giving bombay and people not answering mumbai. Maybe they thought it was something else associated with gdansk/danzig?

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Level 68
Apr 23, 2021
Aberdeen is the centre of the Scottish oil industry and about 40 miles from Banff
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Level 65
Sep 11, 2022
This confused me as well. I was trying to think what other cities were near Banff other than Aberdeen and Inverness.
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Level 35
Dec 22, 2022
no way that polish cities are known just becouse of the ww2

like you know what do i mean: danzig, free city,jewish ghetto :(

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Level 79
Jan 2, 2024
Thanks for accepting Danzig for Danzig! :)