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World Cities by Clue Quiz #3

We give you three clues. You name the city.
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Last updated: January 10, 2020
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First submittedOctober 1, 2012
Times taken44,407
Average score65.0%
Rating4.26
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Clues
City
Socrates, Acropolis, Olympics
Athens
Edo, Imperial Palace, Shibuya
Tokyo
Gran Via, Miguel de Cervantes,
2004 Train Bombing
Madrid
Tigris River, Babylon, Bombs Over
Baghdad
Eiffel Tower, Left Bank, Champs-Élysées
Paris
Spring Break, Cliff Divers, Tlacopanocha
Acapulco
Rhodes Scholarship, River Thames, Dons
Oxford
Industrial Revolution, Oasis, Old Trafford
Manchester
Krung Thep, Hangover 2, Sin City of Asia
Bangkok
Good Friday Agreement, Titanic,
George Best
Belfast
Clues
City
James Joyce, Guinness, Molly Malone
Dublin
Wu Language, Pudong, Yangtze River
Shanghai
Former Capital, Neva River,
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
High Murder Rate, District 9, Gold
Johannesburg
Ipanema, Carnival, Bossa Nova
Rio de Janeiro
Amerikamura, Takoyaki, Hanshin Tigers
Osaka
Mother Teresa, Black Hole, Bengal
Kolkata
Mozart, Coffee, Boys' Choir
Vienna
Tropicana Club, Old Cars, Gloria Estefan
Havana
Count of Monte Cristo, Riviera,
Bouillabaisse
Marseille
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Level 49
Oct 1, 2012
Could Calcutta also be accepted?
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Level ∞
Oct 1, 2012
Okay
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Level 60
Dec 31, 2017
I think Calcutta should not be accepted. The name was officially changed in 2000.
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Level 73
Jan 30, 2018
It still is used today though
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Level 82
Jun 10, 2018
@CreativeSWAT, in another quiz I would agree with you, but since this one specifically asks about the city associated with Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, the name used during her lifetime should be acceptable.
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Level 67
Nov 12, 2013
Great quiz! Took some real thought... and a few guesses, but 20/20 with :44 left on the clock
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Level 74
Jun 9, 2015
I dunno if it's important, but the stretch of the Thames which passes through Oxford is called the River Isis.
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Level 82
Jul 27, 2015
Got 100% but a couple were guesses. Doesn't Miami almost work better for the Havana clue? I mean, they have lots of vintage cars there. Maybe not as many as a percentage of the total... and Gloria Estefan was in Miami Sound Machine. And yeah there was a famous Tropicana casino in Havana, but the first thing I think most people think of is orange juice. Florida produces a lot of orange juice and Tropicana the juice company was founded in Brandenton, Florida.
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Level 53
Jul 27, 2015
Agree completely
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Level ∞
Jun 23, 2017
Changed Tropicana to Tropicana Club.
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Level 85
Jul 27, 2015
Spring Break -- panama city, key west, daytona, south padre, cancun, etc all come to mind first. Cliff divers was enough of a clue but spring break is an out of date clue.
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Level 53
Jul 27, 2015
Well, I think you are supposed to look at all 3 clues in conjunction with each other. One clue won't necessarily be enough to give you the answer. High murder rate could be also be a ton of places too, but the other 2 clues definitely help you narrow it down to the right one.
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Level 53
Jul 27, 2015
Great quiz!
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Level 32
Aug 5, 2015
Mozart was from Salzburg, not Vienna
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Level 83
Dec 4, 2015
He lived in Vienna for most of his life though.
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Level 65
Jun 22, 2016
And both cities capitalize beautifully on his legacy when the tourists come calling. The poor man's likeness is everywhere.
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Level 48
Oct 9, 2016
"black hole" is a pretty depressing clue for Kolkata. How about something like multiculturalism instead? Kolkata may be the only place where one can find a Shia Mosque opposite to a Zoroastrian Fire temple. It was even nicknamed the "city of joy" after a novel by a French author.
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Level 53
Jan 6, 2017
And train bombing for Madrid isn't a very beautiful clue either... what about Museo del Prado?
+11
Level 66
Jul 14, 2017
The goal is to have clues that help people guess the answers, not just ones that make the locals feel good.
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Level 65
May 15, 2017
The Gloria estefan clue is confusing. Miami is the city associated with her.
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Level 39
Dec 31, 2017
It should be Salzburg instead of Vienna, It’s we’re Mozart did most of his music
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Level 66
Jan 1, 2018
But Vienna is famous for its coffee houses.
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Level 68
Aug 15, 2018
A that's inportant because...
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Level 70
Aug 15, 2018
The river in Oxford is generally called the river Isis (though it is an alternative name for the Thames).
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Level 88
Dec 13, 2018
Belfast a World City? Seriously?
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Level 70
Mar 27, 2019
It ranks. It's not going to unseat London despite Brexiters' comedically tragic race to irrelevance, but Belfast is hardly a European backwater village.
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Level 82
Dec 11, 2019
It's a city in the world. Seriously.
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Level 68
Jan 1, 2023
Yes, it's a city and capital of NI. The world does rotate around America!!