European Geography By Letter - P

Tried Parma for Majorca - just couldn't quite get the correct name.

Parma is in Italy

I've heard of Perth, Australia, but didn't know there was one in Scotland. Kind of like Moscow, Illinois, I guess?

It's more like Boston, Lincolnshire.

No - the opposite of that. Perth Scotland came first

There's a Perth in Canada as well.

"Del-high"

There's a Panama City in Florida

The Scottish city was the original.

Surprised Provence has such a low percent-score. Thought it was much better known, a bit like Tuscany in Italy. There's even "Herbs de Provence", a mix of herbs that's used in cooking.

Especially with the popularity of Peter Mayle's book and mini-series, A Year in Provence. I guess it was too long ago.

Could you accept more spellings for Pyrenees? Maybe accept Pyrenese?

Come on, you could just spell it right

While we're at it, why not pair o' knees?

I've known it as Pampalona instead of Pamplona for years. My entire life is changed.

I know that feeling - like when I first realised there were two Rs in February.

Buddy of mine always thought there was a state called Pennyslavia. Rocked his world when he found out it was called Pennsylvania.

I always thought the Christmas Carol was "Good King Wences Last looked out"

Any reminder that the US exists to these people is painful.

There's nothing wrong with the quiz. Any more than it would be wrong to ask which city Charles Lindbergh set off from before his trans-Atlantic flight on a US geography quiz. Grow up.

For the plymouth question there is nothing wrong with that. It is part of the history of that town, but i agree for Piccadilly the clue is rather weak (and personally, rather weird, made me raise an eyebrow and think "what kind of description is that.." no us-centric thoughts, just felt odd no matter what square in the world they would ve used).

@kalbahamut, your example works for the first plymouth clue. But not for the other. Let's be grown up and don't pick and choose the arguments. An equally well example would be something like: (if you would choose to represent the other clue). "Like the capital of texas, but then of mallorca" which indeed is quite silly. So he is half right (and half wrong.)

Sif... that's ridiculous and not equivalent at all. see july 15th comment below for better examples

Which city settled by the Dutch was originally called New Amsterdam?
Which US state was named after Queen Elizabeth?
Which US territory was purchased from Napoleon?
Which US state was purchased from Russia?
Where did the Beatles play their first concert in America?
Which US city produced over 8,000 B-24 bombers to help defeat the Axis powers?
Which US city was burned by British troops in 1814 following the Battle of Bladensburg?
Where did David Beckham play Major League Soccer?

All of these would be acceptable questions on an American geography quiz and not a single person anywhere would complain that they referenced European people or places. :P

I did not miss the point at all. You seem to have missed mine. Okay what about the question "Known as the Paris of South America?" answer: Buenos Aires.. or "the Paris of the Middle East" answer: Beirut. Knowledge of the city of Paris in these cases is not irrelevant. It's relevant. Even though in both cases the knowledge pertains to a city on a different continent, even though the answer belongs to quizzes about Asia or South America. There's nothing at all wrong with any of these questions, and I'm certain the *only* reason Nyme and Sif are complaining is because there's something about the US. If you asked which European cathedral became the first building to surpass Kufu's Pyramid in height, or which city in Spain was the first settled by Phoenicians, or maybe even hinted at Monte Carlo by calling it the European Macau, nobody would call that awkward or complain. I guarantee it. and how am I being defensive? This isn't my quiz. I'm just calling out bias.

or to make it even more exactly reciprocal, how about a clue asking for Nevada's equivalent of Monte Carlo? That would be a perfectly fine question on an American geography quiz that would garner 0 complaints. I'd bet good money on it.
Or for that matter ask what the New York equivalent of Picadilly Circus was. Nobody would find that question awkward, either.

can you accept piza for pisa?

It should definitely be allowed.

I think in English it is generally called Basque Country, so it doesn't work as well as Provence imo

i was guessing perpignan for ages before getting provence, and im not even sure if perpignan is a region aswell as a city