| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Busiest airport in the area | DUS | 96%
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| multinational supermarket chain that was founded in Essen | Aldi | 91%
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| Raw material that made the area - especially the Ruhr area - rich | Black Coal | 91%
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| ... directly followed by this one in the table | Borussia Dortmund | 91%
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| Biggest city in the Rhein-Ruhr area (by population city proper) | Cologne | 91%
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| This city served as Seat of the German government between 1949 and 1999 | Bonn | 87%
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| the state in which the metropolitan area is located | Northrhine-Westphalia | 87%
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| Above city was founded by these people in the year 50 | Romans | 78%
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| multinational chemistry and pharmaceutical company founded in Wuppertal in 1863 | Bayer | 74%
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| Multinational music competition hosted by Düsseldorf in 2011 | Eurovision Song Contest | 70%
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| The largest inland port in the world is located in this city | Duisburg | 65%
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| Sports event that (among others) Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen will co-host | UEFA Euro 2024 | 65%
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| As of October 6th, the highest ranking Bundesliga club in the Rhine Ruhr area | Bayer Leverkusen | 57%
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| Especially people along the Rhine call this "fifth season" and will dress up for street parades celebrating this | Carnival | 52%
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| UNESCO world heritage site where the above was mined | Zeche Zollverein | 48%
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| This world star lived in Cologne from 1985-1994, before moving to Switzerland where she died in 2023 | Tina Turner | 26%
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