Cities by Satellite #1

Difficulty level: impossible. Guess the cities that are depicted in these satellite images.

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First submitted	July 28, 2017
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Average score	53.3%
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67 Comments

+13

Level 89

Jul 28, 2017

These satellite city quizzes really give my brain a good work out. Hope to see more.

Level 78

May 4, 2019

I agree. Only 60% but this is how you learn - which is the whole point.

Level 47

Jul 29, 2017

Loved it! 100%

Level 67

Aug 1, 2017

Fantastic quiz, really forces you to think! Besides Venice, Dubai, Monaco and Montreal, which were instantly obvious to me, I had to really think about the other ones, and tried to reallly recognize features on the photos instead of simply typing in major cities as quickly as I could. Although perhaps I should have, as I wouldn't have missed Boston... D'oh! I knew that layout was familiar!!!!!!!! II must have 3 maps of Boston as home from previous trips, I should have recognized it.

Level 73

Aug 3, 2017

I would never have got the bottom line. I didn't see any discernable features that made me think of those cities.

Level 66

Oct 18, 2017

I only got Montreal because of the F1 circuit.

Level 77

Mar 9, 2020

You can see Lake Erie in the Detroit picture

Level 53

Dec 18, 2022

Montreal is an island, and Detroit has Lake St. Clair which connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron. i just guessed boston

Level 78

Aug 4, 2017

Shoulda gotten Boston... Oh well

Level 78

Oct 18, 2017

That feeling when you miss the city you were born in.

Level 78

Oct 18, 2017

Ditto...

Level 58

Oct 18, 2017

Some tough ones there - good stuff (more please).

+21

Level 66

Oct 18, 2017

Is it me, or does the image for Buenos Aires sort look like Djibouti and the Red Sea.

Level 66

Oct 18, 2017

It's not just you.

Level 46

Aug 5, 2023

Agree not just you

Level 54

Nov 8, 2017

Definitely not just you...

Level 46

Jan 12, 2019

thought the same thing

Level 43

Mar 1, 2019

That doesn't look that much like the Gulf of Tadjoura, but I can see how someone might get them confused.

Level 76

Apr 5, 2019

I'm sort of with you, but I tried Berbera (Somaliland), because I was also convinced it was in that area - and I was pretty sure it wasn't Djibouti. Anyway, I checked, and Berbera doesn't sit across from Yemen like that. Eventually, I did get it - I don't know how - but I did take a boat once from B.A. to Colonia - one hour to get across a river! (Anyway, as if it was going to be Berbera.)

Level 77

Dec 17, 2019

It looked like Kuwait to me

Level 49

Mar 7, 2023

I was thinking the same.

Level 67

Oct 18, 2017

Sydney was the only obvious one to me- obvious because I've lived here all my life!

Level 56

Oct 18, 2017

surely Monte Carlo should be acceptable for Monaco

Level 56

Jan 21, 2021

No? Monte Carlo is just one part of the city-state of Monaco. That's like saying Kensington should be acceptable for London. Only because it's fairly central and commonly mistaken for it doesn't mean it's the whole city.

Level 48

Oct 18, 2017

I also refused to enter random cities and only entered answers I was sure of. Four of them came right away including two I know from of all things - board games; Venice and Amsterdam. Got two more by recognizing the water. I'm just curious if Windsor would have worked for Detroit.

Level 54

Oct 19, 2017

#1: large and building-packed city with only one long sinuous river... London? Hooray!

#2: geometrical city with dykes/polders and stuff... Amsterdam? Hooray!

#3: no idea, looks like Channel of panama.. Panama City? Not even close.

#4: Dubai, ofc.

#5 to #9: no idea, only 01:30 remaining, must hurry...

#10: huh... ocean by east, large city, could be many... Shanghai? No, but at least found #6...

#11: small and full of yachts docked... Monaco? Hooray!

#12: no idea, 0:40 remaining, really not enough time...

#13: lake, river, lake, river... Great Lakes? Detroit? Hooray!

#14: 0:15 remaining, much like Detroit, what major city is near... Montreal? Hooray!

#15: time up, didn't even noticed

7/15, but almost all on first try... Would appreciate really much if it was given at least one more minute to let us think a little more...

+10

Level 66

Oct 21, 2017

You took the quiz, and took notes on your progress at the same time?

Level 72

Apr 21, 2019

Polders and dykes in amsterdam??? Hahaha really? They are just canals

Level 85

Oct 19, 2017

I hate to be that guy but... the picture of Detroit is also a picture of Windsor. :P

Level 69

Oct 20, 2017

...

Level 89

Jun 28, 2018

And the picture of Sydney is also of some local 'burb of the city it wouldn't exist without.

Level 76

Apr 5, 2019

I tried Windsor, just to see if it would work. (It's a little different than the Sydney example - it's the only place I know of where you drive north from Canada to get to the U.S.)

Level 89

May 3, 2019

Grand Manan Island.

Victoria, BC.

Coburn Gore

Campobello

A suburb is a suburb is a suburb. There are 100s of them in these images.

The picture of Detroit looks like bombs going off all over town. The way Motown is going, Windsor may be the actual city in that area in the next few decades.

Level 53

May 4, 2019

I'm actually from Windsor. Windsor and Detroit actually grew independently from one another. Detroit is older but Windsor's first origins were located further west of where the current city center is. Windsor isn't a suburb at all either.

Level 77

Dec 17, 2019

Also, you can see some of Vatican City in the picture of Rome

Level 44

Dec 6, 2017

Could you give a little more time maybe? You have to click on all the pictures to see anything which takes a lot of extra seconds.

Level 72

Apr 21, 2019

what are you trying to see, street signs?

Level 89

Jun 28, 2018

At quick glance Singapore resembles Hong Kong. Of course, there's another island missing to the south.

Level 28

Aug 7, 2018

I missed Istanbul and Chicago. But the satellite picture of Buenos Aires does look a lot like the Red Sea, Djibouti and Yemen. It may be Buenos Aires though, too. I think they look very alike. No idea! But a great quiz! Thanks for making it! Can Monte Carlo work for Monaco or is it just a neighbourhood in Monaco?

Level 76

Nov 7, 2018

It is Bs. As.

Level 65

Jan 29, 2021

Argentina is not that far away from being Yemen tho, just saying

Level 33

Sep 3, 2018

FINISHED IT WITH 2:48 TO GOOOOOOOO

Level 21

Feb 16, 2019

I got all of them first try with 3:09 to go. Maybe I'm just a complete nerd :(

Level 43

Mar 1, 2019

How did 9% miss Dubai; for me it's one of the most recognizable cities by satellite image!

Level 72

Apr 21, 2019

amsterdam venice london and dubai I got instantly, monaco after a few seconds. The rest.... I didnt get much further than ow, this is on an east coast an ow, this is at the end of a river. And hmm looks like another harbour. ow and i did guess the chicago one was in america... kind of streght lines like looking at a parking lot

Level 79

May 3, 2019

Got all but Buenos Aires!

Level 81

May 4, 2019

same here

Level 30

May 5, 2019

Only got venice😐

Level 35

May 17, 2019

Got them all.

Level 47

Jul 23, 2019

I'm sad Detroit got so little. I was so excited when I saw Detroit's image here cause I live around here!

Level 73

Jan 30, 2021

Obviously, as always, I missed three of North America.

Level 62

Feb 13, 2021

I got 93%, which beat 93% of people.

Level 48

Jun 1, 2021

got everything but singapore. and also is it just me or does monaco look like a shark

Level 47

Aug 13, 2021

I immediately thought of the Eastenders opening/closing theme when I saw this quiz

Level 44

Dec 31, 2021

way too many north american cities

Level 44

May 4, 2022

Actually the opposite, there is way more asian and european cities. Should replaced them with African and South African cities to make it difficult.

Level 16

Jun 13, 2022

100% 1:31

Level 75

Sep 6, 2022

Venice does bear a rather striking resemblance to Singapore.

Level 28

Sep 28, 2022

2:28 100%

Level 46

Apr 26, 2023

please accept windsor for detroit

Level 46

Aug 5, 2023

How did i miss Shanghai 🤣🤣

Level 28

Dec 23, 2023

Got all but Monreal.

Level 36

Jan 11, 2024

Got all but London (OMG)

Level 34

Mar 29, 2024

Got 100% but time used is 3:59

Level 27

Jun 10, 2024

AMSTERDAM?!?!

Level 65

Jun 14, 2024

Yep, we have many canals. The positioning of the canals shows the direction of the historical expansion of the city.

Level 65

Jun 14, 2024

100%! The moment it pays off when you spent a lot of free time as a child exploring Google Earth :)

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