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Famous "Bergs"

Can you guess these people and places whose names end in berg, burg, bourg, or burgh?
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First submittedMarch 29, 2016
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"Jaws" director
Steven Spielberg
City formerly called Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Printing press pioneer
Johannes Gutenberg
Capital of Scotland
Edinburgh
Mayor of New York City from
2002–2013
Michael Bloomberg
City where Mozart was born
Salzburg
Where U.S. Steel is based
Pittsburgh
Scientist who formulated the
"uncertainty" principle
Werner Heisenberg
Founder of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Actor who portrayed the above
in "The Social Network"
Jesse Eisenberg
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Star of "Sister Act"
Whoopi Goldberg
Bloodiest U.S. Civil War battle
Gettysburg
Sweden's second largest city
Gothenburg
Site of Nazi war crime trials
Nuremberg
Biggest city on the Elbe river
Hamburg
Prussian city annexed by Russia
and renamed Kaliningrad
Königsberg
Parliamentary capital of the EU
Strasbourg
Judicial capital of the EU
Luxembourg
Notable Berlin gate
Brandenburg
Star of the movie "Ted"
Mark Wahlberg
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35 Comments
plattitude
+3
Level 95
Mar 29, 2016
Please accept Gote?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 30, 2016
Okay
Arp2600
+9
Level 89
Jun 25, 2016
"Berg" means "mountain", "burg" means "town". So I'm not sure it's a good idea to put them together like that...
wasserwand
+4
Level 78
Jun 25, 2016
Actually, "burg" means "walled town" or "castle" (there has to be some form of protective structure). However, the words "berg" and "burg" are closely related and in very old names it is not always possible to distinguish between them
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Jun 25, 2016
You're right about the exact meaning of burg (bourg in French), but I still think those are two distinct roots.
svitapeneela
+2
Level 64
Jun 25, 2016
"A burgh /ˈbʌrə/ was an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town, or toun in Scots."
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 89
Jan 19, 2019
wiktionary.org, at least, traces them back to the same Proto-Indo-European root: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/b%CA%B0er%C7%B5%CA%B0-
Senyokbalgul
+1
Level 67
Jun 25, 2016
Printing press pioneer: Johannes Gutenberg

This is historically inaccurate since the printing press was first pioneered in China 3 centuries earlier.

Arp2600
+10
Level 89
Jun 25, 2016
The word "pioneer" is well-chosen, Gutenberg was the first to do it in Europe so that applies. "Inventor" would be inaccurate.
cledun2
+4
Level 94
Sep 28, 2021
If he didn't have input from China, then he created it independently and qualifies as its inventor even though he wasn't the first to invent it. He's separated enough in space and time and his press was different than the Chinese invention
MacZidane
+2
Level 66
Jun 25, 2016
I find it more awkward just typing in the first bit of the name, it's like you're not finishing a whole wo...
DeusCaritasEst
+1
Level 54
Jun 26, 2016
Yes, but at least it saves you time not having to type the whole thi
ander217
+5
Level 74
Jun 27, 2016
Except that sometimes the s isn't necessary which means I have to go back and erase the extra letter before going to the next one.
Moosefight
+3
Level 59
Jun 28, 2016
Agreed with ander217. Disregarding the S is weird and somewhat of a pain.
leckscheid
+2
Level 36
Jun 25, 2016
no Hindenburg?
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 89
Jan 19, 2019
Oh the humanity!
WIDGET
+2
Level 97
Aug 13, 2021
Too soon bro...

;)

stubart409
+2
Level 68
Jun 27, 2016
Thanks to Breaking Bad I was able to guess Heisenberg.
theguy316
+3
Level 40
Jun 27, 2016
Edinburgh isn't a berg as its not spelt or pronounced as berh its pronounced as bourough
Thorvald
+3
Level 73
Jun 28, 2016
I'm pretty sure I've heard some Scottish people pronouncing it "Edinbra"
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Jun 14, 2019
Ed in,bro!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 14, 2019
that is exactly how I used to think it was written ! Took me a few years to get that out of my system.

While on the subject. including -burough wouldnt be farfetched. Attenburough really wants to be on here ;)

Stoggler
+1
Level 50
Sep 27, 2025
The burgh in Edinburgh shares an etymology with burg though, being the English and Scots version of the same root word within the Germanic language group.
OfficerDibble
+4
Level 85
Dec 21, 2018
You should allow Koenigs- for Kaliningrad. With a US or UK (etc) keyboard it's hard to type the o-umlaut. I guessed you might allow Konigs-, which sensibly you do, but it's not actually correct.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 14, 2019
yea tried kunigs first. Luckily thought of trying it as konigs
NauruPalau
+2
Level 49
Jan 12, 2020
How did 92% get whoopi Goldberg??? I’ve never heard of her in my life
Stoggler
+3
Level 50
Sep 28, 2025
I can't work out if this comment is serious or not
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Mar 5, 2021
How did I miss Pittsburgh?????? I knew it was a city in Pennsylvania and did try Harrisburg!!
Gjberg
+1
Level 44
Mar 5, 2022
My ancestors
NecroMoistFistin
+3
Level 46
Jul 24, 2022
No love for David Cronenberg?
AlmostAGenius
+6
Level 88
Feb 5, 2023
I was hoping for Titanic destroyer…
KingCol
+1
Level 68
Feb 12, 2023
please accept "Gutten"
DawnX
+1
Level 54
Jan 26, 2024
im amazed this quiz has both heisenberg and jesse while none of them are technically breaking bad related
CardinalSin
+1
Level 81
Sep 27, 2025
Heisenberg probably rules, OK?
ooftownroad
+1
Level 67
Sep 28, 2025
All you have to say for Heisenberg question is "Say my name"
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