Geographic Groups of Two #3

But as a 66-pointer, surely you've encountered these many times previously?

Nashville is famous as the capital of country music and gave its name to one of the most-acclaimed movies of the 1970s. As a European, I was aware of both facts long before taking quizzes on Jetpunk. Jacksonville is trickier but not obscure. It's a city of 900 000 people (would you complain about a similarly-sized French, German, or Italian city?) and the capital of one of the most well-known US states. +what ChipOtley says.

The two "ville" cities were hardest for me to get, as well, though there are plenty of reasons to be aware of both of them.

The "ville" clue was an absolute bleep for this American, too. I thought of Gainesville and Brownsville, but completely blanked on the right answers.

I'm not American and I got Jacksonville quite fast. But Nashville man... of course I know it... I guess it was too obvious and I overlooked it. Tried Louisville though which is only a few tenthousand people short. :D

Huh, interesting that the statistics have changed. Now Calgary has pulled ahead by 2%. Probably because the Calgary Stampede is so famous, otherwise my guess is it would be very little known.

The glow of Wayne Gretzky (Oilers) and Warren Moon (Eskimos) is fading. Hosting the Olympics gives Calgary a major bump.

FWIW, in the baseball league I made up as a kid, playing the games with dice, one of the 24 teams was the Edmonton Freeze. (the cap logo I made for them was a baseball with ear muffs & a scarf) I didn't have a team for Calgary. IIRC, though, the Freeze never won my league. :-(

Interesting point; I'd never have assumed that, but what is the alternative equivalent of the 1920s, say? I'd say it could mean both, by that argument.

POV: "the 1900s" (pronunciation: the nineteen hundreds) refers to the years 1900-1999. It's the same as "the 20th century" basically, although some people might say that actually refers to the years 1901-2000.

To refer to the period from 1900-1909 you say, the period from 1900-1909.

And we know anecdotal evidence is the best, most accurate evidence. Just kidding.

Phoenix was my first guess and Carson City was my 3rd.

Jacksonville is big, but it isn't really famous for anything. It has an unremarkable football team, and that's about it. I've never heard of anyone going there for vacation or anything like that. It's not the center of any industry, culture, or commerce, or even a major airport. I am surprised more people do not get Nashville, which is a major and populous city, state capital, tourist hub, music capital, bachelor(ette) party capital, home to two pro sports teams, and generally just one of the coolest cities in the whole country.

There are a lot of cities in the US and Nashville and Jacksonville are not even in the thirty largest urban areas.

I did those because I couldn't imagine that question being there if some obscure loch was in the top two

I believe it's accepted when the "city" is not technically part of the city's name but used to differentiate it from a country (or the like). New York City, for instance, is technically just New York, but we call it New York City to tell it apart from New York the state. "Carson City" on the other hand is the city's proper name, not just a naming convention

Whatcha talkin bout Willis? The quiz is obviously looking for two answers and these two are the most populous of all cities ending in "ville".

It's pronounced LOW-mond...

It is one of the two answers.