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Three Real One Fake - Cities

For each country, we give you the name of three real cities in that country and one fake one. Guess the name of the fake one.
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1. Germany
Hofbräu is term meaning "royal brewer". The Hofbräuhaus in Munich is one of Germany's most famous breweries.
Cologne
Hofbräu
Münster
Worms
2. Italy
The Arno is a river
Arno
Bologna
Modena
Parma
3. Turkey
Batman
Izmir
Tank
Van
4. France
Piscine is the French word for "swimming pool"
Dijon
Orleans
Piscine
Tours
5. United Kingdom
Strwth is just a bunch of consonants thrown together like it might be a city in Wales or something
Canterbury
Inverness
Nottingham
Strwth
6. China
Sichuan, also spelled Szechuen, is a REGION known for its spicy cuisine
Chongqing
Nanjing
Shenzhen
Sichuan
7. Canada
Edmonton
Ice Harbor
Moose Jaw
Yellowknife
8. India
Vindaloo is a spicy curry dish
Bhopal
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Vindaloo
9. Mexico
The Zapatistas are a guerilla group operating in the Mexican state of Chiapas
Mexicali
Monterrey
Tijuana
Zapatista
10. Russia
Grigory Potemkin was a Russian statesman during the reign of Catherine the Great
Kazan
Magnitogorsk
Novosibirsk
Potemkin
11. Australia
Billabong is an Australian word for an oxbow lake, a lake formed by the changing course of a river
Alice Springs
Billabong
Darwin
Geelong
12. South Africa
The Randstad is the crescent-shape conurbation which contains Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and other major Dutch cities
Bloemfontein
Durban
Pretoria
Randstad
13. Spain
Gitega is the capital of Burundi
Cadiz
Gitega
Pamplona
Zaragoza
14. Morocco
A souk, or bazaar, is a market place with many small shops
Fes
Marrakesh
Souk
Tangiers
15. Brazil
Cristo Redentor is the name of the statue of Jesus which overlooks Rio de Janeiro
Belo Horizonte
Cristo Redentor
Natal
Porto Alegre
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47 Comments
mungomatic
+6
Level 84
Jun 6, 2024
Such a cool idea!

I appreciate it a lot.

A small change: In the solution of question 9, the spelling is "Chiapas".

Dimby
+7
Level 80
Jun 6, 2024
This quiz could easily just be Canadian towns and cities. We sure have a lot of unique and strange ones.
cathlete
+1
Level 76
Jun 6, 2024
I didn't know you were Canadian!
Jiaozira
+11
Level 71
Jun 7, 2024
Not really cities but the best ones come from Newfoundland, where you have Leading Tickles, Heart's Content and Joe Batt's Arm.
Ampersandwich
+2
Level 55
Aug 17, 2024
Any history to their names?
Jiaozira
+6
Level 71
Aug 17, 2024
Leading Tickles: in Newfoundland English, a tickle is a narrow strait. No idea about the 'Leading' part but the village is located amid multiple of these narrow straits.

No idea about Heart's Content, but it's just down the road from Heart's Delight and Heart's Desire.

Joe Batt's Arm: arm is a word referring to a settlement on an inlet. According to legend, a member of James Cook's expedition - Joe Batt - deserted ship off Fogo Island and settled in the village, and he was so beloved he gave his name to the settlement. This is contentious though, and in fact many Newfoundland outport name origins are lost to the passing of time.

ddddan
+2
Level 82
Apr 26, 2025
And D****
TurkeyCookTime
+15
Level 83
Jun 6, 2024
Ah, I've only ever seen it spelled "Tangier" without the S so I thought that was the fake one.
rphxx
+4
Level 71
Jun 9, 2024
same
cornflakesfu
+21
Level 88
Jun 6, 2024
"Strwth is just a bunch of consonants thrown together like it might be a city in Wales or something"

:chefs-kiss:

toowise
+6
Level 80
Jun 6, 2024
Streuth!
mez
+4
Level 72
Jun 6, 2024
Strewth mate, it's a word! :) Means 'its the truth'
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Jun 7, 2024
It's a curse based on a corruption of "God's truth"
Djilas
+4
Level 85
Jun 6, 2024
"Strwth is just a bunch of consonants thrown together like it might be a city in Wales or something"

No need to be offensive if you're ignorant. Also W wouldn't be a consonant in this case.

Quizmaster
+34
Level ∞
Jun 6, 2024
The universal law of the internet. Someone, somewhere, will always be offended.
buck1017
+13
Level 78
Jun 6, 2024
Meanwhile i was going to post the same thing only talk about how brilliantly funny it was.
Fianchetto
+1
Level 77
Jun 6, 2024
That’s what I would have done
DonTheLamplighter
+9
Level 86
Jun 7, 2024
Wait, you found that funny? What kind of heartless, soulless monster are you?!!

Probably one like me, cuz I thought it was fantastic, especially seeing as how I got tripped up on it because I thought it looked like a perfectly legit Welsh name, and maybe Canterbury was just a name from a bygone time.

Trap set. Trap sprung.

CaptainUnderpant
+16
Level 81
Jun 8, 2024
So the people who have an actual town called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch would be offended at the suggestion that they could have hypothetically named a city Strwth? I'm not one to tell the Welsh what to worry about but I'd wager they have bigger fish to fry.
timshorts
+1
Level 59
Aug 19, 2024
And it would probably end with a dd if it is supposed to sound like that. "Strwdd". Try putting an "Aber" or a "Pen" or a "Llan" in front of it, and it then looks very much more likely.
TigerNiger
+2
Level 68
Dec 20, 2024
I bet you ain't even Welsh.
mrnafe
+9
Level 84
Jun 6, 2024
Potemkin is cute in this context :)
buck1017
+3
Level 78
Jun 6, 2024
Gotta catch 'em all.
Liam315
+5
Level 72
Aug 17, 2024
Potemkin was my favourite of the lot, although I feel the extra information in the answers glossed over the headline fact of what a potemkin village is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village

Pandryf
+1
Level 63
Jun 6, 2024
I know Worms! I just knew its Polish name - Wormacja. So unfortunate I got that one wrong
ddddan
+1
Level 82
Apr 26, 2025
A diet of worms doesn't seem the most healthy...
Alexquiz17
+4
Level 93
Jun 6, 2024
And there was me thinking that the diet of worms was a medieval weight-loss technique.

Madras is also a slightly less spicy curry than a vindaloo - but they changed the name to Chennai so that one’s scuppered…

Carry
+1
Level 63
Jun 11, 2024
Haha I never thought about the city of Worms that way. Maybe because the pronounciation is different.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Jun 7, 2024
Of all the quizzes you've posted, methinks you had the most fun making this one :)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Jun 9, 2024
Some nice alternatives, fun quiz.
Carry
+2
Level 63
Jun 11, 2024
Thank you for including explanations where possible.
XYU
+6
Level 61
Aug 17, 2024
What? I've just booked a holiday to Billabong. The nice man on the website said he was a travel agent. You mean it was made up?
Nestormakhno
+4
Level 74
Aug 17, 2024
Tangier is misspelled so I thought Souk was the answer
QuizzerBros
+2
Level 68
Aug 18, 2024
Souk is the answer
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 61
Aug 17, 2024
I somehow made almost exactly the same quiz without knowing of this one...

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1277141/which-city-is-not-in

yourmommacalled
+1
Level 25
Aug 17, 2024
A fez is a hat
Freestatebear
+5
Level 87
Aug 17, 2024
...and also a city in Morocco. (alternate spelling Fes).
michaelngwa
+3
Level 60
Aug 17, 2024
Isn't the spelling "Tangier"?
uti
+2
Level 38
Aug 17, 2024
I like the title picture :)

Was it the idea for the quiz?

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Aug 17, 2024
Potemkin was also the basis for the term Potemkin Village in politics and economics, I believe Potemkin tricked Catherine the Great into believing a particular village was very prosperous when in reality it was a facade.
DommelBommel
+2
Level 67
Aug 17, 2024
Love that Bielefeld reference in the picture :))
Azerk
+2
Level 65
Aug 17, 2024
Shouldn't it be Tangier?
roteswasser
+2
Level 45
Aug 17, 2024
the uk one is funny, because i really thought there could be a city named like this in wales. dont know much about that region, besides that there are really cities with the name werwirwarwothwrhth :D

good quiz, thanks

CambodianQuizzer
+4
Level 71
Aug 18, 2024
Tangiers can be confusing as it's alternate name. I suggest another one such as Casablanca or Agadir.
Amilcar
+2
Level 70
Aug 19, 2024
Very nice - particularly enjoyed Potemkin, Zapatista, Billabong, Vindaloo and Strwth.
Chinook05
+1
Level 67
Dec 9, 2024
actually laughed at the explanation for the Spain question!
Julpul6
+1
Level 73
Apr 9, 2025
I thought it was ''fez'' could be wrong tho.
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