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Hot Place or Cold Place?

We give you a place. You guess if it's mostly hot or cold there. Easy right?
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Last updated: January 9, 2025
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First submittedJanuary 9, 2025
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Arrakis
Fictional desert planet from Dune
Manaus
A city in the Amazon rainforest
Challenger Deep
The deepest point of the ocean. Around 2°C (35°F).
Chichen Itza
A Mayan ruin located in Mexico
Kara Sea
Located in the Arctic Ocean
Hellas Basin
Located on Mars
Betelgeuse
A red supergiant star
Mecca
Murmansk
A city in Russia
Marie Byrd Land
Located in Antarctica
Charon
A moon of Pluto
Mount Everest
Hoth
Frozen planet from "Star Wars"
Tierra del Fuego
The southernmost region of South America
The Jejunum
Part of the lower intestine
Fortress of Solitude
Superman's hideout, located in the Arctic
Port Moresby
The capital of Papua New Guinea
Saint Lucia
An island in the Caribbean
Baffin Island
An island in Canada
Timbuktu
A city in the Sahara Desert
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62 Comments
+8
Level 73
Jan 9, 2025
Some locations are not even on earth.
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Level 66
Jan 9, 2025
It was not specified that the place had to be on Earth
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Level 45
Jan 16, 2025
"Kara Sea ? 'Looks like some Polynesian name. So, hot!"

Poor fool.

+27
Level 78
Jan 10, 2025
Some locations aren't even real.
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Level 49
Jan 16, 2025
I assure you, Murmansk is very much real despite what you may have heard.
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Level 58
Jan 16, 2025
is ohio real?
+1
Level 65
Jan 16, 2025
And we are the poorer for it...
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Level 32
Jan 16, 2025
Heyy don’t disrespect the bobcats
+6
Level 67
Jan 9, 2025
"NA" is the correct answer for what temperature a fictional place is
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Level 83
Jan 9, 2025
Not if the temperature of that fictional place is clearly described.
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Level 96
Jan 13, 2025
Arrakis is described as both extremely hot and extremely cold (-75C to 70C)
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Level 60
Jan 16, 2025
That's a good point, some deserts get very cold at night
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Level 77
Jan 17, 2025
I think it's nearly universal that deserts (at least the ones on Earth) get cold at night.
+28
Level 87
Jan 10, 2025
Translation: "I got the question wrong and I am mad about it."
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Level 71
Jan 9, 2025
So funny and clever! Each next place was a surprise and lot of fun: congrats on this selection and the deserved feature.
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Level 49
Jan 9, 2025
Hoth ?
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Level 73
Jan 9, 2025
The ice planet in Return of the Jedi
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Level 81
Jan 9, 2025
Empire Strikes Back, not Return of the Jedi.
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Level 80
Jan 16, 2025
I would've thought Hoth would be hot :/
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Level 72
Jan 30, 2025
I think you are thinking of the planet Coldh
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Level 76
Jan 9, 2025
Was the "common sense required" in the description trying to trick you? I've never heard of Hellas Basin but my guess was hot, based on Hellas being an ancient word for Greece. Same with Tierra del Fuego; I did know that one, but there's going to be a lot of people that don't know the island and just link Fuego = Fire.
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Level 86
Jan 9, 2025
I think it means common sense as far as what constitutes hot and cold. Probably in anticipation of someone saying “actually all of these place are very hot relative to absolute zero, and I’ve actually been to a sauna on Baffin Island...”
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2025
This
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2025
They still call Greece "Hellas" in Greek in the modern day! But yes I made the exact same error as you
+1
Level 81
Jan 9, 2025
5 star, easy.
+11
Level 75
Jan 9, 2025
I think this quiz might perhaps be better if it was limited to just real places, not necessarily limited to Earth, but the inclusions of fictional places alongside real places is kinda confusing
+4
Level 69
Jan 9, 2025
How so?
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Level 87
Jan 10, 2025
It's just a question of whether you've heard of those places or not. If you know what the names refer to, you probably know whether they are hot or cold. Fictional/non-fictional isn't really relevant.

For what it's worth, the 6 least frequently guessed answers are all non-fictional.

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Level 67
Jan 16, 2025
idk, I think Hoth and Arrakis are quite well-known to be cold and hot, respectively, regardless of their fictional status
+4
Level 60
Jan 16, 2025
Respectfully disagree, I think it's more fun this way
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Level 72
Jan 30, 2025
I wouldn't say it is confusing, but it would be more educational if the were real locations. On the other hand this gives variety. Personally I would just do one fictional place. As a surprise/to keep people on their toes while the rest of the quiz keeps it essence
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Level 74
Jan 10, 2025
Really confused about the Jejunum. Are we talking about the anatomic part? If so human temperature is considered hot?
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2025
If you visited somewhere (e.g. Spain) and it was 37 degrees, you would say it was really hot, so I guess that's the logic and the reference point for these temperatures.

In reality, body temperature is the normal temperature for the body, so it's neither hot or cold, relative to itself. It's a tautology to say but you're technically correct, just not in this quiz.

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Level 89
Jan 31, 2025
I had never seen the term before and didn't realize it was a body part. I thought maybe it had something to do with Jeju Island in South Korea. I wasn't sure if Jeju was hot or cold, but I figured it was probably warmer than the rest of the country and so guessed correctly despite my ignorance.
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Level 71
Jan 10, 2025
My popculture analphabetism cost me a lot of points here :D I've never heard of the places from Star Wars and so on
+7
Level 69
Jan 10, 2025
Might the fictional desert of Dune not be hot during the day and cold at night?
+11
Level ∞
Jan 10, 2025
You are hereby banished.
+1
Level 62
Jan 13, 2025
LMAO
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Level 96
Jan 13, 2025
lol

Although, the poles are described in the books as getting to as low as -75C

+5
Level 78
Jan 10, 2025
Ooof...quiz takers are naturally pedantic. These comments are about to be ridiculous.
+1
Level 62
Jan 13, 2025
Port Moresby mentioned!
+1
Level 67
Jan 16, 2025
Hellas Basin threw me. The rest I had heard of. I like this idea for a quiz!
+2
Level 65
Jan 16, 2025
With a name like that, I assumed it was on the moon.

I was wrong, it's actually on Mars. Doesn't change the answer though.

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Level 66
Jan 16, 2025
I got all of them right, except Hellas Basin. Well, also except three fictional locations but I don't count those as I've never seen any of those works.
+4
Level 78
Jan 16, 2025
So by "all of them" you mean "80% of them."
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Level 58
Jan 16, 2025
19/20! Although i had some wild guesses for places I'd never heard of but turned out they're fictional or not on earth lol. I've seen Dune and thought ''that's a real place on earth as well??''
+1
Level 64
Jan 16, 2025
there's no explainer text as to what piece of fictional media or place is mount everest

could somebody please help explain for me?

great quiz, fun, good job!

+3
Level 57
Jan 16, 2025
Some ridiculous fictional locations on here to throw us off. I mean, "Mount Everest"? Who'd name a place that?
+1
Level 61
Jan 16, 2025
sounds british to me for some reason
+1
Level 65
Jan 16, 2025
It's named after the british governor of India at the time.
+1
Level 69
Jan 16, 2025
Who would name their child Mount Everest?
+1
Level 72
Jan 30, 2025
There were trying to outdo another family, Their kid was called Ever, "well, my kid is more ever than yours, in fact he is most ever, he is Everest!"

(So no mount everest, though perhaps most everest)

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Level 43
Jan 16, 2025
I love how you made this quiz sound so easy, but it's actually pretty hard!

Great quiz!

+1
Level 46
Jan 16, 2025
Is the thumbnail from TAWOG ;-;
+1
Level 48
Jan 16, 2025
Tierra del Fuego is cold???
+3
Level 77
Jan 16, 2025
It's a latitude thing - as far south as Hudson Bay is north. And very windy! Cold!
+1
Level 64
Jan 16, 2025
I was not expecting some of those places! Great quiz
+4
Level 54
Jan 16, 2025
cause you're hot then youre cold

youre yes then youre no

youre in then youre out

youre up then youre down

youre wrong when its right

its black when its white

we fight we break up

we kiss we make up

+2
Level 24
Jan 16, 2025
Tierra del Fuego and Hellas Basin are cold
+1
Level 78
Jan 16, 2025
Yes? Those are indeed the correct answers.
+1
Level 62
Jan 16, 2025
I saw Charon and I thought about the ferryman in the underworld, so I clicked hot. Oops.
+1
Level 85
Jan 26, 2025
I've been to Charon, Louisiana, and I can assure you it's pretty darn hot.