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Random Geographic Groups of Six

Name all of the six members of the given random geography-related groups. Answers change every time you play!
Source: Wikipedia
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Last updated: January 8, 2020
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Celtic nations
Brittany
Cornwall
Ireland
Isle of Man
Scotland
Wales
 
Spanish cities with over 0.5 million inhabitants
Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Seville
Zaragoza
Málaga
Asian olympic host cities
Tokyo
Sapporo
Seoul
Nagano
Beijing
Pyeongchang
 
Mediterranean cities with 2+ million inhabitants
Alexandria
Algiers
Rome
Izmir
Beirut
Tripoli
Countries along Rhine
Austria
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Switzerland
 
African island nations
Cape Verde
Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
46 Comments
+2
Level 65
Nov 30, 2021
Great quiz! Nominated :)
+22
Level 43
Jan 13, 2022
I think Mandarin should be accepted as for Chinese
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Level 82
Feb 10, 2023
The EU wasn't called the EU in 1954 (or even the EC, or the EEC) - it was the European Coal and Steel Community.
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Level 81
Feb 10, 2023
Needs to be changed to the "Western European Union," I think.
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Level 60
Apr 14, 2023
The Western European Union was a military alliance, then entirely distinct from the Common Market.
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Level 75
Feb 10, 2023
No Barcelona as a Mediterranean city with +2mill inhabitants?
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Level 83
Feb 10, 2023
Barcelona only has 1.62M in the city proper.
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Level 72
Feb 11, 2023
Beirut city proper only has around 433k and Tripoli has 1.2 milliion...
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Level 34
Apr 14, 2023
Completely inconsistent! For some cities they used the metro area population and for others only the city proper.
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Level 90
Feb 10, 2023
Or Athens or Tel Aviv or Izmir or Naples or Tunis or Beirut, another 6-pack of cities.
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Level 96
Feb 10, 2023
I got an easy batch, outside of the Asian Olympic host cities.
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Level 67
Feb 10, 2023
Very Euro-centric. only 2 answers that weren't Mediterranean or European. Still a fun quiz though!
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Level 67
Feb 10, 2023
Nevermind, just realized the categories were random. Haha!
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Level 96
Feb 10, 2023
What about Barcelona being 2+ million city? Istanbul? Athens?
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Level 83
Feb 10, 2023
Neither Barcelona nor Athens have 2M in the city proper (1.62M for Barcelona, 0.64M for Athens). Istanbul isn't on the Mediterranean.
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Level 34
Apr 14, 2023
Beirut has less than half a million in the city proper. The quiz is entirely inconsistent.
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Level 70
Sep 12, 2024
I'd argue that Istanbul DOES lie on the Mediterranean, since the Marmara Sea and Bosporus form an unbroken link to the main basin. It's like saying Venice isn't on the Mediterranean because it's on the Adriatic instead
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Level 81
Feb 10, 2023
It would be helpful to add "coastal" to the Mediterranean category.
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Level 79
Feb 11, 2023
Rome is on the Mediterranean??
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Level 69
Feb 11, 2023
Rome isn't on Mediteranean sea
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Level 79
Feb 11, 2023
That's my point. What's it doing in a quiz about Mediterranean cities?
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Level 81
Feb 11, 2023
The modern city extends to the coast. Ostia is within the official city limits, for example.
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Level 82
Apr 14, 2023
Oddly, Google Maps displays borders for Rome that don't include Ostia, even though Wikipedia states Ostia belongs to Rome's X Municipio. Not sure what boundaries Google Maps is using. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital undoubtedly reaches the Mediterranean, as does the comune of Rome. So various definitions give Rome Mediterranean status. On the other hand Barcelona is a debatable case. The Province of Barcelona certainly exceeds 2 million (almost 2.5 times that). Within the province is the comarca of Barcelonès, with exceeds 2 million, and within that is the municipality of Barcelona, which falls short at 1.6 million. I would say of the three administrative divisions, the Province is the one that most closely corresponds to the actual city of Barcelona as most would recognise it. An semi-analogous US case would be Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles, with the former corresponding to the comarca, and the latter to the muncipality. There is no US equivalent of the province
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Level 64
Feb 12, 2023
Why are Spanish cities not listed alphabetically like the other sections? It's off-putting
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Level 81
Feb 12, 2023
Quite a few categories are in non-alphabetical order. I agree that it's inconsistent and confusing.
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Level 68
Feb 14, 2023
I believe most are written in order of their corresponding ranking. E.g. most populous at the top and such. This makes the most sense when categories are "Top 6" and not "The only 6"
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Level 81
Feb 15, 2023
I see the logic, but it can be confusing due to the random selection of categories, some of which are and some of which aren't.
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Level 79
Feb 13, 2023
Chinese is not a language. You probably mean Mandarin
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Level ∞
Feb 13, 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
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Level 66
Apr 15, 2023
Even still, the interpreters at the UN, I suspect, are speaking Mandarin and not Cantonese or some other dialect and thus Mandarin should be an an acceptable answer.
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Level 77
Mar 20, 2023
There are many more cities exceeding a population of 2M on the Mediterranean coast.
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Level 34
Apr 14, 2023
The quiz is entirely inconsistent using metro population vs city proper population.
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Level 67
Mar 20, 2023
I wish quizzes would specify that they include the Winter Olympics in "olympic host cities" - lacking a capital letter btw
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Level 57
Apr 14, 2023
I'm quite happy to admit it's my own bias that trips me up here- the Australian take is definitely that there are *The* Olympics and then there's the Winter Olympics
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Level 63
Apr 14, 2023
Please accept "Olympic Valley" as an answer for U.S. Olympic Host Cities, so that quiz takers do not need to type the offensive term "Squaw Valley." Per Wikipedia, the name of the community is now Olympic Valley, California.
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Level 74
Apr 19, 2023
I'd also request that "Palisades Tahoe" or just "Tahoe" be accepted. That's the current name of the resort, & while not the town, someone who'd heard of the name change could easily be tripped up.
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Level 25
Apr 14, 2023
If possible, make "FRG" and "Federal Republic of Germany" as correct answers instead of just West Germany. I tried FRG at the last second and lost.
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Level 45
Apr 14, 2023
If it's the Federal Republic of Germany, then "Germany" itself should be an acceptable answer.
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Level 69
Apr 14, 2023
I think you should change or edit the Mediterranean cities question, very unclear criteria
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Level 74
Apr 14, 2023
Rome is not on the Mediterrenean.
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Level 40
Apr 14, 2023
Chinese is not a language!
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Level 46
Apr 14, 2023
squaw valley actually changed its name to olympic valley or palisades tahoe because squaw is a derogatory term for first nation women, i think either of the 3 names should be accepted or the answer changed altogether :)
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Level 51
Apr 14, 2023
I got Roseau and not Rome.... it's late...
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Level 69
Oct 10, 2023
Squaw Valley has been officially renamed to Palisades Tahoe
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Level 49
Oct 26, 2023
Sotchi ?
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Level 69
Oct 30, 2023
Please accept mandarin for chinese