Grrr, when your brain interprets “neighbourhoods” to mean “boroughs”, and you see out the time trying to think of Dutch cities that sound vaguely Bronx-, Brooklyn- or Staten-ish.
I'm biased as this is my home county, but I think a better question where the answer is "Durham" could be something based on the English city of Durham, such as it being home to one of the countries oldest cathedrals and used as a filming location for the Harry Potter films.
Totally irrelevant. The history of Durham is quite interesting, it was founded by Anglo-Saxon monks during the Viking invasion.
It's clearly a more appropriate answer for a quiz on cities from across the world. What's the historical significance of Durham, USA? The fact that you call it "Durham NC" proves your bias.
I agree the population is irrelevant, it is about which is known internationally, though that is somewhat hard to gauge (well not at all actually, but I mean someone making a quiz will usually be biased and only know how well known something is in their own, and perhaps surrounding countries. You could easily hold polls asking people from all over the world, in theory.)
Personally I knew the UK Durham and not the US one. Not being from either country.
It's clearly a more appropriate answer for a quiz on cities from across the world. What's the historical significance of Durham, USA? The fact that you call it "Durham NC" proves your bias.
Personally I knew the UK Durham and not the US one. Not being from either country.