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Asian Cities by Clue

Can you name these cities in Asia based on three short clues?
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First submittedJanuary 2, 2013
Times taken25,612
Average score75.0%
Rating4.70
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Clue
City
Imperial Palace, Edo, Skytree
Tokyo
Burj Khalifa, Palm Islands, Persian Gulf
Dubai
Pudong, Century Park, Wu Language
Shanghai
Hajj, Clock Tower, Grand Mosque
Mecca
Lotus Temple, Humayun's Tomb, Red Fort
Delhi
Persian Gulf, 2022 World Cup, The Pearl
Doha
Victoria Harbour, Kowloon, 1997 Handover
Hong Kong
Lion City, Caning, 2nd Busiest Port
Singapore
Forbidden City, Bird's Nest,
Tiananmen Square
Beijing
Gyeongbokgung Palace,
Samsung, Gangnam
Seoul
Clue
City
Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Agrevana
Agra
Hagia Sophia, Golden Horn, Byzantine
Istanbul
Krung Thep, Suvamabhumi, Hangover 2
Bangkok
Dome of the Rock, Western Wall
Jerusalem
Bollywood, Marathi, Dharavi
Mumbai
Black Hole, Mother Theresa, Bengal
Kolkata
Beer, Hokkaido, 1972 Winter Olympics
Sapporo
Tigris, Babylon, Sadr City
Baghdad
Venetian Casino, A-Ma Temple,
Formerly Portuguese
Macau
Petronas Twin Towers, Batu Caves,
Thean Hou Temple
Kuala Lumpur
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48 Comments
klammyt22
+8
Level 22
Mar 16, 2013
Can you accept "Calcutta" for "Kolkata"? You accept "Bombay" for "Mumbai", after all.
Salz
+5
Level 62
Mar 16, 2013
I second that.
pitzikat
+4
Level 75
Mar 16, 2013
me too.
jon12
+3
Level 57
Mar 16, 2013
me too. well four actually.
rgc1600
+2
Level 74
Mar 16, 2013
Absurd that you expect people to know the flavor of the week.
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 88
Aug 21, 2013
Ditto.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Aug 6, 2015
Okay, Calcutta will work now. But it's not exactly, the "flavor of the week", @rgc1600. It's been Kolkata since 2001.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Oct 2, 2015
and Burma has been Myanmar since 1989.
englishsystem
+1
Level 67
Oct 2, 2015
^ PWND
BiggieSmalls
+5
Level 76
Oct 2, 2015
as the original poster said, you accepted Bombay and it changed it's name in 1996 so there was less reason to accept it than Calcutta
EcceHomo
+4
Level 85
Sep 22, 2020
I think 19 years is enough for quizzers to get used to the idea that it is Kolkata. OK, in 2013 when the original request was made, fair enough, but now, in 2020....?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jun 5, 2025
Perhaps it should be enough time, but in my experience people like to stick to the names they learned when they we're growing up. Let's say before they were 20. Especially when the old and new name are nearly the same. (Some people have issues with, for instance, not thinking of it as yugoslavia or USSR anymore but those I believe are the minority).

It is a human trait wanting to keep things as they are (which in some cases is beneficial, in others, not so much..) although some people have more difficulties with change than others (and it greatly differs per subject matter ofcourse)

Minutiae
+4
Level 74
Jul 5, 2021
Kolkata is still referred to as Calcutta very frequently, so IMO it's a perfectly reasonable type-in. It doesn't harm anyone; it isn't displayed anywhere.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Nov 25, 2023
It harms me.
FolgoreCZ
+5
Level 59
Sep 12, 2021
Honestly, I don't even consider Calcutta/Kolkata, Bombay/Mumbai, Peking/Beijing and others to be name changes. Now Astana/Nur-Sultan for example, that's a name change. The others are clearly still the same name, just a different, probably more accurate, english transcript of a local name.
purplecoffee
+1
Level 75
Jul 24, 2023
Bombay isn't same as Mumbai! Over the centuries the city has been referred to by multiple variations of both these names. Even though they sound similar, the two names have separate origins. Bombay has Portuguese origin where as Mumbai has Koli-Marathi origins.
adiman0909
+7
Level 64
Mar 22, 2018
As an Indian I would recommened that please use Mumbai and Kolkata only as they are the official new names of Bombay and Calcutta respectively. Usage of old names still remind us of the brutal colonial rule and better that it's forgotten
JonOfKent
+2
Level 60
Jun 11, 2020
That's fine but there are lots of Indians who disagree... when I last went to Bombay - which was admittedly only 5 years after they changed the name - I only met one person who called it Mumbai, out of hundreds I spoke to. Many voiced the opinion that it was an illegitimate change of name because a city belongs to its inhabitants, not to politicians in Delhi.

And remember - "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it". The past is very rarely best forgotten. (Although in fairness I doubt you really meant that it should be totally forgotten.)

NHG
+1
Level 48
Sep 15, 2020
I am struggling to think of any Indian of an elder generation I know who actually calls it Mumbai. They all still call it Bombay
Synchronicity
+1
Level 48
Mar 19, 2013
It should be spelled "canning", unless Singapore is big on beating people with canes as punishment.
jayzee
+2
Level 22
Mar 20, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore

The quiz indeed means "to strike with a cane".

ctleng76
+2
Level 65
Apr 11, 2013
Actually Singapore IS big on beating people with canes. That is what the clue meant!! So, caning with 1 "n" is correct.
NHG
+1
Level 48
Sep 15, 2020
Yes, I thought it was an amusing clue!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Apr 17, 2013
hey, beating people with canes is better than stuffing them into aluminum cans...
Tramp
+8
Level 79
Sep 11, 2015
Canned Singaporean is a Malaysian delicacy
huaiwei
+2
Level 37
May 10, 2014
Probably created by some American who do not know Singapore beyond generic things like those. And of all things, caning, when it is done all over many parts of Asia. All the other cities have positive examples or landmarks, while Singapore gets "caning"?

The Merlion, Marina Bay Sands, Raffles, Changi Airport, Orchard Road, etc, would have been fairer representation of this country.

ander217
+1
Level 74
Oct 7, 2015
Americans know about caning in Singapore because an American citizen, Michael Fay, was given a caning sentence for vandalism in 1994, which caused a lot of media coverage.
NHG
+1
Level 48
Sep 15, 2020
Hardly anyone outside of Singapore knows Fort Canning, whereas we all know about caning, so it's a perfectly fine clue. The fact that it could conceivably have been a typo for Canning makes it all the more amusing.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Oct 10, 2019
It's basically the only reason you've heard of the term caning.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Apr 17, 2013
Cool quiz, got 100%, though Shanghai was just a guess. I concur with others that Calcutta should be accepted for Kolkata, and also maybe Macao for Macau. The SAR is usually spelled Macau but the city is often spelled Macao. I thought Samsung was headquartered in Busan, not Seoul, but I looked it up and found out I was wrong.
introvertigo
+1
Level 43
Mar 4, 2019
I got Shanghai because I've been studying languages lately, and Wu (Shanghainese) is one of the most widely spoken dialects of Chinese.
maxd98
+1
Level 39
Nov 6, 2013
Kuala Lumpur FTW
ct
+6
Level 66
Oct 2, 2015
Funny how all the clues about Istanbul are locations in Europe and not in Asia...
Thorvald
+4
Level 73
Oct 9, 2015
I wanted to write the same thing. Also funny, that all of the clues for Istanbul predate the Ottoman/Turkish conquest :)
RobertoCF
+2
Level 80
Oct 4, 2015
Istanbul is mostly in Europe
Balikati
+1
Level 72
Dec 9, 2016
Surprised how low Delhi is.
ananjon
+1
Level 66
Jul 19, 2020
Yeah, me too
betarad
+2
Level 28
Jan 5, 2018
how did i miss seoul i'm from there
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Oct 10, 2019
I'm betting far less than 0.01% got Agra based on Fatehpur Sikri & Agrevana and didn't know Taj Mahal.
roadrage
+2
Level 67
Dec 4, 2019
I thought I would do poorly on this but I managed to get 17 right. A testament to the knowledge I’ve gained since joining Jetpunk!
ananjon
+1
Level 66
Jul 19, 2020
Too easy and surprised to see Delhi the least-guessed city.
BerryCJ
+1
Level 62
Dec 15, 2020
Multiple entries from countries such as China or India but nothing for literal dozens of other countries in Asia.
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 78
Nov 9, 2021
Yeah, because those cities are generally more well known and influential
Gregger
+3
Level 91
Jun 22, 2021
Should be "Suvarnabhumi" not "Suvamabhumi"
G30GR4PHY
+1
Level 59
Apr 18, 2023
Yeah, I noticed that too. I guess he mistook r and n for m.
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Dec 2, 2021
Great to see a European city on this quiz so it's not so Asian-centric...
FreeStater
+1
Level 80
Nov 4, 2022
Easier than expected, but some still made me think for a second.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Feb 5, 2024
The locations of modern Baghdad and ancient Babylon are about 90 km apart. That's more than the distance of running two marathons.
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