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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17082 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 06:16:24
December 03 2010 05:03 GMT
#1
Just a short quiz for fun. See how familiar you are with famous cityscapes; compare yourself to other forumers. Who's the most cosmopolitan? :D

There will be pictures in spoilers. Try to name as many as you can without cheating. All the images should have some recognizable feature or landmark of the city in question. Some are easier than others, but I don't think any of them are too obvious. For example, I'd never put a picture of the Eiffel Tower for Paris, but I may have a view down the Champs-Elysees.

Warning: image heavy!

When answering, please put your answers in spoilers so you don't ruin it for others!

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1. Shanghai - View of the Bund. Fairly easy one here, but didn't want to put anything TOO obvious like the Pudong skyline, but the Chinese flag is clearly visible in the foreground.
2. Mumbai - View of the Taj Mahal Hotel and the Gateway of India
3. London - Cabot Square in Canary Wharf. Didn't want to put Big Ben or the Palace or anything.
4. Istanbul - Sultan Ahmed Mosque. One of the easier ones as well.
5. Rio de Janeiro - View from the hills. Didn't want to make it too easy and put Christ the Redeemer, so I used a picture taken FROM the location instead.
6. St. Petersburg - Winter Palace. You had to have been familiar with the landmark, but I made it snowy so perhaps you could guess
7. Chicago - Easiest way to tell would be the Hancock building on the left side.
8. Cairo - Perhaps you could tell from the river, palm trees, and general architecture/environment of the city.
9. Berlin - Sony Center...kind have have to be familiar with the city, I suppose. Didn't want to use the Brandenberg Gates or other famous landmarks.
10. Singapore - This is a view from the famous Marina hotel. You can make out some famous buildings from Singapore's CBD in the background.
11. New York City - Looking toward the Essex House from Central Park. One of the easier ones I think, for Americans.
12. Tokyo - City Hall of Tokyo. It's a (more or less) famous building.
13. Paris - View of the Grand Palais and the Alexander III bridge. A decently well-known landmark of Paris.
14. Riyadh - The Kingdom Tower (perhaps the most well-known skyscraper in the Middle East)
15. Sydney - You can see the Opera house in the background. One of the easier ones.
16. Tehran - Azadi Tower. If you're not familiar with the monument, then I'm not sure how you could've gotten this one.
17. Amsterdam - Amsterdam's famous city layout should be apparent.
18. Beijing - CCTV headquarters are very striking (the twisted cube building)
19. Rome - St. Peter's Basilica should be well-known.
20. Monaco - similar to the Rio de Janeiro one...you have to be familiar with the city layout.


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alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 05:10:35
December 03 2010 05:09 GMT
#2
wtf incredibly hard
i only managed to get a few..
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shanghai ( wasn't even that sure but it did look like the bund..)
2. nope never been to /seen mumbai..
3 -. london WTF i didnt get this but what building is that . should've shown westminster or tower bridge or something man wtf is that! >
4. wat
5. yea guessed this.
6. .. nope
7. looked american..
8.nope
9.nope.
10. no merlion == gay
11. everyone knows new york!
12. yay for having been to this building.
13. nope > _<
14.wtf.
15.nope..
16. nop.
17. damn it looked so fucking familiar! (have a map of it in my drawer - _-) was thinking paris or barcelona or something..
18. nope.
19. no
20.no
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lyAsakura
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1414 Posts
December 03 2010 05:15 GMT
#3
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Only got Rio and New York. Whats up with the dude swimming on the side of a waterfall or whatever it is in Singapore (10)?
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paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13197 Posts
December 03 2010 05:16 GMT
#4
1/20...
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snorlax
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States755 Posts
December 03 2010 05:18 GMT
#5
3/20 T_T
skindzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Chile5114 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 05:20:56
December 03 2010 05:19 GMT
#6
I got like 1 in the first 8 and then got deppresed and stopped =/

Edit: 2 of 20 fml
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infinitestory
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4053 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 05:23:40
December 03 2010 05:19 GMT
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Unsurprisingly, only got both of the Chinese cities + NYC...

that weird-ass quadrilateral building in the background of 18 is a dead giveaway, since that's the unique shape of CCTV headquarters, I think.

the shanghai giveaway is the ubiquitous yellow-orange lighting, which is the signature of the buildings near the bund

edit: holy shit the sydney opera house is in the background of 15... i suck


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imDerek
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States1944 Posts
December 03 2010 05:22 GMT
#8
haha only got 2
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susySquark
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1692 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 05:35:10
December 03 2010 05:34 GMT
#9
3/20.

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1. Shanghai - nope.
2. Mumbai - nope.
3. London - nope.
4. Istanbul - GOT IT. Hagia Sofia's pretty distinct.
5. Rio de Janeiro - nope. Looked Asian to me, way off lol
6. St. Petersburg - nope.
7. Chicago - nope.
8. Cairo - nope.
9. Berlin - nope.
10. Singapore - nope.
11. New York City - nope.
12. Tokyo - I've been to that building! Yes.
13. Paris - nope.
14. Riyadh - nope.
15. Sydney - How can you not get this one... the opera house is in the background!
16. Tehran - nope.
17. Amsterdam - nope.
18. Beijing - nope.
19. Rome - nope.
20. Monaco - nope.
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
December 03 2010 05:35 GMT
#10
T_T only got NYC and Sydney..
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Thegilaboy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States2018 Posts
December 03 2010 05:38 GMT
#11
5/20: managed to get Chicago (live there afterall), NYC, Paris, Sydney, and Rome

That was tough!
GoShox
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1847 Posts
December 03 2010 05:39 GMT
#12
Didn't really attempt the quiz but some of those are just beautiful. I have a huge thing for city lights at night.. for me, nothing beats just driving around downtown at night time, living to music.
ZapRoffo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5544 Posts
December 03 2010 05:41 GMT
#13
I got 3
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Knew the layout of Rio, and knew the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and Sydney Opera House
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion man
Carefree
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1571 Posts
December 03 2010 05:43 GMT
#14
7/10, sweet!

Got #1, 4, 7, 11, 15, 19, 20
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jaj22
Profile Joined September 2009
United Kingdom1376 Posts
December 03 2010 05:44 GMT
#15
On December 03 2010 14:09 alffla wrote:
3 -. london WTF i didnt get this but what building is that . should've shown westminster or tower bridge or something man wtf is that! >

I think it's Canary Wharf. The camera angle doesn't show the distinctive peak of the tower.

I didn't get it either.

Demoninja
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1190 Posts
December 03 2010 05:46 GMT
#16
1/20 lol I just knew 15 despite never being there and having no memory of reading about it.
butter
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States785 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 05:49:09
December 03 2010 05:46 GMT
#17
On December 03 2010 14:41 ZapRoffo wrote:
I got 3
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Knew the layout of Rio, and knew the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and Sydney Opera House

Odd, I got the same three exactly...
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My friend who is Russian said "wtf, how do you know hermitage"
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17082 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 06:08:22
December 03 2010 06:00 GMT
#18
The following is my justification for each of the landmarks:

+ Show Spoiler +
1. Shanghai - View of the Bund. Fairly easy one here, but didn't want to put anything TOO obvious like the Pudong skyline.
2. Mumbai - View of the Taj Mahal Hotel.
3. London - Cabot Square in Canary Wharf. Didn't want to put Big Ben or the Palace or anything.
4. Istanbul - Sultan Ahmed Mosque. One of the easier ones as well.
5. Rio de Janeiro - View from the hills. Didn't want to make it too easy and put Christ the Redeemer, so I used a picture taken FROM the location instead.
6. St. Petersburg - Winter Palace. You had to have been familiar with the landmark, but I made it snowy so perhaps you could guess
7. Chicago - Easiest way to tell would be the Hancock building on the left side.
8. Cairo - Perhaps you could tell from the river, palm trees, and general architecture/environment of the city.
9. Berlin - Sony Center...kind have have to be familiar with the city, I suppose. Didn't want to use the Brandenberg Gates or other famous landmarks.
10. Singapore - This is a view from the famous Marina hotel. You can make out some famous buildings from Singapore's CBD in the background.
11. New York City - Looking toward the Essex House from Central Park. One of the easier ones I think, for Americans.
12. Tokyo - City Hall of Tokyo. It's a (more or less) famous building.
13. Paris - View of the Grand Palais and the Alexander III bridge. A decently well-known landmark of Paris.
14. Riyadh - The Kingdom Tower (perhaps the most well-known skyscraper in the Middle East)
15. Sydney - You can see the Opera house in the background. One of the easier ones.
16. Tehran - Azadi Tower. If you're not familiar with the monument, then I'm not sure how you could've gotten this one.
17. Amsterdam - Amsterdam's famous city layout should be apparent.
18. Beijing - CCTV headquarters are very striking (the twisted cube building)
19. Rome - St. Peter's Basilica should be well-known.
20. Monaco - similar to the Rio de Janeiro one...you have to be familiar with the city layout.
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
December 03 2010 06:02 GMT
#19
I <3 the bund
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-03 06:11:46
December 03 2010 06:10 GMT
#20
5/20

Shanghai
New York
Tokyo
Sydney

Sydney was particularly easy, and I've been to the other three cities.

I suspected BJ, but I wasn't sure.

Also, Chicago looks like Seoul (Han River).

edit:

Oops, missed Amsterdam... again, obvious
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