Quiz: Name Europe's 16 most populated cities

[lighthousekeeper]

Name Europe's Most Populous Cities Online Quiz - Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=1621)

Damn I only got 5 of 16. Eastern Europe is a big black hole to me.

...edit: who am I kidding - all but Westernmost Europe is a black hole to me.

[sterlingice]

Missed 4 but, at first glance, they're missing at least one in Athens.

I missed Baku, Hamburg, Budapest, Bucharest

EDIT: Never mind. Technically Athens only has 650K within the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens

SI

[sabotai]

So close. Got 15 of 17. Missed Barcelona and Baku (that counts as European!? - After goolging, apparently it does for some people. Didn't think the border for "Europe" went that far west. Some maps include Azerbaijan and some have Europe's "border" against it.).

[Chief Rum]

It said 17 when I did it. I got 13 of them. I was pretty sure of two of the four I missed (had the countries right) but I was just drawing a complete blank what the names of those cities were.

[Chief Rum]

SI, I missed exactly the same four you missed.

[Fidatelo]

I only got 6, and when I reviewed the list I only kicked myself for about 2 of them that I missed. The rest I never would have guessed.

[claphamsa]

I got 11.

[sterlingice]

I wasn't going to get Baku even if given all day to think about it. The other 3 I missed, I would have.

SI

[sterlingice]

It said 17 when I did it. I got 13 of them. I was pretty sure of two of the four I missed (had the countries right) but I was just drawing a complete blank what the names of those cities were.

Actually, I don't know if I would have gotten the second German city. I was trying a couple of second and third cities in countries but I'm not sure I would have gotten to that one.

I think the next one should include metro areas as just city size makes for some odd lists.

SI

[cschex]

I missed two. The same one in far east Europe that everyone missed and the second German city.

[Passacaglia]

I missed Baku, Hamburg, and...I already forgot the third one.

EDIT: Minsk

[JAG]

Missed 6, 2 I wouldn't have guessed period, the other four were solvable but I spent time thinking of other ideas that didn't pan out.

[miked]

Missed 2, was sitting with 2 minutes left and out of guesses until I remembered the Eastern Bloc was part of Europe :p

Missed Instanbul and Baku

[Galaxy]

Is Turkey officially considered part of Europe or Asia?

[britrock88]

Asia Minor is part of Asia, but there is a sliver of Turkey that is on the European mainland.

[Peregrine]

Is Turkey officially considered part of Europe or Asia?

Well the issue is Istanbul, not Turkey itself, and the part of Istanbul's population that is on the European side is quite a bit more than on the Asian side - I think the Euro side alone is like 7 or 8 million, which is why it's on the list.

Amazing city to visit by the way, I went there in March and it was incredible- so much history.

[Coffee Warlord]

Missed 5. 3 of which I prolly woulda never gotten.

Missed Kiev, Minsk, Budapest, Bucharest, and fucking Baku, which is not in Europe. Actually, screw all those damn Russian cities, they ain't in Europe either.

[rjolley]

Got 10...better than I thought I'd do.

[MIJB#19]

I missed one, Baku, but that one isn't in the green area of the map shown. :rant:

[whomario]

missed 2 with 1 due to spelling, but then again i have home court advantage here ;)

Missed Bucharest and then Saint Petersburg for spelling. Baku i actually got thanks to them hosting that eurovision thingy a few years back and their surprising high population being reported in all sorts of media

most cities on the list are well worth a visit as well, if anyone still looking for places to see next year :)

[QuikSand]

15, one common miss with many here, one fairly unforgivable

Baku and ... Hamburg?!?!?

[Simbo Klice]

I got 6, woulda been 8 if their map indicated Russia was involved. A few more I should have gotten... I wish I still had Civ 4, don't really like 5.

[molson]

I think the next one should include metro areas as just city size makes for some odd lists.

SI

Assuming an "urban agglomeration" is a metro area, this'll do:

Can you name the urban agglomerations in Europe with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle (http://www.sporcle.com/games/Unidentifiedkiwi/1mil_europe)

[korme]

I missed: Istanbul, Saint Petersburg, Kiev, Baku, Minsk, Hamburg, Budapest, Vienna, Warsaw, Bucharest, Barcelona

Ouch

[Abe Sargent]

I missed two

Minsk and Hamburg



EDIT: Apparently I got the one most commonly missed in their thread. you folks seriously didn;t get that one? Especially after a certain event there this summer?

[lighthousekeeper]

Apparently I got the one most commonly missed in their thread. you folks seriously didn;t get that one? Especially after a certain event there this summer?

I honestly have never heard of that city before today and still doubt its existence. I strongly suspect I am the victim of some elaborate Friday hoax perpetrated by the Internet to dupe me into thinking that it is a real city.

Edit: or maybe the Bible says it is a city with 1.5M+ population, so all you Bible-beaters sadly continue to think it really does exist?

[Abe Sargent]

I honestly have never heard of that city before today and still doubt its existence. I strongly suspect I am the victim of some elaborate Friday hoax perpetrated by the Internet to dupe me into thinking that it is a real city.

Edit: or maybe the Bible says it is a city with 1.5M+ population, so all you Bible-beaters sadly continue to think it really does exist?

Maybe this will help



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_2012

[Big Fo]

15 of 17

Baku like everyone else and Budapest, which I should have come up with

[sabotai]

How could I have ever forgotten about an event I didn't know existed until today!

[Chief Rum]

I honestly have never heard of that city before today and still doubt its existence. I strongly suspect I am the victim of some elaborate Friday hoax perpetrated by the Internet to dupe me into thinking that it is a real city.

Edit: or maybe the Bible says it is a city with 1.5M+ population, so all you Bible-beaters sadly continue to think it really does exist?

Yeah, what he said.

[BishopMVP]

I missed two

Minsk and Hamburg



EDIT: Apparently I got the one most commonly missed in their thread. you folks seriously didn;t get that one? Especially after a certain event there this summer?I didn't even think of Azerbaijan as part of Europe (and imo, it's not, and mijb pointed out the green part of that map doesn't cover it.)

So, missed that one and your same two.

[Abe Sargent]

How could I have ever forgotten about an event I didn't know existed until today!

You didn;t know it took place in that city this year, or you didn;t know Eurovision Song Contest existed at all?

[Buccaneer]

I continually look at us and world demographics since I am a geographer and I am still amazed at the top 25 cities in the world. 15 or so are all new cities in China (probably high but that what it seems like).

[sabotai]

You didn;t know it took place in that city this year, or you didn;t know Eurovision Song Contest existed at all?

Until whomario mentioned it earlier in the thread, I had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest. Or as he put it, "that Eurovision thingy".

[Abe Sargent]

Until whomario mentioned it earlier in the thread, I had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest. Or as he put it, "that Eurovision thingy".

Well then, you have a lot of awesome music to catch up on!

Each year I d/l from them all of the contestant songs for about 10 Euros and it has around 35-40 songs, about half of which are crap. But many I adore. Here's one I really, really like from a few years ago:


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[Buccaneer]

Probably both for a lot of people. What was the deal this year that was newsworthy?

[Critch]

Eurovision Song Contest is brilliant, it's so bad it's good. Lots of awful songs, then all the Eastern bloc countries vote for each other.

Here's the Russian song from last year, astoundingly it didnt win:

Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody (Russia) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc)

[sabotai]

Well then, you have a lot of awesome music to catch up on!

That was an understatement even before I became aware of that Eurovision thingy. :)

[Abe Sargent]

Eurovision Song Contest is brilliant, it's so bad it's good. Lots of awful songs, then all the Eastern bloc countries vote for each other.

Here's the Russian song from last year, astoundingly it didnt win:

Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody (Russia) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc)

yeah, you have a ton of crap songs, and then a ton of great songs. plus you get to figure out the craziness o some countries. For example, Belgium invariably has an off the wall where did that come from song. Two recent examples include Rockabilly and Acapalla:


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[TRO]

I got 6, woulda been 8 if their map indicated Russia was involved. A few more I should have gotten... I wish I still had Civ 4, don't really like 5.

The map does - only a portion of Russia is in Europe though, so only that part is highlighted.

[Simbo Klice]

The map does - only a portion of Russia is in Europe though, so only that part is highlighted.

I didn't really look too closely... I figured if Russia was included I would definitely notice. :D

But seriously, Russia spans two continents? I'd never heard that before.

[MIJB#19]

I didn't really look too closely... I figured if Russia was included I would definitely notice. :D

But seriously, Russia spans two continents? I'd never heard that before.It depends on whether you consider Europe and Asia as two different continents to begin with. There's no Panama or Suaz canal to say: hey, look, there's the end of the continent, and there's the other one! It's not uncommon to just call it Eurasia.

[MIJB#19]

How could I have ever forgotten about an event I didn't know existed until today!You're not missing anything. Trust me on that one. :D

[General Mike]

Got 12

Missed on Istanbul, Baku, Minsk, Hamburg, Vienna

[Buccaneer]

It depends on whether you consider Europe and Asia as two different continents to begin with. There's no Panama or Suaz canal to say: hey, look, there's the end of the continent, and there's the other one! It's not uncommon to just call it Eurasia.

Ironic since the Panama Canal is not demarcation for any country's boundary, let alone a continent!

[Dutch]

Missed Five...including Baku. If you guessed that right, you spent too much time as a kid staring at the globe instead of doing your homework. :)

[Daimyo]

Missed two... thank you Europa Universalis and Ticket to Ride: Europe!

Baku - didn't even know it was considered Europe
Minsk - actually thought about but didn't try -- silly since there is no penalty for typing wrong answers

[Ryan S]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_2012

You don't need to be a European country to enter the Eurovision Song contest. Israel is a past champion (with a transsexual singer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_International)) and Morocco have previously entered.

[finketr]

You don't need to be a European country to enter the Eurovision Song contest. Israel is a past champion (with a transsexual singer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_International)) and Morocco have previously entered.

isn't Israel part of Europe for international football?

[Abe Sargent]

isn't Israel part of Europe for international football?

Yup.

And is Cyprus European or Asian?

Frankly, anywhere you draw the line between Europe and Asia is just arbitrary.

[Critch]

isn't Israel part of Europe for international football?

Only because their neighbors wouldnt play with them. In one of the early World Cups Israel got to one step away from qualifying because everybody they were drawn against refused to play them until then.

And Eurovision isnt a good judge of what is and isnt Europe either, since it's just an association of TV broadcasters, if a TV broadcaster pays it's membership fee they can join no matter where they are from. I think Algeria is in it too. I know this because every year I download the British TV Eurovision Song Contest coverage and they mention it. It may be camper than a row of tents but it's still great entertainment.

[Ryan S]

Only because their neighbors wouldnt play with them. In one of the early World Cups Israel got to one step away from qualifying because everybody they were drawn against refused to play them until then.

And Eurovision isnt a good judge of what is and isnt Europe either, since it's just an association of TV broadcasters, if a TV broadcaster pays it's membership fee they can join no matter where they are from. I think Algeria is in it too. I know this because every year I download the British TV Eurovision Song Contest coverage and they mention it. It may be camper than a row of tents but it's still great entertainment.

In the 80s Israel was part of the Oceania World Cup qualifying, which must have been a travel nightmare.

I think that half of the middle east are members of Eurovision, but won't take part because they would need to show the Israel entry. I envy those viewers :)

[Ryan S]

I didn't even think of Azerbaijan as part of Europe (and imo, it's not, and mijb pointed out the green part of that map doesn't cover it.)

I would not consider it part of Europe, but obviously the European Olympic Committees do.

BBC Sport - European Olympics: Members vote in favour of event in Azerbaijan (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20648045)

[Wolfpack]

All 17, but nearly didn't make it. Got it with 13 seconds left.

[sterlingice]

I continually look at us and world demographics since I am a geographer and I am still amazed at the top 25 cities in the world. 15 or so are all new cities in China (probably high but that what it seems like).

It's not quite that crazy unless you use some odd narrow definition of city but they have 5 or 6 in the top 25.

SI

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I only got 7. It's amazing how you can completely blank when there is a clock ticking.

I would have had 8, but didn't think they'd include London as it's not actually Europe.

[MIJB#19]

Ironic since the Panama Canal is not demarcation for any country's boundary, let alone a continent!But sure enough you get my point, don't you? :)
There's nobody who can tell you where exactly 'Europe' ends and where 'Asia' starts.

[Warhammer]

I missed Baku, Hamburg, and...I already forgot the third one.

EDIT: Minsk

Wow, we think alike, I missed the same three.