Can you name the pairs of rhyming world cities?

City 1 Hint	Rhyming City Pair	City 2 Hint
Site of the Hofburg Imperial Palace		Site of the Palio horse race
'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' setting		Capital of the largest Caribbean nation
Its Grand Old Duke had 10,000 men		Second largest city in the Republic of Ireland
Site of the oldest public park in the U.S. (1634)		'Live Music Capital of the World'
Indian technology hub		World's largest city-state
Largest city in Queensland, Australia		Previously known as 'Olisipo' and 'Lishbuna'
Most populated city in China		Thai city on the Ping River
Capital of Western Australia		2-word Texan city in the Dallas-area 'metroplex'

City 1 Hint	Rhyming City Pair	City 2 Hint
U.S. state capital meaning 'Holy Faith'		Last royal capital of Burma (1857-1885)
Southern Iranian 'city of poets and gardens'		Highest capital in South America
Only Colombian host of the Pan-American games (1971)		Home of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes
'The Eternal City'		Finish point of the Iditarod sled dog race
Chinese city comprising '3 Towns' of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang		Largest port city in South Korea
Southern Mexican city noted for its cuisine		Japanese city at the mouth of the Odo River
Second-most populated SE Asian city		Sarah Palin's hometown

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Rhyming World Cities Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: melissa -
Contributed: October 1st, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 394

Tags: City Quizzes, World Quizzes, pair, rhyming

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	melissa:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 15:19 GMT	6 points
	Hope you enjoy this! A few notes: (1) I realize that "rhyming" games are tricky because different people may pronounce the same place name differently. In general, please assume a generic "U.S. newscaster accent" when pronouncing these place names. (2) In all cases the final syllables rhyme, and in most cases all syllables rhyme. However, in a couple of pairs the first syllables are "near-rhymes" rather than exact, and in one pair one of the cities has an extra syllable. Feedback / suggestions for improvement are welcome - thanks!

	cysion:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 16:07 GMT	1 point
	Love the idea, but this was just incredibly tough :p Only got 2 :)

	melissa:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 02:19 GMT	2 points
	Thanks for the feedback, cysion. Were the clues too hard, or the choice of cities, or both? I wanted to make it challenging but not impossible. It hasn't been played much yet, so I'll be curious to hear what others think.

	SoSoSmart:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	1 point
	El Paso is the second largest two word city in Texas.

	melissa:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 13:13 GMT	1 point
	@ SoSoSmart: thanks - you're right (seems both San Antonio and El Paso are larger). Made the fix.

	Mucci3:	Nov 3rd, 2009 at 00:44 GMT	1 point
	By "newscaster accent", you mean Northeast Ohio

	caramba:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 00:41 GMT	1 point
	Very tough. I have no idea how I missed Oaxaca though, as it's on my Bleep A Bleep A Bleep A quiz. Thought Wuhan was a little obscure (maybe Milan?) and I faintly remembered Chiang Mai, though I had no idea how to spell it.

	phibbyfan:	Jan 18th, 2010 at 20:58 GMT	4 points
	Wuhan is not at all obscure! Some important events happened there, and it's the capital of Hubei Province. But "obscure" is relative anyway. Just depends on what parts of the world you are familiar with.

	anarresti:	Mar 24th, 2010 at 12:07 GMT	1 point
	Great idea for a quiz! It has limitations , but you explain them well in the first post above and they don't detract from the enjoyment.

	ulashima:	Apr 9th, 2010 at 10:05 GMT	1 point
	One of those pairs were the source of a misunderstanding in the movie "Road Trip", LOL.

	coulraphobic123:	Jul 5th, 2010 at 05:27 GMT	2 points
	Fort Worth, is in fact, larger than El Paso now. And Bangalore and Singapore don't rhyme because the first syllables don't. Each syllable must rhyme.

	melissa:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 18:06 GMT	4 points
	@coulraphobic123: Thanks for the feedback. I've completely changed the hint for Forth Worth, so as not to worry about where it ranks size-wise. Re Bangalore/Singapore: you're right that they're not perfect rhymes, but I address this in the first comment. I think for purposes of this quiz they're close enough.

	Pit_trout:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 02:14 GMT	2 points
	Lovely quiz, and great disclaimer. Thankyou!

	ahh:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 19:40 GMT	1 point
	damn, i thought of mandalay instantly but didn't get the american city :( i got 7