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Exactly Where Has Amelia Been?
"Amelia goes places even Carmen Sandiego doesn't..."

By Amelia Rose Gulkis

v1.0.1: Updated 6/1/2005

One day I was sitting around thinking of some of the places I had been, and the idea of this quiz was born. Each clue leads you to a city that I've visited. So far, the quiz is heavily slanted towards western Europe and east coast cities, because thus far that's been my domain. Some day, I hope to have the whole world in my quiz! (All together now: "She's got the whole world. . . in her quiz!") I tried to make the quiz challenging but not impossible. Dave did pretty well on his first try, but then again he's also familiar with many of the places I've been, so perhaps he's got an unfair advantage. Anyway, give it a try and good luck!

1. You have to be pretty ritzy to stay at the Royal Crescent. a) Boston, Massachusetts. b) Bath, United Kingdom. c) Washington, DC.
2. Tongue-in-cheek souvenirs were hard to find here after September 11th, 2001. a) Washington, DC. b) New York, New York. c) London, England.
3. This is a walled city. The trouble was, once I walked into the city, I couldn't find my way out! a) Quebec City, Canada. b) St. Johnsbury, Vermont. c) Lucca, Italy.
4. This city is on the river Cam. However, much to Dave's chagrin, I didn't see any bridges. a) Cambridge, England. b) Cambridge, Massachusetts. c) Cambridge, Vermont.
5. This city has walls. This city also has cannons. Oddly enough, though, some of those cannons are on the outside of the walls pointing inside. a) Madrid, Spain. b) Quebec City, Canada. c) Lucca, Italy.
6. Sadly, Prague gets all the tourists, despite this city having cool pastel-colored buildings. a) Budapest, Hungary. b) Bratislava, Slovakia. c) Vienna, Austria.
7. This city had some of the best Art Nouveau architecture in the whole world, yet sadly they tore it all down. That sums up my feelings for this place! a) Marseilles, France. b) Bern, Switzerland. c) Brussells, Belgium.
8. The hills are alive, but the people, sadly, remain Austrian. a) Stowe, Vermont. b) Vienna, Austria. c) Salzburg, Austria.
9. London may be the national capital of the United Kingdom, but it's not the gay capital. That would be this town. a) Brighton. b) Manchester. c) Shoreham-by-the-Sea.
10. The Bronx is up and the Battery's down... a) Amsterdam, The Netherlands. b) Great Neck, New York. c) New York, New York.
11. My favorite poster store is located here! a) Boston, Massachusetts. b) London, England. c) Manchester, New Hampshire.
12. I find this place to be much better than the crayon. a) White River Junction, Vermont. b) Siena, Italy. c) Budapest, Hungary.
13. The only place with more plaid than in Dave's closet. a) Edinburgh, Scotland. b) Freeport, Maine. c) Belfast, Northern Ireland.
14. I went here with my French class in junior high. Others may have forgotten, but je me souviens! a) Aix, France. b) New Orleans, Louisiana. c) Montreal, Quebec.
15. I've been here, and I've been in the more recent version. a) York, England. b) Orleans, France. c) Haven, England.
*16. In the land of duomos, this place has the* duomo.** a) Rome, Italy. b) Florence, Italy. c) Milan, Italy.
17. I stayed with a friend just outside the city, in Elancourt. a) Paris, France. b) Brussells, Belgium. c) Lyons, France.
18. I pay homage to this city every time I wear tube socks. (Okay, so I never wear tube socks, but I'd like to pay homage to this city anyways). a) London, England. b) Liverpool, England. c) Brighton, England.
*19. I like the Radcliffe Camera, but I took pictures of it, not with* it.** a) Manchester, England. b) Stratford-on-Avon, England. c) Oxford, England.
20. Home to the People's Palace, Billy Connolly, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. I saw my fair share of both while I was there. a) Glasgow, Scotland. b) Aberdeen, Scotland. c) Dublin, Ireland.
21. It's the home of Dylan Thomas. You remember Dylan Thomas from English Literature in high school, right? a) Land's End, England. b) Swansea, Wales. c) Edinburgh, Scotland.
22. Nowhere in my journeys have I found longer escalators to and from the subways. a) Milan, Italy. b) Bratislava, Slovakia. c) Budapest, Hungary.
23. Coffee, Pastry, and Freud, oh my! a) Vienna, Austria. b) Munich, Germany. c) Salzburg, Austria.
24. This place has the Fairbanks Museum, which is a museum made by Victorians, but also sort of a museum about how Victorians made museums. a) Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. b) London, England. c) New Haven, Connecticut.
25. This is the Easternmost point in all of England. a) Penzance. b) Land's End. c) Lizard Point.