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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 08/20/2009 : 14:10:20
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This city of about a quarter million has the same name as a superhero. So do the nearby river, as well as the province in which they both lay.
As of last year, the mayor of this city was considering suing Hollywood interests for using the city's name without permission. The mayor blamed the alleged name-theft for being the underlying cause of unsolved murders, and a high suicide rate among the city's females.
For this particular puzzle, you must both give the name of the town, and the country it is part of, for two points. Any partial answer will be disqualified and ignored.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/20/2009 14:55:21
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steinhenge
Skeptic Friend
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2009 : 15:26:23 [Permalink]
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| Is it the town of Batman in Turkey? |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2009 : 16:09:21 [Permalink]
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| Good find, Stenhenge! |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2009 : 17:04:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by steinhenge
Is it the town of Batman in Turkey?
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Indeed it is Batman, Turkey, steinhenge! For two points, we have a winner!
And thanks for the Wiki link, Simon.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 08/20/2009 19:25:33 |
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What on Earth: Superhero Town
