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Which Italian author published a book called "Invisible Cities"? |
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Which one of these closely related place names from the Tibetan Buddhist folklore designates a city? |
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Name the three holy cities of the medieval Jewish diaspora (they also happen to be considered the main European centers of ceremonial magic). |
Toledo, Spain; Krakow, Poland; Prague, Bohemia
Montpellier, France; Venice, Italy; Nuremberg, Germany
Salamanca, Spain; Warsaw, Poland; Buda, Hungary
Lisbon, Portugal; Paris, France; Rome, Italy
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Manoa or Omoa was the name of the capital of this rich territory in South America sought for in vain by Francisco de Orellana, Philip von Hutten and Sir Walter Raleigh. The region was named after its ruler - what was his nickname? |
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What is the name of a magical city hidden deep in the Altai mountains? (Hint: It means in Russian "The Land of White Waters" and has been recently popularized by the fantasy writer Liz Williams.) |
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What city was described by Rudyard Kipling in his short story "The City of Dreadful Night"? |
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Persian Sufi (Islamic) mystics spoke of two cities located respectively in the west and the east of Hurqalya, the supranatural "eight climate". What are their names? |
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Which one of the following places mentioned in the Arthurian legends was a city? |
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What is the name of a town in Galilee which is going to be the birthplace of Antichrist? |
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In his 1906 novel "The Other Side", the Czech expressionist illustrator Alfred Kubin describes a "Dream Realm" situated in Asia. What is the name of its capital? |
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