
Click through the gallery to see if you can identify the cities from the blueprint map tool designed by Lauren Ancona. Anything over 6 out of 10 represents an impressive score!
Question: Can you name this African city?
Question: Can you name this African city?

Answer: Cape Town, home of the famous Table Mountain.

Question: Which city will be the center of the sporting universe in 2016?

Answer: Rio di Janeiro, host city of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Question: This former city-state surrounded by water was once among of the most wealthy places in the world. Where is it?

Answer: Venice, formerly known as La Serenissima in medieval times was once the richest and most powerful city-state in the Mediterranean.

Question: Which vast metropolis depicted here witnessed revolution close to 100 years ago.

Answer: Moscow, capital of Russia and home to 11 million souls.

Question: Which rapidly expanding Asian mega-city displayed here is home to more than 14 million people?

Answer: Shanghai, pictured here from the city's famous Bund waterfront area.

Question: Which iconic U.S. city is represented in this blueprint map?

Answer: New York City, as seen from beyond Liberty Island in this picture.

Question: Where is this jewel in the desert?

Answer: Dubai, home to the Palm Islands development (here, pictured from on high) and the world's largest building in the shape of the Burj Khalifa.

Question: This European capital stoically resisted the blitz and is home to royalty. Where is it?

Answer: London, capital of the UK and one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities.

Question: This capital city is widely regarded as one of the most romantic in the world. Where is it?

Answer: Paris, capital of France and home to iconic monuments like the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.

Question: Which former UK territory is represented in this blueprint map?

Answer: Hong Kong, handed over by Britain to China in 1997.




