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Quiz about Postcards from Places that Dont Exist

Postcards from Places that Don't Exist Quiz


The magic of books, movies, television shows and even history, is that they can transport us to places that don't exist. Or do they? Here are ten examples of postcards from places that do not exist or, if they do, they are somewhere else.

A multiple-choice quiz by 1nn1. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
1nn1
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
396,244
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
505
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Hey Cuz, thought I would drop you this postcard that would make you green with envy. It's unbelievable: There are steam punk robots, killer shoes, talking lions, munchkins and corrupt wizards. Come see for yourself".

To which place is the cousin being invited?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Hi Sis,
I went looking for the Illinois nursery used in my favourite Clint Eastwood movie "The Mule" (2018). I wish the movie had told us they were growing Cherokee roses and Southern Live Oaks. Check out the postcard picture and see where I finally tracked down that nursery.

Which US State is depicted on the postcard?
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Question 3 of 10
3. "Hi Dad, I loved it when I was a kid and you would watch "Friends" with me. I remember you said that "Central Perk" looked like a pretty cool coffee shop. Well I found it when on holidays. Why don't you come and join me and check it out for yourself?"

Where did Dad have to go to check out "Central Perk"?
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Question 4 of 10
4. "My Royal Leige,
It appears I have found the Lost City of Gold. Please send further instructions.
I live to serve.
-Cortez"

Where did the letter writer claim to be?
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Question 5 of 10
5. "Dear Fan,
Thank you very much for your interest in our "Riverdale" TV series. I know it portrays a small-town situation which may look like the Midwest, but it is actually shot in the same place as "The X-Files" You can visit us on set if you want.
All The Best, Archie Andrews".

On the other side of the photo, there is a bridge. Which one?
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Question 6 of 10
6. "Dear Marty,
Now that Time Travel is a reality, Warsaw in 1796 is a fascinating place. Why don't you join me here and together we can see the King of Poland.
Signed Emmett "Doc" Brown, Ph.D"

Assuming time travel is possible, why are you unlikely to see the king?
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Question 7 of 10
7. "Hey Mate,
The Australian Outback is great. Why don't you come over. I'm heading for Woop-Woop."

Why can't the postcard recipient find Woop-Woop on a map of Australia?
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Question 8 of 10
8. "Hey Bro,

I think I have found Hogwarts. At least the inside of it used in the movies.
Love, Big Bro"

Where do I have to go to see where this fictional school's interior scenes were shot?
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Question 9 of 10
9. "Brother Dear, I have found the castle used for the exterior shots of "The Princess Diaries". You really must come and explore it with me.
Love, Anne"

Where is my sister?
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Question 10 of 10
10. My Dear Sister,
I know King's Landing from "The Game of Thrones" cannot possibly exist. However I do think I know which city the capital is based on from the scenes we see of the entire town from the air which lies on a pretty coastline. I have bought you a plane ticket. We leave tomorrow."

Where are they flying to?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Hey Cuz, thought I would drop you this postcard that would make you green with envy. It's unbelievable: There are steam punk robots, killer shoes, talking lions, munchkins and corrupt wizards. Come see for yourself". To which place is the cousin being invited?

Answer: Oz

Emerald City is the capital of Oz. L. Frank Baum did a wonderful job of describing this place. Oz is surrounded by desert on all sides, and is divided into four territories (one of them being Munchkin land) with the capital, being in the centre. A yellow brick road connects all areas to the capital.

Some have speculated that Oz represent different regions of the United States, others think Oz may actually be China. But this author believes it exists best in the reader's imagination.
2. Hi Sis, I went looking for the Illinois nursery used in my favourite Clint Eastwood movie "The Mule" (2018). I wish the movie had told us they were growing Cherokee roses and Southern Live Oaks. Check out the postcard picture and see where I finally tracked down that nursery. Which US State is depicted on the postcard?

Answer: Georgia

The Cherokee Rose and the Southern Live Oak are the State Flower and the State Tree, respectively, of Georgia, USA.

The movie, featured strong performances by Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper and Taissa Farmiga (Vera Farmiga's sister). The true story told how a 90-year-old Illinois horticulturist, Leo Sharp, became a courier for a Mexican drug cartel. The movie was set however, in some diverse Georgia locations including Augusta, Canton, and McDonough. Mr Eastwood, starred, directed and produced "The Mule".
3. "Hi Dad, I loved it when I was a kid and you would watch "Friends" with me. I remember you said that "Central Perk" looked like a pretty cool coffee shop. Well I found it when on holidays. Why don't you come and join me and check it out for yourself?" Where did Dad have to go to check out "Central Perk"?

Answer: Burbank, California

"Friends" and another wildly successful, same era, "New York City" sit-com "Seinfeld" were both set in New York City but shot entirely in Los Angeles (The exterior shots are actually of New York City, though). The coffee shop, "Central PerK" is a set at the Universal Studios in Burbank, California. You can visit the "coffee shop" but you can't get a cup of coffee there. "Seinfeld"'s Monk's Diner is actually based on Tom's Diner situated at the corner of Broadway and 112th Street. (It also featured in a Suzanne Vega song).
4. "My Royal Leige, It appears I have found the Lost City of Gold. Please send further instructions. I live to serve. -Cortez" Where did the letter writer claim to be?

Answer: El Dorado

"Eldorado" was one of the last poems of Edgar Allan Poe. It describes a mythical city covered with gold. European explorers actually went looking (without success) for such a city, in what is now Colombia and Venezuela, some 200 years before Poe wrote his poem. Poe's "Eldorado" was probably inspired by California's gold rush that occurred at the time he wrote it. Narnia and Atlantis are well documented fictional places but Shangri-La is actually located in Yunnan Province in China (Though not as picturesque as the place is described in fiction).
5. "Dear Fan, Thank you very much for your interest in our "Riverdale" TV series. I know it portrays a small-town situation which may look like the Midwest, but it is actually shot in the same place as "The X-Files" You can visit us on set if you want. All The Best, Archie Andrews". On the other side of the photo, there is a bridge. Which one?

Answer: Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver

Many TV shows that are presumed to depict Los Angeles are actually shot in Vancouver in British Columbia as the production costs are much cheaper. Often film-making resources are shared between several shows to keep production costs down. The overhead view of "Riverdale" for example, is used in "Pretty Little Liars" (2010), "Witches of East End" (2013), "The Carrie Diaries" (2013), "Gilmore Girls" (2000), and "Hart of Dixie (2011).

The set itself is used for "Pretty Little Liars", "Gilmore Girls", and "Hart of Dixie".

The diner in "The Carrie Diaries" is the same place as the Chock Lit Shoppe in "Riverdale".
6. "Dear Marty, Now that Time Travel is a reality, Warsaw in 1796 is a fascinating place. Why don't you join me here and together we can see the King of Poland. Signed Emmett "Doc" Brown, Ph.D" Assuming time travel is possible, why are you unlikely to see the king?

Answer: Poland didn't exist in 1796 as it was partitioned by Russia, Austria and Prussia

The huge Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth was partitioned three times between 1772 and 1795, where, after the third Partition Poland no longer existed. It did not regain its independence until WWI ended in 1918.

The King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski abdicated on November 25, 1795, in Grodno, which is now in western Belarus. The next year he re-located to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where he would stay until he died. The Polish identity never died though. Polish poets, politicians, noblemen, writers, artists, were forced to emigrate (Great Emigration), but retained their voices and pens and became the revolutionaries of the 19th century, as desire for freedom became one of the fundamental planks of Polish romanticism.
7. "Hey Mate, The Australian Outback is great. Why don't you come over. I'm heading for Woop-Woop." Why can't the postcard recipient find Woop-Woop on a map of Australia?

Answer: It doesn't exist. It's an idiom.

Australia has multiple names for its rural areas:
"The Bush" is any non-urban area though remote towns and even cities (eg Mt Isa) can be in the Bush. Think of it as outside the capital areas and the bigger regional cities.

"The Outback" is like the Bush but is a much drier landscape than the Bush which can include the coastal forests.

The Red Centre is a subset of the Outback. It covers the desert areas of Australia including the town of Alice Springs. It is characterised by its red soil and Uluru.

"Woop Woop" is a very small fictional town and is a very long drive from the Big Smoke or indeed anywhere else. It is used to indicate someone who comes from any small country town when they are in the city itself: "He's from Woop-Woop". Another similar saying is "beyond the black stump" which means a very long way away and, not one of its small towns but the Bush itself.
8. "Hey Bro, I think I have found Hogwarts. At least the inside of it used in the movies. Love, Big Bro" Where do I have to go to see where this fictional school's interior scenes were shot?

Answer: Durham Cathedral, northern England

According to the appropriate J.K. Rowling Books, "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the British wizarding school, located in the Scottish Highlands". The castle is located in the mountains near a loch. The precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered "unplottable" (which means "locations are either magically hidden from plain sight or simply removed from maps.)" No wonder I could never find Platform 9 3/4 using Google Maps. Hogwarts Castle does not exist.

The "Huffington Post" claim the exterior shots of Hogwarts are of Alnwick Castle in the north of England but this has never been substantiated. However the film producers have confirmed that some of the interior shots of Hogwarts were indeed filmed in Durham Cathedral.
9. "Brother Dear, I have found the castle used for the exterior shots of "The Princess Diaries". You really must come and explore it with me. Love, Anne" Where is my sister?

Answer: Longford Castle, England

"The Princes Diaries", starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews gave a very plausible if totally fictitious story of how an average San Francisco teenager became the heir to the throne of Genovia. The movie's producers have stated that Genovia, the country, is a "play on Italy's Genoa and Switzerland's Geneva", giving off the illusion of it being a legitimate country. With an embassy, a royal family, and their own government, the Disney studios certainly gave the impression it was a real place. However, despite the whole movie being shot in California (principally In Walt Disney Studios sound stages in Burbank California, the castle in the exterior shots of the movie was Longford Castle, in Bodenham, near Salisbury in England.
10. My Dear Sister, I know King's Landing from "The Game of Thrones" cannot possibly exist. However I do think I know which city the capital is based on from the scenes we see of the entire town from the air which lies on a pretty coastline. I have bought you a plane ticket. We leave tomorrow." Where are they flying to?

Answer: Dubrovnik, Croatia

In the "Game of Thrones" television series, King's Landing was filmed in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is apparent from the coastal locale and walls that surround the city. This made it a perfect setting for filming King's Landing.
Quebec City is North America's only walled city and Chester is a beautiful walled city in England, but both are located on rivers not even an estuary let alone the seashore. Venice is on the seashore (well, technically a lagoon), but it is not surrounded by a wall.
Source: Author 1nn1

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