City bingo challenges

A city bingo is a treasure hunt for the typical things that define a city or country. Walk the streets, tick off the bingo card by photographing what you spot, and see who completes it first. No fixed route, no time pressure, just looking around and laughing along the way.

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Spot a black London cab

Find a classic black Hackney carriage on the road or at a rank. Photograph the rounded silhouette with the FOR HIRE light on if you can.

Bingo London
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100 pts
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Spot a black taxi For Hire light

Find a black cab with its yellow FOR HIRE light glowing (meaning you can hail it). Photograph the light against the dark cab.

Bingo London
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75 pts
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Spot a black taxi in Manchester

Find a black hackney cab on a Manchester rank or street. Photograph the cab.

Bingo Manchester
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150 pts
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Spot a blue plaque

Find a round blue plaque on a London building (English Heritage marks the homes of famous past residents). Photograph the plaque close-up.

Bingo London
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150 pts
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Spot a blue-domed church

Find a blue-domed Greek Orthodox chapel anywhere in Athens (the Cathedral, Kapnikarea, a tiny Anafiotika chapel). Photograph the dome against the sky.

Bingo Athens
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250 pts
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Spot a Bluebird Café reference

Find a Bluebird Café reference (the Green Hills venue, posters, photographs). Photograph the reference.

Bingo Nashville
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Spot a BMW logo

Find a BMW logo on a parked car, a billboard, the BMW Welt facade or a souvenir. Photograph the blue-white propeller.

Bingo Munich
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Spot a bocadillo de calamares

Find the Madrid classic bocadillo de calamares (fried-squid sandwich) at a bar around Plaza Mayor (La Campana, Bar Postas). Photograph the sandwich.

Bingo Madrid
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250 pts
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Spot a Boekhandel Dominicanen interior

Walk into the Boekhandel Dominicanen bookshop in the old Dominican church. Photograph the gothic-ceiling interior.

Bingo Maastricht
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150 pts
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Spot a Bohemian crystal display

Find a window full of Bohemian crystal glasses and chandeliers (around Old Town there are dozens of shops). Photograph the sparkle.

Bingo Prague
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150 pts
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Spot a Boqueria fruit stall

Inside the Boqueria find a fruit stall with stacked dragon fruit, mangos, mountains of strawberries. Photograph the colours.

Bingo Barcelona
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250 pts
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Spot a Bordallo Pinheiro swallow

Find the colourful ceramic swallows that Bordallo Pinheiro makes (in souvenir shops, on facades). Photograph a pair of them on a wall.

Bingo Lisbon
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200 pts
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Spot a Boston bow-window brownstone row

Walk Commonwealth Avenue and find a row of bow-window brownstones. Photograph the symmetry.

Bingo Boston
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100 pts
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Spot a Boston brownstone

Find a brick brownstone in Back Bay or Beacon Hill with the stoop and bow window. Photograph the facade.

Bingo Boston
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100 pts
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Spot a Boston clam chowdah bowl

Find a bowl of New England clam chowder (Legal Sea Foods, Union Oyster House). Photograph the cream.

Bingo Boston
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75 pts
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Spot a Boston cobblestone street

Find a cobblestone street in the North End or Beacon Hill. Photograph the stones.

Bingo Boston
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150 pts
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Spot a Boston cream pie

Find a Boston cream pie or doughnut at a bakery or diner. Photograph the chocolate-and-cream layers.

Bingo Boston
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250 pts
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Spot a Boston Duck Tour amphibious vehicle

Find a Boston Duck Tour amphibious vehicle (red, white and blue) on the road or river. Photograph the duck.

Bingo Boston
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150 pts
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Spot a Boston lobster roll

Find a lobster roll on a Boston counter (Neptune Oyster, James Hook, Yankee Lobster). Photograph the bun.

Bingo Boston
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250 pts
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Spot a Boston Marathon finish line marker

Find the yellow-and-blue Boston Marathon finish line painted on Boylston Street. Photograph the line.

Bingo Boston
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200 pts
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Spot a Boston Tea Party reference

Find a Boston Tea Party reference (the museum, a tea-crate replica, gift shop). Photograph the reference.

Bingo Boston
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50 pts
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Spot a boulangerie storefront

Find a storefront with "Boulangerie" lettered on the awning or sign. They are on almost every block; photograph the sign.

Bingo Paris
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150 pts
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Spot a bouquiniste

Spot the green riverside book boxes (bouquinistes) along the Seine quays. They sell second-hand books, prints and postcards. Photograph an open box.

Bingo Paris
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100 pts
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Spot a Bourbon Street neon sign

Walk down Bourbon Street and find a neon sign on a club or bar. Photograph the neon.

Bingo New Orleans
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