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.

75 pts
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Spot a cowboy boot in a window

Find a pair of cowboy boots in a Broadway boot shop window (Boot Barn, Betty Boots, Nashville Cowboy). Photograph the boots.

Bingo Nashville
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75 pts
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Spot a cowboy boot in Austin

Find a cowboy boot in a shop window (Allens Boots on South Congress). Photograph the boots.

Bingo Austin
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75 pts
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Spot a cowboy hat

Find a Nashville cowboy hat in a shop or on a tourist. Photograph the brim.

Bingo Nashville
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75 pts
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Spot a croissant

Spot a croissant in someone's hand or in a boulangerie window display. The flakier and crescent-er, the better. Photograph it close-up.

Bingo Paris
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150 pts
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Spot a Cuban cortadito

Find a cortadito (Cuban espresso with milk) at a Little Havana ventanita window. Photograph the small cup.

Bingo Miami
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150 pts
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Spot a Cuban flag

In Little Havana find a Cuban flag (red triangle with white star, blue-and-white stripes). Photograph the flag.

Bingo Miami
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200 pts
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Spot a Cuban guava pastelito

Find a guava pastelito (Cuban puff pastry with guava) at a Little Havana bakery. Photograph the pastry.

Bingo Miami
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200 pts
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Spot a Cuban guayabera shirt

Find a guayabera (Cuban pleated linen shirt) on someone or in a shop window. Photograph the shirt.

Bingo Miami
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150 pts
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Spot a Cuban sandwich

Find a Cuban sandwich (Cubano) at a deli or restaurant. Photograph the pressed sandwich.

Bingo Miami
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150 pts
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Spot a Cubs or White Sox kit

Find a Cubs (red C, blue) or White Sox (black) jersey on someone or in a shop. Photograph the kit.

Bingo Chicago
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250 pts
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Spot a curry mile sign in Rusholme

Find a Wilmslow Road / Curry Mile sign or a curry-house front (Rusholme). Photograph the sign.

Bingo Manchester
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75 pts
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Spot a currywurst

Find a currywurst on a paper plate at any Imbiss stand (Curry 36, Konnopke's, any Späti corner). Photograph the curry-powder-dusted sausage with the fries.

Bingo Berlin
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200 pts
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Spot a Cycladic Anafiotika cube

Walk up into Anafiotika (the tiny Cycladic-style village under the Acropolis). Find a whitewashed cube house with blue shutters. Photograph the house.

Bingo Athens
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75 pts
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Spot a Czech beer glass

Find a tall Czech pilsner glass (Pilsner Urquell, Staropramen, Budvar) on a pub table. The thick head of foam is the giveaway. Photograph it.

Bingo Prague
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100 pts
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Spot a Czech goulash

Find a bowl of Czech goulash (beef stew with dumplings) on a pub menu or table. Photograph the gravy with the bread-dumplings (knedlíky).

Bingo Prague
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200 pts
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Spot a Czech kolache or vetrnik

Find a koláč (round filled pastry) or větrník (cream-and-caramel choux) in a bakery window. Photograph the Czech pastry.

Bingo Prague
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100 pts
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Spot a Dala horse

Find a Dalahäst (red wooden Dala horse, often hand-painted) in a souvenir shop, on a windowsill or a balcony. Photograph the horse.

Bingo Stockholm
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250 pts
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Spot a Danish Bauhaus chair

Find a Danish design chair in a furniture window (Wegner Wishbone, Hans J. Wegner Y-chair, Arne Jacobsen Egg). Photograph the iconic silhouette.

Bingo Copenhagen
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75 pts
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Spot a Danish hot dog (pølser)

Find a Danish hot dog at a pølsevogn cart, topped with remoulade, fried onions and pickle. Photograph the loaded bun.

Bingo Copenhagen
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75 pts
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Spot a Danish pastry (wienerbrød)

Find a wienerbrød (Danish pastry, called wienerbrød in Denmark) in a bakery window: cinnamon swirl, kanelsnegl, kringle. Photograph the laminated layers.

Bingo Copenhagen
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50 pts
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Spot a Danish pastry shop sign

Find a "Bager" or "Konditori" sign above a bakery door. Photograph the gold lettering.

Bingo Copenhagen
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100 pts
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Spot a David replica

Find Michelangelo's David (a replica in Piazza della Signoria, the original in the Accademia or a souvenir-shop apron). The marble man is everywhere. Photograph him.

Bingo Florence
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200 pts
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Spot a DC flag (three red stars two bars)

Find the DC city flag (three red stars over two red bars on white). Photograph it.

Bingo Washington D.C.
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50 pts
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Spot a DC Metro M

Find a brown M sign at any DC Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.

Bingo Washington D.C.
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