Name a City Game......... Geography anyone

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Natural Bridge is a town in Alabama, United States. With population of around 28 it has been the smallest populated town in Alabama, but the town is notable for the nearby rock arch, also named Natural Bridge. It is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies, spanning over 127 ft.

Natural Bridge is a hamlet in New York, United States. The population is around 392. The name is derived from a natural rock formation over a river.

Natural Bridge, Virginia is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek (a small tributary of the James River) has carved out a gorge in the mountainous limestone terrain, forming an arch 215 ft high with a span of 90 ft.

The Natural Bridge was a sacred site of the Native American Monacan tribe, who believed it to be the site of a major victory over pursuing Powhatans centuries before the arrival of whites in Virginia. Some believe George Washington came to the site in 1750 as a young surveyor on behalf of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. To support claims that Washington surveyed the area, some tour guides claim the initials "G.W." on the wall of the bridge, 23 ft. up, were carved by the future president. Legend also has it that George Washington threw a rock from the bottom of Cedar Creek over the bridge. In 1927, a large stone was found, also engraved "G.W." and bearing a surveyors cross, which historians accepted as proof that he indeed surveyed the bridge.

Thomas Jefferson purchased 157 acres of land including the Natural Bridge from King George III of England for 20 shillings in 1774. He called it "the most Sublime of nature's works". Jefferson built a two-room log cabin, with one room reserved for guests, beginning its use as a retreat. While President, in 1802, he surveyed the place with his own hands. It has been said that Jefferson was able to throw a stone from the ground below the bridge to the top.

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Ekaterinburg is a city in Russia in the Ural Mountain district. NHL goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (former Hawks goalie) is a famous citizen of the city. Ekaterinburg is also a sister city with Prague, which is a sister city with Chicago.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, southern Germany, not far from the border with Austria.

Garmisch and Partenkirchen were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities.

Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of Partanum on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road.

Garmisch is first mentioned some 800 years later as Germaneskau ("German District"), suggesting that at some point a Teutonic tribe took up settlement in the western end of the valley.

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This one I can't resist.

Normal, Illinois is the home of Illinois State University. Normal got its name because of the original name of ISU: Illinois State Normal College (the purpose of a "normal school" was to train teachers by establishing norms - hence, normal school).

Normal is part of the Bloomington-Normal metro area. Bloomington hosts the Illinois Shakespeare Festival - Beer Nuts are made there - and also one of the best regions for golf in Illinois.

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ISU ... Go Redbirds!

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The city of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, German: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg, French: Ville de Luxembourg, German: Luxemburg Stadt), is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg and contains the historic Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, about which the area grew up.

As of 2009, the commune of Luxembourg City has a population of 90,000, which is almost three times the population of the second most populous commune.

Luxembourg City is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, having developed into a banking and administrative centre. Luxembourg is a seat of several institutions of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, and the European Investment Bank.

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Glenview, Illinois is a northern suburb of Chicago. It used to house the Glenview Naval Air Base which was closed by the Department of Defense in 1995. They made it into a multi-use area with a nice movie theatre, shops, the Kohl Children's Museum and a park.

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