Quiz: Can You Guess a Latvian Town From Three Associations?
The Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avīze has published a ten-question quiz on its la.lv site in which readers must identify Latvian towns from three associations each. The outlet says AI tools will be of little help.
The website la.lv, run by the Latvian daily newspaper Latvijas Avīze, has published an entertainment quiz about towns and cities in Latvia. The test has ten questions, and in each one a town is hidden behind three associations. Participants must identify it using their own knowledge and instinct.
How the quiz works
The publication says the task calls for intuition, knowledge and the ability to think outside the box. Each question comes with several answer options, and the page shows which of the ten questions the reader is currently on.
The source text notes that artificial intelligence can accurately determine a city's population and coordinates. However, in the editors' words, it has never smelled smoked sprats on the wind, heard a tram rattle over old cobblestones or stood in the shadow of castle ruins at sunset. For that reason, the outlet says, smart algorithms will not help in this quiz.
An example from the test
One question lists wind, rock music and Karosta as its associations. The answer options are Ventspils, Pāvilosta and Liepāja. The correct answer is not given in the visible excerpt of the publication, so readers can find it out by taking the quiz themselves.
The quiz is intended as light entertainment for readers who want to test how well they know Latvian towns and what makes each of them distinctive.
