BURGH, BURG & BERG

Each answer is the name of a city with a name that ends in “burgh,” “burg” or “berg.” (e.g., The fourth-largest city in Austria. Answer: Salzburg.)

Freshman level

1. The capital city of Scotland.

2. The second-largest city in Pennsylvania.

3. The largest city in South Africa.

Graduate level

4. The second-largest city in Germany.

5. This German city was the site of the trials and execution of Nazi leaders.

6. The second-largest city in Russia.

Ph.D. level

7. The capital city of Pennsylvania.

8. City located on the northwestern shore of Lake Champlain.

9. This Mississippi city was besieged during the Civil War.

Answers: 1. Edinburgh. 2. Pittsburgh. 3. Johannesburg. 4. Hamburg. 5. Nuremberg. 6. Saint Petersburg. 7. Harrisburg. 8. Plattsburgh. 9. Vicksburg.

— North America Syndicate