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Local Enough?

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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

Culture & life

Which city was home to Motown Records, the label of many 1960s soul and pop hits?

  • ✕ Philadelphia Your answer
  • ✓ Detroit
  • C Atlanta
  • D Los Angeles

Not quite.

Berry Gordy founded Motown in Detroit in 1959. The name comes from "Motor Town", a nickname for Detroit's car industry.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Motown; Motown Museum, Detroit

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