The Louisiana is your first clue for today's Geo Quiz. The Louisiana is one of many live music clubs in the city we're looking for today. Don't let the name of the club fool you.
The place we want is not on the banks of the Mississippi River. Try the River Avon instead.
That river flows through a city in south-west England. It is one of England's "core cities" -- large, influential cities outside the London area. The city's port has long been part of its identity.
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This was once the home of grand fishing fleets. In the 1790's, slave ships based in this city sailed to Africa and the Americas. Now, fast-forward to the 1990's.
That's when the city gave birth to its own style of music, called "trip-hop." Our global hit today features some of the bands that made trip-hop famous. First, you gotta name this core city in south-west England...