Draw Four: Missing Letters From World Cities Trivia Quiz | Geography

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1. I have drawn four letters from a city's name: _e_ _ork Cit_ Please replace the four letters that have been removed from my name to give one of the busiest ports and most well known cities in the world located in the USA. What is my name?

Answer: New York City

New York City is a city of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island, with only the Bronx being on the mainland. New York City is the biggest city in USA but not North America - that honor belongs to Mexico City. Interestingly, with a metropolitan area population of over 19 million people in 2012, New York City is neither a national or a state capital.

2. _o_te_ide_ This is the capital city (with four letters removed), located on the opposite bank of the estuary to another capital city in South America. What is my name?

Answer: Montevideo

As well as the capital, Montevideo is the largest city and chief port in Uruguay. The city was settled in 1724 by the Spanish as a counter to the Portuguese settlement Colonia del Sacramento, 180km to the west (upstream). In 2007, Montevideo was judged to have the highest quality of life in Latin America. Montevideo is the capital of the country that won the (soccer) World Cup in 1930 and 1950.

3. _i_os__ma This beautiful Japanese city is one of its largest. It was largely re-built in the mid-part of the twentieth century. Its name means broad island and lies west of Tokyo and Osaka on the island of Honshu. What is its name, given four letters have been removed from the clue?

Answer: Hiroshima

Hiroshima will always be remembered as the first city to be devastated by an atomic bomb. The city itself is a rebuilt masterpiece, on a flat plain with six rivers running from the north-east to the south-west, a vibrant place with trams/streetcars being the easiest way to acquaint yourself with this lovely city.

4. _h_r_ou_ I am the capital of a country that in 2011 divided into two separate countries. I am still the capital of the smaller, same-named country. Which African capital am I?

Answer: Khartoum

Khartoum is situated at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers and is an ancient city first established as an Egyptian outpost. It is centrally located city in a new, smaller Sudan. It has a hot desert climate with daily temperatures always greater than 30C and very little rain, usually only falling in June and July.

5. _an_e_r_ I am a Southern Hemisphere national capital city. I am the biggest city in my country not situated on the coast. Restore the four letters to determine which city am I.

Answer: Canberra

Canberra is often overlooked as a lot of people believe the largest city in the country, 200km to the north-east is my capital. There are parallels between Washington D.C. and Canberra. Both are national capitals, planned cities and are situated in a federal territory. One important difference between the two is that the people of the Australian Capital Territory, of which Canberra occupies the northern portion, are represented in federal parliament. Canberra, with a 2012 population of over 360,000, is the eighth largest city in Australia.

6. T_l_i__ When my four letters are replaced, I am a northern European capital famous for my Old City. Replace four letters to find which city am I?

Answer: Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city in Estonia, one of the three Baltic States along with Latvia and Lithuania. Situated on the northern coast of the country, it is only a two hour ferry ride across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki. Tallinn has a population of over 400,000 in a country of only 1.3 million people.

7. H_v___ Please replace my four missing letters to give a bustling, lively capital city situated on a island adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico. What city am I?

Answer: Havana

Havana is the largest city and chief port for Cuba. In 2012 it had over 2.4 million people in its metropolitan area, making it one of the largest cities in the Caribbean. In 1982, Old Havana, the part you see in the travel documentaries and where most of the motor vehicles seem to have been manufactured in the 1950s, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

8. __ __z I am a an administrative capital city in a land-locked country in South America. Having only one letter visible in my five word name is difficult but there cannot be too many capitals with only five letters in two words. What city am I when you restore my four missing letters?

Answer: La Paz

La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia (Sucre is the judicial capital). La Paz is the second largest city in Bolivia and is situated in a bowl in the Andes. The city centre is approximately 11,950 feet above sea level and as the city expands, it moves further up the steep slopes surrounding the town.

9. ____z (Four letters missing) When you restore my four missing letters, I am the capital of a very small European country. What is my name?

Answer: Vaduz

Vaduz is the capital but not largest settlement of Liechtenstein. This country is a double landlocked country which means it is bordered only by landlocked countries, which in this case are Austria and Switzerland. The other double land-locked country is Uzbekistan. Vaduz is on the Rhine, but has no airport or railway station.

10. __f__ An Eastern European capital. A girl's name perhaps? What is the name of this capital city once four letters have been restored?

Answer: Sofia

Bulgaria has a coastline along the Black Sea but the capital, Sofia, is on the opposite side of the country in the west. Sofia has been settled since the 4th century BC. In 2012 it had a population of over 1,250,000 people and it is the epicentre of Bulgaria's cultural, educational and sporting like.

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Draw Four: Missing Letters From World Cities Quiz

In this brain-teaser, four letters have been removed from well known cities. You must determine the city from the remaining letters and the clues given. It gets harder as the number of letters in the name decreases as the quiz number increases.

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