What's the Name in English? Trivia

1. What name do Germans have for Germany?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Deutschland

Allemagne is French, the Italians would call it Germania and Alemania is what the Spanish would use. Germany is officially the Federal Republic of Germany or Bundesrepublik Deutschland. It has the largest population of any country in the European Union with more than 82 million people. The country was divided after WWII into two separate states - East Germany and West Germany. Reunification did not occur until 1990.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Lake Superior

Lake Superior is called "Gichigami", meaning "big water" in the Ojibwe language. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. From Gordon Lightfoot's tribute, "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald": "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'..."

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Morocco

Morocco is considered a "constitutional monarchy" and bears the conventional English name of the "Kingdom of Morocco".

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mt McKinley

Mount McKinley [known as Denali since August 2015] is actually a taller mountain than Mount Everest. Everest's peak is about 9000 ft (2700 m) higher than Denali's peak as measured from sea level, however, Everest's base sits at about 17000 feet (5200 m), giving it a height of just over 12000 ft (3600 m). Denali sits on only a 2000-foot (600m) plateau, giving it a base-to-peak height of 18000 ft (5500m). There's half again as much vertical mountain to climb if you start at McKinley's base than if you start at Everest's!

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Casablanca

"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." Casablanca is a great movie. Casa=house, blanca=white. It's original arab name was Dar el-Beida, which also means "white house".

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Österreich

The French call her Autriche, Avusturya is Turkish and Rakousko is what the Czechs would say. Austria's official name is the Republic of Austria - Republik Österreich. In 1938 the Anshluss occurred and Hitler annexed Austria into the Third Reich and it ceased to exist. The Soviets took Vienna on 13 April 1945 and she seceded from Germany. However, she did not regain her independence, she was divided into four zones -British, French, Soviet and US and governed by the Allied Commission for Austria. On 15 May 1955 Austria signed a treaty with her occupying powers and regained full independence. An act of parliament at this time declared Austria to be 'permanently neutral.'

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Saint Helens

Mount St. Helens' famous eruption occurred on May 18, 1980 - the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. The summit's elevation was reduced from 9677 feet (2950 m) to 8365 feet (2550 m), replaced with a mile-wide crater.

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa

The conventional English long form for the Maldives is "Republic of Maldives". The incorrect answers are all traditional Maldivian recipes and can be viewed at the following website: http://www.maldiviancuisine.com/recipes.html

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

I hear it ROCKS! during "Carnival"

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: España

Spagna is Italian, the French call her Espagne and Espanha is what you would hear in Portugal. The Kingdom of Spain - Reino de España - is on the Iberian Peninsula in south west Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy. Spanish territories are the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in North Africa.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Tahoma (or Tacoma)

I hope you got this one right! Fuji is Japan's premier mountain, Kilimanjaro is in Africa, and Suribachi is the famous mountain on Iwo Jima. Toyota makes a Tacoma truck and Tahoma is a Windows font.

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Mexico

The local long name that Mexico is known as is "Estados Unidos Mexicanos". The other three countries have a local long name that begins with "Republica de": "Republica de Guatemala" "Republica de Honduras" "Republica de Nicaragua"

From Quiz Latin Names of European Cities

Answer: Varna, Bulgaria

It is in fact Varna! It was founded by the Greeks as Odessus in the 6th century BC. The city has thereafter been ruled by the Romans, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottomans, the Russians and finally the Bulgarians. It is together with Burgas the most important port in Bulgaria.

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Colorado

Colorado has 54 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet. Rocky mountain high indeed! While 'rojo' means 'red' in Spanish, 'colorado' means to be tinged or coloured red as if blushing or having a flushed face from overheating.

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Portuguesa

Portogallo is Italian, you would hear Portugalia in Poland and Portugalsko in the Czech Republic. República Portuguesa - Portuguese Republic - is below and to the west of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the most westerly country on Europe's mainland. The country has been continuously settled since the prehistoric ages. Portugal's empire in the 15th and 16th centuries placed it as a world political, economic and cultural power with territories in Asia, Africa and South America. Macau was her last overseas territory and she handed it back to China in 1999.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Block Island

Amity Island is a fictional place in the story, "Jaws". Nantucket is a real island but it belongs to Massachusetts, not RI, and the name itself is derived from the original Native American name, rather than being a creation of the Europeans. Plum Island belongs to New York and has on it an animal disease research facility. In the story, "The Silence of the Lambs" it was offered as a possible future home to convicted murderer Hannibal Lecter who referred to it as "Anthrax Island".

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu was the site of Japan's first attack on the Western Allies (British/Australian forces)in World War II. It was an hour and twenty minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbour in real time.

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Polska

Pologne is French, the Spanish call her Polonia and you would hear Polen if you were in Germany. The Republic of Poland - Rzeczpospolita Polska - is in Central Europe. In 1025 Poland became a kingdom which lasted until 1569 when she united with Lithuania to become the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This collapsed in 1795 and she was split up among Austria, Russia and Prussia. She regained full independence after WWI in 1918 only to become occupied by the Germans and Russians in WWII - during which she lost over six million of her population. After the war she became a socialist republic in the Eastern Bloc. When communist rule was overthrown in 1989 she formed her present constitution which is known as the Third Polish Republic.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Washington

At 6288 feet (1917 m), Mount Washington has some nasty weather, claiming it's the "Home of the World's Worst Weather". Visitors can drive their own car or hike to the summit. They can also use the Mount Washington Cog Railway which opened in 1869 and pulls tourists up to the summit of Mount Washington using a Marsh rack system. Unfortunately, the view from the summit is often obscured by cloud cover.

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Argentina

Its capital city has very "good air', (Buenos Aires) Argentum is Latin for silver.

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield is the tallest mountain in Vermont at 4393 ft (1339 m) above sea level. Stowe Mountain Resort and the town of Stowe, VT are located at the mountain. Stowe is the American home of the Austrian von Trapp family, made famous through the story, "The Sound of Music".

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