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9 for 10 - Cities Trivia Quiz

Ten questions about world cities. If you get the right answers to the first nine questions, the initial letter of each answer will spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,577

Updated
Sep 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
34934

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This city, in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, was very important in the rubber trade a hundred years ago. It is known for its beautiful Opera House. Which city is it? Hint

Manaus

Porto Velho

Belem

Brasilia

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which city can you find these places: Princes Street, Royal Mile
and Holyrood Palace? Hint

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Dublin

Cardiff

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Question 3 of 10

3. What tourist attraction can you find at Lake Havasu City? Hint

Bridge of Sighs

Gateway Arch

London Bridge

Stanley Park

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Mumbai formerly known as? Hint

Rangoon

Edo

Calcutta

Bombay

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Question 5 of 10

5. In this English city you can row on the River Isis, walk up The High to Carfax and visit the Radcliffe Camera and the Bodleian Library. Where are you? Hint

Cambridge

Coventry

London

Oxford

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which country are these cities: Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kyyiv (Kiev)? Hint

Uzbekistan

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Belarus

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the Netherland's most important port? Hint

Amsterdam

Bremen

Rotterdam

Antwerp

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Question 8 of 10

8. What city is known as the Big Easy?

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What city in Canada, home of the Oilers and Elks has the same name as a suburb of London, England? Hint

Edmonton

Halifax

Victoria

Croydon

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Question 10 of 10

10. Spell out the initials of the answers and you will get the name of the city in the southern hemisphere that was the site of the Olympic Games in 1956?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This city, in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, was very important in the rubber trade a hundred years ago. It is known for its beautiful Opera House. Which city is it?

Answer: Manaus

Manaus, on the Amazon, is a busy port with a population of over a million. Until recently it was only accessible by water or by air. Now a road has been built. Many world famous singers have performed at the Opera House, which was built in the late nineteenth century.
Brasilia, Brazil's capital, is a modern city and nowhere near the Amazon.

2. In which city can you find these places: Princes Street, Royal Mile and Holyrood Palace?

Answer: Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, is the second largest city in Scotland. Glasgow is the largest. The Royal Mile connects Holyrood Palace with Castle Rock on which Edinburgh Castle stands.

3. What tourist attraction can you find at Lake Havasu City?

Answer: London Bridge

When a new London Bridge was built in the 1960s the former bridge was transported to Arizona and now crosses the Colorado river. The Gateway Arch is in St. Louis; Stanley Park is in Vancouver, Canada and there are several Bridge of Sighs, the best known is the one in Venice, Italy.

4. What was Mumbai formerly known as?

Answer: Bombay

Bombay,is on the west coast of India. It is India's largest city and the country's main port. Mumbai is very important in the film making industry, because of this it is nicknamed Bollywood. Rangoon is now Yangon, Edo is Tokyo, and Calcutta is Kolkata.

5. In this English city you can row on the River Isis, walk up The High to Carfax and visit the Radcliffe Camera and the Bodleian Library. Where are you?

Answer: Oxford

The river Thames is known as the Isis as it flows through Oxford.
In 1866 Matthew Arnold described Oxford as "That sweet city with her dreaming spires". The High is a main street is one the roads that meet at the crossroads (Carfax) The Radcliffe Camera is a library, designed in the eighteenth century by James Gibbs.

6. In which country are these cities: Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kyyiv (Kiev)?

Answer: Ukraine

Odessa, on the Black Sea is an important port and manufacturing center. Kiev is the capital of the Ukraine and stands on the river Dnieper.

7. What is the Netherland's most important port?

Answer: Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a major world port. It is linked to the river Rhine by canal and is accessible to sea-going ships. It was almost completely destroyed by bombing in World War II and had to be completely rebuilt.

8. What city is known as the Big Easy?

Answer: New Orleans

New Orleans, stands on the Mississippi river, and is a major port and tourism center. It is well known for the annual Mardi Gras festivities which take place every February.

9. What city in Canada, home of the Oilers and Elks has the same name as a suburb of London, England?

Answer: Edmonton

Edmonton, capital of Alberta, was founded as a fort and fur trading post in the late eigthteenth century. Oil has replaced fur in playing a major part in Alberta's economy. The Edmonton Oilers are an NHL team and the Elks play in the Canadian Football League.The London suburb of Edmonton lies in the north of the Greater London area.

10. Spell out the initials of the answers and you will get the name of the city in the southern hemisphere that was the site of the Olympic Games in 1956?

Answer: Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital of the state of Victoria. The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne. The Melbourne Cup horse race is an important event in Australia.

Source: Author minch

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