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Quiz about Cities Along Latitude 60 Degrees North

Cities Along Latitude 60 Degrees North Quiz

In this quiz I will ask you about cities situated along latitude 60 degrees north, or near this latitude.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
author

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,468

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1923

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This city was established by Norwegian king Olav Kyrre in 1070. For a long time it was Norway�s most important commercial, shipping and industrial city. Hint

Drammen

Trondheim

Bergen

Stavanger

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Question 2 of 10

2. This city was made capital of Norway in 1299. Hint

T�nsberg

Bergen

Oslo

Trondheim

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Question 3 of 10

3. This city has Scandinavia�s oldest university (1477). Hint

Lund

Stockholm

Copenhagen

Uppsala

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Question 4 of 10

4. This city was made capital of Sweden by King Gustav I Vasa in 1523.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. This city is capital of the �land Islands. Hint

�bo

Eken�s

Tammerfors

Mariehamn

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Question 6 of 10

6. This city was made Finnish capital in 1812. Hint

Helsinki

Tampere

Turku

Jyv�skyl�

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Question 7 of 10

7. This city was capital of Russia 1712-1917. Hint

Nizhniyj Novgorod

Moscow

Saint Petersburg

Novgorod

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Question 8 of 10

8. This city is situated on the shore of Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. It�s a center of the great goldmines at Kolyma River. Hint

Magadan

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

Vladivostok

Komsomolsk-na-Amure

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Question 9 of 10

9. This city was founded in 1914 headquarters for the building of the Alaska railway. It was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1964.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. This city is capital of Yukon, Canada.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This city was established by Norwegian king Olav Kyrre in 1070. For a long time it was Norway�s most important commercial, shipping and industrial city.

Answer: Bergen

Bergen was Norway's biggest city until the 1830s when Oslo (then called Kristiania) became the biggest city. Oslo has been the capital of Norway since 1299.

2. This city was made capital of Norway in 1299.

Answer: Oslo

Oslo was called Christiania 1624-1877, then it was called Kristiania 1877-1924.

3. This city has Scandinavia�s oldest university (1477).

Answer: Uppsala

Uppsala is today Sweden's fourth biggest city.

4. This city was made capital of Sweden by King Gustav I Vasa in 1523.

Answer: Stockholm

Stockholm was site of the Olympic Games in 1912.

5. This city is capital of the �land Islands.

Answer: Mariehamn

The �land Islands belong to Finland and are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia. Most of its population are Swedish speaking. In Finnish the city is called Maarianhamina.

6. This city was made Finnish capital in 1812.

Answer: Helsinki

Helsiniki was made capital instead of Turku in 1812.

7. This city was capital of Russia 1712-1917.

Answer: Saint Petersburg

The city was founded by Peter the Great in 1712.

8. This city is situated on the shore of Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. It�s a center of the great goldmines at Kolyma River.

Answer: Magadan

The city is the starting point of highways northward to head of navigation on the Kolyma River

9. This city was founded in 1914 headquarters for the building of the Alaska railway. It was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1964.

Answer: Anchorage

Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska.

10. This city is capital of Yukon, Canada.

Answer: Whitehorse

Whitehorse (at Yukon River) is terminus of railroad line from Skagway, Alaska. It was an active trading town in Klondike gold-rush days.

Source: Author author

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