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"F" European Cities Trivia Quiz

I want you to select the right European city..

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

Author
author

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
114,236

Updated
Jan 21 25

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1384

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (2/15), Guest 98 (6/15), mandy2 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. The first railway line in Germany was opened in 1835 between Nuremberg (N�rnberg) and this city. Hint

Frankfurt am Main

Friedrichshafen

Freiburg

F�rth

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Question 2 of 15

2. This city was ruled by the Medici family from 1434 to 1492. It was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871. Hint

Florence (Firenze)

Foggia

Forli

Ferrara

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Question 3 of 15

3. This city (now in Crimea, Ukraine) was called Kaffa in Italian, Kefe in Tatar. It was a flourishing Genoese trading colony in the 13th century.
Hint

Focsani

Frunze

Feodosiya

Fort Shevchenko

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Question 4 of 15

4. This French city in Var dept. was called Forum Julii by the Romans. It was founded in the first century BC by Julius Caesar. Hint

Fontainebleu

Fr�jus

Fontenay

Forbach

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Question 5 of 15

5. This port in Cornwall, England was taken from the Royalists in 1646 by Baron Thomas Fairfax, following five-month siege in the English Civil War. Hint

Falmouth

Folkestone

Falkirk

Fareham

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Question 6 of 15

6. This city in Cyprus was important during the Crusades. It came to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus after the Turkish invasion in 1974.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 15

7. This city in Switzerland is the capital of a Canton with the same name. Hint

Friedrichshafen

Fulda

Fribourg

Feldkirch

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Question 8 of 15

8. This Austrian city near the Liechtenstein border was called Clunia in Roman times. Hint

Feldkirch

Friedrichshafen

Freiburg

Feld

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Question 9 of 15

9. This Portuguese seaport in Algarve province trades in fish, wine, cork, figs and other dried and fresh fruits. Hint

Fortaleza

Figueira da Foz

Feira

Faro

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Question 10 of 15

10. This Swedish city in Kopparberg county is known for its iron mines and was formerly a copper-mining center. Hint

Falk�ping

Falun

Falkenberg

Fagersta

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Question 11 of 15

11. This city in �stfold county, Norway is a shipping point for wood products. Hint

Fredrikstad

Fredrikshald

Fredriksten

Fredrikshamn

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Question 12 of 15

12. This city in North Jutland, Denmark is an important seaport on the Kattegat. Hint

Frederikshavn

Frederiksberg

Fredericia

Frederiksh�b

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Question 13 of 15

13. This Scottish city was a scene of two battles between Scotland and England, in 1298 and 1746. Hint

Falmouth

Falkirk

Fraserburgh

Fleetwood

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Question 14 of 15

14. This seaport in Wales is called Abergwaun in Welsh. Hint

Fishguard

Falkirk

Fraserburgh

Fleetwood

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Question 15 of 15

15. This city in Spain was occupied repeatedly by France in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was the home of Surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Hint

Figueres

Formentera

Figueira da Foz

Fortaleza

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first railway line in Germany was opened in 1835 between Nuremberg (N�rnberg) and this city.

Answer: F�rth

F�rth is situated in Bavaria at the confluence of the Regnitz and the Pegnitz Rivers.

2. This city was ruled by the Medici family from 1434 to 1492. It was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871.

Answer: Florence (Firenze)

Florence was a flourishing trade and industrial center from the 12th century, governed chiefly by members of wealthy guilds.

3. This city (now in Crimea, Ukraine) was called Kaffa in Italian, Kefe in Tatar. It was a flourishing Genoese trading colony in the 13th century.

Answer: Feodosiya

Feodosiya (ancient: Theodosia) was captured by Turkey in 1475, and by Russia in 1783.

4. This French city in Var dept. was called Forum Julii by the Romans. It was founded in the first century BC by Julius Caesar.

Answer: Fr�jus

The Roman ruins include an amphitheatre and an aqueduct.

5. This port in Cornwall, England was taken from the Royalists in 1646 by Baron Thomas Fairfax, following five-month siege in the English Civil War.

Answer: Falmouth

Falmouth is a fishing center and a seaside resort.

6. This city in Cyprus was important during the Crusades. It came to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus after the Turkish invasion in 1974.

Answer: Famagusta

Famagusta is situated near the ruins of Salamis, which was chief city of Cyprus in ancent times.

7. This city in Switzerland is the capital of a Canton with the same name.

Answer: Fribourg

Fribourg (German: Freiburg) remained Catholic during the Reformation. It joined the Sonderbund in 1845. The Sonderbund was a league of seven Catholic Cantons which was fighting war with the Protestants.

8. This Austrian city near the Liechtenstein border was called Clunia in Roman times.

Answer: Feldkirch

Feldkirch is a railway junction on the route over the Arlberg Pass.

9. This Portuguese seaport in Algarve province trades in fish, wine, cork, figs and other dried and fresh fruits.

Answer: Faro

Faro was taken from the Moors in 1249.

10. This Swedish city in Kopparberg county is known for its iron mines and was formerly a copper-mining center.

Answer: Falun

Falun is also a winter sports centre.

11. This city in �stfold county, Norway is a shipping point for wood products.

Answer: Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad was founded as a fortress by Frederick II in 1567.

12. This city in North Jutland, Denmark is an important seaport on the Kattegat.

Answer: Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn is situated north east of �lborg.

13. This Scottish city was a scene of two battles between Scotland and England, in 1298 and 1746.

Answer: Falkirk

In 1298 Edward I of England defeated the Scots under Sir William Wallace. In 1746 Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his Highlander Jacobites defeated the English.

14. This seaport in Wales is called Abergwaun in Welsh.

Answer: Fishguard

An attempted French invasion was defeated here by local militia in 1797.

15. This city in Spain was occupied repeatedly by France in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was the home of Surrealist painter Salvador Dali.

Answer: Figueres

Figueres is situated in the Pyrenees Mountains near the French border.

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