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Quiz about Known or Lesser Known Cities I

Known or Lesser Known Cities I Quiz

Here's a bunch of varied questions about cities of the world. Thanks for commenting my first quiz.

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

Author
Kabdanis

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,966

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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4913

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Question 1 of 10

1. In how many countries' capital cities can you walk along the Danube river? Hint

Three

Four

Six

Five

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the most populated city north of the Arctic Circle? Hint

Helsinki

Anchorage

Norilsk

Murmansk

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which European city has a suburb in Asia?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the least populated metropolitan area to have held the Summer Olympics? Hint

Calgary

Munich

Oslo

Antwerp

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what city can you eat a poutine in the shade of an Olympic Stadium? Hint

Montreal

Moscow

Paris

Barcelona

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which one of these Japanese cities is not located on the Honshu island? Hint

Nagasaki

Nagoya

Kobe

Nagano

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Question 7 of 10

7. Of the fifteen countries formed by the division of USSR, what is the only one that doesn't have its biggest city as its capital city. Hint

Ukraine

Georgia

Latvia

Kazakhstan

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the biggest city of the Yucatan Peninsula? Hint

Cancun

Campeche

Merida

Puebla

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which of these cities would you walk in souks searching how to spend your dirhams? Hint

Zagreb

Casablanca

Alexandria

Ankara

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Question 10 of 10

10. What big industrial city of Great Britain is near the birthplace of William Shakespeare? Hint

Birmingham

Liverpool

Manchester

Nottingham

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In how many countries' capital cities can you walk along the Danube river?

Answer: Four

In order, they are: Wien, Bratislava, Budapest and Beograd.

2. What is the most populated city north of the Arctic Circle?

Answer: Murmansk

Murmansk: 410,000 inh. Norilsk: 156,000. Vorkuta: 80,000. These are the three biggest cities north of the Arctic Circle. Helsinki and Anchorage are south of that line.

3. Which European city has a suburb in Asia?

Answer: Istanbul

The Bosphorus, which separates Europe from Asia, also separates Istanbul from its suburb Uskudar.

4. What is the least populated metropolitan area to have held the Summer Olympics?

Answer: Antwerp

Antwerpen has about 800 000 inhabitants; Munich has 1,300,000; Helsinki has 900,000; and Oslo has 500,000 but did not hold the Summer Olympics.

5. In what city can you eat a poutine in the shade of an Olympic Stadium?

Answer: Montreal

Now it's time to talk about my city. The poutine is the province of Quebec's (Canada) typical food. It is made up of fries, covered with curd cheese, soaking in a rich thick gravy. We have not yet invented a fat-free poutine :) Montreal is of course the only city in the province to have held the Olympic Games.

6. Which one of these Japanese cities is not located on the Honshu island?

Answer: Nagasaki

Nagasaki is on the Kyushu island.

7. Of the fifteen countries formed by the division of USSR, what is the only one that doesn't have its biggest city as its capital city.

Answer: Kazakhstan

Almaty is the biggest city of Kazakhstan and was its capital a few years ago, but the government has been transferred to Astana in 1997.

8. What is the biggest city of the Yucatan Peninsula?

Answer: Merida

Merida is also the capital of Yucatan.

9. In which of these cities would you walk in souks searching how to spend your dirhams?

Answer: Casablanca

Morocco and United Arab Emirates use dirhams as currency.

10. What big industrial city of Great Britain is near the birthplace of William Shakespeare?

Answer: Birmingham

Birmingham is about thirty kilometers northwest of Stratford-on-Avon

Source: Author Kabdanis

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