Places Beginning with "C" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo

With an area of 496,000 square miles, the former Belgian colony that is now Democratic Republic of Congo is almost exactly four times the size of France (including its overseas regions). It is the 11th-largest country in the world, and is only slightly smaller than Algeria, Africa's largest country. With a population of around 67 million, it accounts for almost 1% of the world's population and is the 4th-most populous country in Africa.

With an area of 441,000 square miles (slightly smaller than South Africa), Colombia is the 4th-largest country in South America (after Brazil, Argentina and Peru). At 292,000 square miles, Chile is around two-thirds the size of Colombia. Of the four alternatives, Cambodia is by far the smallest with an area of 70,000 square miles (about half the size of Japan).
The photo shows a satellite map of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answer: Comoros

It is not surprising that the two former British colonies, Canada was one of the former members when the Commonwealth was founded in 1931, and Cyprus joined in 1961 after it had gained independence the previous year.

Most of the territory now governed by the Republic of Cameroon was previously the French mandated territory of Cameroun that gained independence in 1960. It does have a British connection, though, as it also includes the former British trust territory of Southern Cameroons, which gained independence from the UK in 1961. The Republic joined the Commonwealth in 1995.

The exception is the Indian Ocean island nation of the Union of the Comoros. Since gaining independence from France in 1975 though, it has joined plenty of international organizations. The only member of the Arab League located entirely within the Southern Hemisphere, Comoros is the only country that is a member of the African Union, La Francophonie (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Indian Ocean Commission and the Arab League. It is not, though, a member of the Commonwealth.
The photo is of the Commonwealth of Nations flag.

Answer: Conakry

The capital and largest city in Guinea, Conarky is an Atlantic Ocean port city. Originally located entirely on Tombo Island, one of the Îles de Los, the city has spread onto the mainland. A causeway links the island with the Kaloum Peninsula. With a population of around 1.5 million (2009 U.N. estimate), it is home to around a quarter of the country's population. One of the other islands in the Îles de Los group, Roume, reputedly provided the inspiration for the novel "Treasure Island".

Of the alternatives, Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana in South America; Chisinau is the capital of the former Soviet republic of Moldova; and Castries is the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. There are two other "C" capitals in Africa -- Cairo in Egypt, and Cape Town is one of the three cities that serve as joint-capitals of South Africa.
The photograph shows the flag of Guinea.

Answer: Coventry

With a population of around 310,000 (2011 Census), Coventry is the 12th-largest English city, and the second-largest in the West Midlands (after Birmingham). Located twenty miles southeast of Birmingham and 95 miles northwest of London, it is further from the coast than any other British city.

During WWII, Coventry became England's first "twinned city", when it twinned with the Russian city of Stalingrad. It is, perhaps, best known for its cathedral, which was rebuilt after being virtually destroyed by bombing during WWII.
The photo shows Millennium Square in Coventry.

Answer: California

The most popular state for Presidential burials is Virginia, with seven former leaders laid to rest there. (Arlington National Cemetery is in Virginia, not Washington DC.) Six are buried in New York.

Of the alternatives offered here, there no former Presidents are buried in either Connecticut or Colorado. Woodrow Wilson's grave is in the Washington National Cemetery in the District of Columbia. California, though, provides the final resting place for two former Presidents: Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley CA and Richard Nixon at the Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda CA.
The photo shows the Reagan Presidential Library.

Answer: France

A 3.5 square mile volcanic atoll to the west of Costa Rica and 1,500 miles northwest of the Galapagos Islands, Clipperton Island is an overseas possession of France. Occupied at various times by Mexican military personnel, potential settlers and guano farmers, it was awarded to France by a process of international arbitration in 1931. A haven for shipwrecked sailors on more than one occasion, it is visited occasionally today by scientific researchers, fishermen, film crews and ham radio operators.
The photograph shows coconut palms on the windswept island.

Answer: Charlotte NC

There are 28 cities in the U.S.A. beginning with "C" that have populations in excess of 100,000, of which two are state capitals. Excepting Chicago, Charlotte NC, is the only one of the 25 non-state capitals with a population of more than half a million. The largest city in North Carolina, Charlotte had a population of 775,000 at the 2010 Census, making it the country's 17th-largest city, and the Charlotte Metropolitan Area is home to some 2.3 million. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of the British King George III at the time the city was founded, Charlotte is also nicknamed "The Queen City". A second nickname is "The Hornet's Nest", which is how British General Cornwallis described the city after he was driven out during the Revolutionary War. Numerous sporting franchises in the city have subsequently been named "The Charlotte Hornets": one example is the city's NBA team (from 1988 to 2002) before they moved to New Orleans and were renamed The Pelicans.

The next-largest "C" city that is not a state capital is Colorado Springs, CO, (population 416,000 in 2010). Of the alternatives, Corpus Christi TX had a population of 305,000 at the 2010 Census; Cleveland OH was home to 397,000; and Cincinnati housed 297,000.
The photograph shows the campus of The University of North Carolina Charlotte, specifically the Carillon and J. Murrey Atkins Library and the Belk Tower.

Answer: Cosmonauts Sea

The Cosmonauts Sea is part of the Southern Ocean between Cooperation Sea (to the east) and the Riiser-Larsen Sea (to the west). To the south of the Cosmonauts Sea is Prince Olav Coast in Queen Maud Land (which is the part of Antarctica claimed by Norway) and Enderby Land in The Australian Antarctica Territory. The photograph shows the Kohnen Research Station, established by Germany in Queen Maud Land in 2001.

The alternatives are all part of the Pacific Ocean. The Camotes Sea lies between the Eastern and the Central Visayas regions of the Philippines. To the northwest lies the Visayan Sea, and to the south it is connected to the Bohol Sea by the Canigao Channel and Cebu Strait (two more bodies of water beginning with "C"). The Sea of Chiloé lies between Chiloé Island and the west coast of Chile. It is connected to the main body of the Pacific by the Gulf of Corcovado (to the south) and the Chacao Channel (yet two more "C" bodies of water).

The Ceram Sea lies between Buru and Seram, two of the former South Moluccas Islands, in Indonesia.

Answer: Turks and Caicos Islands

Founded in 1681, Cockburn Town is located on Grand Turk Island, the largest of the islands in the Turks Islands archipelago. Established by salt collectors, it was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands.

Of the alternatives, The Valley is the capital of Anguilla; in the Pitcairn Islands it is Adamstown; and Road Town is the capital of The British Virgin Islands.
The photograph shows the Coat of Arms of The Turks and Caicos Islands.

Answer: Columbia SC

Washington took office as President in April 1789, at which time only seven of the current fifty capitals were already the capital city of their state or territory. The longest-standing state capital is Santa Fe, NM, which became capital in 1610. (San Juan became the capital of Puerto Rico in 1521, but that is a territorial rather than a state capital.) It is followed by Boston, MA, (1630), Annapolis, MD, (1694), Dover, DE, (1777), Richmond, VA, (1780), Trenton, NJ, (1784) and Columbia, SC, in 1786. Columbia SC is officially nicknamed "The Capital of Southern Hospitality" but is also known as "The City of Dreams," "Paradise City," and "Soda City". The photograph shows a view down Main Street, Columbia taken sometime before 1920.

Of the alternatives, Concord, NH, is the country's 12th-longest standing state capital, having become the capital in 1808, twenty years after statehood was achieved. The New Hampshire State House, built in 1819, is the oldest of the country's capitols in which the legislature still meets in its original chambers. Columbus became the capital of Ohio in 1816, thirteen years after statehood was achieved, whilst Carson City became capital of the Nevada Territory in 1861, three years before statehood. Of the other two "C" capitals, Cheyenne, WY, became state capital in 1869 and Charleston became the capital of West Virginia in 1885.