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Eponymous Airports Trivia Quiz

The world airports in this quiz are all named after a famous person. Enter the name or location of each from the options given.

A multiple-choice quiz by sunfloweruk23. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sunfloweruk23

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
124,101

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
3275

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Question 1 of 20

1. In which European city is Charles de Gaulle airport? Hint

Lyons

Amsterdam

Brussels

Paris

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Question 2 of 20

2. Cristoforo Colombo is the name of an Italian airport - but in which city? Hint

Naples

Rome

Genoa

Milan

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Question 3 of 20

3. Two airports are named after Simon Bolivar. One is in Caracas, Venezuela ... where is the other? Hint

Lima, Peru

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Sucre, Bolivia

Barranquilla, Colombia

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Question 4 of 20

4. Norman Manley airport is on which island in the Caribbean? Hint

Barbados

St Lucia

Jamaica

Haiti

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Question 5 of 20

5. Lindbergh Field is in?

Answer: (Two Words (US))

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Question 6 of 20

6. Liverpool airport has been renamed after which famous person? Hint

Harold Wilson

John Lennon

Michael Owen

Roger McGough

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Question 7 of 20

7. Where is Kingsford Smith airport? Hint

Wellington

Auckland

Perth

Sydney

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Question 8 of 20

8. G. Marconi airport is another airport in Italy. Where is this one located? Hint

Pisa

Bologna

Florence

Brindisi

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Question 9 of 20

9. The Augusto C Sandino airport is in which Latin American city ? Hint

Bogota, Colombia

Managua, Nicaragua

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Montevideo, Uruguay

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Question 10 of 20

10. The airport at Tel Aviv, Israel is named after whom? Hint

Yitzhak Rabin

Golda Meir

Ben-Gurion

Moyshe Dayan

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Question 11 of 20

11. Benito Juarez gives his name to the airport of which city? Hint

Bilbao

Madrid

Mexico City

Quito

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Question 12 of 20

12. Leonardo da Vinci airport is yet another Italian airport - located in which city? Hint

Turin

Rome

Verona

Palermo

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which Indian figure gives their name to the airport of New Delhi? Hint

Benazir Bhutto

Jawaharlal Nehru

Indira Gandhi

Imran Khan

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Question 14 of 20

14. The airport at Venice is named after which explorer? Hint

Vasco da Gama

Marco Polo

Sebastian Cabot

Ferdinand Magellan

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Question 15 of 20

15. James M Cox, a US State Governor, gives his name to the airport situated in which city? Hint

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Dayton

Columbus

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Question 16 of 20

16. The airport in Nairobi is named after who? Hint

Nelson Mandela

Jomo Kenyatta

Desmond Tutu

Daniel Arap Moi

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Question 17 of 20

17. Where is Lester B Pearson airport? Hint

Quebec

Toronto

Montreal

Ottawa

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Question 18 of 20

18. Mohamed V airport can be found in which North African city?
Hint

Monastir, Tunisia

Alexandria, Egypt

Benghazi, Libya

Casablanca, Morocco

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Question 19 of 20

19. The last Italian one. Galileo Galilei airport can be found in which city? Hint

Pisa

Modena

Siena

Florence

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Question 20 of 20

20. The airport honouring Grantley Adams is on which Caribbean island? Hint

Barbados

Puerto Rico

Trinidad

Anguilla

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which European city is Charles de Gaulle airport?

Answer: Paris

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) was a French General and the first President of the 5th Republic. He was leader of the Free French (Resistance) forces against the Nazis in WW2.

2. Cristoforo Colombo is the name of an Italian airport - but in which city?

Answer: Genoa

Born in Genoa, Christopher Columbus(1451-1506) sailed to the New World in 1492 on the flagship Santa Maria.

3. Two airports are named after Simon Bolivar. One is in Caracas, Venezuela ... where is the other?

Answer: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was known as 'the Liberator' for his successes in New Granada (Colombia), Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Upper Peru (renamed Bolivia in his honour).

4. Norman Manley airport is on which island in the Caribbean?

Answer: Jamaica

Norman Manley (1893-1969) negotiated Jamaica's independence from Great Britain. He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford and was awarded the Military Medal in WW1.

5. Lindbergh Field is in?

Answer: San Diego

Charles Lindbergh (1902-74) made the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris (1927) in 33h 30m aboard the 'Spirit of St Louis'.

6. Liverpool airport has been renamed after which famous person?

Answer: John Lennon

John Lennon, (1940-1980) member of The Beatles. In 1980 he was shot dead by Mark Chapman as he was arriving at his New York apartment.

7. Where is Kingsford Smith airport?

Answer: Sydney

Sydney airport is named after Charles Kingsford Smith (b.1897) who made the first trans-Pacific flight, May-June 1928. He was awarded the Military Cross by King George V for his services in the British RFC (Royal Flying Corps, later RAF). In 1935 he attempted to break the England-Australia flight record but his plane was lost after last being sighted off Burma.

8. G. Marconi airport is another airport in Italy. Where is this one located?

Answer: Bologna

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian physicist who developed radio. By 1899 he had established radio links between England and France, and in 1901 transmissions were received across the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909.

9. The Augusto C Sandino airport is in which Latin American city ?

Answer: Managua, Nicaragua

Augusto Calderon Sandino was born in Nicaragua in 1895. He was a guerilla fighter most noted for causing the US to leave his country. He was executed by National Guardsmen under Anastasio Garcia in 1934.

10. The airport at Tel Aviv, Israel is named after whom?

Answer: Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion(1886-1973) was born in Plonsk, Poland and took up residence in Israel in 1906. After WW2 he led the campaign for an independent Jewish state and became Israel's first prime Minister in 1948.

11. Benito Juarez gives his name to the airport of which city?

Answer: Mexico City

Benito Pablo Juarez(1806-72) was President of Mexico 1861-64 and 1867-72, and led the resistance to the French invasion of 1862.

12. Leonardo da Vinci airport is yet another Italian airport - located in which city?

Answer: Rome

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist. His most famous work being La Giaconda (Mona Lisa) circa 1500-6, on display in the Louvre, Paris.

13. Which Indian figure gives their name to the airport of New Delhi?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi (1917-84) daughter of Nehru, was Prime Minister of India 1966-77 and 1980-4. She was assassinated by a Sikh bodyguard who resented her use of the military to clear rebels from the Sikh temple at Amritsar.

14. The airport at Venice is named after which explorer?

Answer: Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian traveller in Asia. He accompanied his father on a trading mission (1271-5) to the court of Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor of China.

15. James M Cox, a US State Governor, gives his name to the airport situated in which city?

Answer: Dayton

James Middleton Cox, b.1870 was Governor of Ohio 1913-15 and 1917-21. In 1957 he suffered a fatal stroke.

16. The airport in Nairobi is named after who?

Answer: Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta (1893-1987) was the first President of Kenya following independence from Great Britain, serving from 1964 to 1978.

17. Where is Lester B Pearson airport?

Answer: Toronto

Lester Bowles Pearson (1897-1972) was Canadian Prime Minister 1963-68. For his efforts in resolving the Suez Crisis he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957.

18. Mohamed V airport can be found in which North African city?

Answer: Casablanca, Morocco

Mohamed V was the father of Morocco's current king, Hassan II. He gained the country's independence and is credited with saving the Jews of Morocco from deportation by the occupying Vichy government during WW2. He died in 1961.

19. The last Italian one. Galileo Galilei airport can be found in which city?

Answer: Pisa

Galileo (1564-1642) was an Italian scientist who, in 1610, used one of the first astronomical telescopes to discover lunar craters, Jupiter's major satellites and the phases of Venus.

20. The airport honouring Grantley Adams is on which Caribbean island?

Answer: Barbados

Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (1898-1971) was the first Premier of Barbados, promoting social welfare, improved health facilities and housing. He was awarded the British honour CMG (Order of St Michael & St George) as well as being made a QC - a member of the Bar (law) appointed on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.

Source: Author sunfloweruk23

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