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Cities on Rivers: Europe Trivia Quiz

Here are some questions about towns and cities situated on rivers in Central and Western Europe.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
author

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
256,158

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

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Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

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Question 1 of 20

1. What is the largest city on the Danube that is not a national capital? Hint

Braila (Romania)

Galati (Romania)

Linz (Austria)

Novi Sad (Serbia)

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is the largest German city on the Danube? Hint

Ulm

Regensburg

Passau

Donaueschingen

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is the largest Hungarian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Budapest? Hint

Kom�rom

Baja

Duna�jv�ros

Esztergom

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Question 4 of 20

4. What is the largest Serbian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Belgrade? Hint

Zemun

Backa Palanka

Smederevo

Novi Sad

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Question 5 of 20

5. What is the largest Austrian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Vienna? Hint

Klagenfurt

Innsbruck

Linz

Salzburg

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Question 6 of 20

6. After Basel, what is the largest Swiss town on the Rhine? Hint

Thal

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Koblenz

Schaffhausen

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Question 7 of 20

7. What is the largest German city on the Rhine? Hint

D�sseldorf

Duisburg

Mannheim

Cologne

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Question 8 of 20

8. What is the largest Czech city on the Elbe? Hint

Hradec Kralove

Pardubice

Usti nad Labem

Decin

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Question 9 of 20

9. What is the largest German town on the Elbe that is not a regional capital (the capital of a Bundesland)? Hint

Cuxhaven

Dessau

Wittenberg

Pirna

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Question 10 of 20

10. What is the largest city on the Oder? Hint

Szczecin (Poland)

Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany)

Ostrava (Czech Republic)

Opole (Poland)

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Question 11 of 20

11. After Prague, what is the second largest city on the Vltava? Hint

Most

Pardubice

Ceske Budejovice

Kladno

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Question 12 of 20

12. After Frankfurt am Main, what is the largest city on the Rhine system? Hint

Aschaffenburg

Offenbach

Mainz

R�sselsheim

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Question 13 of 20

13. After Lyon, what is the largest French city on the Rh�ne? Hint

Tarascon

Avignon

Arles

Vienne

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Question 14 of 20

14. After Paris, what is the second largest city on the Seine? Hint

Boulogne-Billancourt

Rouen

Le Havre

Saint-Denis

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is the largest city on the Loire? Hint

Orleans

Nantes

Blois

Tours

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Question 16 of 20

16. After Lisbon, what is the largest city on the Tagus? Hint

Aranjuez (Spain)

Toledo (Spain)

Santarem (Portugal)

Alcantara (Spain)

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Question 17 of 20

17. What is the largest city on the Ebro? Hint

Logreno

Zaragoza

Flix

Tortosa

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Question 18 of 20

18. What is the largest city on the Guadalquivir?

Answer: (Think "Old Town")

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Question 19 of 20

19. After London, what is the largest town on the Thames?

Answer: (Starts with "R")

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Question 20 of 20

20. What is the largest town on the Severn? Hint

Worcester

Newham

Shrewsbury

Gloucester

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the largest city on the Danube that is not a national capital?

Answer: Galati (Romania)

The city has the largest iron and steel plant in Romania the Mittal Steel Galati, state-owned until 2001. Also, the country's largest shipyard is found here, profiting from the good access Galati has to the Black Sea through the Danube and the short distance between its facilities and the Mittal Plant.

2. What is the largest German city on the Danube?

Answer: Regensburg

Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 129,175 in 2005) in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate. Regensburg was made a free imperial city in 1245.

3. What is the largest Hungarian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Budapest?

Answer: Duna�jv�ros

This is a new city, built in the 1950s during the socialist industrialization.

4. What is the largest Serbian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Belgrade?

Answer: Novi Sad

Novi Sad is in the province of Vojvodina. It was a part of Hungary until 1918.

5. What is the largest Austrian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Vienna?

Answer: Linz

Linz is the capital of Upper Austria.

6. After Basel, what is the largest Swiss town on the Rhine?

Answer: Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is the capital of the canton with the same name.

7. What is the largest German city on the Rhine?

Answer: Cologne

Cologne was one of the most powerful members of the Hanseatic League.

8. What is the largest Czech city on the Elbe?

Answer: Hradec Kralove

The city is called K�niggratz in German.

9. What is the largest German town on the Elbe that is not a regional capital (the capital of a Bundesland)?

Answer: Dessau

Dessau was once the capital of Anhalt.

The German regional capitals on the Elbe are:
Hamburg (Hamburg)
Dresden (Saxony)
Magdeburg (Saxony Anhalt)

10. What is the largest city on the Oder?

Answer: Szczecin (Poland)

The city is called Stettin in German and belonged to Germany until 1945.

11. After Prague, what is the second largest city on the Vltava?

Answer: Ceske Budejovice

The city is called Budweis in German and is famous for its beer.

12. After Frankfurt am Main, what is the largest city on the Rhine system?

Answer: Mainz

Mainz is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz is located on the River Rhine across from Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area.

13. After Lyon, what is the largest French city on the Rh�ne?

Answer: Avignon

Avignon was the seat of papacy 1309-77.
Geneva in Switzerland is also on the Rh�ne.

14. After Paris, what is the second largest city on the Seine?

Answer: Le Havre

Le Havre is a major Atlantic port.

15. What is the largest city on the Loire?

Answer: Nantes

Nantes is a major Atlantic seaport, connected to the sea by a canal to St. Nazaire.

16. After Lisbon, what is the largest city on the Tagus?

Answer: Toledo (Spain)

Toledo was made the capital of New Castile after being reconquered from the Moors in 1085.

17. What is the largest city on the Ebro?

Answer: Zaragoza

Zaragoza is the capital of Aragon.

18. What is the largest city on the Guadalquivir?

Answer: Seville

Seville is the capital of Andalucia.

19. After London, what is the largest town on the Thames?

Answer: Reading

Reading is known for the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde.

20. What is the largest town on the Severn?

Answer: Gloucester

Gloucester was founded by the Romans in 96-98 AD.

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