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I've never been to Fazakerley Trivia Quiz


Fazakerley is more than a place to me: it's 10 places I've never been to. I'll spell it out for you.

A multiple-choice quiz by dellastreet. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
dellastreet
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,751
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
347
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Question 1 of 10
1. F is for Frunze. I'd always fancied visiting this place - such an interesting name and I'm drawn to Central Asia. The travel agent hadn't heard of it. Too late I found out that it had changed its name, about the time the Soviet Republic whose capital it was became independent. I went to the Lake District instead. What is Frunze now called? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A is for Angostura. The next year I thought I'd give Venezuela a try, but I couldn't buy a ticket to Angostura. I'm not bitter about it, a weekend in Chester is always enjoyable, I just wish somebody had told me it had a new name commemorating the country's liberator. What is Angostura now called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Z is for Zaire. Africa this year, I thought. Remembering the "Rumble in the Jungle" I set my heart on a visit to the place where Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman. Then I was told Zaire no longer exists! No matter, I enjoyed watching the Test Match at Old Trafford. Which present-day country was formerly Zaire? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A is for Avonlea. When I was at junior school there was a very battered book called "Anne of Avonlea" in the class library, obviously a biography. My friend who read it said it was about a teacher in Canada. Years later I thought I'd give Avonlea a visit. How was I to know it was a made-up place? I had to settle for the Isle of Man. Which province was the setting for the fictional Avonlea? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. K is for Karl-Marx-Stadt. Okay, I thought, places change their names in honour of famous local sons and in the wake of revolutions. Karl Marx had a lot to answer for, so perhaps I should visit his home town, where there'd be a birthplace museum and I'd see his old school and where he wrote "Das Kapital". I thought that would be easy, but how wrong I was! Not only does Karl-Marx-Stadt no longer exist, it turns out he didn't even come from there. I made do with a trip to Rochdale, birthplace of the co-operative movement. Which name has Karl-Marx-Stadt reverted to? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. E is for Ephesus. At last I'd struck lucky. Ephesus was a long abandoned city, I was told, but I could visit the ruins. My bags checked in, my passport in my hand, I had to run when my flight was called. Too bad I tripped and woke up in hospital with concussion. Ah well, the travel insurance paid for my week's convalescence in Southport. Which country had I been heading for? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. R is for Reval. I wanted to make a tour of cities that had belonged to the medieval Hanseatic League and decided I'd start with Reval. But I couldn't seem to track it down. Knowing it was located on the Baltic and had belonged to the Teutonic Knights was no help. No matter, I found the Albert Docks in Liverpool well worth the visit. It turns out that Reval was capital of another one-time Soviet Republic. What is it known as now? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. L is for Leningrad. A trip to Leningrad to see the world-famous Kirov Ballet must be easy to arrange, I thought, but I was wrong. Even saying it used to be called Petrograd didn't help, so I went to Blackpool and danced the night away at the Tower Ballroom. The so-called travel expert kept telling me I should go to a city I knew was in Florida. What was its name again? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. E is for Edo. I knew what I wanted, bustling Asian capital, cherry blossom, Noh theatre. Noh" such place as Edo I was told when I made enquiries. I may have missed a trip to Disneyland, but Alton Towers was terrific. It seems that Edo's changed its name as well. What is it known as nowadays? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Y is for York. I'd been to York in England and heard of New York in the USA, but the York I wanted to visit was in Canada, the capital of Upper Canada in fact. The young man at the Canadian Tourist Board was charming, but totally useless. He tried to tell me that the Canadian capital was a place called Ottawa, but I knew I was right and I had my 1830 "Notes on North America" to back me up. Still, if he was going to be stubborn I'd forget about York and go to Lancaster instead! What was York's name changed to? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. F is for Frunze. I'd always fancied visiting this place - such an interesting name and I'm drawn to Central Asia. The travel agent hadn't heard of it. Too late I found out that it had changed its name, about the time the Soviet Republic whose capital it was became independent. I went to the Lake District instead. What is Frunze now called?

Answer: Bishkek

The city of Pishkek was renamed in 1926 after Mikhail Frunze, a Bolshevik military leader who was born there. It subsequently became capital of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. The name was changed to Bishkek in 1991, shortly before Kyrgyzstan became independent on the break-up of the Soviet Union.
2. A is for Angostura. The next year I thought I'd give Venezuela a try, but I couldn't buy a ticket to Angostura. I'm not bitter about it, a weekend in Chester is always enjoyable, I just wish somebody had told me it had a new name commemorating the country's liberator. What is Angostura now called?

Answer: Ciudad Bolivar

The city of Bolivar is the capital of the state of Bolivar in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It hasn't been called Angostura since 1846.
3. Z is for Zaire. Africa this year, I thought. Remembering the "Rumble in the Jungle" I set my heart on a visit to the place where Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman. Then I was told Zaire no longer exists! No matter, I enjoyed watching the Test Match at Old Trafford. Which present-day country was formerly Zaire?

Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo was known as the Republic of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. It had previously been known as the Belgian Congo. Kinshasa, where the Ali-Foreman fight took place, was formerly known as Leopoldville.
4. A is for Avonlea. When I was at junior school there was a very battered book called "Anne of Avonlea" in the class library, obviously a biography. My friend who read it said it was about a teacher in Canada. Years later I thought I'd give Avonlea a visit. How was I to know it was a made-up place? I had to settle for the Isle of Man. Which province was the setting for the fictional Avonlea?

Answer: Prince Edward Island

"Anne of Avonlea", published in 1909, is the first sequel to "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The Green Gables farm, which inspired the stories, is in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.

The moral of this sad story is: READ BOOKS!
5. K is for Karl-Marx-Stadt. Okay, I thought, places change their names in honour of famous local sons and in the wake of revolutions. Karl Marx had a lot to answer for, so perhaps I should visit his home town, where there'd be a birthplace museum and I'd see his old school and where he wrote "Das Kapital". I thought that would be easy, but how wrong I was! Not only does Karl-Marx-Stadt no longer exist, it turns out he didn't even come from there. I made do with a trip to Rochdale, birthplace of the co-operative movement. Which name has Karl-Marx-Stadt reverted to?

Answer: Chemnitz

The city of Chemnitz, in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1953, but reverted to its original name in 1990. Karl Marx was in fact born in Trier, in the former German Federal Republic (West Germany), where the Karl Marx House, a museum dedicated to his work and the development of socialism can be found. Marx lived for many years in London, where he worked on "Das Kapital" and where he is buried.

He also worked with Friedrich Engels, co-author of "The Communist Manifesto", in Manchester, where I should have gone in the first place.
6. E is for Ephesus. At last I'd struck lucky. Ephesus was a long abandoned city, I was told, but I could visit the ruins. My bags checked in, my passport in my hand, I had to run when my flight was called. Too bad I tripped and woke up in hospital with concussion. Ah well, the travel insurance paid for my week's convalescence in Southport. Which country had I been heading for?

Answer: Turkey

The city of Ephesus, site of the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was abandoned in the 15th century. Its ruins lie close to the Turkish city of Selcuk.
7. R is for Reval. I wanted to make a tour of cities that had belonged to the medieval Hanseatic League and decided I'd start with Reval. But I couldn't seem to track it down. Knowing it was located on the Baltic and had belonged to the Teutonic Knights was no help. No matter, I found the Albert Docks in Liverpool well worth the visit. It turns out that Reval was capital of another one-time Soviet Republic. What is it known as now?

Answer: Tallinn

Tallinn, capital of Estonia, was known as Reval from the 13th century until 1917 and again when Estonia was occupied by the Nazis from 1941 to 1944. It has been ruled by the Danes, the Teutonic Order and the Russians.

The Hanseatic League, or Hansa, was a confederation of merchant guilds in Northern Europe established in the 14th century. Berlin, Stockholm and Vilnius were all Hanseatic ports.
8. L is for Leningrad. A trip to Leningrad to see the world-famous Kirov Ballet must be easy to arrange, I thought, but I was wrong. Even saying it used to be called Petrograd didn't help, so I went to Blackpool and danced the night away at the Tower Ballroom. The so-called travel expert kept telling me I should go to a city I knew was in Florida. What was its name again?

Answer: St Petersburg

St Petersburg's name was changed to Petrograd during World War 1 and then to Leningrad in 1924. It became St Petersburg again in 1991. The Kirov Ballet is now known as the Mariinsky Ballet.
9. E is for Edo. I knew what I wanted, bustling Asian capital, cherry blossom, Noh theatre. Noh" such place as Edo I was told when I made enquiries. I may have missed a trip to Disneyland, but Alton Towers was terrific. It seems that Edo's changed its name as well. What is it known as nowadays?

Answer: Tokyo

Tokyo was known as Edo until 1868, when it became the Japanese imperial capital. Tokyo means "eastern capital", whereas Edo means "estuary". Tokyo Disneyland opened in 1983.
10. Y is for York. I'd been to York in England and heard of New York in the USA, but the York I wanted to visit was in Canada, the capital of Upper Canada in fact. The young man at the Canadian Tourist Board was charming, but totally useless. He tried to tell me that the Canadian capital was a place called Ottawa, but I knew I was right and I had my 1830 "Notes on North America" to back me up. Still, if he was going to be stubborn I'd forget about York and go to Lancaster instead! What was York's name changed to?

Answer: Toronto

Site of the Battle of York in the War of 1812, the city of York was renamed Toronto in 1834. It has the largest population of any city in Canada and is the capital of Ontario. Ottawa was founded as Bytown in 1826 and renamed Ottawa in 1855. In 1857 it was chosen by Queen Victoria to be the capital of the Province of Canada.
Source: Author dellastreet

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