Turkish Teasers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blue Mosque

Located in Istanbul, the Blue Mosque is the popular name of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. It earned this nickname due to the thousands of hand-painted blue Iznik tiles decorating the interior of the mosque. Iznik tiles are decorated ceramic tiles named after the town of Iznik in Anatolia, Turkey where they are made.

Answer: Asia Minor

The region of Anatolia is also known as Asia Minor. This is a peninsula that covers the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the south, the Aegean Sea on the west and the Black Sea on the north.

Answer: Ankara

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Ankara is the capital of Turkey, a position it has held since 29 October 1923 when the Republic of Turkey was established after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. In earlier times, it was known as Angora, a name it has given to species of goat and rabbit.

Answer: Troy

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The ruins of the historical city of Troy, setting of the famous Greek myth of the Trojan War, are located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. This UNESCO World Heritage site was lost to the modern world till the site was excavated by Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann in the late 19th century.

Answer: Ottoman

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The Ottoman Empire existed from the 14th century to the early 20th century when it dissolved after World War I. At its peak, its range covered West Asia, southeastern Europe, and northern Africa.

Answer: Istanbul

Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, was founded in the seventh century BC as Byzantium. This important historic city has been the capital of four different empires - the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. Despite no longer being the capital of the country, it continues to maintain an important role as the financial and cultural center of Turkey.

Answer: Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 340 AD as an Eastern Orthodox church. Later it was converted to a Catholic church and then under the Ottoman Empire as an Islamic mosque. When Turkey became a republic, it was converted to a museum in 1935. However, it was redesignated as a mosque in 2020.

Answer: Tulips

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While now more famously associated with the Netherlands, tulips are believed to have been first cultivated by the Persians in the 10th century who then introduced these flowers to the Anatolia region of Turkey. By the 15th century, the Ottomans had adopted the tulips as their symbol. The word tulip itself is believed to have originated from the Turkish word for 'turban'.

Answer: Black Sea

The Black Sea borders Turkey to the north. It is connected to the Aegean Sea by the Turkish Straits - the Bosporus and the Dardanelles.

Answer: Whirling Dervish

A dervish is a member of the Sufi sect of Islam. They are known as whirling dervishes as they practice a form of meditating through spinning which is called sama. Through the whirling, the follower aims to form a closer connection with Allah.