Cities of the World Trivia

61. Located in a valley in the Hindu Kush mountains, can you name this capital city?

From Quiz Major Cities of the World

Answer: Kabul

Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan, and, with a 2015 population of over 3,600,000 people, considered one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It has been fought over for thousands of years by various cultures and their belief systems, and, sadly so, this still continued as the 21st century reached its 16th year. Many of its famous old buildings have been destroyed in the process.

From Quiz "H" World Cities

Answer: Heraklion

Heraklion loosely translates to Hercules' City, which is actually a reference to a city whose whereabouts are unknown. Heraklion is also known as Iraklion. Many of the ancient wonders of the city are still in existence, although their delicacy causes a problem for those who wish to preserve them.

From Quiz "J" World Cities

Answer: Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem is considered a world heritage site because of its religious significance. However, fighting between Israel and Palestine has jeopardized preservation efforts.

From Quiz "K" World Cities

Answer: Kolkata

Kolkata, former known as Calcutta, was a vibrant and economically prosperous city when India was under British control. However, the decades after independence saw the city crumble economically and it became one of the poorest major cities in the world. Its economy began to pick up again in the early 2000s when manufacturing and other businesses began to pop up in the city.

From Quiz Beautiful Cities

Answer: Paris

Paris is often considered the most beautiful city in the world. It is the home of The Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysses, and the Arc de Triomphe. Lutetia was the name the Romans gave to the city. Notre Dame is a famous Gothic cathedral and Sainte-Chapelle is a masterpiece of stained glass architecture. The Palace of Versailles, arguably the most beautiful palace on Earth, is only a thirty minute drive from downtown Paris.

From Quiz Where's the Square?

Answer: Venice, Italy

The attribution to Napoleon Bonaparte that St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco) is the "drawing room of Europe" is most likely apocryphal, however people from all over the world can be seen in the many cafes surrounding the square watching tourists and the swooping pigeons of St. Mark's. The original horses on the basilica's façade date from classical antiquity. They were installed in the 12th century after the sack of Constantinople by the Venetians. Looted by Napoleon in 1797 as war booty, the horses were returned in 1815. Air pollution caused curators to move the horses inside the basilica and replace them on the façade with replicas.

From Quiz Down Town

Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers became the tallest twin buildings in the world when they opened in 1996. Chicago's Willis (Sears) Tower has more floors and has the tallest roof of the two structures, but spires on the Petronas Towers are included in the official height of buildings, while the antennas atop the Willis Tower are not.

From Quiz Up and Down in the World with Cities

Answer: Northern& north

Paris is located within the region of Île-de-France and has a total of 20 subdivisions (arrondissements). There are plenty of "must sees" in the French capital, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre Museum. If you're a fan of football why not also pay a visit to Parc des Princes and see local Paris Saint-Germain team playing a match?

From Quiz Run Down the Line

Answer: Bogotá

Soccer is a popular sport in Bogotá, Columbia, and this is reflected by the city being home to three professional football teams. Millonarios Fútbol Club and Club Santa Fe both play at the Estadio El Campín which has a capacity for 45,000 people. La Equidad is based at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, which has a capacity for 8,000 people.

From Quiz It's Not the Capital

Answer: Philadelphia

Harrisburg was only the tenth-largest city in Pennsylvania, based on 2009 population. Philadelphia was once the second-largest city in the British Empire after London, and served as the United States' capital from 1790 to 1800.

From Quiz Major Cities on Rivers

Answer: Paris

Paris, France has several famous landmarks. These include the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Arc de Triomphe.

From Quiz World Trip (With Coordinates)

Answer: Berlin

I arrived in Berlin Tegel Airport and toured around the historical city. Berlin is located at 52°, 30' N and 13°, 21' E. Warsaw, Birmingham, and Amsterdam are also located along the 52nd parallel N. I saw many of the museums and art galleries the city has to offer. I also had a picnic at the many interesting eats Germany has to offer near the Spree River. I looked at mighty Brandenburg Gates, visited the Checkpoint Point Charlie Museum, and viewed parts of the Berlin Wall at night time. Sadly, I had to leave.

From Quiz World Cities: Population Comparisons

Answer: Seoul

Seoul: 22,050,000 Santiago: 5,300,000 Singapore: 4,550,000 Sydney: 4,300,000

From Quiz World Cities: As The Crow Flies

Answer: Chicago and Cape Town

Chicago and Capetown: 8555 miles, 13,769 km Cleveland and Caracas: 2317 miles, 3278 km Copenhagen and Carlsbad, NM: 5304 miles, 8536 km Canton and Cairo: 4978 miles, 8012 km If you used Canton, OH and Cairo, IL, you didn't travel very far.

From Quiz 9 for 10 - Cities

Answer: London Bridge

When a new London Bridge was built in the 1960s the former bridge was transported to Arizona and now crosses the Colorado river. The Gateway Arch is in St. Louis; Stanley Park is in Vancouver, Canada and there are several Bridge of Sighs, the best known is the one in Venice, Italy.

From Quiz Where Was I?

Answer: Miami

Miami is always a lot of fun to visit. Coconut Grove is a great place to go shopping.

From Quiz One Name, Many Places

Answer: Canada

At almost 500,000 Hamilton (Ontario) is the largest.

From Quiz World Cities

Answer: Stalingrad

After Stalin's death in 1953, Nikita Kruschev reverted to calling the city Volgograd. This was a major part of his program of "deStalinization," which denounced the atrocities of the purges and his iron-fisted rule.

From Quiz World Cities

Answer: Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. The name Pakistan means "a land abounding in the pure" or "a land in which the pure abound". Pakistan's capital is Islamabad, and Karachi is the country's largest city. The total land area is 881,913 km2 (340,509 sq mi).

From Quiz Eponymous Cities

Answer: The Society of the Cincinnati

The "Society of the Cincinnati" is an hereditary society founded by officers of the American Revolution. George Washington was its first President (he seems to have done that a lot). The Society was named for the Roman Dictator Cincinnatus, who was held in high regard by the revolutionaries, for his willingness to assume power in an emergency (which was what the office of Dictator was for) and his steadfast refusal to cling to power when the emergency was past. The image of Cincinnatus returning to his plow is immortalized in a goodly number of New World sculptures. Noting Washington's insistence on returning to private life after both his military career and his presidency, Washington has been called the "American Cincinnatus".

From Quiz Ships Ahoy!

Answer: Yemen

Located on a peninsula on the eponymous gulf, close to the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Aden lies in a strategic position on the maritime route between Europe and Asia. Its oldest district is named Crater (Kraytar in Arabic), as the city's natural harbour is situated in the crater of a dormant volcano; the modern port is named Mu'alla. Aden is believed to be very ancient: it was first mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the places that had trading connections with the Phoenician city of Tyre. The "Periplus of the Erythraean Sea", it is mentioned by the name "Eudaemon" (Greek for "blissful"), and as part of the pre-Islamic Himyarite Kingdom. In the 12th century, Aden was substantially rebuilt, and developed into a thriving city that attracted traders from many parts of Africa and Asia (including China): Marco Polo mentioned it in the well-known account of his travels. Though Aden had almost no resources of its own, it was an important emporium for all sorts of goods coming from other parts of the Arabian Peninsula; because of its location, various powers, local and foreign, vied for control of the city and its harbour. In 1838, Aden was ceded to the British, who set up a coaling station at Steamer Point (now Tawahi), where ships could stop to replenish their supplies of coal and boiler water before continuing on their voyage. The city remained in British hands until 1967, when the People's Republic of Southern Yemen (later People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), a Marxist-Leninist one-party state, was established. Aden ceased to be a capital in 1990, when North and South Yemen united to form the Republic of Yemen; however, during the civil war that has been tearing the country apart since 2011, Aden became Yemen's temporary capital when the country's "de jure" capital, Sana'a, was seized by the Houthi insurgents. In the aftermath of the coup that ousted Yemen's president, Aden was devastated by violence, which led to major destruction and loss of life.

From Quiz Cities DownTown

Answer: Dnipro

Until 1925 Dnipro was called Ekaterinoslav, when the name was changed to Dnipropetrovsk, after the former leader Grigory Petrovsky. In 2016 the name was changed again and the city became Dnipro. There is evidence that Dnipro is either on the site of, or once was, a fortified town as far back as the middle of the 16th century. Today, Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth largest city.

From Quiz Man City

Answer: Bahrain

Manama is the capital and largest city in the island nation of Bahrain. Located in the Persian Gulf this city is one of greenest areas in this desert nation. The city has ancient ruins, old mosques, and many restaurants to cater to tourists.

From Quiz Two Cities in One

Answer: Albury

Albury-Wodonga incorporates the Australian cities of Albury and Wodonga, which lie either side of the Murray River. Albury lies in New South Wales north of the river, and Wodonga is in Victoria. As a result they have different state and local governments. Because the area is much closer to Melbourne than to Sydney, the dominant culture, television, sport, etc, is that of Victoria. The Australian Federal Government often treats Albury-Wodonga as a single region, as do most tourists to the area.

From Quiz I've Been There

Answer: Birmingham - England

I grew up around this city! The Bullring is a large shopping complex in Birmingham city centre, one of the busiest in the UK. The exterior of the Selfridges section of the shopping mall is artistically covered in lines of large silver discs. Every year, the city hosts a German Christmas market in November and December. There are stalls all along New Street and in Victoria Square outside the city hall. They sell traditional food and gifts, such as pretzels and handcrafted toys. The Hippodrome is a theatre in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter.

From Quiz Major Cities of the World

Answer: Luanda

Not only is Luanda the capital city of Angola, it is that nation's main port and industrial centre. By the second decade of the 21st century, its population had soared to over six million residents, all of whom speak Portuguese. The city was founded by that nation in 1576 when it was settled by one hundred families and four hundred soldiers from Portugal. Prior to that, it had the darker history of being the site from which slaves were transported over to Brazil, and this continued until 1836. Luanda's large population is mostly of African descent, with a minority of both Portuguese and Brazilian descent. Angola achieved its independence from Portugal in 1975, but interestingly, since the turn of the 21st century, there has been a renewal of immigration of people from Portugal into Luanda.

From Quiz "H" World Cities

Answer: Harbin

Harbin has had a tumultuous history and has been the target of invasions by both the Russians and the Japanese. Its location north of the other major cities in China transformed Harbin into a booming city, since traders would often stop in Harbin on their way to Beijing or Shanghai.

From Quiz "J" World Cities

Answer: Alberta

Jasper is actually within the Jasper National Park, the largest in the Canadian Rockies. During and for a short time after World War I, Jasper was the site of an internment camp for Austro-Hungarian citizens living in Canada.

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