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Alphabetical European Cities Trivia Quizzes

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26 quizzes and 380 trivia questions.
1.
  "A" Cities of Europe   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each question concerns a city in Europe beginning with the letter "A". Have fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, reeshy, Dec 03 14
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  Not So 'E'asy Places In Europe    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten questions on European locations whose names start with the letter E. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, Ikabud, Sep 13 21
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  "P" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "P".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Aug 14 24
Tough
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Aug 14 24
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  "C" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just give me 15 European cities starting with a "C".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Jun 08 22
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Jun 08 22
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  "G" European Places    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city.
Average, 15 Qns, author, Aug 01 24
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Aug 01 24
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  "T" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "T".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Feb 12 10
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  "R" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with an "R".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Sep 27 24
Tough
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Sep 27 24
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  "N" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with an "N".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Mar 07 04
Tough
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  "D" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just give me the name of 15 European cities starting with a "D",
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Mar 31 20
Tough
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Mar 31 20
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  "S" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with an "S"
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Jan 29 11
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  "O" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with an "O".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Jan 31 24
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Jan 31 24
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  "V" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "V".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Feb 22 11
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  "A" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just name 15 European cities starting with an "A".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Jul 12 07
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  "L" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "L".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Jan 23 22
Tough
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Jan 23 22
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  "Z" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "Z".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Jan 03 15
Tough
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  "F" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city..
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Mar 08 04
Tough
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  "B" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just give me the name of 15 European cities starting with a "B".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Jan 09 24
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Jan 09 24
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  "I" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to pick the right European city starting with an "I".
Tough, 15 Qns, author, May 04 18
Tough
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  "H" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city.
Tough, 15 Qns, author, Apr 12 11
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  "W" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "W".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Jul 02 24
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  "K" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "K".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Mar 07 04
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  "E" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Just give me 15 European cities starting with an "E".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Feb 05 22
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Feb 05 22
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  "J" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "J".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Nov 07 20
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Nov 07 20
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  "U" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "U".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Jan 26 13
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  "Y" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with a "Y".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Sep 10 05
Difficult
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  "M" European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I want you to select the right European city starting with an "M".
Difficult, 15 Qns, author, Dec 05 07
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Alphabetical European Cities Trivia Questions

2. In a suburb to this Ukrainian city (Livadia) an important conference was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945.

From Quiz "Y" European Cities

Answer: Yalta

Yalta was the scene of the "Big Three Conference" (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) in February 1945. Here the winners of WWII agreed on some issues concerning the post war period, for example the new Polish border in the east (The Curzon line), and the division of Germany. The meeting also resulted in a declaration of war from USSR against Japan.

3. This town in the Bas-Rhin dept., France was the place where the German monk Otfrid completed his Old High German poetical version of the Gospels in the 9th century.

From Quiz "W" European Cities

Answer: Wissembourg

Wissembourg (Weissenburg in German) is situated in Alsace, north east of Strasbourg. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century.

4. This Albanian port was called Valona in Italian. The independence of Albania was proclaimed here in 1912.

From Quiz "V" European Cities

Answer: Vlorë

In ancient times Vlorë was a Greek, then a Roman colony. It was important during the wars between the Normans and the Byzantines in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was under Turkish rule 1464-1912.

5. This city is located near a small village which was the original capital of the ancient pre-Christian kingdom of Svea (Sweden).

From Quiz "U" European Cities

Answer: Uppsala

Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala province. It has Sweden´s oldest university (1477).

6. This Romanian city was the capital of Wallachia from the 14th to the 17th centuries.

From Quiz "T" European Cities

Answer: Tirgoviste

Wallachia was a former principality in Romania, between the Danube River and the Transylvanian Alps. It was inhabited by the Vlach, who possibly are partially descended from Roman colonists of Dacia. Among its rulers were Vlad Dracul (1436-47) and Vlad Tepes (1456-62 and 1476-77) who are often sited as the historical basis of the vampire tales of Dracula.

7. This Romanian city came under Austria in 1699 and was for a time the capital of Transylvania. In German it was known as Hermannstadt.

From Quiz "S" European Cities

Answer: Sibiu

Sibiu is situated in the Transylvanian Alps. It is a commercial and industrial center.

8. This city was the capital of Denmark from the 10th century to 1443.

From Quiz "R" European Cities

Answer: Roskilde

The cathedral of Roskilde contains the Danish royal mausoleum.

9. This city is the capital of an administrative subdivision in Ukraine with the same name. It was scene of a decisive battle in 1709 in which Czar Peter the Great defeated the Swedes under Charles XII.

From Quiz "P" European Cities

Answer: Poltava

The victory in this battle paved the way for Russia as a major European power.

10. This seaport in Ukraine was founded around a Tatar fortress in the 14th century. It was passed to Turkey in 1764 and to Russia in 1791. It was made a naval base and port in 1794. It was given its present name in 1795.

From Quiz "O" European Cities

Answer: Odessa

Odessa is a major seaport and industrial center. It was the center of revolutionary activities in 1905, including the mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin.

11. This city is the capital of the Campania province, Italy. It has also served as the capital of the Two Sicilies in the 19th century. (English or Italian spelling).

From Quiz "N" European Cities

Answer: Naples & Napoli

Naples served alternately as the capital of the Kingdom of The Two Sicilies and of Kingdom of Naples through the 19th century. It also served as capital of Napoleon´s Parthenopean Republic (1799) and Neapolitan Kingdom (1806-15).

12. This city is the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the most important inland port of Eastern Germany.

From Quiz "M" European Cities

Answer: Magdeburg

Magdeburg was a member of the Hanseatic League. It was sacked and burned during the Thirty Years´ War in 1631.

13. This city is the capital of Upper Austria.

From Quiz "L" European Cities

Answer: Linz

Linz (called Lentia by the Romans) is situated on the Danube River. It was an important trade center by the 13th century.

14. This city was established as the capital of Poland under Boleslaw III (1102-38). It was made the capital again by Wladyslaw I Lokietek in 1320.

From Quiz "K" European Cities

Answer: Krakow

Krakow remained the capital until a fire in 1595 which caused the transfer of the court to Warsaw.

15. This city in Andalusia, Spain, is known for its sherry wine.

From Quiz "J" European Cities

Answer: Jerez

Its full name is Jerez de la Frontera. Jerez is believed to be scene of a famous battle of Moors under Tariq ibn Ziyad and the Visigoths under King Roderick in 711. The city was finally taken by the Spanish from the Moors by King Alfonso X in 1264.

16. This is the largest city (and former capital) of Turkey.

From Quiz "I" European Cities

Answer: Istanbul

Istanbul was formerly called Byzantium. The name was changed to Constantinople in 330 AD. From 395 until 1495 it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was captured by the Turks in 1453 and made the capital of Turkey. In 1923 Ankara became the capital of the new Turkish Republic.

17. This English city was one of the famous "Cinque Ports" in Kent and Sussex which were important in medieval times.

From Quiz "H" European Cities

Answer: Hythe

The other four "original" Cinque Ports were Dover, Sandwich, Romney (now New Romney) and Hastings. They were first enfranchised by Edward the Confessor (1042-66) and were granted many privileges by the crown, in return for sea service in defense of the coast. They gradually declined in importance after the 14th century.

18. What is Britain´s only remaining crown colony in Europe?

From Quiz "G" European Places

Answer: Gibraltar

Gibraltar was captured by the British in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession and was retained by treaty in 1713.

19. The first railway line in Germany was opened in 1835 between Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and this city.

From Quiz "F" European Cities

Answer: Fürth

Fürth is situated in Bavaria at the confluence of the Regnitz and the Pegnitz Rivers.

20. This German city is the site of the Krupp steelworks.

From Quiz "E" European Cities

Answer: Essen

Essen is situated in the Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia. It contains the most extensive ironworks and steelworks in Europe.

21. This city is the capital of Côte d´Or dept., France. It was capital of Burgundy from 11th century. It was a prosperous city under Valois dynasty, 1364-1477. Today it´s known for its mustard.

From Quiz "D" European Cities

Answer: Dijon

Dijon was a prosperous city under Valois dynasty (1364-1477).

22. This German city was called Oppidum Ubiorum under the Romans. It was later named after wife of Roman Emperor Claudius, Agrippina, because she was born here. The city was one of the most important cities within the Hanseatic League.

From Quiz "C" European Cities

Answer: Cologne

The name was changes to Colonia Agrippina, which later became Cologne, or Köln in German.

23. This English town is one of the oldest centers of the woollen trade. It's the place where Richard Arkwright invented the spinning frame (1769) and Samuel Crompton the mule-jenny (1779).

From Quiz "B" European Cities

Answer: Bolton

Bolton is situated in the Greater Manchester area.

24. This city gradually superseded Bruges (Brugge) as a center for cloth trade with England in 15th Century.

From Quiz "A" European Cities

Answer: Antwerp

As a distribution center for Spanish and Portuguese colonial trade, Antwerp became commercial and financial capital of Europe in the 16th century.

25. Located in South Central Portugal this quaint little city is referred to locally as the 'Museum City'. What is it called?

From Quiz Not So 'E'asy Places In Europe

Answer: Evora

Evora's roots date back to Roman times. There is a Roman ruin called Diana's Temple, right in the centre of the town. Once the residence of the Kings of Portugal, its magnificent architecture directly influenced Portuguese colonial building styles, especially in Brazil.

26. This Spanish city is in the community of Valencia, is a port on the Costa Blanca, and is home to the Castle of Santa Barbara atop Mount Benacantil. The Roman settlement on this site was called Lucentum; which city is it?

From Quiz "A" Cities of Europe

Answer: Alicante

Alicante is known as Alacant in Valencian, and is the Valencian community's second largest city after Valencia itself. The area of the city has been inhabited for about seven millennia. Around the third century BC, Hamilcar Barca, father of famous Carthaginian general Hannibal, founded the settlement of Akra Leuca ("White Mountain") on the site that would become Alicante, and later the Romans founded Lucentum within their province of Hispania Tarraconesis. Later, Alicante suffered greatly in the Spanish Civil War, when it was bombed extensively in the 1930s. Alicante is a city full of culture with various festivals, including that of the Bonfires of Saint John. A popular tourist resort as well as a university city, it has a lot of nightlife to enjoy, including on its many beaches. The Port of Alicante is a popular port for passenger cruises. The Castle of Saint Barbara is the main site of the city, which is also home to various parks including El Palmeral Park.

27. This city is the center of finance and manufacturing in Switzerland. It is also the country´s largest.

From Quiz "Z" European Cities

Answer: Zürich & Zurich

Zürich became the center of the Swiss reformation under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli in the 16th century.

28. This city is the capital of Mari El Republic, Russia.

From Quiz "Y" European Cities

Answer: Yoshkar-Ola

The Mari El republic is situated north of the Volga. It is populated by Russians and the Finno-Ugric Mari peoples.

29. The German poet Goethe worked as a lawyer in this city in Hesse, Germany.

From Quiz "W" European Cities

Answer: Wetzlar

Wetzlar is situated on the Lahn River, north of Frankfurt am Main. It has an old Romanesque cathedral. It became a free city in the 12th century.

30. This Latvian port was called Windau in German. It was an important Russian port before WWI.

From Quiz "V" European Cities

Answer: Ventspils

Ventspils was founded in the 14th century and has a castle dating from the 13th century. It is situated on the mouth of the Venta River.

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