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Deutschland, Nippon, España...place names are often quite different in their native languages than they are in English!
8 quizzes and 105 trivia questions.
1.
  Europe by the Europeans   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Most of us could name all ten of these European countries in English with no problems but how well do you know what they would call their own countries? All choices are correct names in different languages.
Average, 10 Qns, Midget40, May 11 11
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  Match the Native American Name to the English   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many of the more significant features of the North American landscape had Native American names long before they were renamed into English. Here are some for you to figure out.
Average, 10 Qns, mike32768, Jun 05 16
Average
mike32768 gold member
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  What They Call Their Own Country    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
We may call it one thing in English, but sometimes the name of a country can be radically different in the country's own language. I give you their name, you pick the English name. Hint: It is not always in the official language of the country
Difficult, 15 Qns, case2, Aug 04 14
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case2
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  Literal Place Names    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many places in the world have been named in a language other than English. We use their names but do we know what they mean?
Tough, 10 Qns, GroundsKeeper-Willy, Aug 04 15
Tough
GroundsKeeper-Willy
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  I Saw a Sign...    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
...or should I say: Vidi signvm? In my dream I found myself on my way to Rome, wearing a tunic and a pair of sensible walking sandals. I passed villages with unfamiliar names. Pro Iovum, can you tell me where I am? Thanks zorlock7 for the challenge
Average, 10 Qns, Debarrio, Jul 28 22
Average
Debarrio gold member
Jul 28 22
235 plays
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  Alternative Names of Countries    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I'll give you the alternate name and you have to give me the English equivalent.
Tough, 25 Qns, eshanamin, Jul 28 22
Tough
eshanamin
Jul 28 22
4348 plays
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  Local Long and Short Forms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each country around the world has a local long or short name that the people refer to their nation as. In this quiz, I will give you the local long or short name for a country, you will select what country is known by this name.
Tough, 10 Qns, apathy100, Jul 28 22
Tough
apathy100 gold member
Jul 28 22
1439 plays
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  Latin Names of European Cities    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
What are the Latin names of these European cities?
Very Difficult, 15 Qns, optigan, Mar 28 06
Very Difficult
optigan
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What's the Name in English? Trivia Questions
1. What name do Germans have for Germany?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Deutschland

Allemagne is French, the Italians would call it Germania and Alemania is what the Spanish would use. Germany is officially the Federal Republic of Germany or Bundesrepublik Deutschland. It has the largest population of any country in the European Union with more than 82 million people. The country was divided after WWII into two separate states - East Germany and West Germany. Reunification did not occur until 1990.

2. The largest of the North American Great Lakes is "Gichigami" (or "Gitche Gumee") and is still referred to by that name by many. What popular, somewhat haughty name does it more commonly go by?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Lake Superior

Lake Superior is called "Gichigami", meaning "big water" in the Ojibwe language. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. From Gordon Lightfoot's tribute, "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald": "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'..."

3. What country has the local long name "Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah"?

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Morocco

Morocco is considered a "constitutional monarchy" and bears the conventional English name of the "Kingdom of Morocco".

4. This capital city was so named because the air there seemed so fresh and good to breathe.

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.

5. The name "Denali" refers to a large mountain located in the 49th state. What was its more common, presidential name?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mt McKinley

Mount McKinley [known as Denali since August 2015] is actually a taller mountain than Mount Everest. Everest's peak is about 9000 ft (2700 m) higher than McKinley's peak as measured from sea level, however, Everest's base sits at about 17000 feet (5200 m), giving it a height of just over 12000 ft (3600 m). McKinley sits on only a 2000-foot (600m) plateau, giving it a base-to-peak height of 18000 ft (5500m). There's half again as much vertical mountain to climb if you start at McKinley's base than if you start at Everest's!

6. This city presumably started out as a significant "white house". So it was named....?

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Casablanca

"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." Casablanca is a great movie. Casa=house, blanca=white. It's original arab name was Dar el-Beida, which also means "white house".

7. By what name do Austrians call their country?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Österreich

The French call her Autriche, Avusturya is Turkish and Rakousko is what the Czechs would say. Austria's official name is the Republic of Austria - Republik Österreich. In 1938 the Anshluss occurred and Hitler annexed Austria into the Third Reich and it ceased to exist. The Soviets took Vienna on 13 April 1945 and she seceded from Germany. However, she did not regain her independence, she was divided into four zones -British, French, Soviet and US and governed by the Allied Commission for Austria. On 15 May 1955 Austria signed a treaty with her occupying powers and regained full independence. An act of parliament at this time declared Austria to be 'permanently neutral.'

8. "Louwala-Clough" is the Native American name for a mountain in the Pacific Northwest. The name means "Smoking Mountain" which should give you a hint for its more common name. Which mountain, one which literally blew its top in 1980, is it?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Saint Helens

Mount St. Helens' famous eruption occurred on May 18, 1980 - the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. The summit's elevation was reduced from 9677 feet (2950 m) to 8365 feet (2550 m), replaced with a mile-wide crater.

9. The local long name given to the island country of Maldives is what?

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa

The conventional English long form for the Maldives is "Republic of Maldives". The incorrect answers are all traditional Maldivian recipes and can be viewed at the following website: http://www.maldiviancuisine.com/recipes.html

10. This great city was named "River of January" because that is the month the first Europeans saw what appeared to be a river mouth there. It was actually Guanabara Bay. Thanks for this info goes to Gheafocker.

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

I hear it ROCKS! during "Carnival"

11. What is Spain called by the Spanish?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: España

Spagna is Italian, the French call her Espagne and Espanha is what you would hear in Portugal. The Kingdom of Spain - Reino de España - is on the Iberian Peninsula in south west Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy. Spanish territories are the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in North Africa.

12. Mount Rainier, in the state of Washington, goes by what native American name, which also sounds like a text font or a pickup truck?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Tahoma (or Tacoma)

I hope you got this one right! Fuji is Japan's premier mountain, Kilimanjaro is in Africa, and Suribachi is the famous mountain on Iwo Jima. Toyota makes a Tacoma truck and Tahoma is a Windows font.

13. The local long name of what country begins with the words "Estados Unidos"?

From Quiz Local Long and Short Forms

Answer: Mexico

The local long name that Mexico is known as is "Estados Unidos Mexicanos". The other three countries have a local long name that begins with "Republica de": "Republica de Guatemala" "Republica de Honduras" "Republica de Nicaragua"

14. The other way around... what is the present name of the Roman city of Odessus?

From Quiz Latin Names of European Cities

Answer: Varna, Bulgaria

It is in fact Varna! It was founded by the Greeks as Odessus in the 6th century BC. The city has thereafter been ruled by the Romans, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottomans, the Russians and finally the Bulgarians. It is together with Burgas the most important port in Bulgaria.

15. This U.S. state's name means "coloured red"

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Colorado

Colorado has 54 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet. Rocky mountain high indeed! While 'rojo' means 'red' in Spanish, 'colorado' means to be tinged or coloured red as if blushing or having a flushed face from overheating.

16. The Portuguese refer to their country as Portugal but what do they call their republic?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Portuguesa

Portogallo is Italian, you would hear Portugalia in Poland and Portugalsko in the Czech Republic. República Portuguesa - Portuguese Republic - is below and to the west of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the most westerly country on Europe's mainland. The country has been continuously settled since the prehistoric ages. Portugal's empire in the 15th and 16th centuries placed it as a world political, economic and cultural power with territories in Asia, Africa and South America. Macau was her last overseas territory and she handed it back to China in 1999.

17. "Manisses" is the Native American name for an island belonging to Rhode Island. It was named "Adriaen Blocks Eylant" by the Dutch. What is the common name for this island off the tip of Long Island's north fork in the Atlantic Ocean?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Block Island

Amity Island is a fictional place in the story, "Jaws". Nantucket is a real island but it belongs to Massachusetts, not RI, and the name itself is derived from the original Native American name, rather than being a creation of the Europeans. Plum Island belongs to New York and has on it an animal disease research facility. In the story, "The Silence of the Lambs" it was offered as a possible future home to convicted murderer Hannibal Lecter who referred to it as "Anthrax Island".

18. The name of this city in Malaysia means "Newcastle".

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu was the site of Japan's first attack on the Western Allies (British/Australian forces)in World War II. It was an hour and twenty minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbour in real time.

19. What is Poland called in Polish?

From Quiz Europe by the Europeans

Answer: Polska

Pologne is French, the Spanish call her Polonia and you would hear Polen if you were in Germany. The Republic of Poland - Rzeczpospolita Polska - is in Central Europe. In 1025 Poland became a kingdom which lasted until 1569 when she united with Lithuania to become the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This collapsed in 1795 and she was split up among Austria, Russia and Prussia. She regained full independence after WWI in 1918 only to become occupied by the Germans and Russians in WWII - during which she lost over six million of her population. After the war she became a socialist republic in the Eastern Bloc. When communist rule was overthrown in 1989 she formed her present constitution which is known as the Third Polish Republic.

20. Known as "Agiocochook", or "Home of the Great Spirit", to the natives, this highest of the northeastern US mountains holds the world record for wind velocity at the earth's surface, some 231 MPH. What mountain is this?

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Washington

At 6288 feet (1917 m), Mount Washington has some nasty weather, claiming it's the "Home of the World's Worst Weather". Visitors can drive their own car or hike to the summit. They can also use the Mount Washington Cog Railway which opened in 1869 and pulls tourists up to the summit of Mount Washington using a Marsh rack system. Unfortunately, the view from the summit is often obscured by cloud cover.

21. This country had (has?) so much silver that it was named _______?

From Quiz Literal Place Names

Answer: Argentina

Its capital city has very "good air', (Buenos Aires) Argentum is Latin for silver.

22. Called "Moze-o-de-be-Wadso" by the Abenaki, which meant "Mountain-With-A-Head-Like-A-Moose", this mountain is home to a famous northeastern US ski resort. Which mountain is this? (One can hear the "sound of music" if one listens closely.)

From Quiz Match the Native American Name to the English

Answer: Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield is the tallest mountain in Vermont at 4393 ft (1339 m) above sea level. Stowe Mountain Resort and the town of Stowe, VT are located at the mountain. Stowe is the American home of the Austrian von Trapp family, made famous through the story, "The Sound of Music".

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