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Quiz about European Cities at River Confluences

European Cities at River Confluences Quiz

I give you the name of two rivers and a country. You give me the name of the city at the confluence of the two rivers.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
author

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,399

Updated
Aug 18 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Rhine/Moselle (Mosel), Germany. Hint

Cologne

Bingen

Bonn

Koblenz

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Question 2 of 15

2. Rhone/Sa�ne, France. Hint

Saint-Etienne

Chalon-sur-Sa�ne

Lyon

Dijon

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Question 3 of 15

3. Danube/Sava, Serbia Hint

Novi Sad

Belgrade

Nis

Kragujevac

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Question 4 of 15

4. Rhine/Main, Germany. Hint

Wiesbaden

Mainz

Worms

Frankfurt am Main

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Question 5 of 15

5. Rhine/Neckar, Germany. Hint

Offenbach

Heidelberg

Mannheim

Darmstadt

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Question 6 of 15

6. Danube/Inn, Germany. Hint

Munich

Ulm

Passau

Augsburg

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Question 7 of 15

7. Volga/Oka, Russia. Hint

Samara

Tver

Nizhniy Novgorod

Yaroslavl

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Question 8 of 15

8. Oder/Warta, Poland. Hint

Gorz�w Wielkopolski

Kostrzyn

Poznan

Zielona G�ra

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Question 9 of 15

9. Neman/Neris, Lithuania. Hint

Vilnius

Siauliai

Panev�zys

Kaunas

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Question 10 of 15

10. Sambre/Meuse, Belgium. Hint

Charleroi

Dinant

Mons

Namur

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Question 11 of 15

11. Rhine/IJssel, Netherlands. Hint

Arnhem

�s-Hertogenbosch

Nijmegen

Tilburg

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Question 12 of 15

12. Ourthe/Meuse, Belgium. Hint

Verviers

Seraing

Hasselt

Liege

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Question 13 of 15

13. Severn/Avon, England. Hint

Shrewsbury

Worcester

Gloucester

Tewkesbury

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Question 14 of 15

14. Rhine/Ruhr, Germany. Hint

D�sseldorf

Duisburg

Dortmund

Essen

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Question 15 of 15

15. Rhone/Durance, France. Hint

Aix-en-Provence

Avignon

Arles

Nimes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Rhine/Moselle (Mosel), Germany.

Answer: Koblenz

Koblenz is situated 80 km south of Cologne.The point where the two rivers meet is called Deutsches Eck.

2. Rhone/Sa�ne, France.

Answer: Lyon

Lyon is the capital of the Rh�ne dept. It was an important center of the silk industry.

3. Danube/Sava, Serbia

Answer: Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital of Serbia.

4. Rhine/Main, Germany.

Answer: Mainz

Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) is a center of the Rhenish wine industry.

5. Rhine/Neckar, Germany.

Answer: Mannheim

Mannheim in Baden-W�rttemberg was completely destroyed by the French in 1689, and was also heavily damaged by Allied air raids in WWII.

6. Danube/Inn, Germany.

Answer: Passau

Passau in Bavaria is situated 150 km east of Munich.

7. Volga/Oka, Russia.

Answer: Nizhniy Novgorod

The city was called Gorki under Soviet rule. It used to be a center of the barter trade with the Orient through Siberia and Turkistan.

8. Oder/Warta, Poland.

Answer: Kostrzyn

The city belonged to Germany until 1945 and was called K�strin in German.

9. Neman/Neris, Lithuania.

Answer: Kaunas

Kaunas was the capital of Lithuania 1920-1940.

10. Sambre/Meuse, Belgium.

Answer: Namur

Namur was besieged by Louis XIV in 1692 and retaken by William of Orange in 1695.It is a center of the glass industry.

11. Rhine/IJssel, Netherlands.

Answer: Arnhem

Arnhem in Gelderland was taken by the French in 1672 and 1795 and by the Prussians in 1813.

12. Ourthe/Meuse, Belgium.

Answer: Liege

Liege was a noted center of learning in the Middle Ages.It was part of France 1794-1815.

13. Severn/Avon, England.

Answer: Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a municipal borough in Gloucestershire. It was the scene of a battle in 1471 during the War of the Roses.

14. Rhine/Ruhr, Germany.

Answer: Duisburg

Duisburg is situated 20 km north of D�sseldorf. The present city was formed in 1929 by consolidation of the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.

15. Rhone/Durance, France.

Answer: Avignon

Avignon was the seat of the papacy 1309-77.

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