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Quiz about Places That Never Were
Quiz about Places That Never Were

Places That Never Were Trivia Quiz


Imaginary places that never existed. Do you know them?

A multiple-choice quiz by bjohms. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
bjohms
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
20,556
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
6503
Last 3 plays: 1995Tarpon (10/10), davobwd9 (10/10), Guest 75 (4/10).
This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.
1. City-state with water-circles and ten kings. It disappeared into the ocean. Hint

Atlantis
Utopia
Xanadu
Blefuscu

2. 'The Isle of Apples', the abode of heroes. A hero slain in battle must find his painful way through the dark forests and across the lake to the church on this island. Hint

Vanity
City of Apes
Avalon
Blefuscu

3. Which island did Lemuel Gulliver NOT visit? Hint

Balnibari
Brobdingnag
Blefescu
Hy Brasil

4. Juan Ponce de Leon searched for this. Hint

Elephant Graveyards
Monastery of the Mountains
El Dorado
Fountain of Youth

5. The name Robinson Kreutznaer gave to the island he was living on for 28 years after a shipwreck. Hint

Island of the Mighty
Island of Despair
Old Man of the Sea's Island
Lotus Land

6. A community in the hills on the eastern bank of the Hudson River in New York State. Mr. Depp visited in a Tim Burton film. Hint

Sleepy Hollow
Zenda
St. Petersburg
Vanity

7. A very sought after island in the western Atlantic Ocean. Hint

Vineland
Bahamas
Wonderland
Treasure Island

8. The ideal, but imaginary society. Hint

Xanadu
Valhalla
Utopia
Wonderland

9. You will find this place by following a white rabbit. Hint

Utopia
Wonderland
Xanadu
Vineland

10. This flows through the southern counties of the England of King Edward VII. Inhabitants: The Mole, the Rat, the Water Rat, the Badger, the Toad and the Otter. Hint

River Styx
The River
River of Babylon
Ganges


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Most Recent Scores
Sep 28 2023 : 1995Tarpon: 10/10
Sep 26 2023 : davobwd9: 10/10
Sep 16 2023 : Guest 75: 4/10
Sep 14 2023 : bradez: 8/10
Sep 12 2023 : Indonesia129: 7/10
Sep 09 2023 : Guest 175: 8/10
Sep 06 2023 : Shadman11: 10/10
Aug 22 2023 : H53: 9/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. City-state with water-circles and ten kings. It disappeared into the ocean.

Answer: Atlantis

2. 'The Isle of Apples', the abode of heroes. A hero slain in battle must find his painful way through the dark forests and across the lake to the church on this island.

Answer: Avalon

Welsh name: Ynys yr Afalon
3. Which island did Lemuel Gulliver NOT visit?

Answer: Hy Brasil

4. Juan Ponce de Leon searched for this.

Answer: Fountain of Youth

5. The name Robinson Kreutznaer gave to the island he was living on for 28 years after a shipwreck.

Answer: Island of Despair

Better known as Robinson Crusoe. As the first sentence of the book says, "...I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual Corruption of Words in England, we are now called, nay we call our selves, and write our Name Crusoe..."
6. A community in the hills on the eastern bank of the Hudson River in New York State. Mr. Depp visited in a Tim Burton film.

Answer: Sleepy Hollow

Actually, it is now! In 1996, North Tarrytown NY changed its name to Sleepy Hollow; however, it didn't exist when Washington Irving wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in 1820.
7. A very sought after island in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: Treasure Island

8. The ideal, but imaginary society.

Answer: Utopia

9. You will find this place by following a white rabbit.

Answer: Wonderland

10. This flows through the southern counties of the England of King Edward VII. Inhabitants: The Mole, the Rat, the Water Rat, the Badger, the Toad and the Otter.

Answer: The River

Source: Author bjohms

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