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Places That Changed Names Quiz

Based on the old name, guess the modern name for each of these places.
Enter current place name here: ?
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Old NameCurrent Name
Constantinople
Persia
Bombay
Zaire
Calcutta
Danzig
Stalingrad
Southern Rhodesia
Formosa
Ceylon
Old NameCurrent Name
Leningrad
Abyssinia
Peking
New Amsterdam
Madras
Edo
Saigon
Siam
Gold Coast
Sandwich Islands
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lahooora
great quiz! very interesting.
2010-11-26
protrucks
good one! i was terrible at this.
2011-04-06
geoquizpro
quite embarrassing that, although this is an american website, only 66% know the modern name of new amsterdam :/
2011-05-30
Vanessa91
@geoquizpro not everyone who takes the quiz is American though...I live in New Zealand, but I still knew about New Amsterdam, thanks to Doctor Who :)
2011-06-18
High Fidelity
Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople, so if you've a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul...
2011-06-24
Ithabise
Darn! I thought Gold Coast was still that in Australia (lol). Didn't realize this was once Ghana. Very good quiz.
2011-09-20
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