Cities by Wikipedia Descriptions #4

Can you name the city based on a description from its Wikipedia article?

Answer must correspond to the yellow box

Some text slightly edited

Quiz by

Rate:

Featured Quiz

Last updated: April 15, 2024

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	April 15, 2024
Times taken	1,487
Average score	80.0%
Rating	4.68

Quiz and answer stats >>

Friends stats >>

5:00

Enter answer here

/ 20 guessed

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Scoring
You scored / = %

      This beats or equals
      % of test takers
      also scored 100%
      
The average score is 

        Your high score is
        
      
Your fastest time is 
more stats >>
friends stats >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

Hint	Answer
Founded as a British penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia	Sydney
The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines	Rome
Hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will also host in 2028	Los Angeles
The closest French town to England	Calais
The most visited border city in the world, sharing a border of about 24 km (15 mi) with its sister city San Diego	Tijuana
The birthplace of the important early physicist Galileo Galilei	Pisa
Soweto, although eventually incorporated into the city, had been separated as a residential area for blacks only	Johannesburg
Its natural port is competitive with the other great port of Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires	Montevideo
Origin of the grunge subgenre of rock	Seattle
Has established the world-renowned research base for giant pandas	Chengdu
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake struck. Most of the central historic area of the city was destroyed.	Port-au-Prince
The Burj Al Arab is frequently described as "the world's only 7-star hotel"	Dubai
Home to the largest ethnic Polynesian population of any city in the world, with a sizeable population of indigenous Māori people	Auckland
The riots were set off by the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards	Delhi
The legendary home of Robin Hood	Nottingham
The Beatles lived and played there from August 1960 to December 1962	Hamburg
The third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa Bay	Orlando
Hitler ordered the entire city to be razed to the ground. About 85% of the city was destroyed, including the historic Old Town and the Royal Castle.	Warsaw
The capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China	Guangzhou
Lying on the northwest coast of Java, it is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia,	Jakarta

Level 85

Apr 16, 2024

I always thought of Robin as more of a forest dweller.

Level 88

Apr 18, 2024

Yeah, it was the sheriff who was of Nottingham

Level 79

Apr 16, 2024

The earthquake question took me to Christchurch well before it took me to Haiti. Got there eventually.

Countries of the World Quiz

US States Quiz

Fast Typing A to Z

NBA Teams Quiz

Countries of the World with an Empty Map

All Country Flags of the World

Fast Typing 1 to 100

12 Months in 15 Seconds

Countries that Start with N

Europe Capitals Quiz

Biggest Cities in the World Quiz

U.S. States by First Two Letters in 30 Seconds

Countries by First and Last Two Letters

Fast Typing Test - 100 WPM Challenge

Country Flags Quiz #2

Save Your Progress