Statistics for Modern-day Cities by their Former/Historical Names

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  • This quiz has been taken 92 times
  • The average score is 18 of 30

Answer Stats

Former NameHintCurrent Name% Correct
PekingAsiaBeijing
91%
Byzantium / ConstantinopleEurope / AsiaIstanbul
88%
New AmsterdamNorth AmericaNew York City
88%
BombayAsiaMumbai
86%
TenochtitlanNorth AmericaMexico City
81%
Petrograd / LeningradEuropeSt Petersburg
81%
CalcuttaAsiaKolkata
79%
SaigonAsiaHo Chi Minh City
77%
Ancyra / AngoraAsiaAnkara
73%
EdoAsiaTokyo
73%
DanzigEuropeGdánsk
71%
LéopoldvilleAfricaKinshasa
70%
AstanaAsiaNur-Sultan
68%
CantonAsiaGuangzhou
66%
Tsaritsyn / StalingradEuropeVolgograd
64%
MadrasAsiaChennai
62%
KristianiaEuropeOslo
62%
KönigsbergEuropeKaliningrad
60%
BataviaAsiaJakarta
58%
Keijō / GyeongseongAsiaSeoul
55%
SmyrnaAsiaIzmir
52%
SalisburyAfricaHarare
44%
TitogradEuropePodgorica
34%
PressburgEuropeBratislava
32%
YorkNorth AmericaToronto
32%
Yerba BuenaNorth AmericaSan Francisco
29%
RagusaEuropeDubrovnik
27%
Ciudad TrujilloNorth AmericaSanto Domingo
25%
Fort DearbornNorth AmericaChicago
21%
El Paso del NorteNorth AmericaCiudad Juárez
4%

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