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

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  • This quiz has been taken 93 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%
DanzigEuropeGdánsk
72%
EdoAsiaTokyo
72%
LéopoldvilleAfricaKinshasa
71%
AstanaAsiaNur-Sultan
68%
CantonAsiaGuangzhou
67%
Tsaritsyn / StalingradEuropeVolgograd
64%
MadrasAsiaChennai
63%
KristianiaEuropeOslo
63%
KönigsbergEuropeKaliningrad
60%
BataviaAsiaJakarta
59%
Keijō / GyeongseongAsiaSeoul
54%
SmyrnaAsiaIzmir
51%
SalisburyAfricaHarare
44%
PressburgEuropeBratislava
33%
TitogradEuropePodgorica
33%
YorkNorth AmericaToronto
32%
RagusaEuropeDubrovnik
28%
Yerba BuenaNorth AmericaSan Francisco
28%
Ciudad TrujilloNorth AmericaSanto Domingo
24%
Fort DearbornNorth AmericaChicago
21%
El Paso del NorteNorth AmericaCiudad Juárez
4%

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