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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the most recent former name of Istanbul?	Constantinople	97%
Which two seas are connected by that strait?	{Black} Sea	83%
What former train route connected Paris and Istanbul?	{Orient} Express	82%
What building was once a church, then a mosque, then a museum, and now a mosque again?	Hagia Sophia	81%
What ancient trade route connected Istanbul and China?	Silk Road	81%
What is the name of the biggest covered old market in the world?	Grand {Bazaar}	76%
What was it known as before that?	Byzantium	73%
What is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque commonly known as?	The {Blue} Mosque	68%
On what strait does Istanbul lie?	Bosphorus	67%
Before WWI, about 25% of people from Istanbul spoke this language. Today, it is 0%.	Greek	58%
Which two seas are connected by that strait?	Sea of {Marmara}	58%
Which Roman emperor made the city the capital of the Roman Empire in 330?	Constantine	54%
What is Istanbul's busiest airport?	Atatürk	50%
What is the nearest foreign capital to Istanbul?	Bucharest	50%
What was the most popular sport during Byzantine times?	{Chariot} Racing	49%
What is the name of the most successful football club that is based in Istanbul?	Galatasaray	44%
What inlet of that strait cuts through the city of Istanbul?	{Golden} Horn	42%
What is the title of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church that is based in Istanbul?	Ecumenical Patriarch	40%
What sultan conquered the city in 1453, making it the capital of the Ottoman Empire?	Mehmed the Conqueror	34%
On what peninsula, starting with T, does the European part of Istanbul lie?	Thrace	23%