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Cities in European History #2

Difficulty level: hard. Can you guess these European cities or towns based on a historical anecdote?
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The largest city in the world in the year 1900
London
City which Joan of Arc helped liberate from an English siege
Orléans
Where the Reichstag fire happened in 1933
Berlin
Founded in 71 AD as Eboracum, it was the northernmost major settlement in the Roman Empire
York
From roughly 880–1240, it served as the de-facto capital of the Rus
Kyiv
British forces seized it from Spain in 1704, but Spain still claims it today
Gibraltar
Legend holds that Odysseus founded this city at the western edge of the known world
Lisbon
The setting of the novel "Ulysses", by James Joyce
Dublin
The earliest law restricting the ingredients in beer was enforced here in 1487
Munich
City whose signature food item was named in honor of Queen Margherita in the late 1800s
Naples
The French national anthem is named after this city
Marseille
Settled after 1170 when a catastrophic flood created the Zuiderzee, a huge estuary connected to the North Sea
Amsterdam
In 1956, a revolt against Soviet rule was brutally crushed
Budapest
Where the Red Cross was founded in 1863
Geneva
The last capital of the Western Roman Empire, it was later part of the Byzantine Empire. Tourists visiting today can see a mosaic of the emperor Justinian.
Ravenna
In 1521, Martin Luther was summoned to the Imperial Diet in this German city and given the opportunity to renounce his views
Worms
Founded in 1550 by Gustav I of Sweden to compete for trade with the nearby city of Tallinn
Helsinki
Once the capital of Castile, it was famous for making swords
Toledo
Its name comes from the Old English Snotingaham, meaning "homestead of Snot's people"
Nottingham
In 1714, Great Britain imported its monarch from this German city
Hanover
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5 Comments
Qikiq
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Level 89
Feb 10, 2026
The Diet of Worms, yum.
Danem20
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Level 88
Feb 11, 2026
Sounds slightly less palatable than Snot.
Algernon
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Level 74
Feb 11, 2026
Some absolute bleeps of questions there.
SouthwestChief
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Feb 11, 2026
Ya know who I miss? Kalbahamut. That guy was such a chiller... agree or disagree with him, he always had the things to say that really got you *thinking*... this website just isn't the same without him, what I say....
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Feb 14, 2026
Lucky for you, you can still go to 95% of the quizzes on this site and find decades worth of him running his mouth off on every topic imaginable. He is a world expert in geopolitics, history, economics, medicine, linguistics, literature, psychology, political theory, and (creepily) which country's prostitutes are most sexually appealing, so he always did know better than all the rest of us combined about literally everything.
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