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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Algiers - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 46 times
- The average score is 5 of 10
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What famous French writer studied philosophy at university in Algiers? | Albert Camus | 79%
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| What writer was captured by pirates in 1575 and held captive in Algiers for five years? | Miguel de Cervantes | 74%
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| The settlement is thought to date back to 1200 BC, when it was inhabited by what people? | Phoenicians | 69%
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| What nation was the city part of until 1830? | Ottoman Empire | 57%
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| In what year did the Battle of Algiers begin, pitting natives against their French occupiers? | 1956 | 48%
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| In what year was the coup d'état by the army against the victorious political party, a coup aimed at preventing the formation of an Islamist state, and which sparked the civil war? | 1992 | 48%
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| By the 17th century, up to 40% of the city's 100,000 inhabitants were: | Enslaved Europeans | 48%
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| The city's name, al-Jazāʾir (الجزائر) in Arabic, means what? | The islands | 33%
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| The original settlement, Icosium, was part of what nation at the time of Emperor Claudius (41 AD)? | Mauretania | 26%
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| Who ruled the city from 435–534? | The Vandals | 19%
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