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Cities' Old Names Quiz
Can you choose which city used be called what.
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Last updated: July 2, 2025
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| First submitted | November 1, 2024 |
| Times taken | 41 |
| Average score | 60.0% | Report this quiz | Report |
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1. Edo
Toledo
Tokyo
Shanghai
Seoul
2. Christiania
Oslo
Havana
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
3. Tsaritsyn
Name of the s under Tsarist Russia
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Volgograd
Moscow
4. Byzantium
Byzantium was the original Greek name of the city.
Thessaloniki
Izmir
Rome
Istanbul
5. Fort Rouillé
Baton Rouge
Montreal
Des Moines
Toronto
6. Peking
Peking was the Romanised version
Nanjing
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Beijing
7. Tuleburg
State College, PA
Erie, PA
Frankfurt, KY
Stockton, CA
8. Jernigan
Orlando
Vancouver
Malmö
Lima
9. Lundenwic
After Londinium was abandoned, the Anglo-Saxon settlement on the site was named Lundenwic
Trenton
London
Washington, DC
Dover
10. Pest-Buda
This seems pretty self explanatory
Delhi
Bangalore
Dar es Salaam
Budapest
11. Dunedin
Denver
Edinburgh
Belfast
Benghazi
12. Nur-Sultan
The name change was temporary and controversial, being reversed three years later.
Tehran
Tashkent
Dar es Salaam
Astana
13. Yerba Buena
Tijuana
Bogota
San Francisco
Albuquerque
14. Malmhauger
Malmö
Hartford
Albany
Neuhauser
15. Jingzhou
Beijing
Xi'an
Shanghai
Zhengzhou
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mwickholm
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Level 62
Jul 2, 2025
Please change Malmo to Malmö and Banghazi to Benghazi.
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