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Istanbul City Trivia - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 12,341 times
12,300 since last reset
- The average score is 12 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What was the most recent former name of Istanbul? | Constantinople | 97%
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| Which two seas are connected by that strait? | {Black} Sea | 83%
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| What building was once a church, then a mosque, then a museum, and now a mosque again? | Hagia Sophia | 82%
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| What former train route connected Paris and Istanbul? | {Orient} Express | 82%
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| What ancient trade route connected Istanbul and China? | Silk Road | 80%
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| What is the name of the biggest covered old market in the world? | Grand {Bazaar} | 76%
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| What was it known as before that? | Byzantium | 72%
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| What is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque commonly known as? | The {Blue} Mosque | 68%
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| On what strait does Istanbul lie? | Bosphorus | 67%
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| Before WWI, about 25% of people from Istanbul spoke this language. Today, it is 0%. | Greek | 58%
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| Which two seas are connected by that strait? | Sea of {Marmara} | 58%
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| Which Roman emperor made the city the capital of the Roman Empire in 330? | Constantine | 53%
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| What is the nearest foreign capital to Istanbul? | Bucharest | 50%
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| What is Istanbul's busiest airport? | Atatürk | 49%
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| What was the most popular sport during Byzantine times? | {Chariot} Racing | 47%
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| What is the name of the most successful football club that is based in Istanbul? | Galatasaray | 44%
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| What inlet of that strait cuts through the city of Istanbul? | {Golden} Horn | 42%
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| What is the title of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church that is based in Istanbul? | Ecumenical Patriarch | 39%
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| What sultan conquered the city in 1453, making it the capital of the Ottoman Empire? | Mehmed the Conqueror | 34%
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| On what peninsula, starting with T, does the European part of Istanbul lie? | Thrace | 23%
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