Yes, Gibralter is an overseas territory, but the capital city of Gibralter is Gibralter. If you want to get picky, the Spanish town of Tarifa is closer to Africa, though it's just over half the size of Gibralter, so may not be counted a 'city.'
I know it's the main way in English and I'm not complaining, but I didn't expect it either cause it starts with an E in Russian (which I know is sometimes pronounced as ye)
This quiz is ridiculously similar to the World Cities A-Z quiz. Barcelona, Innsbruck, Naples, Warsaw (though not the same clue)... Surely there are some different ones you could pick?
Well, technically, southern parts of Algeciras are closer to Africa than Gibraltar, but that really isn't helping the case for an answer starting with G, is it. ;-)
EVERY time Yekaterinburg is an answer on any quiz, I type Yekaterinaburg and get it wrong. You'd think I'd remember but I must have some kind of mental block. Guaranteed it will happen again!!
"Porto is also known as Oporto as a result of linguistic mis-interpretation, as apparently when the Portuguese referred the city of Porto, they would precede it with an article “O”, and foreign traders therefore assumed the actual name of the city was Oporto."
This is what I found on the city name of Porto above. "Oporto" seems to be quite an odd one to include when there are so many other 'O' cities to choose from, the Portuguese don't refer to the city as Oporto and now foreign people don't either, it was only called Oporto due to peoples well meaning ignorance. It should not be in this quiz at all!
Because those names you listed are the names of the cities in English. Napoli is not the name used in English (although I am surprised Napoli isn't accepted as an alternative).
Yea all the ones you choose are written like that in english, so I am not sure what your thoughtprocess was. Accidentally picked the opposite of what you meant?
Though besides antwerp, which is antwerpen in its own language the other ones are the same in their native language.
This is the third time I take this quiz and the third time that I miss Quimper because I read "Great Britain" instead of "Brittany". I grew up in Brittany.
This O for Oporto is quite misleading: portuguese don't call it so neither in portuguese nor in english, and abroad it is most often referred to as Porto anyway. I have been in the city and was pretty sure it was the correct answer, but with an O in the beginning i didn't even bother to try.
No because antwerp is flemish, so antwerpen could be correct, the name in dutch, which is their official language. But not anvers otherwise you should accept the arabic or polish word for it too
This is what I found on the city name of Porto above. "Oporto" seems to be quite an odd one to include when there are so many other 'O' cities to choose from, the Portuguese don't refer to the city as Oporto and now foreign people don't either, it was only called Oporto due to peoples well meaning ignorance. It should not be in this quiz at all!
that the capitol city was Monte Carlo.
Though besides antwerp, which is antwerpen in its own language the other ones are the same in their native language.
I'd like to offer some alternatives:
Czech City neighbouring Poland - Ostrava
Ukraine's "Pearl of the black sea" - Odessa
Largest city on Gulf of Bothnia - Oulu
The bigger complaint is that Yekaterinburg is in Asia, not Europe.