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Important Cities in European History
Based on the description, name these cities that are an important part of European history.
One of these cities is not actually in Europe
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| First submitted | January 23, 2014 |
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81 Comments
EdPsycho
+17
Level 55
Mar 3, 2014
Please accept alternative spellings for Bruges, such as Brugge.
biffaroo
+3
Level 62
Mar 3, 2014
Agree.
kariannepizza
+3
Level 51
Mar 6, 2014
Agree
AllenY
+2
Level 68
Jul 16, 2016
Agree
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Aug 1, 2016
Okay
kalbahamut
+16
Level 81
Feb 23, 2019
Disaggree
JackintheBox
+7
Level 79
Apr 15, 2020
Disagree*. But I agree because that's how it's spelt in the city by the majority-Flemish population.
Minutiae
+15
Level 73
Jul 8, 2021
'twas a pun on the double g in Brugge
fleshero01
+6
Level 61
Jun 10, 2020
or at least accept the much more popular term for the town, simply "Fooking Bruges"
SirIsaacNewton
+1
Level 67
May 16, 2024
disagree
RDH131
+13
Level 40
Mar 3, 2014
It's Granada. Grenada is a Caribbean island.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Mar 3, 2014
Fixed
relessness
+18
Level 47
Feb 22, 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/man-suing-british-airways-flying-grenada-granada-spain/story?id=24933801
Antofagasta
+1
Level 70
Jan 20, 2017
Like :)
bezz
+2
Level 69
May 1, 2017
Also a name of a crappy Ford.
plattitude
+8
Level 92
Mar 3, 2014
Not sure if I should be surprised Byzantium isn't accepted. I mean, They Might Be Giants didn't even mention it...
Mogysht
+1
Level 50
Mar 26, 2015
Accepted for what? :)
morequizzes4u
+5
Level 33
Sep 12, 2016
Byzantium was the original name of the city before emperor Constantine changed it.
FolgoreCZ
+5
Level 59
Jan 20, 2019
Why should it be? It was never a capital when it was called Byzantium, it was renamed six years before the relocation and 71 years before Byzantine empire was even a thing.
kalbahamut
+8
Level 81
Feb 23, 2019
The Byzantine Empire was just the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
DerMan4
+1
Level 33
Mar 3, 2014
Canterburry please?
GuyNor09
+7
Level 43
Mar 14, 2014
But it's spelt Canterbury...
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Apr 22, 2020
It's never spelt that way. And if at first you don't succeed, this website allows you to try different spellings.
Westlund
+9
Level 78
Mar 4, 2014
Kudos for including defenestration.
Tinu
+18
Level 41
Oct 9, 2014
Surely we all agree that Carthage is in Africa, don't we? Is it in this quiz because it can be considered "a city in European history" for its connection with Rome? But then we could also include Jerusalem (the crusades), Tel Aviv (founded by European Jews), New York or Cape Town (colonial expansions), Suez (the canal built by the French) etc etc...
HectorVortac
+5
Level 48
Jan 20, 2017
Yes, why didn't you include all cities from European history? You left out several hundred, maybe even thousands.
tshalla
+9
Level 76
Apr 6, 2019
Not Tinu's point.
loganite
+10
Level 89
Apr 15, 2020
Yes, the title is "Cities in European History," not "European Cities in History." The answer cities don't have to be in Europe, just play an important part in European history. And yes, I know this response is over five years late ;)
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Apr 22, 2020
The Carthiginian empire ruled over parts of Spain. That's in Europe by the way. So the Roman war against the Cartiginians had an impact on Europe. Also Hannibal invaded Roman territories in Europe, so it had an impact on Europe. The city of Carthage might be in Africa, but had far-reaching influence.
Baalhammon
+5
Level 66
Mar 10, 2016
You should accept 'Firenze' for Florence because that's what it's called in most languages
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 1, 2016
Okay
Malbaby
+10
Level 70
Jan 8, 2017
Should also accept 佛罗伦萨 as there are more Chinese than anyone else.
HarryTaylor
+2
Level 33
Dec 24, 2020
yes as achinese that would help lol
fitheach
+4
Level 58
Apr 22, 2020
*Most* languages...? Wow, that's some claim!
GiuliaBernardi
+1
Level 34
Nov 15, 2021
It's Firenze in Italian, so I think it is good that it is accepted.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 69
Jan 22, 2021
I think the point was that it's called Firenze by its inhabitants, which is pretty relevant.
hellodrew
+3
Level 65
Jan 20, 2017
Nice quiz but I've got an issue with a couple of these, firstly Carthage was not in Europe, I know it was important for European history but I'm sure that's true with a lot of other cities which are actually in Europe which could've been included in it's place. Secondly, Waterloo is not a city, it's even stated as a village in the clue so it shouldn't be included either!
Corrode
+4
Level 60
Jan 20, 2017
It's 'important to European history' not 'European cities.' The Rome/Carthage relationship is the defining conflict of the Republic, which makes Carthage hugely important to European history.
bogomir
+1
Level 46
Jan 20, 2017
The quiz is nice but no London, Paris or Berlin. I'm wondering, was it a deliberate choice?
Antofagasta
+4
Level 70
Jan 20, 2017
Probably, you don't want all the obvious choices.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Dec 8, 2022
The quiz is not a definitive list. London, Paris and Berlin are rather predictable, I prefer a quiz that actually makes you think...
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 85
Jan 20, 2017
Why is "reconquered" in quotation marks?
Glitschko56
+2
Level 58
Jan 20, 2017
It was captured as part of the reconquista, which is the spanish for reconquest
sac
+4
Level 50
Jan 20, 2017
Not a big deal, but for most of the time St Petersburg was Russian capital it was called Petrograd, might be worth accepting?
Thorvald
+2
Level 71
Feb 1, 2017
Second that. Petrograd was also the name of the city back when it was a capital and as you seem to accept the former names of the cities (Stalingrad for Volgograd), consistency requires the acceptance of Petrograd :)
Halebopp
+2
Level 58
Feb 20, 2018
While I agree about the need to accept Petrograd and was about to comment on it myself, you're wrong about how long the city was called Petrograd. The name was only used for about 10 years and only 4 of those were as a capital as opposed to the 200 or so years the city was the capital of Russia as St. Petersburg (or Sankt Peterburg).
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 15, 2020
Petersburg*
rustwat
+2
Level 64
Apr 15, 2020
Only during and after WW1, when Russia was at war with Germany, the city was called Petrograd, because Sankt Petersburg sounded too German.
Ryanlee
+4
Level 78
Jun 28, 2017
Waterloo isn't technically a city... while Carthage is located in North Africa (but more acceptable than Waterloo)
StiDark
+1
Level 65
Jun 6, 2019
I think Byzantium should be accepted
MiracleMax
+1
Level 74
Sep 8, 2019
I was so sure Utrecht would make it that I typed it before reading any clues. Bummer.
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Apr 22, 2020
I was so sure that Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch would make it that I typed it before reading any clues. Bummer.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 75
Nov 21, 2019
Especially in a historical context, Petrograd should be accepted for St Petersburg.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 15, 2020
I didn't get Carthage because it isn't in Europe.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 15, 2020
Was it important to European history? And was there some other city that also lost the Peloponnesian War against Rome?
rustwat
+8
Level 64
Apr 15, 2020
*Punic Wars. Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and Sparta.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 15, 2020
yeah. I thought that sounded weird when I typed it.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 16, 2020
I'm not disputing that it was important to European history, but I was just focused on naming cities in Europe so I didn't get Carthage (I had Carthage in my mind though).
jdt02
+1
Level 61
Apr 15, 2020
Waterloo isnt a city is it?
Xen0n
+1
Level 31
Apr 15, 2020
arghh just missed prague. not a clue what defenestrations meant
Pharley
+1
Level 73
Apr 15, 2020
Clue; fenetre is French for window.
RJF
+2
Level 63
Dec 7, 2022
Defenestration is the act of throwing something (or somebody) out of a window. The term probably wouldn't have entered into common-esque English vocabulary if it wasn't for the fact that there were two historically significant defenestrations in Prague.
QuadaleDingleton
+1
Level 57
Apr 15, 2020
Sarajevo is not much of a Slavic city
Teegthebeeg
+1
Level 54
Apr 15, 2020
It speaks very highly of you.
Majax
+3
Level 51
Apr 16, 2020
Sarajevo is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, between Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, all those countries are slavics, they even were part of the Yugoslav Republic which was supposed to be an union of slavic countries
Majax
+1
Level 51
Apr 16, 2020
I think Berlin is also really important with Cold War
zupermaus
+1
Level 36
Apr 16, 2020
Carthage is in Tunisia, not Europe. The Carthaginians at the time were also descended from Phoenicians, their colonial source, from present-day Syria.
elcampeador
+2
Level 78
Jun 2, 2022
"Important Cities in European History". Where is it implied that the answers are all European cities?
gogiants
+1
Level 54
Apr 16, 2020
Isn't Carthage in Africa?
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Apr 16, 2020
It is, but it's a city that is important to European history. I didn't get the city either because I was focused on naming European ones.
Geographiker
+1
Level 39
Aug 6, 2020
Please accept "Genua" for "Genoa", its the italian writing.
rustwat
+3
Level 64
Feb 21, 2021
It's Genova in Italian.
evileve
+1
Level 39
Jun 2, 2021
I'd have thought that Birmingham would have an equal claim to be the most industrialised city in the world at that point.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Dec 8, 2022
And Merthyr Tydfil (yes, really - although that may have been a little earlier)
Fabio011
+1
Level 36
Feb 9, 2022
Accept Saint Petersburg
TakerOfQuizzes
+1
Level 61
Mar 25, 2022
0:01 left!!!
nerdalert
+2
Level 86
Apr 15, 2022
Even for jetpunk, wow are these comments pedantic.
RJF
+1
Level 63
Dec 7, 2022
Shouldn't the answer to the Peloponnesian War question be more than one city? Sure, Sparta did most of the legwork in that war, but there was a whole league of cities who fought on the same side and thus also defeated Athens, with Corinth, Thebes and Elis the most notable ones.
SoaringWombat
+1
Level 51
Dec 10, 2022
Read "Defenestrations" as "Deforestations" which left me baffled, don't know what the original word means so wouldn't have got it anyway
Twna
+1
Level 51
Dec 11, 2022
Easy for a historian 20/20 make it harder dude
betseg
+1
Level 43
Dec 29, 2022
carthage - in europe?
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