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Answer
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What was the most recent former name of Istanbul?
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Constantinople
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What was it known as before that?
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Byzantium
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What building was once a church, then a mosque, then a museum, and now a mosque again?
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Hagia Sophia
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What former train route connected Paris and Istanbul?
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Orient Express
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What is the name of the biggest covered old market in the world?
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Grand Bazaar
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On what strait does Istanbul lie?
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Bosphorus
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What inlet of that strait cuts through the city of Istanbul?
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Golden Horn
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Which two seas are connected by that strait?
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Black Sea
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Sea of Marmara
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What is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque commonly known as?
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The Blue Mosque
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What is the title of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church that is based in Istanbul?
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Ecumenical Patriarch
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What is the nearest foreign capital to Istanbul?
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Bucharest
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What is the name of the most successful football club that is based in Istanbul?
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Galatasaray
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What is Istanbul's busiest airport?
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Atatürk
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Which Roman emperor made the city the capital of the Roman Empire in 330?
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Constantine
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What sultan conquered the city in 1453, making it the capital of the Ottoman Empire?
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Mehmed the Conqueror
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On what peninsula, starting with T, does the European part of Istanbul lie?
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Thrace
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What ancient trade route connected Istanbul and China?
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Silk Road
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What was the most popular sport during Byzantine times?
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Chariot Racing
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Before WWI, about 25% of people from Istanbul spoke this language. Today, it is 0%.
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Greek
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Hmm.. Head of the Orthodox Church is in Istanbul, but no one speaks Greek? Also, my relatives do too.....
(Unless you already do and I misspelled "Thracian" in my haste.)