Lyon City Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the city of Lyon, France?

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Last updated: October 10, 2021

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Lyon is located at the confluence of these two rivers	Rhône
Lyon is located at the confluence of these two rivers	Saône
Famous festival that draws 3-4 million visitors each December to Lyon	Festival of Lights
The Lumière brothers invented this, the silver screen, in Lyon	Cinema
International police organization that is headquartered in Lyon	Interpol
Pan-European news outlet headquartered in Lyon	Euronews
It is also the HQ of the "International Agency for Research" on this group of diseases	Cancer
Lyon is considered France's capital of this luxury fabric, for its history with it	Silk
Roman provincial capital where two Roman emperors were born (located within Lyon)	Lugdunum
The above was considered the capital of this region of the Roman Empire	Gaul
Name one of those Roman emperors born in modern-day Lyon	Claudius \| Caracalla
Lyon was also the capital of the kingdom of these Germanic tribes	Burgundians
Name of the top men's football club of Lyon	Olympique Lyonnais
Video game company that was founded in Lyon in 1983	Atari
Most famous basilica in Lyon	Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Famous sculptor who made a fountain for Lyon, shortly after completing the Statue of Liberty, and named it after himself	Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Nickname of German Nazi, Klaus Barbie, torturer of prisoners of the Gestapo	Butcher of Lyon
In the English-speaking world, Lyon is the chief herald of this country	Scotland

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