History Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities, States and Countries of the World with Answers - Round 1 to 6

HISTORY Quiz

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 1

1.         What is the old name Dhaka?

2.         What is the old name Ghana?

3.         What is the old name Iraq?

4.         What is the old name Malaysia?

5.         What is the old name Sri Lanka?

6.         What is the old name Japan?

7.         What is the old name Thailand?

8.         What is the old name Ho Chi Minh City?

9.         What is the old name The Netherlands?

10.     What is the old name United Arab Republic?

Answer

                                                 

1.         Dhaka

2.         Gold Coast 

3.         Mesopotamia

4.         Malaya

5.         Ceylon

6.         Nippon

7.         Siam

8.         Saigon

9.         Holland 

10.     Egypt

 Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 2

1.       What is the old name Bangladesh?

2.       What is the old name Beijing?

3.       What is the old name Zimbabwe?

4.       What is the old name Iran?

5.       What is the old name Indonesia?

6.       What is the present name of Abyssinia?

7.       What is the present name of Burma?

8.       What is the present name of Constantinople?

9.       What is the present name of Formosa?

10.   What is the present name of West French Africa?

Answer

1.       East Pakistan

2.       Peking

3.       Rhodesia

4.       Persia

5.       Dutch East Indies

6.       Ethiopia

7.       Myanmar

8.       Istanbul

9.       Taiwan

10.   Mauritania

Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 3

1.       What is the present name of Trucial Oman?

2.       What is the present name of Rangoon?

3.       What is the present name of Kampuchea?

4.       What is the present name of Greenland?

5.       What is the present name of Congo?

6.       What is the present name of Batavia?

7.       What is the present name of Nyasaland?

8.       What is the present name of French West Africa?

9.       What is the present name of Bechuanaland?

10.   What is the present name of Manchukuo?

Answer

1.       United Arab Emirates

2.       Yangon

3.       Cambodia

4.       Kalaallit Nunaat

5.       Zaire

6.       Jakarta

7.       Malawi

8.       Mali

9.       Botswana

10.   Manchuria

Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 4

1.      By what name is Bahrain known?

2.      By what name is Ireland known?

3.      By what name is Zanzibar known?

4.      What are the “Pillars of Hercules”?

5.      Where would you find the “Never Never Land”?

6.      Which centre of learning is called “The City of Dreaming Spires”?

7.      Which continent is also called as Dark Continent?

8.      Which continent is also called as the Island Continent?

9.      Which country is also known as The Land of the Golden Pagodas?

10.  Which country is also known as The Land of the Morning Calm?

Answer

1.      Island of Pearls

2.      Emerald Island

3.      Island of Cloves

4.      The Straits of Gibraltar

5.      In Northern Australia

6.      Oxford

7.      Africa

8.      Australia

9.      Burma (Myanmar)

10.  Korea

Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 5

1.      Which country is also known as The Land of a Thousand Lakes?

2.      Which country is named as the Eternal City?

3.      Which country is named as the Forbidden City?

4.      Which country is named as the Windy City?

5.      Which country is named as the Granite City?

6.      What is another name given to Jaipur?

7.      What is another name given to Venice?

8.      What is another name given to Washington?

9.      What is another name given to Paris?

10.  Which country is called “The sugar Bowl of the World”?

Answer

1.      Finland

2.      Rome

3.      Lhasa (Tibet)

4.      Chicago

5.      Aberdeen (Scotland)

6.      The Rose-Pink City

7.      The Bride of the Adriatic

8.      The City of Magnificent Distances

9.      The City of Lights

10.  Cuba

Quiz on Other Names and Old Names of Cities,

States and Countries of the World with Answers - 6

1.      Name the country which is known as The Land of the Thunderbolt (Thunder Dragon)?

2.      Name the country which is known as The Land of the White Elephant?

3.      Name the country which is known as The Land of the Rising Sun?

4.      Name the country which is known as The Land of the midnight Sun?

5.      Which country is the “Gift of the Nile”?

6.      Which city is known as “The Pearl of the Orient”?

7.      Which country is called as “Uncle Sam”?

8.      The Cockpit of Europe is what country?

9.      The Playground of Europe is what country?

10.   Which Ocean is also called as Herring Pond?

Answer

1.      Bhutan

2.      Thailand

3.      Japan

4.      Norway

5.      Egypt

6.      Singapore

7.      The United States of America

8.      Belgium

9.      Switzerland

10.  Atlantic Ocean