History Historical Cities Quiz!

[650lb Sumo]

(1) What was the first capital of England?
(2) What was the first capital of Scotland?
(3) What was the first capital of the USA?
(4) What was the first capital of Australia?
(5) What was the first capital of Canada?

(6) What is the capital of Jamaica?
(7) What is the biggest city in Africa?
(8) What is the biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere?
(9) What is the northernmost city with a population of 500,000 or more?
(10) What were these places called, before being renamed? New York City, JFK Airport, Oslo, Saint Petersburg, Toronto, Volgograd (Six Marks)

Spoiler

(1) Winchester
(2) Scone
(3) Philadelphia
(4) Melbourne
(5) Kingston

(6) Kingston
(7) Cairo - 22.6 million metro. This stat is quite blurry, I kept getting different answers.
(8) São Paulo (Brazil) - 22 million metro
(9) Helskini - 1,606,000 metro
(10) New Amsterdam, Idlewild (although officially: New York International Airport, Anderson Field), Christiania (technically also Aker, which was merged in), Leningrad, York, Stalingrad

The pass mark is 8/15. How did you do?

 

[Sonny Qc]

Canadian here, so Know it was Kingston.

I think the USA first capital was in Pennsylvannia,
but it wasn't Philly.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

Oof................. 4/15

Major failure

 

[ChickenBrother]

Epic fail 3/15

 

[NoSmilez]

This quiz is bigoted against Americans.

 

[syct23]

Canadian here, so Know it was Kingston.

I think the USA first capital was in Pennsylvannia,
but it wasn't Philly.

It was actually James Town..

 

[Sweater of AV]

6/15. I'm giving myself the mark for first US capital.

 

[Tone C]

(1) What was the first capital of England?
(2) What was the first capital of Scotland?
(3) What was the first capital of the USA?
(4) What was the first capital of Australia?
(5) What was the first capital of Canada?

(6) What is the capital of Jamaica?
(7) What is the biggest city in Africa?
(8) What is the biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere?
(9) What is the northernmost city with a population of 500,000 or more?
(10) What were these places called, before being renamed? New York City, JFK Airport, Oslo, Saint Petersburg, Toronto, Volgograd (Six Marks)

Spoiler

(1) Winchester
(2) Scone
(3) Philadelphia
(4) Melbourne
(5) Kingston

(6) Kingston
(7) Cairo - 22.6 million metro. This stat is quite blurry, I kept getting different answers.
(8) São Paulo (Brazil) - 22 million metro
(9) Helskini - 1,606,000 metro
(10) New Amsterdam, Idlewild (although officially: New York International Airport, Anderson Field), Christiania (technically also Aker, which was merged in), Leningrad, York, Stalingrad

The pass mark is 8/15. How did you do?

I had to check the first answer and I rather think you're wrong.


The Roman capital of England pre-dates Winchester which was during King Alfred's reign

 

[Starck]

6/15 with the caveat that I named NYC as the first capital of the US and Lagos as the largest city in Africa, both of which are supported by quick internet searches

 

[Tone C]

And 10/15 if my answer to 1 is correct.

 

[650lb Sumo]

I had to check the first answer and I rather think you're wrong.


The Roman capital of England pre-dates Winchester which was during King Alfred's reign

5/15 with the caveat that I named NYC as the first capital of the US and which a quick internet search supports

That wasn't England. That was...

Britannia

 

[Long Dark Blues]

2 points

Got #3 and #10a right.

 

[Tone C]

That wasn't England. That was...

Britannia

Hmm...true , good point but that being the case , Winchester was the capital of the Kingdom of Wessex, not England, at least originally, although there is debate that Winchester was never an official capital per se, rather the capital was wherever the king was at the time...

 

[Tone C]

Oh , yea, thanks for the quiz x.

 

[Osculater]

I should had known most of questions for 10 but forgot

 

[nostradumbass]

First Capital of the US was NYC.

 

[650lb Sumo]

First Capital of the US was NYC.

This quiz is proving unexpectedly controversial so far.

 

[nostradumbass]

This quiz is proving unexpectedly controversial so far.

NYC was the capital from 1785-1790, then they made plans to move to a permanent capital and made Philadelphia the new temporary capital for 10 years while they waited for it the finishing of what is now DC.


New York City

New York City served as the nation's first capital from 1785 to 1790 and hosted the nation's first presidential inauguration when George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States on April 30, 1789. Federal Hall depicting Washington's April 30, 1789 inauguration.

 

[Osculater]

This quiz is proving unexpectedly controversial so far.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the capital before the constitution

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

First Capital of the US was NYC.

The place with the crappy salsa?!?!