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05/27/25 Grif.Net – What’s this City Called Today? Quiz

05/27/25 Grif.Net – What’s this City Called Today? Quiz

[Our =
recent quiz on Wisconsin city names met with unanimous ambivalence, but we =
persist in pushing minds to think about cities – this time across the=
US and the WORLD – whose names have CHANGED over the centuries.&nbsp=
; We will give an OLD name (many have had four or five names over time) and=
you need to identify what name it is known by NOW.]

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Example: ST. ANTHONY =3D MINNEAPOLIS, MN

1. BOMBAY =3D _____________=
__

 

2. SWILLINGS MILL =3D ___________

 

3. PEIPING =3D _______________

 

4. CHRISTIANA =3D _______________

 

5. LENINGRAD =3D _______________

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6. GRANVILLE =3D _______________

 

7. OLISIPO =3D _______________

 

8. FOR=
T DUQUESNE =3D _______________

 

9. TURICU=
M =3D _______________

 

10. NEW AMSTERDAM =
=3D _______________

 

11. HANSANJU =3D _=
______________

 

12. YORK =3D ____________=
___

 

13. CONSTANTINOPLE =3D _____________=
__

 

14. YERBA BUENA =3D _______________

 

15. FORT NASSAU =3D _______________

 

16. DANZIG =3D _______________

 

17. SAIGON =3D _______________

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18. LEOPOLDVILLE =3D _______________

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;

19. LOSANTIVILLE =3D _______________

 

20. EDO =3D _=
______________


BONUS: PIGS EYE =3D _______________

 

~~

Dr. Bob Griffin
“Abhorring all my sin, ad=
oring only Him”

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