05/27/25 Grif.Net - What's this City Called Today? Quiz
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[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. 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.]
Example: ST. ANTHONY = MINNEAPOLIS, MN
1. BOMBAY = _______________
2. SWILLINGS MILL = ___________
3. PEIPING = _______________
4. CHRISTIANA = _______________
5. LENINGRAD = _______________
6. GRANVILLE = _______________
7. OLISIPO = _______________
8. FORT DUQUESNE = _______________
9. TURICUM = _______________
10. NEW AMSTERDAM = _______________
11. HANSANJU = _______________
12. YORK = _______________
13. CONSTANTINOPLE = _______________
14. YERBA BUENA = _______________
15. FORT NASSAU = _______________
16. DANZIG = _______________
17. SAIGON = _______________
18. LEOPOLDVILLE = _______________
19. LOSANTIVILLE = _______________
20. EDO = _______________
BONUS: PIGS EYE = _______________
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Dr. Bob Griffin
“Abhorring all my sin, adoring only Him”
