City Nicknames Around the World
Test your city sobriquet recall with this globe-trotting trivia game featuring well-known nicknames of cities around the world.
15 questions · Published January 27, 2025
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Internationally known for its legendary shell-shaped opera house, which Southern Hemisphere city's praises are sung as "The Harbour City"?
FUN FACT
More than 65% of the entire population of the Australian state New South Wales lives in Sydney.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which European capital is alternately known as "The City of Light" and "The City of Love"?
FUN FACT
The name Paris derives from the Celtic root word pario-, meaning "cauldron"; it has no relation to Paris from Greek mythology.
- Fill In The Blank
3. Renowned for its iconic Leaning Tower, what Italian city is nicknamed "The Glorious"?
FUN FACT
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has always been leaning, first beginning to sink into the ground during construction in the 12th century.
- Multiple Choice
4. Due to its history of air pollution and pea soup fogs, London has long been called "The Big ______" by its inhabitants.
London's nickname "The Big Smoke" arose out of the Great Smog of 1952, which blanketed the city for almost an entire week.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which rapper popularized the nickname "The 6ix" for the city of Toronto on his 2016 album "Views"?
Drake coined his nickname for Toronto by borrowing a number from the city's two area codes: 416 and 647.
The 6ix has a better ring to it than the 4or.
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