Geography Quiz

[conlor]

Questions:

1. What current country was Persia in the past?

2. What current country was formerly known as Mesopotamia?

3. The famed movie "The King and I" involved Siam. What country is the current land once called Siam?

4. What U.S. city was once called New Amsterdam?

5. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. What was its former name?

6. Terminus was once in what is now a U.S. state capital. Can you name the current capital?

7. What city now named in honor of a Union Civil War general was formerly Lakes Crossing, Nevada?

8. Portuguese visitors named this land Formosa. What is its current name?

9. What is the former name of Myanmar? The past name is still most often used in reference to the land.

10. What are the three largest islands that comprise the Virgin Islands?

Answers will be posted in two days.

[jjvman]

Originally Posted by conlor

Questions:

1. What current country was Persia in the past?

2. What current country was formerly known as Mesopotamia?

3. The famed movie "The King and I" involved Siam. What country is the current land once called Siam?

4. What U.S. city was once called New Amsterdam?

5. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. What was its former name?

6. Terminus was once in what is now a U.S. state capital. Can you name the current capital?

7. What city now named in honor of a Union Civil War general was formerly Lakes Crossing, Nevada?

8. Portuguese visitors named this land Formosa. What is its current name?

9. What is the former name of Myanmar? The past name is still most often used in reference to the land.

10. What are the three largest islands that comprise the Virgin Islands?

Answers will be posted in two days.

1. Iran

2.

3. Thailand

4. New York (NY)

5. Conastantinople

6.

7. We had a general named Vegas? Must be Reno.

8. Taiwan (I saw that on a show recently).

9. Burma - a Bob Hope On The Road movie.

10. None of them are virgins anymore. heh heh (St. Thomas, and 2 others). Just going from memory. No research.

[conlor]

No one else?

[conlor]

Okay, Jim, here are the answers:

1. Iran was once known as Persia.

2. Iraq bore that title for the country.

3. Siam is now named Thailand.

4. New Amsterdam was where New York City now is.

5. Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople.

6. Atlanta, Ga., was once titled Terminus.

7. Reno bears the name of Gen. Marcus Reno.

8. Formosa is now known as Taiwan or the Republic of China.

9. Myanmar is properly titled as Burma

10. With about 50 small islands, the three that comprise the largest part of the Virgin Islands are St. Croix, St. Johns and St. Thomas.

[conlor]

Jim, you did quite well.

[Snowden]

Without looking at the answers, let's see what I can do:

Questions:

1. What current country was Persia in the past? Iran

2. What current country was formerly known as Mesopotamia? Iraq

3. The famed movie "The King and I" involved Siam. What country is the current land once called Siam? Thailand

4. What U.S. city was once called New Amsterdam? New York

5. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. What was its former name? Constantinople

6. Terminus was once in what is now a U.S. state capital. Can you name the current capital? I have no idea!

7. What city now named in honor of a Union Civil War general was formerly Lakes Crossing, Nevada? I don't know.

8. Portuguese visitors named this land Formosa. What is its current name? Formosa; I should know this, but I don't.

9. What is the former name of Myanmar? The past name is still most often used in reference to the land. Burma

10. What are the three largest islands that comprise the Virgin Islands? I draw a blank on this one, too.

Not too good!

[conlor]

But not too bad.