Megacities of the World

What this quiz asks

• Before 1868, Tokyo was known by which name?
• Until 1995, Mumbai was officially known in English by which name?
• This red-and-white lattice tower, opened in 1958, is a landmark of which city?
• Mexico City was built on the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
• Which river gives Moscow its name and flows through the city?
• Seoul's Gangnam district takes its name from its position beside which river?
• Manila, the capital of the Philippines, stands on the island of Mindanao.
• Under Dutch rule, which Asian city was called Batavia?
• La Boca, the colourful district famous for its Caminito street, is in which city?
• Western traders long called which southern Chinese city 'Canton'?
• Select ALL of these cities that were once the capital of their country but no longer are.
• Is Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, a port on the Arabian Sea?
• Which river divides central Shanghai, with the Bund on one bank and Pudong on the other?
• Which famous avenue, home of the MASP art museum, runs through São Paulo?
• Kolkata, once known as Calcutta, stands on the banks of which river?
• Order these cities from west to east.
• Select ALL of these Chinese cities that stand on the Yangtze River.
• In what year did Jesuit priests found the mission that grew into São Paulo?
• Which district of Mexico City, home of Frida Kahlo's Blue House, has a name meaning 'place of coyotes'?
• Across the Congo River from Kinshasa lies which other national capital?