Asian Cities

Trivia

1. Rearrange the letters of Japan's capital to get the name of its former capital?
2. Which Asian city has the most skyscrapers in the world?
3. The Petronas Towers are a pair of 88-storey skyscrapers in which city?
4. Can you name the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan?








5. Which city was formerly known as Saigon?
6. Nusantara is scheduled to be the future capital of which country in August 2024?
7. What is the most populated city in China?
8. Busan is the largest port city of which country?
9. Salalah is a small city in which Middle East country?
10. Which Asian city is the oldest capital in the world?
11. Which Japanese city is the second largest after Tokyo and hosted the 2002 Football World Cup Final?
12. The Grand Palace and the Buddhist temples of Wat Arun and Wat Pho are tourist attractions in which city?
13. The Indian city of Chennai was formerly known by what name?
14. Can you name the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi?
15. Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of which Cenral Asian republic?
16. In 1998, Kazakhstan moved its capital to Astana from which city?
17. Which city with it colonial French architecture was called the pearl of Asia from the 1920s to the 1970s?
18. Which island city-state in Southeast Asia borders Malaysia?
19. Which city contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace?
20. Name the capital city of Azerbaijan?
21. Which city is host to the Kaaba and is described as the "Mother of All Settlements"?
22. Which city on the Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar, is the second largest city in the country?
23. Which city is on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh?
24. Which city on the Korean Peninsula is sometimes known as the "Capital of the Revolution"?
25. Which city is the capital city of Bangladesh?
26. Kandahar is the second largest city in which country?
27. Which city and special administrative region of China is known as the "Monte Carlo of the Orient"?
28. Which Asian city had the world's tallest skyscraper from 2004 until the 2010 completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai?
29. Yerevan is the administrative and cultural centre of which country?
30. Mosul is considered the second largest city in which country?
31. Which city in Turkey, its fifth-most populous, is seen as the "capital of tourism"?

Answers

1. Kyoto
2. Hong Kong
3. Kuala Lumpur
4. Sapporo
5. Ho Chi Minh City
6. Indonesia
7. Shanghai
8. South Korea
9. Oman
10. Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia
11. Yokahama
12. Bangkok
13. Madras
14. Lahore
15. Tajikistan/li>
16. Almaty
17. Phnom Penh
18. Singapore
19. Lhasa
20. Baku
21. Mecca
22. Mandalay
23. Agra
24. Pyongyang
25. Dhaka
26. Afghanistan
27. Macau
28. Taipei (Taiwan)
29. Armenia
30. Iraq
31. Antalya