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Sobriquets Quiz

Which people, places or institutions do the following sobriquets apply to? A sobriquet is a well-known descriptive nickname.


Sobriquets Questions

  1. The Land Of The Long White Cloud
  2. Pearl of the Danube
  3. Albion
  4. Pearl of the Orient
  5. The Fourth Estate
  6. The Father of Modern Chemistry




  7. The Motor City
  8. The Wizard of Menlo Park
  9. Paris of the Americas
  10. The Beast of Bolsover
  11. The Big Yin
  12. The Angelic Doctor
  13. Capital of the Alps
  14. Hammer of the Scots
  15. The King of Swing
  16. The Great Cham
  17. The Bread Basket of Europe
  18. The City of Lilies
  19. The brains of the computer
  20. The City of a Thousand Minarets
  21. The Desert Fox
  22. Big Muddy
  23. The City of Dreaming Spires
  24. The Little Sparrow
  25. China's Sorrow
  26. Graveyard of Empires
  27. The Ambling Alp
  28. The Thunderer
  29. The Rainbow Nation
  30. The Longest Graveyard
  31. The Scourge of God
  32. The Red Planet

Answers

  1. The Land Of The Long White Cloud - New Zealand
  2. Pearl of the Danube - Budapest
  3. Albion – Britain
  4. Pearl of the Orient – the Philippines
  5. The Fourth Estate – the press
  6. The Father of Modern Chemistry - Antoine Lavoisier
  7. The Motor City - Detroit, Michigan
  8. The Wizard of Menlo Park - Thomas Edison
  9. Paris of the Americas - Buenos Aires
  10. The Beast of Bolsover - Dennis Skinner
  11. The Big Yin – Billy Connolly
  12. The Angelic Doctor - Thomas Aquinas
  13. Capital of the Alps - Grenoble
  14. Hammer of the Scots - Edward I
  15. The King of Swing - Benny Goodman
  16. The Great Cham - Samuel Johnson
  17. The Bread Basket of Europe - Ukraine
  18. The City of Lilies - Florence
  19. The brains of the computer - The CPU (Central Processing Unit)
  20. The City of a Thousand Minarets - Cairo
  21. The Desert Fox - Rommel
  22. Big Muddy - Missouri River or the Mississippi River
  23. The City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford
  24. The Little Sparrow - Edith Piaf
  25. China's Sorrow - Yellow River
  26. Afghanistan – Graveyard of Empires
  27. The Ambling Alp - Primo Carnera
  28. The Thunderer - The Times newspaper
  29. The Rainbow Nation - South Africa
  30. The Longest Graveyard - The Great Wall of China
  31. The Scourge of God - Attila the Hun
  32. Mars