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Q. Which city is known as the Peace Capital of the world?

(a) Paris

(b) Vienna

(c) Washington DC

(d) Geneva

Answer: Option D – Geneva

Q. Which of the following is a popular nickname of the city of Lhasa(Tibet)?

(a) Devine City

(b) Forbidden City

(c) City of the Kings

(d) City of the Angels

Answer: Option B – Forbidden City

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CITY NICKNAMES
Aberdeen (Scotland) Granite City
Adelaide City of Churches
Amsterdam Venice of the North
Ancona Doric City
Athens The City of Violet Crown
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) Isle of Pearls
Bangalore The City of Gardens
Barcelona The City of Counts, The City of Gaudi
Beijing The Forbidden City
Beirut Paris of the Middle East
Belgium Cockpit of Europe
Berlin The Grey City
Bhutan Land of the Thunderbolt
Bilbao El Bocho
Birmingham The City of a Thousand Trades, Brum
Red City; La Dotta, La Rossa, La Grassa (the
Bologna educated, the red, the fat)
Bolzano The Door to the Dolomites, The German One
Bordeaux City of Wine
Boston The Hub
Bruges Venice of the North
Bucharest Little Paris
Budapest Pearl of the Danube
Buenos Aires Paris of the Americas, Queen of the Plata
Cadiz The Little Silver Cup
Cairo Paris of the Nile
Calcutta City of Palaces, City of Love, City of Joy
Canada Land of Maple Leaf
Chicago The Windy City, Garden City
Cuba Sugar bowl of the World, Pearl of the Antilles
Cuernavaca The City of Eternal Spring
Dallas Big D
Detroit Motor City
Dublin The Fair City
Dubrovnik The Pearl of the Adriatic
Edinburgh Auld Reekie
Egypt Gift of the Nile
Finland Land of the Thousand Lakes
Florence The City of Lilies
Geneva The Peace Capital
Gibraltar Key of the Mediterranean
Grenoble Capital of the Alps
Guinea Coast of Africa White man’s grave
Helsinki The White City of the North
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Hong Kong Pearl of the Orient

Honolulu Sheltered Bay
Ireland Emerald Isle
Jaipur The Pink City
Japan Land of Rising Sun
Jerusalem The Holy City, The Holy Land
Kiev The Mother of Rus’ Cities
Kolkata City of palaces
Korea Hermit Kingdom
Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle
Laos Land of Thousand Elephants
Las Vegas Sin City
Leipzig Bimbo Town
Lhasa (Tibet) Forbidden City
Lima City of the Kings
Lisbon City With a Future
London The Square Mile, The Old Smoke, The Smoke
Los Angeles The City of Angels
Macau Oyster City
Madrid El Foro, The Forum
Manila City by the Bay
Marseille Phocean City
Melbourne City by the Bay, Bleak City, Europe of Australia
Memphis Bluff City
Miami The Magic City, Little Cuba
Milano Fashion Capital of the World, The Drinkable City
Montreal La Belle Ville, Frenchtown, The City-Mountain
Moscow The Whitestone, The Forty Forties, Third Rome
Mumbai The City of Dreams
Munich World City with Heart
Naples City of the Sun
New Orleans The Big Easy
New York The Big Apple
Nice Angels City
Osaka Manchester of Japan
Oslo Tiger Town
Oxford City of Dreaming Spires
Palermo The Happy
Paris The City of Love, The City of Light, La Ville-Lumiere
Petra The Rose Red City
Philadelphia City of Brotherly Love, Philly, Quaker City
Pittsburgh Iron City
Porto The Invincible City
The City of Hundred Spires, The Golden City, The
Prague Mother of Cities
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Punjab Land of Five Rivers

Quito (South America) City of Eternal Springs
Rio de Janeiro Marvellous City
Rome The Eternal City, City of the Seven Hills
Rotterdam Manhattan upon Meuse
Salzburg White City
San Francisco City of Golden Gate
Sanremo The City of Dreams
Sao Paulo Brazil’s Locomotive, Land of Drizzle
Scotland Land of Cakes
Seattle The Emerald City
Singapore The Lion City
Split The Diocletian’s City
St Petersburg The Mind of Russia
Stockholm Venice of the North
Strait of Bab-el Mandeb Gate of Tears
Switzerland Playground of Europe
Sydney The Harbour City
Tehran The City of 72 Nations
Tel Aviv The City that Never Stops
Thailand Land of white Elephant
The Hague City of Peace and Justice
Tijuana Television Capital of the World
Tivoli City of Delights
Torino City of Four Rivers
Toronto Queen City, Muddy York, The Big Toe
Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic) Loneliest Island
Udine Capital of the Great War
Ushuaia The End of the World
Vancouver The Big Smoke
Venice Queen of the Adriatic, Bride of the Sea
Vicenza City of Gold
Vienna The Imperial City
Warsaw Default City, Big Village in the Middle of Nowhere
Washington D.C. City of Magnificent Buildings
Wroclaw City of Hundred Bridges
Zagreb Little Vienna
Zanzibar Island of Cloves
Zurich Little Big City
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