Former Place Names Quiz
What was the former name of Mumbai?
- Mumbai was called Bombay until 1995, when the name was officially changed.
What was the former name of Beijing?
- Beijing was previously known as Peking in English, but the name was changed to reflect the Chinese pronunciation.
What was the former name of Myanmar?
- Myanmar was formerly known as Burma, but the name was changed in 1989.
What was the former name of St. Petersburg?
- St. Petersburg was originally called Petrograd, but the name was changed to Leningrad in honor of Vladimir Lenin. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the city's name was changed back to St. Petersburg.
What was the former name of Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka was previously known as Ceylon, but the name was changed in 1972.
What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?
- Ho Chi Minh City was formerly known as Saigon, but the name was changed in 1976 after the end of the Vietnam War.
What was the former name of Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe was previously known as Rhodesia, but the name was changed in 1980 after the country gained independence from British colonial rule.
What was the former name of Istanbul?
- Istanbul was called Constantinople until 1930, when the name was officially changed.
What was the former name of Myanmar's capital city?
- Myanmar's former capital city was Rangoon, but the capital was moved to Naypyidaw in 2005.
What was the former name of Ghana?
- Ghana was previously known as the Gold Coast, but the name was changed in 1957 when the country gained independence from British colonial rule.
