General Knowledge: Name the city challenge.

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In 1788 The First Fleet under Captian Arthur Philip arrived in Botany Bay.
In 1793 The first free settlers came to this city from Britain and in 1842 this city was declared a city.
In 1850 Gold was discovered here and in 1988 this city celebrated its bicentennials.
In 2000 this city hosted a highly successful Olympic Games.
Known for Bondi Beach, Royal Botanic Gardens,Opera house and Darling Harbor Bridge, this city owes its development to then Governor Lachlan Macqarie who championed the caues of ex convicts.

Ans:- This is the city of SYDNEY

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This city of China is known for its efficient MRTS.
In 1790 A farmer from China’s Fujian Province founded a small settlement at Takala(now central City).
In 1875 Chinese Emperor Guangxu established here the capital of Taiwan province
In 1920 Japnese overlords formally recognize it as a city.
In 1949 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek fled mainland China and made it the capital of Nationalist China.
In 1996 The first section of this city’s much- needed Mass Rapid Transit system opened.

Ans:- This is the city of TAIPEI

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This city of Japan is known for eating out, shopping and fashion.
In 1180 First reference to Edo (this city), a fishing Village on the western shores of this Japanese Bay.
In 1603 Start of the reign of the Tokugawa family which ruled and dominated Japanese life until 1867.
In 1868 Edo was renamed this city, Imperia rule was re-established over the ruling Shogunate and Emperor Meiji moved his residence from Kyoto to this city
In 1941 Emperor Hirohito declared war on the US, the UK, and The Netherlands. Much of city subsequently destroyed by American fire bombing.
In 1964 18th Olympic Games were held here.

Ans:- This is the city of TOKYO

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This city of Burma is known for Aung San Suu Kyi.
In 1755 King Alaungpaya built a new city around the town of Dagon and gave the city bits name.
In 1885 The British established this city as their capital, renaming it Rangoon
In 1942 Japanese forces captured Rangoon, leaving the city three years later.
In 1988 Massive pro-democracy demonstrations in the capital ended in bloodshed.
In 2002 Ne Win, former dictator, died in Yangon. His 26 years in power saw Myanmar almost bankrupted and no nearer being a free and democratic state.
Golden spire of pagoda in this city is famous.

Ans:- This is the city of YANGON

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This city of UAE struggles with loss of water table.
In AD600 Islam swept through the region and in 1819 British Royal Navy destroys 900 pirate ships and assumes distant control of intertribal disputes; the region becomes known as “The Trucial States”
In 1958 Anglo-French consortium discovered huge reserves of oil here.
In 1971 Britain withdrew from the region: six of the seven Trucial States merged to form the United Arab Emirates, with this city as capital
In 2004 Ruler since independence, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan died, and wassucceeded by his eldest son,Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed.

Ans:- This is the city of ABU DHABI

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This city of Egypt is known for Florence Nightingale.
In 331Bc This city was founded on the site of a fishing village called Rhakotis.
In AD642 this city was peacefully won by the Arabs in a settlement negotiated by Arab general Amr ibn-el-“Aas.
In 1798 Nepoleon invaded to find a ruined and depopulated city.
In 1867 The Suez Canal was inaugurated, allowing this city to control 94 percent of Egypt’s exports.
In 1944 Delegates from seven independent states signed the famous Protocol here, founding the Arab League.
This city is known for Alexander the great.

Ans:- This is the city of ALEXANDRIA

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This city of Algeria is struggling with lots of unemployment.
In AD670 Arab conquest, Kahina, a formidable women, lead the Berber resistance.
In 1060 The Almoravids took power, extending Moorish power across Spain.
In 1830 French forces occupied Algiers but take 50 years to subdue the rest of the country.
In 1962 Independence . Ahmed Ben Bella formed the first government of a free Algeria.
In 2003 On 21 May an earthquake to the east of the city killed more than2,000 people and caused widespread destruction.

Ans:- This is the city of ALGIERS

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Jewish population of this city of Iraq declined from 80,000 in 1921 to 38 in 2003.
Located on river Tighris Khadimain Shrine is a famous landmark here.
In AD762 The Abbasid Caliphate founded the city of Baghdad, which soon became the focal point of the Islam world.
In 1055 The Seljuqs, originally Turkic nomads from Central Asia, established themselves as the rulers of this city.
In 1258 The Mongols, led by Hulagu Khan, sack the city, a serious setback for Islamic civilization;800,000 inhabitants massacred.
In 1534 the Ottoman Turks incorporated this city into their empire; a time of great creativity in the arts.
In 2003 The United States and its allies entered here and unseated Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein.
This city is known for the golden era of Harun Al Rashid ( AD 763 to 809)

Ans:- This is the city of BAGHDAD

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This city of Lebanon is known for the great poet/philosopher- Kahlil Gibran.
In 1400BC First historical mention of Beirut found on engraved stone tablets in Egypt
In 140BC Diodotus Tryphon destroyed Beirut, but the city was soon rebuilt on a Hellenistic plan.
In AD635 The city passed into the hands of the Arabs.
In 1918 Following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Beirut became capital of French protectorate.
In 2009 The city hosted the Winter Asian Games.

Ans:- This is the city of BEIRUT

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This city of Egypt is known for the famous writer Naguib Mahfouz ( Whisper of the Madness, Midaq Alley)
Located on the banks of river Nile, In 2560BC Construction of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)began at Giza here.
In AD969 The Fatimids seized Egypt and found Al-Qahirah, morden-day city.
In AD970 Mosque of Al-Azhar founded, regarded as the oldest university in the world.
In 1811 Muhammad Ali Pasha began a massive modernization campaign in Cairo.
In 1869 at the inauguration of the Suez Canal plans were unveiled for a new-look city along the lines of modern Paris.
In 1987 The Cairo Metro opened, the first and still the only underground system on the African continent.

Ans:- This is the city of CAIRO

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This city of South Africa is known for Nelson Mandela and Table Mountain.
In 1486 Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz discovers the Cape Peninsula.
In 1652 The dutch East India company establishes a trading base on the Cape.
In 1840 Cape Town officially becomes a municipality.
In 1948 The National Party establishes a formal system of Apartheid (racial segregation)
In 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president of post –Apartheid South Africa.

Ans:- This is the city of CAPE TOWN

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This is the the most important city of the north-west African country- Morocco.
In 1468 The ancient town of Anfa- on the site of present-day city- was destroyed by the Portuguese after becoming a pirate haven.
In 1515 The Portuguese rebuild Anfa and renamed it ..
In 1755 Town destroyed by an earthquake, rebuilding began in 1757 under the direction of Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah.
In1943 The Casablanca Conference. Roosevelt, Churchill, and de Gaulle met to discuss the direction of World War II
In 2003 Suicide bombers attacked Spanish, Jewish and Belgian sites in the city, killing 39 people.
Mosque of Hassan -II is the famous landmark here.

Ans:- This is the city of CASABLANCA

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