City Nicknames

This quiz round features 20 nicknames of cities from all around the world along with a mixed up list of the 20 cities themselves. The teams in your quiz then have to match up the correct cities to the nicknames.

As usual, there are a few easy ones to get people up and running (e.g. "The Big Apple = New York"), but there are also a number of less well known nicknames (e.g. "Bride Of The Sea") which should keep people guessing for a while, and teams may need to use their knowledge on geography to make educated guesses at a few.

While the information in this round could be used to make up standard question and answer rounds (where the quiz-master asks questions aloud and the teams write the answers on blank answer sheets) it is recommended that this is used in a quiz as a handout round as it is likely to keep people occupied and entertained for a reasonable length of time. For more information on handout rounds and our recommended use for them in quizzes click here

Please note that this handout round also appears in Weekly Quiz 7. If you would prefer to purchase our pre-compiled full weekly quizzes, then click here, where you can find quizzes with a handout round, 2 rounds on general subjects, a specialist subject round, a connections round, an initial letter link round, and a stick or twist round, as well as professionally designed answer sheets and full instructions on how to run your quiz. If, however, you prefer to use your own format for your quizzes, then this handout round should help towards creating an entertaining and challenging quiz.