Fifth largest city in Croatia? I guess this is called 'trivia' for a reason. And (as of 3-30-16) 23% of the people that took this quiz got it right. JetPunk must have a large Balkan following. (I was high fiving myself for knowing the bloody capital of Croatia. Sigh.)
As well as being the 5th largest, it's also the oldest - it was founded 3000 years ago, or thereabouts, and has been continuously inhabited ever since :D
Zadar has some historical relevance. It played a role during the ill-fated 4th crusade, when the Venetians diverted the crusaders to sack of the city, leading to the excommunication of all who participated and the abandonment of the project of the most reasonable participants (which ultimately led to the Sack of Constantinople).
(and it was completely destroyed by the Anglo-Americans bombings during that war, but it is commonly known that neither the yankees nor the britons can exactly list the names of the places they erased from the maps, unless you're talking about nukes)
Places bombed by the Allies during that war were hardly the first, nor the last locales to be decimated by war, nor were they the only combatants in that war to be responsible for wholesale destruction of cities, towns and villages.
I wonder if Italians can list the names of all the families their fascist government ruined for racist reasons. Every government, especially every powerful government, commits terrible sins. Get off that high horse.
agree with the above, with all due respect to the great country and peoples of Croatia I think asking for the 5th largest city in Croatia is a bit to obscure! :)
Zion can refer to Mt Zion or the city of Jerusalem itself. Mt Zion is just outside the walls of the old city. Mount in all cases here means mountain, though the ancient Hebrews who named these places had really low standards for what constituted a mountain. They are really just hills. The Temple Mount is the hill, artificially expanded by King Herod, upon which the Jewish Temple formerly stood, where the divine presence dwells according to Jewish tradition, and where now stands the Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock. The Temple Mount is inside the old city walls, flush against the eastern perimeter next to the Kidron Valley and opposite the Mount of Olives.
Mt Zion and the Temple Mount are two completely different things.
Maybe fix this clue, quizmaster? Zion is another name for Jerusalem. It is *not* another name for the Temple Mount. There *is* a Mount Zion close by... but it's definitely not the Temple Mount.
... I'd have to look more into it but my guess is if any Christians believe Mt Zion and the Temple Mount are the same thing this is confusion based on translation or interpretation error. I could be mistaken. But I've read a lot of books on Jerusalem and never seen Mt Zion and the Temple Mount confused before.
The article on Wikipedia which states that Mt Zion referred first to the City of David and then later the Temple Mount is confused. If you click through the linked sources you can see that they are referring to "Zion" - not "Mount Zion". Common mistake. Zion refers to the ancient city believed to have been built by David. The earliest settlement in the area that would later be home to Jerusalem was thought to have been built on Mt Zion, and thus the city came to be known as Zion before it spread to the surrounding hills. Though the ruins recently discovered and believed to be the original city of David are between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Kidron Valley.
Is it possible that you're a bit more generous on spelling for "zoroastrianism" in other quizzes? I tried zoroastrism, zoroaster, zarathustra, etc. without any luck (I know none of them are exactly right, but i feel like they're close enough, no? At least for the last two?)
I cannot believe this quiz has been live for years and "Zoroastrianism" is still misspelled. Make a quiz and forget, never coming back for the comments seems to be a standard in JetPunk.
Ha! Knowing an excessive amount about Queen pays off eventually, right? I would not have known zoroastrianism or Zanzibar otherwise. (Yet, I only got like.. 5 questions right.)
Only 11% got Zebu which shows me that 89% of people don’t remember the Simpsons episode where Lisa’s doing animals with Maggie and she points at Z saying Zebu
I knew the tallest mountain in Germany because I was there last year. At last, all that travel money pays dividends ☺
It's right up there with the 59th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Zanesville if you're interested.
Speaking of spit: I had "Zugspitte" and knew I was very close but couldn't quite figure out which letter to change to make it correct.
There may have been some shouting involved when I saw the answer.
Mt Zion and the Temple Mount are two completely different things.
The article on Wikipedia which states that Mt Zion referred first to the City of David and then later the Temple Mount is confused. If you click through the linked sources you can see that they are referring to "Zion" - not "Mount Zion". Common mistake. Zion refers to the ancient city believed to have been built by David. The earliest settlement in the area that would later be home to Jerusalem was thought to have been built on Mt Zion, and thus the city came to be known as Zion before it spread to the surrounding hills. Though the ruins recently discovered and believed to be the original city of David are between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Kidron Valley.
Also, there's an o missing in Zorastrianism...