General Knowledge Quiz

[T.c.w7468]

Correct.
D'Artagnan59's turn

 

[Olav]

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Open floor.

 

[Mise]

How many bicycles are there in Beijing, according to Katie Melua?

 

[BananaLee]

9 million of them. That's a fact.

 

[Mise]

9 million of them. That's a fact.

Tru dat. Your turn.

 

[BananaLee]

It is the 18th century in Europe. Overseas trade is booming and this city had more trade passing through it than Glasgow, Bristol or Liverpool. In fact, the only city with greater value in overseas trade is London.

What city am I talking about?

 

[Mise]

Rotterdam?

 

[Olav]

Must be either a English, Dutch, Spanish or Portugese city... Rotterdam?

 

[BananaLee]

Nope. The VOC was in decline from the 1730s and Rotterdam doesn't even feature on my source. Amsterdam does and the value of its overseas trade was approximately the same as Bristol.

 

[Olav]

Sevilla?

..

 

[Snerk]

My guess would be Lisbon.

 

[BananaLee]

No to Seville.
Lisbon is about the same as Glasgow at this point.

 

[Mise]

Porto????????

 

[BananaLee]

Nope. I'll give you guys a hint.

Must be either a English, Dutch, Spanish or Portugese city...

It's not.

 

[Tee Kay]

Not Dutch, English, Spanish or Portuguese...

Istanbul?

 

[Mise]

Marseille? St Petersburg? Rome? Copenhagen?

 

[BananaLee]

No to all.
I'm off to bed.

 

[choxorn]

Hamburg? Athens?

 

[Olav]

Danzig? Venice? Genoa? Alexandria (perhaps not counted as European...)?