Sobriquets Quiz
Which people, places or institutions do the following sobriquets apply to? A sobriquet is a well-known descriptive nickname.
Sobriquets Questions
- The Land Of The Long White Cloud
- Pearl of the Danube
- Albion
- Pearl of the Orient
- The Fourth Estate
- The Father of Modern Chemistry
- The Motor City
- The Wizard of Menlo Park
- Paris of the Americas
- The Beast of Bolsover
- The Big Yin
- The Angelic Doctor
- Capital of the Alps
- Hammer of the Scots
- The King of Swing
- The Great Cham
- The Bread Basket of Europe
- The City of Lilies
- The brains of the computer
- The City of a Thousand Minarets
- The Desert Fox
- Big Muddy
- The City of Dreaming Spires
- The Little Sparrow
- China's Sorrow
- Graveyard of Empires
- The Ambling Alp
- The Thunderer
- The Rainbow Nation
- The Longest Graveyard
- The Scourge of God
- The Red Planet
Answers
- The Land Of The Long White Cloud - New Zealand
- Pearl of the Danube - Budapest
- Albion – Britain
- Pearl of the Orient – the Philippines
- The Fourth Estate – the press
- The Father of Modern Chemistry - Antoine Lavoisier
- The Motor City - Detroit, Michigan
- The Wizard of Menlo Park - Thomas Edison
- Paris of the Americas - Buenos Aires
- The Beast of Bolsover - Dennis Skinner
- The Big Yin – Billy Connolly
- The Angelic Doctor - Thomas Aquinas
- Capital of the Alps - Grenoble
- Hammer of the Scots - Edward I
- The King of Swing - Benny Goodman
- The Great Cham - Samuel Johnson
- The Bread Basket of Europe - Ukraine
- The City of Lilies - Florence
- The brains of the computer - The CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- The City of a Thousand Minarets - Cairo
- The Desert Fox - Rommel
- Big Muddy - Missouri River or the Mississippi River
- The City of Dreaming Spires - Oxford
- The Little Sparrow - Edith Piaf
- China's Sorrow - Yellow River
- Afghanistan – Graveyard of Empires
- The Ambling Alp - Primo Carnera
- The Thunderer - The Times newspaper
- The Rainbow Nation - South Africa
- The Longest Graveyard - The Great Wall of China
- The Scourge of God - Attila the Hun
- Mars