Ghost Towns & Abandoned Places Quiz – Printable Version
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- Which place fits this description: evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986?
- A. Pyramiden
- B. Pripyat
- C. Bodie
- D. Kolmanskop
- Which place fits this description: italian village abandoned notably after landslides?
- A. Pripyat
- B. Kolmanskop
- C. Craco
- D. Bodie
- Which place is involved? pennsylvania town emptied because of an underground mine fire?
- A. Centralia
- B. Villa Epecuén
- C. Kolmanskop
- D. Pyramiden
- Which place fits this description: nevada boomtown born from a gold rush?
- A. Calico
- B. Humberstone
- C. Rhyolite
- D. Humberstone et Santa Laura
- Which place fits this description: former Colorado mining town?
- A. Kennecott
- B. Humberstone et Santa Laura
- C. Humberstone
- D. St Elmo
- Which place is involved? former Chilean saltpeter works and settlement?
- A. Humberstone et Santa Laura
- B. Goldfield
- C. Chacabuco
- D. Humberstone
- Which location is it? henry Ford's Amazon industrial project linked to rubber production?
- A. Rhyolite
- B. Humberstone et Santa Laura
- C. Chacabuco
- D. Fordlândia
- Which place fits this description: old Spanish town left in ruins after the Civil War?
- A. Belchite
- B. Saint-Pierre
- C. San Juan Parangaricutiro
- D. Chaitén
- Which place fits this description: turkish village of abandoned Greek houses after 20th-century population displacement?
- A. Varosha
- B. Chaitén
- C. Kayaköy
- D. Saint-Pierre
- Which place is involved? much of the city was destroyed by Mount Pelée in 1902?
- A. Saint-Pierre
- B. Plymouth
- C. Ani
- D. San Juan Parangaricutiro
- Which place fits this description: parícutin lava buried the village while part of the church remained visible?
- A. San Juan Parangaricutiro
- B. Oradour-sur-Glane
- C. Varosha
- D. Agdam
- Which location is it? former Australian mining town associated with blue asbestos?
- A. Gwalia
- B. Tianducheng
- C. Houtouwan
- D. Wittenoom
- Identify the site: former gold-rush settlement in central Australia?
- A. Kangbashi
- B. Arltunga
- C. Gwalia
- D. Hampi
- Which place fits this description: chinese development famous for its replica Eiffel Tower?
- A. Mandu
- B. Silverton
- C. Tianducheng
- D. Fatehpur Sikri
- Identify the site: indian town badly destroyed by the 1964 cyclone?
- A. Kangbashi
- B. Dhanushkodi
- C. Fatehpur Sikri
- D. Ross Island
- Which place fits this description: monumental ruins of the former Vijayanagara imperial capital?
- A. Silverton
- B. Hampi
- C. Ross Island
- D. Dhanushkodi
- Identify the site: historic fortified Indian city known for palaces and ruins?
- A. Gwalia
- B. Kangbashi
- C. Mandu
- D. Dhanushkodi
- Identify the site: old Ligurian village partly evacuated because of unstable ground?
- A. Poveglia
- B. Döllersheim
- C. Poggioreale
- D. Balestrino
- Which place is involved? english village requisitioned during World War II for military training?
- A. Poveglia
- B. Döllersheim
- C. Consonno
- D. Imber
- Which place fits this description: english village evacuated in 1943 for military training and never returned to residents?
- A. Balestrino
- B. Tyneham
- C. Poveglia
- D. Imber
Answer key — Ghost Towns & Abandoned Places Quiz
- B. PripyatPripyat: Evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Do not confuse it with Kolmanskop, associated with former Namibian diamond town invaded by sand.
- C. CracoCraco: Italian village abandoned notably after landslides. Do not confuse it with Pripyat, associated with evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
- A. CentraliaCentralia: Pennsylvania town emptied because of an underground mine fire.
- C. RhyoliteRhyolite: Nevada boomtown born from a gold rush. Do not confuse it with Humberstone, associated with former Chilean saltpeter works and settlement.
- D. St ElmoSt Elmo: Former Colorado mining town. Do not confuse it with Kennecott, associated with former copper-mining complex in Alaska.
- D. HumberstoneHumberstone was a company town associated with saltpeter production in the Atacama Desert.
- D. FordlândiaFordlândia: Henry Ford's Amazon industrial project linked to rubber production.
- A. BelchiteBelchite: Old Spanish town left in ruins after the Civil War.
- C. KayaköyKayaköy: Turkish village of abandoned Greek houses after 20th-century population displacement.
- A. Saint-PierreSaint-Pierre: Much of the city was destroyed by Mount Pelée in 1902.
- A. San Juan ParangaricutiroSan Juan Parangaricutiro: Parícutin lava buried the village while part of the church remained visible.
- D. WittenoomWittenoom: Former Australian mining town associated with blue asbestos.
- B. ArltungaArltunga: Former gold-rush settlement in central Australia. Do not confuse it with Gwalia, associated with former gold-mining town in Western Australia.
- C. TianduchengTianducheng: Chinese development famous for its replica Eiffel Tower.
- B. DhanushkodiDhanushkodi: Indian town badly destroyed by the 1964 cyclone.
- B. HampiHampi: Monumental ruins of the former Vijayanagara imperial capital.
- C. ManduMandu: Historic fortified Indian city known for palaces and ruins.
- D. BalestrinoBalestrino: Old Ligurian village partly evacuated because of unstable ground.
- D. ImberImber: English village requisitioned during World War II for military training.
- B. TynehamTyneham: English village evacuated in 1943 for military training and never returned to residents.