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A Geography – History – Saints Quiz
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1. This Missouri river city was named after a 13th century king of France — he has the window second on the right inside St. Wenceslaus Church.  St. Louis, Missouri
2. Remember: this Texas city was the site of the Alamo and bears the Spanish name of the patron saint of lost items.  San Antonio, Texas
3. This Florida city, named after the convert and great theologian who wrote the first Western autobiography, was the site of our land’s first Catholic Mass in 1565.  St. Augustine, Florida
4. This Bolivian city’s name, which honors the Holy Cross, is where our diocese’s Fr. Joe Walijewski built a mission in 1958.  Santa Cruz, Bolivia
5. This Russian city was renamed Leningrad when the communist leader, Lenin, died in 1924. In 1991, the year the Soviet Union died, they changed the name back.  St. Petersburg, Russia
6. This California city, the second largest in the United States, was named after the angels.  Los Angeles, California
7. This California city was named after the patron saint of animals — a poor saint who began a religious order and received the stigma.  San Francisco, California
8. This city in Southern California was founded by padres and honors a Spanish “St. James.”  San Diego, California
9. This Brazilian city, the largest in South America, is named for St. Paul.  São Paulo, Brazil
10. This, the smallest city-state in the world, is not named after a saint but after the hill it sits upon.  Vatican City, Europe

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