Multiple choice general knowledge history

Distinctive Name: City of Magnificent Distances. Identify the name of country

  1. Denmark

  2. Aberdeen (Scotland)

  3. Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem

  4. Washington D.C.
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Explanation

Washington D.C. has historically been called the City of Magnificent Distances, a phrase coined by Charles Dickens in 1842 referring to the city's grand scale, wide avenues, and monumental architecture spread across large distances. Denmark is a country, Aberdeen is in Scotland, and Babel-Mandab is a strait in the Middle East - none are associated with this nickname.

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