The Quiz: What song by They Might Be Giants has the subtitle “(Not Constantinople)”?
Istanbul
Ankara
Athens
Rome
As They Might Be Giants reminds us in their 1990 cover of the ’50s novelty song “Istanbul (Not Constantinople),” “Istanbul was Constantinople / Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.” And before it had either of those names, the largest city in Turkey was founded as Byzantium around the seventh century BCE, eventually becoming the capital and namesake of the Byzantine Empire.
The correct answer to this quiz is Istanbul.