| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Founded as a British penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia | Sydney | 97%
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| The Burj Al Arab is frequently described as "the world's only 7-star hotel" | Dubai | 81%
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| Hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will also host in 2028 | Los Angeles | 76%
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| The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines | Rome | 75%
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| The closest French town to England | Calais | 70%
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| Lying on the northwest coast of Java, it is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia, | Jakarta | 68%
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| The riots were set off by the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards | Delhi | 66%
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| The third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa Bay | Orlando | 66%
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| The most visited border city in the world, sharing a border of about 24 km (15 mi) with its sister city San Diego | Tijuana | 66%
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| Home to the largest ethnic Polynesian population of any city in the world, with a sizeable population of indigenous Māori people | Auckland | 64%
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| Soweto, although eventually incorporated into the city, had been separated as a residential area for blacks only | Johannesburg | 62%
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| The legendary home of Robin Hood | Nottingham | 59%
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| Its natural port is competitive with the other great port of Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires | Montevideo | 57%
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| Hitler ordered the entire city to be razed to the ground. About 85% of the city was destroyed, including the historic Old Town and the Royal Castle. | Warsaw | 54%
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| Origin of the grunge subgenre of rock | Seattle | 53%
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| The capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China | Guangzhou | 51%
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| The birthplace of the important early physicist Galileo Galilei | Pisa | 45%
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| On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake struck. Most of the central historic area of the city was destroyed. | Port-au-Prince | 40%
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| The Beatles lived and played there from August 1960 to December 1962 | Hamburg | 29%
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| Has established the world-renowned research base for giant pandas | Chengdu | 28%
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