| Country | Clue | Capital City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | Its name ends in -bad | Islamabad | 89%
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| France | Known as "The City of Light" | Paris | 88%
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| South Korea | Where Samsung has its headquarters | Seoul | 88%
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| Vatican City | Completely encircled by a different capital city | Vatican City | 86%
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| Tunisia | The northernmost capital in Africa | Tunis | 84%
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| Argentina | Located about 200 kilometers from Montevideo | Buenos Aires | 77%
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| Estonia | Just 80 kilometers south of Helsinki | Tallinn | 70%
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| India | It's the "new" district of a metropolis with over 30 million people | New Delhi | 61%
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| Djibouti | Starts with a silent D | Djibouti | 56%
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| Iran | The U.S. embassy in this city was invaded in 1979 | Tehran | 53%
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| Belgium | One of its most famous landmarks is a 2 foot tall statue of a peeing boy | Brussels | 52%
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| Iraq | It was sacked by the Mongols in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age | Baghdad | 50%
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| Croatia | Its name starts with Z | Zagreb | 49%
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| Finland | Its metro area includes Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen | Helsinki | 48%
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| Sudan | Located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile | Khartoum | 47%
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| Qatar | Al Jazeera is based here | Doha | 45%
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| Cyprus | A divided city in the middle of a divided island | Nicosia | 45%
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| Brazil | Founded in 1960, many of its buildings were designed by Oscar Niemeyer | Brasília | 42%
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| D.R. Congo | Site of the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Ali and Foreman | Kinshasa | 34%
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| Bulgaria | Takes its name from the Greek word for wisdom: σοφία | Sofia | 31%
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