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Country Clue Date founded City % Correct
Angola Extensive reconstruction being carried out here. 1576 AD Luanda
72%
Armenia Named after the fortress Erebuni. 3200 BC Yerevan
72%
Bahamas Was once a pirate haven. 1670 AD Nassau
67%
Australia Home to a famous opera house. 1788 AD Sydney
67%
Andorra The city's old town is called the Barri Antic. before 700s AD Andorra la Vella
61%
Azerbaijan The city's Culture Center was designed by architect Zaha Hadid. before c.1st Century BC Baku
61%
Syria Home to the Umayyad Mosque and famous for its age and the many cultures who've lived there. 9000 BC Damascus
61%
Nepal Famous for its temples. Part of the film Doctor Strange was set here. 723 BC Kathmandu
61%
Portugal Famous for its architecture, including the Belém Tower. 1200 BC Lisbon
61%
Turkmenistan Was destroyed by a Mongol horde in 1221 after opening its gates; it was rebuilt later. 2000s BC Merv
61%
Jordan Contains an ancient citadel, occupied over time by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines and Umayyads. 7250 BC Amman
56%
East Timor Home to a statue of Jesus. 1520 AD Dili
56%
Kuwait Home to the Kuwait Towers, a group of water towers. 1613 AD Kuwait City
56%
Luxembourg Used to contain Fort Thüngen until the Treaty of London. 963 AD Luxembourg City
56%
Czech Republic People were famously thrown out of windows a number of times in this city. 600s AD Prague
56%
Ecuador It is surrounded by eight active volcanoes. c.980 AD Quito
56%
Chile Struck in 2010 by the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded. 1541 AD Santiago
56%
Liechtenstein Seat of the royal family. before 1100s AD Vaduz
56%
Greece (Two possible answers) Location of the first democracy or a city that was shunned in Greece after remaining neutral in the Greco-Persian Wars. 5000 BC Athens or Argos
50%
Poland Its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. c.800s AD Kraków
50%
Malaysia Home to Ho Ann Kiong and Tien Hou Kong, Taoist temples. before 600s AD Kuala Terengganu
50%
Philippines The second most natural disaster-afflicted capital city in the world. c.3000-2000 BC Manila
50%
Oman Has been an important trading port for a few millenia. 6000s BC Muscat
50%
Papua New Guinea Queensland tried to annex the area around where the city is now in 1883. before 1873 AD Port Moresby
50%
Iceland Home to Hallgrímskirkja. c.870 AD Reykjavik
50%
Singapore Known for being an environmentally-friendly city. before 650 AD Singapore
50%
Madagascar Was the political capital of the Merina Kingdom. 1610 or 1625 AD Antananarivo
44%
Paraguay Home to the Palacio de los López. 15th August 1537 AD Asunción
44%
Qatar Contains an artificial island called The Pearl-Qatar. before 1681 AD Doha
44%
Sierra Leone Started as a place for freed slaves to come to. 1787 AD Freetown
44%
Israel Probably most famous for its depiction in the Bible, where its walls are supposedly blown down by trumpets. 9600 BC Jericho
44%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The chief port on St. Vincent, it is overlooked by Fort Charlotte. 1722 AD Kingstown
44%
Gabon Contains Gabon's largest market. before 1839 AD Libreville
44%
France Known for its pride in its differences from the rest of France, and featured in the films Taxi, The Bourne Identity and The Transporter. c.600 BC Marseille
44%
Yemen Home to Ghumdan Palace and a Great Mosque. before 300 BC Sana'a
44%
San Marino Founded by Saint Marinus. 301 AD San Marino
44%
Cambodia Famous for its temples. 802 AD Siem Reap (and Angkor)
44%
North Macedonia Is the city with the largest Roma population in the world. Was a Muslim city until the 19th Century. 4000s BC Skopje
44%
Holy See Home to St. Peter's Basilica. 1st Century AD Vatican City
44%
The Gambia Home to Arch 22. before 1651 AD Banjul
39%
New Zealand (Two possible answers) A city known as a "gateway" to the Antarctic or a city that is home to New Zealand's largest port in terms of exports. 1250 AD Christchurch or Tauranga
39%
Ukraine The second capital of Russia. 482 AD (possibly 100s AD) Kiev
39%
Monaco Famous for its gambling industry. 500s BC Monaco
39%
Suriname Located along the Suriname River. 1603 AD Paramaribo
39%
North Korea Home to the unfinished and unoccupied Ryugyong Hotel. 1122 BC Pyongyang
39%
Dominican Republic Home to the Alcázar de Colón. 1498 AD Santo Domingo
39%
Bhutan Home to the Buddhist monastery Tashichhoedzong. 1955 AD Thimphu
39%
Venezuela Shares its name with a Spanish city. c.200 AD Valencia
39%
Ivory Coast A major producer of musical art in Africa. 1898 AD Abidjan
33%
Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson lived here towards the end of his life and died here. before 1800 AD Apia
33%
Eritrea Home to the Fiat Tagliero Building. 800 BC Asmara
33%
Brunei Home to the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. 600s-1700s AD Bandar Seri Begawan
33%
Guinea-Bissau Many buildings were destroyed here during the Guinea-Bissau Civil War. 1687 AD Bissau
33%
Republic of the Congo (Two possible answers) A city home to Maya-Maya Airport or a city that is the centre of the oil industry in the country. 1883 AD Brazzaville or Pointe-Noire
33%
Barbados Kensington Oval is located here. 1628 AD Bridgetown
33%
South Africa Overlooked by Table Mountain. before 1652 AD Cape Town
33%
Albania Second most populous city in the country. 627 BC Durrës
33%
Vietnam Home to Đồng Xuân Market and the Temple of Literature. 3000 BC Hanoi
33%
São Tomé and Príncipe Home to Fort São Sebastião, now a museum. 1493 AD São Tomé
33%
Antigua and Barbuda Contains the only rum distillery on Antigua. 1632 AD St. John's
33%
Canada Home to Cabot Tower. 24th June 1497 AD St John's
33%
Seychelles Shares its name with a British queen. 1778 AD Victoria
33%
Nigeria Has the same name as another African country. c.1000s AD Benin City
28%
United Kingdom Famous for its cathedral. before 54 BC Canterbury
28%
Algeria Named after a famous Roman emperor. before 203 BC Constantine
28%
Japan Well-known for its ramen. c.663 AD Fukuoka
28%
Bulgaria Contains one of the world's best-preserved Roman theatres. 6000–5000 BC Plovdiv
28%
Uzbekistan Was the capital of Sogdiana and the Timurid Empire. 700s BC Samarkand
28%
Finland Birthplace of Erik Johan Löfgren. c.1229 AD Turku
28%
Central African Republic At the centre of a large anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field. 1889 AD (possibly 800s BC) Bangui
22%
Belize Has been featured in the film The Mosquito Coast and the TV show Mad Dogs. before 1638 AD Belize City
22%
Lebanon The word Bible may have originated with this city's name. 8800 BC Byblos
22%
Spain Where Christopher Columbus sailed from on his second and fourth voyages. 1104 BC Cádiz
22%
Solomon Islands Location of the Battle of Guadalcanal. before 1942 AD Honiara
22%
Nicaragua (Two possible answers) Birthplace of José Areas or a city recognised for its restaurants. 1524 AD León or Granada
22%
Kenya Visited by Vasco da Gama and Zheng He. 900 AD Mombasa
22%
Trinidad and Tobago Home to the Nicholas Tower. 1560 AD Port of Spain
22%
Benin Home to King Toffa's Palace. 1500s AD Porto-Novo
22%
Dominica Located near the Boiling Lake. c.1500s-1600s AD Roseau
22%
Grenada Founded by the French, ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. 1650 AD St George's
22%
Morocco Birthplace of Ibn Battuta, also famous for being exotic. 900s BC Tangier
22%
Estonia Was invaded by Ivan the Terrible in 1558. 400s AD Tartu
22%
Malawi The country's centre of finance and commerce. 1876 AD Blantyre
17%
South Sudan Was once a fishing village, but then became a trading depot. 1860s AD Bor
17%
China The Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple and Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory are all located nearby. 2070 BC Luoyang
17%
Netherlands Birthplace of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. 98 AD Nijmegen
17%
Tonga A new island was created by a volcanic eruption nearby. before 1777 AD Nukuʻalofa
17%
Vanuatu Preceded by the settlement of Franceville. Was heavily damaged by Cyclone Pam. 1200s BC Port Vila
17%
Austria Lies on the shores of Lake Constance. 1500-400s BC Bregenz
11%
Burundi Located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. 1871 AD Bujumbura
11%
Equatorial Guinea Home to St. Elizabeth's Cathedral 1827 AD Malabo
11%
Mauritius Contains a Chinatown with a pagoda. 1638 AD Port Louis
11%
Senegal Shares its name with a US city. c.1450 AD Saint-Louis
11%
Germany Birthplace of Karl Marx. before 16 BC Trier
11%
South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries was founded here. c.5000 BC Ulsan
11%
Sweden Was an important location for worship of the Norse gods. 200s AD Uppsala
11%
Ireland Home to the oldest urban civic building in Ireland, Reginald's Tower. 853 AD Waterford
11%
Croatia Contains the largest Roman forum on the eastern side of the Adriatic. 800s BC Zadar
11%
Ethiopia Capital of an empire of the same name, famous for its obelisks. c. 1st Century AD Axum
6%
United States Consists of mounds. 600 AD Cahokia
6%
Russia Located on a narrow area between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus mountains, this was once a Persian city. 700s BC Derbent
6%
Iraq Centred around a temple dedicated to the god Enki, the Sumerian water god. c.5300 BC Eridu
6%
Botswana The first gold rush in southern Africa started nearby. 1897 AD Francistown
6%
Somalia Laal Geel complex, with its cave paintings, is located on the outskirts. c.5000-2000 BC Hargeisa
6%
Sudan This city was not founded by the Kingdom of Kush but was settled by it later on. c.3500 BC Kerma
6%
Cyprus Located near a network of salt lakes. 1200s BC Larnaca
6%
Zambia Named after a famous explorer. 1897 AD Livingstone
6%
Italy Its ancient town is called the Sassi, it has featured in the film The Passion of the Christ and a Metallica music video. 10000-9000 BC Matera
6%
Jamaica Location of the rebellion lead by Samuel Sharpe. c.1655 AD Montego Bay
6%
Comoros Located at the foot of Mount Karthala. c.900s AD Moroni
6%
Slovakia Home to a castle and located on a river, both of the same name as the city itself. before 1600 BC Nitra
6%
Kyrgyzstan Was a major market along the Silk Road, with an outdoor bazaar that has occurred in the same spot for 2000 years. c.1000 BC Osh
6%
Indonesia The Musi River divides the city, also contains a Great Mosque. 16th June 683 BC Palembang
6%
Brazil Not far from São Paulo, contains one of the first suspension bridges in Brazil. 1532 AD São Vicente
6%
Belgium The Romans called it Aduatuca Tungrorum. before 70 AD Tongeren
6%
Maldives White Terns nest here. c.1100 AD Addu City
0%
Niger Saw a lot of violence between 2007 and 2009. before 1300s AD Agadez
0%
United Arab Emirates Home to Al Jahili Fort. c.6000s BC Al Ain
0%
El Salvador Used to be the capital of the Pipil. 1054 AD Antiguo Cuscatlán
0%
Sri Lanka Home to the Atamasthana. 900s BC Anuradhapura
0%
Cameroon Main city of the Bamileke people. 1300s AD Bafoussam
0%
Afghanistan Was once the capital of Bactria. 2000-1500 BC Balkh
0%
Cuba Located on the spot where Christopher Columbus landed. 1511 AD Baracoa
0%
Myanmar Founded by Princess Pan Htwar. c.200 BC Beikthano
0%
India Once a city of the Indus Valley Civilisation, now a small village. 7570 BC Bhirrana
0%
Tunisia Was a strategic port during World War Two. 1100 BC Bizerte
0%
Bangladesh Mahasthangarh, an ancient site, is located nearby. c.268 BC Bogra
0%
Ghana Home to a "slave castle" of the same name. 1482 AD Cape Coast
0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hutovo Blato Park is located nearby. 5 BC Čapljina
0%
Peru The oldest city in the Americas, built by the Norte Chico Civilisation. c.2600 BC Caral
0%
Turkey People traveled around the city and entered the houses via the rooves. c.7500 BC Çatalhöyük
0%
Switzerland Home to the Giger Bar, designed by H.R. Giger. 3900-3500 BC Chur
0%
Cape Verde Was the first European colonial settlement in the tropics. 1462 AD Cidade Velha
0%
Uruguay Home to the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament. 1680 AD Colonia del Sacramento
0%
Honduras A Mayan city occupied for more than two thousand years, shares its name with a department. before 400s AD Copán
0%
Marshall Islands Began as a trading outpost of the German Empire 1884 AD Delap-Uliga-Djarrit
0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis Was destroyed by the Spanish but re-founded by the French. 1538 AD Dieppe Bay Town
0%
Mali Famous for its adobe mosque. c.200 BC Djenné
0%
Saudi Arabia Was called Adummatu by the Assyrians, who describe it as the capital of an Arab kingdom. 900s BC Dumat al-Jandal
0%
Egypt It was the most significant centre of the cult of the crocodile god Sobek. c.4000 BC Faiyum
0%
Haiti Where Haiti's independence was proclaimed. 1503 AD Fort-Liberté
0%
Guyana A Dutch trading post that was the capital of the colony Berbice. 1627 AD Fort Nassau
0%
Libya Its old town became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. Has its own Berber language. 4000s BC Ghadames
0%
Zimbabwe Consists of enclosures and towers. 1000s AD Great Zimbabwe
0%
Costa Rica Consisted of circular mounds. Water was allowed to run between them. 1000 BC Guayabo de Turrialba
0%
Iran Was the summer capital of the Parthian Empire. 1100-600s BC Hamadān
0%
Mozambique Diving is popular in nearby coastal areas. 1000s AD Inhambane
0%
Tajikistan Was a major city along the Silk Road, it sits at the mouth of the Fergana Valley. 544 BC Khujand
0%
Democratic Republic of Congo Henry Morton Stanley called it a "remarkable town". before 1876 AD Kindu
0%
Togo The Misahöhe Forest Reserve is located nearby. before 1700s AD Kpalimé
0%
Guinea Founded by Muslim religious leader Karamokho Alfa. 1755 AD Labé
0%
Fiji Site of Fiji's first bank, post office, school, hospital and town hall. 1820 AD Levuka
0%
Eswatini Started as a trading post. 1885 AD Manzini
0%
Uganda Home to a University of Science and Technology. 1899 AD Mbarara
0%
Pakistan The oldest ceramic figures in South Asia were found here. c.7000 BC Mehrgarh
0%
Lesotho Gives its name to its district. First inhabited by the San. before 1795 AD Mohale's Hoek
0%
Georgia Home to Jvari Monastery. 400s BC Mtskheta
0%
Bahrain Located near a group of man-made islands called Amwaj Islands. before 250 BC Muharraq
0%
Federated States of Micronesia Has been nicknamed the "Venice of the Pacific". 100-200 AD Nan Madol
0%
Chad Was the capital of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. 1000s AD Njimi
0%
Panama Was the most significant port in the Americas between 1540 and 1580. 1510 AD Nombre de Dios
0%
Rwanda The most notable feature of this city (now a town) is the King's Palace. 1600s AD Nyanza
0%
Mongolia Was the capital of the first Uyghur Khaganate. 744 AD Ordu-Baliq
0%
Namibia Home to the Mighty Gunners FC. 1390 AD Otjiwarongo
0%
Thailand Founded as a small, Khmer outpost. Home to Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat. 1000s AD Phitsanulok
0%
Laos Bullfights occur during the Hmong New Year here. c.400s BC Phonsavan
0%
Romania The city symbol is a church tower commonly called Stephen's Tower. c.3600 BC Piatra Neamț
0%
Montenegro Home to a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex. 12,000-8,000 BC Pljevlja
0%
Belarus Was under siege in 1579. 862 AD Polotsk
0%
Slovenia The city hosts a ten-day festival called Kurentovanje. before 69 AD Ptuj
0%
Guatemala Has a system of micro-buses. before 7th May 1524 AD Quetzaltenango
0%
Latvia Built on seven hills. 800s AD Rēzekne
0%
Moldova Was inhabited by Thracians and Geto-Dacians. Capital of a district of the same name. 5000-3000 BC Rezina
0%
Denmark Mandø Island Nature Reserve is located nearby. 854 AD Ribe
0%
Mauritania Once the capital of the Emirate of Trarza. 1640-1902 AD Rosso
0%
Mexico An Olmec city, though it predates the civilisation. Ten carved heads were found here. 1500 BC San Lorenzo
0%
Liberia More than 2,000 people here are employed by "Jungle Water Group of Investment". c.1450 AD Sanniquellie
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Colombia Where Simón Bolívar died. 29th July 1525 AD Santa Marta
0%
Argentina Was heavily damaged in an earthquake in 1817. 1533 AD Santiago del Estero
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Tuvalu People moved to here after missionaries arrived. 1800s AD Savave
0%
Kazakhstan Once contained a community of Nestorian Christians. 900s BC Sayram
0%
Lithuania The Hill of Crosses is located nearby. 1236 AD Šiauliai
0%
Serbia Once the Roman settlement of Vinceia. 7000-6000 BC Smederevo
0%
Hungary Birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours. 45 AD Szombathely
0%
Djibouti Engaged in trade with Phoenicia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, Parthian Persia, Saba, Nabataea, and the Roman Empire. before 1154 AD (since antiquity) Tadjoura
0%
Taiwan Home to seven Buddhist temples and eight Taoist shrines. 1500s AD Tainan
0%
Burkina Faso Was the centre of a city state of the Mossi Empire. 1120 AD Tenkodogo
0%
Bolivia Pre-Columbian site, with the most famous structure being the Gate of the Sun. c.110 AD (or before) Tiwanaku
0%
Norway Home to five nature reserves. 800s AD Tønsberg
0%
Kiribati Site of the Battle of Drummond's Island, between members of the United States Exploring Expedition and the natives. before 1841 AD Utiroa
0%
Tanzania The old area of the city is called Stone Town. 1700 AD Zanzibar City
0%
Malta Hosts an annual festival celebrating the olive picking season. 3600-3200 BC Żejtun
0%
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