| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the capital of Thailand? | Bangkok | 100%
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| Which European city was divided after World War Two? | Berlin | 100%
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| What is the capital of Romania? | Bucharest | 100%
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| What country's capital is built around a flat-topped hill called the Acropolis? | Greece | 100%
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| What city is considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims? | Jerusalem | 100%
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| What Ukrainian city do the Russians call the "Mother of Cities"? | Kiev | 100%
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| What modern capital was once the Aztec city Tenochtitlan? | Mexico City | 100%
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| In which country would you find the city of Casablanca? | Morocco | 100%
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| In what city could one visit the Louvre? | Paris | 100%
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| In which South American city does a large statue of Christ the Redeemer sit on top of a mountain? | Rio de Janeiro | 100%
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| What is the capital city of South Korea? | Seoul | 100%
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| Which city-state is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and ruled by the Pope? | Vatican City | 100%
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| What great American city is built on the banks of the Potomac River? | Washington DC | 100%
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| On what continent was Carthage located? | Africa | 91%
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| The city of Constantinople is known by what name today? | Istanbul | 91%
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| In 1960 the Brazilian government moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to what city? | Brasília | 90%
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| What is the largest city in Libya? | Tripoli | 90%
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| What was the second city to have an atomic bomb dropped on it during the Second World War? | Nagasaki | 89%
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| What is the largest city in Brazil? | São Paulo | 89%
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| From which city on the Iberian Peninsula did Christopher Columbus sail? | Lisbon | 88%
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| What Australian city did not become an important city until 1851 when gold was discovered nearby? | Melbourne | 88%
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| What city in the United States has the greatest population? | New York City | 88%
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| In which city just outside Paris did Louis XIV build a large and costly palace? | Versailles | 88%
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| What country is known as the "Land of 60,000 Lakes"? | Finland | 86%
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| In which American city is Independence Hall located? | Philadelphia | 86%
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| What city is known as "The City of Seven Hills"? | Rome | 86%
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| Zurich is the financial capital of which country? | Switzerland | 86%
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| What is the capital of Northern Ireland? | Belfast | 83%
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| At what village was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated by the Duke of Wellington in 1815? | Waterloo | 83%
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| What city is known as the gateway to the Baltic Sea? | Copenhagen | 80%
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| What city in Saudi Arabia is known as the holy city of Islam? | Mecca | 80%
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| What city fought against Rome in the Punic Wars? | Carthage | 75%
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| What city uses water from hot springs to heat all of its buildings? | Reykjavik | 75%
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| In what city did the Renaissance begin? | Florence | 73%
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| What country's capital is divided into two cities by the Danube River? | Hungary | 73%
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| What is the world's highest capital city? | La Paz | 67%
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| What is Egypt's chief seaport? | Alexandria | 60%
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| What city is known as 'Pearl of the Andes"? | Tarma | 29%
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| In what city did Martin Luther nail his "Ninety-Five Theses" to a door? | Wittenburg | 29%
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| In which country is the world's largest gold mine located? | Indonesia | 9%
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