| Clue | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Formerly known as Petrograd and Leningrad | Saint Petersburg | 98%
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| California's State Capital | Sacramento | 92%
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| Massachusetts town where witch trials were held in 1692 and 1693 | Salem | 88%
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| City where Mozart was born | Salzburg | 88%
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| Site of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in 1914, which helped spark World War I | Sarajevo | 86%
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| More than 20 U.S. states have a city or town by this name, but it's the state capital of Illinois | Springfield | 86%
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| Its name means "Holy Savior" in Spanish | San Salvador | 82%
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| Croatian city largely built around the 4th-century retirement palace of Roman Emperor Diocletian | Split | 82%
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| One of Minnesota's "Twin Cities" | Saint Paul | 80%
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| Location of the world's largest port | Shanghai | 80%
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| Northernmost major city in Japan | Sapporo | 71%
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| Largest city in Crimea | Sevastopol | 61%
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| The first capital of Brazil, known for its strong Afro-Brazilian culture | Salvador | 57%
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| Capital city and one of the oldest cities in the world, also home to one of the oldest mosques in the world | Sana'a | 57%
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| South Dakota's largest city | Sioux Falls | 55%
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| First permanent European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496 | Santo Domingo | 49%
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| Silk Road city known for its blue-domed mosques | Samarkand | 43%
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| Capital of the Falkland Islands | Stanley | 43%
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| Southern city founded in 1733, also the birthplace of Girl Scouts | Savannah | 39%
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| Indian city known for handling most of the world's diamonds | Surat | 39%
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