| Letter | Notable Instances | Hint | # | City Name | % Correct |
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| J | Mississippi | Mississippi state capital | 17 | Jackson | 94%
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| S | Illinois | Or Massachusetts, or Missouri, or Oregon, or on the Simpsons | 21 | Springfield | 92%
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| F | Tennessee | American Founding Father known as a writer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, printer, and political philosopher. | 29 | Franklin | 90%
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| K | New York | Not to be confused with the capital of Jamaica | 20 | Kingston | 90%
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| W | D.C. | 1st President of the United States | 18 | Washington | 90%
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| A | Virginia | General Robert E. Lee's former estate, now the most hallowed U.S. National Cemetery | 18 | Arlington | 88%
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| O | California | Northern California city forever in the shadow of its neighbor across the bay. | 18 | Oakland | 85%
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| T | New Jersey | New Jersey state capital | 16 | Trenton | 84%
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| Q | Massachusetts, Illinois | Named for Colonel John Q_____, grandfather of Abigail Adams and great-grandfather of the 6th U.S. president. | 7 | Quincy | 82%
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| Z | Illinois | Named after biblical Mount Z___ | 4 | Zion | 81%
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| L | Kentucky | Home of the University of Kentucky | 18 | Lexington | 80%
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| P | New Jersey | Ivy League university | 17 | Princeton | 79%
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| U | Missouri | There are 50 states in the U____ | 15 | Union | 78%
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| Y | Pennsylvania | Named after a cathedral city in England. | 7 | York | 76%
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| D | Ohio | Hometown of Orville & Wilbur Wright | 18 | Dayton | 74%
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| B | Vermont | Birthplace of Ben & Jerry's ice cream | 17 | Burlington | 73%
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| C | Iowa | Named after former New York governor Dewitt C______, not the 42nd U.S. President | 23 | Clinton | 71%
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| H | New York | Named for a 17th century English explorer | 15 | Hudson | 65%
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| N | Rhode Island | Mansions of Gilded Age tycoons, including the Vanderbilt family's "The Breakers" | 15 | Newport | 64%
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| G | South Carolina, North Carolina | 350 miles separate the South Carolina and North Carolina cities that share this name | 22 | Greenville | 56%
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| V | Texas | Named for George Washington's family home | 9 | Vernon | 56%
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| I | Missouri | Hometown of U.S. President Harry S Truman | 14 | Independence | 54%
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| R | California | California Inland Empire city | 16 | Riverside | 54%
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| E | Illinois | Named after a popular Scottish tune "The Song of E____," not former NBA star E____ Baylor | 14 | Elgin | 49%
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| X | Ohio | Over half ot the city's buildings were destroyed by an F5 tornado in 1974 | 2 | Xenia | 44%
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| M | Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois | Most are named after American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Frances "Swamp Fox" M_____ | 23 | Marion | 31%
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