| Clue | Answer | % Correct | |
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| B | Former Capital of the Federal Republic of Germany 330,579 | Bonn | 98%
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| A | Westernmost city248,878 | Aachen | 95%
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| E | District-free city in the center of the Ruhrgebiet 582,415 | Essen | 91%
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| K | Largest cityGerman name 1,083,498 | Köln | 91%
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| N | Neighboring country | Netherlands | 91%
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| D | District-free city, where the Ruhr flows into the Rhine 495,885 | Duisburg | 88%
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| Ü | CapitalContains an Ü 620,523 | Düsseldorf | 88%
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| U | After the second World War North Rhine-Westphalia was occupied by this country 1945-1949/91 | United Kingdom | 86%
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| W | City in the Bergisches Land known for its suspension railway (Schwebebahn)355,004 | Wuppertal | 84%
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| M | District-free city in northern Westphalia316,403 | Münster | 79%
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| O | District-free city in the western Ruhrgebiet 209,566 | Oberhausen | 79%
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| R | Neighboring state | Rheinland-Pfalz | 77%
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| Ö | Type of beer from CologneContains an Ö | Kölsch | 70%
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| H | Traditional greeting during Carnival (Karneval)Fool's call (Narrenruf) Especially common around the capital and right of the Rhine | Helau | 67%
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| X | Town at the lower rhineKnown for its archaelogical park at the site of the roman city Colonia Ulpia Traiana 21,521 | Xanten | 67%
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| C | Name of Cologne during the reign of the ancient Roman Empire | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | 63%
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| P | Traditional westphalian bread made out of dark rye berries Also called Schwarzbrot | Pumpernickel | 56%
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| T | Forested hill ridge in Westphalia and alleged location of the Varian Disaster (Varusschlacht) in AD 9 Formerly known as Osning | {Teutoburg} Forest | 56%
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| L | State that became part of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1947 Represented through a flower on the state seal | Lippe | 51%
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| Y | Major steel producer from #D und #EContains an Y | ThyssenKrupp AG | 49%
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| Ä | German name for the inhabitants of the Rhineland (North Rhine)Contains an Ä | Rheinländer | 44%
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| Z | World Heritage Site in #EMining complex | Zeche Zollverein | 44%
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| J | United Duchies in western/ central North Rhine-Westphalia 1521-1609/66Prussian Province in western North Rhine-Westphalia 1815-1822 | Jülich-Cleves-Berg | 37%
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| Q | The Romans built this to transport water from the Eifel to CologneAlso called Römerkanal Contains a Q | Eifel {Aqueduct} | 35%
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| S | Duchy that the east of North Rhine-Westphalia was part of up to 1180After the deposition of Henry the Lion it was split up | Saxony | 35%
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| F | Dialect spoken in the northwest (Lower Rhine) | Low {Franconian} | 33%
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| V | After the first World War this railway became a sovereign part of Belgium It separates several north rhine-westphalian exclaves (e.g. Mützenich) from the mainland | {Venn}bahn | 33%
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| I | The western part of North Rhine-Westphalia was part of this Roman Province | Germania {Inferior} | 30%
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| G | After the Varian Disaster (Varusschlacht) this roman general and father of Caligula led AD 14-16 several campaigns into Germania Magna through the Lippe Valley and with a fleet over the North Sea | Nero Claudius Germanicus | 9%
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