| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| The University of Iowa can be found here, in the first capital city of the state of Iowa. | Iowa City | 88%
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| Jazz great Bix Beiderbecke hails from this, the largest of the Quad Cities. It's named after a man, not his sofa. | Davenport | 81%
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| Named for a tribe of Native Americans from the Plains, this city of 85,000 is the navigational head of the Missouri River. | Sioux City | 81%
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| Actor Elijah Wood and humorist travel writer Bill Bryson are from the capital city, known as the "insurance capital of the world." | Des Moines | 75%
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| An agriculture research hub, this city of 66,400 is home to Iowa State University. | Ames | 69%
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| This city, the starting point of the transcontinental railroad, is across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska. | Council Bluffs | 63%
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| The Quad Cities area is home to Illinois' Moline, East Moline, and Rock Island. The other two (yes, there are five cities in the "quad" cities metro area!) are Davenport and this city. | Bettendorf | 56%
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| Originally called Sturgis Falls, this city is home to University of Northern Iowa. | Cedar Falls | 56%
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| The Rough Riders hockey team is based in this city, the state's second largest, also home to world's largest concentration of cereal manufacturers. | Cedar Rapids | 56%
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| At the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, you'll find this hilly city that is often visited by tourists keen to view its architecture. | Dubuque | 44%
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| This Des Moines suburb is one of the state's fastest growing cities. | Ankeny | 31%
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| Formerly a coal town, this city is home to Buccaneer Arena and Living History Farms museum where Pope John Paul II spoke in 1979. | Urbandale | 25%
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