| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| S | Brazil's largest city (~12 million). | São Paulo | 94%
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| M | Major city in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. | Manaus | 76%
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| F | The BR-116 highway starts in this city. | Fortaleza | 71%
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| N | Translates to English as 'Christmas'. | Natal | 65%
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| J | Brazil's third-oldest city, having been founded in 1585. | João Pessoa | 53%
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| C | Brazil's last emperor founded the Instituto Agronômico de ________ in this city. | Campinas | 41%
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| G | Formerly a sister city of Madison, Wisconsin. | Goiânia | 41%
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| B | German immigrants founded this Atlantic Forest city in 1850. | Blumenau | 35%
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| V | With ~340,000 people crammed into ~93km^2, its population density is ~3,655.91/km^2. | Vitoria | 35%
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| P | The capital of Tocantins State; it's name in the indigenous language Xerénte is 'Akwẽ krikahâzawre wam hã'. | Palmas | 29%
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| D | Economic capital of Mato Grasso do Sul. | Dourados | 24%
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| H | Founded in 1991 as the only Brazilian municipality starting with H. | Hortolândia | 24%
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| I | The hometown of the prolific writer Jorge Amado | Ilhéus | 24%
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| R | Its former name was Rio Vermelho. | Rondonópolis | 24%
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| A | Known for its beautiful sunsets, earning it the nickname 'the abode of the sun'. | Araraquara | 18%
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| E | Shares a name with a major Ecuadorian city. | Esmeraldas | 18%
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| L | Positioned 68km south of Brazil's capital. | Luziânia | 18%
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| O | By area, this northwestern city is the fourth-largest munipalcity in Brazil, at 107,603 km^2. | Oriximiná | 12%
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| T | Has more cows than it does people. | Teófilo Otoni | 12%
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| U | Located in the state of Pará in northern Brazil. | Uruará | 12%
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