| Description | City | % Correct |
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| O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports by passenger traffic | Chicago | 100%
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| Known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background | Detroit | 94%
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| Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", [ ] is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls | Minneapolis | 85%
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| The city has notable niche markets in amateur sports and auto racing | Indianapolis | 81%
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| Founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River from the west | Kansas City | 77%
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| In 1869, the University of Nebraska was established ` | Lincoln | 75%
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| Minneapolis is mostly across the Mississippi River to the west. Together, they are known as the "Twin Cities" | St. Paul | 73%
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| The second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago | Columbus | 71%
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| A port city, connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway. | Cleveland | 69%
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| Its history was heavily influenced by German immigrants in the 19th century | Milwaukee | 69%
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| Point of embarkation for the Corps of Discovery on the United States' sponsored Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase | St. Louis | 65%
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| It is the site of the first caucuses of the presidential primary cycle | Des Moines | 58%
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| Has been called the "Chili Capital of America" and "of the World" | Cincinnati | 50%
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| Fort Dakota, a military reservation established in present-day downtown, was established in May 1865. | Sioux Falls | 50%
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| After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, [ ] grew quickly | Toledo | 50%
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| It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads | Wichita | 50%
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| Built in 1794 by the United States Army under the direction of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne | Fort Wayne | 48%
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| Founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West" | Omaha | 48%
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| Located on an isthmus and lands surrounding five lakes | Madison | 42%
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| Founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain | Fargo | 33%
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| The childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford | Grand Rapids | 33%
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