| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing, alternatively romanized as... | Peking | 84%
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| Astana, previously known as... | Nur-Sultan | 80%
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| Sanaa, also spelled... | Sana | 66%
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| Sanaa, also spelled... | Sana'a | 66%
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| Washington D.C., commonly called... | D.C. | 62%
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| Washington D.C., commonly called... | Washington | 58%
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| Ulaanbaatar, previously anglicized as... | Ulan Bator | 57%
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| Port Vila, or simply... | Vila | 49%
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| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as... | Kotte | 46%
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| Kinshasa, formerly named... | Léopoldville | 42%
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| Bern, or... (Alternative spelling) | Berne | 39%
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| Panama City, also known as... | Panama | 37%
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| Guatemala City, known locally as... | Guate | 33%
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| Bangkok, officially known in Thai as... | Krung Thep | 33%
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| Ankara, historically known as... | Angora | 31%
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| Port Moresby, also referred to as... | Moresby | 27%
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| Khartoum or... (Alternative spelling) | Khartum | 21%
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| Harare, formerly known as... | Salisbury | 19%
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| Antananarivo, also known by its colonial shorthand form... | Tana | 19%
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| Ashgabat or... (Alternative spelling) | Asgabat | 18%
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| Nicosia, also known by its Greek name... | Lefkosia | 18%
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| Tbilisi, in some languages still known by its pre-1936 nam... | Tiflis | 18%
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| Dhaka, formerly known as... | Dacca | 16%
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| Asmara, or... (Alternative spelling) | Asmera | 11%
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| Chișinău, formerly known as... | Kishinev | 11%
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| Nicosia, also known by its Turkish name... | Lefkoşa | 11%
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| Bishkek, formerly... | Frunze | 10%
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| Dushanbe, known from 1929 to 1961 as... | Stalinabad | 10%
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| Ouagadougou or... (Alternative spelling) | Wagadugu | 10%
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| Washington D.C., formerly... | The District of Columbia | 9%
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| Ankara, historically known as... | Ancyra | 8%
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| Naypyidaw, officially romanized... | Nay Pyi Taw | 8%
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| Santo Domingo, known from 1936 to 1961 as... | Ciudad Trujillo | 7%
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| Tashkent or... (Alternative spelling) | Toshkent | 7%
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| Astana, previously known as... | Akmola | 6%
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| Astana, previously known as... | Tselinograd | 5%
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| Bloemfontein, also known as... | Bloem | 4%
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| Gitega, formerly... | Kitega | 4%
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| Bishkek, formerly... | Pishpek | 4%
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| Tegucigalpa, colloquially referred to as... | Tegus | 4%
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| Astana, previously known as... | Akmolinsk | 3%
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| Ashgabat, formerly named... | Poltoratsk | 3%
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| San Marino, locally called... | Città | 2%
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| Tegucigalpa is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city... | Comayagüela | 2%
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| Dushanbe, known in (romanized) Russian as... | Dyushambe | 2%
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| Mogadishu, locally known as... | Hamar | 2%
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| Tegucigalpa, colloquially referred to as... | Teguz | 2%
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| Mogadishu, locally known as... | Xamar | 2%
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| Riyadh, formerly known as... | Hajr al-Yamamah | 1%
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| New Delhi, historically known as... | Indraprastha | 1%
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| Port Moresby, also referred to as... | Pom City | 1%
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| Bridgetown, formerly... | The Town of Saint Michael | 1%
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