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| Ohio’s capital and most populous city. | Columbus | 100%
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| A large portion of what is today the most populous city in Illinois was destroyed by fire in 1871. | Chicago | 99%
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| The second most populous city in Colorado. Does anything spring to mind? | Colorado Springs | 99%
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| The third most populous Ohio city has major league baseball, football, and soccer teams. | Cincinnati | 96%
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| The name of this Texas coastal city means “body of Christ” in Ecclesiastical Latin. | Corpus Christi | 96%
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| The most populous city of North Carolina was named for the queen consort of King George III. | Charlotte | 95%
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| Ohio’s second most populous city is sometimes pejoratively referred to as “the mistake on the lake.” It shares its name with a U.S. President, although it was not named for him. | Cleveland | 94%
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| The name of this Arizona city is also a term that refers to a person who makes and sells candles. | Chandler | 80%
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| The second most populous Virginia city has access to its namesake bay via the Elizabeth River. | Chesapeake | 77%
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| This Massachusetts city is a Boston suburb that was named in honor of an English university. | Cambridge | 76%
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| The capital of South Carolina is the home of the University of South Carolina. | Columbia | 76%
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| Tennessee’s fourth largest city is mentioned in the title of a train-themed song popularized by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. | Chattanooga | 75%
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| The Civil War began in the harbor of what is now the most populous city in South Carolina. | Charleston | 74%
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| Georgia’s second most populous city has a namesake in Ohio. | Columbus | 67%
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| The economy of the second largest city in Iowa is based on grain processing, not on whitewater rushing beneath coniferous trees … as its name suggests. | Cedar Rapids | 64%
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| This Florida city, founded in 1957, has 400 miles of (mostly) navigable canals. If the two words in its name were reversed, the result might describe a pinkish-orange garment that could be worn by a super-hero. | Cape Coral | 62%
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| This California city’s name means “pretty view” in Spanish. | Chula Vista | 62%
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| The home of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and Monster Beverage Corporation, the name of this California city is the Spanish word for “crown.” | Corona | 57%
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| The name of this California city literally means “table coast” in Spanish, although the word meaning “table” probably refers to a geographic feature, rather than an item of furniture. | Costa Mesa | 57%
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| Known locally as “CoMo,” this Missouri city has a namesake in South Carolina. | Columbia | 56%
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| The name of Tennessee’s fifth largest city featured in the title of an anti-war song recorded by The Monkees … another train-themed song! | Clarksville | 55%
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| The namesake of this California city is a New Mexico cavern system. | Carlsbad | 51%
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| Much of the property in this Florida city’s downtown is owned by the Church of Scientology. Its name describes a certain non-murky liquid. | Clearwater | 51%
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| The eleventh largest city of Colorado was named to commemorate the state’s admission to the Union 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. | Centennial | 46%
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| This suburb of Dallas, Texas is the headquarters for Halliburton and Motel 6. Its name is a combination of a Christmas song and a unit of weight. | Carrollton | 44%
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| Home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, this city — combined with neighboring Bryan — make up the thirteenth largest metro area in Texas. | College Station | 43%
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| This California city shares its name with a Massachusetts town that was the site of one of the first battles of the American Revolution. | Concord | 42%
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| The seventeenth largest municipality in North Carolina was named after the head of the Sons of Temperance. Its name is a homophone of a word meaning “support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.” | Cary | 40%
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| This Indiana city was originally named “Bethlehem” and has a namesake-by-the-Sea in California. | Carmel | 39%
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| This suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina shares its name with a variety of grape. | Concord | 38%
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| The name of this Texas city contains two syllables. The first syllable is also a word that means “an instance of deceiving or tricking someone.” The second describes fish eggs. | Conroe | 32%
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| The landscaping and sign laws in this Florida city are so strict that its tallest building has only 12 stories and its first McDonald’s restaurant was denied its iconic golden arches sign. Its name might describe bouncy coils made of marine invertebrates. | Coral Springs | 32%
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| The name of this California city can mean “little” or “boy” in Spanish, and can also be a personal name. | Chico | 30%
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| This California city has a namesake in New Mexico. It also shares its name with the king who united all the Frankish tribes under his rule in the 4th and 5th centuries CE. | Clovis | 27%
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