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| The capital and second most populous city in North Carolina. | R | Raleigh | 98%
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| "The Biggest Little City in the World," and the third most populous in Nevada, gained fame in the 1930s for its extremely liberal divorce law. | R | Reno | 98%
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| The capital and fourth most populous city of Virginia was founded in 1737, and in 1780 replaced Williamsburg as the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. | R | Richmond | 96%
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| This city in New York has been a center for social and political movements and is now the home of the Eastman School of Music. | R | Rochester | 91%
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| The seventh most populous city in Massachusetts was the birthplace of both Presidents Adams, and shares a name with one of them. | Q | Quincy | 88%
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| Minnesota’s third largest city was founded by George and Henrietta Head in 1854 and named for George’s hometown in upstate New York. | R | Rochester | 80%
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| The twelfth most populous city in California was the birthplace of the California citrus industry and is now home to the largest cemetery managed by the National Cemetery Administration. | R | Riverside | 77%
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| The name of the fifth largest city in Illinois recalls that at one time the Rock River was shallow enough to cross there. | R | Rockford | 71%
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| The final assembly point for the Boeing 737 family of planes, this Washington city was incorporated in 1901. To discover its name, combine the following.1. A word meaning “a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.” 2. An antonym of “off.” | R | Renton | 70%
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| This Texas city was “dry” until November 2006 and was named after the secretary of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Mr. Secretary had a patronymic surname that at one time might have been given to the son of someone whose nickname was “Dick.” | R | Richardson | 64%
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| Although it lost an acute accent at some point, this Nevada city’s name translates from Spanish as “ranch river.” | R | Rio Rancho | 61%
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| The area around this Texas city has been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BCE. It was named after a disk-shaped formation in the middle of Brushy Creek. | R | Round Rock | 52%
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| The area around the 28th most populous city in California was once the home of the Kukamonga people. | R | Rancho Cucamonga | 43%
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| Edmund Randolph persuaded a federal surveying party to put the name of his Virginia hometown on their 1854 coastal map of the San Francisco Bay in California. Thus this city was named. | R | Richmond | 41%
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| Once creatively named “Junction” (for the point where the tracks for the Central Pacific Railroad and the California Central Railroad met), this California city is still a railroad town, although its economy has diversified since the 1950s. It has a flower in its name. | R | Roseville | 41%
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| This California city shares its name with hundreds of movie theaters. | R | Rialto | 34%
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