| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto | Tokyo | 94%
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| A sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia | Singapore | 93%
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| Is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions | Jerusalem | 91%
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| In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics and to fulfill promises to clean up the city's air, nearly US $17 billion was spent | Beijing | 87%
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| The victorious powers divided the city into four sectors | Berlin | 81%
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| The capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia | Perth | 79%
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| It was home to the world's first psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud | Vienna | 78%
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| Although the name Sài Gòn is still widely used | Ho Chi Minh City | 77%
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| The old city that is now simply referred to as Tenochtitlan was built on an island | Mexico City | 74%
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| The centre of an explosion of philosophic and scientific activity known as the Age of Enlightenment | Paris | 72%
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| The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea | Stockholm | 65%
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| A cosmopolitan urban civilisation in the Himalayan foothills | Kathmandu | 62%
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| Often referred to as 'Nollywood' | Lagos | 55%
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| Was planned and developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 | Brasilia | 53%
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| Situated on the Adriatic Sea, the city always traded extensively with the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world | Venice | 53%
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| Was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535 | Lima | 50%
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| One of the most famous buildings in the world, the mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favourite wife | Agra | 49%
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| It is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland | Dakar | 45%
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| Situated at the mouth of the River Liffey | Dublin | 42%
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| Home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world | Saint Petersburg | 40%
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| Amharic: አዲስ አበባ | Addis Ababa | 36%
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| As part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the town's capture and plunder by United States forces | Toronto | 26%
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