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World Capitals by Wikipedia Descriptions #2 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 195 times
- The average score is 14 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River | Washington D.C | 92%
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| It was home to the world's first psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud | Vienna | 90%
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| The centre of an explosion of philosophic and scientific activity known as the Age of Enlightenment | Paris | 89%
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| The city's subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world. | Beijing | 81%
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| Although not as important as Milan, the city is the fourth most important centre for fashion in the world, according to the 2009 Global Language Monitor | Rome | 81%
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| Was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan | Mexico City | 79%
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| 390 km (240 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia | Helsinki | 73%
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| An ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state (a type of theocracy) | Vatican City | 72%
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| In Sunni Islam, this is the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina | Jerusalem | 71%
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| Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests | Cairo | 63%
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| Was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Sarajevo | 58%
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| From February 3 to March 3, 1945, the city was the site of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater of World War II | Manila | 54%
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| The city's other historic names include Kisong, Hwangsong, Rakrang, Sŏgyong, Sodo, Hogyong, Changan, and Heijō | Pyongyang | 54%
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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 | 53%
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| Pedro de Mendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds" | Buenos Aires | 50%
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| Sometimes dubbed the "Paris of the East" for its French influences | Hanoi | 50%
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| The communist government increasingly turned to tourism for new financial revenue | Havana | 46%
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| Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort opened in 2010; one of the world's most photographed buildings. | Singapore | 45%
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| The Armenian Genocide brought an effective end to the residential diocese | Ankara | 40%
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| The house where Simón Bolívar was born on 24 July 1783 | Caracas | 35%
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| The ACT is independent of any state to prevent any one state from gaining an advantage | Canberra | 34%
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| Less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River | Bucharest | 32%
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| The second-largest city by population in the African Great Lakes region | Nairobi | 32%
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| The headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the regional headquarters of OPEC | Abuja | 28%
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