| Hint | # | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Was once named Constantinople | I | Istanbul | 78%
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| Has Africa’s only subway | C | Cairo | 76%
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| Oktoberfest takes place here | M | Munich | 76%
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| Has the world’s busiest airport | A | Atlanta | 72%
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| The Petronas Towers are here | K | Kuala Lumpur | 72%
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| Harrod’s, a store in this city, sold cocaine to shoppers until 1916 | L | London | 70%
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| The most populous city in the world | T | Tokyo | 66%
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| The ballpoint pen was invented in this South American capital | B | Buenos Aires | 65%
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| Foreigners make up 85% of the population | D | Dubai | 63%
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| Most ethnically diverse city in the world | N | New York | 63%
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| The first skyscraper in the world was built here | C | Chicago | 58%
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| Was the capital of the Muslim world for 500 years | B | Baghdad | 56%
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| The oldest French-speaking city in North America | Q | Quebec | 56%
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| Was Japan’s capital for over a thousand years | K | Kyoto | 52%
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| Has the world’s tallest unoccupied building, the Ryugyong Hotel | P | Pyongyang | 52%
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| This city's name means River of January in Portuguese | R | Rio de Janeiro | 52%
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| The first Asian city colonised by a western country (Portugal) | M | Macau | 49%
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| The highest capital city | L | La Paz | 43%
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| Home to the world's oldest zoo founded in 1752 | V | Vienna | 34%
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| Has the world’s largest medical center | H | Houston | 22%
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| The popular energy drink, Red Bull, was created here | B | Bangkok | 20%
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| The southernmost city in the world | U | Ushuaia | 20%
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| This capital city is sinking at a rate of 10cm per year – 10 times faster than Venice | M | Mexico City | 13%
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| The lowest city in the world | J | Jericho | 5%
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