| Hint | City | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Where Emirates Airline is based | Dubai | 99%
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| J | Capital of Indonesia | Jakarta | 98%
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| N | Struck by an atomic bomb in 1945 | Nagasaki | 97%
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| P | Where Kim Jong-un lives | Pyongyang | 96%
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| U | In Mongolian, its name means "Red Hero" | Ulaanbaatar | 95%
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| H | Named for a Vietnamese leader | Ho Chi Minh City | 94%
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| K | City whose Petronas Towers were once the tallest buildings in the world | Kuala Lumpur | 94%
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| G | Together with nearby cities such as Shenzhen and Dongguan, it constitutes the world's most populous urban area | Guangzhou | 93%
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| M | Former Portuguese colony in China | Macau | 93%
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| A | Where the Taj Mahal is located | Agra | 92%
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| C | Largest city in Sri Lanka | Colombo | 92%
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| B | Capital written as กรุงเทพมหานคร in its own language | Bangkok | 90%
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| O | Where takoyaki (octopus balls) were invented in 1935 | Osaka | 90%
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| T | City whose U.S. embassy was raided in 1979 | Tehran | 88%
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| W | Formed by the consolidation of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang in 1927 | Wuhan | 87%
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| L | Where the Dalai Lama lived before fleeing to India | Lhasa | 84%
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| Y | Largest city in Myanmar, formerly known as Rangoon | Yangon | 84%
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| S | Known as the "Lion City" | Singapore | 82%
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| X | Megacity on the Chinese side of the Strait of Taiwan | Xiamen | 76%
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| I | U.S. forces landed near here in 1950, leading to the recapture of Seoul | Incheon | 72%
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| F | Largest city on the island of Kyushu | Fukuoka | 67%
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| Q | City in Iran that is a major pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims (hint: its name has only three letters) | Qom | 64%
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| R | Administrative center of the Palestinian Authority | Ramallah | 58%
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| V | Ganges holy city also called Benares | Varanasi | 52%
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| Z | City on the Yellow River where the Shang dynasty built a walled city c. 1500 BC | Zhengzhou | 52%
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| E | Israeli resort city on the Gulf of Aqaba, an offshoot of the Red Sea | Eilat | 36%
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