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Country	Description	City	% Correct
United Kingdom	Attractions include Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Eye, and Trafalgar Square	London	95%
United States	Largest Anglophone-speaking city in the world home of the Empire State Building, Wall Street & the Statue of Liberty	New York City	95%
France	Home of Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, and Avenue des Champs-Élysées	Paris	95%
Germany	Divided by a wall until 1990	Berlin	94%
Ireland	"The Fair City"	Dublin	94%
United States	Home of the Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Boulevard, and the second-largest city in the United States	Los Angeles	94%
Spain	Capital and largest city, location of the UN's World Tourism Organization	Madrid	94%
Mexico	Built on the ancient ruins of Tenochtitlan; the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world	Mexico City	94%
Russia	Home to the most famous Kremlin, Ostankino Tower, the Red Square and the largest metropolitan area in Europe	Moscow	94%
Brazil	Home of Cristo Redentor and Estadio Maracanã; once the capital of the Portuguese Empire	Rio de Janeiro	94%
Italy	Center of a grand empire of the same name	Rome	94%
Australia	Known for its famous Opera House	Sydney	94%
Egypt	Largest city in Egypt, the Middle East and the Arabic world	Cairo	93%
Portugal	Capital of Portugal known for Fado, the São Jorge Castle, the Belem Tower, and the Jerónimos Monastery	Lisbon	93%
Japan	New capital and largest city in Japan	Tokyo	93%
Canada	Location of the CN Tower & the Hockey Hall of Fame	Toronto	93%
Netherlands	Center of the Dutch culture home to its historic canals, the Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, and Red Light District	Amsterdam	92%
Greece	Known as the "Birthplace of Democracy"	Athens	92%
Spain	Second largest city and center of the Catalonia independence movement	Barcelona	92%
China	Home to the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City	Beijing	92%
Argentina	Known for its wide boulevards & European architecture	Buenos Aires	92%
United States	Cuban cultural center of the US that also coins itself as the "Cruise Capital of the World"	Miami	92%
Norway	Fastest growing city in Europe at the turn of the millennium; number one in terms of quality of life in Europe	Oslo	92%
United States	Home of the Golden Gate Bridge; historical center of liberalism in the United States	San Francisco	92%
Austria	The "City of Dreams" and classical music	Vienna	92%
Brazil	Planned capital meant to be looked at by the sky	Brasília	91%
Belgium	De-facto capital of the European Union	Brussels	91%
United States	Attractions include Wrigley Field, the Willis Tower, and its famous deep-dish pizza	Chicago	91%
Cuba	Capital of Cuba; its whole old town is considered a UNESCO Heritage Site	Havana	91%
Turkey	Previously known as Constantinople; has been part of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires	Istanbul	91%
Ukraine	The largest city and capital; once destroyed in the Mongol Invasions and now damaged in a recent war	Kyiv	91%
Russia	Second largest city in Russia; founded by Peter the Great as a planned capital	St. Petersburg	91%
United States	Largest city in New England and Massachusetts; had a very famous tea party	Boston	90%
India	Largest city and its "New" counterpart serve as the capital of India	Delhi	90%
Finland	Capital and largest city; one of the most livable cities in the world	Helsinki	90%
Peru	Capital city founded by Francisco Pizarro is one of the biggest cities in South America	Lima	90%
United Kingdom	The world's first industrialized city and the UK's second largest city by metropolitan population	Manchester	90%
Italy	Largest city in Northern Italy and center of fashion	Milan	90%
South Korea	Capital and largest city; major technology centers include the Gangnam and Digital Media City	Seoul	90%
Sweden	Home to some of the most prestigious colleges in Europe; hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies	Stockholm	90%
Canada	Largest city in British Columbia with a sizeable Asian-American population	Vancouver	90%
Poland	Capital of Poland; known as the "Phoenix City" after the reconstructions after the World Wars	Warsaw	90%
United States	Capital of the United States, home of the Washington Monument, Lafayette Square, and The White House	Washington	90%
Hungary	The largest city and capital of Hungary formed by the merge of two cities	Budapest	89%
South Africa	First permanent residence in South Africa by settlers; location of Table Mountain	Cape Town	89%
Denmark	The most bicycle friendly city in the world	Copenhagen	89%
United States	Twinned with Fort Worth to make the Metroplex	Dallas	89%
United States	Coined itself as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" but is also known as "Sin City"	Las Vegas	89%
Australia	Location of the Cricket Ground and the National Gallery of Victoria	Melbourne	89%
Canada	Home of Parliament Hill	Ottawa	89%
Czech Republic	Historical capital of Bohemia home to the Charles Bridge	Prague	89%
Chile	Capital and largest city founded by Pedro Valdivia	Santiago	89%
Brazil	Largest city and home to the Edifício Martinelli skyscraper; the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world	São Paulo	89%
United States	Home of the Space Needle and birthplace of Grunge Music	Seattle	89%
Turkey	Capital and the second largest in the country; much Roman and Ottoman architecture is preserved in the city	Ankara	88%
Colombia	Bolivar Square is in the center of the capital of Colombia	Bogota	88%
United Arab Emirates	Home to the Burj Khalifa and more than two percent of the Persian Gulf's economy	Dubai	88%
United Kingdom	Capital of Scotland; home of Arthur's Seat and a castle of the same name	Edinburgh	88%
United States	Known as "H-Town", "Space City" and "Bayou City" also houses the Mission Control Center	Houston	88%
Israel	Holy city to Christians, Jews and Muslims	Jerusalem	88%
Germany	Site of Oktoberfest and much of Germany's tourism	Munich	88%
Panama	Capital and largest city; defined by bougainvillea plazas, neoclassical architecture, and its important canal	Panama City	88%
Bulgaria	Capital and largest city that has been described as the "Triangle of Religious Tolerance"	Sofia	88%
Algeria	Capital and largest city; home of the famous Notre-Dame d'Afrique	Algiers	87%
Thailand	Largest primate city in the world	Bangkok	87%
Romania	Referred as "Little Paris" or "Paris of the East"	Bucharest	87%
Indonesia	Largest city in Southeast Asia and in Indonesia known as the "Big Durian"	Jakarta	87%
South Africa	The "City of Gold", largest and most wealthy city in South Africa	Johannesburg	87%
United Kingdom	Where the Beatles started; site of the oldest Black and Chinese communities in Europe	Liverpool	87%
Canada	Largest city in Quebec where one might enjoy poutine	Montreal	87%
India	Home to Bollywood and center of maritime trade	Mumbai	87%
Australia	The largest city in Western Australia and an important naval base for the Allies in WW2	Perth	87%
China	Home of "The Bund" and the Oriental Pearl Tower	Shanghai	87%
Singapore	One of the four Asian Tigers; it has one of the highest standards of living in the world	Singapore	87%
Tunisia	Built over the ancient city of Carthage	Tunis	87%
New Zealand	The southernmost capital in the world and the world's windiest city	Wellington	87%
Egypt	Known for a "Great" Library and Lighthouse	Alexandria	86%
Iraq	Center of the Islamic Golden Age	Baghdad	86%
United States	The largest city in Michigan is the home city of the big three auto manufacturers in the US	Detroit	86%
United Kingdom	Largest city and cultural hub in Scotland; port city on the River Clyde	Glasgow	86%
Philippines	This along with Quezon City and others makes up the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, the fastest growing city in Southeast Asia	Manila	86%
Iran	Thirty-second capital of Persia and modern day capital of Iran	Tehran	86%
Italy	"Queen of the Adriatic"	Venice	86%
Afghanistan	Controlled by twelve different empires throughout history	Kabul	85%
China	One of the four Asian Tigers; handed over to China from the United Kingdom in 1997	Hong Kong	85%
Italy	Former capital of the Kingdom of Two Sicily's	Naples	85%
United States	Largest city in Pennsylvania home to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell	Philadelphia	85%
Portugal	Second largest city in Portugal is known for its famous port wine in the cellars of its twin city, Vila Nova de Gaia	Porto	85%
North Korea	Capital and largest city of North Korea; home to the biggest stadium in the world	Pyongyang	85%
United States	Played a historical role in the Civil Rights Movement and has the most passenger traffic out of any airport	Atlanta	84%
New Zealand	Known as the "City of Sails", this is the largest city in New Zealand and the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere	Auckland	84%
Venezuela	Venezuela's capital and largest city; the final resting place of Simon Bolivar	Caracas	84%
United States	Known as the "Mile High City"	Denver	84%
Germany	Home to the European Central Bank	Frankfurt am Main	84%
Jamaica	Birthplace of Reggae	Kingston	84%
France	Second oldest port on the Mediterranean	Marseille	84%
United States	World-renowned city known for its French Quarter, Creole culture, and Mardi Gras celebrations	New Orleans	84%
Latvia	Largest of the three Baltic capitals	Riga	84%
Croatia	Its "Lower Town" houses the main square of the capital of Croatia	Zagreb	84%
Switzerland	Among the world's largest financial centers, despite its relativity small size	Zurich	84%
Germany	Europe's third largest port was a free imperial city for most of its history	Hamburg	83%
Vietnam	New capital of Vietnam after the Vietnam War; UNESCO called it the "City of Peace" in 1999	Hanoi	83%
Pakistan	Capital of Pakistan; home to Democracy Square and the Faisal Mosque; most of its citizens are predominantly wealthy	Islamabad	83%
Nigeria	The largest city in Nigeria was originally founded on an Island of the same name	Lagos	83%
Bolivia	Highest administrative capital in the world which features Mt. Illimani in the background	La Paz	83%
Uruguay	Capital of Uruguay revolving around the Plaza de la Independencia	Montevideo	83%
Kenya	Location of the United Nations Environmental Program	Nairobi	83%
Ecuador	A city built on the remains of an ancient Inca city; the capital of Ecuador	Quito	83%
Saudi Arabia	Capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	83%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"	Sarajevo	83%
Taiwan	Capital and largest city twinned with the port city of Keelung	Taipei	83%
Estonia	Capital and largest city; birthplace of Skype and TransferWise	Tallinn	83%
United Kingdom	Site of Titanic's construction and largest city in Northern Ireland	Belfast	82%
United Kingdom	Grew significantly from its canals and factories during the Industrial Revolution	Birmingham	82%
Morocco	Largest city and home of the primary naval base of the Royal Moroccan Navy	Casablanca	82%
Malaysia	Home of the Petronas Towers	Kuala Lumpur	82%
France	Its location served as the capital of the Gaul's	Lyon	82%
Japan	Location of corporations Panasonic and Sharp	Osaka	82%
United States	Rapidly growing and sprawling capital of Arizona	Phoenix	82%
Netherlands	Europe's biggest seaport and largest city by urban area in the Netherlands, which includes The Hague, the location of the Dutch Parliament	Rotterdam	82%
United States	Birthplace of California associated with the United States Navy	San Diego	82%
Israel	Called the "Vegans World Capital"	Tel Aviv	82%
Lebanon	Suffered a major explosion in 2020	Beirut	81%
Serbia	Largest city and capital; one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world	Belgrade	81%
Syria	Capital and largest city; damaged heavily by the Syrian Civil War	Damascus	81%
Kuwait	Al Ahmadi makes up the majority of this major urban agglomeration that encompasses all of Kuwait	Kuwait City	81%
Ethiopia	Capital and largest city; renowned diplomatic capital of Africa	Addis Ababa	80%
Bangladesh	The former legislative capital of Pakistan and the modern-day capital of the country	Dhaka	80%
Vietnam	Largest city in Vietnam; named after a revolutionist and leader in the Vietnam War	Ho Chi Minh City	80%
Luxembourg	De facto capital of the European Union	Luxembourg	80%
Libya	"Mermaid of the Mediterranean"	Tripoli	80%
Azerbaijan	The Maiden Tower looms over the only world capital on the Caspian Sea	Baku	79%
Qatar	Capital and largest city; originally an offshoot of Al Bidda City	Doha	79%
Switzerland	Main economic center and second biggest city in the country	Geneva	79%
Guatemala	Former capital of the United Provinces of Central America	Guatemala City	79%
Saudi Arabia	The holiest city in Islam, home to the second most expensive building in the world, the Masjid al-Haram Mosque	Mecca	79%
Morocco	Capital and now recognized port city of Morocco; founded by Abd al-Mu'min as a military center of the Almohad Empire	Rabat	79%
Lithuania	The largest city and capital of Lithuania; once guarded by the Virgin Mary into the city	Vilnius	79%
Slovakia	Once the capital of Hungary, now the only national capital that borders two sovereign states	Bratislava	78%
Australia	Known for its Queenslander architecture	Brisbane	78%
United Kingdom	Capital and largest city in Wales	Cardiff	78%
South Africa	Admistrative capital known for its jacaranda trees	Pretoria	78%
United States	Headquarters of the LDS church and largest city in Utah	Salt Lake City	78%
Nepal	Capital and largest city in Nepal; considered "The Gateway into the Himalayas"	Kathmandu	77%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Largest Francophone city in the world	Kinshasa	77%
Poland	The old capital of Poland; and one of the many named European Capitals of Culture in 2000	Krakow	77%
Spain	Home of the Casa de Contratación and world expositions like the Ibero-American Exposition and Expo '92	Seville	77%
United States	This second-largest metropolitan area in Florida combines with St. Petersburg to make the Greater Bay Area	Tampa	77%
Spain	Capital of the Second Spanish Republic and home to the Fallas Festivals	Valencia	77%
Paraguay	Capital and largest city; one of the cheapest places for tourists to visit in the world	Asunción	76%
Senegal	Largest city and capital of Senegal; once the capital of the short-lived Mali Federation	Dakar	76%
China	Center of the Pearl River Delta, the largest urban agglomeration in the world	Guangzhou	76%
China	The breakout zone of COVID-19	Wuhan	76%
Jordan	An Umayyad grand complex lies in the center of the city	Amman	75%
India	The oldest continuously used port in India	Kolkata	75%
Italy	The "Cradle of Italian Liberty"	Turin	75%
Canada	The center of Canada's oil industry	Calgary	74%
Germany	Major city and cultural center in the Rhine Region	Cologne	74%
Japan	Location of the first nuclear bombing on a populated area	Hiroshima	74%
Pakistan	Also known as the "City of Lights", this is the largest city in Pakistan and previously one of the least safe cities in the world	Karachi	74%
Japan	Japan's former capital from 794 to 1868 B.C.	Kyoto	74%
Cyprus	Split in half by Cyprus and Northern Cyprus	Nicosia	74%
United States	Originally founded as a Spanish Mission, it is the location of the Alamo and the oldest city in Texas	San Antonio	74%
Dominican Republic	Known as the "First City of America"	Santo Domingo	74%
Ghana	Indirectly founded by many Danish and British forts	Accra	73%
Belgium	Largest city in the Flanders region	Antwerp	73%
Canada	"Gateway into the North"	Edmonton	73%
Sudan	Capital and largest city by metropolitan area, its twin city, Omdurman is larger in city-proper	Khartoum	73%
Angola	Most populous Lusophone speaking capital in the world	Luanda	73%
Kazakhstan	Capital of Kazakhstan previously named after their former president	Astana	72%
Sri Lanka	Largest city that includes the nation's capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte inside in the urban area	Colombo	72%
United States	City in Tennessee which is a historical center of the blues, country, and rock and roll; home of Graceland and Beale Street	Memphis	72%
Oman	The capital of Oman contains the city of Ruwi, which makes up most of its economic sector and powered a strong Sultanate	Muscat	72%
Cambodia	Known as the "Pearl of Asia"	Phnom Penh	72%
United States	Largest city on Lake Erie which is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame	Cleveland	71%
Nigeria	Two natural monoliths, Aso & Zuma Rock define Nigeria's newly planned capital	Abuja	70%
Tanzania	Largest city in Tanzania, once the capital of the country until 1973 when it was moved to Dodoma	Dar es Salaam	70%
Mexico	Home city of Miguel Hidalgo's revolutionary government	Guadalajara	70%
Colombia	"City of Eternal Spring"	Medellín	70%
Ukraine	Founded by Catherine the Great defined by Mediterranean architecture	Odessa	70%
United States	Known as the "Gateway to the West", it also has the smallest national park in the USA surrounding the Gateway Arch	St. Louis	70%
United States	Largest city in North Carolina and the fastest-growing metropolitan area from 2004 to 2014	Charlotte	69%
United States	Home of Fort McHenry and known for its Inner Harbor	Baltimore	68%
Palestine	Been under a blockade since 2007	Gaza	68%
United States	Known as "Steel City" and the "City of Bridges", its economic sector is changing to become a hub in healthcare and technology	Pittsburgh	68%
Madagascar	Also known as Tana	Antananarivo	67%
Sweden	Largest port in the Nordic countries; founded by Gustavus Adolphus in 1621	Gothenburg	67%
United States	Largest city in Wisconsin known for its historical brewing and Summerfest	Milwaukee	67%
Mexico	Home to the Zona Rio district	Tijuana	67%
Pakistan	Known for its old city and Lollywood	Lahore	66%
Uzbekistan	Capital and largest city; once an important Silk Road stopping point	Tashkent	66%
Namibia	Primate city and capital of Namibia; built on the site of a permanent hot spring	Windhoek	66%
Italy	Busiest seaport in Italy	Genoa	65%
China	Historically known as the first capital of China, this is the site of the Terracotta Army and the start of the Silk Road	Xi'an	65%
United States	First city founded after the American Revolution located on the Ohio River	Cincinnati	64%
China	Handed over to China from Portugal in 1999, now one of the biggest gambling centers in the world	Macau	64%
France	One of the four main capitals of the EU, and largest city in Alsace	Strasbourg	64%
Germany	Headquarters of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche	Stuttgart	64%
India	Known as the "Detroit of India" and the "Health Capital of India"	Chennai	63%
Uganda	One of the most rapidly developing cities in Eastern Africa with a growth rate of 4.03%	Kampala	63%
Laos	Home of That Luang, an icon of Buddhism around the world	Vientiane	63%
South Africa	Location of the Supreme Court in South Africa; known as the "City of Roses"	Bloemfontein	62%
United Kingdom	Home of the Cabot Tower and the Floating Harbour	Bristol	62%
Saudi Arabia	Red Sea port known for King Fahd’s Fountain	Jeddah	62%
Mexico	Sprawling economic and industrial zone in Nuevo Leon	Monterrey	62%
India	Capital of Karnataka and fastest growing city in the country	Bengaluru	61%
Egypt	Home to many of the Pyramids and the Great Sphinx	Giza	61%
Saudi Arabia	Last burial ground of the last prophet of Islam; second most holy city in the Islamic World	Medina	61%
Russia	Largest city on the Pacific Ocean in Russia; terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway	Vladivostok	61%
South Africa	City in KwaNatal Zulu, indirectly founded from a shipwreck off the coast	Durban	60%
India	Shares the name of a major Pakastani city	Hyderabad	60%
Japan	Largest city on Hokkaido that hosts an annual winter festival	Sapporo	60%
Mexico	Renowned tourist destination on the Yucatan Peninsula	Cancún	59%
Turkey	Previously known as Smyrna, this third largest city of Turkey has a recorded history of over 3000 years of recorded urban history	Izmir	59%
Rwanda	Capital and largest city of Rwanda; known as the "Singapore of Africa"	Kigali	59%
China	Third busiest container port in the world and home of many headquarters such as BYD, DJI and Tencent	Shenzhen	57%
Mozambique	Capital and largest city of Mozambique has a large mixture of neoclassical and art deco architecture	Maputo	56%
Myanmar	Largest city and former capital of Myanmar has the most intact colonial buildings anywhere in Indochina	Yangon	56%
Kazakhstan	Former capital and largest city in Kazakhstan; home to the Zenkov Cathedral	Almaty	55%
Brunei	Was once the center of a small empire close to the island of Labuan, Malaysia	Bandar Seri Begawan	53%
United States	Site of the first battle of the American Civil War and largest city in South Carolina	Charleston	53%
France	Largest port city in France during the colonial era	Nantes	53%
Côte d' Ivoire	Largest city known for the Vridi Canal which made it one of the largest ports in Africa	Abidjan	52%
India	Former capital of the Mughal Empire in India; home to the Taj Mahal	Agra	52%
Russia	Previously called Stalingrad; site of one of the longest and bloodiest battles in WW2	Volgograd	52%
China	The Yujiapu Financial District gives it the nickname, "Manhattan of China"	Tianjin	51%
Tanzania	Once the center of the sultanate on the island of the same name; its historic center is called Stone Town	Zanzibar	51%
India	Largest city in Gujarat that has the Sabarmati river flow through	Ahmedabad	50%
Kenya	Controlled by the Portuguese, British, and Oman at different points	Mombasa	50%
China	Historically one of the largest cities in the world, and one of the four Ancient Capitals of China; home to Ming Palace, Porcelain Tower and Fuzimiao	Nanjing	50%
Russia	Largest city on Crimea; it was once a closed city in the USSR due to its strategic location on the Black Sea	Sevastopol	49%
China	Its city limits are larger than the country of Austria	Chongqing	48%
China	Capital of Tibet, home to the Potala Palace	Lhasa	48%
Ecuador	Known as the "Pearl of the Pacific"	Guayaquil	47%
Brazil	Once another capital of Brazil and noted for its Afro-Brazilian culture	Salvador	47%
China	Formally known as Amoy, a British controlled port from 1842-1912	Xiamen	47%
Nigeria	Largest Muslim-dominated city in Nigeria; once the center of its own Emirate	Kano	46%
Iraq	Known as Mûsil to the Kurds	Mosul	45%
Germany	Many of its coal mines and factories have been changed to National Museums	Essen	44%
Russia	Largest city in Siberia and one of the world's most renowned zoos	Novosibirsk	43%
South Africa	One of the most popular holiday destinations in South Africa for its beaches and safari; changed its name in 2021	Gqeberha	42%
China	Manchurian city known as the "City of Ice"	Harbin	42%
Russia	Known as the center of Russian sports and the capital of the Tatar ASSR in the Soviet Union	Kazan	42%
Romania	Known as the unofficial capital of Transylvania	Cluj-Napoca	41%
Indonesia	"Bravely Facing Danger"	Surabaya	40%
Bolivia	Bolivia's main commercial center and largest city in the country	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	36%
Malaysia	Located on Penang Island, this is referred to as the "Silicon Valley of the East"	George Town	26%
Romania	Called the "City of Flowers", this was the very first city in the world to be lit with electric street lamps in 1884	Timișoara	26%
China	Known for its canals, pagodas and gardens, known as the "Venice of the East"	Suzhou	19%
India	Former capital of the Mauryan and Gupta empires	Patna	18%

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