| Letter | Hint | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | Special administrative region in southern China; former British colony (8) | Hong Kong | 100%
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| J | Largest city in South Africa; seat of the Constituional Court (12) | Johannesburg | 97%
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| P | Capital of North Korea (9) | Pyongyang | 97%
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| W | Capital of Manitoba, Canada, first settled as a French trading post in 1738 (8) | Winnipeg | 94%
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| N | Second-largest city in Bavaria, Germany; site of major Nazi rallies and trials of major Nazi officials (9) | Nuremberg | 91%
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| S | City in western Austria, noted for its annual music festivals; setting of 'The Sound of Music' (8) | Salzburg | 84%
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| G | Second-largest city in Sweden; host of the Gothia Cup, the world's largest youth football tournament (10) | Gothenburg | 81%
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| Y | City in central Russia, named after Ekaterina, wife of Peter the Great who founded the city in 1721 (13) | Yekaterinburg | 72%
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| A | City and university town in Bavaria, Germany, founded in 15 BC by the Romans, named after Emperor Augustus (8) | Augsburg | 59%
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| C | City in southwest China; capital of the Republic of China from 1937 to 1946 (9) | Chongqing | 59%
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| B | Capital of West Java province, Indonesia; capital of the former Dutch West Indies (7) | Bandung | 53%
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| D | Port city, commercial and educational centre of central Vietnam (6) | Da Nang | 50%
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| M | Capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; destroyed with the worst massacre during the Thirty Years' War (9) | Magdeburg | 34%
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| K | Political and economic centre of southern Taiwan (9) | Kaohsiung | 31%
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| T | City in North Brabant, Netherlands, loved and supported by King William II, where he died (7) | Tilburg | 31%
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| R | Fourth-largest city in Bavaria, whose medieval centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; among the most-visited places in Germany (10) | Regensburg | 28%
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| O | Independent city in Lower Saxony, north-western Germany (9) | Oldenburg | 25%
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| V | City in Gauteng province, South Africa; name derived from Dutch, meaning 'association' or 'union' | Vereeniging | 9%
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| Z | City in Jiangsu Province, on the Yangtze River, in eastern China (formerly romanised as 'Chinkiang'), famous for its fragrant black vinegar (9) | Zhenjiang | 6%
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