| Letter | Hint | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | City in south-western Japan, target of the second atom bomb dropped by the United States (8) | Nagasaki | 100%
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| A | Capital of the United Arab Emirates (8) | Abu Dhabi | 98%
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| H | Capital of Vietnam (5) | Hanoi | 98%
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| M | City on the coast of south-eastern Florida, a popular holiday resort (5) | Miami | 98%
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| K | Most-populous city in Pakistan (7) | Karachi | 95%
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| S | Major city on the east coast of China, on the estuary of the Yangtze River (8) | Shanghai | 95%
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| T | Capital of the country of Georgia (7) | Tbilisi | 95%
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| C | Third-largest city in Ohio (10) | Cincinnati | 93%
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| D | Capital of East Timor (4) | Dili | 93%
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| B | Capital of the Central African Republic (6) | Bangui | 86%
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| F | Capital of Tuvalu (8) | Funafuti | 77%
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| R | City in Punjab province, Pakistan, fourth-largest city in the country; formerly the largest garrison town for the British Indian Army (10) | Rawalpindi | 55%
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| V | City on the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, northern India; holiest city in Hinduism and Jainism (8) | Varanasi | 43%
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| L | Second-largest city in Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Élisabethville, located in the south-east of the country (10) | Lubumbashi | 41%
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| W | City in Jiangsu province, China; famous historical and cultural city in the country (4) | Wuxi | 39%
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| Y | City in Shandong province, China; formerly a treaty port under German influence (6) | Yantai | 14%
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| Z | City on the southern coast of Guangdong province, China, located in the Pearl River Delta (6) | Zhuhai | 11%
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| G | Largest city in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, known as Gauhati during the colonial era (8) | Guwahati | 9%
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| U | City in north-eastern Thailand; major commercial centre in that region (9) | Udon Thani | 7%
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| Q | City in north-eastern Syria on the border with Turkey (8) | Qamishli | 5%
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| J | Historic city in Uttar Pradesh, northern India (6) | Jhansi | 0%
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