| Letter | Hint | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Commercial, executive and judicial capital of Sri Lanka (7) | Colombo | 100%
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| O | Capital of Norway (4) | Oslo | 95%
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| K | Former imperial capital of Japan (5) | Kyoto | 91%
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| A | City in northern Syria, capital of its most populous governorate (6) | Aleppo | 86%
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| Q | Capital of Ecuador (5) | Quito | 86%
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| R | Chief port of Brazil, the country's capital from 1763 until 1960 (12 or 3) | Rio de Janeiro | 86%
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| T | Capital of Ontario, most populous city in Canada (7) | Toronto | 86%
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| B | Capital of Mali (6) | Bamako | 82%
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| E | City in the far-western corner of Texas (6) | El Paso | 82%
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| M | City-state on the French Riviera in Western Europe (6) | Monaco | 82%
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| F | Fifth-most populous city in California (6) | Fresno | 77%
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| P | Capital of Sicily, Italy (7) | Palermo | 77%
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| Y | Capital of Ivory Coast (12) | Yamoussoukro | 77%
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| S | 'The birthplace of California', located in the southern region of that state (8) | San Diego | 73%
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| W | City in central Texas (4) | Waco | 73%
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| D | Capital of the north-west Mexican state of the same name (7) | Durango | 55%
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| G | Third-most populous city in North Carolina (10) | Greensboro | 55%
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| N | City in north-east Zhejiang Province, China (6) | Ningbo | 41%
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| V | City in Galicia, north-west Spain (4) | Vigo | 36%
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| H | Capital of the north-west Mexican state of Sonora (10) | Hermosillo | 32%
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| L | Port city in Tuscany, west-central Italy (7) | Livorno | 18%
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| I | City and administrative centre of the eponymous Russian oblast (7) | Ivanovo | 9%
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