Statistics for World Capitals by Wikipedia Descriptions #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Few structures pre-date the Great Fire of 1666, these being a few trace Roman remains	London	91%
Home to the tallest twin buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers	Kuala Lumpur	90%
The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area	Tokyo	83%
In November 1941, German Army Group Centre was stopped at the outskirts of the city	Moscow	80%
108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics	Athens	79%
They chose a site north of the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon (and also just north of where ancient Babylon had once stood)	Baghdad	78%
It is one of the country's capital cities, serving as the seat of the administrative branch of government	Pretoria	77%
Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities	Wellington	73%
The influx of many Tibetan refugees from China has seen the construction of over 50 Tibetan gompas (monasteries) around Boudhanath.	Kathmandu	69%
Divided by the two Rivers Nile	Khartoum	61%
On 10 December 1997 Akmola replaced Almaty	Astana	60%
Famous festivals and events in the city include: Koningsdag, The Cannabis Cup, and Uitmarkt	Amsterdam	56%
Situated at the mouth of the River Liffey	Dublin	55%
With Prince Albert II as head of state	Monaco	54%
Founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as Ciudad de los Reyes	Lima	51%
The capital city of the West African country of Liberia	Monrovia	49%
Burmese: နေပြည်တော်	Naypyidaw	47%
The city and region's demonym is santiaguinos (male) and santiaguinas (female)	Santiago	47%
From an architectural perspective, the airplane-shaped plan was certainly an homage to Le Corbusier	Brasilia	39%
The 16th century explorer Leo Africanus knew the city as Magadazo	Mogadishu	28%
It is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Rewa Province, Central Division	Suva	24%
The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world	Budapest	18%
The native Taíno people populated the island which they called Quisqueya (mother of all lands) and Ayiti (land of high mountains)	Santo Domingo	15%
Was also the capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942	Brazzaville	4%