Statistics for Cities with the Same Name

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Locations	City	% Correct
A Greek conqueror founded many cities named this. The most famous is in Egypt	Alexandria	91%
A "witchy" Boston suburb or the capital of Oregon	Salem	83%
A city that was home to Elvis, or an ancient capital of Egypt	Memphis	80%
A major city in England or in Alabama	Birmingham	79%
The most populous city in Maine and also in Oregon	Portland	75%
City in England or in Massachusetts. Both are home to top Universities	Cambridge	66%
These two cities on the Kansas/Missouri border have the same name	Kansas City	66%
Australian state capital or city in Scotland	Perth	61%
The Pilgrims left from this city in England and founded this town in Massachusetts	Plymouth	61%
Major city in Central America or Silicon Valley	San Jose	61%
Capital of Mississippi or ski town in Wyoming	Jackson	56%
Twenty-five U.S. states have a place named this - but only one is a state capital	Springfield	55%
It's not the capital of South Carolina - but it is the capital of West Virginia	Charleston	52%
City in Ohio or a former capital of Spain	Toledo	52%
Belgian battle site or a city in Ontario with a top university	Waterloo	50%
A city in upstate New York or a Greek colony on Sicily, home to inventor Archimedes	Syracuse	46%
City on the Baltic Sea or on Tampa Bay	St. Petersburg	42%
Suburb of Denver or Chicago. Named for the Roman goddess of dawn	Aurora	39%
City in Colombia or in Spain. The Spanish one was named after Carthage	Cartagena	37%
Fourth biggest city in India or eighth biggest in Pakistan	Hyderabad	34%