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Question	Answer	% Correct
What Egyptian city was once home to the world's greatest library?	Alexandria	100%
What city is home to the world's busiest airport?	Atlanta	100%
What city in southern France did the Pope reside in the 1300s?	Avignon	100%
What modern-day capital is located near the ancient city of Babylon?	Baghdad	100%
What national capital is on the Caspian Sea?	Baku	100%
What city was once called Peking?	Beijing	100%
Which European capital has a name that rhymes with a famous wizard?	Berlin	100%
According to the Bible, what town was Jesus born in?	Bethlehem	100%
What city do Brummies come from?	Birmingham	100%
What is South Africa's judicial capital?	Bloemfontein	100%
In what city was Beethoven born?	Bonn	100%
What is the capital of Queensland, Australia?	Brisbane	100%
What city is home to the EU headquarters?	Brussels	100%
What city is often called the "Paris of South America"?	Buenos Aires	100%
What city is Giza a suburb of?	Cairo	100%
What is the most populous city on the Nile river?	Cairo	100%
What French city is geographically closest to the UK?	Calais	100%
What French city hosts Europe's most well-known film festival?	Cannes	100%
What African city's name translates to "White House" in English?	Casablanca	100%
What is the most populous city that borders the Great Lakes?	Chicago	100%
In what city did James Joyce's "Ulysses" take place?	Dublin	100%
What city is home to the original Guinness brewery?	Dublin	100%
What is the biggest U.S. city whose name starts with "Fort"?	Fort Worth	100%
In what city was Christopher Columbus born?	Genoa	100%
What is the most populous city in Scotland?	Glasgow	100%
What is the capital of Guatemala?	Guatemala City	100%
What national capital did the U.S. bomb in 1972?	Hanoi	100%
What major city has initials HCMC?	Ho Chi Minh City	100%
What city in Austria has twice hosted the Winter Olympics?	Innsbruck	100%
What national capital starts with the letter I?	Islamabad	100%
What is the world's largest transcontinental city?	Istanbul	100%
What Asian capital was known as Batavia when it was controlled by the Dutch?	Jakarta	100%
What city has Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Armenian Quarters?	Jerusalem	100%
What is the most populous city in South Africa?	Johannesburg	100%
What is the capital of Alaska?	Juneau	100%
What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?	Kinshasa	100%
What Japanese city is famous for beef?	Kobe	100%
What major African city has a name that means "lakes" in Portuguese?	Lagos	100%
What African city is predicted to be the most populated in the world in the year 2100?	Lagos	100%
What is the nearest major city to the Hoover Dam?	Las Vegas	100%
What city in Yorkshire is the UK's second largest financial center?	Leeds	100%
What Chinese city was controlled by Portugal until 1999?	Macau	100%
What is the holiest city in Islam?	Mecca	100%
What city was founded in the ruins of Tenochtitlan in 1524?	Mexico City	100%
What European city is the headquarters of Prada and Versace?	Milan	100%
What is the largest city on Alabama's Gulf Coast?	Mobile	100%
What is the most populous city in Quebec?	Montreal	100%
What city's Dharavi slum has a population of about 700,000 in less than one square mile?	Mumbai	100%
What city, starting with N, was struck by an atomic bomb in WWII?	Nagasaki	100%
In what city did pizza originate?	Naples	100%
According to the Bible, what city did Jesus grow up in?	Nazareth	100%
In what U.S. city would you be most likely to hear "When the Saints Go Marching In"?	New Orleans	100%
What is the largest Ukrainian city on the Black Sea?	Odessa	100%
What is the capital of Canada?	Ottawa	100%
What is England's first University town?	Oxford	100%
What is the largest city on the island of Sicily?	Palermo	100%
What city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.?	Pompeii	100%
What is the largest city in Portugal?	Porto	100%
What city is famous for not one, but two defenestrations?	Prague	100%
What South American city has the best-known Carnival celebration?	Rio de Janeiro	100%
According to legend, what city was founded by Romulus and Remus?	Rome	100%
According to the saying, what city do all roads lead to?	Rome	100%
What city would you arrive in if you drove south over the Golden Gate Bridge?	San Francisco	100%
What is the largest city in Brazil?	São Paulo	100%
What is the capital of South Korea?	Seoul	100%
What is the most populous city in Scandinavia?	Stockholm	100%
What is the largest city on the Gulf of Finland?	St. Petersburg	100%
What is the most populous city in Australia?	Sydney	100%
What capital city was struck by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923?	Tokyo	100%
What African capital city is the furthest north?	Tunis	100%
What Winter Olympics host city is also considered to be the automotive capital of Italy?	Turin	100%
What is the third largest city in Spain?	Valencia	100%
What Italian city was once led by a doge?	Venice	100%
What city is famous for gondolas?	Venice	100%
What city is home to the 16 of the 19 Smithsonian museums?	Washington D.C.	100%
What city was built based on the 1791 plans of Pierre Charles L'Enfant?	Washington D.C.	100%
What is the second biggest city in the Tokyo metro area?	Yokohama	100%
What is the only city in England whose name starts with Y?	York	100%
What capital starts with the letter Z?	Zagreb	100%
In what city is Coney Island located?	New York City	75%
In what city did "Breaking Bad" take place?	Albuquerque	67%
What inland South American city designed by Oscar Niemeyer and founded in 1960	Brasilia	67%
What is the westernmost national capital on mainland Africa?	Dakar	67%
In what city would you find a hill known as Mount Zion?	Jerusalem	67%
What city is home to the Petronas Twin Towers?	Kuala Lumpur	67%
What is France's biggest coastal city?	Marseille	67%
From what city do Neapolitans hail?	Naples	67%
What is the executive capital of South Africa?	Pretoria	67%
What is the largest city in New Zealand?	Auckland	50%
In what city was the RMS Titanic built?	Belfast	50%
What is the second most-populous city in New York state?	Buffalo	50%
What city's name is also spelled Caerdydd?	Cardiff	50%
What city is nicknamed "The Windy City"?	Chicago	50%
What European capital was destroyed by an Earthquake in 1755?	Lisbon	50%
What city are you in if you land at LAX?	Los Angeles	50%
What Swedish city is connected to Copenhagen via a bridge?	Malmö	50%
The Twin Cities are St. Paul and what other city?	Minneapolis	50%
What city is connected to Washington D.C. via the "red telephone"?	Moscow	50%
What city was attacked by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics?	Munich	50%
What city is also called "Nola" and "The Big Easy"?	New Orleans	50%
In what city does the musical "Rent" take place?	New York City	50%
What is the most populous city in Asian Russia?	Novosibirsk	50%
In what city were Nazi war criminals prosecuted?	Nuremberg	50%
In what European city did the film "The Sound of Music" take place?	Salzburg	50%
In what Slavic city did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand take place?	Sarajevo	50%
What Asian city opened a Disney resort in 2016?	Shanghai	50%
What city in the UK is known as "Steel City"	Sheffield	50%
If I sail on the Neva river past the Hermitage Museum, what city am I in?	St. Petersburg	50%
What city was attacked by Godzilla in the 1954 movie "Godzilla"?	Tokyo	50%
In what city-state does the pope live?	Vatican City	50%
What city suffered severe flooding due to Hurricane Harvey in 2017?	Houston	33%
What city is home to the UN headquarters?	New York City	33%
What city is called the "Capital of Silicon Valley"?	San Jose	33%
What Mexican city is famous for cliff divers?	Acapulco	0%
What city is home to the African Union headquarters?	Addis Ababa	0%
In what city would you find the Taj Mahal?	Agra	0%
In what city did Anne Frank hide from the Nazis?	Amsterdam	0%
Through what European city do 84% of the world's diamonds pass?	Antwerp	0%
What city is known as "the birthplace of democracy"?	Athens	0%
What city hosted the first Olympic Games?	Athens	0%
What major European city is named after the goddess of wisdom?	Athens	0%
What is the capital of Texas?	Austin	0%
What is the largest city in the state of Maryland?	Baltimore	0%
What city is nicknamed the "Sin City of Asia"?	Bangkok	0%
What European city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1992?	Barcelona	0%
What is the capital of Catalonia?	Barcelona	0%
What is usually considered to be the northernmost city in the United States?	Barrow	0%
What major city sits at the intersection of Switzerland, Germany, and France?	Basel	0%
What English city was originally built by the Romans as a spa in 60 A.D.?	Bath	0%
What city was once called "The Paris of the Middle East" before a civil war began in 1975?	Beirut	0%
In what city would one encounter "Checkpoint Charlie" while trying to travel from East to West?	Berlin	0%
In what city would you find the world's oldest university?	Bologna	0%
What French city is known as the wine capital of the world?	Bordeaux	0%
In what city was the 1773 Tea Party located?	Boston	0%
What city is home to the University of Colorado?	Boulder	0%
What is the capital of Slovakia?	Bratislava	0%
What Belgian city is known for canals?	Bruges	0%
What city was formed by the merger of Pest, Óbuda, and Buda in 1873?	Budapest	0%
What is the world's southernmost megacity?	Buenos Aires	0%
What is the most populous city in the Middle East?	Cairo	0%
What Canadian city hosts an annual stampede?	Calgary	0%
What is the capital of Australia?	Canberra	0%
What is the southernmost city in Africa?	Cape Town	0%
What French city hosted the first Winter Olympics?	Chamonix	0%
What city is famous for "deep-dish" pizza?	Chicago	0%
What city in Oceania was devastated by an earthquake in 2011?	Christchurch	0%
What German city is also a type of fragrance?	Cologne	0%
In what city was John F. Kennedy assassinated?	Dallas	0%
What city in the Levant was the capital of the Arab world from 661 to 750	Damascus	0%
What city in India was ranked as the world's most polluted city in 2015?	Delhi	0%
What city in the U.S. is known as the Motor City?	Detroit	0%
What city is directly across the border from Windsor, Ontario?	Detroit	0%
Which major city has the highest percentage of African-American residents (82%)?	Detroit	0%
What English town is famous for its white cliffs?	Dover	0%
What German city was almost entirely destroyed by firebombs in 1945?	Dresden	0%
In what city would you find the world's tallest building?	Dubai	0%
In what city would you find the world's largest indoor ski slope?	Dubai	0%
What city is the hub of Emirates airline?	Dubai	0%
What city in Minnesota borders Lake Superior?	Duluth	0%
What is the capital of Scotland?	Edinburgh	0%
What is the capital of Alberta?	Edmonton	0%
What is the westernmost city in Texas?	El Paso	0%
What city is usually considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance?	Florence	0%
What city is considered to be the financial capital of Germany?	Frankfurt	0%
What is the biggest city in California that doesn't start with "San" or "Los"?	Fresno	0%
What Polish city was once called Danzig?	Gdansk	0%
What city is home to Red Cross headquarters?	Geneva	0%
What was the last Muslim city in Spain?	Granada	0%
What is the second biggest metro area in Mexico?	Guadalajara	0%
What is the most populous city on the Atlantic coast of Canada?	Halifax	0%
What city's inhabitants are known as Haligonians?	Halifax	0%
What is the capital of Finland?	Helsinki	0%
What city is Kowloon a part of?	Hong Kong	0%
What city did Bruce Lee grow up in?	Hong Kong	0%
What city did Britain control until taken back by China in 1997?	Hong Kong	0%
What is the southernmost city in the United States with a population over 100,000?	Honolulu	0%
Among major U.S. cities, which one has the warmest average temperature?	Honolulu	0%
In what city would you find the NASA Mission Control?	Houston	0%
What city is the northernmost official city in the United Kingdom?	Inverness	0%
What capital is named after a religion?	Islamabad	0%
What city is situated on the Golden Horn?	Istanbul	0%
What city was once called Constantinople?	Istanbul	0%
What Greek city did a type of olive originate in and get its name from?	Kalamata	0%
What is the most populous city in Pakistan?	Karachi	0%
What city is often called the "third capital of Russia"?	Kazan	0%
What is the capital of Ukraine?	Kiev	0%
In what city did Mother Teresa do her charity work?	Kolkata	0%
What city is most commonly associated with geishas?	Kyoto	0%
What major Japanese city was spared bombing damage during WWII because of its cultural value?	Kyoto	0%
What city's film industry is called "Nollywood"?	Lagos	0%
What American city is supposedly the brightest when seen from space?	Las Vegas	0%
What national capital was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535?	Lima	0%
What city are the Beatles from?	Liverpool	0%
What port city was connected to Manchester by the world's first exclusively steam powered railroad?	Liverpool	0%
What is the only national capital that contains two Js?	Ljubljana	0%
In what city might you be asked to "mind the gap"?	London	0%
What city had a "Great Smog" that killed over 4,000 people in 1952?	London	0%
In what city did the Cockney accent originate?	London	0%
What city burned down in 1666?	London	0%
What Egyptian city has been called the "world's greatest open-air museum"?	Luxor	0%
In what city did the 2004 train bombings take place?	Madrid	0%
Near what major U.K. city would you find Old Trafford stadium?	Manchester	0%
What metro area's largest city is Quezon City?	Manila	0%
What is the southernmost city in the world that has a population over 1 million people?	Melbourne	0%
In what city would you find Beale Street, famous for its blues clubs?	Memphis	0%
What is the nearest city to New York City that has a population over 10 million?	Mexico City	0%
In what city would one find Estadio Azteca?	Mexico City	0%
What city has been called "The capital of Latin America", despite not actually being part of Latin America?	Miami	0%
What American city was the center of cocaine importation in the 1980s	Miami	0%
In addition to New York, London and Paris, what city is considered a "fashion capital"?	Milan	0%
What small city-state is on the Côte d‘Azur?	Monaco	0%
What city hosted the first World Cup Final?	Montevideo	0%
In what city would you find the Bolshoi Theatre?	Moscow	0%
In what city was the video game Tetris created?	Moscow	0%
What city's film industry is called "Bollywood"?	Mumbai	0%
What city celebrates the original Oktoberfest?	Munich	0%
What is the capital of Bavaria?	Munich	0%
What is the capital of Kenya?	Nairobi	0%
What city was capital of China from 1927-1937, before being brutally conquered by Japan?	Nanjing	0%
Beijing means "northern capital" in Chinese. What city's name means "southern capital"?	Nanjing	0%
What city is known as the capital of country music?	Nashville	0%
What major American city has an average elevation of 2 feet below sea level?	New Orleans	0%
In what English county would you find Sherwood Forest?	Nottinghamshire	0%
What is the second most populous urban area in Japan?	Osaka	0%
In what city is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?	Oslo	0%
What major European city starts and ends with O?	Oslo	0%
In what Spanish city would you find the running of the bulls?	Pamplona	0%
What Latin American capital is located on a major canal?	Panama City	0%
In what city did Charles Lindbergh land on his famous flight across the Atlantic in 1927?	Paris	0%
In what city did Princess Diana die?	Paris	0%
What city's catacombs contain the bones of over six million people?	Paris	0%
What is the westernmost major city in Australia?	Perth	0%
In what U.S. city would you find the Liberty Bell?	Philadelphia	0%
What is the most populous U.S. capital?	Phoenix	0%
Which U.S. state capital ends in the letter X?	Phoenix	0%
What city is known for its leaning tower?	Pisa	0%
What is the most populous French-speaking city in Latin America?	Port-Au-Prince	0%
What is the capital of North Korea?	Pyongyang	0%
What is the capital of Ecuador?	Quito	0%
What is the capital of Saskatchewan?	Regina	0%
What is the northernmost national capital?	Reykjavík	0%
What city was the primary capital of the Confederate States of America?	Richmond	0%
What is the largest city in the Baltic states?	Riga	0%
What city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?	Rio de Janeiro	0%
In what city would you find Capitoline and Palatine hills?	Rome	0%
What city has the largest port in Europe?	Rotterdam	0%
In what city was the film "Anchorman" set?	San Diego	0%
In what city did Tony Bennett leave his heart?	San Francisco	0%
What city is closest to Alcatraz island?	San Francisco	0%
What major city's name is the Portuguese translation of Saint Paul?	São Paulo	0%
In what city would you find the Space Needle?	Seattle	0%
What is the capital of Andalusia?	Seville	0%
What is the biggest city where the Wu dialect is spoken?	Shanghai	0%
What city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014?	Sochi	0%
What European capital city is a common women's name?	Sofia	0%
What U.S. state capital is also the name of a city in 24 other states?	Springfield	0%
What Russian city did the Nazis fail to capture in 1942-43, marking a turning point in the war?	Stalingrad	0%
What city is the "Gateway" to the American West?	St. Louis	0%
What major Mexican city is near San Diego?	Tijuana	0%
What city was once called Edo?	Tokyo	0%
What city's former mayor, Rob Ford, admitted to smoking crack while in a drunken stupor?	Toronto	0%
In what city did Colonel Gaddafi exercise his power?	Tripoli	0%
What is the second biggest city in Arizona?	Tucson	0%
What city's name is Mongolian for "Red Hero"?	Ulaanbaatar	0%
What national capital starts with the letter U?	Ulaanbaatar	0%
What city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?	Vancouver	0%
What city is the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway?	Vancouver	0%
In what city did "Romeo and Juliet" take place?	Verona	0%
What city is known for pastries, coffee, and classical music?	Vienna	0%
What is the largest Russian Pacific seaport city?	Vladivostok	0%
What is the southernmost national capital?	Wellington	0%
What capital city is named after a general who defeated Napoleon?	Wellington	0%
In what city did the COVID-19 outbreak begin?	Wuhan	0%
What is the most populous city in the world that starts with X?	Xiamen	0%
What former capital of China is known for its Terracotta Army?	Xi'an	0%
Among all the cities in the world with a metro population over 1 million people, which one is last alphabetically?	Zürich	0%
What European city is the most expensive city in the world?	Zürich	0%