Statistics for Most Common US City Names (A-Z)

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The average score is 19 of 26

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Letter	Notable Instances	Hint	#	City Name	% Correct
A	Virginia	General Robert E. Lee's former estate, now the most hallowed U.S. National Cemetery	18	Arlington	96%
F	Tennessee	American Founding Father known as a writer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, printer, and political philosopher.	29	Franklin	92%
J	Mississippi	Mississippi state capital	17	Jackson	92%
W	D.C.	1st President of the United States	18	Washington	92%
S	Illinois,	Or Massachusetts, or Missouri, or Oregon, or on the Simpsons	21	Springfield	91%
K	New York,	Not to be confused with the capital of Jamaica	20	Kingston	89%
Q	Massachusetts, Illinois	Named for Colonel John Q_____, grandfather of Abigail Adams and great-grandfather of the 6th U.S. president.	7	Quincy	86%
L	Kentucky	Home of the University of Kentucky	18	Lexington	85%
T	New Jersey	New Jersey state capital	16	Trenton	85%
Z	Illinois	Named after biblical Mount Z___	4	Zion	85%
O	California	Northern California city forever in the shadow of its neighbor across the bay.	18	Oakland	84%
P	New Jersey	Ivy League university	17	Princeton	81%
C	Iowa	Named after former New York governor Dewitt C______, not the 42nd U.S. President	23	Clinton	80%
U	Missouri	There are 50 states in the U____	15	Union	77%
Y	Pennsylvania	Named after a cathedral city in England.	7	York	77%
D	Ohio	Hometown of Orville & Wilbur Wright	18	Dayton	76%
B	Vermont	Birthplace of Ben & Jerry's ice cream	17	Burlington	73%
H	New York	Named for a 17th century English explorer	15	Hudson	69%
V	Texas	Named for George Washington's family home	9	Vernon	62%
N	Rhode Island	Mansions of Gilded Age tycoons, including the Vanderbilt family's "The Breakers"	15	Newport	61%
I	Missouri	Hometown of U.S. President Harry S Truman	14	Independence	59%
R	California	California Inland Empire city	16	Riverside	58%
G	South Carolina, North Carolina	350 miles separate the South Carolina and North Carolina cities that share this name	22	Greenville	51%
E	Illinois	Named after a popular Scottish tune "The Song of E____," not former NBA star E____ Baylor	14	Elgin	50%
X	Ohio	Over half ot the city's buildings were destroyed by an F5 tornado in 1974	2	Xenia	50%
M	Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois	Most are named after American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Frances "Swamp Fox" M_____	23	Marion	34%