Statistics for World Cities by a Clue A-Z #1

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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
N	Most populous US city	New York City	92%
S	Most populous city in China	Shanghai	92%
L	Most populous African city	Lagos	89%
V	3rd most populous Canadian city	Vancouver	89%
R	Home to 'Christ the Redeemer' Statue	Rio de Janeiro	88%
T	*Most populous city in the world	Tokyo	86%
W	First city with identified COVID-19 cases	Wuhan	86%
A	Had a namesake library	Alexandria	85%
C	"The Windy City"	Chicago	84%
J	*Located on the world's most populous island	Jakarta	82%
K	Capital of British India, also is written with a C	Kolkata	82%
I	Formerly known as Byzantium	Istanbul	80%
O	Second in its country to the most populous city in the world	Osaka	78%
D	*Named an Indian Sultanate	Delhi	76%
E	2nd largest city of the Ruhr	Essen	74%
U	*Capital of the most Sparsely populated UN recognized country	Ulaanbaatar	72%
X	Capital of the Qin dynasty of China	Xi'an	72%
M	*Has its country's name in its own name (Not a City State)	Mexico City	68%
P	*One city from 'A Tale of Two Cities'	Paris	66%
Y	Most populous city in Myanmar	Yangon	58%
Z	Capital of Aragon	Zaragoza	58%
F	"The Brazilian Miami"	Fortaleza	54%
B	*Home to an ancient house of wisdom	Baghdad	51%
H	Administered under 'One Country, Two Systems'	Hong Kong	51%
G	2nd biggest city in its country behind M	Guadalajara	50%
Q	Taken over by Japan in WW1	Qingdao	35%