Statistics for Ultimate World Cities By Description Quiz

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Letter	Description	City	% Correct
B	Was separated by a wall during the 20th century	Berlin	94%
D	Where the Burj Khalifa is located	Dubai	91%
L	Known for its double-decker buses and large clock tower	London	91%
A	European city that allows prostitution and marijuana	Amsterdam	90%
N	Nicknamed "The Big Apple"	New York City	90%
B	The "de facto" capital of the European Union	Brussels	87%
J	Is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions	Jerusalem	87%
J	Most populous city in South Africa.	Johannesburg	87%
L	Famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry	Los Angeles	87%
D	The largest city in India	Delhi	85%
I	Is viewed as a bridge between the East and West	Istanbul	85%
P	Home to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre	Paris	85%
H	Former British colony known for huge amount of skyscrapers	Hong Kong	84%
L	The westernmost point of Continental Europe	Lisbon	84%
M	The northernmost and coldest megacity on Earth	Moscow	84%
M	It is the second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million	Mumbai	84%
H	Although the name Sài Gòn is still widely used	Ho Chi Minh City	82%
M	Some time in the 5th century, the Kaaba was a place of worship for the deities of Arabia's pagan tribes	Mecca	82%
M	Gucci, Versace, Prada, Armani, and Dolce & Gabbana are headquartered in the city	Milan	82%
M	German: München; Austro-Bavarian: Minga; Polish: Monachium	Munich	82%
B	Considered the "heart" of Siam	Bangkok	81%
B	Hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics	Beijing	81%
C	Hans Christian Andersen lived here	Copenhagen	81%
M	Canadian city that hosted the Summer Olympics	Montreal	81%
R	Ruled by both Julius Caesar and Augustus	Rome	81%
B	Known as the "Paris of South America" due to influence from European architecture	Buenos Aires	78%
C	Known as "The Windy City"	Chicago	78%
S	Known for its ocean waters and its infamous opera house	Sydney	78%
A	Named after a Macedonian King	Alexandria	76%
B	Middle-Eastern city conquered by the Mongols in 1258	Baghdad	75%
O	The largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan	Osaka	75%
S	It's the second largest city in Russia	Saint Petersburg	74%
A	Hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics	Atlanta	72%
M	Deathplace of the Prophet Muhammad	Medina	72%
T	The U.S. embassy in this city was invaded in 1979	Tehran	71%
B	Hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona	69%
C	Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests	Cairo	69%
L	Often referred to as 'Nollywood'	Lagos	69%
S	Where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated	Sarajevo	69%
L	Was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535	Lima	68%
V	Where the Pope lives	Vatican City	68%
W	Home to the President of the United States	Washington D.C	68%
M	The old city that is now simply referred to as Tenochtitlan was built on an island	Mexico City	66%
T	The largest metropolitan area in the country known for Judaism	Tel Aviv	66%
T	The most populous metropolitan area in the world	Tokyo	66%
A	Renamed to Nursultan in 2019	Astana	65%
D	Situated at the mouth of the River Liffey	Dublin	65%
V	Known for gondola rides and floods	Venice	65%
P	Capital city of the country that is home to the temple of the Angkor Wat	Phnom Penh	63%
T	Home to the NBA Raptors	Toronto	60%
V	One of the largest film production centres in North America, earning it the nickname "Hollywood North"	Vancouver	57%
A	Amharic: አዲስ አበባ	Addis Ababa	56%
K	Making them the world's second-closest pair of capital cities after Rome and Vatican City	Kinshasa	54%
C	It is also the largest city in the Maghreb region	Casablanca	53%
H	The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in the harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish–American War	Havana	53%
V	Is the world's "most livable city"	Vienna	51%
S	Renowned for its Lujiazui skyline, and museums and historic buildings, such as those along The Bund	Shanghai	46%
O	Its name comes from the Algonquin language	Ottawa	38%
N	Divided city in the middle of a divided island	Nicosia	37%