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WORLD CAPITAL CITIES

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THIS WELSH CAPITAL WAS ONCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST COAL SHIPPER CARDIFF
CHILDREN ARE THE CHEFS & WAITERS AT THE KINDERKOOKKAFE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL AMSTERDAM
THANKS TO JOHN DEERE, THIS ILLINOIS CITY IS THE "PLOW CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" MOLINE
THIS BELGIAN CAPITAL WAS THE SITE OF THE 1958 WORLD'S FAIR BRUSSELS
BECAUSE OF ITS ALTITUDE, THIS KENYAN CAPITAL RARELY EXCEEDS 80 DEGREES NAIROBI
A STATUE OF CZECH THEOLOGIAN JAN HUS STANDS IN FRONT OF THIS CAPITAL'S OLD TOWN HALL PRAGUE
THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITAL, WHOSE NAME MEANS "HOLY SAVIOR", HAS A TOWN CENTER LAID OUT IN THE FORM OF A CROSS SAN SALVADOR
THIS CAPITAL OF BELARUS WAS ON A GREAT TRADE ROUTE, THUS ITS RUSSIAN NAME, MEANING "EXCHANGE" MINSK
AROUND 1050 HARALD HARDRADE FOUNDED THIS CITY ON A FJORD OSLO
THIS ASIAN CITY IS THE ONLY WORLD CAPITAL WHOSE NAME IN ENGLISH HAS 3 DOTTED LETTERS IN SUCCESSION BEIJING
THIS CITY WAS JUST A REGIONAL CAPITAL BEFORE KUBLAI KHAN MADE IT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE POLITICAL CENTER OF THE NATION BEIJING
THE MILITARY & ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE AZTECS BECAME THIS CAPITAL OF THE COLONY OF NEW SPAIN MEXICO CITY
AN OASIS THAT WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE IBN SAUD FAMILY, IT BECAME THE CAPITAL WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS FORMED IN 1932 RIYADH
THIS NORTH AFRICAN CITY WAS ONCE A ROMAN FORTRESS NAMED BABYLON; THE MAMELUKES MADE IT AN AFRICAN CAPITAL CAIRO
PROSPERING UNDER TATAR RULE & EXPANDING AS IT INTERSECTED TRADE ROUTES, THIS CITY BECAME A CAPITAL IN THE 15TH CENTURY MOSCOW
A LITTLE TIGER NAMED HODORI WAS THE MASCOT OF THE SUMMER GAMES HELD IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL IN 1988 SEOUL
HANEDA AIRPORT SERVES THIS ASIAN CAPITAL TOKYO
THIS NEW SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL WAS DEDICATED ON APRIL 21, 1960 BRASILIA
MAJOR PROJECTS TO RECLAIM LAND FROM THE SEA HAVE THRIVED HERE SINCE THE 1850S, BEFORE IT WAS NEW ZEALAND'S CAPITAL WELLINGTON
IN THE "SPRING" OF 1968, STUDENTS IN THIS CAPITAL WERE CLIMBING ON SOVIET TANKS AND YELLING, "USSR GO HOME!" PRAGUE
MINSK IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC BELARUS
THIS WORLD CAPITAL HAS THE SAME NAME AS A CHARACTER IS "ROMEO & JULIET" PARIS
ON JULY 27, 2012 THE SUMMER OLYMPICS WILL OPEN IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL LONDON
CLYDE CESSNA AND WALTER BEECH HELPED MAKE THIS KANSAS CITY THE "AIR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" WICHITA
IN 1920 AEROMARINE WEST INDIES AIRWAYS BEGAN THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER SERVICE, KEY WEST TO THIS WORLD CAPITAL HAVANA
FOUNDED AS A PENAL COLONY IN 1824, THIS CAPITAL OF QUEENSLAND WAS THE SITE OF THE WORLD'S FAIR EXPO '88 BRISBANE
JOSEPH HAYDN WAS BORN IN 1732 IN ROHRAU, 25 MILES EAST OF THIS WORLD CAPITAL TO WHICH HE MOVED IN 1740 VIENNA
THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS LOCATED ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI NASSAU
THIS CAPITAL OF CANADA'S YUKON TERRITORY WAS ONCE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST TUNGSTEN RESERVE WHITEHORSE
THE TALLEST TWIN TOWERS IN THE WORLD, THE PETRONAS TOWERS ARE LOCATED IN THIS CAPITAL OF MALAYSIA KUALA LAMPUR
BUILT ON 14 ISLANDS, THIS CAPITAL OF SWEDEN IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PICTURESQUE CITIES STOCKHOLM
"RUBBER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" AKRON, OHIO
THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF ROMANIA BUCHAREST
THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF HUNGARY BUDAPEST
LAID OUT IN 1874, THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IN THIS CAPITAL HAVE AN OBSERVATORY WITH A STATUE OF TYCHO BRAHE COPENHAGEN
THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA JAKARTA
THIS CITY ON THE MALAY PENINSULA IS THE CAPITAL OF MALAYSIA KUALA LAMPUR
FROM ULAN BATOR, GO STRAIGHT SOUTH TO WUHAI, FLIP A LEFT, AND GO ABOUT 500 MILES TO REACH THIS WORLD CAPITAL BEIJING
ITS NAME IS HEBREW FOR "CITY OF PEACE" JERUSALEM
THE FIRST WRITTEN MENTION OF THIS CAPITAL'S NAME WAS IN A 1459 DOCUMENT OF VLAD THE IMPALER BUCHAREST
A CASTLE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL WAS ONCE THE HOME OF THE KINGS OF BOHEMIA PRAGUE
THE NAME OF THIS JUDICIAL CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA MEANS "FOUNTAIN OF FLOWERS" BLOEMFONTEIN
THE CAPITAL HONIARA IS ON THIS ISLE THAT INSPIRED A "DIARY" DURING WWII GUADALCANAL
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, THIS TENNESSEE CITY IS THE "ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" OAK RIDGE
THE BRANDENBURG GATE IS A FAMOUS SYMBOL OF THIS CITY BERLIN
WHEN THE KHMER ROUGE CAME TO POWER IN 1975, IT FORCED MOST OF THIS CAPITAL'S PEOPLE TO EVACUATE PHNOM PENH
ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S FINCA VIGIA HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS CITY HAS SINCE BEEN TURNED INTO A MUSEUM HAVANA
ONCE A CENTER OF JEWISH LEARNING, THIS CITY WAS KNOWN AS "THE JERUSALEM OF LITHUANIA" VILNIUS
IT'S THE WORLD CAPITAL NAMED FOR OUR 5TH PRESIDENT MONROVIA, LIBERIA
CARLO MADERNO IS FAMED FOR HIS BAROQUE FACADE FOR THE CHURCH OF SANTA SUSANNA IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL ROME
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA IS KNOWN AS THIS "CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" SALMON
MATTOON, ILLINOIS DECLARED ITSELF THE "BAGEL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" AFTER THIS COMPANY OPENED A FACTORY THERE IN 1986 LENDER'S
WICKENBURG IN THIS SW STATE IS THE "DUDE RANCH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ARIZONA
THIS PA TOWN IS THE "WEATHER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" NOT JUST ON FEB. 2, BUT ALL YEAR LONG PUNXSUTAWNEY
ORLY AIRPORT SERVES THIS CITY PARIS
TEMPLEHOF AIRPORT SERVES THIS CITY BERLIN
SCHIPHOL AIRPORT SERVES THIS CITY AMSTERDAM
JOSE MARTI AIRPORT SERVES THIS CITY HAVANA
SOFIA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY BULGARIA
THIMPHU IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS HIMALAYAN KINGDOM BHUTAN
BAKU IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY BORDERING THE CASPIAN SEA AZERBAIJAN
DILI IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS RELATIVELY NEW COUNTRY EAST TIMOR
THIS SYRIAN CAPITAL IS ONLY ABOUT 50 MILES FROM BEIRUT DAMASCUS
SINCE 1927 THIS CITY'S PROVINCE HAS GROWN FROM A POPULATION OF ABOUT 400,000 TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION ANKARA
CHECK OUT THOR HEYERDAHL'S KON-TIKI RAFT IN THIS CITY OSLO
THE NAME OF THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CITY TRANSLATES TO "FAIR WINDS" BUENOS AIRES
JUAN PERON DIED IN THIS CITY IN 1974 BUENOS AIRES
IT JOINED THE SWISS CONFEDERATION IN 1353 BERN
THE NAME OF THIS MALAYSIAN CAPITAL MEANS "MUDDY CONFLUENCE" KUALA LAMPUR
BELIZE CITY, A PORT, WAS BELIZE'S CAPITAL UNTIL A 1961 HURRICANE; THEN THE CAPITAL MOVED TO THIS INLAND CITY BELMOPAN
IT'S HOME TO KING RAMA IX ROYAL PARK BANGKOK
"HAIRSPRAY" IS SET IN THIS MARYLAND CITY THAT JOHN WATERS CALLED "THE HAIRDO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" BALTIMORE
"MAGANDANG UMAGA", TAGALOG FOR "GOOD MORNING", WOULD COME IN HANDIEST IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL MANILA
IN 1970, THIS CAPITAL'S PLACE DE L'ETOILE WAS RENAMED PLACE CHARLES DE GAULLE PARIS
THE SPHINX LIES JUST A FEW MILES SW OF THIS CAPITAL CAIRO
THIS CAPITAL'S CATHEDRAL OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL IS THE BURIAL SITE FOR MANY CZARS MOSCOW
BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE AZTECS' CAPITAL, IT LATER SERVED AS THE CAPITAL OF NEW SPAIN MEXICO CITY
THE OLD PART OF THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL HAS 3 MAIN SQUARES: DAM, LEIDSEPLEIN & REMBRANDTSPLEIN AMSTERDAM
BUILT BETWEEN 1585 AND 1593, BELYI GOROD HELPED DEFEND THIS WORLD CAPITAL MOSCOW
FREUD WORKED & LIVED AT BERGGASSE 19, VIENNA, FROM 1891 TO 1938, WHEN HE FLED THE NAZIS TO THIS WORLD CAPITAL LONDON
THE NOBEL MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL LETS VISITORS "SEE THE DYNAMITE, THE MOLD, AND THE BOOK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" STOCKHOLM
THIS WORLD LEADER AND FORMER JUDO CHAMPION CALLS MOSCOW HOME PUTIN
THAN SHWE RULES THIS COUNTRY THAT MOVED ITS CAPITAL FROM RANGOON AND LEADS THE WORLD IN CHILD SOLDIERS MYANMAR (BURMA)
FOR FAMILY FUN, HEAD TO THE SCENIC DELLS OF THIS STATE; IT'S THE "WATERPARK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" WISCONSIN
IT'S SERVED BY KEFLAVIK AIRPORT REYKJAVIK
IT HAS A MUSEUM DEVOTED TO COMPOSER ZOLTAN KODALY BUDAPEST
IT'S HOME TO THE HOLMENKOLLEN SKI JUMP OSLO
IT'S ON THE SURINAME RIVER PARAMARIBO
GUYANESE CAPITAL NAMED FOR A HANOVERIAN MONARCH GEORGETOWN
THIS SEAT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S LACKAWANNA COUNTY WAS KNOWN AS "THE ANTRACITE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" SCRANTON
"THE PHOTO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD", THIS CITY IN NY IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM ROCHESTER
THIS 2ND-LARGEST ARIZONA CITY IS CALLED "THE ASTRONOMY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" DUE TO THE MANY TELESCOPES NEARBY TUCSON
THE OLDEST PART OF THIS NORTHERN EUROPEAN CAPITAL LIES ON STADSHOLMEN, OR "CITY ISLAND" STOCKHOLM
THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL'S FULL NAME MEANS "OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION" ASUNCION
ITS GAELIC NAME, BAILE ATHA CLIATH, MEANS "TOWN OF THE FORD OF THE HURDLES" DUBLIN
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IS OLD NORSE FOR "SMOKEY BAY" REYKJAVIK
THE NAME OF THIS MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITAL IS PERSIAN FOR "WARM PLACE" TEHRAN
OF ALL THE WORLD'S URBAN CENTERS EXCEEDING 1 MILLION IN POPULATION, THIS CAPITAL OF VICTORIA IS SOUTHERNMOST MELBOURNE
THE CITY OF HIGH POINT IN THIS STATE IS A HIGH POINT FOR SHOPPERS; IT'S THE "HOME FURNISHINGS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" NORTH CAROLINA
CHARING CROSS, A TRAFFIC SQUARE NEAR THE THAMES, IS USUALLY REGARDED AS THIS CITY'S CENTER LONDON
FOUNDED AS A RAILWAY SETTLEMENT IN KENYA IN THE 1890S, ITS NAME COMES FROM THE MASAI FOR "COLD WATER" NAIROBI
BRITTANICA SAYS ITS 4,082 STREETS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 394'-WIDE AVENUE FOCH TO 8'-WIDE RUE DU CHAT-QUI-PECHE PARIS
IN 1861 IT BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED PRINCIPALITIES OF WALACHIA AND MOLDAVIA BUCHAREST
IN 1619 THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY TOOK IT OVER A ND BEGAN REBUILDING IT IN THE FORM OF A DUTCH CITY WITH MANY CANALS JAKARTA
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PIPE ORGANS IS FOUND IN THE TABERNACLE IN THIS STATE CAPITAL SALT LAKE CITY
THE CLUNY MUSEUM IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL WAS ONCE THE TOWN RESIDENCE OF THE ABBOTS OF CLUNY PARIS
AROUND 900 A.D., THE TOLTEC INDIANS SET UP AN EMPIRE CENTERED IN TULA, JUST NORTH OF THIS CURRENT WORLD CAPITAL MEXICO CITY
THIS CAPITAL OF VENEZUELA HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 3 MILLION CARACAS
CALCUTTA WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF INDIA; THIS "NEW" CITY WAS MADE THE CAPITAL IN 1931 NEW DELHI
IT'S THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY IN MAINLAND NORTH AMERICA OTTAWA
ONE OF THE 2 NATIONAL CAPITAL CITIES LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA PORT-AU-PRINCE OR SANTO DOMINGO
SOUTH AFRICA ACTUALLY HAS 3 CAPITALS: BLOEMFONTEIN, CAPE TOWN, AND THIS ONE PRETORIA
BY POPULATION, IT'S THE LARGEST CAPITAL IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE MEXICO CITY
THIS CAPITAL IS LOCATED ON LUZON ISLAND MANILA
THE FAMOUS GOLD MUSEUM IN THE COLUMBIAN CAPITAL HOUSES A LARGE COLLECTION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD OBJECTS BOGOTA
THE WORLD'S LARGEST GOVERNMENT BUILDING AFTER THE PENTAGON IS THIS CITY'S PARLIAMENT PALACE, BUILT BY CEAUSESCU BUCHAREST
CAPITAL OF BELIZE BELMOPAN
THIS MASCULINE FIRST NAME, ALSO A WORLD CAPITAL, IS SPANISH FOR "SAINT JAMES" SANTIAGO
FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, THE ANNUAL BALTIC HERRING MARKET & FAIR HAS BEEN A BIG TO-DO IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL HELSINKI
THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CITY IS THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS CAPITAL SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR BUENOS AIRES
BILLINGSGATE, A TERM FOR FOUL LANGUAGE, COMES FROM THE NAME OF AN OLD FISH MARKET IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL LONDON
A 1972 EARTHQUAKE DESTROYED MOST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THIS NICARAGUAN CAPITAL MANAGUA
THIS CAPITAL IS SURROUNDED BY, BUT NOT PART OF, THE FLEMISH REGION OF BRABANT BRUSSELS
UNTIL 1924, THIS MONGOLIAN CAPITAL WAS CALLED URGA ULAN BATOR
IT'S THE HOME OF BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY MINSK
IN 1992 I REPORTED FROM THE SHORES OF THIS AFRICAN CAPITAL WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY LAUNCHED OPERATION RESTORE HOPE MOGIDISHU
AS STARBUCKS' HOME BASE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING BREWING IN THIS CITY, THE "COFFEE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" SEATTLE
IT'S BOTH THE "ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" AND THE "WEDDING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" LAS VEGAS
THIS NEW MEXICO CITY IS THE SELF-PROCLAIMED "UFO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ROSWELL
A LEADING MARKET FOR RACEHORSES, THIS KENTUCKY CITY IS THE "HORSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" LEXINGTON
MICOLE FARHI, WHO MARRIED PLAYWRIGHT DAVID HARE, IS CALLED THE "DONNA KARAN OF" THIS WORLD CAPITAL LONDON
KARL VON HASENAUER WAS ONE OF THE LEADING ARCHITECTS OF THE RINGSTRASSE, IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL VIENNA
HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOONERS AND THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LAB, IT IS THE SEVERE WEATHER RESEARCH CAPITAL NORMAN, OK
FORMER BRITISH DIPLOMAT DONALD MACLEAN DIED IN THE WORLD CAPITAL IN 1983 MOSCOW
THIS JAMAICAN SEAPORT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1690S AND BECAME THE CAPITAL IN 1872 KINSTON
NATO IS HEADQUARTERED ON BLVD. LEOPOLD III IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL BRUSSELS
BRATISLAVA, ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE DANUBE, IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY SLOVAKIA
THE PRACA MARQUES DE POMBAL IS AT THE TOP OS THE AVENDIA DA LEBERDADE, A MAIN STREET IN THIS CITY LISBON
EMPEROR MENELIK II ESTABLISHED THIS CITY WHOSE NAME MEANS "NEW FLOWER" ADDIS ABABA
THE CELTIC LODGE AND KELLY'S HOTEL ARE FAMOUS HOTELS IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL DUBLIN
AS THE TROPIC OF CANCER PASSES THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA, IT PASSES MOST CLOSELY TO THIS WORLD CAPITAL HAVANA
IN 1873, 3 ADJOINING CITIES UNITED WITH MARGARET ISLAND TO FORM THIS CITY, NOW A WORLD CAPITAL BUDAPEST
IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT TRY PICTURING GEORGE BERNARD SHAW AS A BABY WHEN YOU VISIT HIS BIRTHPLACE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL DUBLIN
THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL IS THE WORLD'S HIGHEST LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
IT'S CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL AS WELL AS THE "ALMOND CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" SACRAMENTO
THE WORLD'S LARGEST MOSQUE IS SHAH FAISAL MOSQUE NEAR THIS PAKISTANI CAPITAL; IT CAN HOLD 100,000 WORSHIPERS ISLAMABAD
THIS MISSOURI CITY IS "THE LIVE MUSIC SHOW CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" BRANSON
THERE IS A JOHN F. KENNEDY PREP SCHOOL IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL WHERE JFK MADE A FAMOUS VISIT IN 1963 BERLIN
POP MUSIC STAR FALCO IS BURIED IN THIS CITY VIENNA
WRITER CHRISTY BROWN IS BURIED IN THIS CITY DUBLIN
PLAYWRIGHT SAMUEL BECKETT IS BURIED IN THIS CITY PARIS
"THE LIBERATOR" SIMONE BOLIVAR IS BURIED IN THIS CAPITAL CITY CARACAS
MESEO DE FRIDA KAHLO IS LOCATED IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL CITY MEXICO CITY
YOU CAN SEE THE BATHS OF CARACALLA IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL ROME
THE NAME OF THIS WORLD CAPITAL PRECEDES "BEAUTY" IN THE NAME OF AN APPLE VARIETY THAT'S EXCELLENT FOR BAKING ROME
THIS PROVINCE'S PORT OF CHURCHILL IS THE "POLAR BEAR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" MANITOBA
THE NAME OF THIS DELI MEAT THAT'S FOUND IN A REUBEN DOESN'T REFER TO MAIZE; IT MEANS CURED IN BRINE CORNED BEEF
SINCE 1869, THIS SODA BRAND, WITH FLAVORS INCLUDING CREAM SODA AND CEL-RAY, IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED DR. BROWN'S
THIS DELI NAME FOR COLD-SMOKED SALMON REFERS TO A CANADIAN PROVINCE NOVA
HOME TO THE "GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE" BEIJING
HOST OF THE WORLD FAMOUS CHOPIN PIANO COMPETTION WARSAW
WORLD CAPITAL CITY OCCUPIED BY SOVIET TROOPS FROM 1979 TO 1989 KABUL
AFTER THE KHMER ROUGE CAME TO POWER, THIS CITY'S POPULATION DROPPED FROM ABOUT 2 MILLION TO 20,000 PHNOM PENH
PHYSICIST NIELS BOHR WAS BORN IN THIS CAPITAL IN 1885 COPENHAGEN
THIS CITY ON FAXAFLOI BAY IS THE WORLD'S NORTHERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL REYKJAVIK
IN 1831 CATHERINE MCAULEY FOUNDED THE SISTERS OF MERCY IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL CITY TO CARE FOR THE POOR AND DESTITUTE DUBLIN
YOU WILL ENJOY WAX FIGURES OF U2 AT THE NATIONAL WAX MUSEUM NEAR PARNELL SQUARE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL DUBLIN
CAMMISSIONED BY MALCOLM III'S WIFE, THE CHAPEL OF ST. MARGARET IS THE OLDEST SURVIVING STRUCTURE IN THIS CAPITAL EDINBURGH
NOW JAMAICA'S CAPITAL, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1693 TO REPLACE PORT ROYAL, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE KINGSTON
A LANDMARK OF THIS URUGUAYAN CAPITAL IS THE CERRO, OR HILL, FOR WHICH IT'S NAMED MONTEVIDEO
IT RANKS AS THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY OF MOROCCO, AFTER CASABLANCA RABAT
SOVIET TANKS HELPED QUELL AN UPRISING IN THIS EASTERN EUROPEAN CAPITAL IN 1956 BUDAPEST
HENRIK IBSEN IS WITH THIS FAMILY IN THE CEMETERY OF OUR SAVIOR IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL OSLO
THE INDIANA CITY THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS THE SEAT OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY WARSAW
"THE STEAK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" OMAHA, NE
THIS U.S. CITY, NOT THE RUSSIAN ONE IT'S NAMED AFTER, IS "THE SHUFFLEBOARD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ST. PETERSBURG
I HOPE TO TRAIN AT GUY'S HOSPITAL IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL TO BECOME A BETTER DOCTOR...AND IT'S NEAR SOME GOOD PUBS LONDON
THIS CAPITAL OF QUEENSLAND WAS HOME TO THE 1988 WORLD'S FAIR BRISBANE
THE HELLENIC STAR IS A LEADING NEWSPAPER IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL ATHENS
THE WORLD'S LARGEST ARENA FOR BULLFIGHTING IS FOUND IN THIS WESTERN HEMISPHERE CAPITAL MEXICO CITY
IN MANDARIN, THIS CITY'S NAME MEANS "NORTHERN CAPITAL" BEIJING
A PACENO IS RESIDENT OF THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL LA PAZ
THIS BAJA CALIFORNIA PORT CITY IS KNOWN AS THE "YELLOWTAIL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ENSENADA
IN 1946 THIS DICTATOR SAID THE WORLD WAS DIVIDED INTO "TWO CAMPS" AND WAR WAS INEVITABLE WHILE CAPITALISM EXISTED JOSEPH STALIN
TRUMMERFRAUEN, OR "RUBBLE WOMEN" WORKED IN THIS BOMBED CAPITAL IN THE AFTERMATH OF WWII BERLIN
H.G. WELLS NOVEL "WAR OF THE WORLDS", INVADING MARTIANS ATTACK THIS CAPITAL CITY LONDON
THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF NORTH KOREA PYONGYANG
AUGUSTUS CAESAR SAID HE FOUND IT "A CITY OF BRICKS AND LEFT IT A CITY OF MARBLE" ROME
IT'S SERVED BY SADDAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BAGHDAD
THIS ECUADORIAN CAPITAL IS LOCATED NEAR THE FOOT OF THE VOLCANO PICHINCHA QUITO
THE WORLD EXPOSITION HELD IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL IN 1900 ATTRACTED OVER 40 MILLION VISITORS PARIS
IT'S THE KANSAS CITY KNOWN AS THE "COWBOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" DODGE CITY
THE WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE OIL FIELD WAS IN THE AREA OF THIS CITY, NOW THE CAPITAL OF AZERBAIJAN BAKU
THE MUNCH MUSEUM IS IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL OSLO
AFTER PARIS, THIS CAPITAL CITY OF THE CONGO HAS THE MOST FRENCH SPEAKERS OF ANY CITY IN THE WORLD KINSHASA
THE YMCA WAS FOUNDED IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL IN 1844 LONDON
THIS STATE CLAIMS TO BE "THE WORLD'S MOTOR CAPITAL" MICHIGAN
JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SERVES THIS WORLD CAPITAL NAIROBI, KENYA
CHURCHILL, MANITOBA IS "THE WORLD CAPITAL" FOR SEEING THESE WHITE PREDATORS POLAR BEARS
IT'S "THE KODAK CITY" AND "THE PHOTO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" ROCHESTER
WHEN BOBBY FISCHER BEAT BORIS SPASSKY IN 1972 FOR THE WORLD CHESS TITLE, THEY WERE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL REYKJAVIK
THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HOUSES THE WORLD'S LARGEST GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION SALT LAKE CITY
THIS HONDURAN CAPITAL IS ONE OF THE FEW CAPITALS IN THE WORLD WITHOUT A RAILROAD TEGUCIGALPA
THIS CAPITAL IS LINKED TO THE NORTH SEA VIA THE THAMES RIVER LONDON
INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIES JUST OUTSIDE THIS CAPITAL NEW DELHI
AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, THIS MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITAL WAS ONCE KNOWN FOR ITS DAMASCENED STEEL SWORD BLADES DAMASCUS
IN THIS CAPITAL ON THE DANUBE YOU CAN STROLL THE NAGY KORUT OR THE KIS KORUT BUDAPEST
1 OF 2 CAPITALS ON SOUTH AMERICA'S RIO DE LA PLATA BUENOS AIRES OR MONTEVIDEO
THE WORLD-FAMOUS SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL IS FOUND IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL VIENNA
THIS WORLD CAPITAL'S NAME IS FROM THE ARABIC AL QAHIRA, "THE VICTORIOUS" CAIRO
THE STASZIC PALACE IN THIS CAPITAL IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WARSAW
THE ROYAL DANISH OPERA IS BASED IN THIS CITY COPENHAGEN
JAMES JOYCE'S NEPHEW SOMETIMES CONDUCTS TOURS OF THE JAMES JOYCE CULTURAL CENTER IN THIS CITY DUBLIN
NOW HAITI'S CAPITAL, THIS CITY ONCE KNOWN AS L'HOSPITAL WAS NEARLY DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1751 PORT-AU-PRINCE
YOU'LL FIND THIS CITY'S MUSEUM OF MOROCCAN ARTS INSIDE A FORMER ROYAL PALACE RABAT
THE KREMLIN SITS ATOP BRORVITSKY HILL IN THIS CAPITAL CITY MOSCOW
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL OF BELGIUM MIGHT REMIND YOU OF "SPROUTS" BRUSSELS
TORONTO IS THE CAPITAL OF ONTARIO, BUT THIS OTHER ONTARIO CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF CANADA OTTAWA
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL OF ARGENTINA MEANS "FAIR WINDS" OR "GOOD AIR" BUENOS AIRES
DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, THIS CAPITAL WAS MOSTLY CONFINED TO STADSHOLMEN AND RIDDARHOLMEN ISLANDS STOCKHOLM
ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL IN THE CENTER OF THIS BULGARIAN CITY CELEBRATES ITS LIBERATION FROM THE TURKS SOFIA
IN THIS CAPITAL YOU CAN WATCH THE SUN TURN THE TAGUS' ESTUARY INTO MAR DE PAHLA, THE "SEA OF STRAW" LISBON
DIPLOMATS LIVE IN THE CHANAKYAPURI SECTION OF THIS CITY DESIGNED BY EDWIN LUTYENS AND HERBERT BAKER NEW DELHI
FROM 1936 TO 1961 THIS CARIBBEAN CAPITAL WAS KNOWN AS CIUDAD TRUJILLO IN HONOR OF DICTATOR RAFAEL TRUJILLO SANTO DOMINGO
LOCALLY, THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS SPELLED "WIEN" VIENNA
THE OAHE DAM NEAR THIS CAPITAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TEN LARGEST EARTH-FILL DAMS PIERRE
THE BEAR IS THE HERALDIC SYMBOL OF THIS SWISS CAPITAL WHOSE NAME MEANS "BEAR" BERN
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALE LIFE ENDED IN THIS CAPITAL IN 1875 COPENHAGEN
THIS JUDICIAL CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA IS NAMED FOR THE COUNTRY'S FIRST PRESIDENT SUCRE
THE BRIDGE OF PERFECT WISDOM IS A LANDMARK OF BEIHAI PARK IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL BEIJING
THIS LARGEST DELAWARE CITY IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE CHEMICAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD WILMINGTON
MONTMARTRE ON THE RIGHT BANK IS THIS CITY'S HIGHEST NATURAL POINT PARIS
THIS CAPITAL CITY'S PORT, PIRAEUS, LIES ON THE SARONIC GULF ATHENS
AMONG THE PARKS IN THIS COSTA RICAN CAPITAL ARE MORAZAN PARK, BOLIVAR PARK, AND JOHN F. KENNEDY PARK SAN JOSE
IT WAS CHOSEN IN 1394 AS THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF CHOSON SEOUL
THIS WORLD CAPITAL WAS THE SITE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST HARD ROCK CAFE LONDON
THIS STATE'S WILMINGTON IS THE "CHEMICAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" DELAWARE
THE STORY OF WORLD CURRENCY IS TOLD VIA EXHIBITS AT THE CURRENCY MUSEUM IN THIS CANADIAN CAPITAL OTTAWA
GUACARA TAINA IN THIS CAPITAL OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY BE THE WORLD'S ONLY DISCO-IN-A-CAVE SANTO DOMINGO
TO POPE INNOCENT II, IT WAS "THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD"; TO US, IT'S A WORLD CAPITAL ROME
THE TEMPLE OF THE RECLINING BUDDHA IS THE LARGEST TEMPLE IN THIS CAPITAL OF THAILAND BANGKOK
AMONG THIS CAPITAL'S 32 BOROUGHS ARE TOWER HAMLETS, HACKNEY, AND WESTMINSTER LONDON
THE SZECHENYI CHAIN BRIDGE IS THE OLDEST ONE LINKING THE DANUBE'S BANKS IN THIS CAPITAL BUDAPEST
SIMON BOLIVAR WAS BORN IN THIS CAPITAL CITY IN 1783 CARACAS
IN LATE WINTER NORTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM THE GOBI DESERT SHROUD THIS CITY IN YELLOW DUST STORMS BEIJING
THE MUSLIM SECTION OF THIS NORTH AFRICAN CAPITAL IS DOMINATED BY THE CASBAH, A 16TH-C. TURKISH FORTRESS ALGIERS
IN ENGLISH, PEKING IS ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO BY THIS NAME BEIJING
THE GREAT MOSQUE IN THIS SYRIAN CAPITAL SUPPOSEDLY CONTAINS THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST DAMASCUS
THIS CAPITAL HAS 2 DISTRICTS: KARKH ON THE WEST BANK OF THE TIGRIS AND RUSAFAH ON THE EAST BAGHDAD
IT'S LOCATED ABOUT 240 MILES WEST OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND 480 MILES NORTHEAST OF MECCA RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
GUADALUPE, WHERE JUAN DIEGO TWICE SAW THE VIRGIN MARY IN 1531, IS NOW A PART OF THIS WORLD CAPITAL MEXICO CITY
THIS CITY WAS TENNESSEE'S CAPITAL FROM 1796 TO 1812, AND FROM 1817 TO 1819 KNOXVILLE
THIS COSTA RICAN CAPITAL IS NAMED FOR THE COUNTRY'S PATRON SAINT JOSEPH SAN JOSE
IT'S HOME TO THE GLINKA MUSIC MUSEUM AND THE TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERT HALL MOSCOW
ONCE THE CAPITAL OF THE SPANISH NETHERLANDS, TODAY IT'S THE CAPITAL OF BELGIUM BRUSSELS
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF TAIWAN TAIPEI
IT'S HOME TO THE HOFBURG, THE FORMER IMPERIAL PALACE OF THE HAPSBURGS VIENNA
IT'S THE CITY WHERE THE ALTHING, THE WORLD'S OLDEST PARLIAMENT, IS LOCATED REYKJAVIK
ONE OF THIS CITY'S TOP ATTRACTIONS IS THE MAUSUOLEUM OF KEMAL ATATURK ANKARA
THE WORLD OF COCA-COLA IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HAS A 1930S VINTAGE SODA FOUNTAIN ATLANTA
ST. MARGARET'S CHAPEL, THE OLDEST SURVIVING BUILDING IN THIS SCOTTISH CITY, MAY DATE BACK TO THE 11TH-C. EDINBURGH
THIS LEGISLATIVE CAPITAL IS NICKNAMED THE "MOTHER CITY OF SOUTH AFRICA" CAPE TOWN
THE MAGYAR NEMZETI MUSEUM IN THIS CITY DISPLAYS FRANZ LISZT'S GOLD BATON AND ST. STEPHEN'S CROWN BUDAPEST
TBLISI IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY GEORGIA
THE RAJ PATH, A TREE-LINED AVENUE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL, LEADS TO THE HOME OF INDIA'S PRESIDENT NEW DELHI
THE "OIL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD", IT'S ALSO OKLAHOMA'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY TULSA
THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE WEST INDIES HAVANA
CITY OF 100 SPIRES PRAGUE
THIS AFGHAN CITY WAS CAPITAL OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE FROM 1504 TO 1526 KABUL
THE NAME OF THIS LARGEST AFRICAN CITY IS ARABIC FOR "THE VICTORIOUS" CAIRO
"THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" AUSTIN
THIS SWISS CAPITAL IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT UNION BERN
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL OF BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINIA IS FROM THE TURKISH FOR "PALACE" SARAJEVO
THE STREET THAT RUNS ALONG THIS CITY'S WESTERN DIKE IS KNOWN AS NIEUWENDIJK, OR NEW DIKE AMSTERDAM
DURING THE ROMAN & BYZANTINE EMPIRES, THIS JORDANIAN CAPITAL WAS KNOWN AS PHILADELPHIA AMMAN
IT'S LOCATED ON LIBERIA'S BUSHROD ISLAND AND CAPE MESURADO MONROVIA
THE SEARS TOWER WAS BESTED IN 1996; THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD IS NOW IN THIS MALAYSIAN CAPITAL KUALA LAMPUR
THIS DUTCH CITY HAS MORE THAN 400 BRIDGES LINKING ITS APPROXIMATELY 90 ISLANDS AMSTERDAM
SITE OF THE CANADIAN MINT OTTAWA
THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1538 CLOSE TO A CHIBCHA INDIAN CENTER CALLED BACATA BOGOTA, COLUMBIA
THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN SAUD AND THE ABDULAZIZ MILITARY ACADEMY ARE IN THIS CITY RIYADH
IN 1768 THE GURKHAS CAPTURED THIS CITY AND MADE IT THEIR CAPITAL KATHMANDU, NEPAL
BUILT FOR THE ASIAN GAMES IN 1962, THE HOTEL INDONESIA WAS THIS CITY'S FIRST HIGH-RISE JAKARTA
FROM 1920 TO 1939, THIS LITHUANIAN CAPITAL WAS CONTROLLED BY POLAND VILNIUS
IN 1988 BELA BARTOK'S REMAINS WERE MOVED FROM THE U.S. AND REBURIED IN THIS CAPITAL CITY BUDAPEST
DURING WWII, THIS POLISH CAPITAL WAS VIRTUALLY DESTROYED WARSAW
OTTAWA, THE CAPITAL OF CANADA, LIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THIS PROVINCE ONTARIO
THIS DANISH CITY WAS NAMED THE 1996 CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE COPENHAGEN
PORT MORESBY IS THE CAPITAL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND PORT-AU-PRINCE IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS ISLAND NATION HAITI
THE ONCE-NUMEROUS CANALS OF THIS THAI CITY EARNED IT THE NICKNAME "VENICE OF THE WEST" BANGKOK
IN 1962 KAMPALA SUCCEEDED ENTEBBE AS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY UGANDA
IT WAS FORMERLY THE CAPITAL OF EAST BENGAL AND EAST PAKISTAN DACCA
WORLD CAPITAL IN WHICH JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE WAS BORN SAN SALVADOR
THIS LAKE ERIE PORT IN NW OHIO WAS ONCE CALLED THE "GLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" TOLEDO
ALTHOUGH IN A PREDOMINANTLY FLEMISH REGION, MOST OF THIS CITY'S RESIDENTS SPEAK FRENCH BRUSSELS
THIS SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL LIES ONLY 7 MILES INLAND FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA CARACAS
IT CONTROLS THE MAIN APPROACHES THROUGH THE KHYBER PASS TO PAKISTAN AND INDIA KABUL
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL IS PROBABLY FROM SINHALESE FOR "PORT" OR "FERRY" COLUMBO
THIS WORLD CAPITAL IS LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA JAKARTA
IT WAS FOUNDED BY THE GAULS AS A FISHING SETTLEMENT IN THE SEINE RIVER IN THE 3RD-C. B.C. PARIS
EVERY 4 YEARS, THIS CAPITAL HOSTS A FREDERIC CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION WARSAW
THIS BAHAMIAN CAPITAL SERVED AS A SUPPLY BASE FOR CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE RUNNERS IN THE CIVIL WAR NASSAU
IN THE DAYS OF WYATT EARP AND BAT MASTERSON, THIS KANSAS TOWN WAS THE "COWBOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" DODGE CITY
THE WORLD'S FAIR, SYMBOLIZED BY A 334' HIGH ATOMIUM, WAS OPENED IN 1958 BY KING BAUDOUIN IN THIS CAPITAL BRUSSELS
THIS CITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1434 TO SUCCEED ANGKOR THOM AS CAPITAL OF THE KHMER EMPIRE PHNOM PENH
WINDHOEK IS THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY OF THIS NEWLY INDEPENDENT FORMER MANDATE OF SOUTH AFRICA NAMIBIA
WHEN IN THIS EUROPEAN CAPITAL, DON'T FORGET TO SEE THE ANTONIN DVORAK MUSEUM AND THE TOMB OF ST. WENCESLAS PRAGUE
THIS CITY'S ROYAL PALACE WAS BUILT FOR PHILIP V ON THE SITE OF AN ANCIENT MOORISH FORTRESS MADRID
FROM 1822 TO 1960, THIS CITY SERVED AS BRAZIL'S CAPITAL RIO DE JANEIRO
BELMOPAN TAKES ITS NAME FROM THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AND A MAYAN INDIAN TRIBE BELIZE
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THIS NORTHERN EUROPEAN CAPITAL WAS CO-DESIGNED BY EERO SAARINEN HELSINKI
THIS CARIBBEAN CAPITAL LIES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS KINGSTON, JAMAICA
KING CHRISTIAN IV BUILT THE ROUND TOWER IN THIS DANISH CAPITAL AS AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY COPENHAGEN
YARRALUMLA HOUSE IN THIS AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL CANBERRA
THE NAME OF MARTINIQUE'S CAPITAL INCLUDES THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY WHICH COLONIZED IT FORT-DE-FRANCE
THE CHURCHES & CONVENTS IN THIS CAPITAL OF ECUADOR ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR ART TREASURES QUITO
THE MAUSOLEUM OF KEMAL ATATURK IN THIS CITY WASN'T COMPLETED UNTIL 1953, 15 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH ANKARA
ALMOST 1/3 OF NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION LIVES WITHIN 100 MILES OF THIS CITY, THE NATION'S FIRST CAPITAL AUKLAND
THIS SUBURB OF MANILA WAS THE OFFICIAL CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM 1948-1976 QUEZON CITY
THIS TROUBLED CAPITAL LIES 5,890' ABOVE SEA LEVEL IN THE HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITAL WAS DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKES IN 1931 & 1972 MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
THE HOTEL ROSSIYA IN THIS FOREIGN CAPITAL HAS 3,200 BEDROOMS, THE MOST OF ANY HOTEL IN THE WORLD MOSCOW
"THE ROME OF THE NORTH" IS HOW FAMED SCULPTOR RODIN DESCRIBED THIS CZECH CAPITAL PRAGUE
FOREIGN EMBASSIES ARE LOCATED IN JIDDAH, SOME 500 MILES FROM THIS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL SAUDI ARABIA
"FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI" REFERS TO THE CAPITALS OF THESE 2 COUNTRIES MEXICO & LIBYA
FOUNDED IN 1496 BY COLUMBUS' BROTHER, THIS DOMINICAN CAPITAL IS THE OLDEST EUROPEAN CITY IN THE NEW WORLD SANTO DOMINGO
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PLANNED ASIAN CAPITAL BEGAN IN 1912; THE GOVERNMENT WAS MOVED THERE IN 1931 NEW DELHI
FORMER CAPITAL OF EAST GERMANY EAST BERLIN
THE ONLY NATIONAL CAPITAL TO BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" QUITO, ECUADOR
WHILE PARIS IS ON THE SEINE, THIS OTHER CAPITAL IN ON THE SENNE BRUSSELS
HARARE IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY ZIMBABWE
8TH MOST-POPULOUS CITY IN THE WORLD, IT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF BRAZIL SAO PAULO
IT'S DIVIDED INTO THE KANDA, MARUNOUCHKI, ASAKUSA, AND GINZA DISTRICTS TOKYO
HOME TO NATO BRUSSELS
THIS CAPITAL'S STREET SIGNS ARE IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND HEBREW JERUSALEM
IF THE OTHER TWIN HAD FOUNDED IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CALLED "REME" ROME
WITH 4, MORE NATIONAL CAPITALS ARE LOCATED ON THIS RIVER THAN ANY OTHER RIVER IN THE WORLD DANUBE
THIS CAPITAL CITY OF 113,000 IS THE CLOSEST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE REYKJAVIK
AS OF 2006, YOU CAN TAKE A 48-HOUR RIDE BETWEEN THESE 2 CITIES, WITH A STRETCH ON THE WORLD'S HIGHEST RAILROAD BEIJING AND LHASA
STARTED IN 1988 FOR THIS CITY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, A SPRINGTIME FLOWER FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER SHOWS OFF ITS COMMONWEALTH PARK CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
TO GET THE NAME OF ITS COUNTRY, ADD 2 LETTERS TO THE END OF THIS WORLD CAPITAL CITY TUNIS
IN 1998 CZAR NICHOLAS II AND HIS WIFE ALEXANDRA WERE LAID TO REST IN THIS CITY ST. PETERSBURG
A 1958 COUP IN THIS CITY ENDED A MONARCHY; 10 YEARS OF POLITICAL TURMOIL FOLLOWED, THEN 35 YEARS OF DICTATORSHIP BAGHDAD
PIZARRO FOUNDED THIS CITY WHOSE PRESENT NAME IS FROM A QUECHUA WORD MEANING "TALKER" LIMA
THE "PLAYBOY RIOTS" TOOK PLACE IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL IN 1907 FOLLOWING A THEATRICAL PREMIERE DUBLIN
OTHER THAN WASHINGTON, DC, IT'S THE ONLY WORLD CAPITAL NAMED FOR AN AMERICAN MONROVIA, LIBERIA
LUCIO COSTA DESIGNED THIS NEW CAPITAL IN 1957 TO HOLD 500,000 PEOPLE; TODAY IT HAS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THAT NUMBER BRASILIA
FOUNDED IN 1840, THIS CITY IS THE WORLD'S SOUTHERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
A LARGE BAY BEARING ITS NAME BORDERS THIS CAPITAL SETTLED BY THE SPANIARDS IN 1571 MANILA (MANILA BAY)
ON MAY 2, 1936 "PETER AND THE WOLF" HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN THIS CAPITAL CITY MOSCOW
THIS CAPITAL'S NAME IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "THREE TOWNS" TRIPOLI
THIS CITY WAS ONCE KNOWN AS DONG KINH AND TO EUROPEANS AS TONQUIN HANOI
THE SPANIARDS NAMED IT FOR THE VIRGIN OF THE FAIR WINDS FOR BRINGING THEM SAFELY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BUENOS AIRES
MANY HOMES IN THIS CITY ARE HEATED BY NEAR-BOILING WATER PUMPED IN FROM HOT SPRINGS AT NESJAVELLIR REYKJAVIK
IT'S THE WORLD'S NORTHERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL REYKJAVIK
THIS EUROPEAN CITY IS ALPHABETICALLY LAST AMONG THE WORLD'S NATIONAL CAPITALS ZAGREB, CROATIA
THE JOSE MARTI MONUMENT IS A 450' TOWER IN THE PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCION IN THIS CAPITAL HAVANA
THE CAPITAL OF ALBANIA IS NAMED FOR THIS OTHER WORLD CAPITAL TEHERAN, IRAN
AFRICA'S CLOSEST NATIONAL CAPITALS ARE BRAZZAVILLE & KINSHASA, SEPARATED BY THIS RIVER CONGO
THE 1815 TREATY OF THIS CAPITAL MADE THE RHINE AN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY VIENNA
FOUNDED IN 1875, THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IS HEADQUARTERED IN SEVRES NEAR THIS CAPITAL PARIS
THIS CAPITAL'S AIRPORT IS VARIOUSLY CALLED TAOYUAN, ZHONGZHENG, AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL TAIPEI, TAIWAN
AN INTERNATIONAL TUNNEL TAKES CARPOOLERS FROM THIS CITY, CANADA'S AUTO CAPITAL, TO DETROIT, THE USA'S MOTOR CITY WINDSOR, ONTARIO
THIS CAPITAL IS SERVED BY KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH LIES ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY RIYADH
OF WELLINGTON, CANBERRA, OR JAKARTA, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THAT IS THE NORTHERNMOST JAKARTA
IN 1857, QUEEN VICTORIA CHOSE IT AS A NORTH AMERICAN NATIONAL CAPITAL OTTAWA
UNTIL 1974, MUCH OF THE LAND IN THIS CAPITAL BELONGED TO HAILE SELASSIE'S FAMILY, MEMBERS OF THE NOBILTIY, AND THE NATIONAL CHURCH ADDIS ABABA
THE NEAREST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO GREENLAND REYKJAVIK
THE NEAREST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN MEXICO CITY
THE NEAREST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR RABAT
THE NEAREST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO THE CONTINENT OF ANTARCTICA WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE IS HEADQUARTERED IN THIS NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C.
ASIAN NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH A 2-WORD NAME KUALA LAMPUR
THE ZAMBIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL CONTAINS SECTIONS ON WITCHCRAFT & CONTEMPORARY ART LUSAKA
TALLINN IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY, SO LONG DOMINATED BY RUSSIA ESTONIA
VIKINGS FOUNDED THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THIS NATIONAL CAPITAL AROUND 874 REYKJAVIK
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ESCORTED BLACK STUDENTS TO CLASS IN THIS SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL IN 1959 LITTLE ROCK
THE "PORT" CITY, A NATIONAL CAPITAL, LIES ON THE GULF OF PAPUA, AN INLET OF THE CORAL SEA PORT MORESBY
IT'S THE NATIONAL CAPITAL A SINOPHILE WOULD MOST LIKE TO VISIT BEIJING
THE NILE RUNS THROUGH CAIRO AND THIS OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY KHARTOUM
IN BYGONE DAYS THIS NORTH AMERICAN NATIONAL CAPITAL WAS BYTOWN OTTAWA
ITS CHOICE AS A NATIONAL CAPITAL IN 1949 WASN'T RECOGNIZED BY SOME COUNTRIES EAST BERLIN
LOGICALLY, THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OVER WHICH BISMARCK PRESIDED WAS THE 1878 CONGRESS OF THIS CAPITAL BERLIN
HOME OF SUDAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM KHARTOUM
IT'S THE CLOSEST NATIONAL CAPITAL TO MOUNT EVEREST KATHMANDU, NEPAL
THE 4 NATIONAL CAPITALS LOCATED ON THE DANUBE RIVER BUDAPEST, BELGRADE, VIENNA, BRATISLAVA
IT WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL CAPITAL OCCUPIED BY U.S. TROOPS MEXICO CITY (1847)
KAMPALA IS THE CAPITAL OF THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY UGANDA
GOING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN, IT'S THE NEXT NATIONAL CAPITAL AFTER TUNIS ALGIERS
THE LINCOLN HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE COVER 4 BLOCKS IN THIS CAPITAL CITY SPRINGFIELD, IL
CAMBODIA'S ANGKOR NATIONAL PARK WAS CREATED TO PROTECT THE RUINS OF THIS EMPIRE'S FORMER CAPITAL KHMER
ITALY'S CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE IS THIS CAPITAL OF LOMBARDY MILAN
CHINA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE MEETS IN THIS CAPITAL'S GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE BEIJING
A CRESTED CRANE IS THE NATIONAL BIRD OF THIS COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL IS KAMPALA UGANDA
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THIS SOMALI CAPITAL WAS BUILT IN THE 19TH-C. BY THE SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR MOGIDISHU
THIS CAPITAL IS THE HOME OF THE BOURBON PALACE PARIS
MENDENHALL GLACIER LIES NEAR THIS CAPTIAL CITY JUNEAU, ALASKA
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA IS IN THIS AUSTRALIAN CITY, CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA MELBOURNE
IN 1957, THE U.N. SET UP THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY IN THIS AUSTRIAN CITY VIENNA
CHRISTMAS IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN THIS ISLAMIC COUNTRY WHOSE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IS ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN THIS NORTHERN EUROPEAN CAPITAL WAS CO-DESIGNED BY E. SAARINEN HELSINKI
IT'S THE ONLY STATE CAPITAL WHOSE CITY LIMITS LIE ON AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER JUNEAU
THIS CITY'S WEBSITE CALLS IT "THE LAST DIVIDED CAPITAL IN EUROPE" NICOSIA, CYPRUS
CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN PROVINCE OF GALATIA, IT BECAME A MODERN NATIONAL CAPITAL IN 1923 ANKARA
2 CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITALS THAT HAVE HOSTED THE WINTER OLYMPICS OSLO & SARAJEVO
IT'S ASIA'S SOUTHERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL JAKARTA
WESTERNMOST NATIONAL CAPITAL IN THE AMERICAS MEXICO CITY
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO LONDON... BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO ROME VATICAN CITY
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO MOSCOW MINSK, BELARUS
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO BEIJING PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO HAVANA NASSAU, BAHAMAS
THE WORLD CAPITAL CITY CLOSEST TO SINGAPORE KUALA LAMPUR, MALAYSIA
EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY KNOWN AS "ATHENS ON THE SPREE" BERLIN
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