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