World Cities Trivia That Goes Global Fast
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What city, formerly spelled Chungking, is the biggest inland city of China?
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Chongqing
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Which attraction in Chongqing is considered the best place for people to learn about Chinese ghost culture?
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Fengdu Ghost City
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What Chinese religious sculptures and carvings in Chongqing dates back as far as the 7th century AD?
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Dazu Rock Carvings
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What museum opened in 2005 as a replacement for the old Chongqing Museum?
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Three Gorges Museum
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What is Egypt's second largest city and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea?
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Alexandria
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What is Egypt's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports?
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Alexandria
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Which Egyptian city was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC?
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Alexandria
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Also called the Pharos of Alexandria, what was regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Lighthouse Of Alexandria
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What city was the capital of Myanmar before being replaced by Naypyidaw in March 2006?
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Yangon
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What is Myanmar's largest city and most important commercial center?
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Yangon
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What former capital of Myanmar is also known as "Rangoon"?
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Yangon
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Located in Yangon, what is the single most important religious site in all of Myanmar?
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Shwedagon Pagoda
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What is the provincial capital and largest city of Sichuan Province in southwest China?
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Chengdu
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Chengdu, China is home to what famous endangered animal?
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Giant Panda
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What multipurpose building in Chengdu, China is the world's largest building measured by floor space?
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New Century Global Center
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What temple in Chengdu, China is the largest Taoist temple in Southeast China?
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Qingyang Temple
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What city served as the capital of Ivory Coast from 1933 until 1983?
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Abidjan
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What is Ivory Coast's biggest city and economic capital?
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Abidjan
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What city in Ivory Coast is sometimes referred to as the "Paris of West-Africa"?
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Abidjan
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What city replaced Abidjan as Ivory Coast's capital in 1983?
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Yamoussoukro
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What city is the biggest industrial and commercial center in South India?
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Chennai
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What Indian city is formerly known as "Madras"?
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Chennai
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What city is nicknamed as the "Detroit of India" for its automobile industry?
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Chennai
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Marina Beach, the second longest urban beach in the world, is found on what Indian city?
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Chennai
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After Moscow, what is Russia's second largest city?
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Saint Petersburg
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What Russian city was formerly known as "Petrograd", and later "Leningrad"?
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Saint Petersburg
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What museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world?
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Hermitage Museum
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What palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia forms part of the complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum?
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Winter Palace
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What city in Guangdong Province, China is also known as "Swatow" or "Suatao"?
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Shantou
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What island in Shantou was rated as Guangdong's most beautiful island by China's National Geographic magazine?
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Nan'ao Island
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Which city was designated as one of the original Special Economic Zones of China in the 1980s?
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Shantou
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Which city is one of the most important open-to-the-world harbors both in the Guangdong Province and in China?
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Shantou
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What is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia?
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Singapore
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What is the popular name for the kind of English used informally in Singapore?
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Singlish
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Singapore got its name from "Singapura", which is Sanskrit for what phrase?
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Lion City
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What park houses a Singapore icon that is half-fish and half-lion, and famous throughout the world?
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Merlion Park
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What is the largest city and the commercial hub of the Indian state of Gujarat?
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Ahmedabad
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What Indian city is nicknamed the "Manchester of the East" due to its developing textile industry?
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Ahmedabad
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In 2012, "The Times of India" chose what city as the best city to live in in India?
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Ahmedabad
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The Sabarmati Ashram, located in Ahmedabad, was one of the residences of what Indian leader?
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Mahatma Gandhi
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What is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia?
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Riyadh
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The largest all female university in the world is located in what city in Saudi Arabia?
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Riyadh
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What skyscraper hotel in Riyadh is the second tallest building in Saudi Arabia?
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Burj Rafal
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At 302 meters, what Riyadh skyscraper is the third tallest building in Saudi Arabia?
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Kingdom Centre
45.
What is the capital and largest city of Chile?
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Santiago
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What 64-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile is the tallest building in Latin America?
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Gran Torre Santiago
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What river flows from the Andes mountains onto the west and divides Chile's capital Santiago in two?
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Mapocho River
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Chile's capital Santiago is within a few hours of both the Andes and what ocean?
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Pacific Ocean
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What city is situated in the central and southern part of Guangdong Province, China?
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Foshan
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What city in China's Guangdong Province means "Buddha Mountain" in Chinese?
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Foshan
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In what city in China is Lotus World, the largest lotus ecological theme park in the world, found?
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Foshan
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On what mountain in Foshan, China is a 62-m tall statue of Guanyin, an East Asia goddess, located?
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Mount Xiqiao
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What is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast?
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Rio de Janeiro
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What 30-m tall statue is located at the peak of the 700-m Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
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Christ The Redeemer
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What 4-km beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the most famous in the world?
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Copacabana
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What term is used to refer to the native inhabitants of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil?
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Carioca
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What is the capital city of Angola, and the country's most populous and important city?
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Luanda
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What Angolan city is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world?
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Luanda
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What city in Angola was founded in 1575 under the name "Sπo Paulo de Loanda"?
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Luanda
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In what city is the National Museum of Slavery, depicting the history of slavery in Angola, located?
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Luanda
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What is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city?
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Hanoi
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What is a large memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam, located in the center of Ba Dinh Square?
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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
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Vietnam's capital Hanoi lies on the right bank of what river?
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Red River
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What temple in Hanoi, Vietnam hosts the "Imperial Academy", Vietnam's first national university?
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Temple Of Literature
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What is the capital of Hubei Province in China and a major port on the Yangtze River?
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Wuhan
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Because of its important role in transportation, what city was sometimes called the "Chicago of China"?
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Wuhan
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What bridge in Central China is commonly known as "First Yangtze River Bridge"?
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Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge
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In what city is the Yellow Crane Tower, one of the four great towers of China, located?
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Wuhan
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What is the capital and largest city in Iraq?
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Baghdad
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What Iraqi city is the second largest in the Arab world after Cairo, Egypt?
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Baghdad
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Iraq's capital Baghdad stands on the banks of what river?
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Tigris
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What ancient Mesopotamian city's ruins lie in present-day Iraq, about 85 km south of Baghdad?
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Babylon
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What Hong Kong theme park features a themed land that makes use of characters from the "Toy Story" movies?
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Hong Kong Disneyland
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What does "Hong Kong" means in Cantonese?
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Fragrant Harbor
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Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of what country?
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China
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What is the official currency of Hong Kong?
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Hong Kong Dollar
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What is the former name of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City?
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Saigon
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What Vietnamese city began as a small fishing village likely known as Prey Nokor, which means "Forest City"?
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Ho Chi Minh City
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What is the largest city in Vietnam and the former capital of South Vietnam?
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Ho Chi Minh City
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What skyscraper is the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
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Bitexco Financial Tower
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What is the capital of Colombia and the country's largest city?
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Bogota
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What Colombian city has been called "The Athens of South America" due to its many universities and libraries?
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Bogota
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What is the third-highest capital city in South America at 2,640 meters above sea level?
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Bogota
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Which of the following is one of the most representative dishes in Bogota, Colombia?
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Ajiaco
85.
What is the capital city of Iran?
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Tehran
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What is Iran's largest city and the largest city in Western Asia?
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Tehran
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Roughly 99% of the population of Tehran, Iran understand and speak which language?
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Persian
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What longstanding symbol of Tehran was built to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian empire?
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Azadi Tower
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What city is located in the mid-south of Guangdong Province, China and in the east of the Pearl River Delta?
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Dongguan
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Keyuan Garden, one of the four well-known Guangdong gardens of the Qing Dynasty, lies in what city?
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Dongguan
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What city in central Guangdong Province, China earned a reputation as the "sex capital of China"?
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Dongguan
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What city is home to New South China Mall, one of the world's largest, though largely empty, shopping malls?
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Dongguan
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What is second largest city in Maharashtra, India and is considered the state's cultural capital?
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Pune
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What Indian city has been referred to as the "Queen of the Deccan" and "Oxford of the East"?
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Pune
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Badminton was created in mid-1800s by British military officers stationed in what Indian city?
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Pune
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Which Indian city is formerly known as "Poona"?
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Pune
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What is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand?
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Bangkok
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What city is known in Thai as "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" or simply "Krung Thep"?
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Bangkok
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What Thai city has acquired the nickname "Sin City of Asia" for its level of sex tourism?
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Bangkok
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Where is Wat Phra Kaew, or Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the most sacred Buddhist temple of Thailand, found?
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Bangkok
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