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66 answers | 213 clues

Must-Know (4)

San Francisco 10x $660 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $100 1999 The Inn at the Opera, The Nob Hill Lambourne, The Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf

J $600 2018 In 1953 Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Lights bookstore in this city

DJ $1,200 2015 Here, you can see several of the "Painted Ladies" Victorian homes in this U.S. city

Boston 9x 11.1% stumper $733 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $200 2025 Since "The Hub" was coined by a Brahmin, the word Hubbites is for the wicked lot of folks from this East Coast city

DJ $600 1994 Ritz-Carlton, Copley Plaza, Back Bay Hilton

J $1,000 2010 18th-century hero Colonel William Prescott seenherein a state capital

Atlanta 9x 11.1% stumper $522 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $200 2021 191 Peachtree Tower

J $600 2020 "Peachtree Road" by Anne Rivers Siddons

DJ $2,000 2009 The South's Shirley Franklin

Las Vegas 8x $388 avg J:7 DJ:1

J $100 1999 New York-New York Hotel & Casino

J $800 2010 The amazing variety of light colors must belong tothisU.S. desert city

J $1,000 2019 "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" & "(Thi$)"

Should-Know (15)

Seattle 7x 14.3% stumper $414 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1999 This northwestern city's seal bears the image of Chief Sealth, for whom the city is named

J $600 2014 spl.orgis for this city's library system, including the Rainier Beach branch

J $200 2020 Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room, Kurt Cobain's benches in Viretta Park

Philadelphia 7x $1,100 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1989 The city motto meaning "Let Brotherly Love Continue" is imprinted on its seal

J $500 1999 The Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Penn's View Inn, The Penn Tower Hotel

J $1,000 2017 Drexel University

Minneapolis 7x 14.3% stumper $600 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2012 The Twin City that's not a state capital:390,000

J $600 2020 The Mary Tyler Moore statue, the "Purple Rain" house

J $400 1999 Pillsbury Building

Whitney Houston 6x $700 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1999 The seal of this Texas city features a plow & a locomotive, but no Saturn V rocket

J $1,000 2021 Formerly the headquarters of Enron, 1400 Smith Street

J $400 2013 Averaging 47.8" of rain yearly might be why this city built the first completely domed baseball stadium in the 1960s

Salt Lake City 5x 20.0% stumper $240 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2023 Brigham Young's grave is there; at the foot of the Wasatch Range; somehow known for its jazz

J $200 2016 In this Western state capital, the City Hall went up in 1894 & was controversial because it rivaled the Temple

J $200 2000 At Christmas, a dazzling light display lights up Temple Square in this city

Charlotte 5x $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2014 charmeck.orgis the site for this city & Mecklenburg County

DJ $1,200 2012 You'll find a hornet's nest on a tree branch depicted on this North Carolina city's seal

J $400 2022 The biggest city in North Carolina, it was named for the wife of King George III

Denver 5x $440 avg J:5

J $400 2004 He's the city singer shining in the following Sunshine on my shoulders...

J $500 1989 This city's seal has depictions of an eagle, the state capitol building & the sun setting over the Rockies

J $100 1998 The Tabor Center, The Museum of Western Art, The Mile High Flea Market

static electricity 4x $225 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1988 Type of electricity you create by stroking a cat's fur or dragging your feet across a rug

J $200 1997 Walking across a carpet can build up this type of charge caused by stationary electrons

J $200 1989 World Book defines it as "electrons or ions that are not moving"

St. Petersburg 4x 25.0% stumper $2,300 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $1,000 2015 White Nights, in Russia

J $1,400 DD 2024 On Dec. 14, 1825 the Decembrist revolt in this port city sought to end serfdom; harshly, forcefully, serfdom did not end

DJ $2,000 2011 Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment"

St. Louis 4x $933 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $800 2024 The building in Forest Park that houses this Midwest city's art museum dates back to the 1904 World's Fair

DJ $1,200 2025 500 acres larger than Central Park, Forest Park in this 1904 host city boasts its zoo & the Missouri History Museum

FJ 1987 In 1904, this city hosted the Democratic National Convention, a World's Far & the Olympics

New York City 4x $475 avg J:4

J $200 2012 The Trump building at 40 Wall St.

J $500 1998 The Pierre, The St. Regis, The Carlyle

J $400 2020 "Bright Lights, Big City" & "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"

New York 4x $350 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2023 "Rhapsody In Blue"

DJ $800 2011 Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City"

J $200 2013 "The city so nice they named it twice", it gets nearly 50" of rain a year... good luck getting a cab!

Munich 4x $850 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1989 Now the home of beer hall festivals, it was the site of the Beer Hall Putsch, or revolt, in 1923

J $800 2024 The Beer Hall Putsch in this city was a 1923 coup attempt that led to Hitler's all-too-brief imprisonment

J $1,000 2023 "Tristan und Isolde", with the help of King Ludwig

Miami 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2012 Experience Little Havana along Calle Ocho, then get sprayed at the Seaquarium

J $600 2014 Havana-born Tomas Regalado

J $1,000 DD 2013 Coral Gables, Hialeah

Jacksonville 4x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:4

J $200 2000 It's the largest Florida city named after a guy named Andrew

J $800 2019 Miami is half the size of this seaport city further north

J $1,000 DD 2022 This Florida city named for a president has more people than Miami & Tampa combined

Worth Knowing (47)

the Bronx 3 San Antonio 3 Nashville 3 Milwaukee 3 Eugene 3 Dodge City 3 Brooklyn 3 Phoenix 3 Moscow 3 Worcester 2 Wichita 2 Vladivostok 2 Venice 2 the Missouri River 2 Sofia Coppola 2 Sacramento 2 Queens 2 Providence 2 Omaha 2 Nuremberg 2 North Carolina 2 Norfolk 2 Longfellow 2 Lincoln Park 2 Lake Michigan 2 Kansas City 2 Honolulu 2 Hartford 2 Florence 2 electrolyte 2 Eisenhower 2 Edinburgh 2 Dayton 2 Colorado Springs 2 Cincinnati 2 Carson City 2 Cannes 2 California 2 Burlington 2 Buffalo 2 Baltimore 2 Augusta 2 an insulator 2 alternating current 2 the Bronx Zoo 2 the Colorado 2 Chris Columbus 2

Europe

27 answers | 113 clues

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Chicago 15x 13.3% stumper $547 avg J:13 DJ:2

J $200 2024 In 1871 Patrick & Catherine O'Leary owned a cow in this city; a bovine pyromaniac? History is unsure, but the fire was devastating

J $600 2012 The John Hancock Center at 875 N. Michigan Avenue

J $1,000 2016 The building housing this burg's City Hall also houses the offices administering Cook County

London 10x $370 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $200 2018 The Gherkin, aka 30 St. Mary Axe

J $800 2014 Overseas--Boris Johnson, who has been promoting one mode oftransport

J $200 2014 The 17-foot Lord Nelson atop his column

Washington, D.C. 8x 12.5% stumper $350 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1998 The Embassy Row Hotel, The Georgetown Inn, The Capitol Hill Suites

J $600 2017 The National Cherry Blossom Festival

J $100 1989 This city designed by Pierre L'Enfant was the world's 1st planned federal capital

Should-Know (10)

Pittsburgh 6x $600 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

DJ $400 2023 U.S. Steel was born there in 1901 & steel was likely used in The Igloo where Penguins began skating in 1967

J $600 2025 A Yinzer is a person from this U.S. city located at the confluence of 3 rivers

J $1,000 2020 Carnegie Science Center, Duquesne Incline

Los Angeles 6x $600 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 2015 Angels

J $600 2010 Tom Bradley (1973 to 1993)

DJ $1,600 2011 Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely"

San Diego 5x 40.0% stumper $720 avg J:5

J $400 2024 Among the attractions of this California city's Balboa Park are an air & space museum & its world famous zoo

J $800 2017 Down south, "the birthplace of California"

J $1,000 2013 Coronado, Chula Vista

Paris 5x $480 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2020 "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

J $800 2023 "Carmen" comes alive in 1875

J $200 1994 Meridien Montparnasse, Balzac, George V

New Orleans 5x $400 avg J:4 DJ:1

DJ $200 1999 "The Mardi Gras City"

J $1,000 2014 Mitch Landrieu

J $200 1998 The Hotel Maison de Ville, The Soniat House, Le Richelieu in the French Quarter

Barcelona 5x $580 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2017 Antoni Gaudi helped design the fountain of Aurora in this Spanish city while he was still a student

J $600 2021 Ramble through La Rambla & then maybe Joan Miro Park as you brush up on your Catalan in this city

J $1,500 DD 2015 Gaudi

Atlantic City 5x $860 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 2000 In 1990 Donald Trump took a gamble & opened his Taj Mahal Casino in this city

J $600 2025 We'll gamble that you know that Baltic Ave. runs parallel to Mediterranean Ave. in this city, but Bally's hotel is on Pacific

DJ $1,200 2019 After a contest in this city, Margaret Gorman was the first to hold the title Miss America

Athens 5x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2018 A:It's considered the birthplace of democracy

J $600 2002 Omonoia Square, the Plaka, the Parthenon

DJ $1,200 2006 The high culture of a 19th century immigrant group got Milwaukee the nickname "Deutsche Athen", meaning this

Vienna 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2005 Born in this Austrian city, Maximilian Schell directed a film of "Tale from" its "Woods"

J $600 2023 "The Blue Danube" set sail Feb. 15, 1867

DJ $1,000 1994 Sacher, Imperial, Pension Wiener

Berlin 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:4

J $200 2021 Palaces & museums line Unter den Linden, an avenue in this capital city

J $600 2004 In 1911 he established his reputation as a songwriter with "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

J $1,000 2014 Prussian ruler "the Great Elector" seen here

Worth Knowing (14)

Glasgow 3 Cologne 3 The Hague 2 Stockholm 2 Stalingrad 2 Rome 2 Oxford 2 Naples 2 Mexico 2 Madrid 2 Belgium 2 Balboa Park 2 Avignon 2 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb 2

Asia

15 answers | 41 clues

Should-Know (4)

Toronto 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 2012 First the Royal Ontario Museum, then for lunch, maybe one of the 5 Chinatowns

DJ $600 1989 The CN Tower, the world's tallest freestanding structure, is located in this Canadian city

J $1,000 2025 This Canadian provincial capital had fewer than 100,000 people in the 1880s but today is 3 million strong

Istanbul 5x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $200 2000 Byzantium

J $600 2007 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) With a population of close to 10 million, it's the only city in the world that spans two continents

FJ 2021 The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what's now known as this city

Tokyo 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1989 Until recently, the Giants, this city's baseball team, played their home games in Korakuen Stadium

J $600 2024 A twilight view of this Asian city includes its eponymous tower & a certain nearby mountain

J $400 2010 You can see the shore of this Asian capital's bay has orange sodium lamps, while the city uses green mercury lamps

Oklahoma City 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2017 Will Rogers Park in this state capital is home to a horticultural garden famous for its roses

J $600 2016 Adorning this state capital's seal are an Indian peace pipe & a stake symbolic of those who staked claims in an 1889 land rush

DJ $1,200 2020 This is the only city that has "City" in its NBA team's full name

Worth Knowing (11)

Shanghai 3 Tulsa 2 Tucson 2 Singapore 2 Kyoto 2 Kuala Lumpur 2 Jakarta 2 Fort Wayne 2 Bangkok 2 Cheyenne, Wyoming 2 panning for gold 2

Africa

3 answers | 14 clues

Should-Know (2)

Memphis 6x $700 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1998 The Center for Southern Folklore, The Mud Island Amphitheatre, The Sincerely Elvis Museum

J $800 2013 Elvis got rained on when he moved to this city in 1948; it gets 54.7" a year

DJ $1,600 2020 Named for a capital of Ancient Egypt, this city is on a bluff on the Mississippi River's east bank

Detroit 6x $440 avg J:5 FJ:1

J $200 1999 Cadillac Tower

J $600 2021 Cadillac Tower

FJ 2014 Among its firsts are underwater auto tunnel to a foreign country & corp. to net more than $1 billion in a single year

Worth Knowing (1)

Nairobi 2

South America

2 answers | 8 clues

Should-Know (1)

Rio de Janeiro 5x $1,720 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2007 If you're in Barra da Tijuca, you can head right along the coast to Ipanema

J $800 2017 79,000-seat Maracana Stadium

J $1,200 DD 2019 The river in the name of this South American metropolis is really Guanabara Bay

Worth Knowing (1)

Buenos Aires 3

Oceania

3 answers | 7 clues

Worth Knowing (3)

Sydney 3 Melbourne 2 Auckland 2

North America

2 answers | 6 clues

Should-Know (1)

Montreal 4x $750 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2022 On April 14, 1969 this city rejoiced as Jarry Park--in Jarry Park--became the first MLB ballpark outside the United States

DJ $800 2022 Olympic Park, Place Jacques-Cartier

DJ $1,000 1998 Place Ville-Marie, Place Jacques Cartier, Beaver Lake

Worth Knowing (1)

the Underground Railroad 2

Middle East

2 answers | 4 clues

Worth Knowing (2)

Portland 2 Ankara 2

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