| 100% | UMTATA | 6 | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| 43% | EASTLONDON | 10 | City in Eastern Cape, South Africa on the Indian Ocean coast |
| 39% | PETRA | 5 | Ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan; capital of the former Nabataean kingdom |
| 39% | TRANSKEI | 8 | Former Bantustan of South Africa now part of Eastern Cape Province |
| 39% | SANAA | 5 | Middle Eastern city that's one of the ten highest capitals in the world |
| 39% | AMAZON | 6 | ___ River, waterbody in South America that is central to a rainforest of the same name |
| 38% | WEIMAR | 6 | German city that was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 |
| 38% | CISKEI | 6 | Bantustan in south-east South Africa from 1981-94 now part of Eastern Cape |
| 38% | CISKEI | 6 | 1981-94 Bantustan in southeast South Africa now part of Eastern Cape |
| 38% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | Port city that is capital of the Netherlands |
| 38% | PIERRETRUDEAU | 13 | Former prime minister of Canada whose first name is the capital of South Dakota: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NEW | 3 | ___ York City FC, MLS team based in The Big Apple that is a member of MLS Eastern Conference |
| 36% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 36% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 36% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 36% | MILAN | 5 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "Fashion Capital of the World" |
| 36% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 36% | BASRA | 5 | Mideast city that is the capital of the world in H. G. Wells's "The Shape of Things to Come" |
| 36% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 36% | BARACOA | 7 | City in eastern Cuba; first capital of the country |
| 36% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 35% | JOHANNESBURG | 12 | City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand |
| 35% | PTL | 3 | Name of the cable network sold in bankruptcy (1989) to Morris Cerullo World Evangelism that is now known as "INSP", HQed in South Carolina |
| 35% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | Former host of "The Daily Show" who was born in South Africa in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 35% | STELLENBOSCH | 12 | University town in Western Cape, South Africa, on the banks of the Eerste River |
| 35% | OAK | 3 | Tree that is one of the ten most common street names in the US |
| 35% | RANGOON | 7 | Former name of Myanmar's largest city, capital of the Yangon region |
| 35% | CEBU | 4 | City that was first capital of the Philippines |
| 35% | JAIPUR | 6 | City in India that is capital of Rajasthan |
| 35% | HUFFINGTONPOST | 14 | The former name of the highest earning blog in the world that covers American news: 2 wds |