| 100% | USEMBASSY | 9 | Govt. facility in most world capitals except Washington |
| 36% | CRIMELAB | 8 | Facility in many "CSI" scenes (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | World capital in Scandinavia |
| 35% | LIMA | 4 | World capital established in 1535 |
| 35% | LIMAPERU | 8 | World capital in the Andes |
| 35% | ANKARA | 6 | World capital in central Anatolia |
| 34% | TEHRAN | 6 | World capital in 1979-'80 headlines |
| 34% | BRASILIA | 8 | World capital planned in the late 1950s |
| 33% | DAM | 3 | Grand Coulee ___ (hydroelectric facility in Washington) |
| 33% | ROME | 4 | More trouble in capital |
| 33% | ROME | 4 | Capital city with the most fountains in the world |
| 33% | TOKYO | 5 | World capital where you could find many sumo wrestlers |
| 33% | SUCRE | 5 | World capital, founded in 1538, formerly known as Chuquisaca |
| 33% | SOFIA | 5 | World capital situated in what was once ancient Thrace |
| 33% | KHARTOUM | 8 | World capital whose name means "elephant trunk" in Arabic |
| 33% | ROME | 4 | World capital that "wasn't built in a day" |
| 33% | KILO | 4 | Scale unit, in most of the world |
| 32% | KABUL | 5 | World capital located more than a mile above sea level |
| 32% | HANOI | 5 | World capital that celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in 2010 |
| 32% | HANOI | 5 | World capital whose name means "between two rivers" in Vietnamese |
| 32% | CDC | 3 | Govt. agency in many 2020 headlines |
| 32% | USE | 3 | World govt. in TV "Futurama" |
| 31% | GALLEON | 7 | Most valuable coin in the Wizarding World |
| 31% | KINGSTONTRIO | 12 | Longtime musical group with a world capital in its name |
| 31% | STREETS | 7 | Most of the alphabet, in Washington, D.C. |
| 31% | JAKARTA | 7 | Capital on the world's most populous island |
| 31% | KILAUEA | 7 | World's most active volcano located in Hawaii |
| 31% | NOVO | 4 | Word in a world capital that means "new" |
| 30% | HANOI | 5 | World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 |
| 30% | USELESS | 7 | Like most trivia, in the real world |