D. Melbourne is one of three Australian cities ranked among the 10 best places to live, based on stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. The other Australian cities on the top 10 list were Sydney which was third and Adelaide which was tenth. Vienna pushed Melbourne into second place on the list in 2018.

Q: What other English-speaking country had at three cities ranked in the top 10?

A. Canada

B. Ireland

C. United Kingdom

D. United States

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A. The Canadian cities of Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto ranked fifth, sixth and seventh. Toronto tied for seventh with Tokyo while another Japanese city, Osaka, was fourth. Copenhagen in Denmark was ninth.

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Q: At the bottom of the list is the capital city of war-torn Syria. What is the capital of Syria?

A. Cairo

B. Damascus

C. Lagos

D. New Delhi

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B. Damascus remained the worst-ranked city, below Lagos in Nigeria. The culture and environment scores were reduced for many cities in poorer countries that are among the most exposed to the effects of climate change, including New Delhi and Cairo for their poor air quality.

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Q: What European city dropped in the rankings from 19th to 25th because of its “yellow jacket” protests?

A. Athens

B. Berlin

C. London

D. Paris

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D. “Paris in France is the highest-ranked city to have seen a deterioration in its stability score, owing to the ongoing anti-government gilets jaunes (yellow jacket) protests that began in late 2018,” the study said.

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