| KUALALUMPUR | Asian capital, site of the world's second-tallest building |
| EMUS | Australian birds that are the world's second tallest, behind ostriches |
| EMU | The world's second-tallest bird |
| AON | ___ Center (Chicago's second-tallest building) |
| EDINBURGH | Scottish capital, site of the Royal Mile and Palace of Holyroodhouse (9) |
| ROME | Italian capital, site of the Colosseum, St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and a national museum of pasta (4) |
| OSLO | Norwegian capital, site of the 70ft-long Oseberg Viking ship (4) |
| TOKYO | Japanese capital - site of the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (5) |
| TUNIS | North African capital, site of the Bardo Museum |
| VALLETTA | Maltese capital, site of the Queen's former residence as Princess Elizabeth, Villa Guardamangia (8) |
| PARIS | French capital, site of a Villa Windsor, the home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from 1953 until their deaths in 1972 and 1986 respectively (5) |
| OTTAWA | Capital of the world's second-largest country |
| POLAND | Home of the world's second-oldest written constitution, after America's |
| INDIA | Home of the world's second-largest labor force |
| AFRICANS | What are inhabitants of the world's second-largest continent called? (8) |
| PAPUANEWGUINEA | Eastern half of the world's second largest island (5,3,6) |
| DUBAI | The most populous city in the UAE, site of the world's tallest building (5) |
| COLOGNE | Site of the world's tallest building, 1880-84 |
| BARNEGAT | ___ Light, NJ (site of America's second-tallest lighthouse) |
| EIGG | Small Isle of the Inner Hebrides along with Canna, Rum and Muck; site of the world's first electricity grid powered exclusively from renewable energy (4) |
