For question #9

Singapore (Why, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles and Jack Sparrow, of course :-D )

Kaifeng (Bian, home of Judge Bao)

Dili (The capital and largest city of East Timor. Probably not this, but as I am a fan of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, so...)

For question #10

Winnipeg (I once also had a roommate from this city, not at the same time as that roommate from Adelaide though)

Vancouver (One of my cousins once worked voluntary there, and she bought me this sweatshirt from that city)

Montreal (Random guess)

#9
1. Lhasa
2. Varanasi
3. Fukuoka

#10
1. Edmonton
2. Montreal
3. Calgary

#9:
1. Naypyidaw, Myanmar/Burma.
2. Ulan Bator, Mongolia
3. Hue, Vietnam
#10
1. Montreal
2. Vancouver
3. Toronto

#9
Ho Chi Min / Saigon

Singapore

Volgorag

#10
Montreal

Saskatchewan

Winnipeg

9.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Xi'an, China
Delhi, India

10.
Toronto
Montreal
Calgary

Answer to #9: Ulan Bator, Mongolia. A city which has changed it's location more than 25 times in it's history.

Answer to 10: Toronto. The closest Canadian city that isn't Montreal. No offense French Canadians.

Tallying.

Oasis789 with a surprise come from behind win, sweeping #9/#10 and finishing with 6 points!

Thanks to everyone for playing!!!!!! Congrats Oasis!
Congrats, you won! A 9.99 game of your choice!

I guess scratching my head over lunch trying to figure out what Stoic would find peculiar about a city paid off :)

Hehe, gz on nice finish! :)

My Battle Isle Platinum will need to wait "a little" longer. :D ;)

Congrats on the win Oasis! (even if I resent the come from behind win ;) ) Thank you for running this competition Stoic, your generosity around here is incredible. I had a ton of fun with it and I think it was a great success.