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It’s not Macon, Georgia, but this city’s Cannonball House is located across from the Esplanade that hosts its Military Tattoo. This city’s Gilded Balloon, Underbelly, Pleasance, and Assembly make up its “Big Four” venues. In this city, local stone was used to build the Canongate Wall of a government building designed to mirror an extinct volcano called Arthur’s Seat. Heavy (10[1])investment has gentrified this city’s port area of Leith (“leeth”). The world’s largest performing arts festival is this city’s Festival Fringe. (10[1])This city’s castle (10[1])is at one end (10[1])of the Royal Mile, which ends in the east at Holyrood Palace. This city (10[1])is connected to the county of Fife by the world’s second-longest cantilever (10[1])bridge. For 10 points, what largest city on the Firth of Forth is the capital of Scotland? ■END■

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