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We’re going underground for today’s Geo Quiz. There are subway systems in just about every major city around the globe. The one we’re looking for opened in 1935. Today it ranks as the world’s second-busiest rapid-transit system after Tokyo’s. We find out the answer from Alex the Jester.

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