So I would like to try a two stage, multi-answer second state stage quiz. The list of world cities below share a common connection. The quiz is to guess the correct connection, keep that guess to yourself, and list additional cities that share the connection. One point for each correct city listed. As the list of cities grows the common connection should become easier to guess. Maybe this won't work, but I'd like to give it a try. To be clear list only cities, no explanation of why each city was named.

Benares
Brindisi
London
Omaha
Shanghai