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Name a Valid Capital #1

Name any valid national capital that belongs in each selected category.
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
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First submittedAugust 20, 2019
Times taken90,634
Average score66.7%
Rating4.96
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Is further north than Moscow
Reykjavik | Helsinki | Oslo | + 3 others
Is within 15 kilometers of the Mediterranean
Algiers | Athens | Rome | + 5 others
Is in Central America
Guatemala City | Panama City | San José | + 4 others
Has an elevation over 2500 meters
La Paz | Quito | Sucre | Thimphu | Bogotá
Starts with the letter J
Jakarta | Juba | Jerusalem
Was not the capital city of a sovereign state in 1995
Astana | Dili | Gitega | Juba | Naypyidaw | + 3 others
Is capital of one of the Baltic Republics
Riga | Tallinn | Vilnius
Is more than 1200 km from any other capital
Canberra | Wellington | Reykjavik | Brasilia | +7 others
Sits on a lake or inland sea that is larger
than 3000 km2
Baku | Kampala
Is the capital of a country in Oceania other than
Australia and New Zealand
Apia | Honiara | Port Moresby | + 9 others
Is more than 850 km from the sea
Astana | Bishkek | Tashkent | + 13 others
Was the capital of a sovereign nation in 1 A.D.
Rome
Gets less than 8 cm of precipitation per year
Lima | Cairo | Abu Dhabi | Manama | Doha
Is on the Persian Gulf
Kuwait City | Doha | Abu Dhabi | Manama
Is named for a person born after 1500 A.D.
who is not George Washington
Monrovia | Wellington | + 6 others
Is within 2° degrees of latitude from the equator
Quito | Kampala | Singapore | + 5 others
Starts with "Port"
Port Moresby | Port-au-Prince | Port-of-Spain | + 3 others
Has only one syllable
Bern | (Kyiv) | Minsk | Prague | Rome | Seoul
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101 Comments
cathyt
+14
Level 83
Aug 20, 2019
Kampala
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
?
Rade
+11
Level 96
Aug 21, 2019
Sixteenth question. Answer is misspelled.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Thanks. Fixed.
GeoCharlie
+1
Level 42
Sep 17, 2019
malawi lake
dwo
+6
Level 96
Aug 20, 2019
Mexico City isn't in Central America?
Boopety
+20
Level 29
Aug 21, 2019
No, it's in North America.
JackintheBox
+16
Level 82
Oct 21, 2019
Yes, and technically Central America is also a part of the continent of North America.
angrobper14
+8
Level 86
Aug 21, 2019
No. Even if you extend Central America up to the Tehuantepec Isthmus, it's still not in Central America
blizzrd33
+11
Level 81
Aug 20, 2019
Valletta is apparently not within 15 km of the Mediterranean?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Fixed
JackintheBox
+6
Level 82
Oct 21, 2019
What about Nicosia?
1MoloT1xD
+4
Level 50
Jan 16, 2020
Just checked the map. Nicosia just over the limit - from northern borders of the city 16 km to the sea. Clever.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Jul 27, 2020
Wow interesting!
comjag
+11
Level 92
Aug 20, 2019
Ho Chi Minh City is not a valid national capital.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
How dumb of me. Fixed!
miguelangel
+1
Level 64
Apr 22, 2021
I tried Ho Chi Minh City in the named after a person category and it wouldn't accept it! Am I not seeing something?
HydratedMite
+3
Level 68
Dec 7, 2023
QM accidentally put HCM City I'm guessing, and this guy corrected him.
PlaceQuizzes
+13
Level 43
Aug 23, 2021
Ho Chi Minh isn’t a capital, Hanoi is.
IBRK
+3
Level 77
Aug 21, 2019
Kampala is spelt wrong
MarcoH
+7
Level 63
Aug 21, 2019
Shouldn't the capital of Seychelles work for question 15?
donkeyman314
+1
Level 94
Aug 21, 2019
Yeah, I was thinking this
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Aug 21, 2019
I would also argue that the capital of Guyana works as well. It was renamed on 9 April 1812 in honour of the current monarch.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Oct 21, 2019
the then-current monarch*
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Victoria will work now. Georgetown would have worked.
MisterBrick
+8
Level 86
Aug 21, 2019
Podgorica and Pristina became capital cities during the mid-2000s.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Those will work now.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Aug 21, 2019
Nothing to fix imo, but good quiz, 5 stars. I always find it such a sad sight to see good quizzes with blank stars :)
twannie
+1
Level 73
Aug 21, 2019
Pristina 1999
tschutzer
+13
Level 93
Aug 21, 2019
General suggestion: in quizzes like this, where the quiz maker can basically make it as long or as short as he/she wants, I'm always very grateful when there are at least 20 questions. This allows quiz takers to get the full 5/5 points for 95% correct, even if they miss one question. Thanks!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Interesting. I've never thought of that.
Szjaja
+1
Level 59
Aug 21, 2019
Havana is not in Central America?
HinesBrothers
+8
Level 78
Aug 21, 2019
No. It is in the Caribbean. By most definitions, that is not Central America
mrHiggins
+7
Level 58
Aug 21, 2019
i think you should make brazaville available for the capital with a person name question because it's named after the italian founder Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 21, 2019
Added
diamadi
+22
Level 51
Aug 21, 2019
I learn a lot from these quizzes, even when I don't get all the answers. Is there any way to expand the +5 or +7 and others in the answers to read further options?
blizzrd33
+6
Level 81
Aug 21, 2019
+1, this would be great
TheCrusher
+2
Level 70
Oct 21, 2019
+2! I was coming here to write the same comment. I understand why the QM doesn't list all the possible answers in the quiz per say, but it would be nice if we had them all in the "Answer stats" section (as is the case in some other quizzes). Great quiz, by the way! Love the "Name a valid..." series. :)
stylus
+2
Level 79
Oct 23, 2019
+ 3! I also think it would be cool to have answer stats for each accepted answer within the question so you could see which was most guessed for each
FlabberBapper
+6
Level 77
Aug 21, 2019
The capital of Estonia is Tallinn
Gassu
+3
Level 69
Aug 21, 2019
The (de-facto) capital of Switzerland is B E R N
Vicky
+2
Level 55
Oct 21, 2019
References
Regtheledge1000
+1
Level 28
Feb 15, 2020
Well it’s not de facto is it
anhi
+2
Level 55
Apr 27, 2022
It is de facto. De jure (officially), Switzerland does not have a capital.
TheLastFish
+7
Level 71
Aug 21, 2019
You are missing a lot of capitals named for persons born after 1500 A.D. I may miss some as well but (excluding Washington D.C.), I count 15+2: Brazzaville, Castries, Gaborone, Georgetown, Malabo, Mbabane, Monrovia, Nur-Sultan, Port Louis, Port Moresby, Pretoria, Valletta, Victoria, Wellington, Yamoussoukro; and in addition, Bendar Seri Begewan and Nassau are potential candidates.
cmountenay
+3
Level 91
Oct 21, 2019
Valletta misses the cutoff by five years. Jean Parisot de Valette was born around 1495.
ClaudioP
+2
Level 66
Dec 7, 2021
- I also add Santiago, capital of Chile, a name that honors the apostle Santiago, patron saint of Spain.

- São Tomé, capital of São Tomé and Príncipe honors the apostle São Tomé.

HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Aug 24, 2019
It doesn't work when I type Kampala for #16
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 24, 2019
Fixed thanks.
BuckDonk
+2
Level 65
Sep 23, 2019
It would be great to be able to see all the valid answers after the quiz is completed. Thank you!!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Oct 21, 2019
Fun but easy.
Giorgi94
+2
Level 55
Oct 21, 2019
What about Nassau, Bahamas, as an answer for "is named for a person born after 1500 A.D."?
joedimaggio
+2
Level 75
Oct 21, 2019
Would be interesting to see the hidden answers, to be able to learn something
qcumber
+1
Level 45
Oct 22, 2019
the heck is nur-sultan
Freestatebear
+2
Level 88
Oct 22, 2019
New name for Astana...
Algernon
+1
Level 74
Nov 11, 2019
You learn something new every day. I didnt even know they had changed it.
TWM03
+1
Level 72
Oct 26, 2019
Did it with one second left.
MrBizzaros
+1
Level 59
Jan 18, 2020
Add Lome to the capitals with one syllable
Kalleanon
+10
Level 66
Jan 21, 2020
I'd assume that since it's Lomé and the official language is French that it's pronounced with two syllables (low-may). I could be wrong though.
HendogJP
+2
Level 62
Dec 7, 2020
Yeah, it's Low-may.
Eutychus
+2
Level 94
Apr 11, 2020
Ukraine now wants Kiev to be pronounced the Ukrainian way (key-iv) rather than the Russian way (key-ev). The English mangling of the Ukrainian pronunciation is closest to keev, a single syllable. Tough call on that one.
marjobro
+2
Level 66
Jul 24, 2020
I've been to Quito- beautiful mountain setting; and lived in Lima, where it so rarely rains that when it does, it's a disaster. BUT I missed both questions about elevation and rain......hello, brain, where are you?
FolgoreCZ
+2
Level 59
Aug 12, 2020
I don't like questions that have only one correct answer in this type of quiz (independent in 1 A.D.). What's the point of having a "valid category," if the question functions the same as any other normal quiz.
Froststar101
+7
Level 73
Sep 14, 2020
To emphasize that it's something special, unique, or otherwise interesting.
MnGoblin
+5
Level 72
Apr 22, 2022
Yaren, Nauru is within 2 degrees of the equator.
AbiA
+3
Level 88
Oct 2, 2022
Needs updating to exclude/rename Nur Sultan in two questions. Oddly it appears as Astana in the answer to another.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 2, 2022
Updated
danmj
+1
Level 66
Nov 5, 2022
Kyiv should be accepted for the one syllable question. Although it can be pronounced with two syllables (KEE-ev or KEE-yiv) the most correct pronunciation--and the preferred one in Ukraine as I understand it--is KEEV.
Amilcar
+1
Level 73
Nov 17, 2022
Amazing that Riyadh gets more precipitation than Cairo.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Nov 17, 2022
Lima is pretty dry, but it gets 16mm of precipitation per year according to Wikipedia and more than 8mm in other sources found on a Google search.

What is the source for this quiz?

Minutiae
+5
Level 74
Dec 13, 2022
8cm, not mm, is the required amount. :)
Simon1006
+4
Level 67
Nov 17, 2022
Yaren should be accepted for within 2 degrees latitude of the equator: it lies at 0.5467° S, 166.9211° E
Vivelageo
+1
Level 43
Jul 17, 2024
Whether it's a capital city is debatable but the location indeed isn't
AtomicZero
+1
Level 74
Nov 17, 2022
Nur-Sultan is named after a person after 1500
debra1053
+3
Level 58
Nov 17, 2022
It's a great quiz. Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan should be accepted as an answer for the capitals named for people born after 1500 not named Washington.
FunGhoul
+1
Level 53
Nov 18, 2022
Is Kotte missing in the named-after Question or did I just spell it wrong five times?
ponnuki
+3
Level 57
Nov 24, 2022
It is not named after a person.
RondoNo2
+1
Level 55
Apr 12, 2026
So who is 'Welcome Back, Kotte' about then? Eh?
Gzell555
+1
Level 61
Dec 9, 2022
If I'm not wrong, question #15 about cities named after people born after 1500 A.D. should include Nur-Sultan.
RJF
+2
Level 67
Dec 28, 2022
Nur-Sultan has had its name changed back to Astana in September 2022.
Edvard
+1
Level 66
Jan 7, 2023
Nice quiz! I think you should add Kyiv as an answer for the last question
remsgouill
+2
Level 66
May 25, 2023
Isn't Kyiv in one syllable ?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Mar 22, 2024
Up until 2022, it was pronounced in English as "Key-ev". Then, when Ukraine was invaded, there was this big shift where all of a sudden people started pronouncing it as "Keev".

Also they started spelling it as Kyiv instead of Kiev. Take that, Putin!

We will accept Kyiv/Kiev for that now.

Dontforget
+1
Level 76
Jun 23, 2024
From what I understand, Kiev (2 syllables) is the Russian pronunciation, while Kyiv (1 syllable) is the Ukrainian one
NokiaQFikec
+1
Level 62
Dec 18, 2023
Simon Bolivar and Bolivia?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Mar 22, 2024
Bolivia is a country, not a capital.
experimentalskin
+3
Level 55
May 2, 2024
Is Seoul not two syllables?
DrWhoFanJ
+1
Level 64
Jul 17, 2024
Not when pronounced the way it conventionally is in English (SOUL).
milancampion
+1
Level 75
Jul 17, 2024
Wien (Vienna) - one syllable
RondoNo2
+1
Level 55
Apr 12, 2026
For pity's sake.
Bhanav
+1
Level 57
Jul 17, 2024
Does Lome, capital of Togo count for only having one syllable?
Vivelageo
+2
Level 43
Jul 17, 2024
No
cyceryx
+3
Level 61
Jul 17, 2024
the "é" in lomé means that it's pronounced lome-ay iirc
Vivelageo
+3
Level 43
Jul 17, 2024
« Is named for a person born after 1500 A.D. who is not George Washington » where is Port Moresby?
RondoNo2
+1
Level 55
Apr 12, 2026
Fair point.
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
Jul 17, 2024
18/18 :3
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Mar 16, 2025
18/18 2:02
DCC13
+1
Level 21
Apr 23, 2025
Any city with the letter J at the start I put one in and it did it said wrong answer when it was not and I spelt it as well!
nneerrdd
+1
Level 78
Aug 30, 2025
Seoul is actually two syllables: Seo-ul.
DynamoPikachu
+1
Level 21
Dec 1, 2025
Jerusalem is not a capital
Myles980
+1
Level 26
May 6, 2026
Whether people agree with the politics or not, Jerusalem is the de facto capital. The Israeli Parliament, Supreme Court, and Prime Minister’s residence are all located there. It physically functions as the capital.
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