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Name a Valid U.S. State Capital #2

Can you name a U.S state capital that falls under each category?
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has a population over 700,000
5
Phoenix | Austin | Columbus | Indianapolis | Denver
is less than 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico
5
Austin | Baton Rouge | Jackson | Montgomery | Tallahassee
begins with the letter R
2
Raleigh | Richmond
cannot be reached by via roads from any other state capital
2
Honolulu | Juneau
is located on a lake at least 10 square miles in size
3
Carson City | Madison | Salt Lake City
has a double letter in its name
8
Annapolis | Cheyenne | Harrisburg | Jefferson City | Little Rock | Nashville | Pierre | Tallahassee
was the birthplace of a Nobel Peace Prize winner
3
Atlanta | Boston | Honolulu
is a word in the English language
3
Concord | Phoenix | Providence
whose population has declined by at least 20% since 1950
6
Albany | Charleston | Harrisburg | Hartford | Providence | Trenton
has never reached 100 °F
3
Juneau | Honolulu | Montpelier
was named for a city or town in another country
5
Boston | Dover | Hartford | Montpelier | Richmond
has a Native American name
3
Cheyenne | Tallahassee | Topeka
has exactly five letters in its name
3
Dover | Boise | Salem
is named for the same person that a different state capital is named for
2
Columbia | Columbus
starts with "Saint"
1
Saint Paul
was originally founded by the Spanish
1
Santa Fe
has an X in its name
1
Phoenix
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23 Comments
ggem
+3
Level 79
Oct 19, 2024
Hello! Isn't Pierre a correct answer to "has a double letter in its name"?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 19, 2024
Yes, fixed.
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Oct 19, 2024
Fun quiz. But Juneau isn't on an island.
Jeremy
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Level 79
Oct 19, 2024
Was about to comment this but I think the quiz is right. Part of it is, about a quarter of the residential population judging from Google Maps - and I was going to be nitpicky and find a state capital that also had some sort of development on a river or lake island or something but all I can find is maybe St. Paul (although that's a bit of a stretch). Maybe change the clue to include "partially" somewhere, though.
FreeStater
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Level 81
Oct 19, 2024
For the clue, I'd probably put "unreachable by road" or something similar.

How do you figure St. Paul? The closest thing I could find was Harrisburg, which has a minor-league baseball stadium on a river island.

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 19, 2024
Fixed the clue.
Muncie
+1
Level 75
Oct 19, 2024
Fun! Maybe add Bismarck as something that's a word in English. It's a jelly donut.
loganite
+3
Level 93
Oct 22, 2024
The city is Bismarck, the donut is a bismark.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 81
Oct 19, 2024
I was wondering about Nobel Peace Prize winners, I think they'd be MLK Jr. (Atlanta), JFK (Brookline, Mass. as Boston), and Barack Obama (Honolulu)
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 19, 2024
Emily Greene Balch, not JFK.
MindWax
+1
Level 87
Oct 21, 2024
I was thinking of Jimmy Carter when I answered for Atlanta, which is wrong but fortuitously aligned with MLK :)
TurkeyCookTime
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Level 85
Oct 19, 2024
Shouldn't Oklahoma City be counted as a capital city with a Native American name? Yes, it has "city" on the end, but given that New Mexico is considered a Native American name in this quiz it seems like Oklahoma City should be counted here.
buck1017
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Level 78
Oct 21, 2024
unless it's not because "City" isn't a native american name perhaps?
Wistful
+2
Level 72
Oct 24, 2024
And "New" is?
abeels
+2
Level 86
Oct 20, 2024
Isn’t madison a word in the English language? It is both a dance and a cycling relay. Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong.
Qikiq
+3
Level 89
Oct 21, 2024
I thought the same about Charleston since it's a dance.
buck1017
+8
Level 78
Oct 21, 2024
so is "little rock" not accepted as a word in english because it's two words?
loganite
+1
Level 93
Oct 22, 2024
Boston is a word in the English language. It's a type of card game and also a type of dance.
MarcellDAvis
+3
Level 80
Nov 5, 2024
I was just about to suggest that Frankfort, Kentucky, was named after Frankfurt, Germany, but then I checked Wikipedia and indeed, it was originally called "Frank's Ford" after pioneer Stephen Frank who died nearby.

However, isn't Honolulu a Hawaiian and thus Native American name?

idontkn1
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Level 94
Nov 5, 2024
OKC should be an acceptable Native American city name since Oklahoma is a Choctaw word meaning land of the red people. For the purposes of the quiz are we not considering Hawaiians as Native Americans because Honolulu means safe harbor in Hawaiian.
plattitude
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Level 94
Dec 5, 2024
I was surprised by Carson City, thinking that you were counting Washoe Lake, which is separated from the city by a line of hills. Then I remembered that Carson City merged with/took over all of the old Ormsby County, and now reaches all the way up the mountains to Lake Tahoe.
MovieQuizGuy
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Level 64
Dec 26, 2024
I was completely thrown by the phrasing "on" a lake--I thought it meant on an island in the middle of a lake, not next to a lake. I grew up in Salt Lake City and didn't for a moment consider it. That's what rushing will do to you. (Plus because SLC doesn't get close to the lake at all, but that's a different conversation.)
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Nov 14, 2025
Does Santa Fe not start with 'saint'?
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