| The only two capitals ... | Capitals | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| mentioned in the Old Testament | Damascus | Jerusalem | 92%
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| that are also a capital of the EU | Brussels | Luxembourg | 91%
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| named for a U.S. president | Washington DC | Monrovia | 90%
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| on the Pacific Coast of North or South America | Lima | Panama City | 88%
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| starting with S and in South America | Santiago | Sucre | 84%
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| with a latitude above 60° N | Reykjavík | Helsinki | 83%
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| starting with T and in Europe | Tallinn | Tirana | 83%
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| that had a population over 300,000 in the year 1500 AD | Beijing | Cairo | 82%
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| on an island in the Mediterranean Sea | Nicosia | Valletta | 79%
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| in the foothills of the Himalayas | Kathmandu | Thimphu | 76%
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| below sea level | Baku | Amsterdam | 73%
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| located on the Río de la Plata | Buenos Aires | Montevideo | 73%
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| not within 2000 km of any other capital | Canberra | Wellington | 73%
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| more than 400km away from an international border or the sea | Brasilia | Moscow | 71%
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| ending in "ville" | Brazzaville | Libreville | 71%
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| on the the same island as another national capital | Port-au-Prince | Santo Domingo | 70%
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| with five or fewer letters, two of which are O | Oslo | Tokyo | 67%
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| ending in the letters "est" | Bucharest | Budapest | 66%
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| on the Mekong River | Vientiane | Phnom Penh | 61%
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| that border another capital city | Rome | Vatican City | 60%
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