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Can you name the highest-ranked national capitals in each of these categories?
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First submittedJanuary 15, 2018
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Most populous by urban area
Tokyo
( Delhi / New Delhi )
Jakarta
Manila
Mexico City
 
Highest altitude
La Paz
Quito
Thimphu
Bogotá
Addis Ababa
 
Most Muslims
Jakarta
Cairo
Dhaka
Tehran
Baghdad
Northernmost
Reykjavík
Oslo
Helsinki
Stockholm
Tallinn
 
Southernmost
Wellington
Canberra
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Santiago
 
Furthest from the ocean
Bishkek
Tashkent
Astana
Dushanbe
Ulaanbaatar
Least precipitation
Lima
Cairo
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Manama
 
Busiest airport
London
Tokyo
( Delhi / New Delhi )
Paris
Amsterdam
 
Most billionaires
Beijing
Moscow
London
Seoul
Tokyo
 
Most embassies
Brussels
Washington D.C.
London
Beijing
Berlin
 
 
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44 Comments
relessness
+3
Level 46
Jan 15, 2018
Nice quiz!
Algernon
+4
Level 74
Jan 16, 2018
Interesting, but tricky, quiz.
erikvanlaere
+23
Level 67
Apr 16, 2018
Sucre and La Paz, same country. You should have made a choice. Once one answers La Paz or Sucre, one assumes this is it for Bolivia and one looks for another country...
Debre1024
+4
Level 16
Apr 16, 2018
true
IsleAuHaulte
+8
Level 92
Dec 6, 2019
Not geography nerds.
carkey
+15
Level 77
Jan 7, 2020
Just because it is the same country doesn't mean one should answer the other. They are both capital cities and they are both in the top 5 highest in the world.

There's no need to change something that is perfectly fine given the wording of the quiz just because you forgot it.

Julotek
+2
Level 65
Apr 7, 2020
Let's say we can use both capitals, why cape town is not on the Southernmost capital ?

It is closer to the South (33° 55' 31" S) than Santiago (33° 26' 16" S) according to wikipedia...

kogatora
+10
Level 96
Mar 22, 2020
The helpful thing to do would be adding a caveat that countries with more than one capital may appear multiple times in one category.
NauruPalau
+1
Level 48
Apr 6, 2020
Yep that was bs
emily56freeman56
+1
Level 44
Jul 14, 2020
i thought that maybe lima or dodoma or even kathmandu
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Aug 20, 2025
Then it would been displayed as Sucre/La Paz.

They are two distinct city with two different altitudes, it would be weird to just leave one out. The question asks for capital cities, not the country. So if they individually make it on the list they should be there.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 20, 2026
I've removed Sucre from this quiz.
TheLastFish
+2
Level 71
Feb 20, 2026
But Sucre is THE ONLY capital of Bolivia...

La Paz is just as little a capital of Bolivia as The Hague is a capital of the Netherlands or Dar es Salaam is a capital of Tanzania...

What is the purpose of cultivating this myth on Jetpunk that Bolivia has two capitals?

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 21, 2026
Sucre is an accepted answer BTW
toolers
+1
Level 61
Feb 24, 2026
because Bolivia has 2 capitals

its not a jetpunk myth.

its upto each country as to what they protray as their capital.

might blow ur tiny mind to know South Africa has 3.

nateS
+4
Level 28
Apr 16, 2018
Someday I'll learn how to spell Reykjavik. Then I'll get two more points on this quiz.
cornflakesfu
+4
Level 89
Apr 16, 2018
One more point. You don't get extra points for the repeated answers.
EytanMelech
+1
Level 66
Apr 4, 2020
@nateS Did you figure it out yet?
ruudsje
+3
Level 68
Apr 16, 2018
nice one, but surprisingly hard, only 22 ☹
stankyC
+6
Level 64
Apr 21, 2018
Kuala Lumpur having more international tourists than Beijing, Rome, Madrid, Vienna, Jerusalem, D.C., et al. is quite surprising.
overtired
+3
Level 88
Jan 30, 2020
I wonder if it includes stopovers. Tons of flights connect through Kuala Lumpur.
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Mar 16, 2020
Normally these numbers are overnight stays
DrIlluminati123
+4
Level 33
Jun 12, 2018
I thought Mexico City's urban area is definitely in the top 5 of the most populous capital cities? Am I mistaken?
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Dec 6, 2019
A lot's changed in the past 25 years.
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Jun 23, 2019
I was about to comment that Shanghai should be in this quiz...
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Mar 17, 2020
And then you realised your mistake ..........................
100Greats
+1
Level 56
Jul 31, 2019
A good challenging quiz!
Algernon
+3
Level 74
Mar 27, 2020
Could do with an extra 30 seconds as a few of the categories are not immediately obvious.
GeoPhilia
+4
Level 57
Apr 4, 2020
Why is Delhi in brackets?
shape816
+1
Level 68
Apr 4, 2020
I also wondered why New Delhi was given in advance. Why not just allow for both in the answer? Great quiz though.
zakatan
+1
Level 65
Apr 4, 2020
I believe it is because New Delhi wouldn't make the list on its own, but Delhi does, and nerds might complain ;)
Morker
+3
Level 50
Apr 4, 2020
I never would have gotten Sucre after I typed in La Paz..
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Apr 4, 2020
I come from Kuala Lumpur!
etfdyhw
+1
Level 30
Dec 7, 2022
Tallinn is cheeky because you would think its like Moscow but technically Tallinn is higher because Estonia is on level with Russia but Moscow is lower
FreeStater
+4
Level 81
Feb 20, 2026
Surely (New) Delhi should be given for the busiest airports column, too?
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Feb 20, 2026
Yeah feels pretty unnatural to half give it
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 20, 2026
Crud. Sorry about that. Fixed. Unfortunately, required a stats reset.
OnionBoy
+1
Level 87
Feb 20, 2026
It's okay I forgive you.
cledun2
+4
Level 95
Feb 20, 2026
Aint right how Delhi is filled in for one answer but not another.
ooftownroad
+1
Level 70
Feb 24, 2026
Jakarta and Dhaka are considered bigger than Tokyo now, per the UN
Mapsarefun
+1
Level 34
Feb 24, 2026
This will be fun
AndresPascagaza
+1
Level 50
Feb 26, 2026
Not sure about the order of the cities by altitude, I think Bogotá is higher than Thimphu.
Rade
+1
Level 96
Feb 27, 2026
Helsinki is further north than Oslo.
armaandoman2796
+1
Level 47
Mar 13, 2026
its funny, I kept putting Atlanta for the busiest airport, but then realized that it was WORLD capitals. Sometimes my brain cells don't work
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