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Name the highest-ranked national capitals in each of these categories.
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First submittedJanuary 15, 2018
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Most Spanish
speakers
Mexico City
Buenos Aires
Lima
Bogota
Santiago
 
Furthest from any
other capital
Canberra
Wellington
Dili
Ngerulmud
Reykjavik
 
Closest to Washington D.C.
Ottawa
Nassau
Havana
Port-au-Prince
Kingston
Most Arabic
speakers
Cairo
Baghdad
Amman
Algiers
Damascus
 
Most opera performances
(2016–2025)
London
Moscow
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
 
First alphabetically
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Accra
Addis Ababa
Algiers
Highest average
yearly temperature
Khartoum
Niamey
N'Djamena
Bamako
Ouagadougou
 
Most Olympics hosted
(through 2036)
London
Paris
Athens
Beijing
Tokyo
 
Lowest average
yearly temperature
Ulaanbaatar
Astana
Reykjavik
Moscow
Tallinn
 
Ranked by height
of tallest building
Kuala Lumpur
Seoul
Beijing
Taipei
Kuwait City
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53 Comments
cshtthomas
+10
Level 61
Jan 15, 2018
Interesting that the capital cities of other Pacific countries are so close to each other that aren't on the list.
caesaria
+1
Level 79
Jun 15, 2018
I feel like I'm missing something... Shouldn't Dubai be No. 1 in the last category? Since the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world?
Aleksandro
+30
Level 47
Jun 15, 2018
Dubai isn't a capital city though, the capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi not Dubai.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Aug 8, 2019
I always mix up abu dabi, dubai, darfur and dakar... Al those d's an a's ;)
ddddan
+2
Level 85
Jul 8, 2018
Any mnemonic tips for spelling Ngerulmud?
roleybob
+3
Level 73
Jun 26, 2019
I dunno, maybe 'aNGER? U'L MUDdle through'. Or something
Guam
+3
Level 59
Mar 18, 2020
Think of a girl being in mud (in, gerul, mud), but because it is muddy some of the letters are covered up.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Dec 20, 2020
I just remember it.
Finnisme
+4
Level 59
Nov 11, 2021
I just forget it.
izra
+1
Level 53
May 29, 2022
I use 'dumb lure' backwards to remember it lol but without the b. so like ng-erulmud
p4tr1ck
+3
Level 60
May 15, 2019
What about the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea for tallest skyscrapers?
BabyJay
+3
Level 75
Feb 21, 2020
Should have Lotte World Tower in Seoul in first place, and then China Zun in Beijing for second place for tallest buildings.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 16, 2020
This has been updated.
TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 69
Mar 17, 2020
Pretty typical for my attempts:

2nd to last (in guess-percentage) country i got right was 51%....last country i guessed was 18%.

Somehow i always have one quirky obscure one I know. xD

cornflakesfu
+1
Level 89
Mar 18, 2020
"Most Olympics Hosted" might need to be updated later this year, sadly.
Guam
+1
Level 59
Mar 18, 2020
True. Hopefully not, though, unless it gets really bad.
jeepy
+1
Level 65
Mar 28, 2020
Update: it will get reported
Eliotbliss
+2
Level 73
Apr 5, 2020
Do you have a source for the most embassies in capital cities? Everything I've found shows Brussels, Washington DC, Beijing, London, Paris, Tokyo, and New Delhi all ahead of Berlin.
Tomtrific
+3
Level 80
May 6, 2020
I needed a little more time.
ander217
+1
Level 73
May 8, 2020
Same here. I'm a fast typist but a slow thinker. :)
giommaso
+2
Level 77
May 6, 2020
Anyone who knows Rome enough will disagree to count differently Holy See and Italian embassies in the city. All of the Vatican embassies are outside the Vatican wall, so they should be considered as part of Rome, and this would bring the city among the first 5 per number of embassies.

On the other hand, there are several sites that serve both functions (e.g. the British embassy), so it's hard to decide the actual number...

Veeti
+1
Level 57
May 6, 2020
I am fairly certain that Helsinki is a bit colder than Oslo on average
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 6, 2020
Well, dang. The Wikipedia data has changed. The quiz has been updated.
ShivaGoyal
+1
Level 47
May 6, 2020
It's kind of unfair that we have to use Melekeok, but the answers always use Ngerlamund. (For Palau).
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 6, 2020
What do you mean? "Melekeok" appears no where on this quiz.
Devvik2
+4
Level 74
Feb 2, 2023
This might be because you are not spelling Ngerulmud correctly.
SHadden81
+6
Level 63
May 6, 2020
Would have thought Riyadh would be in top 5 capitals by Arabic speakers?
undeadwarrior
+4
Level 66
May 7, 2020
I'm shocked that the most opera performances in a capital city, doesn't include Rome!
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Sep 1, 2020
I imagine the city with the most opera performances in Italy is Milan
Resrla
+1
Level 50
May 9, 2020
Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice. Beijing once. So why is LA not on the list?
wielblad
+8
Level 66
May 13, 2020
LA doesn't qualify because it's not a national capital.
rphxx
+5
Level 71
Dec 28, 2020
Los Angeles is not the capital of the United States
mapjunkie95
+4
Level 39
May 21, 2020
Madrid isn't in the spanish speaking one?
rphxx
+3
Level 71
Dec 28, 2020
the other 5 are bigger
PlushPie
+1
Level 17
Jul 27, 2021
Burj Khalifa in the UAE as tallest building?
LuigiDood227
+5
Level 72
Dec 13, 2022
Not in Abu Dhabi
AlmostAGenius
+6
Level 89
Jan 28, 2022
Maybe I’m missing something, but shouldn’t Riyadh be included in the largest Arabic speaking cities.
Devvik2
+3
Level 74
Feb 2, 2023
Yeah I was wondering what happened to Riyadh, can someone give an explanation as to why Riyadh is not there? I haven't seen one when looking through the comments.
hasanabdi
+1
Level 70
Jan 8, 2023
change to astana now, it's not nur sultan anymore
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2023
It already was changed.
midjersey
+1
Level 74
Apr 18, 2023
The quiz does not accept Astana though?

Edit: nope, I'm wrong. It does...I must have spelled it wrong (or said Asmara, as I occasionally get those 2 names mixed up!)

duckcatDINOSAUR
+2
Level 36
Jun 27, 2023
For the capital cities one, shouldn’t Wellington and Canberra be tied for first because they are both the closest to each other? That or replace the tie of Tallinn and Helsinki so it’s even.
npols
+1
Level 64
Oct 22, 2024
I think that merdeka in kuala lumpur should be in first place for tallest building now
FelixHugy
+1
Level 63
Oct 25, 2025
Merdeka 118 of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the second tallest building in the world

(therefore should be ranked first on the list)

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 20, 2026
Updated
Anderis
+1
Level 76
Feb 21, 2026
Surprised that Khartoum is not in top5 Arabic speakers.
toripolliisi28
+1
Level 67
Feb 24, 2026
There is no way Tallinn is colder than Helsinki.
toripolliisi28
+1
Level 67
Feb 24, 2026
I checked and Oslo, Helsinki and Riga are all colder than Tallinn.
ooftownroad
+3
Level 70
Feb 24, 2026
What's the source for Damascus over Riyadh? Riyadh has 8 million people, and is right in the middle of Saudi Arabia, nearly always speaking arabic
viniaj
+1
Level 68
Apr 26, 2026
How is it possible that Amman has more Arabic speakers than Sanaa or Riyadh or even Kuwait City? Is this really true?
Lilylee
+1
Level 79
May 1, 2026
Biggest Cities in Asia quiz clearly puts Riyadh ahead of Amman and Damascus.
vferre
+1
Level 59
May 1, 2026
great one!
EmadAB
+1
Level 48
May 2, 2026
How does Damascus have more Arabic speakers than Riyadh? Algiers and Amman too
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