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Category Elimination - Capital Cities #3

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
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Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box. # = number of possible answers
In this quiz, population refers to urban populations. More info. All data as of February 2022.
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2022
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Green Categories
45
Capitals in Europe
✓
18
... which are north of latitude 50º
✓
5
... which contain the letter O
✓
3
... which are part of the Nordics
✓
1
... and start and end with the same letter
Oslo
 
Orange Categories
150
Capitals containing the letter A
✓
49
... that contain the letter E
✓
16
... which contain the letter O
✓
5
... also containing the letter U
✓
1
... and is in the Southern Hemisphere
Buenos
Aires
Blue Categories
34
Capitals with at least 4 million people
✓
19
... that are not in Asia
✓
10
... with at least 7 letters in their name
✓
5
... which are only one word
✓
1
... and is in the Northern Hemisphere
Khartoum
 
Purple Categories
46
Capitals whose country is landlocked
✓
40
... which are only one word
✓
11
... which are in Asia
✓
5
... with fewer than 1 million people
✓
1
... and an average elevation greater than 1000m
Thimphu
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54 Comments
WolfCam
+18
Level 67
Feb 25, 2022
Great quiz! Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe Washington DC should work for the blue categories, as “DC” is not part of the name of the city, but just indicating the federal district.
Stewart
+24
Level 68
Feb 25, 2022
Actually, on all quizzes we use "Washington, D.C." and even Wikipedia does as well, stating "also known as Washington", indicating it treats them as different things. Yes it refers to the district, but it's also a part of the name.

Just like Kansas City indicates that it's Kansas, the city, instead of Kansas, the state. But it's still part of the name.

branlito
+7
Level 52
May 20, 2024
Except the name is not "Kansas, City" it's "Kansas City" and your comparison doesn't make sense
tshalla
+7
Level 78
May 20, 2024
As someone who has gone to Kansas City all his life, I've had to patiently explain to so many people that while I had a fine time in KC, I generally did not get to Kansas at all.

Washington is definitely a one-word capital. The rest of the world can't help it if, to differentiate it from the state, Americans frequently add the "D.C." to the name.

Also, Astana is definitely also a one-word capital. I assume this absence is just a missed change from the Nur Sultan period.

sr777
+1
Level 33
May 21, 2024
Kazakhstan isn't landlocked.
jyp
+4
Level 63
May 21, 2024
Kazakhstan is absolutely landlocked. It's in the first line of its Wikipedia description.
CA1EBYT6
+2
Level 53
Nov 13, 2025
Kansas City is referred to as Kansas City because that is literally what it is called. Washington, D.C., is like saying "Kansas City, Kansas" and then saying that's the real name
TomatosRaafatos
+15
Level 76
Feb 26, 2022
It's funny that Buenos Aires also contains the letter I, so i half-expected the last clue to be that too, just to make it more difficult. Are there any other capitals that contain all five vowels?
Stewart
+22
Level 68
Feb 26, 2022
Yes! There's Port-au-Prince and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte :)
ooftownroad
+24
Level 70
Mar 18, 2022
SJK is obvious because it has like 5 billion letters
sergeantmalice
+5
Level 56
Sep 8, 2022
I actually thought of SJK but disregarded it in favour of Port-au-Prince because "it doesn't contain a U" ... silly me
AwesomePotato170
+4
Level 63
May 20, 2024
Sri Jaywalking Tempura Cotton
Sifhraven
+2
Level 76
Apr 26, 2025
no, it's Sir Jay, a warden, he drinks his coffee pure, but mixes up his f's an t's. Sir Jay, a warden, pure koffe
StrawberrE
+1
Level 41
Sep 22, 2025
Or, as i recently learned JetPunk actually accepts, Sri Jellyfish Tempura
bbqpickles
+2
Level 39
Aug 11, 2022
Shouldn’t Mexico City work in the blue category
Stewart
+18
Level 68
Aug 11, 2022
"Mexico City" is not 1 word.
MorkNMindy
+7
Level 58
May 22, 2024
Comments like this make me want to leave the website
InterAlia
+2
Level 83
May 26, 2024
Fare thee well
YogBarOg
+4
Level 72
Sep 28, 2022
Just to let you know that Washington works for the Blue categories up to "which are only one word" where it does not work anymore although Washington is only one word.
Stewart
+6
Level 68
Sep 28, 2022
DC is part of its name.
dumBunny
+9
Level 61
Aug 9, 2023
No it's not. It's Washington, District of Columbia. Saying DC is part of it's name is like saying NY is part of the name of Albany, NY.
SpiritOfFire
+22
Level 73
Feb 23, 2023
Astana should work for the second and third clues in the purple category; until they inevitably change the name again.
MiaMaus
+2
Level 76
Oct 14, 2024
Astana still doesn't work for the second clue (didn't try on the third).
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Dec 9, 2024
Yes Astana should work there.
dissolvingPoland
+5
Level 57
Aug 9, 2023
I tried every single capital in Africa which was above the equator but I forgot about Khartoum.
dumBunny
+1
Level 61
Aug 9, 2023
Ditto, homie. Ditto.
dumBunny
+3
Level 61
Aug 9, 2023
I was riding Bishkek train on Purple....till the last one. I thought I was going to score, but I got stumped!
JonesBones
+5
Level 42
Oct 23, 2023
lol I used Dushanbe for the first 4
NEGeo
+3
Level 65
Dec 9, 2023
why isn't this nominated?
AdamH1996
+1
Level 57
Dec 18, 2023
I believe Caracas should work for the Blue Categories. I assume the population refers to the metropolitan area rather than the actual city (as Khartoum would also not work otherwise), therefore I believe Caracas fits all categories.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 18, 2023
Refer to the link in the caveat. The source shows Caracas at about 3 million people.
chase21
+1
Level 39
Apr 3, 2024
roseau, the capital of dominica should work in the orange category
Stewart
+5
Level 68
Apr 3, 2024
You might be surprised to learn, but Dominica (and in fact the whole Caribbean) is in the northern hemisphere not the southern!
Fianchetto
+11
Level 78
May 13, 2024
Astana for second purple? Did it get messed up with Nur-Sultan?
Stewart
+2
Level 68
May 13, 2024
Haven't gotten around to fixing this quiz for 2024 data yet, will do ASAP
HylianScientist
+3
Level 87
Jul 11, 2024
Was about to comment this same thing; it even works for the 3rd purple as well, but juuuust misses out on the 4th, with a 2017 census putting it at 1.002 million
TheExtraMenu
+1
Level 66
May 14, 2024
Does Amsterdam not have 4 million?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 14, 2024
JetPunk's source (in caveat) uses 1.1m, which corresponds to the Urban population also listed on Wikipedia
loganite
+9
Level 93
May 17, 2024
Under the purple category, Astana works for "Capitals whose country is landlocked," but doesn't work for "...which are only one word." or "...which are in Asia." Maybe the first line got reset from the big switch back from Nur Sultan, but not the following two lines?
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 68
May 20, 2024
Came here to say the same thing
ignorred
+3
Level 67
May 20, 2024
Notices the Astana problem, kinda random for sure - Also I was suuuuper stumped by the Blue category, evidently everyone else was too - I was so sure it was gonna be in the Americas!
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
May 20, 2024
I thought Europe and tried all of them I could think of. I did get it, though, because after doing Europe and then the few North and South America ones I could think of in the NH, I managed to just start guessing countries capitals that are in the NH and I got it.
cyceryx
+1
Level 61
May 20, 2024
20/20 :3
lHateMyLife
+1
Level 25
May 20, 2024
i got khartoum :/
Lzm248887
+1
Level 51
May 21, 2024
Does portauprince not count for aeou?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
May 27, 2024
18/20, missed Buenos Aires and Khartoum
KiloNova
+1
Level 61
Nov 28, 2024
For the purple category, Astana does not work for the second option, even though Kazakhstan is landlocked and the capital is only one word.
miguelangel
+1
Level 64
Jul 1, 2025
I believe that is because of the Nur Sultan duality. But agree that it should work...
lodo1899
+1
Level 55
Feb 9, 2025
17/20 and 3 pts is quite harsh but great quiz
hrsuvakas
+1
Level 67
Feb 26, 2025
Khartoum definitely does not have 4m people.
miguelangel
+1
Level 64
Jul 1, 2025
Hey! I'd love to know why Caracas isn't considered correct on the Blue Category?I s it because of population bc then what measure are you using?
teqau
+2
Level 45
Jul 30, 2025
Fix Astana in the second blue
MeMeMe333
+1
Level 71
Nov 13, 2025
I was wondering why 'Astana' wasn't working too
SometimesHim
+1
Level 63
Mar 16, 2026
I guessed Buenos Aires on the first guess, lucky me lol.
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