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Cryptic Hint & Word Scramble - Capitals #1 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 648 times
- The average score is 11 of 15
Answer Stats
| Vague hint | Capital | Explanation of the vague hint | % Correct |
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| Rome | Remus jumped over Romulus' wall, who killed him for doing so. | 98%
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| Paris | Paris' abduction of Helena led to the Trojan War, which was decided through a horse. | 94%
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| Juba | Juba is the city that gained the function of capital last. | 91%
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| Quito | In Ecuador the two most populous cities have approximately the same population and are way larger than number three. These two are Quito and Guayaquil, who both have the rare letter 'Q' in their name. | 89%
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| Berlin | This German sentence translates to "I am a vague hint" which should allude to Kennedy's speech "Ich bin ein Berliner". | 88%
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| Seoul | Seoul is a homophone of the soul. In the beginnings of psychology the object of research used to be referred to as the soul. | 85%
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| Kabul | 'Graveyard of empires' is a sobriquet of Afghanistan. In the same sense, Kabul is the ossuary, seeing as that is the most capital-like feature of a cemetery. | 82%
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| Ottawa | Many people aren't aware that Ottawa is the capital of Canada (Candace), but instead think it's one of these three: Toronto (Torin), Montreal (Monty) or Vancouver (Vance). | 80%
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| Harare | A jackrabbit is a hare. If a hare moves during long exposure, it will appear multiple times on the picture. If its name is changed in accordance, you get Harare. | 73%
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| Canberra | Why can't it be Sydney? | 64%
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| Nassau | Apart from being the capital of the Bahamas, Nassau was also a central European Duchy before the unification of Germany. | 64%
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| Damascus | Damascene swords have a repuation of being highly resistant to shattering. In antiquity Damascus would have been the place to get one. | 58%
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| Ouagadougou | Ouagadougou is very hard to spell and thus poses an obstacle for students who need to learn all capitals. | 55%
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| Asmara | An ass is a hoofed mammal, your ma is your creator and Ra is the god of the sun. With a little creativity, combined they make Asmara. | 54%
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| Wellington | For the sake of this toddler's parents, I hope they are wearing wellington boots. | 50%
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