U.S. State Capital Etymology

Can you guess these U.S. state capitals based on how they got their name?

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First submitted	September 14, 2017
Times taken	36,844
Average score	45.0%
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Etymology	Capital
Explorer who "discovered" America	Columbus / Columbia
The author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence	Jefferson City
President of the U.S. during the Civil War	Lincoln
Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway	Annapolis
The English knight who established Roanoke Colony	Raleigh
Prussian chancellor who unified the German states	Bismarck
The first name of a French fur trader	Pierre
A tall red pole seen when the city was founded	Baton Rouge
A famous frontiersman, first name Kit	Carson City
Anglicized version of the Hebrew word "shalom"	Salem

Etymology	Capital
Spanish for "holy faith"	Santa Fe
The fourth President of the U.S.	Madison
English word that refers to divine intervention in the world	Providence
A mythological bird that rises from its own ashes	Phoenix
The seventh President of the U.S.	Jackson
A town in England overlooking the English Channel	Dover
An English word that means "harmony, agreement"	Concord
A city in southern France	Montpelier
The saint who converted the Gentiles to Christianity	Saint Paul
French for "of the monks"	Des Moines

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19 Comments

Level 99

Sep 14, 2017

Great quiz!

Level 73

Dec 12, 2019

Yeah really good

Level 78

Nov 25, 2020

Scoring 12/20 for 60% usually doesn't earn me 5 points....

Level 92

Nov 25, 2020

It's nothing of note, literally always been the case with very recently featured quizzes....

Level 89

Nov 25, 2020

If you want a greater challenge, try doing it for every state capitol: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/252568/name-origins-of-us-state-capitals.

Level 77

Nov 26, 2020

Don't mind if I do.

Level 59

Dec 3, 2020

this is what my quiz was, before it was edited down for front-page accessibility :) the all-50 quiz is really tricky

Level 96

Nov 25, 2020

This was cool. Nominated the one for all 50 states.

Level 72

Nov 25, 2020

13 of 20 but this is a great quiz !!

Level 87

Nov 25, 2020

"English (word) that refers to divine intervention in the world"

Level 77

Nov 26, 2020

I have never heard of Kit Carson City!

Level 71

Dec 15, 2020

Wow, what an interesting and unusual quiz - thank you.

+10

Level 44

Dec 15, 2020

Only typed Jefferson for Jefferson City and was starting to doubt my historical knowledge.

Level 70

Jun 19, 2021

Threw me out too, don't expect to have to type in "city" as well on jetpunk.

Level 79

Aug 10, 2021

I feel bad for being from Maryland and not getting Annapolis

Level 66

Nov 29, 2022

Could you please accept just 'Jefferson', instead of the whole Jefferson City. Thank you,

Level 83

Dec 1, 2022

I kept typing "New Orleans" for the French city like an idiot *facepalm*

Level 49

Jan 30, 2025

i misread the us president civil war one as "president of the confederacy during the civil war"

Level 76

Apr 11, 2025

Divine intervention in the world, as opposed to divine intervention in outer space?