U.S. State Capitals Quiz

How many state capital cities can you name?

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First submitted	December 20, 2012
Times taken	1,675,206
Average score	60.0%
Rating	5.00

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State	Capital City
Alabama	Montgomery
Alaska	Juneau
Arizona	Phoenix
Arkansas	Little Rock
California	Sacramento
Colorado	Denver
Connecticut	Hartford
Delaware	Dover
Florida	Tallahassee
Georgia	Atlanta
Hawaii	Honolulu
Idaho	Boise
Illinois	Springfield
Indiana	Indianapolis
Iowa	Des Moines
Kansas	Topeka
Kentucky	Frankfort

State	Capital City
Louisiana	Baton Rouge
Maine	Augusta
Maryland	Annapolis
Massachusetts	Boston
Michigan	Lansing
Minnesota	Saint Paul
Mississippi	Jackson
Missouri	Jefferson City
Montana	Helena
Nebraska	Lincoln
Nevada	Carson City
New Hampshire	Concord
New Jersey	Trenton
New Mexico	Santa Fe
New York	Albany
North Carolina	Raleigh
North Dakota	Bismarck

State	Capital City
Ohio	Columbus
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
Oregon	Salem
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg
Rhode Island	Providence
South Carolina	Columbia
South Dakota	Pierre
Tennessee	Nashville
Texas	Austin
Utah	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Montpelier
Virginia	Richmond
Washington	Olympia
West Virginia	Charleston
Wisconsin	Madison
Wyoming	Cheyenne

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100 Recent Comments

Level 44

Mar 1, 2019

Totally forgot Madison, Wisconsin for a reason I cannot explain.

Weird thing is: I get Cheyenne and Concord?!

Sometimes I don't know what is going on in my mind?!?!?!

Level 77

Apr 23, 2019

Third time's the charm! 0:44 left.

Level 33

Apr 24, 2019

Got 50/50 with 2:16 minutes left, and I'm from Italy ;)

Level 64

May 16, 2019

2:40 left :p

Level 33

Nov 16, 2019

100% and i'm from France lol. :D

Level 50

Jan 11, 2020

Why did Kentucky think it was a good idea to choose Frankfort as it's capital and not Lexington or Louisville. Lol.

Level 61

Dec 3, 2021

Frankfort was built specifically to be the seat of government for Kentucky

Level 21

Feb 10, 2020

I'm a really good typer and I know all the capitals, but I am a terrible speller.

Level 20

Mar 5, 2020

damn it i missed Santa Fe

Level 61

Jun 19, 2020

dang my state has the least guessed capitol

Level 55

Jul 3, 2020

100%

Level 8

Jul 8, 2020

Oh yeah, that's right!

Level 31

Jul 15, 2020

As a Californian, we all agree that Sacramento sucks. The capital should be San Diego ;)

Level 29

Jul 19, 2020

Yeah

Level 29

Jul 19, 2020

Or Los Angeles

Level 94

Aug 10, 2023

Gross, no.

Level 35

Mar 5, 2025

LA is the worst of the three choices - SD, SF, then LA

Level 82

Jul 21, 2020

Why?

Level 34

Sep 27, 2025

as a sacramentan, hell no

Level 82

Sep 3, 2020

Proud to say that I learned the capitals from this quiz

Level 46

Sep 4, 2020

Why can't you be normal and pick big, importand cities? This is going to take work. *groan*

Level 51

Oct 14, 2020

I had no idea you don't want a Portland-Like city as a state capital

Level 64

Oct 10, 2020

Brazilian here. Only missed Harrisburg, Concord and Montpelier

Level 55

Oct 20, 2020

Got 4/50. I had never heard most of these cities. Some kind of villages?

Level 56

Dec 4, 2020

All pretty large cities, but a lot arent the major city in a state, just like Canberra in Australia or Ottowa in Canada, Ankara in Turkey, Abuja in Nigeria, Islamabad in Pakistan, and a lot of others.

Level 25

Dec 30, 2020

Got the USA badge after taking this quiz! 100% with just 4 seconds to spare!

Level 44

Jan 6, 2021

I got three badges in one hour! (Spain, USA, and Island

Level 43

Jan 7, 2021

Could you please accept “Jefferson” for “Jefferson City”?

Level 43

Jan 7, 2021

And “Carson” for “Carson City”.

Level ∞

Jan 7, 2021

No, this is not proper usage.

Level 65

Feb 4, 2021

Then why can it accept Salt Lake?

Level 68

Aug 6, 2021

I could be wrong as I'm not American, and this comment is old, but perhaps people say "I'm going to Salt Lake" but you wouldn't hear someone say "I'm going to Jefferson/Carson"? Either way sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't it's not that hard to type the word city

Level 82

Jan 29, 2021

I just earned the USA badge! 😁

Level 65

Feb 4, 2021

SAME

Level 65

Feb 4, 2021

I find it quite weird it only accepts things such Oklahoma City, but it takes Salt Lake for Salt Lake city.

Level 38

Feb 15, 2021

i got all of them

Level 28

Feb 16, 2021

1:04

Scoring

You scored 16/50 = 32%

This beats or equals 26.6% of test takers

The average score is 30

Your high score is 16

Level 16

Mar 1, 2021

Scoring

You scored 50/50 = 100%

17.2% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 30

Your high score is 50

Your fastest time is 4:14

BOO YA

Level 24

Mar 3, 2021

50/50= 100%

1:40 SECONDS REMAING

Level 25

May 5, 2021

My fastest time is 2:04 remaining 100% and I'm 9 and Indian.

Level 29

Aug 20, 2021

I am Indian too but I only got 7 but it was my first try

Level 30

May 15, 2021

A month later after memorizing these, I got 43 out of 50. Oof.

Level 29

Jun 27, 2021

I got 100% with 1:09 Remaining

Level 29

Aug 20, 2021

I only got 7 on my first try but I don't care because I don't live in the USA but in India

Level 43

Feb 9, 2022

hey, there are a lot of Americans who can't even do 7.

Level 29

Aug 20, 2021

I think I will learn from the stats box

Level 66

Oct 5, 2021

Letter E Scavenger Hunt Answer (see my blog)

Level 58

Nov 20, 2021

I'm surprised New Hampshire is currently the least guessed, I thought the primary would have given the small state a boost. The reason I remember Iowa's capital so well is because we hear about it so much every four years

Level 45

Dec 3, 2021

Would have got them all if I could have figured out how to spell Cheyenne. But now I know.

Level 38

Dec 14, 2021

Can you accept montepelier for montpelier?

Level 49

Dec 22, 2021

Literally every city i thought of that were specific to a state wasn't the capital, including my own state.

Level 43

Feb 9, 2022

For any geniuses here up for a challenge, here is the same thing but for Haiti.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1512645/haitian-department-capitals

Level 22

Feb 14, 2022

I knew all the answers and finished with 28 seconds left on the first try. The thing is I am only in 5th grade but I memorized all this at home when I was in 3rd grade. That's probably only because I love geography though.

Level 74

Feb 16, 2022

It seems to me, that the USA-badge is actually a "USA for Americans"-badge.

50/50 state capitals?

You only need 10/20 cities in France, 15/20 cities in Germany and 42/69 cities in the UK for their respective badges...

BTW the same argument goes for the presidents - but that is another quiz.

Level 54

May 14, 2022

Totally agree. A lot of these state capitals are very obscure.

Level 54

Feb 16, 2022

Gotta give thanks to Wakko to get this.

Level 33

Mar 12, 2022

Guys I got 50/50 and I was born in Vatican City next to where The Great Pope was born.

Level 46

Mar 29, 2022

50/50 in order, 2:51

Didn't have to skip any and come back, and I'm a slow typist.

Level 58

May 2, 2022

Good Quiz!

Level 69

Jul 28, 2022

got 50 (eventually), from antipodes.

Level 27

Aug 6, 2022

got 50/50 in 2:23 as an australian.

Level 66

Aug 7, 2022

Is there a yellow box version of this?

Level 31

Aug 30, 2022

Finally! Managed to memorize them under an hour. Good quiz!

Level 44

Sep 30, 2022

I rarely ever comment on JetPunk, but I'm quite proud to say that I - as a European - got all US state capitals. Though, when I started trying, I had never heard of about two thirds of them.

Level 42

Nov 14, 2022

terrible at this

Level 48

Nov 24, 2022

It's interesting to me that in most US states, the capital is not the most well known city, at least outside the USA. I think most Australians would guess that NYC is the capital of New York state, or that either Miami or Orlando, both of which we've heard of thanks to the NBA, is the capital of Florida. Same for Detroit and Michigan, or Houston (NASA!) and Texas.

Level 23

Jan 26, 2023

Im from mongolia and this was very though but i managed to to this in a 3 days

Level 63

Feb 20, 2023

50/50 then realised I hadn't logged in. BAH!

Level 24

Mar 7, 2023

Got 100% after like 2 days of learning this as an American

Level 61

Mar 5, 2025

You needed two days! I needed a song called tour the states. It is really good. It works because it is a earworm

Level 42

Mar 23, 2023

honestly it can be easy for an american but if you live in europe then its impossible to do it in 5 mins.

Am from norway and i got 43

Level 30

Aug 24, 2025

I'm from the uk and I did it in 2:16 so

Level 47

Apr 21, 2023

As an Antarctican, this was not easy.

Level 32

Apr 24, 2023

I finished this quiz with 876,000 hours remaining, jumped multiple dimensions, witnessed the Big Bang 2.0 and saw my future where I become the next Elon Musk. Anyone want to challenge me?

Level 61

Mar 5, 2025

All hail gojisniperyt!

Level 45

May 14, 2023

1/50

Level 20

Aug 8, 2023

why do I always forget michigan:(

record 1:54 for a Belgian

Level 54

Sep 14, 2023

50/50 No cheating,Just memorized

Pretty good for a 9 yo Singaporean

Lol

Level 54

Sep 21, 2023

no please

Level 34

Dec 4, 2023

Okay Here goes. (Cue fiddle music)

Level 64

Feb 18, 2025

Just remember to say, "What are...?"!!!

Level 35

Jan 12, 2024

It took me WEEKS of studying to get them all! I'm so proud of myself for memorizing all the state capitals.

Level 55

Jan 30, 2024

I gotta point out, if Salt Lake is accepted for Salt Lake City, "Jefferson", "Carson", "Oklahoma" should be accepted for their respective cities, right?

Level 55

Apr 15, 2024

congrats to myself and my state for being the most forgettable state

yay

Level 83

Feb 11, 2025

garbage visa

Level 64

Feb 18, 2025

You forgot to phrase your response in the form of a question.

Level 49

Mar 5, 2025

i knew all the state capitals by 4th grade

Level 38

Mar 5, 2025

50/50 but I'm from the US so I had to know all these in fourth grade

Level 47

Mar 6, 2025

it only took me 1:27 to complete, because I was remembering these capitals since 2nd grade.

Level 37

Apr 4, 2025

Are you telling me the Salem witch trials were in Oregon? I thought they were in Massachusetts..

Level 42

May 18, 2025

The Salem Witch Trials happened in Salem, Massachusetts. They're two different Salems.

Level 56

Apr 22, 2025

41/50 some states are difficult to remember but will get 50/50 one day. Great quiz.

Level 30

Apr 23, 2025

50 in 2:16

Level 46

Jun 2, 2025

As a record, 3/50 (Boston, Austin, Augusta). I'll see how long I need to remember the remaining 47.

Level 46

Jun 2, 2025

50/50! Somehow managed to memorize the remaining 47 in a (self-reported) 30 minute. I hope I can actually remember them, but anyways, that was pretty impressive, at least for me.

Level 37

Aug 8, 2025

50/50 finally memorized them

Level 55

Sep 17, 2025

Not only is the city called Kansas City not the capital of Kansas, it isn't even in Kansas.

Level 45

Jan 20, 2026

There are two Kansas Cities, one in Missouri and one in Kansas, located across the border from one another. The larger of the two is in Missouri, but there is, in fact, a Kansas City in Kansas.

Level 52

Oct 13, 2025

US states when it comes to picking the most irrelevant city of all time as their capital

Level 49

Feb 8, 2026

I wish it randomized the order of the states. I feel like I'm memorizing some of them based on the order or based on where they are in the table rather than which states they're the capitals of.