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Category Elimination - Capital Cities #1

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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Last updated: February 12, 2022
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First submittedSeptember 25, 2019
Times taken104,219
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Rating4.88
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Green Categories
45
Capitals in Europe
✓
21
... with a population of less than 1 million
✓
7
... containing the letter S
✓
3
... whose country is more than one word
✓
1
... and whose country is not landlocked
Sarajevo
 
Orange Categories
114
Capitals with at least 1 million people
✓
68
... in Asia or Africa
✓
13
... which is in the Southern Hemisphere
✓
5
... ending with the letter A
✓
1
... and whose country doesn't end with A
Kinshasa
Blue Categories
56
Capitals in the Western Hemisphere
✓
20
... not in North or South America
✓
16
... with an average elevation below 100m
✓
4
... ending with the letter N
✓
1
... and has a mediterranean climate
Lisbon
 
Purple Categories
96
Capitals starting with any letter before M
✓
70
... whose country is not landlocked
✓
18
... that are in Asia
✓
7
... are south of the Tropic of Cancer
✓
1
... and that ends with the letter A
Jakarta
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96 Comments
cjkfutball
+1
Level 96
Sep 25, 2019
Shouldn't it be capitals starting with J and P?
Stewart
+10
Level 68
Sep 25, 2019
No, the first category of pink asks for capitals starting with a letter between F and P, so starting with F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O or P.
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 89
Sep 25, 2019
Between F and P would mean from G through O.
Stewart
+23
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
inclusive not exclusive
Freestatebear
+12
Level 85
Sep 26, 2019
As 'someone2018' noted, "between" suggests exclusive rather than inclusive, as least to the more mathematically inclined. Perhaps saying "...a letter from F to P" would be clearer, as that wording suggests an inclusive list?
Stewart
+14
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
The problem is I need the word "between" in there as anything else seemed to confuse people in the Countries versions, suggesting they need F or P, not F to P. Originally on the countries quizzes I used "from _ to _" and got far more complaints because of people misreading it. There's no easy to way to satisfy everybody, but between seems to work best so far.

Also, between to me suggests inclusive, and I'm mathematically inclined! (Given I'm studying mathematics at university). For example, asking for a number "between 1 and 10", is almost always given to be inclusive.

PantsLobbyist
+2
Level 96
Sep 26, 2019
So why not simply remove all answers which begin with F and P? or you could explicitly say "between and including"? I don't know why this is so confusing, just trying to help.
Stewart
+7
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
Removing answers beginning with F and P would cause more problems by people trying an F capital and it not working. The "and including" makes the clue too long in my opinion, as it then traverses two lines.

To try and settle this "problem", I've simply put an asterisk at the end (thus not making it too long) and explained it in a caveat.

wiifly
+2
Level 59
Nov 27, 2019
I agree with you on the practical side, but then you brought mathematics into it, and I'm pretty sure that in a compound inequality, between _ and _ is would use less than, which is exclusive.
Confabulously
+2
Level 78
Sep 26, 2019
Could a capital in the western hemisphere, not in the Americas, with an average elevation below 100 meters, ending in "n," with a population below one million, be Dublin?
Stewart
+5
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
Dublin has a population of 1.1m people, going by its "official capital area" used in this list. I'll link this in the caveats.
Bhanav
+1
Level 56
May 20, 2024
Can it be Freetown (Sierra Leone)?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
May 20, 2024
It has more than 1m
georgekotz
+4
Level 76
Sep 26, 2019
Great to see an expansion of this type of quizzes for capitals! I do have a small complaint regarding the final clue for Lisbon though, in that it only tests 1) the skill of paying attention to the caveats, and 2) the somewhat meaningless knowledge of the city-proper limits of each capital, as Lisbon is otherwise obviously larger than 1m and even other capitals that fit the rest of the clues (Dublin, Freetown). Perhaps you would consider replacing it with another clue (Mediterranean climate, Romance language etc.)?
Stewart
+5
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
I agree that populations for cities are less understandable than for countries. For this reason I've changed the clue to be climate as suggested. Thanks for the feedback! :)
dorindai
+2
Level 80
Sep 26, 2019
love your quiz
cshtthomas
+2
Level 59
Sep 26, 2019
Muscat can be replaced by Jakarta, as Muscat lies just below the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.49N
Stewart
+4
Level 68
Sep 26, 2019
The furthest south point of the Muscat City Region is 23.52N. Given the Tropic of Cancer is at 23.43673°N, then there's no way to justify that Muscat lies below the Tropic of Cancer, even if a tiny bit of the wider metro area does, this shouldn't qualify whatsoever.
MummyKaty
+1
Level 56
Sep 26, 2019
Clever, but complicated!
overtired
+3
Level 85
Sep 26, 2019
Another great one, thanks!
joshuil
+2
Level 58
Sep 26, 2019
19/20

Knew the first one was bosnia and herzegovina's capital and was just watching the timer count down hoping the name of the capital will magically appear in my head.

blobvis
+1
Level 28
Jul 15, 2023
sarajevo isn't more than one word right?

that's why i didn't get it

samiamco
+2
Level 69
Oct 6, 2019
Why do you consider Jakarta beginning with a vowel? On every site on which I researched this, the letter J is always, unambiguously, labeled a consonant – at least in English (which I believe is the default for place-names on JetPunk). Even in Indonesian, Jakarta is pronounced with a hard J; for it to be considered a vowel, it would have to be pronounced as “Akarta”. Even in cases where Js are pronounced as hard Ys – such as “Johannesburg” or “Jugoslavia”, they are still not vowels.
Stewart
+16
Level 68
Oct 6, 2019
Read the question again: "... whose country starts with a vowel". Jakarta's country is Indonesia, and the letter "i" is unequivocally a vowel.
Simon1006
+2
Level 65
Oct 7, 2019
Great quiz! One correction: Nouakchott should be accepted for the first 3 questions in the blue category: it is in the western hemisphere (18.0735° N, 15.9582° W), it's not in North or South America, and it has an average elevation of 7m.
Stewart
+3
Level 68
Oct 7, 2019
Thank you! This has been fixed now. It seems my spreadsheet had the same longitude for Mauritius and Mauritania, meaning I didn't catch Nouakchott for the blue!
Ishaan7
+1
Level 57
Oct 10, 2019
For 'population less than 1 million' under the first Category, "Lisbon" is accepted, which is not true. Lisbon has a population of over 2.5 million. Please fix.
IrEnNa
+2
Level 58
May 7, 2020
I know this is late, however according to the source material used for this quiz, Lisbon is reported to have a population of 564,657 people. I know this is a bit late, but just wanted to say it. Have a good day though
DrWhoFanJ
+1
Level 63
Jun 25, 2021
City proper, not including any suburbs.
MBatistussi
+1
Level 72
Oct 27, 2019
I always imagined the Tropic of Cancer further north and kept trying Jerusalem on the last one. Imagine my surprise when I went after a map to check it.
undeadwarrior
+2
Level 64
Nov 6, 2019
I keep forgetting to type in the city names, and type in the country names instead.
Jakobbbbb
+3
Level 45
Nov 12, 2019
I just randomly guessed Kinshasa and got it right ayyyy
12
+1
Level 24
Mar 14, 2020
I started in Asia, but when I went to Africa capitals, I also guessed Kinshasa right away! (:
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 65
May 20, 2024
I did Gitega first before thinking of Kinshasa
jetpunkfelix
+2
Level 20
May 19, 2020
i guessed jakarta and almost made it in the 2nd category
BiggieSmalls
+1
Level 74
Nov 27, 2019
While I like these quizzes, I don't think they should be scored for points. It's too easy once you get to the end where is shows you the answers. All you have to do is remember 4 cities. Once you have easily remembered Sarajevo, Kinsasha, Lisbon and Jakarta, all you have to do is just keep typing in that answer. It's too easy for people to just re-take the quiz and score 5/5. So the points earned is going to be drastically skewed to thepoint where even if you get 95% of the answers, you will get 1-2 points
Sifhraven
+7
Level 71
Nov 27, 2019
1) that is kinds cheating, just mining for the points, if you fail a quiz I suggest taking it a couple of months later again. 2) you are wrong. Only your initial score counts for the stats, so people retaking the quiz doesnt affect the amount of points you get (or miss out on when missing a few answers).

reread your comment and, sorry, find it even more silly now, because what you said basicly goes for all quizzes. "Once you get to the end, you see all the answers, so then it is easy to retake the quiz and get 5 points,."

Stewart
+1
Level 68
Nov 27, 2019
Completely agree. To add to that, if you get 95% of the answers you will get 4 points at least. Simply because of how points work. It is based on the maximum score of either your overall % guessed, and your percentile compared to others. Read more about it here.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 71
Nov 27, 2019
Sweet, I got em all! Really happy :) It was sweating though, 20 secs left pfff
pollydee
+1
Level 48
Nov 27, 2019
For the yellow one, I think dodoma (capital of tanzania) should be an accepted answer at least until the 4th clue??
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Nov 27, 2019
In this quiz, the populations given are the "official capital area", meaning city-proper. This gives Dodoma less than 300k people. The distinction between city-proper and metro can be confusing, but city-proper is the one used in this quiz (as stated in the caveats)
morganvpi
+2
Level 71
Nov 27, 2019
Fun quiz. Wouldn't Amsterdam be acceptable for the first three in the Blue category?

Western - check

Not in North or South America - check

average elevation below 100m - it's under sea level

Stewart
+2
Level 68
Nov 27, 2019
Amsterdam isn't in the Western Hemisphere. It's at about 6ºE longitude.

The Western Hemisphere is defined as the half of the globe west of the Prime Meridian (0º) and east of 180º longitude. This includes all of North and South America, as well as parts of Africa and Europe.

StiDark
+1
Level 65
Nov 27, 2019
I typed bosnia for sarajevo. Never felt so stupid haha
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 85
Nov 27, 2019
The term "Western hemisphere" has some ambiguity to it. For example, the Monroe Doctrine is commonly said to apply to the Western Hemisphere, but (for example) it was never raised during the French colonization of Burkina Faso in 1896.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Nov 27, 2019
However it is much less ambiguous than saying "west of London", since people argue that "west" and "east" are relative terms, and that Paris is west of London if you go far enough! Of course this is not intuitively true, but some people just love to complain.
Enginer
+1
Level 55
Jan 12, 2020
In yellow category can be Manila too
ShakenWorm
+1
Level 48
Mar 4, 2020
Manila is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Legendary18452
+1
Level 29
Jan 12, 2020
We need more of these quizzes in jet punk!
NauruPalau
+2
Level 50
Jan 19, 2020
Wow Kinshasa was my original guess and it went all the way
Yukhan
+1
Level 50
Feb 21, 2020
Skopje also works for the first category.
ShakenWorm
+1
Level 48
Mar 4, 2020
North Macedonia is landlocked.
bostjan
+1
Level 72
Mar 17, 2020
I got so lucky by guessing the final answer from the first clue on three out of four of these!
11level360
+1
Level 50
May 7, 2020
This one was suprisingly easy!
UltraEl1te
+1
Level 37
Sep 17, 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Barely gets any Coast but Still is not Landlocked.
JSSTyger
+1
Level 53
Nov 5, 2020
How come "Panama City" isn't a valid answer for "capital in the western hemisphere not in north of south america."??
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Nov 5, 2020
Because Panama is in North America. "Central America" or any equivalents are not official continents.
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Jan 17, 2021
I spent a good minute typing in Indonesia, then looking in the comments for questions about why the pink category wasn’t indonesia. Then it ended and found the capital
thailand
+1
Level 40
Mar 1, 2021
You should add sophia for capital containing S.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 1, 2021
Nope, Sofia has more than 1 million people so doesn't satisfy clue #2
Emmaxsxs
+1
Level 23
Mar 25, 2021
but how about Manila, in the yellow category?

It's got more and more than 1 million people (according to wikipedia, it has 1,5 million), is in Asia, is in the Southern Hemisphere, it ends with letter A and its country is named Philippines, which doesn't ends with A

Stewart
+3
Level 68
Mar 25, 2021
It might be surprising, but actually the whole Philippines is north of the equator!
Angbo
+1
Level 65
May 28, 2021
I type five times for Jakarta in fourth quiz.
misterawesome
+1
Level 80
Feb 1, 2022
Same bro
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Sep 6, 2021
Disappointed Nuku'alofa didn't go all the way for Blue. Would have tricked a lot of people!

Not sure why, but this one was easier than most for me.

Wesgamebro
+1
Level 17
Dec 1, 2021
At the orange One is Reykjavik
misterawesome
+1
Level 80
Feb 1, 2022
I'm very good at this kind of thing.
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Apr 5, 2022
username checks out
Toscaa
+1
Level 24
Mar 21, 2022
Why I didn't guess my capital city? (Jakarta)
Centauri
+1
Level 33
Mar 31, 2022
Im surprised that I was guessing, I typed Dili in the purple category and it seemed to work. Dili doesn't start with an L...
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Apr 1, 2022
D comes before M
purpturkvb
+1
Level 35
Aug 22, 2022
People are gonna be surprised with Sarajevo. They don't realize Bosnia has a tiny strip of land next to the ocean.
Xuxi42
+1
Level 49
Sep 8, 2022
shouldnt san marino be valid for the first one?
Codyhawk
+1
Level 56
Sep 8, 2022
Maputo should also count for the last one, it has over 1 million population.
MalyJacus
+1
Level 57
Sep 8, 2022
For the purple category, can you rework the wording to say "starting with any letter before M" instead of "a letter before M". I think a reasonable read is to think of letter "L" only, and then one can get stuck.
Maramaraonthewal
+1
Level 59
Sep 8, 2022
I love. this quiz! Only thing: The second one with the capital ending in A but the country not: Philippines is also an acceptable answer. It meets all of the requirements.
Nolanism
+1
Level 26
Sep 8, 2022
why doesnt brussels work for capital cities containing s in europe
Nolanism
+1
Level 26
Sep 8, 2022
or amsterdam
Nolanism
+1
Level 26
Sep 8, 2022
or lisbon
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Sep 8, 2022
None of these have less than 1 million people. It must satisfy all the clues.
X380ZD
+1
Level 21
Sep 8, 2022
I was a bit confused with 'Capital stating with a letter before m' i read it as 'Capital starting with the letter before m' might want to change it to say 'Capitals starting with any letter before m' to make it easier to understand
Mircalla
+1
Level 35
Sep 14, 2022
Oslo should have been accepted for population of less than 1 million
florient
+2
Level 20
Nov 24, 2022
0:01
OvenBobat
+1
Level 52
Dec 5, 2022
serbia is landlocked
Jopapri
+1
Level 43
Dec 25, 2022
Helsinki should count for the three first in the green category
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 25, 2022
Description says urban populations so Helsinki has over 1.2m
Uzbekiman
+2
Level 41
Jan 6, 2023
green is kind of evil!
Kaiayeaye
+1
Level 44
Nov 2, 2023
Couldn’t Ankara also have worked for the Orange Categories, since it’s valid for all the requirements, and Turkey (or Turkíye) doesn’t end in A?
GrimThoughts
+1
Level 36
Dec 12, 2023
Shouldn't Amsterdam have worked for the green category as well?

1. Capital in Europe

2. Population of 921.47K as of 2023

3. Amsterdam has an S in it

4. Country is two words in English- The Netherlands (I guess this part is debatable, which might be why)

5. Forget the country being landlocked, the capital itself has access to the ocean

Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 12, 2023
There's no "the" in the JetPunk country name (official short names) for Netherlands. Sure, it might make linguistic sense to stick a The in front, but the same applies for many countries - E.g. The Republic of the Congo, The Dominican Republic, The United States, The United Kingdom etc...
cyceryx
+1
Level 46
May 17, 2024
20/20, 1:44 used :3
zwergimafia
+1
Level 42
May 23, 2024
Shoulndt Manila work for Orange Category?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 68
Jul 3, 2024
20/20 fun
giohonduguatemal
+1
Level 10
Jul 25, 2024
why appears a ✓ and not the anwser
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Jul 26, 2024
Because we don't want to list all possible answers on the grid, it is cleaner this way
evapefagenovefa
+1
Level 43
Aug 16, 2024
Astana is not accepted as "capital starting with any letter before M"? Are you still listing it under the old name Nursultan?
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