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Name a Valid U.S. State Capital

Can you name a U.S state capital that falls under each category?
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First submittedOctober 19, 2019
Times taken32,566
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Begins with L
Lansing | Lincoln | Little Rock
Borders the Atlantic Ocean
Annapolis | Boston | Providence
Has an elevation over 5000 feet
Santa Fe | Cheyenne | Denver
Was settled by Europeans by 1630
Santa Fe | Albany | Boston
Whose name ends with "city"
Carson City | Jefferson City | Oklahoma City | Salt Lake City
Gets less than 12 inches of annual precipitation
Phoenix | Carson City | Helena | Boise
Gets more than 55 inches of annual precipitation
Juneau | Baton Rouge | Tallahassee
Is more than 800 miles from the sea
Pierre | Cheyenne | Des Moines
Starts with the same letter as its state
Dover | Honolulu | Indianapolis | Oklahoma City
Has hosted the Summer or Winter Olympics
Atlanta | Salt Lake City
Has a population under 20,000
Montpelier | Pierre | Augusta
Is named for a U.S. President
Lincoln | Jackson | Jefferson City | Madison
Have gained over 150,000 residents
between 2000–2020
Austin | Phoenix | Columbus | Raleigh |
Oklahoma City | Denver
Borders another state
Carson City | Trenton
Whose name comes from French
Baton Rouge | Boise | Des Moines | Juneau |
Montpelier | Pierre
Whose name ends with "polis"
Annapolis | Indianapolis
On the Mississippi river
Baton Rouge | St. Paul
More than 500 miles from any other state capital
Honolulu | Juneau
Quizzer6794
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Level 64
Oct 19, 2019
This has been the most fun valid quiz so far :)
ander217
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Level 76
Jan 29, 2020
+1
FlabberBapper
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Level 71
Oct 22, 2019
Btw Carson City and Trenton are the only state capitals that border another state, and my boi Carson City getting dissed by not being included in that category aint cool homie
WolfCam
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Level 65
Oct 23, 2019
Fixed!
MDW
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Level 43
Jan 28, 2020
Carson City borders Lake Tahoe, but the border between the states runs through the middle of the lake. So even though some might argue its on the border, it actually isn't. Ambiguity like that means the quizmaster really needs to delete the question.
chailattee
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Level 62
Oct 15, 2021
How is that ambiguous? Even if the official boundary is through the middle of the lake it still borders California. And the majority of people will probably think of Trenton first, anyways.
stevediverse
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Level 91
Dec 24, 2021
The city limits for Carson City do not extend into Lake Tahoe and therefore Carson City is not on the California Border.
FlabberBapper
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Level 71
Dec 24, 2021
They do
joshxgarrett
+4
Level 63
Nov 1, 2019
I typed in Oklahoma City, Jefferson City and it didn't work until I typed Carson City. I don't know if that was just me.
redsplat
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Level 75
Nov 10, 2019
It would be nice if type-ins for this one didn't require typing in "city." I kept thinking my guesses were wrong first time around :P
UncleCharlesYall
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Level 76
Nov 1, 2019
Boise is French in origin: According to the story, a French-speaking guide, overwhelmed by the sight of the verdant river, yelled "Les bois! Les bois!" ("The woods! The woods!")—and the name stuck.
stevediverse
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Level 91
Dec 24, 2021
Actually, it is from the French "boise" (bwah-zay) which means "wooded"
Scott15
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Level 66
Dec 27, 2021
Just dont call it bwah-zay here...its boy-see. Drives us locals nuts....lol.
ethanc
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Level 69
Nov 1, 2019
is Juneau french?
fromaj
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2019
A French name, dunno if that counts.
redsplat
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Level 75
Nov 10, 2019
It's a French surname and also a French word. Juneau is derived from 'jeune' ("young") -- potentially even "jeunot" (which if you don't speak French is strikingly similar in pronunciation to Juneau).
WolfCam
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Level 65
Nov 2, 2019
Juneau and Boise are now accepted
joeythelemur
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Level 86
Nov 2, 2019
Are you counting the Great Lakes as the "sea"? Because if not, there are a lot more capitals further than 800 miles from the ocean. If you ARE counting them, a note to clarify would make sense.
Freestatebear
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Level 83
Nov 4, 2019
Similarly, you must be counting the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Atlantic Ocean, with Annapolis being included, even though it's more than 100 miles from the open sea.
swilkes
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Level 63
Dec 24, 2021
The clue says 800, not 100. Annapolis is well within 800 miles of the sea.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2020
Chesapeake Bay is part of the sea. The Great Lakes are not.
gerhardm
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Level 65
Jan 28, 2020
but Hudson Bay is I assume?
Algernon
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Level 71
Nov 2, 2019
Happy with 12 out of 18, as a Brit. Some tricky ones on there for us non Americans. Fun though.
drlancy
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Level 59
Jan 9, 2020
There are a lot more capitals 800 miles from the sea than you list. Can you please clarify!
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 9, 2020
Such as?
driehoek25
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Level 65
Jan 20, 2020
Lincoln and Bismarck maybe?
RobNobody
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Level 74
Jan 28, 2020
They're just under the wire. Lincoln clocks in at around 780 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and Bismarck is about the same distance from Hudson Bay.
FHIUHEOEIHOE
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Level 48
Dec 24, 2021
Correct.

The closest point from Lincoln to the Gulf of Mexico is in Tirana Bay, at 764.09 miles (1,229.68 km).

The closest point from Bismarck to the Hudson Bay is at the mouth of the Hayes River, at 795.28 miles (1,279.88 km).

So, that summarizes that Lincoln and Bismarck are NOT valid.

Highlander29
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Level 73
Jan 28, 2020
Los Angeles hasn't hosted the Summer Olympics?
tbolt
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Level 74
Jan 28, 2020
Los Angeles is not the state capital of California...Sacramento is the capital.
wolverineinohio
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Level 40
Jan 28, 2020
Detroit was a French fur trading outpost.
Canadian114443
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Level 44
Jan 28, 2020
That's true Detroit means "strait" in French. Its named that because the French explorers originally called it "le detroit du Lac Erie". Or the strait of Lake Erie.

However Lansing is the capital of Michigan so Detroit doesn't belong on the quiz!

mightythor
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Level 66
Dec 24, 2021
I have occasionally joked to people that Detroit is actually pronounced "De twrah" because it comes from French. I am inadvertently right?
kalbahamut
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Level 84
Jan 28, 2020
Surprised that Carson City has more than 20,000 people in it. I got tricked in to going to some dumb time share sales pitch there and it seemed tiny. Also surprised that it's considered to border another state. It borders Lake Tahoe, which is shared between Nevada and California.
nsg794
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Level 45
Aug 1, 2020
Carson City is actually pretty decently sized with a population of about 55k
FHIUHEOEIHOE
+1
Level 48
Dec 24, 2021
My hometown, Denver, has 720k residents.
alexthegreat38
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Level 48
Jan 28, 2020
How are we defining "borders another state"? Does that mean the city limits of the city literally butt up against the border?

Reason I ask is because when we talk about metro areas, there are a couple state capitals that are part of larger metro areas that include cities from other states (Tallahassee come to mind, but I'm sure there are others).

partdavid
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Level 68
Oct 25, 2021
Probably according to a factoid on Wikipedia. The city limits of Carson City, NV do not touch the California state border (which, unlike the city boundary, runs through Lake Tahoe), but:

Carson City is one of two state capitals that border another state, the other being Trenton, New Jersey.

HenryC1234
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Level 61
Jan 28, 2020
tbh harder than i thought, good game btw
YogBarOg
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Level 73
Jan 29, 2020
Good quiz! Just a suggestion. Some clues begin with a singular verb has, gets, borders, was... others with a plural border, have... I wonder if there is a correlation with the fact that two of the three least guessed answers begin with a plural verb... Bad joke.
jennraven
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Level 67
Feb 1, 2020
Neither Carson nor Jefferson work for the capitols that end in City.
FUD
+2
Level 44
Mar 23, 2020
Saying Carson City is on state line, is like saying Dover, Delaware is on a state line. It's very close, but it's not on it. The California line runs through the middle of Lake Tahoe, and there's mountains in between Carson and the Lake.
mightythor
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Level 66
Dec 24, 2021
Man, these questions are hard to answer when you are reading the wrong one.
Koopa
+1
Level 72
Dec 24, 2021
Fun quiz. The clue for bordering another state should read "borders" not "border."
xXViolaXx
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Level 67
May 23, 2022
Minneapolis??? shouldn't that count for cities that end in polis?
Stewart
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Level 68
May 24, 2022
Capital is Saint Paul, not Minneapolis
Kylllroy
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Level 51
Sep 28, 2022
Could use just a little bit more time perhaps
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