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Can you name the countries of which these cities were once capitals?
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Calcutta
1772-1912
Rio de Janeiro
1763-1960
Almaty (Alma-Ata)
1929-1998
Lagos
1914-1976
Colombo
1815-1982
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Former National Capitals Quiz
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Created Oct 19, 2009 in
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jeb8787
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 16:02 GMT
4 points
kyoto used to be the capital of japan, and you might want to also include philadelphia.
ig1234
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 16:04 GMT
2 points
Munich was the German capital wasn't it?
dtro
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 17:50 GMT
1 point
Is Colombo not still the capital of Sri Lanka?
nickisposh
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 19:50 GMT
1 point
I'm confused by Sporcle's capital of Sri Lanka. I thought Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte was the old one, and Colombo the new one, but Wikipedia disagrees.
newenglander
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 20:39 GMT
2 points
you should make people guess it in order
apchilds
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Oct 19th, 2009 at 22:00 GMT
2 points
I would reduce the time to just 1 or 2 minutes.
spartacat
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Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:27 GMT
1 point
Calcutta was the winter capital for British India, Shimla was the summer capital as the Bengali summers were too brutal for Brits
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