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Can you name the world capitals with the longest distance to another country's territory?
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Onno
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Correctly named capitals will show up below
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The distances are straight line distances, estimated from the capital city center to the nearest point *on land* in another country (or territory belonging to another country)
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Distance (miles)
Capital
Distance to
1157
New Zealand
925
Norfolk Island
653
Bolivia
571
South Korea
506
Taiwan
456
USA
438
France (Mayotte)
414
North Korea
401
Mauritius
401
Senegal
Distance (miles)
Capital
Distance to
349
Wallis and Futuna
336
Greenland
331
Papua New Guinea
320
Marshall Islands
318
Brazil
309
Fiji
301
Christmas Island
294
Canada
290
Bulgaria
285
India
279
India
271
India
271
India
263
India
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Capitals Far From Border Quiz
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Created Feb 19, 2011 in
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JVU
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Feb 19th, 2011 at 19:58 GMT
10 points
I was waiting for this one after your 'Capitals near border' quiz :) 5 stars!
gsa219
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Mar 20th, 2011 at 14:52 GMT
3 points
accepting south tarawa would be nice
polixenes
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Mar 21st, 2011 at 21:12 GMT
2 points
I'm surprised Palikir, Micronesia did not make the list.
segacs
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Mar 22nd, 2011 at 18:30 GMT
2 points
Strategy for this one: Try remote island nations first. Can't believe I forgot Lima, though.
dsantesteban
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Mar 22nd, 2011 at 19:21 GMT
1 point
I like it to some extent, but it's all large countries and island nations. Still a great idea for a quiz
DC13
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May 4th, 2011 at 16:42 GMT
6 points
Actually pretty good quiz, really makes you think about your answers and it's really nice to not have a "think about the biggest countries" way of solving it.
ArtFever
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Oct 11th, 2011 at 21:06 GMT
2 points
Antananarivo almost got me. 2 seconds left >_
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mlrs84
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Oct 23rd, 2011 at 01:24 GMT
-6 points
What about the distance Windhoek-gaborone? According to google earth ca 930km compared to ankara-sofia 850km, or Mogadishu-Nairobi ca 1020km? Otherwise great quiz!
Beefy_K
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Nov 20th, 2011 at 01:28 GMT
5 points
mlrs84: Because it's asking for the distance to any foreign territory rather than a foreign capital. Thought Astana might feature but nope, not even close.
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scoringeagle
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 05:13 GMT
18 points
i definitely would have done better if the quiz was titled 'countries whose capitals have the longest distance to another country's territory.' time to study up.
WCRoentgen
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 GMT
8 points
yeah, ok quiz, but I think the title is misleading (although the instructions are quite clear). In many of these cases, the capital (especially of an island nation) is very close to its country's' borders; the straight line distances employed may cross over 100s of miles of "borderless" international waters before approaching the next closest nation.
WyattsTorch
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:27 GMT
10 points
Very surprised more of the Oceania nations aren't on here. Nice quiz.
Davidos
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 12:32 GMT
4 points
Never realized how far Australia (or at least its capital) was New Zealand. Good quiz.
BanjoZebra
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 13:06 GMT
4 points
I got Funafuti but not Tokyo - the Sporcle-itis is getting to me.
pgrossma
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 14:08 GMT
4 points
I would like to see a version of this quiz that is "capitols farthest from an international land border" that excludes islands
Meltha
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 14:30 GMT
8 points
I never realized the distance from Tokyo to South Korea was almost double the distance from Washington to Canada. For some reason I thought they were a lot closer.
Bladselleri
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 14:44 GMT
21 points
Why does it say 'France (Mayotte)' but 'Christmas Islands', 'Greenland', 'Wallis and Futuna' and 'Norfolk Island'? Shouldn't it either just say 'Mayotte' or say 'Denmark (Greenland)' etc.?
cheese7
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 14:59 GMT
2 points
Trying countries like brazil and russia for ages, then gave up, saw the countries there and then realised you had to say the capitals. D'oh!
save_ferris15
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 15:13 GMT
14 points
No Vatican City?
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marpocky
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 16:15 GMT
-5 points
14/20 are on the list purely due to their country's remoteness, rather than the capital's distance from the "border." Definitely a misleading title, although it is quite clear once you get into the quiz what it wants. I was more interested in the quiz implied by the title (and represented by the other 6 answers) than what it turned out to be, because I feel like "remote capitals/countries" has been done before.
mchamden1
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 19:12 GMT
5 points
*spends first three minutes guessing countries*...DOH
Rob42
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 20:02 GMT
2 points
Good, fun quiz. However, I agree with marpocky that the title is misleading. I did not think that island nations would count, and did not try such capitals until towards the very end of the quiz.
ChicagoGuy88
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 20:40 GMT
1 point
Good quiz. Glad to see it published today.
quackslikeaduck
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 20:43 GMT
2 points
Best geography quiz I've taken in a while.
lacegranny
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Mar 3rd, 2012 at 21:41 GMT
2 points
Great quiz. I cottoned on quickly that it would be pacific nations and knew lots but not their capitals. Lost out on 2 because of using alternative (older?) spellings.
jaho
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Mar 4th, 2012 at 01:16 GMT
3 points
This would be a fun concept to do with U.S. state capitals--the ones farthest away from another state.
randomquizzes
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Mar 4th, 2012 at 19:41 GMT
5 points
The reason it says France is because Mayotte is an integral part of France, being one of the 5 overseas departments. It has equal status with any part of European France. Meanwhile, Greenland, for example, is a territory of Denmark.
pablitomiguez
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Mar 5th, 2012 at 18:17 GMT
2 points
As a South American, I should have got Lima. Also, I'd be better if I learnt capitals from Oceania nations apart from Australia, NZ and Tonga (I remembered "Palikir" but did not know which country... it was only a bonus answer anyway). Great quiz anyway!
MasterNachosII
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Mar 7th, 2012 at 19:01 GMT
1 point
I didn't do very well, but I pride myself for not trying Rome.
geowiz85
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Mar 10th, 2012 at 05:16 GMT
2 points
really surprised Port Louis wasnt on here
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lampost
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Aug 26th, 2012 at 15:56 GMT
-6 points
@ random quizzes greenland is its own country now
AtomicIce
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Sep 6th, 2012 at 05:43 GMT
1 point
I guess the title has been changed, but I still thought it was looking for countries on the same piece of land until late in the quiz. Especially because of the "*on land*" part of the instructions.
marior
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Feb 21st, 2013 at 05:29 GMT
1 point
wow I can't believe I got Praia but forgot Washington D.C.
LabinotHarbuzi
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Feb 21st, 2013 at 09:12 GMT
1 point
Damn it, i spent so long trying to spell Antananarivo that i forgot Washington :(
MickeyPearly
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Mar 18th, 2013 at 22:08 GMT
1 point
I only Manila and Ankara...but I would have missed a lot more if I hadn't looked through the comments! lol
grover173
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May 2nd, 2013 at 14:50 GMT
1 point
Tried "Funafutu" about 8 times, never realizing I was misspelling "Funafuti". argh!
707penguin
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May 5th, 2013 at 18:18 GMT
1 point
I did not realise how far apart Australia and New Zealand are.
Chank7
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Jun 1st, 2013 at 11:00 GMT
1 point
Would you please add the distances in km (and put the distances in miles in brackets)? ;-)
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