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Can you name the world capitals with the shortest distance to another country's territory?
created by
Onno
Enter a capital in the box below
Correctly named capitals will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source:
Google Maps Distance Calculator
The distances are straight line distances, estimated from the capital city center to the nearest point *on land* in another country.
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Distance (miles)
Capital city
Distance to
< 1
Italy
< 1
France
< 1
Cameroon
< 1
Switzerland
< 1
DRC
< 1
South Africa
1
Thailand
1
Vatican City
2
DRC
2
Italy
2
Ghana
2
Austria
3
Spain
3
Argentina
4
Rep. Congo
5
South Africa
6
Malaysia
Distance (miles)
Capital city
Distance to
6
Nigeria
7
France
9
Kazakhstan
9
Albania
10
Kosovo
10
Senegal
10
Malaysia
10
DRC
11
South Africa
11
Kazakhstan
12
Somalia
13
Sweden
13
Serbia
14
Slovenia
14
Turkey
14
Lebanon
15
Iran
18
Iran
19
Iran
19
Iran
20
Iran
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Capitals Near Border Quiz
by
Onno
Created Feb 17, 2011 in
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JVU
:
Feb 17th, 2011 at 13:24 GMT
1 point
Nice! Perhaps too much time? I could try almost every capital. And you should reverse the sign for the shortest distance. 5 stars though.
Onno
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Feb 17th, 2011 at 13:51 GMT
4 points
Whoops. The reverse sign doesn't seem to work anyway, so I'll just do it this way. I'll take away a minute, but it's hard enough as it is I think.
psubball1
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Feb 17th, 2011 at 14:36 GMT
1 point
Great Quiz...really creative new idea. Only comment...Vatican City I think is "0" Miles from the border (and maybe some of the others are close calls too, but its your judgment call). I do agree with JVU with how the "under a mile" listing should just be "
JVU
:
Feb 17th, 2011 at 14:55 GMT
3 points
@psubball1: At first, he had the 'greater-than sign' instead of the 'less-than sign', that was what my comment was about. However, the 'less-than sign' doesn't seem to work so I think this is an adequate solution.
psubball1
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Feb 17th, 2011 at 17:21 GMT
3 points
@JVU: right. I didn't know an HTML code needed to be implemented to allow the "less than" sign...it has been added to the quiz and if Onno likes it, he/she can keep it that way.
emma2323
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Feb 18th, 2011 at 18:12 GMT
3 points
Good quiz, no complaints on the side ;)
newenglander
:
Feb 18th, 2011 at 21:28 GMT
4 points
i enjoyed this quiz. maybe make a sequel for capitals that are the farthest from borders?
Onno
:
Feb 18th, 2011 at 21:54 GMT
6 points
@newenglander: Almost done with that. :)
FreakyFlyBry
:
Feb 19th, 2011 at 03:54 GMT
7 points
I feel privileged to be among the 22.4% of Sporclers taking this quiz who tried guessing Bishkek, knowing it had to be close to some border just because it's the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
jefrunner
:
Feb 19th, 2011 at 03:59 GMT
11 points
Great quiz! I got Vatican city right off the bat and almost, almost let time run out before I realized one more rather obvious capital I should have gotten from that.
HER
:
Feb 20th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT
2 points
How is Vatican City less than a mile from Italy, but Rome is a solid mile from Vatican City? Did you measure from the outskirts of a city? Or its center or something? I'm befuddled.
micah
:
Feb 20th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT
5 points
The directions say "estimated from the capital city center".
tulliuscicero
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Feb 21st, 2011 at 01:36 GMT
3 points
I typed Cyprus expecting there to be a bonus about Turkish occupation, but what you had was quite clever.
rca
:
Feb 21st, 2011 at 13:22 GMT
1 point
Good quiz.
ChileNoseJam
:
Mar 12th, 2011 at 12:03 GMT
2 points
Surprised not to see Helsinki and Tallinn on here - I guess they're not quite as close as I thought.
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