Can you name the Immediately Previous Capitals of the World? by PBRthur

Can you name the Immediately Previous Capitals of the World?

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I realize this topic is fraught with ambiguities (what is an "official" capital; if the country changes name does the capital change; etc), so I tried to keep this simple and with recognizable names.
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Current Capital	Previous Capital	Year Changed
Washington, D.C., United States		1800
Tokyo, Japan		around 1868
Kabul, Afghanistan		1776 (or 2001)
Paris, France		1944
Brasilia, Brazil		1960
Ankara, Turkey		1923
Naypyidaw, Myanmar		2006
Wellington, New Zealand		1865
Jerusalem, Israel		1948
Abuja, Nigeria		1976

Current Capital	Previous Capital	Year Changed
Dodoma, Tanzania		1996
Astana, Kazakhstan		1998
New Delhi, India		1911
Hanoi, Vietnam		1955
Beijing, China		1949
London, England		about 1066
Madrid, Spain		1939
Manila, Philippines		1976
Moscow, Russia		1918
Rome, Italy		1871
Dodoma, Tanzania	1871
New Delhi, India	1871
Tokyo, Japan	1871
Rome, Italy	1871
Paris, France	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871
Washington, D.C., United States	1871

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Previous Capitals Quiz

by PBRthur

Created Aug 9, 2010 in Geography
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	orinj:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 06:26 GMT		2 points
	Umm... the former capitals and countries aren't lined up properly... Spain's capital was never Quezon City and Almaty is nowhere near Tanzania

	xref:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 09:38 GMT		1 point
	Arguably, Salo has been Italy's capital from 1943 until 1945 when the Allied forces had occupied southern Italy and Mussolini had fled to the north.

	sporclover:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 11:56 GMT		4 points
	You should accept Nanking, as that was an acceptable spelling, and the one commonly used in the U.S., at the time it was capital. Winchester was never capital of the United Kingdom, which did not exist in 1066. It was capital of the Kingdom of England.

	gowhere:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 14:29 GMT		1 point
	@xref: You can argue it but I think it would be a pretty weak argument. The Kingdom of Italy continued to exist from 1943-1945 and its capital was Rome. Mussolini's puppet Italian Social Republic whose capital was at Salo cannot be realistically be considered as the government of Italy.

	PBRthur:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 15:59 GMT		1 point
	@orinj: Whenever I play or review the Data page, they line up correctly. Hopefully the system fixed itself? @sporclover: Added Nanking, changed UK to England. I know this last one is a stretch, but thought it was a fun addition.

	HiddenPalace:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 17:30 GMT		1 point
	Accept Qandahar, Almata and Alma-Ata.

	HereComesKnight:	Aug 9th, 2010 at 17:57 GMT		1 point
	Nanjing was the capital of China until 1949, not 1945. Good quiz though.