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Can you name the 30 easiest World Capitals?

created by kypzethdurron

Enter a capital city in the box below
Correctly named capital cities will show up below
Answers MUST be guessed in order
Source: Sporcle World Capitals Quiz
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Country	Capital
United States?
United Kingdom?
France?
Mexico?
Spain?
Russia?
Japan?
Germany?
Italy?
Ireland?
China?
Norway?
Egypt?
Portugal?
Canada?

Country	Capital
Greece?
Brazil?
Finland?
Sweden?
Argentina?
Netherlands?
Australia?
India?
Belgium?
Denmark?
South Korea?
Peru?
Austria?
Iraq?
Cuba?

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Name The 30 Easiest World Capitals Quiz

by kypzethdurron

Created Jul 8, 2010 in Geography
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	kypzethdurron:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 11:52 GMT		4 points
	Let me know if there's any way that I can improve the quiz. I'm expecting spikes at Canada and Australia (for obvious reasons) - and to be honest am surprised they're so well-guessed on the source. Good luck everyone! :)

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	kypzethdurron:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 13:37 GMT		38 points
	Disagree all you want but the 211,444 people that took the "Capitals of the World" quiz placed them in this order. As I said, I think that Canberra, Australia (and also Brazil etc.) are more difficult than their placement on this list - but I didn't choose the order! These are presumably the easiest worldwide with a slight bias towards USA and a slightly lesser (but greater than elsewhere) bias towards Europe (and then, I guess, Canada and Australia?). And a slight bias towards people that enjoy quizzes :P But, as I say, it's hundreds of thousands of people's averages so it's fairly accurate. Plus, I hope, people that get those wrong will learn something from the experience!!

	Chipmunkdavis:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 14:40 GMT		18 points
	I think this list may be slightly biased from what it would be in the general population. Lets's face it, people in Sporcle know their stuff (with maybe one or two exceptions). For instance, I'm from Australia, and people usually think that the capital is Sydney. However, this is one of the most common errors for Capital cities (Australia is a well-known country) so those who are on Sporcle probably knew that most people usually say Sydney. They then type Canberra and snigger at how smart and intelligent they are. Well, hopefully they're not that narcissistic, but that probably explains some of the discrepancies!

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	kypzethdurron:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 15:46 GMT		1 point
	If the quiz I'd based it off were a smaller quiz, I'd agree with @Chipmunkdavis. People taking this quiz are likely to know it (only 5% have got Canada's wrong and Australia's around the same mark). HOWEVER this is one of the ones that has had hundreds of thousands - and yes, there will be many people who know it, but that's true in real life too. It's virtually impossible to tell how far off it is without a proper 200,000+ people survey :P DC isn't the name of a city, @silencewall.

	JDass:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 15:59 GMT		5 points
	Was going to say I can think of easier (France - Paris) but I see you've done it according to another quiz so good idea. Well done.

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	RJMurphy:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 16:39 GMT		1 point
	Cuba's capital threw me for a sec, but apart from that it was straightforward, and very interesting to see the order of the top 30 too.

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	dankahn:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 17:44 GMT		2 points
	I like the format, but I think you should keep adding answers so that it becomes a race aginst the clock. Now, too many people are finishing. Maybe make it 40.

	bry1983:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 17:46 GMT		21 points
	Less than half guessed the capital of Cuba...you're Havana laugh!

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	zertrudetrout:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 21:09 GMT		17 points
	I love it when rockgolf throws his toys out of the pram :)

	arelagord:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 21:20 GMT		16 points
	@KoilMcFalcon erm... you do realise this is an english language website right?

	Rossipotamus:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 21:36 GMT		17 points
	If you mistake New York for the capital of the United States, this isn't exactly the quiz (or the website) for you.

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	simo:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 21:51 GMT		-1 points
	serious business

	lucia:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 21:54 GMT		1 point
	dammit wastet too much time confusing helsinki with reykvavik

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	asta:	Jul 8th, 2010 at 22:24 GMT		4 points
	@koopa08 I may be biased being british but how do u find it difficult to know ireland?

	iluvsnoopy:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 02:45 GMT		2 points
	Thought it's a great quiz. I got them all with plenty time to spare. Thanks

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	Seattle_Will:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 08:37 GMT		7 points
	So, 0.3% of people got Washington, but then got stumped by London...

	kypzethdurron:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 13:03 GMT		15 points
	This quiz is similar to a quiz that @rockgolf made which was similar to a quiz that I made before that - I wholeheartedly recommend that you take both of these quizzes as they are great. On the other hand, I feel that this is suitably different and I'm planning on doing other "30 easiest" as it's something that I feel is a good adaptation, after lots of planning. Apologies for not remembering your quiz, rockgolf! And thanks for all the plays, everyone - first time I've been top of the play count!! :)

	kypzethdurron:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 13:05 GMT		6 points
	And I would definitely agree that the easiest are Vatican, Guatemala, Kuwait, Singapore etc... but for some reason they aren't as frequently guessed. Don't really know why!

	rockgolf:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 13:45 GMT		3 points
	@kypzethdurron: Thank you. I have no problem with people using my quiz's formats as the basis of their own, as long as they acknowledge the inspiration. I've done so myself, often with great ideas like Sets from Foursomes by Sproutcm, Common Links by betraisefold, and probably several more. But I've always tried to put a different spin on the quiz, and never just repeat the same clues. As you indicated, I really enjoyed your Carmen Sandiego style quiz - which you can try at http://www.sporcle.com/games/kypzethdurron/carmen1 If you like this World Capitals quiz, this quiz will be fun too.

	Etheridge2:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 14:41 GMT		1 point
	I host pub quizzes 2-4 nights a week, and I will tell you from experience less then 33% of Americans know the capital of Australia, this quiz however is GREAT!!!! Love it.

	JimmyJames:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 15:25 GMT		11 points
	As my grandfather likes to say. Ireland has the fastest growing capital in the world- it's always Dublin!

	BJack:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 16:56 GMT		6 points
	If this was called "the most well-known capitals", rather than "the easiest capitals", there'd probably be a great deal less to argue about. (Except for rockgolf. ;p)

	kypzethdurron:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 18:01 GMT		6 points
	lol @JimmyJames Indeed, rockgolf - had I directly copied then I would definitely have mentioned it (as I have done in the past) but whilst our quizzes are extremely similar, it wasn't intentional and I feel that mine has different merits. But still, as I said, once I know then I'll give credit :)

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