Can you name the world capitals I'm thinking of(directions in comment)? by nsd354

Can you name the world capitals I'm thinking of(directions in comment)?

created by nsd354

Enter a capital in the box below
Correctly named capitals will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
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World Capital Locator II Quiz

by nsd354

Created Oct 5, 2009 in Geography
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	nsd354:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 01:45 GMT		8 points
	Type in a world capital and it will appear below with the shortest distance to one of the capitals I am thinking of. The (#) corresponds to the capital that it happens to be closest to. Let me know if I have any typos/if I am missing anything.

	XCivilWarGhost5X:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 01:49 GMT		8 points
	That was pretty awesome, great job in making this quiz.

	Barbaloot:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 02:35 GMT		11 points
	These quizzes are really fun. I think you could make the quiz much more aesthetically pleasing, however, by putting the answers in 5 columns. At the top of each column you would have the actual answer you are looking for, and the distance hints for other capitals would appear as bonus answers in the column which they are hints for. This would also cut down on the amount of scrolling by quite a bit.

	davebesag:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 02:41 GMT		10 points
	I'm afraid these capitals are absurdly obscure.

	nsd354:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 02:44 GMT		2 points
	Yeah, good suggestion. Not really sure how though. They don't really let you make as many columns as you want as far as I can tell.

	Barbaloot:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 02:51 GMT		6 points
	On the "Style" screen, in "Group answers with the same hint", select "5 columns". Then put "Capital #1" in the hint column for everything which is a hint for the first capital, "Capital #2" as a hint for everything relating to the second capital, and so on. You can then use the extra column to display the number of miles away.

	IWANTMY2DOLLARS:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 03:03 GMT		8 points
	Terrific quiz. Now, if I only knew world capitals...

	nsd354:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 03:19 GMT		4 points
	Thanks Barbaloot! New directions: Number in () is miles away from capital that it is closest to. Should be easier to read now...

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	Jordan117:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 04:33 GMT		21 points
	Typing out not just the capitals, but the distances too? Wow. A+++ for effort.

	StephenM:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT		4 points
	Wow. Still very hard though.

	geowiz85:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 05:30 GMT		10 points
	@besag and iceman, of course theyre obscure, otherwise people could just haphazardly type in places like rome or washington dc and get the answers

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	davidr:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 09:05 GMT		15 points
	An excellent idea for a quiz and a really imaginative use of the Sporcle format! A couple of suggestions: you need to accept the various variant spellings of Ulaanbaatar and there should be a space before the `(' in the question and after each `)' in the answers and hints.

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 12:40 GMT		3 points
	Amazing quiz. By the way, when you type "Dodoma," it just says ", Tanzania." Not a big deal, but you asked to be informed of typos.

	mat:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 13:13 GMT		1 point
	Grouping Oceania hints with a SE Asia answer in the second column threw me. "Guatemala City" is spelt incorrectly. Otherwise, I love this idea. Got #3 as my first guess!

	melissa:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 13:43 GMT		3 points
	Brilliant quiz, brilliant execution. Definitely geared toward Sporcle geography buffs, of which there are plenty. I can't imagine how much time this took to program. Loved it - especially the fact that there were 5 columns -- it was fun jumping around as I closed in on each one. Can't wait for sequels!

	Hunter14180:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 14:14 GMT		1 point
	An excellent and innovative quiz!

	hscer:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 14:23 GMT		3 points
	Doing multiple capitals is better than the one-answer geography quizzes of this type I've seen before, because you can actually measure people's performance instead of seeing 100% on the results page. Good work.

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	TimeAndTide:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 15:39 GMT		0 points
	Lotta fun! Can't wait for the next one!

	dtro:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 15:43 GMT		0 points
	Really good quiz.

	HPZ:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 16:06 GMT		3 points
	Great quiz! "503) Ashgabat, Turkmenistan" is missing an opening parenthesis.

	Quartz:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 16:12 GMT		3 points
	I LOVE this quiz. Please make more!

	Hagar:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 16:30 GMT		0 points
	nice one!

	Qazza2k9:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 18:03 GMT		9 points
	man way to pick hard capitals!!! great quiz though, fab effort.

	orbit:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 18:06 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz! Also, you should mention that the number is distance in miles in the instructions.

	micah:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 18:08 GMT		3 points
	Nice! I could only get anywhere by google-cheating for the names of capitals, but it still required enough geographical intuition to be interesting...

	Redwing19:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 20:24 GMT		-1 points
	Love this quiz... I got the first column right away!

	Onno:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT		2 points
	Got Baku at my first guess. The other ones caused more trouble, hehe. Great job on this!

	swellwrench:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 23:01 GMT		4 points
	awesome quiz. just FYI, typing just "San" gets you "San'a" for some reason

	Brobert2:	Oct 6th, 2009 at 23:35 GMT		3 points
	Jesus, is everyone on Sporcle a genius or are the percentages off-kilter? I was able to get #1, #2 and #5 and I was proud until I saw that 50% of people were able to get 4 or 5 answers correct. Good quiz though, good choice of challenging capitals.

	clicktrack:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 01:55 GMT		-3 points
	@Brobert2 I think if people can't guess any of the answers, they're not counted in the percentages.

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	zmoney:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 02:52 GMT		1 point
	quit complaining about obscure capitals people lol. i lived in one of these cities this summer!

	segacs:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT		0 points
	Awesome quiz! Too much time, though.

	DanK:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 05:37 GMT		2 points
	these are great. keep making them please

	biskutt:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 07:02 GMT		3 points
	i'd like to see more of these quizzes. i support the capitals being "obscure". geo nuts wouldn't find it fun if you used obvious ones. great quiz, i can tell you put a lot of time into it.

	Dagobert:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz, I only lack the knowledge ;-) Mexico City is somehow farther away from #4 than Ottawa, seems weird to me ;-)