The loss of capitalization is by design: BibTeX does this because some, but not all citation styles require capitalization in titles (a.k.a. 38/45. Learn more. I left out the "la" and didn't get it, Finally remembered Pristina 10 secs to go phew. I saw that Azerbaijan's capital Baku is near the Asia-Europe boundary (due to the separation from the Ural Mountains) so it counts as an European country. [citation needed] A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, a quotation, or a block quotation. Why does Monaco keep coming up as having Monaco as its capital. im using IE on a desktop and Chisinau is not working for me. so 16/50 about a third. :) I did listen to the 50 states and capitals song twice before I did this though lol, they should take st louis for saint louis. Idk when I'm ever going to use this useless information other than here though, Ireland is the richest country because its capital is always dublin. Perfectly spells Ljubljana and Reykjavik. Who could possibly ever think that Northern Ireland Scotland and wales are sovereign countries? Know your Capitals? Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ... what about the capitals of Cyprus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan....which are all European!!!!! this quiz should have that limit too since it is pretty easy for anyone who lives in U.S. and knows geography. I have the USA badge!! :( The capitals were originally selected to be located centrally in the state. You can't ask for them to accept a misspelling while also saying an answer is wrong because of an accent. Rather than in the most populous city. For example, Kazakhstan has it's capital in Asia even though it has land in Europe, so it's thought of as in Asia. ts capital is Monte Carlo. This quiz has taken me from knowing 4 capitals in my first attempt to now knowing all 50. He went on to write about two dozen books and had a radio show. So I always go for Bukarest, Bucarest, Bucaresti... Me too! I haven't been born yet and got them all with 12 minutes left! Besides those according to my source (US census, but a bit outdated) also: 100% with 2:15 left. Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Asia, not Europe. I struggled so bad. EIGHT! It'd be nice if "Bizmark" was accepted for us spelling-challenged folks. I guess learning that other stuff pushed out this! I thought I put Sarajevo. In Russian, which is related to Montenegrin/BCS, Pod = Under Gora = Mountain, so Podgorica is the place under the mountain. Id say if you cant make an argument that Georgia is European but Armenia and Azerbaijan are not. 23, that good for an American-Canadian living in UK? I'm of the Joey Tribbiani school of thought on the states game. Got all first try but Moldova - I tried Cisinau, Kisinau, Kicinau, Cikinau etc. We felt so bad at that time. I kept typing Chisinau but it wouldn't accept it for some reason? 2:43, first time, 14 year old Norweagian. Instrumental +2. you need to know spelling for good results on quizzes, Greetings from the former sovereign state of Lazdijai, Lithuania, If there was more time on the World one it would be better. Hah. And the capitals are not necessarily permanent. Capital by Rockapella helped me ace this. UN should step in and hurry the process up. wish africa and asia were easier though, why do we have to spell the capital of Moldova like this?Chișinău. Are any of these the biggest cities in their state? Finally got them all after coming back every now and again to try. Perhaps one of the most surprising things we have seen from the Sabres this year is their successful penalty kill and ability to avoid being a man down altogether. I think there should be a "US State Capitals Map Quiz". I got 100%, with quite a bit amount of time left. California's sacramento is the highest scorer, it is odd that sacramento is the least missed answer. The Hague is the only exception, as the fixed seat of the European Police … Don't forget Ouagadougou! We call it Jeff City here in Mighty MO, but never Jefferson. Is that even possible? Why isn't PHILADELPHIA (for example) the capital of Pennsylvania, but Harrisburg. kishinev ? Now, after years of coming to this site every day, this quiz is super easy for me. States most often chose as their capital cities close to the center of the state. At 7 I had all the capitals memorized. I live there. If you mean American Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam or anything like it; it doesn't count. I did them in order pretending the yellow box was there like on other quizzes. Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Asia. I can list the world countries under 7 mins but can list my homelands capitals SMH. Funniest European capital ever! All of it helps to raise the show's profile and maybe could get us a fancy sponsor to sell out to in the near future. The lake is not the capital, the city is. That means this year’s drastically reduced tax revenues are hitting state capitals hard. Id say Asia myself. Maybe a tad more leeway on Andorra la vella? Loved it!! I got 'em all, and I didn't even take the quiz. Spent too much time trying to spell Montgomery. I always forget how to spell the capital of Slovenia. Wow, I did REALLY badly on this. I got all of them with 3 minutes and 8 seconds remaining. Love that one! The Chicago Blackhawks season has been filled with bad moments through the first three games of the season, but there are still reasons for optimism. Of course, then you have deal with those who have become unrecognized being ticked off, so how would you deal with them, Epic? Please accept "Jefferson" "Carson" and "Oklahoma" as you do for "Salt Lake" and since recently, "Mexico" "Kuwait" and "Panama" :). All this as my six-year-old eagerly waited for an answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ. Democracy Rules (truth be dammed)!!! I could make a quiz about rare insects in swahili, and say it is easy for entomologists that speak swahili. I'm pathetic. :-P, Lincoln City is a coastal town in Oregon. California has a high population; a lot of quiz takers are probably from there. I had never heard most of these cities. Wow, I missed Concord, NH! I really need to sit down one and memorize the European capitals. Hooray. capital definition: 1. a city that is the centre of government of a country or smaller political area: 2. the most…. Armenia is not at all Europe (Border of Europe barely includes Georgia and Azerbaijan). Wow do you want your medal with free two-day shipping or $12 same-day shipping, Reyjavik, Kyrgyzstan, Naypyitaw, Dar es Salaam. The government quarter of Monaco is in Monaco-Ville. I would have gotten it with about another minute. Yes, let's remove from the quizzes all countries in the world which are not recognized by someone. I didn't even know this quiz existed but got them all with telepathy. More like why spoil a perfectly good city by filling it up with politicians and senior bureaucrats. Breaking Bad TV Series – Season 04 – Full Episodes – Watch Online HD. I got three badges in one hour! Hardest ones were Annapolis, Concord and Columbia for me. But by knowing it or atleast being relatively sure. I live there too. PLus, I'm ten and from india, .59 left just learned them off wiki and tried my luck. I'll stop complaining about missing one on other quizzes. We can't use that as an argument, especially now that Australia is in Eurovision :). That's why a lot of folks miss California, Texas, New York, and Florida. all country's are Italy capital Rome you see easy, easy 50/50 no book no pause no untimed, wow you got 50/50 when there is only 45 countries and capitals to name.. You are good, 2 mins 11 seconds left. All pretty large cities, but a lot arent the major city in a state, just like Canberra in Australia or Ottowa in Canada, Ankara in Turkey, Abuja in Nigeria, Islamabad in Pakistan, and a lot of others. I copied and pasted the answer from the World Capitals Quiz onto this one (when Chisinau wasn't accepted) and it works but the answer has the special 's' and 'a' characters - Chișinău. The FBI warned police agencies of possible armed demonstrations outside all 50 state capitol buildings … There's Montgomery, Alabama,south of Helena,Montana, then there's Denver,Colorado, and Boise,Idaho...... My states capital is the least gotten right by percentages, Oh my god 50 out of 50 with 5 SECONDS left. I love geography :D, great quiz but i kind of had a blank the whole way through. That said, JetPunk usually considers Cyprus to be Asian, just like Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, as well as most of Turkey. But try Ohio which was started in Marietta, near Cincinnati. Also, Mocni unsurprisingly doesn't know what terrorism is, and Pristina is a nicer place than Belgrade with much nicer people. or did Hawaii slip your mind. It matters if your teachers or parents teach you. Indeed. Then ISIS fights a war now as well. If something happened to LA, then Sacramento would most likely be fine, and vice versa. It's usually not the biggest city in the state, but the most central. Used to know them all, had a little song to it, but completely blanked out when I hit start quiz... :*(, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUDDaEOvuY&t=45s this is a good song for the 50 states, this is a good song also. Well to be fair Turkey is a multi-continent country, but there is no excuse for Cyprus. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HARRISBURG !! Shall they win it, yu should be one of the first to accept them as independent state. Chisinau is accepted. D: Wow look at me. That's exactly why people can name so few US state capitals. 22/50 and I'm an Aussie. I think a lot of people got Atlanta, Georgia right because the CDC is there. First PM of the "independent Kosovo" was a criminal involved in drug smuggling and trading human organs, If ISIS wins a war I will certainly accept that they are a nation (although their failure is almost certain now that their main base of operations is captured). Im 13 and I got it. I find it quite weird it only accepts things such Oklahoma City, but it takes Salt Lake for Salt Lake city. Pretty proud :). Fought a war? But there are people on this site for whom only one of those apply and perhaps neither. I really need to stop watching american tv. Totally forgot Madison, Wisconsin for a reason I cannot explain. A lot of those are missing on this quiz. Turkey and Kazakhstan are both more European than any of the 3 caucasus countries. As I've commented before, European capitals were much easier to remember when I was in school in the 1960s. Write down key facts, ideas, and details in your own words. EIGHT! but none worked! "Continents" aren't an objective truth. This gave me the USA badge!!!! I got none. I forgot... my birthday was a month ago (i'm still in that two month phase where you think you are what you were). Personally, I'd prefer having to type it in, just because the others are already like it, and most shortcuts that I've tried don't work for any of the other capitals. I'm from New Zealand and I have finally got them all! Started with South America, the easy one, now it's on to Europe. WTF? I'M BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU!!! I had to memorize all of these back in forth grade. For example, Florida's capital is Tallahassee because it was about equidistant from St. Augustine and Pensacola, the two capitals of Spain Florida colonies. Got 49 right, 98%, better than 86% of all quiz takers, whose average is 29. Apparently not. I think the same for Kuwait, Madiinat ul-Kuwayt is Kuwait City. Which one is the capital of Netherlands is not a democracy issue. WHY! (Nicosia, Tblisi, Yerevan, Baku FYI), they are disputed between Europe and Asia. Buffalo’s power play should be among the best in the league all season long. Could you please accept “Jefferson” for “Jefferson City”? Those are atleast the most well known cities on this list. I've taken the quiz several times and gotten all 45 before, but sometimes I blank on Valletta, Tirana, Podgorica, Chisinau and/or Vaduz.. Just lump the Balkan's capitals together in your mind. dang my state has the least guessed capitol, As a Californian, we all agree that Sacramento sucks. With the exception of Belgrade, Zagreb, and Athens, they're very similar. Aargh! Now you know your Capitals how about the Rivers that run through them ..... try 'Mal's Capital Rivers'. Montenegro and Moldova were the last ones I memorized/remembered. I thought I must have the wrong spelling but I triued several times. Yeah, @pantera69 it's not that hard to spell it, after getting used to this site you become used to spelling out countries. I think 24 is good considering I'm not American. It's for sure Saint Paul. Two months?! This site basically taught me how to type. :D. Do you guys really thinkt that that is hard ? If memory serves, if one collected a large amount and mailed them to the company, you received free Valomilks. Yes, Russia has more lands in Asia but it is part of European history, ethnicity and most population always lived in Europe. I guess learning that other stuff pushed out this! And I don't mean accidentally get right by guessing, in which case boston is a good contender. in Croatian we have for Bucharest Bukurešt, Belgrade Beograd, Prague Prag, Chisinau Kišinjev, Moscow Moskva, Rome Rim. It took me forever to understand that "Chișinău" is just a fancy spelling of Kishinev. I think if you go state by state that is the one most people not from the US (or having studied it) would get correct. Avoid noting anything in the text verbatim, or word for word, unless it is a phrase or quote you may later use. And I'm Australian :). Maybe if you're on a mobile device it's being corrected to a misspelling. I think there's a glitch. It is often said that the distinction between Europe and Asia is cultural, but that doesn't make that much sense either. Notice their height of power was expanding towards Asia and that culturally they're closer to Middle East than Europe. Forgets Berlin is the capital of Germany, Needs more time and must include all of the countries. I looked it up, apparently those were correct ! Altogether they don't have as many rights as the actual states do. xD. The Indian Premier League 2021 season will have its mini-auction on February 18.Last month, the eight franchises named the respective squads after retaining and releasing players.The Delhi Capitals, who reached the IPL 2020 final, have a few areas to address, despite having a strong squad on offer.Here we look at the focus areas of the Delhi Capitals. There is absolutely no city center or sightseeings there...For people going to Montenegro (which is a lovely country), better go to Kotor, Budva or Cetinje! I can name every country in the world all state capitals every nba mvp and every country bordering two+ oceans and Im the capt of the Bball team think b4 u post. 100% with 1:48 to go. What are the odds :) (I applied logic and common sense, but my hopes werent too high haha). I think what really makes a country in Europe or Asia is its capital. How did you get 100 if there are only 50 state capitals? ya ay 100% with 34 seconds to go, I am from down under New Zealand, i got 30 then i had to look at the rest on google. I got 0/50 with 0:00 on the timer and I'm a 45-year-old geography teacher from the US capital and best city in Puerto Rico: Albuquerque! And learned in elementary school that Detroit was Michigan's capital before 1847, when it moved to (more) centrally located Lansing. only 95% of people know that London's the capital of UK/England. St Paul IS the capital of Minnesota. The capital is just Amsterdam. Am still trying to list all of the capitals in order so that they match the list of countries... Congrats to the youngsters who do these quizzes! Alex Ovechkin would later net his first goal at 14:24 with the helpers coming from Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson.Ovechkin would backhand it on a great look in front of the net for the 707th goal of his career. Sometimes I don't know what is going on in my mind?!?!?! Got to cut those nails; I'd probably type faster. And I'm 99% certain "Djibouti City" is Djibouti. The problem was caused by IE's inability to capitalize ș. it is working now, thank you! Here are 3 takeaways from the disappointing last-minute defeat in the nation's capital. Always thought that Miami was the capital of Florida. Not even honolulu? Only got 13, knew lots of towns and cities but not which ones were the state capitals! I got 31/45--the same 31 I've known for many, many years. Baton Rouge,Louisiana,Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus is the capital of Ohio. As always typing speed is part of the exercise!! 39/45 I missed Malta, Lithuania, Liechtenstien, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Moldova. However, one bad game is just one game. Come back in 30 years.. (and after old capitals have gone and new ones have come) everything is easy when you are 13. I am an Austrian kid (ten years old), but I completed this in just 3.5 minutes! i got 26%, how does everybody still remember this stuff from grade school? Easy peasy. Yeah lol at this point I do the CotW quiz just to see how much my typing has improved. Obviously both Miami and Orlando are far younger than the state and colony of Florida. I am using this for practice for remembering the capitals. love this quiz. As a side note, its 2018 and IE is still terrible! Also about 10% of Kazakhstan is in the Ural Mountains, which are in Europe. Only god 28, but I can't believe I spelt Reykjavik correctly. Reinforces what marcorem is saying. And this comment was from 2013. I missed 3 on my second try, and then I got them all the third time. There either all in Europe or all in Asia. The Buffalo Sabres were hoping the additions of big-name veterans Taylor Hall and Eric Staal and a significant roster changeover would help the group that includes Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, and Rasmus Dahlin to improve and challenge for a playoff spot, but back-to-back home losses to the Washington Capitals to start the season revealed some of the same issues that … He/she can't help it if they aren't well known. it is the capital's twin city, Minneapolis. In a few decenia that will have (d)evolved to Djufsati :), Can't believe Montgomery completely slipped my mind, Why I know Tallahassee don't ask, I've learned some of the harder ones in states with big cities such as Albany from looking at a map and wondering why it wasn't New York City :P, Likewise I have no idea why or how I know Punxsutawney but well, it is a word that sticks haha. Closing Song: “MotownPhilly” by Boyz II Men. Got all of them, stumped a bit on Bratislava though. The Bad: Zach Bogosian: He only had 10:49 of ice-time, but Bogosian looked slow and uncomfortable at times. I guess not. Pennsylvania is a perfect example. [citation needed] It is also used between hours and minutes in time, titles and subtitles of books, city and publisher in citations, [citation needed] chapter and … In Texas, it used to be Houston (Googled it). From NZ, got all of them with 3 seconds left, interesting, topeka is the one i always think of first for some reason. I am four and got them all with 4:56 to go. I think he’s going to be a … So.. what you're trying to say is that Pantera fans are not good spellers? The hard one for me is Ljubljana, and that's not too bad. Couldn't spell Cheyenne or Montpelier.... SJESQ- um, interesting yes, hilarious- not as much as creating a city in the middle of nowhere on a manmade lake to be your capital to ease tensions between Sydney and Melbourne. Also, if we look at the physical geography only, considering Europe and Asia to be two different continents makes no sense. I always take forever with Bucharest because in German it's Bukarest. Way too strict. Looks like, according to comments, that this is the record! A lot of people get the capital of South Carolina confused. I only got 41/45 because in german Lisbon is Lissabon, Warsaw is Warschau, Chisinau is Kischinau and Bucharest is Bukarest. Whether something is a country or not has nothing to do with whether. This is foolish, they should include Ankara of Turkey and Nicosia of Cyprus, JHAssassin - Turkey and Cyprus are not part of Europe. But I can't type those on my keyboard. To all Americans who didn't pass, SHAME ON YOU! It is not recognized by Serbia and I bet that this quiz just ticks Serbia off. It is officially Myanmar, like how Thailand was Siam, lol (but really i would love to take that quiz), Also Eswatini/Swaziland, although it isn't a debate on which way is right but more that people are calling it Swaziland when it is Eswatini now, "got em all 4:58 left"!..shut up ya liars who the hell can even spell the capital of iceland anyways? The average of 32 kind of confused me . 42 out of 45. Capitals of Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan are geographically European. I missed one...ONE! Many of them are in central locations (Harrisburg and Austin, for instance). Nearly everything else: >90%. China denies Taiwan's existence so it isn't in the UN, Morocco ignores Western Sahara, the Koreas both pretend they control the whole peninsula, and Serbia fails to recognise Kosovo. I got 1000% in -1000 seconds and I'm -1 years old. Similar thing with the previously Soviet republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan. I am able to reproduce this bug in IE. Got all 50 with my eyes closed. Very pleased! try my 21 most difficult ... Nope. I try to do this and world countries/capitals every other day, so this stuff really gets drilled into my head. I'm with you on this. Many tried to pick a central location rather than the largest city to make it easier for those legislators who had to ride horseback in the old days. I thought Monte Carlo was a casino. You see, up to this point, the biggest and 'baddest' bad word that she knew to be a bonafide bad word in our house was “shut up”. The New York Islanders stunned the Boston Bruins 9-7 at Boston Garden on Jan. 18, 1973, in one of the few bright spots during their first NHL season. As an American I feel that's quite backwards. That's fine. Huh what? haha. I am only 9 and I got them all 2:23 to spare. I just love geography so much, You guys are such losers. Not bad at all for an Irish man. There are a lot of reasons why the capital is not always the largest city. Small towns were considered to be more wholesome. I'm not even joking. Get up-to-date 2017-18 Arizona Coyotes schedule and results and much more on Hockey-Reference.com What browser are people using? Woo hoo!!! I'm right or bust. The Hague should be accepted. But you are right about Cyprus, cyrpuss capital is the world last reamianign divided capital as it belongs to turkey as well as cyrpus and as turkey isnt on this lsit cyrpus shouldnt be. There are 56. It took a few aborted tries, but I got 50/50 with 2:02 remaining. They are geographically in Asia for the most part but their allegiance is towards Europe. 45/45 with think of 1:01 to go and didnt even cheat took me a whole to Pristina. Scotland (will perhaps be independent one day soon). I promise, St. Paul is the capital. Monaco is incorrect........the capital of Monaco is Monte Carlo. I think it's time we got this quiz up to speed. I'm feeling really dumb. Try to guess the capital city of every country in Europe. and only getting 3 points. Read earlier comments. Plus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are in Europe as well. I have a feeling Ljubljana is going to be a spelling thorn in my flesh. Kosovo fought a war, they won the war, and they control their territory with passports accepted in a majority of countries. That explains how I missed 10 and still got 5 points. The prevailing political thought after the Revolution & through much of the 19th century (& it's not uncommon to find people who believe this today) is that large cities were dens of iniquity. It's a good thing I knew Wakko's 50 States and Capitals song from Animaniacs. His funeral in August was attended by then-Vice President Mike Pence, NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, and other boldface names. Even though they are hard to spell doesn't mean that everyone shouldn't know how to spell them! I got the America Badge! 15 seconds to spare - nearly forgot Pierre. Got the USA badge after taking this quiz! Started with South America, the easy one, now it's on to Europe. Damn, my birthday is next week. Got 4/50. Reykjavik, I can spell it and it's a piece of cake! Finished with 4:02 left! But you get into the lift and you can’t share the space with another person staying in the same bubble. I'm terrible on capitals but I finally managed to get all the countries a few times on the countries of the world quiz, so now I'm starting on learning all the capitals. I remember it as Ljskprisopjeublsarapodgjanaorijestinacavo. NYC has always been bigger than albany and Philly and Pittsburgh bigger than Harrisburg, there is no pattern states are just weird. Not that either of these points have anything to do with sovereignty. The Blackhawks have 55 more games to play this season. Check out my city quiz: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/160326/cities-to-country-extreme-edition. It seems like you either know them or you don't. I don't really understand why the states' largest cities aren't usually the capital of the states. . USA USA USA! I just can't remember it. It's funny how the largest state capital is the 6th largest city in the US, the next is 11th. The same can be done with The Hague. It's recognised by more states than it isn't recognised by. The colon: is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots placed one above the other on the same vertical line. After a perfect four-game homestand in which they obtained eight out of eight possible points, the Boston Bruins now head to Washington, D.C. to match up with the Washington Capitals in the first of eight games against them this season.. wrong thats the capital on the map for 30 years of my life, Congratulations to all the Geography wizards who brag of a perfect score on their ninth try but forget that part of the equation. a red scribble, ah well.. :)). Hate to break it to you buddy, its all downhill from here ;), Kosovo, shouldn't be on there. That is helpful. But I"m happy getting them all with 1:16 left :^), 100% and 28 seconds left! I'm 11- 45/45 with 3:24 left! Things are far too political when it comes to country recognition. I got All Countries and Capitals of the world and States and Capitals of the USA! Same. I now want to take it to the next level and have a randomised map where you have to name the state and its capital in two text boxes. Breaking Bad takes after hero Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a science instructor who lives in New Mexico with his better half (Anna Gunn) and adolescent child (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral paralysis. little rock, denver, boise, indianapolis, des moines, jackson, columbus, oklahoma city, providence, columbia, salt lake city and cheyenne. Missed North Carolina and Wyoming only because I couldn't spell. 38 seconds left. None of those are because of illegitimate claims, it's just that those countries, politically speaking, have it in their best interest to keep those countries in their territory. They help to correct writing of each letter and find specific mistakes. Producing a handwritten-like design will make it look like the designer himself bothered to personally write. It really grates to spell Tallinn correctly for it to be accepted with one n, and then my next answer gets an n stuck on the front. It helps to know a Slavic language. My undergraduate degree is in cultural & political geography, which is where I learned all this. They dwell in the exotic continent of Asia, I am 7 years old and thank you very much for making this great and fantastic quiz ;D. As a Serb, it honestly hurt me internally to type Priština as the capital of Kosovo. If Trump had won the election, would it be armed Democrats and others storming the capitals of all … 2fardownthread: I do not think this will derail a thread, but I want people to think about this LAWS vs. MEN principle. I made it with 10:03 mins left and I took a vacation break to Mexico in between... 20:37 left and I died and resurrected in between. I finally got them all. On my first try, I got 32 of them. Grow up and deal with it. *groan*, I had no idea you don't want a Portland-Like city as a state capital, Brazilian here. Its not like its that difficult or anything. In that case, the capital of Florida should be St. Augustine.