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Mal's 23 most difficult Capitals quiz

Enter the capital for the country given:
Includes some recent name changes for practice:
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Quiz by Malbaby
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Last updated: June 17, 2019
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First submittedJune 24, 2015
Times taken4,116
Average score73.9%
Rating4.46
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Suriname
Paramaribo
Tonga
Nuku'alofa
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Montenegro
Podgorica
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Palau
Ngerulmud
Burundi
Gitega
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Answer
Tuvalu
Funafuti
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Iceland
Reykjavik
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Chad
N'Djamena
St Kitts
Basseterre
Somalia
Mogadishu
Malawi
Lilongwe
Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Kazakhstan
Nursultan
Quizmaster7803
+1
Level 42
Jun 24, 2015
20/20 2:48 left!
NOTKimJongUn
+6
Level 74
Jun 24, 2015
Ironically, you spelled Mauritania wrong...
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jun 24, 2015
Fixed, ...... Thanks
englishsystem
+2
Level 68
Oct 7, 2015
A fine quiz, 20/20. "Most difficult" quizzes are subjective as I knew every answer without thinking deeply. The real challenge of this quiz is the spelling - MAN, you're unforgiving! :) Took me the last full minute to spell Yamoussoukro correct. My personal pain points for capital cities: Majuro, Malabo, Moroni.
CripplingVelocity
+1
Level 58
May 16, 2017
I can spell those correctly, but i always get those ones mixed up as to which countries they belong to, along with Maseru, Monrovia, and Maputo. All are African capitals (other than Majuro) that start with M and have a moderate amount of letters.
dmachine
+1
Level 57
Feb 22, 2019
I remember Liberia was settled by freed (liberated) American slaves. They named their capital after American President James Monroe. And their flag bears a strong resemblance to the US's.
mahble
+1
Level 77
Jul 17, 2017
I have so much trouble with eastern Europe... I can never remember all the capitals, and the ones I do remember I assign them to the wrong countries. I always mix up the middle four "stans" as well, and I miss much of Africa.
dmachine
+3
Level 57
Feb 22, 2019
I remember Moroni is the capital of Comoros because they both have "moro" in them.
ChineseChen
+1
Level 66
Aug 18, 2020
I always think of Mac and Cheese when I see Moroni...
CorkSpork
+3
Level 72
Oct 22, 2015
Oddly enough the capital I usually have the most trouble spelling wasn't on here - Naypyidaw. Nice to have a quiz that won't let you fall into the habit of incorrect spellings.
SkyjumperTalon
+2
Level 58
Dec 26, 2016
I guess something went wrong....
ddddan
+2
Level 81
Oct 24, 2015
Where's Sri Lanka?
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Oct 24, 2015
Apart from 'Just south of India'............ the capital of Sri Lanka is allowed on Jet-punk to be 'Kotte' , not so difficult as some others.
Minteh
+11
Level 22
Jan 25, 2016
Or make people spell it's full name- Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
mahble
+2
Level 77
Jul 17, 2017
YES, do that!
TurkeyCookTime
+1
Level 76
Feb 7, 2020
Also add Bandar Seri Begawan, Pyongyang, and Montevideo
peardestroyer
+1
Level 56
May 12, 2020
@TurkeyCookTime "Bandar" works for Bandar Seri Begawan.
ChineseChen
+2
Level 66
Aug 18, 2020
Me and another friend who uses JetPunk used to annoy other people in our class by saying “Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte” over and over again
abracadabrant
+1
Level 53
Nov 13, 2022
i'm sure you got everyone laughing
smoceany
+1
Level 52
Apr 28, 2021
in the indian ocean
KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 77
Dec 14, 2015
14/20
ericsp23
+3
Level 95
Dec 29, 2015
Thank you for not giving any short cuts on spelling. I appreciate the extra challenge.
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Jan 25, 2016
^
MyMindWentBlank
+3
Level 61
May 21, 2016
Agreed - I was particularly glad to see that "Ouaga" was not accepted for "Ouagadougou," which is like accepting "New" for "New York City."
Djilas
+4
Level 82
Mar 27, 2017
Apparently the locals call it Ouaga, so it's fine.
tshalla
+4
Level 75
Jun 11, 2017
It's not like that. Nobody anywhere refers to New York simply as "New," but lots of people (perhaps almost everyone?) from Burkina Faso and the neighbouring countries calls Ouagadougou "Ouaga" when speaking informally.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jun 11, 2017
If people from Burkina Faso and neighbouring countries are doing this quiz they will then find Ouagadougou easy to spell without having to go for short cuts.
mahble
+8
Level 77
Jul 17, 2017
I got an ad on the side that said "Fly to Burkina Faso from only $825"
Sagaris
+1
Level 62
Sep 7, 2019
Although... I did have to try Yamosoukkro, Yamosokro, Yamosokkro, Yamossoukro, Yamossoukkro, etc... all while I didn't know about the first ou.
wiifly
+2
Level 59
Feb 18, 2020
The entire point of this quiz is to get the entire name exactly correct. No mess ups, no type-ins.
ChineseChen
+3
Level 66
Aug 18, 2020
Like there’s any Burkinabe JetPunkers...
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jan 26, 2017
I tried Ougadoudou. Good try though, eh.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jan 26, 2017
Close but no Cigar!
cosmokim
+1
Level 65
Jan 22, 2016
¨¨¨ọ̣̣̣̣̣̣̉̉̉̉¨¨¨
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Jan 25, 2016
Iceland isn't too difficult. I personally get the other Scandinavian country's capitals mixed up. Excellent quiz, however my OCD would like you to fix Chad's capital. It's N'Djamena not NDjamena
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Jan 25, 2016
* It's N'Djamena, not NdJamena
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jan 26, 2016
Both N'Djamena & Ndjamena will work, I've given the correct spelling as N'Djamena but as in Jetpunks world capitals quiz both work. (don't want to get too pedantic)
stylus
+4
Level 76
Aug 13, 2016
And punctuation is ignored anyway
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Sep 15, 2017
Nuku'alofa is also supposed to have an apostroph.
richiesyxx
+2
Level 72
Aug 24, 2022
And apostrophe is supposed to have an ‘e’.
Matthew07
+1
Level 47
May 21, 2016
Personally I don't think Mogadishu is that hard because of you watch the news you will never forget it again. Maybe add in Albania or Maldives? Or if you're going for the long and confusing names go with something else.
MyMindWentBlank
+3
Level 61
May 21, 2016
Make people type in "Bandar Seri Begawan" or "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte"
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
May 22, 2016
As jetpunk world capitals quiz accepts Kotte & Bandar as capital names I feel happier not using them in the difficult capitals quiz. I thought this quiz would help jetpunkers get used to the trickier capital names as an end to doing the world capitals quiz.
Findlay
+1
Level 82
Jun 6, 2016
http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Palau

I feel at very least if the UN considers it the capital, Melekeok should really be an acceptable answer for Palau. I ran out of time trying to work out how to spell Ngerulmud, once I eventually recalled it, but had Melekeok straight away.

Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jun 7, 2016
I try to keep my answers compatible with jetpunk. World Capitals quiz for instance uses Ngerulmud for Palau, so I stick to that.
MasterChef
+2
Level 65
Jul 28, 2016
Basseterre not BasseTerre.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jul 29, 2016
OK
Asbjorn
+2
Level 71
Oct 3, 2016
I think Naypyidaw should be up there :)
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Oct 3, 2016
So do I.......... thanks.
sleekcollins
+1
Level 69
Oct 9, 2016
Add Sri Lanka's and Brunei's capitals and only accept the full names. That's how you render the quiz more difficult.
JoeCrouchMMA
+1
Level 60
Oct 12, 2016
2:56 remaining : )
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jan 26, 2017
Well, the easiest ones for me were Tonga and Tuvalu, I grew up knowing those here in Oceania. Those African ones are so hard!! (except Mogadishu of course).
Trex821
+1
Level 36
Feb 21, 2017
Why were you so mean to me in the past...
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Feb 22, 2017
Me Mean?......... never!
MsKingBean89
+1
Level 61
Mar 4, 2017
12/21 on my first go. Missed Somalia, Chad, Burundi, Mauritania, Tonga, Malawi, Palau, Tuvalu and Cote d'Ivoire
manOFsteel
+3
Level 44
Mar 4, 2017
I typed in ougadougaougadouga for ouagadougou. Please count this.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Mar 5, 2017
Well you gave me a laugh, but I remember that song from years ago.
PotatoBoy
+1
Level 66
Feb 13, 2018
Ougachakaougaougaougachakaougaougaougachakaougaougaougachaka

I can't stop this feeling....

vincc
+1
Level 58
Mar 19, 2017
funny you demand perfect spelling i would have 18 but you had one more a or U in uuuuuuulaaaaanbaaaaatuuuur , managed 14 but only 36 percent did worse ? more accurate stats would be how all the geniuses on the board who achieved a perfect score on their 7th try and then bragged about it
richiesyxx
+2
Level 72
Aug 24, 2022
It only counts your first try in the stats. But don’t worry, I won’t brag about my 23/23. Much.
cafrance1089
+1
Level 66
Mar 20, 2017
Too many African countries... the only hard one to spell was Yamoussoukro, and there should be more islands in the Pacific or Caribbean
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Mar 20, 2017
Only 7 African countries out of 54 available, 3 Pacific Islands from 11 island countries, not too bad a ratio I think. Many people find the given Capitals fairly difficult to remember when it comes to quiz time and I made this quiz to be a help in cementing these fairly difficult names into the memory. Obviously you are well acquainted with the African Capitals and find them easy, not all of us are that lucky.
jandjandlemur
+1
Level 66
Mar 20, 2017
Isn't the capital of Palau Melekeok??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malbaby
+4
Level 71
Mar 21, 2017
Ngerulmud replaced Koror, Palau's largest city, as capital in 2006. The settlement is located in the state of Melekeok on Babeldaob, the country's largest island, located 20 kilometres (12 miles) northeast of Koror and 2 km (1 mile) northwest of Melekeok village.
Sterref10
+2
Level 48
Apr 5, 2017
The average score is 15 — how?? I scored 1. People must be redoing it multiple times and/or googling the answers
Malbaby
+4
Level 71
Apr 5, 2017
Hi Ferrets10, people on jetpunk doing this quiz are mostly Geography buffs and are used to doing the World Capital City quizzes. This is a good site for those people to polish some of the difficult capital names with an end to doing other quizzes more successfully. We are mostly using jetpunk to learn and if it takes more than one shot it is a means to an end.
Minutiae
+4
Level 73
Jul 14, 2021
Also: only the first attempt is counted for percentages.
GeographyPro2003
+1
Level 27
May 17, 2017
Am I the only one who finds it funny that more people get Antananarivo than Mogadishu? That seems backwards to me... However, other people's brains work differently than mine...

Great Quiz nonetheless!

JetPubk
+1
Level 44
May 29, 2017
Haha I'd have to say the most difficult quizzes for me are those african capitals of lesser known countries, like Maseru, Maputo, Kigali, Lusaka, Conakry, Porto Novo, Nouakchott, Lilongwe, Lome, I always forget which country has these.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
May 29, 2017
For me sometimes it is the easiest of Capitals that, when asked all of a sudden, my brain opens a trapdoor and the answer drops out. Then I can remember all the tricky ones and not the easy one.......
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jun 1, 2017
Now try my 1 minute capital quiz at ....... http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/mals-1-minute-20-easiest-no-thinking-capitals-quiz
MustardCustard
+1
Level 64
Jul 10, 2017
For Some reason the only capital of the world I do not know is Zimbabwe's I can just never get it.
TurkeyCookTime
+3
Level 76
Feb 7, 2020
Harare
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jun 25, 2021
I wish I had that problem.
beastloader
+1
Level 30
Aug 6, 2017
Best spelling practice
nichster
+1
Level 55
Sep 25, 2017
1,000 takes! Nice one!
Franpuemont
+3
Level 12
Oct 2, 2017
Fuk
Goldaug23
+1
Level 33
Jul 27, 2018
Just found this through a comments section. Great quiz. One of my nemesis capitals, Honiara, wasn’t on there so that’s a good thing I guess. Ngerulmud was though unfortunately.
prestissimo
+1
Level 46
Aug 28, 2018
I missed a fair few of these. Hardest capitals? I think so. Crazy times!!!
jandjandlemur
+1
Level 66
Feb 26, 2019
I remember the capital of Palau was Melekeok...
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 17, 2019
The capital of Burundi is now Gitega.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Mar 17, 2019
I agree, removed:
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 6, 2019
Thanks
TheSavageGeographer
+1
Level 46
Mar 26, 2019
Can you shorten Ouagadougou to 5 words?
StealthyNinja
+1
Level 33
Nov 3, 2019
Wow Mal, the spelling though! Never got Reykjavik. My first try was Reykjavic, then Reykjavick, then Reykjavyic, and all the variations possible except the K at the end. Shame.
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Nov 3, 2019
Hi 'Ninja'....... The upside is from now on you will always know that Reykjavik ends with a 'K'
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Feb 15, 2020
Got 19/23. Maybe accept some type-ins for Naypyitaw, like Naypidaw, Naypitaw, And Naypidow.
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Feb 15, 2020
Hi 'EytanMelech'...... I like to keep to Jetpunk's spelling and that way you can be sure it counts in quizzes such as this.
ChineseChen
+1
Level 66
Aug 18, 2020
Some noobs google the capital of Myanmar (I did this the first time I took the World Capitals Quiz) and they find the capital is Nay Pyi Taw. I think the type-ins should be stricter than automatic type-ins (say like not accepting Kirgyskejfjrisjnfjwismejqowstan for Kyrgyzstan) but should have some flexibility (like accepting Kirgistan for Kyrgyzstan).
wiifly
+1
Level 59
Feb 18, 2020
I thought the point of this quiz was that it had no type-ins. I guess I was wrong
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Feb 18, 2020
Some countries have difficulty with the translation of their capital city names into 'What we may call English'....... for example..

"Beijing" is the atonal pinyin romanisation of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese characters 北京, the actual spelling in English has settled on 'Beijing'. Some nations have not as yet settled on an English spelling so a little leeway is given..... as in Mongolia and Myanmar. .. as used in Jetpunk Capitals of the World quiz.

NV1
+1
Level 51
Jun 25, 2020
Only 51% guessed Ngerulmud?
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Jun 25, 2020
When you think about it that is not too bad. Go outside wherever you live and ask 100 people "What is the capital city of Palau?"....... and see if 51% can come up with Ngerulmud!
BigFloppa
+1
Level 63
May 7, 2021
Most people taking this quiz probably know most if not all of the world's capitals- so that's not surprising to me
ClaudioP
+1
Level 59
Apr 11, 2022
Some I don't find difficult. Examples: Honduras, Suriname, Madagascar, Montenegro, Burundi, Somalia, Chad, Icelandm, Malawi, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. These I even know the capital, but I have difficulty writing its name correctly in English: Burkina Faso and Slovenia.
bbqpickles
+1
Level 26
Sep 11, 2022
Uhhhhhhh how is Sri Lanka not on here
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