Statistics for A-Z Former Capitals of Sovereign Nations

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Initial	Capital of (currently part of)	Dates	Answer	% Correct
K	Japan	794-1868	Kyoto	100%
L	Nigeria	1914-1976	Lagos	100%
R	Brazil	1763-1960	Rio de Janeiro	97%
E	Kingdom of Scotland (UK)	1452-1707	Edinburgh	95%
S	Russia	1712-1918	St Petersburg	95%
Z	Switzerland	1415-1530	Zurich	92%
F	Morocco	808-1912	Fez	90%
I	Byzantine then Ottoman Empire (Turkey)	330-1923	Istanbul	90%
D	Tanganyika then Tanzania	1961-1996	Dar es Salaam	87%
V	Republic of same name (Italy)	697-1797	Venice	82%
A	Khmer Empire (Cambodia)	802-1431	Angkor	79%
X	China	221-206 BC	Xianyang	79%
B	Babylonia (Iraq)	2300-141 BC	Babylon	77%
C	Inca Empire (Peru)	1200s-1537	Cuzco	74%
Q	Philippines	1948-1976	Quezon City	72%
Y	Myanmar	1885-2005	Yangon	72%
G	Taifa or Emirate of same name (Spain)	1013-1492	Granada	69%
M	Egypt	3150-2160 BC	Memphis	67%
U	Sweden	800s - 1436	Uppsala	67%
T	Egypt	2134-1292 BC	Thebes	38%
P	Maratha Empire (India)	1679-1818	Pune	36%
H	Vietnam	1558-1945	Hue	33%
N	Assyria (Iran)	1800-600 BC	Nineveh	26%
W	Kingdoms of Wessex then England (UK)	686-1066	Winchester	21%
J	Marshall Islands	1885-1944	Jabor	0%
O	St Kitts	1623-1727	Old Road Town	0%