Statistics for Former Capitals Quiz

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Years	Country	Capital	% Correct
1822–1960	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	88%
1712–1918	Russia	St. Petersburg	87%
1453–1923	Ottoman Empire	Constantinople	85%
1300s–1918	Bavaria	Munich	81%
1785–1790	United States	New York City	78%
1914–1976	Nigeria	Lagos	76%
794–1868	Japan	Kyoto	75%
1949–1990	West Germany	Bonn	72%
1790–1800	United States	Philadelphia	67%
1954–1975	South Vietnam	Saigon	67%
1815–1982	Sri Lanka	Colombo	66%
1569–1860	Duchy of Tuscany	Florence	63%
1296–1596	Poland	Kraków	63%
1940–1944	France	Vichy	58%
1948–2005	Burma (Myanmar)	Yangon	56%
1861–1865	Confederate States of America	Richmond	53%
1993–1998	Kazakhstan	Almaty	44%
1928–1937	China	Nanjing	40%
1305–1378	Catholic Church	Avignon	35%
1200s–1533	Incan Empire	Cuzco	35%
2950–2180 (BC)	Egypt	Memphis	33%
802–1431	Khmer Empire	Angkor	30%
1504–1653	Mughal Empire	Agra	22%
515–331 (BC)	Persian Empire	Persepolis	21%