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Category Elimination - Capital Cities #2

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
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Answer must correspond to the highlighted yellow box. # = number of possible answers
In this quiz, population refers to urban populations. More info. All data as of February 2022.
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: February 12, 2022
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First submittedMarch 1, 2020
Times taken56,382
Average score65.0%
Rating4.81
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Green Categories
48
Capitals in Asia
✓
24
... with at least 2 million people
✓
10
... which contain the letter K
✓
4
... whose country starts with a vowel
✓
1
... and lies west of Dubai
Baku
 
Orange Categories
43
Capitals in the Southern Hemisphere
✓
33
... that are not in Oceania
✓
11
... whose country is landlocked
✓
5
... with an average elevation above 1500m
✓
1
... and whose name has two words
La Paz
Blue Categories
86
Capitals with fewer than 1 million people
✓
49
... that are not in Africa or Asia
✓
32
... which are in the Eastern Hemisphere
✓
7
... with exactly 8 letters in their name
✓
1
... and whose country starts with a vowel
Canberra
 
Purple Categories
150
Capitals containing the letter A
✓
24
... with an average elevation above 1000m
✓
13
... which are in Africa
✓
7
... with exactly 6 letters in their name
✓
1
... and is north of the equator
Asmara
jordibabot
+2
Level 65
Mar 2, 2020
Nuku'alofa is the biggest city of his country, Tonga.

Great quiz.

Stewart
+4
Level 68
Mar 2, 2020
Thanks! I was going to fix it, but I've actually just removed that clue entirely, since it's highly dependable on what population figures you look at. I think the new clues work better. The final answer for Blue is unchanged though.
EytanMelech
+3
Level 67
Apr 14, 2020
Port Vila works for the fourth question of the light blue as well.
OwlArm
+2
Level 58
May 20, 2020
Port Vila...? Mugged off there 😒
Stewart
+3
Level 68
May 20, 2020
Whoops! I've fixed that now, sorry! It had a space in it which allowed it to slip past :P
Se7enteen
+1
Level 55
Jun 16, 2022
same thing for San Marino
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Jun 16, 2022
That has 9 letters not 8 letters
KingEureka
+1
Level 62
Jul 30, 2020
Isn't apia in the eastern hemisphere?
Stewart
+4
Level 68
Jul 30, 2020
Apia, and Samoa itself, are beyond the 180º line (the International Date Line), and so are in the Western Hemisphere.
plattitude
+3
Level 92
Aug 17, 2020
Small objection to equating the International Date Line with 180º. The antimeridian runs for 12,440 miles from north to south pole, the IDL is ~41% longer, at somewhere north of 17,600 miles long, and crosses the Equator three times.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Aug 17, 2020
That's my fault, I've always known the IDL to be the 180⁰ line but never bothered to check whether that was actually the case. Thanks for the knowledge! :)
barmanitan
+1
Level 78
Aug 19, 2020
Should watch Johnny Harris's video about it, quite interesting (about the IDL)
JonOfKent
+4
Level 56
Aug 16, 2020
I love these. May we have Asmera as a type-in for Asmara?
Eigengrau
+1
Level 60
Aug 19, 2020
I second this. I have always know it as Asmera and was surprised when it didn't accept. Tried Asmara and got it.
tshalla
+1
Level 75
Aug 19, 2020
Doesn't Kigali work for the last one?
tzhg
+1
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
It's south of the equator.
tshalla
+1
Level 75
Aug 19, 2020
how'd I miss that - you're right.
applescrumper
+7
Level 47
Aug 19, 2020
By chance, "La Paz" was the first answer I input for the yellow category. Filled that section out by just writing "La Paz" 4 more times in a row. Unexpected, but weirdly satisfying!
Qikiq
+3
Level 86
Aug 19, 2020
Did that with Baku. Started with it because I wanted something short.
UltraEl1te
+1
Level 37
Aug 20, 2020
3:33 remaining done... lol. I just gived up and remembered them.
bentshaggyoil
+1
Level 59
Nov 6, 2022
same
AzevedusJH
+1
Level 67
Aug 19, 2020
Amazing!! Very challenging and fun, thank you
juanne
+3
Level 32
Aug 19, 2020
how is baku WEST of dubai??? am i missing something here?
wiifly
+4
Level 59
Aug 19, 2020
If you look at a map it becomes very clear that it is west of Dubai, envisioning it in your head though it's harder to tell because it surprised you
CambodianQuizzer
+3
Level 63
Aug 19, 2020
Check a map, Baku really is West of Dubai.
TheRealGrantma
+1
Level 56
Aug 19, 2020
ayy i got 100%
barmanitan
+2
Level 78
Aug 19, 2020
Always surprising how hard these are, surprised myself that i got all four first try (which I haven't gotten on any of these before). I think the best part is when you think you've got the final answer, type it in, then it doesn't accept it and you realise you've forgotten a clue. Always more thinking to be done
Matheuskr
+2
Level 58
Aug 20, 2020
48

Capitals in Asia

✓

22

... with at least 2 million people*

✓

8

... contains the letter K

✓

4

... whose country starts with a vowel

✓

Jakarta also fits here, and it did't accepted it

Stewart
+3
Level 68
Aug 20, 2020
Indeed it does work for the 4th clue on Green. However it doesn't for the 5th and final clue since Jakarta is East of Dubai.
geo304
+1
Level 76
Dec 3, 2023
The quiz is not accepting Jakarta for the fourth clue though. Could you please fix?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 3, 2023
It works fine for me. Was your yellow box lined up with the right answerbox?
ducklingpanda1245
+2
Level 52
Aug 22, 2020
Great series Stewart, but it seems that there are quite a lot of questions based upon elevation. Personally, I don't know much about the elevations of capitals, so I am often tripped up on these clues!
Asterlan
+1
Level 57
Sep 28, 2022
Yeah, I was surprised to see Asmara be so elevated.
ThatOneGuy25
+1
Level 55
Aug 31, 2020
I started the pink with Asmara, and just put it for every answer.
karinatais
+3
Level 52
Feb 9, 2021
The only one I missed is Canberra. Which is embarrassing, as I live in Canberra.
JetPunkGeography
+1
Level 17
Jun 2, 2021
Canberra does not start with a vowel
JetPunkGeography
+2
Level 17
Jun 2, 2021
Wait, it said country ;-;
Findlay
+1
Level 82
Nov 15, 2021
Took me a long time to get to Canberra, despite being an Australian. That said, it is a fairly forgettable place.
boypower2566alt
+1
Level 34
Jan 11, 2022
The only one a got wrong was purple's final question, i didnt even know what asmara was, where is asmara?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Jan 11, 2022
It's a tricky one, it is the capital of Eritrea :)
wikidi
+2
Level 43
Mar 15, 2022
Shouldn't Helsinki work in the blue category for the first four? It didn't even work for the first one.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Mar 15, 2022
See the Source in the caveat, Helsinki has 1.2 million
wikidi
+1
Level 43
Mar 18, 2022
Oh I see what you mean. "The capital region" in Finland has a population of 1,2 million (probably more today) and it consists of four cities: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, but the capital city of Finland, Helsinki has a population of 660k.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 18, 2022
There are always flaws with choosing urban populations or city regions. But you have to be consistent, otherwise people don't know which to think of.
wikidi
+1
Level 43
Mar 18, 2022
Of course, I get that! Just a surprise for me as here in Finland we never think of it that way. I love the series btw!
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 18, 2022
Oh great to see another Finn on the site! (You're the third I know of now :))

And thanks :)

French2010
+1
Level 93
Sep 8, 2022
(Spoiler alert) Didn't come up with the answer to the purple category since I didn't think that a capital of a small country on the coast could have such a high elevation. But it does, being located in the central highlands of the country.
jf15
+1
Level 63
Sep 27, 2022
Lmao tried Baku at random for the first one in green and just kept going. XD
diavolo
+1
Level 35
Oct 8, 2022
why Ankara doesn't work for first column (prior to 5th question)?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Oct 9, 2022
Read the question again. Whose country starts with a vowel. Turkey does not start with a vowel!
Jayden0210
+1
Level 28
Dec 25, 2022
Why doesn't Washington D.C. count for the the blue categories? It has less than 1 million people..
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 25, 2022
As caveat says, this refers to urban populations so DC has over 5 million. See the source in the description.
Megrez
+1
Level 45
Sep 13, 2023
Canberra. I used Canberra for same quiz second time, but missed it in final box. lol.
NEtasher
+1
Level 30
Dec 26, 2023
I wann try doing category elemination in my native language, but idk how to do revealing next question after quiz taker answers the first one. Can you teach me, please?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Dec 26, 2023
In Step 4 of the quiz editor, you need to be in Manual Design Mode. After this, you can then select an Answer or Hint cell, then in the "Edit Cell Options" box at the top is a "Hide Cell" button. This button allows you to hide the selected cell until any of the selected answers have been guessed.
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