Many publications say that it is. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a suburb of Colombo (only 5 miles from downtown Colombo!), and many publications list Colombo as the capital. In addition, the High Court is in downtown Colombo (which makes it the judicial capital) and Colombo is also listed widely, even by places that name SJK as the capital, as the commercial capital.
From my understanding it's pretty similar to the situation in Delhi where New Delhi is really just a neighborhood or district of Delhi. Same deal with Colombo and Sri JK
Maybe there's a specific reason but both Cape Town and Cotonou are listed as "secondary" capitals in the World Capitals quiz so why are you shown one but not the other? I do agree that Colombo deserves at least a mention
I guess it's because Cape Town is explicitly listed as a capital by South Africa, while Cotonou is not explicitly listed as a capital even though it is the seat of government. This last one actually happens quite often without us even noticing; I'm from Chile, and even though our only capital city is Santiago, the seat of government is in Valparaíso!
I think the only reason that Cotonou is counted and Valparaíso is not is because Cotonou is the largest (and probably best known) city in Benin, so it's better to explicitly state that it's not being counted as a capital.
Yep. Think of it like that wonderful product from one of Saturday Night Live's "commercials". Shimmer. Is it a floor wax? Or is it a dessert topping? It's BOTH!!! (back when SNL was funny)
Actually, I absolutely do NOT believe that 54% of the people taking the quiz could correctly identify Chisinau without help, e.g. Google. This happens all of the time where so many people supposedly correctly know answers to the most obscure challenges within the quizzes, which is weird, because people are only cheating themselves.
^ Some of us make the extra effort to memorize obscure capitals (chisinau) precisely because they are obscure. At the same time, I would be really grateful if this site would accept Colombo for Sri Lanka, as I will not attempt to tackle sri.........!
really, most people do geography quizzes here, or at least started out that way and after mastering that moved on to other genres.
Have a little, faith. It is NOT weird to have knowledge and (like to) learn stuff. yes cheaters exist and sadly are on this site as well, but I think a much bigger part are the nerdy type (in a good way!) that like to test and broaden their knowledge.
And with many geography quizzes, the harder they should be, the higher the score. This is because people who know they don't know them start at the easier quizzes and work their way up. For instance, if you look at the countries of the world quizzes, the blank map without the filled in list has a higher percent correct than the countries of the world with a map.
I think you are being a little harsh. I would say that many people on this site could name all the capitals of Europe without any prompting such as a map or even a list of countries.
I know Conakry is relatively obscure but I'm surprised more people got Castries than it. Also, when I was learning capitals, I memorised Chisinau as "cheesy now" but thankfully I now know how to pronounce it correctly, but maybe that mnemonic can help some people
I think the only reason that Cotonou is counted and Valparaíso is not is because Cotonou is the largest (and probably best known) city in Benin, so it's better to explicitly state that it's not being counted as a capital.
Cardiff's as valid a national capital as Crayola.
Have a little, faith. It is NOT weird to have knowledge and (like to) learn stuff. yes cheaters exist and sadly are on this site as well, but I think a much bigger part are the nerdy type (in a good way!) that like to test and broaden their knowledge.