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Closest Capital City Pairs #1

Enter the nearest capital city to each capital city listed below.
Closest capital city of a different country
Answer must correspond to highlighted box
As the crow flies
Quiz by hardforgeography
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Last updated: February 12, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 31, 2013
Times taken34,574
Rating4.96
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Capital
Nearest Other
Washington DC
Ottawa
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
London
Brussels
Helsinki
Tallinn
Athens
Skopje
Beijing
Pyongyang
New Delhi
Islamabad
Capital
Nearest Other
Baghdad
Kuwait City
Rome
Vatican City
Panama City
San Jose
La Paz
Lima
Cairo
Jerusalem
Lisbon
Madrid
Copenhagen
Berlin
Capital
Nearest Other
Moscow
Minsk
Reykjavík
Dublin
Tokyo
Seoul
Damascus
Beirut
Taipei
Manila
Kingston
Port-au-Prince
bluesdjben
+3
Level 72
Nov 25, 2012
Interesting
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Sep 30, 2015
If you found this interesting you may enjoy this quiz I made:

Adjacent Capital Pair Superlatives

animalas
+1
Level 16
Dec 11, 2012
very interesting quiz! 100%
inderweg
+1
Level 50
Jan 28, 2013
that was a great quiz!!! really had to use the brain. How about try nearest large city?? or nearest US capitals
zwizdan007
+1
Level 36
Jan 28, 2013
Very interesting.
mal
+2
Level 54
Jan 28, 2013
Much harder than I thought it would be and some unexpected answers!
Simsy84
+1
Level 72
Jan 28, 2013
ageed. Quite difficult.
Tramp
+1
Level 71
Jan 28, 2013
I'd like to see another, bigger one of these. Including a few more difficult capitals might be good too.
ddddan
+1
Level 76
Jan 14, 2021
A sub-saharan Africa or Oceania one would definitely ratchet it up
ruudsje
+1
Level 73
Jan 28, 2013
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
kal413
+3
Level 39
Jan 30, 2013
Sucre, 435 miles is closer to La Paz than Lima, 680 miles.

There is nothing in the description that says they can't be from the same country.

hardforgeography
+5
Level 41
Jan 31, 2013
Ye, I had avoided countries like that to avoid ambiguity exactly like this but this was added in by the admin guy after I submitted it.
FentonsDad
+1
Level 82
Jan 31, 2013
Loved this, but I could've used another minute or two! Great job.
geoman2
+1
Level 28
Feb 1, 2013
You should except Kuwait for Kuwait City.
bearpeloso
+1
Level 25
Feb 13, 2014
I'm with geoman2. Kuwait alone should be accepted as well.
Mogysht
+1
Level 46
Mar 8, 2014
Yes, I tried that too..
shailen24
+1
Level 31
Aug 15, 2015
you seem to have my username
vladi98
+1
Level 19
Feb 2, 2013
Nice quiz! I think there should have been more time, though
drowningmafiafish
+2
Level 32
Apr 8, 2013
how didn't i think of vatican city! got all but that one! feel very stupid
dragvold
+1
Level 42
Mar 21, 2014
Very good, interesting consept!
Brickster
+3
Level 36
Apr 1, 2014
That Rome question almost tripped me up
JWatson24
+1
Level 65
Jan 14, 2021
Same. For a long time I completely forgot Vatican City existed :P
sillie
+2
Level 82
May 20, 2014
Very smart to forget about both Canada and the Vatican. I tried all of Balkans and North Africa for Rome. Should've tried Valletta too but didn't think of that one.
rawe
+1
Level 65
Oct 24, 2014
Got them all with 00:05 left. It took me a long time to think about Taipei and Reykjavík ones.
Elan
+2
Level 62
Sep 30, 2015
I was stuck on Rome forever...it was a tricky question
stromae
+1
Level 66
Sep 30, 2015
how did i not get panama
Instrumental
+1
Level 50
Oct 1, 2015
First try, no warm up.
johnnybna
+1
Level 66
Oct 1, 2015
one of the funnest quizzes I've ever completely failed
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Apr 11, 2016
Good quiz, enjoyed that,........ By the way, if you find this quiz easy, try my........ 'Mal's European Closest Capitals Hopscotch' ..........quiz
Walacama
+2
Level 76
Sep 15, 2016
Totally blew the Rome one. I was guessing every capital and getting mad they were not working. Duh!
Antofagasta
+2
Level 48
Jun 15, 2017
Good quiz. It would make it much better if you could find the distances and get them to appear after the capital is guessed, so as not to give it away. Well done though.
DonStar
+1
Level 44
Jul 13, 2017
I liked this one got them in a good time as well well pleased
lvtharrison
+1
Level 71
Jan 20, 2018
On the next one, you should put 'Tel Aviv' as the clue and have the answer 'Jerusalem', that'd stir up the whole Israel and Palestine debate.
CthulhuInc
+2
Level 23
Jan 20, 2018
You should have Kinshasa/Brazzaville, since that's the closest pair of capital cities in the world (they're right across a river from each other, you can literally see one from the other)
TWM03
+4
Level 60
Jan 20, 2018
What about Rome and the Vatican City? You can literally step from one to the other.
Cathal341
+2
Level 53
Jan 20, 2018
I keep forgetting that Toronto is not the Capital of Canada........
Dontforget
+1
Level 46
Oct 28, 2020
Lol we hear so much about Toronto, that often Canadians forget that too
Fryzie
+1
Level 49
Jan 22, 2018
Not trying to be too political, but is there any reason why tel aviv is not recognised here as the capital despite it being recognised by most UN municipalities as the defacto capital until Israel-Palestine sort their desputes which will be never? I think it's only the US and Israel that consider it to be the capital yeah?
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Jan 22, 2018
It's not a de-facto capital at all. The official functioning capital of Israel is Jerusalem. The Knesset is in Jerusalem. Foreign embassies are in Tel Aviv, but the capital of a country, de facto or otherwise, is not defined as where foreign embassies are located. The only reason embassies are located in Tel Aviv is to avoid pissing off Muslim countries that don't want to recognize Israeli control over Jerusalem.
joeythelemur
+2
Level 84
Jan 22, 2018
Yeah, not sure why this is so hard. Israel gets to choose the location for their capital, not the UN and not anyone else. And it's in Jerusalem. Kalbahamut is 100% right that the embassy locations are all about pressure from Muslim countries.
boracay99
+3
Level 65
Jan 22, 2018
Hey! What gives! None of these places is closest to Paris!.... Ohhh, sorry, title said "Closest Pairs."
Giorgi94
+1
Level 56
Dec 21, 2018
I always read Closest Capital City Paris
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 56
Jan 13, 2019
You should add more different spellings for Pyongyang. At least Pchyongyang and Pchjongjang and probably more, it's a difficult one to rewrite.
Tomtrific
+1
Level 74
Dec 13, 2019
I got Vatican City just as time expired, but not fast enough to type it in. Vatican City......the most obvious!
marez
+1
Level 57
Dec 26, 2019
Very easy quiz as I've been to most of those during my business and personal travels. #filthyrich
4knowledge
+2
Level 33
Jan 14, 2021
Good job! This quiz is amazing.
ClutchNferno
+1
Level 51
Jan 14, 2021
Good quiz and nice job getting featured second one!
Adaga
+2
Level 39
Jan 15, 2021
Omg i got them all. There needs to be #2 of this
alexandertorres1978
+1
Level 66
Jan 15, 2021
Great quiz, of the type I like where you actually have to use your brain to connect the dots.
badoperate
+1
Level 51
Jan 16, 2021
Agree, I love this quiz idea
lilpick
+1
Level 19
Feb 23, 2021
Love the quiz. Not enough Africa or Oceania though.
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