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50 Closest World Capital Pairs On Different Continents

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Name the 50 pairs of world capitals which are the closest yet are on different continents (continent where capital is located even if country may be on multiple continents). Enter pairs by typing one capital after the other in either order, i.e. ‘washingtonparis’.

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AJH5

4 months ago

Played the whole quiz thinking Istanbul was the capital of Turkiye smh

Poshot

9 months ago

Nicosia is in Asia not Europe. Why would it be considered different from beirut?

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darin

9 months ago

Reply to Poshot

On my site and a few other large quiz sites Cyprus is considered Europe.

Hippa

1 year ago

Got 48. Was for some reason convinced Marrakech was the capital of Morocco

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