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Test your knowledge of North American countries and capitals with this fun and educational quiz.

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North America Countries & Capitals

Name the North American countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z.

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US Capital Coverage Challenge

Enter a US capital - all capitals within 200 miles will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

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US Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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US Capital Street View Challenge

You will be given a Google Street View window randomly placed near the center of a US state capital in which you can move around in. Name the capital where you are located within two minutes. The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max points is 100 for guessing in 10 seconds or less.

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US Capitals Distance Challenge

The object of this quiz is to travel to all 50 US state capitals in the shortest distance. Begin at any capital by clicking it. Its marker will turn green. Click on successive capitals to 'travel' between them, trying to accumulate the shortest total distance. When you have visited all 50 capitals your score will be saved. There is a time limit to complete all the capitals.

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US Capitals East To West In Order

Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

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US Capitals North To South In Order

Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

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US Capitals Past & Present

Name all the capitals each state has had since becoming a state (admitted to the Union). State and time span of capital shown.

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US Cities Farthest From Their State’s Capital

For each population size, name the farthest city in each state from that state's capital city. For example, for the "10K+ Pop" you are naming the city of at least 10K population which is the farthest from their state's capital, similarly "1K+ Pop" refers to the farthest city of at least 1K population. State, distance from capital, and population shown.

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US Closest Capital Challenge

First type ‘start’ to begin. Then you will be given a US state capital. Try to name the closest other state capital to the given capital. Only the 5 closest capitals will be accepted as an answer. You can type ‘next’ to skip the current capital. Getting the closest capital will yield 100 points. 2nd thru 5th closest will give a lower point total, based both on the rank of the capital (2nd thru 5th, minus 10 points for each ranking below first) and how much farther the guessed capital is away than the closest capital. 10 total capitals and 3 minutes total time, 20 seconds maximum per capital.

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US State Capital Pairs Proximity Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 table of US state capitals. The object of the quiz is to pair up capitals two at a time which have the shortest distance between them.

Single click on a capital's text and it will highlight red. To choose the other capital of the pair click another capital's text. Also, you can re-click on the first capital to deselect it. The distance between them will be shown and you will get up to 100 points. 100 points corresponds to the closest pair of capitals, 0 points to the farthest apart pair – scores decrease based on the distance of your two capitals related to the possible range of distances. Those two capitals will then be replaced with their score and you will now choose the closest pair of capitals from the remaining 23 capitals which have been adjusted to have 100 and 0 corresponding to the closest/farthest pairs among those 23, and so on until you run out of time or complete 12 pairs of capitals leaving one left.

You get a 100 point bonus for completing all 12 pairs within 5 minutes, making for a total possible point total of 2500.

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US State Capitals

Name the capital city of each US state.

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US State Capitals Identifier

Double-click on the red marker of the US capital listed. Correct guesses will change the marker from red to green – incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all capitals to save your score.

If by chance you don’t see red markers, try refreshing the quiz.

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US State Capitals Identifier Challenge

Double-click on the red marker of the US capital listed. Correct guesses will change the marker from red to green – incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all capitals to save your score.

However, for an extra challenge on this quiz, the top 10 cities in each state (including the capital if it is one of the top 10, if not the capital plus 9 largest) have markers. So there are plenty of 'imposter' markers to avoid.

If by chance you don’t see red markers, try refreshing the quiz.

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US State Capitals Triplets Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 grid of 25 of the US state capitals.

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 3 in the given category for the capitals shown in the grid. When you begin you’ll be given 25 different capitals plus a category to name the top 3 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says ‘Top 3 Largest Population’ you are to click on the 3 capitals with the largest population. If it says ‘Top 3 Highest Elevation’ you are to click on the 3 whose elevation is the highest. You can deselect the first or second capital you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 3rd capital they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 3 comes to the optimum set of 3 (which will be shown as a ‘Rank’ on top out of the # of possible sets of 3 for the last choice). When you’ve answered all 8 sets of 3 leaving only 1 capital the quiz is over. You get a 100 points bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 2500.

Note: For the 'Most Recent' and 'Earliest' category, this is referencing the year the city became the capital of the state, not when the capital was founded/established or when the state became a state.

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US States & Capitals

Name the US states and their capitals. States sorted A-Z.

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North America Countries & Capitals Name the North American countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z.

US Capital Coverage Challenge Enter a US capital - all capitals within 200 miles will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles. hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

US Capital Locator Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US Capitals East To West In Order Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

US Capitals North To South In Order Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

US Capitals Past & Present Name all the capitals each state has had since becoming a state (admitted to the Union). State and time span of capital shown.

US State Capitals Name the capital city of each US state.

US State Capitals Identifier Double-click on the red marker of the US capital listed. Correct guesses will change the marker from red to green – incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all capitals to save your score. If by chance you don’t see red markers, try refreshing the quiz.

US States & Capitals Name the US states and their capitals. States sorted A-Z.

North America Countries & Capitals

Name the North American countries and capitals. Answers are sorted by country A-Z.

US Capital Coverage Challenge

Enter a US capital - all capitals within 200 miles will also fill in. Try to fill in all capitals in the smallest number of circles.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

US Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US Capitals East To West In Order

Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest east and moving west. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

US Capitals North To South In Order

Name the US capitals in order starting with the furthest north and moving south. You start with 1 minute (or half that for non-Premium members) but get 10 seconds per capital guessed.

US Capitals Past & Present

Name all the capitals each state has had since becoming a state (admitted to the Union). State and time span of capital shown.

US State Capitals

Name the capital city of each US state.

US State Capitals Identifier

Double-click on the red marker of the US capital listed. Correct guesses will change the marker from red to green – incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all capitals to save your score.

If by chance you don’t see red markers, try refreshing the quiz.

US States & Capitals

Name the US states and their capitals. States sorted A-Z.