Prompt 1 of 7
Name a national capital that is not its country's largest city
45 accepted answers across 5 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answersShow answersHide answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Ciudad de la Paz— Equatorial Guinea's decree made this planned city its capital in January 2026.
- Yaren— Nauru names no official capital; Yaren merely hosts the government.
85 ptsDeep Cut9 answersShow answersHide answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Bloemfontein
- Gitega— Burundi moved its capital here from Bujumbura in 2019.
- Khartoum— Omdurman, across the Nile, has long been the bigger city.
- Lobamba
- Mbabane
- Ngerulmud— Palau's capital, population a few hundred, smallest seat of government anywhere.
- Palikir
- San Marino
- Valletta— Suburban Birkirkara holds four times more people.
60 ptsRare15 answersShow answersHide answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Banjul
- Belmopan
- Dodoma
- Manila
- Naypyidaw
- Port of Spain
- Porto-Novo
- Putrajaya
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
- Sucre
- Taipei— Taiwan qualifies here, and neighboring New Taipei City is bigger.
- The Hague— Seat of government only; Amsterdam holds the constitutional title.
- Vaduz
- Yamoussoukro
- Yaoundé
30 ptsSchooler16 answersShow answersHide answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Abu Dhabi
- Abuja
- Ankara
- Astana
- Beijing
- Bern
- Brasilia
- Cape Town
- Hanoi
- Islamabad
- La Paz
- New Delhi
- Pretoria
- Quito
- Rabat
- Wellington
10 ptsPlankton3 answersShow answersHide answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Canberra
- Ottawa
- Washington, D.C.