Answer collection

Cities, capitals and countries

Geography questions reward being specific. A capital has to be the current one and officially called a capital, a city has to sit on the right side of the equator, and a country has to match the exact letters in the prompt.

5 dated questions · 3,551 recorded names · updated October 21, 2026

These prompts look simple and then add a condition: officially called a state or province, south of the equator by metro area, or ending in an "ee" sound. The recorded lists show which answers cleared that condition and which were left at a lower tier.

Each question shows the thirty most common recorded answers next to the twenty highest-scoring ones. Every block links back to the dated record it came from.

100 One in a Krillion85 Deep Cut60 Rare30 Schooler15 Too Clever10 Plankton

Boston, Denver, Austin and Atlanta score 10; less obvious state and provincial capitals such as Tallahassee, Quebec City and Sydney score 30. Ngerbeched and Sofifi are the 100-point pair.

Common picks · 10–60 points

  • HonoluluSchooler30points
  • IndianapolisSchooler30points
  • JacksonSchooler30points
  • JuneauSchooler30points
  • LincolnSchooler30points
  • Little RockSchooler30points
  • MadisonSchooler30points
  • MelbourneSchooler30points
  • MontgomerySchooler30points
  • MumbaiSchooler30points
  • MunichSchooler30points
  • NashvilleSchooler30points
  • Oklahoma CitySchooler30points
  • PhoenixSchooler30points
  • ProvidenceSchooler30points
  • Quebec CitySchooler30points
  • RaleighSchooler30points
  • RichmondSchooler30points
  • Saint PaulSchooler30points
  • Salt Lake CitySchooler30points
  • Santa FeSchooler30points
  • SpringfieldSchooler30points
  • SydneySchooler30points
  • TallahasseeSchooler30points
  • TorontoSchooler30points
  • AtlantaPlankton10points
  • AustinPlankton10points
  • BostonPlankton10points
  • DenverPlankton10points
  • SacramentoPlankton10points

Rare picks · 85–100 points

  • NgerbechedOne in a Krillion100points
  • SofifiOne in a Krillion100points
  • 's-HertogenboschDeep Cut85points
  • A CoruñaDeep Cut85points
  • AbakalikiDeep Cut85points
  • AbancayDeep Cut85points
  • AbéchéDeep Cut85points
  • AbeokutaDeep Cut85points
  • AbhaDeep Cut85points
  • AchacachiDeep Cut85points
  • AcobambaDeep Cut85points
  • AcomayoDeep Cut85points
  • Ad-DamazinDeep Cut85points
  • Ad-DamirDeep Cut85points
  • AdamDeep Cut85points
  • AdanaDeep Cut85points
  • AdapazarıDeep Cut85points
  • AdıyamanDeep Cut85points
  • Ado EkitiDeep Cut85points
  • AdrarDeep Cut85points

Name a city south of the equator with over 100,000 people (by metro area)

Daily Dive #92 · October 15, 2026 · 972 recorded answers

Sydney, Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo score 10 despite being the usual arguments about the equator line; the recorded sheet accepts them. Mbuji-Mayi is the only 100-point city.

Common picks · 10–60 points

  • NairobiRare60points
  • NewcastleRare60points
  • Port MoresbyRare60points
  • Porto AlegreRare60points
  • PretoriaRare60points
  • Punta ArenasRare60points
  • QuitoRare60points
  • RosarioRare60points
  • SalvadorRare60points
  • Santa Cruz de la SierraRare60points
  • SantiagoRare60points
  • SantosRare60points
  • SurabayaRare60points
  • TownsvilleRare60points
  • ValparaísoRare60points
  • YogyakartaRare60points
  • ZanzibarRare60points
  • AucklandSchooler30points
  • BrisbaneSchooler30points
  • CanberraSchooler30points
  • JakartaSchooler30points
  • PerthSchooler30points
  • WellingtonSchooler30points
  • Buenos AiresPlankton10points
  • Cape TownPlankton10points
  • JohannesburgPlankton10points
  • MelbournePlankton10points
  • Rio de JaneiroPlankton10points
  • São PauloPlankton10points
  • SydneyPlankton10points

Rare picks · 85–100 points

  • Mbuji-MayiOne in a Krillion100points
  • AbaetetubaDeep Cut85points
  • Abreu e LimaDeep Cut85points
  • Águas Lindas de GoiásDeep Cut85points
  • AlagoinhasDeep Cut85points
  • AlburyDeep Cut85points
  • Almirante TamandaréDeep Cut85points
  • AltamiraDeep Cut85points
  • AlvoradaDeep Cut85points
  • AmbatoDeep Cut85points
  • AmbonDeep Cut85points
  • AmbovombeDeep Cut85points
  • AmericanaDeep Cut85points
  • AmuntaiDeep Cut85points
  • AnanindeuaDeep Cut85points
  • AnápolisDeep Cut85points
  • AnduloDeep Cut85points
  • Angra dos ReisDeep Cut85points
  • AnkoroDeep Cut85points
  • AntananarivoDeep Cut85points

Name a city in Asia with over 1 million people within city limits

Daily Dive #90 · October 13, 2026 · 544 recorded answers

Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai and Seoul score 10. Dandong, on the Yalu River, is the single 100-point name; second-tier Chinese cities at 85 are how this list reaches 544.

Common picks · 10–60 points

  • ZhengzhouRare60points
  • ZhuhaiRare60points
  • BaghdadSchooler30points
  • BengaluruSchooler30points
  • ChongqingSchooler30points
  • DubaiSchooler30points
  • GuangzhouSchooler30points
  • HanoiSchooler30points
  • HiroshimaSchooler30points
  • Ho Chi Minh CitySchooler30points
  • IstanbulSchooler30points
  • JakartaSchooler30points
  • KabulSchooler30points
  • KarachiSchooler30points
  • KolkataSchooler30points
  • Kuala LumpurSchooler30points
  • KyotoSchooler30points
  • ManilaSchooler30points
  • OsakaSchooler30points
  • SingaporeSchooler30points
  • TaipeiSchooler30points
  • WuhanSchooler30points
  • BangkokPlankton10points
  • BeijingPlankton10points
  • DelhiPlankton10points
  • Hong KongPlankton10points
  • MumbaiPlankton10points
  • SeoulPlankton10points
  • ShanghaiPlankton10points
  • TokyoPlankton10points

Rare picks · 85–100 points

  • DandongOne in a Krillion100points
  • AdanaDeep Cut85points
  • AhvazDeep Cut85points
  • AleppoDeep Cut85points
  • AligarhDeep Cut85points
  • AnkangDeep Cut85points
  • AnqingDeep Cut85points
  • AnshanDeep Cut85points
  • AnshunDeep Cut85points
  • AntalyaDeep Cut85points
  • AnyangDeep Cut85points
  • AsansolDeep Cut85points
  • AydinDeep Cut85points
  • BaichengDeep Cut85points
  • BaiseDeep Cut85points
  • BaiyinDeep Cut85points
  • BalikesirDeep Cut85points
  • Bandar LampungDeep Cut85points
  • BaodingDeep Cut85points
  • BaojiDeep Cut85points

Name a country with both an O and an R in its name

Daily Dive #81 · October 4, 2026 · 37 recorded answers

Only 37 names here. Comoros is the sole 100-point answer, with Cabo Verde, Micronesia, Timor-Leste and both Congos at 85; Andorra, Barbados and Burkina Faso form the 60-point middle.

All 37 recorded answers

Name a country whose name ends in an "ee" sound (like Italy)

Daily Dive #82 · October 5, 2026 · 18 recorded answers

Just 18 recorded names. Eswatini is the 100-point answer, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone sit at 85, and Italy, Turkey, Germany and Chile are the 10-point examples the prompt itself gives.

All 18 recorded answers

How these lists are recorded

Every name, point value and tier comes from the dated answer sheet captured for that dive. Nothing on this page is estimated, re-scored or merged across dates: a name that scored 100 on one date can score 10 on another, so each list keeps its own date. The original game decides whether a live answer is accepted.

Lists stop at thirty rows per block. The complete sheet, including every recorded name and its tier, stays on the dated page linked under each question. How records are checked.

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