Geography quiz
Erase the USA by capital
A capital is named, you click its state, and it vanishes. Erase all 50 without a single wrong click.
- Format
- Map quiz
- Items
- 50 on the map
- Limit
- 8:30
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
The rules as listed below.
- To find
- 50
- Time limit
- 8:30
- Borders
- Shown
- Wrong clicks
- One ends the round
- Skipping
- Prev and Next
- Found
- Vanish from the map
- A name appears above the map. Click that place.
- Small countries have a generous target: click on or right beside them.
- Pinch or use the zoom buttons to get closer.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the state of each capital as it is named, to erase it from the map.
Drawing the map
About this quiz
A minefield on the map of the USA. Each state you click correctly disappears, so the map empties as you go and your landmarks vanish with it. The prompt is the capital, so you need to know whose capital it is before you can look for it. Switch to No outlines on the start panel to play without borders.
- Alaska is the largest state and Rhode Island is the smallest.
- Alaska and Hawaii are drawn in the lower left corner, out of position and not to scale.
Sources
- [1]National Archives (George W. Bush White House archive). State capitals quiz.
- [2]US Census Bureau. ANSI codes for states.
- [3]US Census Bureau. Cartographic Boundary Files.
Note on the data. The 50 capitals were checked against the National Archives list of state capitals. The 50 states are those on the Census Bureau's state code list, leaving out the District of Columbia and the territories. The map is drawn from the Census Bureau's public domain cartographic boundary files, with Alaska and Hawaii moved and rescaled into the lower left corner.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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